13. The loneliness of Anthy
"Lang Jun Gaoyi, save Wang Tuantuan, I Yang Miaoer admire!" Yang Duzhi was the first to say this, and then those advocates saluted one after another and repeated it together.
Before Gao Yue could react, Yang Miao'er stepped forward again and bowed again, "From now on, they are all Lang Jun's incense brothers." Gao Langjun and the last, if you don't dislike it, all the manpower and expenses required by the Jinshi Regiment will be borne by me. ”
Although he didn't understand what the "Jinshi Group" meant, Gao Yue was also quite moved, and hurriedly imitated the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty and replied, "I know, well, that, I know that I love wrongly!" ”
Then Yang Miao'er took out a lacquer box covered with brocade, and after opening it, there were strings of cyan copper coins winding back and forth inside, mixed with some gold and silver ingots, "Gao Langjun, please accept it, I will take out twenty yuan from the monthly association money of the Women's Club of the Wall Song, and give it to Lang Jun as a food book for the spring examination." ”
It means that these twenty times will be eaten by Gao Yue's improvement partner.
What was the concept of 20 guan money at the time? In a large county, the monthly salary of the main book and the county lieutenant is twenty yuan, the county is thirty yuan, and the county order is also forty yuan, so Yang Duzhi's gift is not rich.
Gao Yue didn't expect such an opportunity, and couldn't help but accept the money gratefully, and thanked Yang Zhizhi, but obviously Yang Miao'er and that Wang Tuantuan also had the idea of "strange goods to live in", she said to Gao Yue bluntly - this money does not need to be repaid by Langjun, but after seeking enlightenment, only the northern song is mentioned to the outside world, not the southern song and the middle song.
Outside the gate of Pingkangfang, Yang Miaoer sent four or five "wonderful customers" (that is, men raised by prostitutes, most of whom also had to do chores for brothels) to wear short shirts and push carts, carrying gifts and goods given to Gao Yue, and followed Gao Yue himself in the direction of Wubenfang.
In fact, the two squares are just across the street, but there is a dragon's head canal between them, and several rumbling mills are built on the side of the canal, and the high water wheels rotate rhythmically, like a small Ferris wheel.
In the depression by the stone bridge, Gao Yue noticed that a young man was following him.
Looking back, it was none other than Cai Fonu, who had fought in the flower gallery of Baotang Temple before.
Seeing Gao Yue seeing him, Cai Fonu smiled as if flattering, leaned over and pointed to the wall of Wubenfang, and said, "I am running an errand for Jingyuan Jinjuan Academy, and I want to go to the ghost market of Wubenfang to buy firewood." ”
It turned out that the Tang Empire all over the feudal towns, local governments sent to Chang'an to do things (most of them negotiated with the imperial court) of the personnel, there were no mansions, most of them scattered in various pavilions or hostels, not long ago Emperor Daizong issued an edict, "Zhudao Mansion in the capital, changed to the Jinjuan Yuan", each place has a special "Beijing Office" - and Pingkangfang alone, there are Tonghua (Tongzhou, Huazhou), Hezhong, Heyang, Xiang, Xu, Wei, Jingyuan, Lingwu, Xia, Zhaoyi and other more than ten Jinjuan Yuan.
Presumably, this Cai Fonu was first fired from the Baotang Temple for fighting, and now he has found an errand to purchase materials in the Jinju Courtyard of Jingyuan Jiedu.
Gao Yue knew that Cai Fonu was very good at his fists and feet, and saw that he admired Song Zhu in Xiaoyuezhou and followed him, probably because he admired him when he saw him save Wang Tuantuan, so he wanted to get to know him-in the future, in this huge Chang'an City, there will also be a response-so he smiled and asked Cai, "Wubenfang ghost market?" ”
"yes, Ghost City." Cai Fonu replied angrily, "Dry firewood and charcoal, as long as it is cut down by local suburbs, like to send it to the ghost market of Wubenfang to buy and sell, and only the bulk ones are sent to the east and west markets." ”
So Gao Yue took the opportunity to continue to ask Buddha Nu why a market selling firewood and charcoal was called a "ghost market".
His mother, who lived with the Buddha, believed in Buddhism, and he told Gao Yue that every autumn and winter in this ghost market, all kinds of terrible cries could be heard at night, and the people of Chang'an thought that it was the dry wood essence that was causing trouble.
"Dry wood, still fine." Gao Yue almost didn't laugh.
Gao Yue also knew that Cai Fonu lost his father when he was young, and people only said that his father was a soldier who died in the chaos, but his mother kept saying that his father was a hero, and he was the number one sword and axe general in the four towns of Anxi, and was martyred in the war against Xifan because of the king's affairs. As a result, Cai Fonu's father's exploits were annihilated in the desert dust, leaving Cai's mother in Pingkangfang and struggling to pull Fonu to grow up.
"Although this town is not in Chang'an City, the feasible camp is in Jingyuan, and there is also a concert hall in Chang'an, why don't you appeal?" Gao Yue gave Cai Fonu a move.
Buddha Nu shook his head, saying that before his mother exhausted all her savings, she went to Jingyuan and found Ma Zhenxi (Ma Lan), who also promised to give his mother and son an explanation, but who thought that Ma Zhenxi had just made a promise, just a month ago, the entire Jingyuan camp soldiers were unstable, and the coffin was being sent to Ma Lan's mansion in Chang'an City, and the imperial court entrusted Ma Lan's marching Sima Duan Xiushi to pacify the officers and soldiers, so he couldn't take care of the "little things" of his house for the time being.
However, Jingyuan Xingying also made some amends, and sent someone to Cai Fonu the day before yesterday to let Cai Fonu work in the Jingyuan Jinju Courtyard in Pingkangfang, and also distributed some money every month, which could subsidize his family.
Before I knew it, I had walked to the ghost market of Wubenfang, and Gao Yue looked at it, and the market covered with slush was full of bundles of firewood, and there were many people selling there, and I didn't see any eerie "ghost market atmosphere" at all. Cai Fonu bought a lot of dry firewood, all of which he carried on his back, and he was so dense that he could hardly see himself, so he said goodbye to Gao Yue.
Gao Yue thought for a while, called out to him, and then took out a gold bar worth ten yuan from the food capital given by Yang Miao'er, and stuffed it into the Buddha's blanket, "This money is for your mother's food." ”
Cai Fonu immediately had green tendons on the corners of his head, and he even said that he couldn't do it.
But Gao Yue pressed his shoulders and whispered, "Everyone is a guest in another country, and they should take care of each other." You carry so much dry firewood on your back, and you must not refuse. ”
Cai Fonu immediately choked up a little, "Lang Jun is like this to my old lady, and he will be regarded as Fonu's brother in the future, if Fonu can work hard in Chang'an City, he will never forget your great kindness." ”
"Alas, it's not necessary to be like this." Gao Yue said generously, "I am a student, and the state has a lot of subsidies. ”
After Cai Fonu left, Gao Yue stood proudly outside the courtyard wall of the gate of Wubenfang Guozijian, and those few wonderful guests from Pingkangfang Beiqu stopped the car and sat there to rest, among them named Su Wunu, said to Gao Yue with a smile, "Lang Jun is really generous, half of it will be eliminated in twenty runs, but he really doesn't look like a student!" ”
Gao Yue heard what he said, and he was about to ask what it meant.