Chapter 32: Breaking the Stone
In the Medicine Sacred Valley, Chu Xing changed into a new skirt sent some time before the night, wearing a bright lotus pollen, with a faint pink in the white, very gentle and lovely.
"Star girl, you should stay in the valley otherwise, you haven't been to this Qinghuang Village, I'm afraid that if you get separated. You're going to lose it, I'm afraid I'm going to take my medicine Sacred Valley. Yuan Xianyu dragged his chin with both hands, leaned on the stone table, and looked at Chu Xing and A Qing, who were carrying bags of bundled herbs into their back baskets. The Medicine Sacred Valley goes down the mountain once a month to purchase life supplies that are not available in the mountains, and by the way, sells some health medicine bags to supplement the life in the valley.
Seeing Chu Xing's hard hope to bring more medicine bags and desperately stuff medicine into the back basket, Yuan Xianyu was a little uneasy, and sighed in his heart that this girl was dressed up, she was so bright and moving, and she would not cause any trouble when she went down the mountain like this, right? He patted his mouth, regretting his quick mouth in the morning.
"Mr. Xianyu, I'm not that weak scum star anymore, I can already protect myself. With that, she pinched her fingertips, released the purple-red aura, lifted the full back basket, and placed it on her shoulder smoothly, and at the end, she gave Yuan Xianyu a snorting look. "Moreover, I will definitely not run around, follow Aqing well. I won't let you be slashed by the prince. ”
"Ah, I can't persuade you anyway, remember, you must not be separated. Aqing, nothing is as important as your sister Chuxing, you have to take good care of her, you know?" Yuan Xianyu shook his head and patted Aqing's shoulder, although Aqing was only 10 years old, he had always been a stable and reliable child.
"Got it, master. Ah Qing took Chu Xing's hand and said in a childish tone, "I won't let Sister Chu Xing leave my sight." ”
When the four of them were ready, they carried a basket on their backs, held hands, swayed, and walked down the mountain.
Along the way, the four of them were playing and making trouble, following the shortcut of Aqing's belt, it took less than a day to come to the Qinghuang Village, Qinghuang Village, located between Daqingshan and the barren sand, is a semi-large village with a permanent population of less than 200 households, but because it has a military camp on its side, the village market has a large floating population, it is very lively, and it is also very safe.
"Sister Chuxing, then, you see that those who are wearing military uniforms are all soldiers of the Night King's family. At the bazaar, Ah Qing pinched Chu Xing's palm and pointed to several young men who were eating steamed buns in the distance, with awe in his eyes.
The people who lived on the border of Yancheng naturally felt awe of the soldiers of the Ye family, on the one hand, they were grateful for their perennial protection, so that they could live a stable life, but on the other hand, they heard that they were fierce when they killed the enemy, so they did not dare to approach easily.
"Oh, it's pretty good. A burst of pride inexplicably rose in the heart of Chu Xing, worthy of being a soldier of the Night Underworld, looking like they were all tall and big, strong and heroic.
But pride is also a matter of a short time, the first star looks at the sky that has been darkened, there is not much time, it is better to find an inn to live in, and tomorrow you have to get up early and do the right thing.
After searching on the streets, they quickly found a small inn, in order to save some silver taels, as long as a double room, they went back to the room, and hurriedly ate some dry food they brought, and then after some discussion, they decided that tomorrow the soldiers will be divided into two ways, Ah Qing and Chu Xing will be responsible for selling those health care medicine packs, and the other two medicine boys will be responsible for purchasing living supplies.
"Sister, you sleep here, and the three of us take a nap here. After walking for so long, a few people who were already tired decided to go to bed early, Aqing looked at the big and small beds, pointed to the big bed for Chu Xing, and walked to the small bed by himself.
"Eh, no, you three sleep here, I sleep there, I'm also small, I don't need such a big bed. Aqing, I know that Mr. Xianyu told you to take care of me, but I am a few years older than you, and I am your eldest sister when I come out, so I should take care of you. With that, Chu Xing threw himself on the small bed, got into the bed, and fell asleep.
"Thank you, Sister Xing'er. Naturally, it couldn't reach the first star, and the three little boys looked at each other and said in unison. Although Chu Xing often teased them in the Medicine Sacred Valley, along the way, she became more like a big sister, and she didn't play tricks anymore, and would pick wild fruits for them to eat, taking a lot of care of them, so that they had a good impression of her.
When I opened my eyes again, the three little boys beside me had already slept horizontally. Chu Xing smiled secretly, picked up the quilt that fell to the ground, and put it back on them, and then glanced out the window, the candle was bright, although I don't know what time it is, but it is estimated that it should be the time to fall asleep, but I didn't expect that the street was still prosperous.
