Three miles of the city, five miles of Guo. Linyuan City is such a small city with a radius of three miles, with two gates in front and back, and still mottled black city walls. The city is divided into three main streets, and the main street is surrounded by small streets that crisscross it. It's more like a miniature version of the big cities of Chencang City and Yuanyuan City.

After checking at the city gate, Qin Chuan and Erya jumped into the city of Linyuan City. In fact, Qin Chuan and Erya are just two six or seven-year-old children, and they are still a little curious and fresh about new things.

This border city has not become desolate because it is on the border, but has a special hustle and bustle. Vendors drove ox carts and goods between the two gates, and groups of soldiers with spears patrolled the streets.

On both sides of the street, there are many small vendors carrying baskets and flat burdens, placing some goods on the ground, constantly shouting, but there is no such prosperity as the big city and the endless flow of passers-by. The vendors here sell some necessities of life, or some special products and miscellaneous goods in the nearby city. Like some precious antiques, or rouge gouache, there are no such things here, and even if they do, no one will have the spare money to buy them.

The most popular are those who sell guns, sticks, copper and iron utensils, after all, this is the border, and life preservation is the first priority. And the traders who can do these weapons business, everyone is not a simple role. If the road is not broad and the family background is not solid, don't say that if you want to do business here, it is already a blessing to be able to save your life.

Therefore, when they saw Qin Chuan and Erya enter Linyuan City, the traders who saw the two of them were extremely surprised in their hearts, when did Linyuan City become so safe. And some people who want to fight bad ideas are sharp-eyed when they see the two soldiers who have been following not far away, so they let go of the evil thoughts in their hearts.

These people who can take a firm foothold in Linyuan City are not simple.

Qin Chuan and Erya did not look at each other differently. Walking down the street, looking east and west, it is as if you have seen a new continent. Qin Chuan is okay, after all, he has been to several large cities, and his surprised look is much less, but Erya has lived in Yuanyuan City since he was a child and has never gone out, so he is very curious about everything around him.

"This shop sells wine, this shop sells clothes, this shop sells food, and this shop ......" Qin Chuan patiently introduced the various buildings on both sides of the street to Erya.

Soon, Erya was standing in front of a small vendor and couldn't walk, Qin Chuan looked up and saw that it was a vendor selling sugar gourds, who was constantly shouting.

"The freshly baked sugar gourd is fresh and delicious."

"If you have someone who eats sugar gourd, come and take a look, it's not sweet and you don't want money."

The vendor stood in place and kept shouting, and then saw Qin Chuan and the two standing not far away.

"Do you want to eat sugar gourds? It's not sweet and doesn't need money, how about it, let's try two bunches? The vendor picked up two strings of sugar gourds, stretched out his hand and handed them to Qin Chuan and Erya.

Looking at the red hawthorn and the syrup wrapped in the hawthorn, Qin Chuan subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and Erya couldn't resist the temptation of the sugar gourd, took out two iron coins from his pocket and handed them to the vendor.

The vendor didn't expect the two children to be able to come up with the money, so he put away the idea of giving it, took the iron money in Erya's hand, and handed two long strings of sugar gourds to Erya's hands.

Erya quickly took the sugar gourd in the vendor's hand, with a hint of excitement on his face, then looked at the two strings of sugar gourds in his hand, and handed the larger one to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan was not polite, he directly picked up the sugar gourd and put a hawthorn in his mouth, chewing it quickly. A sweet and sour smell came over the sugar gourd.

Erya ate the sugar gourd in her hand in small bites, her two eyes narrowed into a line, and her face showed two shallow dimples. It seems that the sugar gourd is quite delicious.

Qin Chuan smiled at the vendor, then pulled Erya, who was still eating the sugar gourd one bite at a time, and continued to walk forward.

And the vendor who sold sugar gourds said with some self-deprecation: "In this world, life is not as good as a child." Alas......" After speaking, he continued to shout loudly, but there were very few people who paid for sugar gourds.

The two of them took the sugar gourd in their hands and continued to walk aimlessly on the street. The sugar gourd is naturally very delicious, don't look at Erya eating in small bites, Qin Chuan only ate two, and when he turned his head, he saw that Erya had already put the last sugar-coated hawthorn into his mouth, and chewed it quickly with his high cheeks.

Sensing Qin Chuan's gaze, Erya's face turned red, and a look of embarrassment appeared, and then she looked at the string of sugar gourds in Qin Chuan's hand with big eyes, revealing a hint of unfinished meaning in her eyes.

Just now, Qin Chuan was just looking around, but he only ate one or two sugar gourds in his hand.

In fact, he came to Yuancheng this time, he had two purposes, one was to see the courtyard that Che Ying had prepared for him, and the other was to see if he could find the one-eyed bamboo craftsman.

