Qingfeng Town is surrounded by mountains, and a small river runs through it, adding a lot of agility to the town. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The scale of the town is not small, the buildings are lined up one after another, scattered, the bluestone paved street is lined with shops, the street is full of traffic, pedestrians are weaving, the cries of selling are endless, a group of antique prosperous scenes.

Surrounded by mountains in the southwest of Qingzhou, the mountains are continuous and sparsely populated, and the reason why Qingfeng Town is so prosperous is mainly because there are two ancient roads that meet here. One is the Mansa Ancient Road, which runs south from Qingfeng Town and can pass through the mountains all the way to Linqu. The other is the Ziqing Ancient Road, which connects Qingzhou and Zizhou.

Qingfeng Town is an important foothold for the supply and transit of the merchants who walked on the ancient road in the past two days.

Due to the important geographical location of Qingfeng Town, there is a Qingfeng Village at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain in the southwest of Qingfeng Town, and a commanded box army is stationed to protect the tranquility of Qingfeng Town.

When he came to Qingzhou to investigate, Zhong Hao read the Yidu County Chronicles and knew that Qingfeng Town was the Wangfen Town where he had passed by, because the tomb of King Heng, who was divided into Qingzhou during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, was buried here and changed its name.

As for this Qingfeng Mountain and Qingfeng Village, Zhong Hao, who is familiar with the Water Margin, has really been famous for a long time.

Coming to the town from the mountains, Zhong Hao undoubtedly returned to the prosperity from the wilderness, coupled with the first time he saw the real ancient market life, Zhong Hao couldn't help but go shopping in the town with great interest.

Xu Wan'er took the medicine, and the wind and cold seemed to be much better, and she happily followed Zhong Hao to go shopping.

Seeing his daughter's cheering appearance, Xu couldn't help but be a little happy and a little sad. Since the death of Xu Wan's father and brother, she has not been so happy for a long time, obviously Xu Wan'er loves her very much, and Brother Hao, who always makes her happy, likes it very much.

There is a special business area in the east of Qingfeng Town, and the people of the ten miles and eight villages around Qingfeng Town will come here to buy daily necessities and sell their mountain goods and furs.

Although it was already afternoon at this time, when Zhong Hao and the three of them walked here, there were still a lot of people here, selling food, selling mountain goods, selling grain, selling fur, selling embroidery women, selling oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and all kinds of stalls were still shouting hard.

When Xu Wan'er walked to a stall selling Hu Cakes, she couldn't help but stop, looking at the golden Hu Cakes filled with mutton filling, she couldn't take a step.

Zhong Hao followed Xu Wan'er's gaze, and saw that next to the Hu cake stall, a woman with a red face was quickly putting eggs, salt and ghee into the noodles, and quickly tearing the large dough into small dough of the same size, filling the dough with a good mutton filling, gently flattening it on the cutting board, making it into a Hu cake shape, and then sprinkling sesame seeds. Then he handed the formed Hu Biscuit to a middle-aged man in a burlap shirt and sweating profusely next to the oven.

The man was toasting the cakes on the stove, which had turned golden brown under the middle-aged man's roasting, exuding an attractive fragrance.

Smelling the tempting fragrance, even Zhong Hao couldn't help but move his index finger.

"Mother, I want to eat Hu Cake!"

Xu was a little sad, and said warmly: "Wan'er is obedient, my mother has no money now, and when I arrive in Qingzhou, my mother will find a job and make money to buy it for you!" ”

The little girl was a little aggrieved, although she was a little reluctant to look at Hu Bi, but she didn't ask for it again. Although she was only nine years old, she clearly understood the hardships of life somewhat.

Looking at the little girl's longing eyes, Zhong Hao's heartstrings moved, and he couldn't help but think of his little sister's aggrieved appearance, and he couldn't stand his little sister's pitiful appearance the most. Every time the little sister pretends to be pitiful, she always tries to meet all her requirements, alas, but unfortunately she will never see her again.

But fortunately, there is still a little girl who can hurt now.

