Chapter 2 Out of the Plug (1)

The farthest away town I have ever been to in my life is the county seat, and the highest ridge I have ever seen in my life is the big green mountain in front of the village. Although he had already imagined the journey out of the jam a hundred times in his heart, and when he left home, Li Xu finally understood that the mountains and rivers outside were very different from his imagination.

Compared with the majestic Taihang, the Daqing Mountain, which stretches for nearly 100 miles, is just a mountain grandson. Compared with the surging water, the easy water in my hometown is simply a small ditch. To the north, to the east, then to the north, and then to the east, the mountains around me are getting higher and higher, and the sky outside the mountains is getting purer and purer. Along the official road and the rickety pontoon bridge across the Laishui, Juma River, Sangganshui, along the way there are constantly merchants coming out of the jam to gather, snowballing the caravan bigger and bigger.

Uetani is known as a border county, but it is actually very far from the border. After walking for five or six days, the caravan stopped at Jixian County, the seat of Zhuo County, and began to make the last major supply before leaving the fortress.

"Hurry up and check the luggage, what is missing, what is missing. Stay in Zhang Laozhuang for an afternoon today, tomorrow morning at three o'clock, after the hour, there will be no waiting! Sun Jiu brought the caravan into a familiar farm and shouted at the top of his voice.

With a buzz, the stinking merchants immediately dispersed like frightened flies. Unloading the luggage, settling the livestock, in the blink of an eye, Li Xu and Xu Dayan were left in the huge courtyard, riding on the horse at a loss, not knowing what to do next.

"I was tired of a few brothers to help these two little brothers unload their luggage, and the animals were brought to feed some concentrate. They are all my juniors, and it is the first time they have gone far away! In the midst of a bunch of chaotic people shouting and neighing, Sun Jiu's voice was particularly cordial. A few people dressed as Zhuang Ke immediately came over and helped Li Xu and Xu Dayan unload their luggage.

Li Xu jumped off the mount and wanted to step forward to help, but he didn't know how to set it up. I wanted to hide outside the crowd to breathe leisurely like Sun Jiu, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to take care of it for a while and someone would drop my luggage. There was a brocade that my father had bought at a high price, and his favorite dried fruit, and a few silver beans hidden in the lower corner of a cotton coat.......

"Xu Guan, go to the pergola to drink tea, the master's family has already prepared!" Sun Jiu's words rang in his ears again. Li Xu shook his head again and again, wanting to tell Sun Jiu that he was not at ease with his luggage, and he was afraid that he would anger Zhuang Ke. It's not standing, it's not walking, squeak and whine, and sweat suddenly breaks out on my forehead.

The midday sun shone down from the blue sky, and the young man with a red face and beads of sweat on his forehead became a unique sight in the chaotic crowd. A couple of old traders who had already placed their luggage and cattle came over, patted him on the shoulder, and walked away with a good-natured smile. A few narrow ghosts deliberately whispered in Li Xu's ear, "Look carefully, the hands and feet of the bankers are never honest!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xu was even more anxious, and his family's hope for life was wrapped in this luggage. was plucking up the courage to step forward and take down the luggage, but Xu Dayan gently grabbed his wrist.

"Don't listen to those guys' nonsense, if you don't worry, Uncle Nine will take us here?" Xu stood beside Li Xu out of the corner of his eyes, and nodded in a very low voice.

"It's the first time for young people to go out, the reputation of our Liu Laozhuang, you can inquire about it within a radius of 100 miles, in the past ten years, no guest has ever dropped a thread here!" An old man who was responsible for directing the villagers to work stepped forward and introduced him to Li Xu. In addition to pride, the words have already carried a bit of dissatisfaction.

"Liu Laopimple, don't brag, I was hung with half of my clothes by your jujube tree last time. As for the threads, there are hundreds! Sun Jiu hurriedly walked over to relieve Li Xu, and while telling jokes, he shouted to Li Xu: "Don't go to the shade of the tree to pour a bowl of water, under the sun, don't be afraid of stupid you two!" ”

Li Xu's flushed face suddenly became even redder, as if a fire was burning out from under the skin. In the past few days on the road, he has made similar jokes. Staying in a hotel, eating and drinking, and even pulling wild on the way, you have to be pointed out by someone. Fortunately, everyone ate his banquet, accepted a little favor, and did not show boredom on their faces.

"I, I ....." Li Xu muttered embarrassedly, a little wisdom came out of the panic, and pointed to the blue and white mule and said, "It's not that I'm not worried, I'm afraid that the beast will scare them!" ”

"A mule!" Liu Laohan laughed and said, before the words fell, there was a villager next to the mule who shouted and jumped away. The little wolf Ganro poked half his head out of the cloth bag, and let out a low howl in his throat.

This time, not only the people, but also the cattle were frightened. Several animals close to the blue and white mules trembled and retreated desperately, and no matter how much the villager pulled, he couldn't pull it.

