Chapter 168: To Jiangdu
After the brother and sister finished eating, they got up and ran to the sky, and went directly to Yangzhou, Fang Jing did not slow down too much, nor did he deliberately speed up, and walked along the river, although Fang Jing didn't know how Yangzhou City was at this time, but it must be prosperous, and people came and went.
After two quarters of an hour, Fang Jing and Fang Yuan had already arrived in the sky above Yangzhou City, looking at the ground under their feet, the Yangtze River extended to the sea.
"Little sister, do you see? It is the mouth of the Yangtze River. Fang Jing pointed to the mouth of the Yangtze River in the distance and said to Fang Yuan.
"Brother, why does the Yangtze River flow into the sea?" Fang Yuan looked at the place Fang Jing pointed and said.
"The total length of the Yangtze River is 12,600 miles, and the terrain goes from high to low, and the water of the Yangtze River will naturally flow to the lowest sea." Fang Jing explained to Fang Yuan.
"Brother, is the Yangtze River so long? Where does the water of the Yangtze River come from? Where is the source? Fang Yuan looked at Fang Jing and asked.
"Xiaomei, the source of the Yangtze River is at the source of the three rivers, the water of the Yangtze River is formed by the confluence of many small rivers and rivers, and the water of these small rivers and rivers comes from some mountain ranges in Tibet, and these mountains are basically covered with snow all year round, and the ice and snow flow to the Yangtze River after turning into water, which also forms the Yangtze River we see now, so the length of the Yangtze River is 12,600 miles in total." Fang Jing explained to Fang Yuan sentence by sentence, but he didn't know if what he said was right or not, but he didn't think there would be much deviation.
"Okay, little sister, let's go down first, go to Yangzhou City for a while, and we'll have a casual look in Yangzhou City in the past two days." Fang Jing took Fang Yuan down to a mountain forest, raised his legs and headed towards Yangzhou City.
Yangzhou City, built 400 years ago B.C., known as Jiangdu in ancient times, Guangling, Weiyang, south of the Yangtze River, north of Jinhu, Jinhu Lake is also Gaoyou Lake, the North-South Grand Canal also passes through Yangzhou City, has the name of 'Huaizuo Famous Capital, Zhuxi Jiajia', and has the reputation of the first city of the Chinese Canal, and Yangzhou City at this time, only moved to the city for a few years, Wude eight years from the original Danyang City moved to Jiangbei, formed the Yangzhou City of later generations.
At this time, Fang Jing took Fang Yuan's little hand, but he was heading towards the old city of Danyang City, the city wall of Danyang City is not as high as a big city like Chang'an City, but it is not something that anyone can go up to, although the city wall is a little dilapidated, but it is still standing there strongly, showing his majesty to the world.
After passing through the city gate into the city, the houses in succession, built according to the street, the style of blue bricks and gray tiles, showing its bold atmosphere, all kinds of people flow through the street, the children are also accumulating strength to laugh and laugh, chasing and chasing, so as not to show the harmonious scene of this Danyang City, the shops set up along the street are drenched, the cries are endless, all kinds of businessmen come in and out with the guys and goods, the prosperous scene, as if to vent his good fortune to the heavens.
"Brother, you see, there are also oil cakes there, and there, there are hu cakes, soup cakes, and fruits." Fang Yuan pointed to a stall not far away and shouted to Fang Jing.
"Little sister, let's go, go buy some fruit to eat." Fang Jing took Fang Yuan and walked towards the small vendor selling fruits.
"Uncle, how do you sell this loquat?" Fang Jing asked the old man of the vendor.
"This little brother, this loquat costs two pennies a catty, dare to ask how many catties it wants?" The old man of the vendor asked Fang Jing.
"Let's get five cents." Fang Jing took five cents from the burden and handed it to the old man of the vendor.
"Little brother, take it, if you think it's delicious, you can buy some more." The old man of the merchant wrapped the loquat with a lotus leaf and handed it to Fang Jing, not forgetting to pull the customer.
"Uncle, if this loquat is delicious, my brother and sister will definitely come to buy some more food." Fang Jing took the loquat and said to the old man of the vendor.
Loquat, also known as reed orange, golden pill, reed branch, native to the southeast of China, because the leaves resemble the pipa and get this name, its flowers can be used in medicine, its leaves are also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, seeds and new leaves with slight toxins, raw eating will produce trace amounts of cyanide, so it is recommended not to eat raw seeds and leaves, its fruity sweet, acidic suitable, thirst quenching, lung qi, antiemetic effect.
"Brother, it's so sweet, you eat." Fang Yuan held a pack of loquats, picked one up and ate it, and handed one to Fang Jing.
"Well, it tastes really good, when the time comes, get some seedlings to plant in Fangjia Village, and you can eat this loquat in the spring and summer season." Fang Jing tasted a loquat, the taste was sweet, but it was not very acidic.
"Brother, that's more variety." The little girl really ate the bowl, thinking about the tree, but the tree was not there yet, so she wanted to eat more.
"Okay, when the time comes, my brother will have more varieties, anyway, there is a lot of wasteland in Fangjia Village, and I am not afraid of no land to plant." Fang Jing also felt that Fang Yuan's suggestion was good, at least on the fruit trees, Fang Jing agreed.
"Brother, don't we have to plant a lot of fruit trees? You brought back a lot of them last time. Fang Yuan thought that if there were more fruit trees in the house, there would really be endless fruits.
"Well, our family has to plant at least ten or twenty kinds of fruit trees, otherwise you little dolls will have nothing to eat, at least one or two acres of land for each fruit tree, even if you can't finish eating, the little babies in the village can also pick some food, or you can also make preserved fruits." Fang Jing remembered that the seeds of some fruits at home were still raising seedlings, and it was estimated that after lying down, they would grow up a lot, and they would be able to transplant in autumn.
