The blacksmith sat by the fire, his apron as black as iron and a pair of muscular hands, the best sign of an old blacksmith. The roasted naan shop, steamed bun shop, and roast mutton stove on the street are also smoking, and the whole street is bustling with activity.

In the open space near the stalls, there are often various competitive, wrestling, and entertaining amusement activities such as artist rapping, tightrope walking, air wheeling, wrestling, cockfighting, dog fighting, sheep fighting, and egg touching spontaneously organized at the agreed place. It looks quaint, lively and prosperous.

Men, women, children, and the elderly in Kangju City will wear the best clothes and jewelry whenever they go out on the streets. Some of them don't buy anything, they don't necessarily sell anything, they just enjoy the pleasure of haggling with the stall owners by admiring the various exquisite goods in front of the stalls.

Sogdian women may have bought things only as a small excuse, mainly to show off their beautiful clothes. They went from stall to stall, from one end of the street to the other, and back again, holding only a small item in their hands.

Li Tao and the others walked around, shuttling through the Western Regions at will. He looked at the Sogdian women with happy faces, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Amy Dan, aren't these ladies worried about their husbands when they go shopping alone?" ”

Amy Dan said with a smile: "Li Langjun doesn't know that although the Sogdians have many wives like the Tang Dynasty, most of the wives are married to the same clan. The status of the wife is very high, and she can sit in bed with her husband to meet guests, and the law not only allows the husband to divorce his wife, but also allows the wife to abandon the husband. Have the right to remarry. ”

"I see!" Li Tao suddenly realized.

Emedan went on to explain: "Because the Sogdians often traveled far to do business, it was impossible to be bound by monogamy, and Sogdian men often had concubines and concubines. These second wives were all foreigners, and some were slaves. ”

Li Tao understood that these gorgeously dressed women were undoubtedly the main wives among the Sogdians.

Look at the Sogdian men, who all wore doppas and girdles on the streets. Most of them can meet acquaintances and say hello. They would stop and talk for a long time. Go further, you can meet acquaintances again, and talk for a long time. A day passed. When they have a good chat, some people even go to a restaurant for a meal. There are no rich or poor here, only a pair of beautiful eyes looking for and discovering the objects they want.

Li Tao looked at it for a while and asked curiously, "Do the Sogdians worship white?" Why are they all dressed in white? ”

"That's right. Sogdians generally wore white. Black is the color of mourning clothes and should not be taken. The Sogdians were mercantil, and there was no difference in the color of their clothes, and the colors of their clothes were also according to their preferences. However, it doesn't have to be all white! Amidan pointed ahead and said, "Look at them, the white clothes are mixed with some green flowers, all of them are narrow-sleeved and tight-fitted, and they pay attention to highlighting the body lines." And also. The Sogdians were particularly particular about their belts, and they adorned them with various jewels on their leather belts. He wore a sword on the top and long leather boots on the bottom, in order to facilitate the trek through the wind and sand. ”

People who came into the city from outside the city, their cattle were fed and rested in the chariot and horse shop, and they also stayed in the shop at night, and then went to the blacksmith shop to give the donkeys and horses a new hand, and when they left, they brought a water tank, clay pots, flower pots, and so on.

The prosperity of Kangju City is not innate, the Sogdians are bold in nature, often gather together to join in the fun, where there are many people, where there is lively, at first only one or two, three or five people set up stalls there, and some of the stalls are actually just laying an old felt sheet, even so, some people are flocking to it. As the days go by, the paving is increasing day by day, arranged in rows, with scale, from small to large, gathering less into more, from sparse to dense, it has formed today's prosperity.

"Li Langjun, are you hungry? Let's go and taste the Sogdian cuisine! Amy Dan invited.

"You say that, I'm really hungry! Then let's go fill our stomachs! ”

Amidan took Li Tao, Pei Yue and Li Bai to a restaurant, and before they entered, Li Tao smelled a smell of meat at the door. Following the scent, I saw a Sogdian man removing the clean meat and putting it on a thin iron chisel, while another Sogdian man arranged them thinly and evenly on a trough-shaped trough-shaped barbecue stove with burning charcoal, holding the iron chisel in his left hand and roasting it skillfully with his right hand.

"This should be a barbecue, right?" Li Tao asked.

"Exactly!" Amidan nodded.

A few people entered the restaurant, but they saw that there was only one table of people eating in the huge restaurant, about five or six people.

Amy Dan glanced at the table and couldn't help frowning, he whispered to Li Tao: "Li Langjun, it's a big cannibal, or let's change places." ”

Li Tao also saw those big cannibals, obviously people in the big food army. He also understood why it was time to eat, but the restaurant was so quiet.

Li Tao shook his head and said, "That's it, there's no need to change it." ”

Amidan was hesitating, and Pei Yue said on the side: "The little master said here, here, you don't have to worry." ”

Seeing this, Amidan had no choice but to sit on an empty table with Li Tao.

"Oh, it's Brother Amy Dan!" A Sogdian came over and greeted Emidan, who seemed to be the shopkeeper of the restaurant. Li Tao could see that he was very familiar with Emitan.

"I'll bring a few guests to you and try your craft!" Amy Dan forced a smile.

"I'm really sorry, Brother Amy Dan, it's a little inconvenient today, I'm sorry, I'll invite you to drink another day!" The shopkeeper said as he gave Amy Dan a wink.

Amy Dan didn't know what the shopkeeper meant, but he also knew what Li Tao meant, and in desperation, he had no choice but to say to the shopkeeper: "My guest is about to leave Kangju City, and I want to taste your roasted whole sheep here, so you can help!" ”

The shopkeeper seemed a little embarrassed, and Amidan said again: "Don't worry, I won't cause you trouble!" ”

Seeing that Amidan insisted, the shopkeeper had no choice but to say, "Okay, be careful yourself." ”

After Amidan reported the food to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper turned and left.

While Amidan was negotiating with the shopkeeper, the big cannibals at the other table were watching them. One of the officer-like men seemed to understand Sogdian, and when he saw that Amy Dan insisted on staying for dinner, he had a look of displeasure on his face, but he did not attack.

Li Tao saw that Emitan was a little panicked, so he deliberately laughed with him: "Amydan, introduce me to what Sogdian delicacies you ordered, let me feast my ears first!" ”

"Oh!" Although Amidan was uneasy in his heart, Li Tao couldn't answer his question, so he could only force his spirit and said: "Okay, I'll tell Li Langjun about it!" (To be continued......)