"It's a little wolf cub, not yet a month old. Look at your guts! "Sun Jiu was afraid that Ganluo would cause even greater trouble, so he hurriedly explained to everyone." This kid is a kind person, and he is afraid that the wolf will startle you, so he has been watching from the sidelines. You guys, but you treat other people's kindness as donkey liver and lungs! ”

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and his speech and mind immediately became clear. ran over with a smile, hugged Gan Luo in his arms, and bowed down to apologize to everyone: "The kid is reckless, disturbing your big brothers." I should have reminded me earlier, but I was afraid that the big brothers would say that I was too careful! After speaking, he took the front grasp of the little wolf and posed as a gesture.

"This wolf cub is a lot of fun!" Liu Laozhuang's Zhuang Ke is well-informed, so naturally he will not be more serious with a child who has not grown his hair. After recovering from the shock, he laughed and continued to be busy. Sun Jiu rushed forward, took Li Xu's hand, pulled him to the shade of the tree in the Zhuangzi, stuffed a bowl of herbal tea in the bucket, and scolded with a smile: "I can't see that your kid is still a little anxious, don't worry, this old owner Liu is a local businessman, and there are merchants who have passed through his house to ensure the continuous supply of goods." If everyone is always short of strengths and weaknesses, his signboard will be smashed long ago. smashed the signboard, and all the business followed the yellow soup! ”

"Thank you, Uncle Nine!" Li Xu put down the tea bowl and thanked him in a low voice.

"Thank you, your father entrusted you to me, I can't let him down. I'm telling you, when I'm your age, I'm even more reckless than that. A person carries a package to break into the plug, and he doesn't understand any rules. No caravan was willing to let me join the gang, not to mention, and once I almost let people be killed as undercover agents of horse thieves! Sun Jiu shook his head, and his gaze suddenly became extremely gloomy.

It must be a very sad memory, Li Xu thought silently in his heart, as if he saw a young man who was as lonely as himself struggling in the mountains and mountains to survive, without a companion and without the end of the road. In an instant, he felt that the tattered clothes and the smell of sweat on Sun Jiu's body began to become kind.

"You learn a little more from Big Eyes, that kid is a thief, and his heart is not bad. I've been traveling north and south for so many years, and I've never seen such a fine person! After taking advantage of the cold for a while, Sun Jiu patted the dirt on his buttocks and stood up, shouting at the crowd who were grabbing tea, "Big eyes, big eyes brother!" ”

"Alas, Uncle Nine, I'm here!" Xu Dayan poked out half of his head from a row of windows, and in just a moment, he had already cleaned his face, and the short swast on his body was also replaced by a set of light blue robes, with that slightly bookish face, a standard picture of a son of a large family.

"Hehe, I can't see that there is a phoenix flying out of my grass nest!" Sun Jiu joked with a smile.

"Aren't you going into the city later? Get dressed up and visit some big shops! Xu Dayan smiled and pointed to several other windows, "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Du, and a few of them are also changing clothes, is Uncle Nine going to the city to deliver goods in a short garment?" ”

"Little bunny, you can talk with your mouth!" Sun Jiu scolded with a smile. Pushed Li Xu in front of him and said, "With Brother Xu, he is two years younger than you!" ”

"That's natural, I wanted to ask him out just now, and when I saw that Uncle Nine was teaching in person, I didn't dare to eavesdrop!" Xu Dayan agreed loudly and beckoned Li Xu to come into the house to change clothes.

After a while, everyone was placed and stopped. Sun Jiu stepped forward, with a few old and clear-minded merchants, and began to deliver the southern goods that the master entrusted them to bring from the Central Plains. The other merchants went to the chicken feather shop outside the door to eat, and took the good goods that were going to stay in Jixian County, and went into the city with them.

Li Xu and Xu Dayan had no goods to sell, so they each rode a horse and wandered aimlessly around the city. This is the largest city Li Xu has ever seen in his life, and the southern corner of the city is twice as large as the Yi County he is familiar with. The blue-gray cloud tiles, the colorful cornices, and the snow-white walls are all dazzling. What's even more rare is the bluestone-paved streets in the city, which are as smooth as mirrors, making people can't bear to step on them.

And the things in the store are even brighter, silk from the south, felt from the north, gems from the Western Regions, pearls from the East China Sea, nothing does not make Li Xu tremble. And the price of those goods, like their texture, is so high that people dare not reach out and touch it. Every time he got on the horse, Li Xu, who followed Xu Dayan, was extremely careful. I was afraid that if Ma was shocked and broke into someone's shop, he damaged one or two of the goods, and the Li family went bankrupt from then on.

"If you can open a shop in Jixian County, and then take over your parents for the elderly, it will also be a fairy day!" After strolling around for a while, Li Xu began to daydream again. "If the price of hides and skins has been maintained at the current state, you can earn more than 1,000 yuan by going back and forth to the outside of the country, and then sell some horses, cattle and sheep and medicinal herbs three times a year, deducting the filial piety to the government and the clan, and you can save 7,000 yuan after three years. There are 7,000 dollars, I don't know if I can rent a shop on the main street of Jixian County....."

"This is the northernmost important town of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yuyang, Anle, Shanggu, and Hejian are all under its overlook. Take this place, and the whole Youyan is under control! Xu Dayan didn't know that Li Xu beside him had such a mediocre and short-sighted idea, so he pointed to the green mountain behind the heavy building with a horsewhip, and said proudly.

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