"Wan'er don't move here, Brother Hao will come back later to buy you Hu cakes to eat!" Without waiting for Xu's voice, he rushed to the central street of the town.

When Zhong Hao was shopping just now, he saw an antique shop next to the central street in the town.

Zhong Hao walked into the store and saw that there were no customers in the store, and a chubby shopkeeper was lying on the counter, a little bored and calculating the accounts.

When the fat shopkeeper saw a strangely dressed and ragged young man come in, he looked slightly dissatisfied, and said a little perfunctorily: "I don't know what happened to the little brother coming to our store?" ”

Zhong Hao naturally saw the fat shopkeeper's perfunctory look, and it was no wonder that his ragged appearance was not bad if people didn't drive him out as a flower child, so he hurriedly took out his delicate slingshot from his backpack, handed it to the fat shopkeeper, and said, "I don't know if your store accepts rare things?" ”

The fat shopkeeper took the slingshot, glanced at it, and said with a slight disdain: "It's a rare thing, it must be accepted in our store, but although your slingshot is beautiful, it's not a rare thing!" ”

Yo, I don't like it yet. There is no way, it seems that I can only sell my Swiss Army Knife, this Swiss Army Knife is a real Swiss Army Knife that my sister bought from Switzerland with a friend, and gave it to herself as a birthday gift, Zhong Hao is really reluctant.

Zhong Hao was a little reluctant to take out his Swiss Army knife from his backpack and handed it to the fat shopkeeper, and said, "The shopkeeper looks at this!" As he spoke, Zhong Hao broke the flat knife, scissors, saw, cone, and corkscrew, and then handed it to the fat shopkeeper.

The fat shopkeeper took it, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, although he didn't know what to do with the things that Zhong Hao broke open, but just looking at the exquisite workmanship, it was definitely a good thing.

The fat shopkeeper played with it, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's really a good thing!" "The fat shopkeeper didn't expect that it hadn't opened for a day today, and when he saw such a good thing when he was about to close, he was naturally overjoyed.

"It's not bad, shopkeeper's knife!"

"Why?" The fat shopkeeper was a little puzzled.

"Open your eyes!"

The fat shopkeeper was curious for a moment, so he followed Zhong Hao's instructions to find a knife. He couldn't find a knife in the antique shop for a while, so he went to the backyard firewood room to get a thick-backed kitchen knife for chopping bones.

Zhong Hao put the flat blade of the Swiss Army knife on the edge of the counter with the blade facing up, and said to the fat shopkeeper: "Try the shopkeeper's hard cut!" ”

The fat shopkeeper raised the kitchen knife and slashed hard at the blade of the flat-edged knife of the Swiss Army knife, with a soft sound of "smack", only half of the thick-backed kitchen knife in the fat shopkeeper's hand was left, and the other half of the blade was cut off and fell to the ground.

At this time, the difference between the hardness of the iron knife and the polymer fiber carbon steel of later generations cannot be counted in the road.

The fat shopkeeper's eyes were shining: a treasure knife that sharpens iron like clay.

"Shopkeeper, look at the pointer in this circle on the handle of this knife!"

The fat shopkeeper was also a man of knowledge, he picked up the saber, made a few gestures, and found something rare: that is, the pointer in the circle always pointed due north.

The fat shopkeeper is now sure that this is definitely a good thing, and he exclaims in his heart: I must take it down. However, his face was silent, he put the Swiss Army knife on the table casually, pretended to be indifferent, and said: "Little brother, this knife is indeed a good thing, but it's not too rare, I don't know how much little brother plans to sell it?" ”

"Let's make a price for the shopkeeper!"

"Brother, I am also a real person, what do you think of the five money?" When the fat shopkeeper saw Zhong Hao's ragged appearance, it was estimated that Zhong Hao was a stupid boy who had never seen the world, and he might not know the value of this treasure knife.

Zhong Hao listened to the fat shopkeeper's offer, and didn't say anything, just smiled and put the Swiss Army knife in his backpack, and was about to go out.

