Text Chapter 2: Two Sticks
Today's sales were a little unsuccessful, and he didn't meet a cheerful Hu merchant. It wasn't until it was almost dark that Yin Qingfeng completed the planned transaction.
Stepping on the sound of the street drum, Yin Qingfeng hurried back, he still had to cook dinner for the little girl.
Stir-frying only began in the Song Dynasty, and iron pots only appeared at that time.
After hiding in seclusion in the south of the city, Yin Qingfeng could no longer stand the meals that were either cooked or steamed. I went directly to Dongshi to customize a big iron pot and came back.
There were still a lot of edible vegetables in the Tang Dynasty: leeks, celery, woad (cabbage), eggplant, turnip (kohlrabi), cabbage, okra, lettuce, bamboo shoots, amaranth, shallot, scallion, broad beans, peas, winter melon, cucumber (called courgette in the Sui period), peanuts, taro, yams, and many other vegetables. Spices such as Sichuan pepper, pepper, tangerine peel, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, fennel, sesame, cumin, and coriander are also available.
As for the oil, it is pitiful: soybean oil is not available, peanut oil is not, and sesame oil can only be eaten by temples and wealthy families.
"The little lady comes out, my brother will take you out to play."
"Don't hide at home with such a beautiful little lady, come out and let me take a look at it."
When he was about to arrive at the door of his house, Yin Qingfeng saw two black shadows looking at his small courtyard and shouting nonsense.
Yin Qingfeng, who has never been good-tempered, is the first time he has encountered this kind of thing. He didn't know how the always obedient little girl could be seen by the hooligans and blocked at the door of the house to tease, but he knew what he was going to do.
Although he has never given up exercising since coming to Datang, Yin Qingfeng is not sure about the strength of the two people opposite.
Yin Qingfeng looked around and touched a wooden stick. He tossed his hands around, and when he was sure it was okay, he quietly walked behind the two of them.
The two of them, who were fully engaged, didn't notice Yin Qingfeng's appearance at all.
I saw Yin Qingfeng raise his arm, once, twice, and after each skull knocked on it, the voices of the two stopped abruptly.
Yin Qingfeng looked around, squatted down and probed the snorts of the two people, and after making sure that the two people were not killed by him, he dragged the two to a distance.
"Girl, it's me, I'm back!" Yin Qingfeng shouted at the door of his house.
After a while, the sound of the deadbolt sliding was heard, and Yuemei carefully showed her little head.
"Lang Jun, you're back!" The little girl came out of it in surprise.
Yin Qingfeng hugged the little girl and walked inside, "Those two people were driven away by me, what happened to them?" ”
"It's just.... It's just that when I saw that it was late and Lang Jun hadn't come back yet, I went out to have a look, and the result was..."The little girl replied with some trepidation.
"Okay, it's okay now, with Lang Jun protecting you, no one wants to bully you!"
On this morning, when Yin Qingfeng and Yuemei were reading and writing, the courtyard gate was slapped.
Yin Qingfeng and the little girl looked at the door together and looked at each other again.
"You stay here, I'll go out and have a look." Yin Qingfeng said to the little girl.
"Lang Jun...."
"Don't worry, I can handle it!"
Yin Qingfeng wasn't sure who was coming, because he and the little girl lived in the second entrance. Maybe it's just that the neighbors knocked on the door and slapped hard when they saw that no one answered the door for a long time. But he wasn't sure if it had anything to do with the events of the previous night.
Before opening the door, Yin Qingfeng carried the wooden stick that he used that day, which was more convenient that day, and which he later changed into the shape of a baseball bat, on his left hand.
"Who? Who's outside the door? He asked aloud away from the gate, then took two quick steps to slide the deadbolt of the door, and then rushed out with another lunge.
When Yin Qingfeng jumped out of the door, he saw six people who were panicking and retreating because of their sudden appearance.
