Chapter 2: Coming to the Bazaar
The next day, Jia Rongtian got up before dawn. Although he is no longer in the army, Jia Rong still retains the habits of the army, insisting on running and playing military physical boxing every day.
Today, Jia Rong practiced even harder, because he knew that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was only two years away. In troubled times, there is more strength, and there is more hope for survival.
After running around the village a few times, Jia Rong returned to Old Man Li's courtyard to practice military boxing.
When he was in the army, Jia Rong's military boxing was very good, and he completely mastered the elements of military boxing, which was stable, accurate, and ruthless, so he was also a tiger and a tiger when he fought.
As soon as the morning dawned, Old Man Li got up, and when he saw Jia Rong boxing in the courtyard, he watched quietly beside him.
When General Jia Rong punched twice and rested beside him, Old Man Li stepped forward and said: "Although the boxing technique of seeing Gongzi is short, it is deadly and powerful. ”
Jia Rong glanced at Old Man Li in surprise, but he didn't expect that the old guy was still a practitioner and knew a lot.
Old man Li seemed to see Jia Rong's confusion, and continued: "The people in our village, everyone practices martial arts, this is our Xiliang habit. ”
Jia Rong nodded and said, "Then Weishenme saw that the village was full of women and children, and it was rare to see young adults?" ”
A sad look flashed in Old Man Li's eyes, and he said: "Almost all the young and middle-aged people have been conscripted to serve as soldiers, and there is not one in ten, and now there are only some old and weak women and children left, alas..."
Jia Rong also showed a trace of helplessness, Xiliang was a poor place in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the people lived hard, and the corrupt officials continued to loot the people's fat and ointment, which made the originally poor Xiliang even worse.
Jia Rong couldn't bear to see Old Man Li's sad look, and comforted: "When the peaceful and prosperous era comes, the people will be able to live a good life, don't worry, uncle." ”
Old man Li said: "Childe doesn't need to comfort me, although I am old, I can still see some things clearly." ”
After a while, Xiu'er, who was dressed in a green shirt, came out of the house and said, "Childe, the washing water has been prepared, please wash and eat."
Today's Xiu'er dress made Jia Rong's eyes shine, and Jia Rong responded with a smile: "Thank you Miss Xiu'er, Miss Xiu'er is so beautiful today, comparable to the fairy in the sky!" Jia Rongshun praised Xiu'er.
Unexpectedly, Xiu'er's face turned red when she boarded, and even the usually kind old man Li was also gloomy.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Jia Rong hurriedly fled to the house.
A month has passed, and Jia Rong has gradually adapted to life here, and can communicate normally with the people in the village.
Occasionally said something that made Xiu'er blush.,And Xiu'er is getting more and more familiar.。 When I have nothing to do, I go to the nearby mountains to look into the distance, and most of the time I go to the mountains with the village boys to chop wood and hunt.
The firewood from hunting was sold in a nearby market for some pocket money, and some rice and noodles were bought for Old Man Li's family to reduce the burden of Old Man Li's family, for which Old Man Li's family was also very grateful to Jia Rong.
After a month, Jia Rong also has some surplus, and this kind of life makes Jia Rong feel plain and bland, but it is actually quite good.
Today, Jia Rong went to the market with the people in the village, and got the prey from the chopped firewood to the market to sell. Xiu'er also came today, wearing a green skirt, which looked particularly refreshing and beautiful.
Xiu'er kept begging Old Man Li and Jia Rong to go to the market together in the early morning, but Old Man Li didn't agree, Xiu'er kept begging, and Old Man Li couldn't stand it and agreed.
After breakfast, Old Man Li instructed Jia Rong to pay attention to the problems on the road, asked him to take care of Xiu'er, and told him to go early and return early, and pay attention to safety on the road.
Walking in the early morning sun, accompanied by the joy of birds, Jia Rong and several young men from the village walked on the way to the market, Jia Rong pushed a wheelbarrow and carried the recently chopped firewood to hunt the prey.
At the beginning, Jia Rong was very unaccustomed to this kind of wheelbarrow, pushing and staggering, and slowly mastered the trick, so it was not so hard.
A couple of lads also pushed two wheelbarrows, which were full.
Li Li was met by Jia Rong when he went to the mountains to chop wood, the young man was very lively, jumping around all day long, scurrying around, catching fish in the river, and digging birds' nests in the trees was always indispensable to him.
According to Old Man Li, Li Li's father was conscripted into the army five years ago and has not yet returned.
There were also Li San, Li Hu, and Li Shun with them, and several young men were already fifteen or sixteen years old.
As his name suggests, Li Hu is the most powerful and the strongest among the young men, similar to the simple-minded and well-developed limbs of later generations.
Among several people, only Li Shun is very taciturn, and he can't beat a fart in a few slaps.
Everyone is very happy today, and it is difficult to make a trip.
It was almost noon after the goods brought by the general to the market were processed, and there were not many people in the market today.
Jia Rong agreed on a meeting place with everyone, and went shopping separately.
Jia Rong walked along the not very big market, and Xiu'er followed Jia Rong all the way, Jia Rong thought about it and didn't have anything to buy, so he wandered all the way.
When passing by a blacksmith shop, Jia Rong stopped.