"Alas, little brother, do you want to discuss? Why rush to leave? ”

"The shopkeeper's price is the price to send off the guest, which seems to be a negotiation?"

"Ten times, how about ten times, brother, my price is kind enough!"

"Shopkeeper, to be honest, I have inquired with a passing dealer, and if such a good thing is sold to Tokyo City, even if it is sold to a hundred times, some people will buy it. I'm not greedy, I have to leave you some money, give fifty yuan, you take it! Zhong Hao said nonsense.

Yo, this stupid boy still knows that there is a Tokyo City, and it doesn't seem to be so easy to fool. To be honest, 100 guan is really the psychological price estimated by the fat shopkeeper to sell to Tokyo City. However, the fat shopkeeper did not give it for nothing, and immediately said: "Your knife is also a thing." Although it can sharpen iron like clay, but the blade is narrow and short, and it can't stab people at all. In this way, you and I will each give one step, twenty dollars, and the knife will stay. ”

"Thirty times, no less!" Zhong Hao made a gesture and wanted to leave again.

"Okay, deal!" The fat shopkeeper gritted his teeth.

The fat shopkeeper took out three ten-run official handovers and gave them to Zhong Hao, but Zhong Hao didn't want it. Zhong Hao can't identify the authenticity of this thing now, and he is afraid of being pitted by the fat shopkeeper. Besides, with Zhong Hao's understanding of the Song Dynasty, he naturally knew that although this kind of official Jiaozi had reserves, he often issued them indiscriminately and depreciated greatly.

However, Zhong Hao wants to take away thirty copper coins, which is obviously unrealistic. The Great Song Dynasty has always had 770 yuan in money, about 6 or 7 catties, and 30 catties are nearly 200 catties, and he can't carry it even if he is killed.

In the end, the fat shopkeeper gave Zhong Hao twenty taels of silver, plus two copper coins. In fact, thirty yuan can't be exchanged for twenty taels of silver, but Zhong Hao is biting less than this price, the treasure knife is not sold, and the fat shopkeeper has to grit his teeth and bleed.

Zhong Hao put four silver ingots of five taels into the mezzanine of the backpack, and then pulled two copper coins into the backpack, and rushed towards the business area of Qingfeng Town.

Xu Shi and Xu Wan had been waiting for a long time, and seeing Zhong Hao rushing over, Xu Wan jumped up happily.

"Brother Hao, where have you been, so you won't come back, I thought you wouldn't come back!"

"My brother went to make money, but my brother was reluctant to leave the cute little Wan'er. Brother, please eat Hu Cake! ”

The three of them found a table and sat down, and Zhong Hao asked for six Hu cakes and three bowls of three fresh soups.

As soon as she sat down, Xu Wan held a crispy and stuffed hu cake and feasted on it. Xu felt that he couldn't go, so he excused himself and didn't eat it, so Zhong Hao forced two Hu cakes into Xu's hand, and in the end Xu had no choice but to eat them.

Zhong Hao has eaten bird meat for the past three days, and he has not eaten seriously, and at this time, he smelled the attractive fragrance of Hu Cake, and he couldn't help it, so he also picked up Hu Cake and ate it.

The three of them quickly finished eating, and Zhong Hao went to settle the bill. Hu cake is ten pennies, which is really not cheap, and three fresh soups are not expensive for one penny per bowl.

Zhong Hao took out a string of money, counted out fourteen pieces and put them back in his bag, and handed the money strings to the owner of the Hu Cake Stall. This string of money is a mo, seventy-seven texts.

After settling the account, Zhong Hao took Xu's mother and daughter to the ready-to-wear shop.

picked out a goose yellow placket for Xu Wan'er, and wanted to pick one for Xu's as well, Xu's didn't want to live or die, Zhong Hao had no choice but to give up in the end.

Zhong Hao bought a azure placket shirt by himself, and his clothes were so torn that he couldn't wear them.