"Brother, won't our family have fruit to eat every day in the future?" Fang Yuan followed Fang Jing as he walked and ate loquats, and asked Fang Jing in his mouth.
"It should be possible, when the time comes, our family will plant some fruits every season, spring, summer, autumn and winter non-stop, eat fruits in heavy snowy days, is it very beautiful to think about? Hahahaha. Fang Jing also thought about it, if she really wanted to eat the fruit on a snowy day, wouldn't it be very beautiful.
"Haha, brother, that's the best, roast the fire and eat the fruit." Fang Yuan is poor in words, and there is no more description of the scene of eating fruit on a snowy day.
Fang Jing continued to take Fang Yuan to walk around this ancient city, admiring the beauty of this ancient city, appreciating the past and present life of this ancient city, maybe in a few years, this ancient city will be destroyed by war, but now is his best years.
As Fang Jing's brothers and sisters wandered around, they had a certain understanding of this ancient city of Danyang, and those who didn't understand would ask passers-by or locals, in Danyang City, the streets were mixed and complicated, the houses were scattered in the city, and the gardens were dense, it was considered a garden, at least Fang Jing looked like a garden from outside the wall.
For Yangzhou City on the other side of the Yangtze River, Fang Jing did not plan to cross the river today, Fang Jing plans to cross the river tomorrow to see, after all, it is a new city, and some city walls are still under construction, there must not be as prosperous as this old city, and the flow of people must not be so much, although Yangzhou New City is under construction, but there are still a lot of low city walls on the original site, as well as a lot of dilapidated buildings.
In the evening, Fang Jing took Fang Yuan to find a guest house to live in, dinner was simple, just ate some meals provided by the inn, the brother and sister walked around Danyang City for a day, but they ate a lot of various snacks, of course, there were also a lot of fruits, so that they didn't eat much for dinner.
"Brother, my stomach is so full, I can't eat." Fang Yuan rubbed his stomach and said to Fang Jing.
"Okay, then don't eat, who told you to eat all the way, you can't do this in the future, you have to eat dinner, just eat snacks in the future." Fang Jing looked at the little girl who had more than half a bowl of soup cakes left, and it was not good to scold, not to scold, it was not good to waste food.
"Brother, this soup cake is not delicious, if it is delicious, I will definitely finish it." The little girl pouted and quibbled.
"You've eaten too much of a small snack, look at your little belly, it's almost ready to beat the drum." Fang Jing was speechless at this little girl's excuse.
"Okay, let's go back to the room, it's dark at night, go back and lie down and sleep." Fang Jing finished eating Fang Yuan's remaining half bowl of soup cakes, and urged the little girl to go into the room to sleep.
"Brother, where are we going tomorrow? I've been around a lot of places here. Fang Yuan sat on the bed and looked at Fang Jing and asked.
"Tomorrow cross the river to the opposite side, look over there, and then go to the mouth of the sea to see, and then go to Hangzhou City." Fang Jing planned to arrange for tomorrow, but it was only a plan, and he did not make it clear that he would definitely go.
After a night of nothing, the brother and sister slept soundly, got up early in the morning and finished washing, settled the house money, went to the north of the city, came to the Yangtze River, and prepared to take a boat to Yangzhou City to see.
"Brother, there are so many people, you see there are still fish sellers over there, wow, there are so many things to eat." Fang Yuan pointed to the edge of the dock not far away, shouting.
"Little sister, let's cross the river first, and go there for breakfast." Fang Jing took Fang Yuan's little hand and walked towards the dock.
"Uncle, how much does it cost to cross the river? My brother and sister were going to cross the river. Fang Jing asked an old man.
"This little brother, if you two want to cross the other side of the river, give ten cents." The Ban family looked at Fang Jing's brother and sister and said, but there was some curiosity in his eyes, a young man with a little girl, not a merchant, it seems that he is a relative.
"Uncle, give it, this is ten cents." Fang Jing took ten cents from the burden and handed it to the boatman.
Then the boatman took Fang Jing's brothers and sisters to a small boat, the boat was not very big, but there were already a few people sitting in it, the shape of the boat was a bit like a canopy boat, slightly larger than a normal awning boat, several people sitting in the boat were men and women, and one of the women was holding a baby.
Fang Jing's brother and sister got on the boat, they sat on the side and waited, the boat would not leave the boat because Fang Jing and they came, the boat was to solicit passengers, so naturally it would take more guests to open the boat, Fang Jing looked at the boatman and had already gone to pull guests again.
After about a quarter of an hour, the boatman brought in two middle-aged men who needed to cross the river, and then they took the oars and drove the boat to the other side of the river.
"Brother, are there a lot of delicious foods on the other side?" Fang Yuan raised his head and asked Fang Jing.
"There should be, I'll know when I cross the river, and I want to come and be close to this side." Fang Jing responded to the little girl's words, Fang Yuan sat on Fang Jing's right hand, holding the little girl in his right hand.
The boat traveled for nearly two quarters of an hour before arriving at the dock on the other side, Fang Jing took Fang Yuan off the boat, looked up and looked around, the style was not much different from the dock opposite, basically there were mostly merchants, hawkers and small merchants picked up some food to sell, of course, there were also many women mixed in.
"Little sister, let's go, let's go to the city first, if you're hungry, why don't you buy you some food first?" Fang Jing asked towards Fang Yuan.
"Brother, don't buy it, I'm not too hungry now, let's go to the city first to see if there's anything more delicious." Fang Yuan looked at the snacks around him, which were basically the same as yesterday, and hoped that there was anything more delicious in the city.
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