Chapter 12: A Better Life (1)
Four cars, two horses, eight people. More than 400 kilometers of road, sunrise and sunset, lasting six days. Finally, I saw the tall and majestic city walls of Jingshi from afar.
Zheng Yu was already about to be tortured and crazy at this time. Zheng Yu rode a horse for the first time in the two lifetimes, but fortunately, the muscle memory of the previous owner of this body was still there, so there was nothing wrong. Zheng Yu, who rode on a horse on the first day of departure, felt quite fresh, and for a while he overrode the team and galloped a few hundred meters on horseback, and then rode around the team for a while, having a lot of fun. When I rested at night, I found that the sides of my thighs were a little red and swollen, and the situation was not serious, so I didn't feel at ease.
The next day it was far away from the city, and the woods on both sides of the official road were even more secluded. On both sides of the road, there are all kinds of birdsong one after another, and from time to time there are small animals such as squirrels and rabbits crossing the official road and running into the dense forest on the other side. How can Zheng Yu, who has lived in a reinforced concrete building complex since he was a child, live? The itch in his heart was like a cat scratching, urging the horse to start chasing rabbits for a while, and chasing squirrels for a while. When he saw a wild fruit on the tree, he leaned over and stood on horseback to pick it and threw it to Zheng Tai, who was messing around with him, to taste whether it was poisonous? It's not delicious. Zheng Tai has a stupid character, as long as it is the fruit that Zheng Yu stuffs in his hand, it doesn't matter if it's thirty-seven twenty-one, as soon as he rubs his clothes, he bites it when he opens his mouth. Along the way, I was either grinned by bitter teeth, or distorted by my sour facial features. It wasn't poisoned. Zheng Yu is not stupid, he just knew that it was not poisonous and unpalatable, so he brought it over to tease him. The fruit on the trees on the roadside is generally not tasty. If it's delicious, there's no hair left that has been picked by people passing by. How can you be sure that it is not poisonous? Half of the dozens of fruits on a tree have been gnawed by small animals such as squirrels, and only the core remains. Zheng Tai's embarrassment made the others laugh back and forth. In Liu Yun's eyes, they felt that Zheng Yu's behavior was nothing wrong, at most he was a little childlike and playful. When I went to Beijing and entered a private school, I slowly changed it with the growth of culture. But in Liu Manwen's eyes, he became frivolous and stubborn. The little fragile goodwill that had just been built up in the past few days was instantly wiped out.
Zheng Yu, who had been crazy for another day, was dumbfounded at night, and he didn't feel it when he was all about playing during the day, but at the moment the pain on both sides of the inner thighs was just red and swollen yesterday, and now the skin is worn out in large patches, dripping with blood, sticking together with the pants, and it is sour when he takes it off. Fortunately, it comes with ointment, and it is much more comfortable after applying the medicine. But for the next few days, I couldn't ride a horse, so I switched to riding a car.
The official roads of the Ming Dynasty were full of gravel and the road surface was uneven. The wheels of the carriage are still wooden, and there is little shock absorption. For those who haven't been in a carriage much, it's okay to just sit on it, like a rocking chair. After a long time, I couldn't stand it, the bones all over my body were about to fall apart, and I was a little sick, and the most important thing was that the bumps made the wound on the thigh be touched from time to time. Not to mention the discomfort all over the body, it hurts coldly. It's really better to live than to die. To this day, Zheng Yu has been tossed and thinned.
It was getting late, and hearing Zheng Tai's neurotic howl outside the car, Zheng Yu struggled to get up, lifted the curtains on the car and looked out. About three miles away, a towering wall appeared. It's here, it's finally here! Zheng Yu's excited eyes were full of tears. If I continue like this, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed.
As the capital of the world's most powerful empire, Shangjing is self-evidently prosperous. At this time, it was the time of the unitary hour, and the wide and smooth streets were crowded with people, and all kinds of shouts and shouts came one after another. The stalls on both sides of the street are full of goods. Occasionally, people with different colors and short hair are dressed in Ming Hanfu with long robes and large sleeves, and they are well-dressed and extremely funny.
