Chapter 57: A Treat
Fucheng South Gate Flower Market Street, this is a spacious street from north to south, when he first came to Fucheng, Yang Quan was arrested and escorted, and came in from this west gate.
The ancient West Gate is said from the four elephants, it is the white tiger position, the main battle and killing, belongs to the evil star, so the West Gate has always been where some temples and government offices are located, Yang Quan has walked all the way, and has never seen the shop, but feels that the street is quite wide, he thinks, just feel that the city is planned neatly, there is no messiness of the modern city at all, of course, except for fewer people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
When he saw the two-story buildings on both sides of the street, the upper floors were inhabited, and the lower floors facing the street were opened.
These made Yang Quan a little surprised, there were still Tartars attacking the city, and now the people in this city are in chaos, and it has only been a long time since they have started their old life again. If it weren't for Yang Quan's injuries on their bodies and the injuries they suffered while defending the city, he almost had an illusion that the killing on the city wall just now was just a dream of his?
Walking on this spacious street, Yang Quan felt the slow life of this ancient time, and listened to the cries of the surrounding vendors, although it was noisy. But somehow, since Yang Quan came to this era, the irritability and nervousness in his heart suddenly disappeared at this moment.
He looked carefully, feeling the warmth of the street under his feet, he savored it, the bluestone paved pavement, the stones on the ground were driven away, and there were no edges and corners for a long time, people walked on this, but there was no feeling of separating the feet, and the smoothness of the stone surface was probably even barefoot, and it would not damage the soles of the feet.
"Brother Yang, Brother Yang?" The person next to him pulled Yang Quan twice, Yang Quan woke up, he looked back at Hao Baihu who looked concerned next to him, and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I haven't been to Fucheng, and seeing this prosperous scene makes me a little distracted." “
That Hao Baihu and Song Zongqi next to him laughed indifferently, and Song Zongqi looked at Yang Quan with a smile and said, "Brother, don't say such things in front of others in the future, you will be laughed at like a bun.
Is this city still prosperous now? You have never seen the scale of the former mansion city, from the Niushi Street outside the south gate, to the Qingfeng Building in front of the prefect's yamen, these streets are full of people, and it seems that it is not much better than the temple fairs in some rural towns.
However, since a few years ago, I suffered from the drought and plague in Shunde, the people of this city, not five out of ten, and the shops along the street were closed half, although after the efforts of the successive prefects, but the city still did not recover its former vitality.
So far, although it doesn't look like it was in the same depression as before, it's still much worse. ”
"Oh, that's the case" Yang Quan listened to Song Zongqi say this, and looked at the crowd in the distance with some incredulity, now it is still the depressed appearance of this place, if it was once how prosperous it used to be?
Before they knew it, they had come to a roadside stall on the side of the road.
"Come to Brother Yang, neither of us can save money, today you and my brother met, but we couldn't even invite you to those bigger taverns, so we can only wronged my brother to eat with us at this roadside stall." Hao Baihu next to him, looking at this stall, said to Yang Quan a little embarrassed.
Yang Quan shook his head, "Brother Hao has seen the outside, I am just an ordinary farmer, I have eaten the last meal on weekdays, and I have eaten any kind of hardship, not to mention that I have been hungry for so long now, don't say ordinary food, just give me a piece of multigrain bread now, and I will eat freely." Isn't it just a meal, why should you two do this? “
The two next to them breathed a sigh of relief and found a table that was still clean in the stall. Hao Baihu shouted at the old man next to him who was busy choosing vegetables, "Old fish head, hurry up and bring some of the famous food in your place,"
Yang Quan noticed that the one who was squatting next to him was an old man with white hair, only to see the old man stand up and glance at Hao Baihu and them, but he hesitated to stand there, and kept looking at Hao Baihu.
Yang Quan looked at the old man with some puzzlement, this guest ordered food, why is he still here?
I saw this old man, looking at this Hao Baihu with a sad face, "That Hao Ye, I don't know how to calculate the accounts in the past?" It's better for you to settle this account today, and the little old man will serve you well. ”
The old man's words made Hao Baihu a little unable to get off the stage, he blushed and chatted for a long time, and then said, "Old fish head, don't be like this, I will definitely pay off the past debts after eating here today, you don't have to be verbose, let's serve the food quickly."
What else does this old man say, but Yang Quan has already seen that this Hao Baihu didn't deceive himself just now, his life in this hundred households is tight, he hurriedly said to the old man, "Uncle, it's better to be like this, let's just eat casually today, just serve the cheapest meal here, and I'll settle it on the spot after eating,"
"Hey, Brother Yang, don't you look down on me like this?" Hao Baihu next to him said with a somewhat ugly face.
Yang Quan took a look, I, it seems that he was a little abrupt just now, you must know that from ancient times to the present, some men can have their heads broken and bleed, but they can't lose face. Now it seems that this Hao Baihu is probably such a person.
He hurriedly smiled and said, "Big brother, big brother, don't be angry, our brothers see each other today, we always see each other at first sight, the younger brother should have invited the two elder brothers, how can there be a reason to let the two of them pay for it, but the younger brother is shy in his pocket, and he can't afford to invite the two eldest brothers to eat good food, so he can only wronged the two of them to eat some ordinary food with me."
As soon as he said these two words, Song Zongqi next to him glanced at him coldly, "Brother Yang, why do you look down on people so much?" Do you still need you to pay for your coming here today? Old fish head, you can give us some good food today, and I Song Tianquan will not make a short account of you! “
Yang Quan wanted to say something, but he was stopped by Hao Baihu next to him, "Don't say so much, Tianquan wants to be invited, you just have to eat, if you are shirking, you just look down on me." “
Yang Quan had no choice but to sit down again. However, he touched his pocket, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Nima, just sat down, Yang Quan found that he didn't have any money on his body, uh, to be exact, when Yang Quan was taken into the prefect's prison, the money was taken away by the prison officials. If Song Tianquan didn't come down, I'm afraid that he Yang Quan would be a big ugly guy today.