Thinking that I have been here for more than a month, it is time to build a weapon to defend myself, after all, the world is not peaceful today.
The blacksmith shop has a complete range of things, farming tools, knives.
After careful selection in terms of price, Jia Rong asked the blacksmith to create a very ordinary knife.
After some bargaining, he asked Jia Rong for most of his belongings, and Jia Rong instructed the blacksmith to build it carefully, and the blacksmith waved his hand impatiently, indicating that he knew.
The Zuihou blacksmith said that it would take a week to build, and asked Jia Rong to pick it up a week later. This made Jia Rong depressed for a while, and he thought that he could build it in a while.
Not long after walking out of the blacksmith shop, Jia Rong saw a small stall selling jewelry on the street, similar to the street vendors in later generations.
Jia Rong looked back at Xiu'er who was following behind him, came to the stall, and after careful selection, picked a turquoise hairpin.
After asking the price and paying the money, he turned around and prepared to put it on for Xiao Cui.
Xiu'er's face turned red again when she saw his movements, and at this time Jia Rong also realized that his behavior was a bit like that in ancient times.
Seeing that Xiu'er didn't resist, Jia Rong was also cheeky to put it on for her, and after Jia Rong put it on, Xiu'er lowered her head and said, "Xiexie Brother Jia." ”
At this time, the woman who sold the jewelry saw it and said, "Your lady is so beautiful when she wears this hairpin, she really looks like a fairy in the sky." ”
Jia Rong was speechless for a while, what is this, you don't need to look at Xiu'er to know that her face must be redder than just now.
After buying the hairpin, it was already noon, and Jia Rong and Xiu'er came to a restaurant called Xujia Restaurant together.
Following Xiao Er to a window position, Jia Rong looked at Xiu'er and asked, "Xiu'er, what do you want to eat?" ”。
Xiu'er looked at Jia Rong's gaze at her, lowered her head embarrassedly, and whispered, "I'll just eat a bowl of somen noodles." ”
Jia Rong said to Xiao Er who greeted him next to him: "Two bowls of somen noodles, a stack of peanuts, half a chicken, and a pot of tea." ”
When Xiao Er heard this, he said, "Okay, guest officer, you wait a minute, and the food will come up later." ”
After Xiao Er left, Xiu'er said to Jia Rong: "Big brother, don't be so wasteful. ”
Jia Rong said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, your big brother Jia still has some surplus food in his pocket." ”
After finishing speaking, he laughed at Xiu'er and said, "Little lady, you are so beautiful wearing this hairpin!" ”
How could Xiu'er stand up to him being so teased, she blushed and lowered her head and said, "Big brother, if you tease me again, I will ignore you." ”
A lunch shortened the distance between Jia Rong and Xiu'er a lot.
After lunch, Jia Rong said to Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, you go buy what you like, I'll wait for you at the Haode Teahouse, go early and return early, pay attention to safety." ”
Xiu'er replied in a low voice, "Well, Brother Jia." ”
Leaving the restaurant, Xiu'er went shopping, and Jia Rong went all the way to the agreed teahouse.
came to the teahouse, asked for a pot of tea, and quietly listened to the small talk of the people next to him.
Jia Rong felt that it was also quite interesting to listen to the big guy's nonsense in the teahouse, and sometimes some useful information came out of the teahouse, and then a conversation attracted him.
A said to B, "You know what? The barbarians Dong Zhuo fought a few days ago were obedient and very powerful, and now they are the number one person in Xiliang. ”
B said, "Dong Zhuo? Is he as powerful as Ma Teng, those foreigners who were beaten by General Ma Teng and Ma did not dare to invade the border of Xiliang, and when it came to General Ma, Xiliang did not admire it. ”
A said, "Alas, no matter who is great, the way of the world today is becoming more and more chaotic, and the wars are continuous, and it is said that there is famine in many places now. ”
Dong Zhuo? I've been in the Three Kingdoms for more than a month, and I've finally heard about famous figures in history.
Dong Zhuo was a Han general in his early years, quelled the rebellion of ethnic minorities in the West, and later participated in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Uprising, and was defeated several times, but he was still promoted to a former general and was in charge of heavy troops. Dong Zhuo supported his own troops, stationed troops in Hedong, refused to accept the imperial court's conscription and gave up military power, just in time for the Kyoto Rebellion, He Jin was killed, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter Beijing, and controlled the central power. After Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty and offered the emperor, the alliance of the Kwantung princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo gave up Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo was cruel by nature, and after taking power, he expropriated and extorted violently, arousing public anger, and Zuihou was murdered by Wang Yun and Lu Bu.
About an hour later, everyone came to the Haode teahouse one after another.
Jia Rong found that Xiu'er also held a relatively good cloth in her hand.
On the way back to the village, Jia Rong asked Xiu'er what she was buying cloth for, and Xiu'er lowered her head and twisted her and said, "I saw that Brother Li didn't have a proper dress, so I bought a piece of cloth and prepared to make a dress for my eldest brother." ”
Li Li and the others all coaxed along when they heard it, making even Jia Rong's thick skin a little embarrassed. However, Jia Rong's heart is also warm, it feels good that someone cares about him, and he can't help but cast a grateful look at Xiu'er.