Chapter IV

What is happiness, if it was placed in the past, Zhu Yidao would tell you that happiness is to sit in an Internet café without a captain to check, and then a pack of Yuxi in his left hand and a bottle of green tea in his right hand; Now if you ask him what happiness is, he will say with an intoxicated face that happiness is to teach Xiao Nan to play poker. Since he was idle and bored, he created an extremely primitive playing card, Xiao Nan has deeply loved such an activity that was very popular with the masses of people in his previous life. Even the big man liked it. Whenever he came back from the mountain, he always washed his hands in a hurry, and immediately sat down at the table and shouted: "Fight the landlord!" ”

In fact, there is already poker in this era, but the production is primitive and the simplicity of the gameplay is still beyond Zhu Yidao's imagination. Dahan hadn't played it before, but he had heard of it, so it can be seen that this activity is still a game for nobles so far. However, the new style of fighting landlords created by Zhu Yidao made the working people who had no entertainment activities in this era feel very novel. In the past, it was interesting to fight the landlord by gambling, and Comrade Zhu was reluctant to win Comrade Xiaonan's money, to be specific, he felt that she did not have much personal property, so it was changed to whoever lost was responsible for today's meal - going up the mountain to hunt and chop wood.

The big man who hunted and chopped wood did it every day, but he had never been so motivated or idle. The reason is very simple - Comrade Lao Zhu underestimated the wisdom of the working people, he thought that he could let these rural buns lose to the bottom, but facts have proved that the wisdom of the working people is infinite, and we must not underestimate our great working people -- since the little man learned to play cards for three days, Comrade Zhu has never won. This made Zhu Yidao very depressed, but he was willing to lose the gamble, and he had to go out to collect firewood. So there was such a scene on the snowy mountain:

Comrade Lao Zhu held the firewood knife with a sad face, and worked hard one by one, and the big man next to him was holding a pair of pokers in his hand and turning over there, and his mouth was still counting Lao Zhu: a knife! Two knives! Three knives! …… Sometimes Xiao Nan ran to the mountain and shouted: "A knife! A knife! At that time, the big man echoed loudly: "I have cut hundreds of knives!" Be kind! Xiao Nan continued: "Brother Yidao!" Come back for dinner! Then the beasts on the mountain saw that Zhu Yidao was holding a firewood knife and running around the mountains and fields......

After returning home and eating, everyone continued, Lao Zhu's daily homework was: hang a bitter gourd face, carry a firewood knife in his hand, walk up the mountain step by step, and muttered from time to time: "How can this be?!" ”

So less than a month later, you ask Zhu Yidao again, what is happiness? Zhu Yidao will tell you categorically: happiness is to win his uncle by playing cards!

In fact, happiness can be as simple as that.

Of course, it is still not Lao Zhu's turn to hunt, just his two brushes, as long as the beasts don't hunt him, this job still has to be done by the big man, but Lao Zhu can already easily give the big man a hand. As for chopping wood, it must be Comrade Zhu's land, but the effect is also obvious: Zhu Yidao's body is stronger than before, and lumpy muscles can be seen on his arms, and his strength is much stronger than before. It's a pity that in the eyes of the big man, he is still a weak little white face. Whenever the big man looked at Zhu Yidao with disdainful eyes, spat in his mouth, and muttered "little white face", Zhu Yidao would pull out the firewood knife very stylishly, and the big man ran all over the mountains.........

There are exceptions to everything. For example, yesterday, not long after the two of them went up the mountain, they heard the roar of the wolves, so the two of them looked at each other, and ran away with a tacit understanding, and when they got home, they panted and told Xiao Nan that the two of them had just been lucky to be chased by the wolves and ran all over the mountains.

When it's time to play cards, everyone will happily sit at the table and light an extra oil lamp. Dahan once asked Zhu Yidao, why is this game called "fighting the landlord"? Zhu Yidao reluctantly asked: If you don't fight the landlord, you still want to fight the emperor???