Qin Chuan stretched out his hand, handed the sugar gourd in his hand to Erya, and said, "Ah Xiang, take it, and buy two more strings when you go back." ”

"Childe, I'll eat one, just one." Erya took the sugar gourd in Qin Chuan's hand and said with an oath.

Qin Chuan smiled and stretched out his hand to scrape the tip of Erya's nose, and then walked towards the front with his hands behind his back a little old-fashioned. Erya looked at Qin Chuan's appearance, laughed, and then began to prepare to deal with the sugar gourd in his hand.

At the corner of the road, a man in a blue-gray robe squatted, with his hands folded on his sleeves, leaning against the corner, squinting, rubbing against the wall from time to time, and then continuing to bask in the sun. The corners of his mouth floated slightly, and from time to time there were bursts of soft snoring.

Suddenly, the man in the gray robe sniffed slightly, his originally closed eyes opened slightly, and he didn't know what he saw, swallowed and spit, stretched out his tongue, and licked the corners of his mouth.

Along the way, Er Ya kept muttering the last one, the last one, until the last sugar gourd was left, there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and he looked at the delicious sugar gourd in his hand from time to time, and looked up at Qin Chuan in front of him from time to time.

"You can eat as much as you want, you don't have to look at me all the time." Qin Chuan didn't look back and said softly.

Erya showed a happy expression on her face, and then she was about to put the sugar gourd in her hand into her mouth.

"The iron mouth is straight, and it doesn't work and you don't want money. Astronomy and geography are counted above, and marriage fortune is counted below. Stop and take a look, you don't want money. ”

An unfathomable shout came into the ears of Qin Chuan and Erya.

Er Ya stopped eating the sugar gourd, looked around curiously, and saw the gray-robed man sitting cross-legged on the ground, on a dirty wooden board, crookedly written in four big characters.

Stopping, Erya reached out and pulled the sleeve of Qin Chuan, who was walking in front, and looked at the man in front of him, his eyes were full of curiosity.

Qin Chuan shook his head, looked at Erya a little helplessly, and couldn't help but secretly think in his heart that sure enough, in that era, it was a common problem for women to like shopping.

"Liar..."Qin Chuan whispered to Erya.

And the middle-aged man seemed to hear Qin Chuan's whispered muttering, stood up, touched the beard on his mouth and smiled, stared at the sugar gourd in Erya's hand, and said: "This son, this is a bad word, I have never calculated how to deceive people, it is better to count it, I don't want money if I don't want it." ”

Qin Chuan pouted. And Erya did turn her head to look at Qin Chuan, with a curious look on her face, and said in a low voice: "Childe, childe, go and take a look, what if it works." ”

Unable to resist the little girl's pleading, Qin Chuan walked in front of the middle-aged man and looked at the middle-aged man with some disapproval.

Seeing the two of them walking in front of him, a smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face, with one hand behind his back, the other hand touching the beard on his mouth, and then looked at Qin Chuan's face, his face became serious, and he said solemnly to Qin Chuan: "This little boy, I look at the son..."

"The heavenly court is full, the face is slightly red, it is really the appearance of a nobleman, but there is a black gas on the Yin Hall, I am afraid that everything will not go well, and the disaster of blood and light will be riddled with it."

Listening to Qin Chuan's words, the middle-aged man's face suddenly became stunned and unbelievable.

Qin Chuan smiled slightly, and said to the middle-aged man in front of him: "Should it be said later that if you want to avoid evil, you should be counted and give me a solution?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded at a loss.

Then, Qin Chuan took Erya's hand and left here, and then said in a childish voice: "My life is too hard, you can't count it, and you can't afford it." If you don't believe me, try it. ”

After Qin Chuan pulled Erya away, the middle-aged man stretched out a hand with a puzzled look on his face and quickly pinched it, but as the speed of his fingers became faster and faster, the look of disbelief on his face became more and more solemn.

"Haha, you deceitful scoundrel, even a child wants to deceive, get out, I'm ashamed to be with you." The Qin people, who were also squatting by the wall, saw that the middle-aged man had failed, so he opened his mouth to laugh and scold.

The middle-aged man's face changed slightly, and then he stopped pinching his fingers, feeling indescribably depressed in his heart, and then heard the ridicule of several people around him.

"Hmph, the way of heaven is long, and the retribution is not happy. Don't complain about bad luck in the future, the coming days will be long, let's see. The middle-aged man patted the dust of his robe and whispered to a few people.

", don't stand there in the eyes." Those people looked at the middle-aged man with fierce expressions.

The middle-aged man picked up the wooden plank on the ground and walked away.