By the time the three of them came out of the ready-to-wear shop, the sun was already setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled on this quaint town, and the rows of buildings added a touch of golden warmth, as if adding a lot of warmth to this town.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhong Hao wanted to take Xu's mother and daughter to find an inn to live in.

But this time Xu resolutely disagreed: "Brother Hao, you and our mother and daughter just met in Pingshui, but you gave us food, medicine and clothes, our mother and daughter have nothing to repay, and they are deserved, how can you spend your money to go to the guest house!" ”

"The meeting in Pingshui is fate, and now the little nephew still has some money and can afford to live in an inn. Besides, Wan'er's sister is still sick, can you bear to let her sleep on the streets? ”

Xu Shi glanced at Xu Wan, a little unbearable, but still shook his head and said: "I know Brother Hao'er, you are a good boy, but we have no relatives and no reason, and it is really difficult to feel at ease by you." Alas, I can only go to Qingzhou in the future to report back. Saying that, the Xu family was going to leave with Xu Wan. Although Xu can feel that Zhong Hao has no ill will towards their mother and daughter, there is no love in the world for no reason, Zhong Hao loves his mother and daughter so much, and has no intentions, which always makes her feel faintly uneasy, and it is really difficult to enjoy Zhong Hao's kindness to his mother and daughter with peace of mind.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but be anxious when he saw that the Xu family was going to take Xu Wan away. Although it was only a short half-day time with Xu Wan's mother and daughter, Zhong Hao felt that he was really inseparable from this kind mother and daughter. He came to this world without relatives and no support, and he had already regarded them as his relatives in this world deep down, if he left, Zhong Hao felt that the cold loneliness would really swallow him.

At that moment, Zhong Hao said loudly: "Aunt Xu, who said that we have no relatives and no reason, I have long regarded you as my aunt and Wan'er as my sister, you are my relatives." I have no relatives in this world, if you leave me again, I really don't know how to face this world alone! I want to have a loved one! ”

Zhong Hao's words immediately resonated with Xu. Yes, Brother Hao has no relatives and no reason in this world, why not his mother and daughter! In the past two months, I have been displaced with my daughter and tasted hardships, so why don't I want to have a relative. It turns out that Brother Hao is good to his mother and daughter, and the picture is this family affection, and this family affection is exactly what his mother and daughter also need. Xu's eyes were red and he said, "Okay...... Brother Hao, you will be my nephew in the future, I will be your aunt, and we will be relatives in the future! The Xu family made up their minds that in the future, they would treat Zhong Hao like their own son.

"Well, we will be the closest relatives in the future!" Saying that, Zhong Hao solemnly shouted again: "Aunt! ”

"Hey!"

"Brother Hao!" Xu Wan also shouted happily.

"Hey!"

Zhong Hao felt a thick warm current flowing in his heart, and the cold loneliness he felt when he first came to this world disappeared a lot.

The three of them went to the inn to open two ordinary guest rooms to live in, originally according to Zhong Hao's meaning, they wanted two upper rooms, but the Xu family had already entered the role of Zhong Hao's aunt, and said to Zhong Hao: "They are all from poor families, how can there be so much attention when going out, the firewood room can be lived, and what do you need to go to the room!" ”

Zhong Hao, who lost his parents since he was a child and relied on his little sister for his life, was very happy in his heart although he was trained.

After entering the guest room and settling down, the three of them were tired, so they rested early.

After taking a hearty hot bath and lying on the bed, Zhong Hao's tense mind in the past few days finally relaxed completely.

The past few days have been really tormenting for him, especially when trekking in the mountains, the fear of the unknown and the loneliness of walking alone are really a nightmarish existence.

Now that he has relatives in this era, since he is safe, Zhong Hao can finally face this era calmly, he must live well, and secretly make up his mind in his heart.

The victims who fled the famine seem to be a good identity for Zhong Hao embedded in this era.

The era of Song Renzong should be a fairly good era.

As for how to make his life in the Great Song Dynasty better, Zhong Hao has no clue for the time being, so he can only take one step at a time.