She stretched, thinking that she had gone to bed too early, and that she was now sleepy. Why don't you go down and take a stroll? Thinking about it, she slipped out of the room lightly.
Walking through the streets, she looked around boredly, although Qinghuang was located on the border, there were no fewer things to buy and sell than in the big city, and there were many new things.
"Jade, the best jade from the Hawksberg Mountain. Take a look, take a look. ”
Walking and stopping, a shout attracted the attention of Chu Xing, and when he looked back, he saw a little old man with a white beard in a green coat, squatting at the door of the restaurant on the side, selling hard.
"You say these are all jade?" Chu Xing squatted in front of the little old man's stall, fiddling with the stones on the little old man's stall that looked no different from ordinary stones, curious.
"The girl didn't understand it at first glance, these are wool materials that have not yet been processed. Only after cutting it will I know whether it is a priceless jade jade or a worthless gray sand, this thing, pick it is a luck, buy it is a fun, do you want to buy a piece and give it a try?" The little old man looked at Chu Xing's ignorant appearance, stroked his beard, and smiled.
"And how much does it cost?" She grabbed a random piece of earth-gray stone, which was not good-looking, only half the size of a palm, and looked at the old man. I've seen people who buy jade agate, and it's really fresh to sell jade agate raw materials.
"Well, I'll take a look...... Take a silver ingot from the girl. The little old man took the stone that Chu Xing had picked, looked at the candle flame, looked left and right, put away the contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth, and stretched out a finger. The little girl really doesn't know how to do it, it seems that she is a broken stone and a silver ingot, which is enough to earn.
"Ah, a ingot, just this broken stone?" Chu Xing's eyes widened, he snatched the stone, and then looked at it carefully, a silver ingot was enough for her to live for a long time.
"The girl's words are wrong, if this stone is a strange treasure, the girl will exchange a piece of silver for a priceless city. Girl, think about it. If you don't want to buy it, give it back to the old man. The little old man touched his beard and deliberately reached out to take the stone from Chu Xing's hand, making a reluctant appearance.
"Eh, who said I don't buy it, I'm just talking, I'm buying. As soon as she took the stone into her arms, she frowned, turned around and took out her private silver taels from her sleeves, and reluctantly dropped a silver tael with white flowers. This bit of private money was brought with her last time she went out of the palace.
On the way back, she held the stone, squeezed her eyebrows, and regretted it more and more, thinking that she had given her a white jade whistle that night, and she had to buy something for him, but she didn't know what she had just been, so she listened to the old man's two nonsense and bought this stone. Alas, no matter how you look at it now, I think it's just a broken stone, and I always feel cheated? That's it, tomorrow, if I can sell out the medicine bag, I will go to find a store to open it, Qibao is not daring to think, I just hope to open an ordinary jade, I can also carve a jade pendant for the night Ming, if not, hum, then stay one more night, and lift the little old man's stall.
"Huh. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Not paying attention to the comer, she plunged headlong into the arms of the person opposite. She rubbed her nose and looked up, but she met the man's eyes in surprise.
"Wind Boy!" Hatsuxing blinked wide, a little incredulous.
"First girl!" Feng Minglu couldn't hide the joy on his face. "Aren't you supposed to be in Yancheng, why did you get here?"
Since he saw the first star that day, let him wander the street again, day to night, never met the first star again, and then he returned to Qingcheng, originally he thought that the two of them had no fate, but he didn't expect to be able to meet her in Qinghuang. And the villain crashed into his arms again.
"I'm talking a long story, why is Childe here?" Chu Xing looked this Feng Minglu up and down, is the Feng family's sister-in-law wandering around? A person who should have stayed in Qingcheng was in Langcheng a few months ago, and then appeared in Yancheng, and now he has run to the edge of this city boundary, and he is really leisurely.
"Well, eh, it's so inconvenient to stand and say, why don't you go to the teahouse and talk about it?" I remember that I owe the girl a cup of tea. Feng Minglu pointed to the teahouse beside him and looked at Chu Xing, his eyes full of anticipation.
"This ......" she just wanted to open her mouth to refuse, but she didn't want to be pulled by Feng Minglu.
Seeing that Feng Minglu was so gracious, she didn't refuse again. Looking at Feng Minglu's appearance of wearing blue veils and floating in the wind, she thought of Ye Ming, who never wore such plain white clothes, and always liked those Qingxuan, Lan Xuan and other dark clothes. Now that I think about it, in fact, that night was very powerful, and I could wear such a dull and old-fashioned color of clothes with an invincible majesty.