In a hurry, Yin Qingfeng swept his eyes and saw these six people, one holding a dagger in his hand, the other carrying a steel knife in his hand, and the other four holding sticks of different lengths.
Seeing this, Yin Qingfeng said in his heart: Since he is here to find fault, there is no need to ask more.
Yin Qingfeng first took two steps to the left, knocked down the leftmost one with a stick, and then turned around and swung his stick to smash at the nearest one. didn't look at his own results, Yin Qingfeng jumped upward, and smashed the third person with the appearance of splitting Huashan. This person only had time to subconsciously use his arm to block in front of him in panic, and when there was a "click", Yin Qingfeng kicked away the person with the knife again, and then the baseball bat in his hand was rounded and smashed on the person's shoulder. Waiting for the person to scream, Yin Qingfeng appeared in front of the fifth person. After Yin Qingfeng dodged the chopped wooden stick sideways, he kicked him with both feet in a row, and then ran two steps to avoid the dagger stabbed behind him, and slashed at the fifth person.
When Yin Qingfeng turned around, the person holding the dagger looked at the five fallen companions with some trepidation. I saw him gritting his teeth, waving at Yin Qingfeng and stabbing over. Yin Qingfeng lightly stepped to the side and arched his shoulders, and before the man could stand firmly, he swung his stick and knocked on his wrist.
Yin Qingfeng looked at the six people who had lost their combat effectiveness, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he used a modified stick, and he really wouldn't have used other cold weapons.
Fortunately, Yin Qingfeng suddenly appeared outside the door and started without hesitation. Otherwise, even if this body has been exercised for several months, it may not be able to settle these six people in such a short time.
After Yin Qingfeng's breathing was not so rapid, he pointed at the only sixth person standing with his stick: "Say, who are you and what are you doing here!" ”
The six people who were like lambs to the slaughter wisely chose to cooperate with Yin Qingfeng's inquiry.
After some answers, Yin Qingfeng figured out the details of these people.
They are all unsupervised wanderers who have become unsupervised due to the wars of these years, and they get together because of their affection, and usually do some stealing and touching dogs for a living. As for the shelter, it is in the dilapidated houses in the south of the city.
On that day, two people passed by here, and when they saw the little girl who was looking out, they started to tease. In their opinion, the people who live in the south of the city are the most ordinary people in Chang'an City. But I didn't expect that I had a secret loss that day, but today the six of us came together, but they ended up like this.
Yin Qingfeng looked at the six people who were the oldest was only twenty years old, and the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen years old.
Judging from their appearance, these six people don't look like the kind of treacherous and cunning people or outraging people. In particular, he took a closer look at the youngest man, who had just taken the dagger, who, when his companions had been knocked down or wounded one after another, did not run away or beg for mercy, but rushed towards him.
Yin Qingfeng pondered for a while, "Wait here!" Then he went into the courtyard.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw the little girl running out from the inside. When she saw that Yin Qingfeng had returned, the little girl hugged Yin Qingfeng's arm: "Lang Jun, what's going on outside?" ”
Yin Qingfeng casually threw away the wooden stick and reached out to wrap it around the little girl's waist. As he walked back, he said, "The people who came to tease you that night brought people with them again, but they were all beaten by me, and now they are all lying on their stomachs outside." ”
"Ah~~ This..."The little girl was a little surprised.
"It's all right! You go and get a few pieces of money, and give them the money for the medicine. Today they suffered a pain and took the money again, and they will not come to trouble again in the future. ”
"Yes." The little girl said obediently.
Yin Qingfeng threw the cloth bag containing five pieces of money on the ground, "Take this money for healing, don't come back to make trouble in the future." If you dare to come again, hum..."After speaking, Yin Qingfeng turned around and closed the door.
The six frightened people outside the door didn't expect the final outcome to be like this.
The five of them looked together at the man who had been holding a steel knife and was now holding his shoulder, he was the little head of the six.
The man was first overjoyed, then pondered for a while, "Dog, take the money, let's go." ”