It's better to fight the landlord!

The days are so simple and happy, and before you know it, the Spring Festival is approaching.

In the previous life, Zhu Yidao spent the Spring Festival not too simply: order a table with his parents at the restaurant closest to home, and then everyone had a meal together in Chinese New Year's Eve, and the year would be over. But here, although there are only three people, it is quite lively. Dahan said that he wanted to go to the city to buy some New Year's goods, Lao Zhu didn't care, and Xiao Nan clamored to go with him. Dahan disagreed. So Xiao Nan put forward a very democratic proposal: fight the landlord. Whoever loses stays at home. Now Lao Zhu Dahan is unwilling. Who wants to stay at home. Let's go together! Before leaving, the big man also brought the dried skins of the animals that were dried at home, including foxes and leopards...... In short, you can still exchange a lot of money for the New Year. Since coming here, Zhu Yidao has never been to the city, and his heart is full of expectations that only local buns in the countryside have: I don't know what the city of Daming looks like? In his mind, the ancient city should have a very majestic tower, and in the cave of the city tower stood a very mighty soldier brother, the soldier's embarrassed beard, melancholy eyes, holding a cold weapon in his hand, and looking at the crowd coming and going in front of him lifelessly......

It seems that Lao Zhu is completely disappointed. When they walked dozens of miles and looked at the county seat from afar, Lao Zhu felt that at that moment his heart was pulling out the cold: the low and dilapidated city tower, the soldiers who were listless and dozing off with their weapons, and the pedestrians at the gate of the city, this was the county seat in his mind? Of course, Xiao Nan was still very happy, she hugged Lao Zhu's arm and said happily that today can be regarded as a trip to the county seat. The big man didn't have any expression, he said indifferently: "Let's go!" When you're in town, remember to be careful with your wallet! Don't be stolen by thieves! I don't live here, we go home overnight after shopping! ”

When they reached the gate of the city, the soldiers who had been listless suddenly jumped and yelled at them: "What are you doing! ”

Dahan hurriedly said: "Master Jun, let's buy some New Year's goods!" Please also ask a few military masters to make it easier! As he spoke, he handed over a few copper plates.

The soldier threw away the copper plate in his hand, and his attitude improved a little: "After entering the city, I will leave as soon as I buy something!" He glanced at another soldier who was still sleeping next to him. That's that! Thank you, Master Jun! The big man smiled and led the two into the city.

Zhu Yidao stood on the street of the county seat - let's call it a street, looking at this traditional ancient city in China with emotion, the city is divided into several pieces, with a north-south grid layout, divided into the west market and the east market, the west market is mainly for commerce and trade, that is, for special trading, and the east market is mainly a residential area. This one is in the city, and there are suburbs outside. Although the sparrows are small and have all the organs, the mansions of those officials in the East City are big and invisible, and they are the small houses of the common people on the periphery of the officials' mansions; Around the central axis of the city, there are a lot of plants and trees planted on both sides of the road, and it seems that we still attach great importance to greening! The West Market is a commercial street, with shops, restaurants, and green buildings. It's just a small city. Zhu Yidao thought in his heart, then Beijing can't be much bigger than this??

While watching and walking, the three of them soon arrived at the West Market. The development of commerce here is beyond the imagination of Comrade Zhu, and the people of the whole city seem to be buying New Year's goods today, and there are people everywhere, as if it was the commercial street of the past. On the streets, there are acrobatics, stilt walkers, and fortune tellers...... Lao Zhu thought in his heart, this is simply a standard self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy.

Buy some things, these are mainly bought by big men. Zhu Yidao's authentic Mandarin, that is, the official dialect, is so eye-catching here that it is easy to suspect that he is the Jinyi guard of the capital. In these years, whoever recruits doesn't recruit Jinyi Guard, even the officials are afraid, let alone the common people, and they are even more hidden. Xiao Nan is like a bird released from a cage, and wants to touch and ask about everything she sees. One street walked for almost half a day. It seems that women's habits of shopping are ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and there is no exception! Lao Zhu is so helpless, this feels no different from going shopping with his girlfriend back then, the only difference is that Xiao Nan doesn't have so much money to buy what she likes. Lao Zhu really couldn't stand it, so when he passed by a stall, he bought a string of Buddhist bead bracelets for Xiao Nan.