After entering the city, Zheng Yu "has no sore waist, no more back pain, and more energy to walk". Touching here and there all the way, there is no time to stop. It is worthy of being the largest city in the world today, and the border towns and small towns of Datong are simply incomparable to them, and they are not much better than the provincial capitals of second-tier cities in later generations. Zheng Yu really wanted to go and see if the palace in this time and space was different from the Forbidden City in later generations. But reason prevailed over impulse.
Liu Yun's mansion is located in Pingkangfang, a well-known area for the wealthy in Shangjing. Next street is Asahibo, which is a well-known residential area for the magnates in Shangjing, where the lowest person who lives must be a member of the third rank or above or a relative of the emperor.
Zheng Yu and his entourage came to Liufu, and there was already a group of subordinates waiting for Liu Yun's return outside the gate. Picking up people, unloading trucks, and moving things are very busy. This is Mr. Gou mysteriously came to Zheng Yu's side, raised an object in his hand and said: "Young master, this bag is beautifully made, the materials are extraordinary, and the mechanism is exquisite, and there is a strange small lock on it." I found it under the bed when I cleaned up your room, and I thought it was your belongings and loaded it into the car together, and then there were a lot of things, and I forgot to tell you along the way, and now I just found out when I unloaded the car, and I took it and delivered it to you. ”
Zheng Yu's jaw was about to drop, isn't this the travel bag he took away before committing suicide, it is the favorite things he took away from home before committing suicide in his previous life, as well as a few family photos. How did it follow through!! Looking at this black Nike travel bag, my heart is beating wildly, and my breathing is a little difficult. If some of these things are still intact, they are tantamount to anti-heaven things in this era.
Zheng Yu tried his best to hide his excitement, "Thank you, sir, this bag was given to him by a friend, and I took it back and put it under the bed, but later I forgot about it due to a lot of affairs at home." Thanks to Mr. for finding it in time, it would be a pity to lose it. After taking the bag, he hurriedly followed Liu Yun and complained that he was feeling a little unwell, and he wanted to rest first, and he didn't eat dinner or anything. Liu Yun saw that it was getting late, so he agreed to arrange for everyone to rest early after dinner, and meet their families together tomorrow morning.
Zheng Yu returned to an independent courtyard arranged by Liu Yun for the four of them, and told Zheng Tai that he was going to rest, and no one should bother. Then he slammed the door of his room backwards. Staring at the Nike bag on the table, nervous hands trembling.
Take a deep breath, the three-digit combination lock, and the password is firmly imprinted in my mind. Open the lock, hold your breath and gently unzip it. The first thing that catches your eye is a few photos with the voices and smiles of his wife and daughter. I took out the photo and looked at it carefully for a while, then put it aside for the time being. Below the photo is a bunch of messy things, counting a handful of mad dog ****, given by an American student in college, which is said to be a real military product. A solar power bank connected to a tablet of a certain fruit, which is a birthday gift for my daughter. Unexpectedly, her daughter's birthday had an accident before it arrived. If memory serves, there is an electronic version of the encyclopedia that I downloaded on my tablet. There are also some Tang poems, Song Ci, disciples, rules, and three-character classics for primary school students. Then there are some various trinkets that have been given to his wife for several years, although they are not of high value but are very meaningful. There are also some disposable syringes, infusion tubes, etc., that were not taken out of the bag. A set of unopened surgical instruments. There are many commonly used drugs in the interlayer of the bag, including injections, pills, capsules, and many more. This was also in the bag, and I didn't take it out at all. I don't know if these drugs are still useful after traveling through time and space.
After sorting it out, I don't care about anything else for the time being. Zheng Yu picked up the tablet. I soothed my emotions and reached out and pressed the power button...