Chapter 16: New Epidemics
People here are not lacking in imagination, but the era of copper and stone is too short, writing appeared too early, and the way of thinking is too far from the imagination of myths and the like, and they are used to thinking because of this. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the arithmetic class used the shadow of the sun to calculate the size of the earth, they had illusions about the outside world, but these fantasies were shattered by the fog, the storm, and death.
The story circulating in the market is a combination of "Mirror Flowers" and "The Adventures of the Braggart King", and is described in a more pompous way.
There are both obvious nonsense and imagination that seem to make sense, and this completely irrational nonsense makes people near the sea see a different fantasy.
It is astonishing that the illustrated graphite pen manuscript that circulated was eventually bought by one man for eighteen silver coins.
Of course, people don't believe that this is written by someone who doesn't know a few words, and there is a strange-sounding name signed at the back of the book, probably the author: Lei Feng, the word Zhengxing.
The man who sold the book was also a down-and-out man, and someone carefully investigated and found that this man's father was really a crew member who had gone to sea and never returned.
The man would always tell some story, and after that, some pamphlets written in graphite pen would be circulated and sold for a price that was surprising but not at all attractive to the people behind the scenes.
Every day there were many people standing around the down-and-out man, listening to his stories, laughing from time to time, and occasionally throwing a few coppers.
At first, it was just a marketplace, but later there were people who came here by horse-drawn carriage to listen to stories or buy pamphlets.
For a while, there was a craze to find Lei Zhengxing in Mincheng, until one day a very short pamphlet came out, with a paragraph written on the back.
"It's full of ridiculous words, just for Bojun to laugh."
"If a dish is delicious, why bother to see the cook? If a bookseller wants to, he can sell it at will, and I won't take a penny. ”
"These days, I donate all the silver coins that sell pamphlets to workhouses and charities. Although the money is not much, it can feed dozens of children. ”
Beyond three sentences, there is nothing else to say.
The next day, in front of the door of the workhouse, a small bag was found, which contained forty-six silver coins and two hundred and seventy coppers.
The bag was green, with a very common frozen green dye, sewn from heavy cotton cloth, very simple, with a star embroidered on it with red cloth.
There is no name on it, but everyone believes that this cloth bag and the money in it were taken out by Lei Zhengxing. At once, he donated more than 40 silver coins to the charity house, which is an astonishing amount of money. What is even more astonishing than this number is that such a thing has been done without much hype, which is simply shocking.
But at this time, it is the era when people are looking forward to the revival of the righteous man and gentleman, and this kind of shocking vulgarity has gradually become a beautiful talk, and it has become popular to carry this kind of green bag on the back, since someone has seized the business opportunity to transport a lot of frozen green dye from the north, and some garment factories have also produced some.
With the sudden disappearance of the man who told the story, Lei Zhengxing's story finally became a legend, someone wanted to impostor, but they were always recognized, or maybe they did a good job, but it was not the same person as people imagined in their hearts.
Just like the characters in those dramas, this person should be tall, mighty, elegant, kind, and all the advantages in one, so those impostors actually shattered the dreams of many people, and naturally it is difficult to gain a foothold.
It is difficult to be a saint, but a good person is closer to a saint than a bad person. Not only did this kind of strange satchel become popular in the city of Fujian, but finally some people donated some money and clothing to workhouses and charities. It's not a lot in absolute terms, but it's more than in previous years combined.
After these stories spread, there were many times when the people in the market were discussing things related to those pamphlets and Lei Zhengxing, until the first day of rest in October, when they were replaced by another incident.
On that day, the crew members in the infirmary who were dying of a strange disease had another day to live, and it looked as if they would live many more days.
The spots on the body are gone, the gums are no longer bleeding, and the hair follicles are falling off...... Just as the pamphlet says that the mermaid has lost its scales.
The crew thanked the sun, the sea breeze, and all that could be seen, as well as the woman who gave them hope.
The woman took the brass from the crew and disappeared along with the pot of flowers, as if there was no trace left between heaven and earth, but dozens of fresh lives were left.
No one had ever associated this glamorous-looking woman with a miserable life selling meat in some ghetto, because it was too far away.
And this kind of thing is like a miracle, and people are talking about what the medicine is that cures strange diseases, and why is it so similar to what is in those pamphlets?
Many people recall the potted flowers, thinking that maybe that is the root of everything, and together with the stories that have been circulating in the market for a long time, these flowers have a mysterious color from beyond the sea.
Before you know it, the flowers that look expensive and mocked for two silver coins in a pot are gradually being sold, and more and more people are buying them.
Someone looked through the "Hundred Herbs" and determined that there was indeed no record of this flower, so it was even more mysterious.
It's not just a pot of flowers, it's about healing, kindness, stories, mysteries, and all sorts of things.
Two silver coins aren't a lot of money for some, and even without those stories, the flower itself is pretty to look at.
Soon, the flowers were also sold out.
The flower seller said that there were only 700 pots in the world, but 300 pots had already been bought.
Unless someone leaves China and goes to the sea, there are only 700 pots of flowers left in this world, and these flowers can be reproduced, and the flower seller also tells everyone how to cultivate them.
Subsequently, the flower seller also disappeared and never came to sell the flower again.
The flowers are beautiful and fragrant, and with this era and the name of a gentleman who longs for a righteous man, it seems that it is indeed worth two silver coins. Besides, even for the sake of those stories, it's worth it, and these flowers are really rare.
When everyone was lamenting these things that enriched the market talk in the autumn of Mincheng, even more strange things happened.
The workhouse received another package, the same green, the same with lots of silver coins, four hundred.
There is also a note in the same handwriting as the previous booklet.
"Everyone aspires to be a gentleman in their hearts, just like this flower, the sword guards the unchanging kindness."
"The flower is not noble, but the virtue of a gentleman is. These flowers are all there is, and I hope that everyone who buys them will take good care of them and never forget the virtues of a gentleman. ”
"You have become gentlemen, for the children of the workhouse have four hundred more pieces of silver, and in them there is your goodness, like the flower that blooms half like a fire, so that all gloom cannot be hidden. It's going to get better. ”
"I think that everyone has a gentleman's orchid in their hearts, and their hearts are roots buried in the bleak soil, which will one day stretch out their buds and bloom into dazzling gentlemen's flowers."
On the back of the note, there is also a line of illogical but reverie small words: the person you love the most, your dreams, will bloom in every inch of sunlight.
This note and the 400 silver coins immediately plunged Mincheng into a heated conversation again, and the mysterious story always makes people think.
Even the short line of illogical words after the note has evolved into many tearful stories, some people say that this is a gentleman's flower watered by a woman with blood, and some people say that this is a flower of perception after experiencing vicissitudes.
In short, all kinds of stories that people like are constantly circulating, constantly enriched, and constantly uplifting women and men.
Pursue a girl and give her a pot of orchids; At home, you should highlight the elegance and nobility and buy a pot of orchids; Go out to sea and pray not to be swept away by the wind and waves, and buy a pot of orchids......
From this day on, a sick and sudden epidemic spread all over the streets and alleys of Mincheng.