Xiao Nan's face suddenly turned red: "Gave it to me?" ”

"Of course it's for you! As a New Year's gift for you! You're welcome, put it on and let me see if it looks good! Zhu Yidao said very generously. He probably didn't know that in ancient times, giving jewelry to girls meant proposing. That's why Xiao Nan is so embarrassed. However, Xiao Nan still put it on very obediently, but even her neck was blushing. Dahan saw it next to him and didn't say anything. He just thought in his heart that he was completely inseparable from Zhu Yidao at this moment. It's just this little white face, doesn't he ask, how old is Xiao Nan this year?

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard not far away, and a voice shouted: "All flash to the side!" Get out of the way! ”

Xiao Nan was still immersed in joy, and did not pay any attention to the movement around him, and the big man was bargaining with the pork seller in the shop, and saw the convoy rushing over.

Zhu Yidao quickly pulled Xiao Nan over, hugged her in his arms, and then glared angrily at the knight who was holding the horse's head: "I don't know how to brake in time to drive??" Driving so fast on the road to find death?? ”

In a hurry, he said what he used to say to BMW Mercedes, of course the knight couldn't understand it, but he could hear that he was speaking official language.

"Who are you? Don't you know if you want to avoid seeing your lady's car? Dare you say I'm looking for death, boy, you're tired of living, aren't you?! ”

Zhu Yidao was angry: "Yo, I don't know if you are the immortal of that road?" What a great official authority! Aren't you afraid of killing someone and losing face for your wife? Even our saints may not be on the eve of the New Year, killing people on the street to find bad luck, right? Isn't it true that you have more face than today's saints?? ”

This was too much, but the knight didn't know how to deal with it for a while, and he was angry. When the two were confronting each other, a female voice came from the carriage, and it was very nice to hear: "Let them go, it's almost the New Year, why bother?" ”

The knight turned around and bowed his head respectfully and said, "Yes, ma'am." Then he glared at Zhu Yidao and snorted coldly, and didn't look at him again. Lao Zhu looked away disdainfully, and was concerned to see if Xiao Nan was frightened.

Just as the carriage passed by Lao Zhu's side, the curtain was opened a small side, and Zhu Yidao clearly saw that a pair of curious big eyes were staring at him without blinking.

Lao Zhu was very bumpy, and he winked at those big eyes very unceremoniously. Then he heard another chuckle.

Before he turned his head back, he was beaten by the big man: "How many times have I told you, don't cause trouble in the city!" In case others care, let's not get past this year! The pork dealer on the side also said: "Yes, yes, that's our county lady and miss, I can't afford to provoke it, I heard that last year, a few splashes were cut off on the spot after being bumped into by the lady because of molesting women!" ”

Zhu Yidao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and his impulsive stinky problem could never be changed. Back then, because of impulsiveness, I beat the traffic police who stopped the car, and I was almost locked up in the bureau, if it weren't for the brothers of the whole team who took great risks to surround a police station, I might not be able to come out! Be careful in the future. After all, this is a hierarchical ancient time, and it is still the beloved daughter of the magistrate.

After making such a fuss, Xiao Nan was not in the mood to go shopping, the big man was also blushing and did not speak, and Lao Zhu was also annoyed. I walked and walked to the front of the teahouse. Today's teahouse is particularly lively. It turned out that someone posted a notice outside the teahouse: The magistrate was sick, and there was no one in the city who could cure the disease, and whoever could cure the illness in the county would be rewarded with 50 taels of silver.

50 taels! What is this concept? This is the county magistrate's salary of five taels more a year! No wonder everyone is arguing around here, it's just to see who has the ability to take fifty taels.