The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Jinbao came to the gate of the courtyard to wait for the pomegranate flowers.

Pomegranate had already woken up, lying on the bed to arrange today's itinerary, and heard Jinbao calling her outside the courtyard, so she hurriedly dressed and went to open the courtyard door and asked Jinbao to wait for her.

Tao Yougui and his family still had something to do in the mountains, and they wanted to take advantage of the cool morning to finish, and they also came out of the house at this time.

"Jinbao, come into the house and sit down." Tao Yougui greeted Jinbao standing at the gate of the courtyard politely.

Jinbao waved his hand and said, "Uncle, I won't go in today, I and Pomegranate will leave immediately, now the weather is hot, and it is cool to hurry in the morning." ”

"Okay, then you go early and come back early." Tao Yougui no longer talked to Jinbao, and turned around and went into the house to get the guy who was working.

Cao's catching chickens in the chicken coop, thinking that just letting the pomegranate flower bring a basket of eggs to make her mother's family too stingy, and adding an old hen would look better on the face.

Pomegranate washed her face, quickly gathered her things and came to the outside of the courtyard.

Jinbao had few things in his hand, and when he saw that Pomegranate Flower was carrying a basket in his left hand and a chicken and a cloth bag containing a snake in his right hand, he took the bamboo basket and cloth bag.

Tao Shi probably got up and waited a long time ago, and when he heard the movement here, he opened the courtyard door and came out to hand over a small burden to the pomegranate flower.

The burden was light and soft, like a cloth or something, and the pomegranate didn't ask what it was, so she took it and said hello to Dow on her back and left with Jinbao.

The early summer morning is refreshing and quiet, the sun has not yet risen in the east, like the hooked crescent moon still hanging in the western sky, the mountains in the distance are still faintly visible, and a new day is quietly waking up.

Some families in the village have also opened their courtyard gates, some hard-working people who go to work early, and some who go to the town to catch the market.

Pomegranate and Jinbao went out of the village and walked three or four miles along the loess road to the foot of the first mountain beam.

At this time, the sun has already appeared, and the grass and trees on the mountain are bathed in the sun, like a layer of golden light veil.

Unlike the mountain behind Taojia Village, the surface of this mountain is covered with a shallow layer of soil, and in many places there are rocks exposed, which is even barren.

Pomegranate Blossom and Jinbao began to climb the slope, the terrain is relatively steep, and the mountain path is hand-hewn, and the steps are paved with bluestone slabs.

From the exposed part, the mountain is mainly composed of shale, gneiss, and slate, which are all sedimentary rocks, and there is nothing special about the surface rocks.

"Let's go up to the top of the mountain, let's rest and breathe before we go." Jinbao walked ahead, looking back from time to time to look at the pomegranate flowers.

"Okay." Pomegranate didn't hold much, but her body was far less strong than Jinbao's, and she was soon exhausted and panting, and sweat came out.

The two climbed the mountain beam, and their vision suddenly widened, and the green waves rolled low, and their eyes were dyed.

There are some large rocks on the side of the road at the top of the mountain, and I think people often rest here, and there is no dust and moss on them.

Pomegranate chose a flat rock and sat down, put things aside, and pounded her calves to relax her muscles.

"Pomegranate flowers, drink saliva." Campbell handed the water bladder he had brought to the pomegranate flower, and sat down on a slightly lower stone next to him.

"Brother Jinbao, it's still thoughtful." The pomegranate flower was tired and thirsty, and she couldn't take care of it much at the moment, so she took it and poured water into her mouth.

Jinbao said with a smile: "More than ten miles of mountain roads, the weather is hot, how can you carry it if you don't drink water." I've been to town a lot of times, all of which are from the past. ”

After drinking the water, the pomegranate flower handed the water bladder back to Jinbao, and saw that there were some small stones on the ground, so she picked one up and threw it to play.

Jinbao took the kettle and drank the water.

The pomegranate flower threw the stone a few times, and felt that the stone on the hand was a little strange, and the weight seemed to be a little lighter than the stone of the same volume, so she took it to the front of her eyes and observed it carefully.

This stone is not an ordinary stone, but a fossil of a clam shellfish, the body is completely embedded in other materials, and the shell is very clear.

Tan Jingjing in her previous life had also seen this kind of fossil, this kind of clam shell only survives at the junction of large rivers and brackish water.

Seeing the pomegranate staring at the stone, Jinbao also leaned over to take a look, and said, "What's so beautiful about a stone clam, it's all over the mountain." ”

Pomegranate raised her eyes to look at him and asked suspiciously, "It's all over the mountain?" ”

Jinbao pointed to the mountain stone where the pomegranate flower was sitting, "Look at the stone you are sitting on." ”

Pomegranate then looked down.

At first, I didn't pay attention to it, but now I look closely, and it turns out that the gray-brown mountain stone is full of fossils of clams of different sizes, and the shapes are very complete, almost the same as real clams, but the color is different.

"This piece of land used to be all over the place, but it was covered with dirt." Jinbao said again.

When she heard this, she squatted down and brushed away the shallow dust on the ground next to the rocks with her fingers, and sure enough, there were fossils in the exposed stones.

The presence of so many fossilized clams on the top of the mountain indicates that the place experienced a major crustal movement, when the rivers and oceans dried up, and the clams were buried deep in the ground and gradually turned into fossils over a long period of time.

Later, due to the continuous uplift of Haiti, it slowly became land, and then further uplifted to become what it is today, which is what people often call the vicissitudes of the sea.

After reading the pomegranate flower, she silently picked up two broken stones with fossils and put them in her purse, which was her habit in her previous life.

Jinbao didn't care when he saw it, because the children in the village would also pick up clams and go back to play a game of catching stones.

After enough rest, the two continued on their way.

After that, the road was relatively smooth, and the second mountain beam was not very steep, so it was not so strenuous to walk, and Pomegranate Blossom and Jinbao did not rest again.

The town is called Huangni Town, although the name is earthy, the town is not small, there are more than 2,000 households.

Because the local camellia seeds are abundant, there are more than a dozen large and small oil mills in the town, and there is an endless stream of merchants who usually come here to do tea oil business, and there are many inns and restaurants in the town.

Today coincides with the big gathering once every five days, and the people of the surrounding ten miles and eight towns will gather here, which is very lively.

Pomegranate Blossom wanted to deliver eggs to Xinghua first, and the two went straight to Xu's butcher shop when they came to the town.

The street was full of people, and the butcher shop was also crowded with people buying meat, Xu Butcher was busy cutting and weighing the meat for customers, and Xu Pingchang was settling accounts and collecting money on the side.

Jinbao stayed outside the crowd and waited, and Pomegranate Flower squeezed forward with chickens and baskets, and shouted to the busy father and son in the shop, "Brother-in-law, Uncle Xu." ”

Xu Pingchang was looking for money for the people who bought meat, when he heard the shout, he raised his eyes and saw the pomegranate flowers, and said happily: "Little sister, you are here, come in quickly!" ”

"Here comes the pomegranate blossoms." There were many people waiting to buy meat, so Xu Butcher greeted Pomegranate Hua and was busy cutting meat again.

"Whoa." Pomegranate Hua answered, entered the shop from the side of the desk, and Xu Pingchang put down the work in his hand to receive Pomegranate Flower.

Pomegranate Hua handed the chicken and bamboo basket to Xu Pingchang and said, "Brother-in-law, this is what my mother asked me to use to mend my second sister's body." ”

Xu Pingchang took it, shook his head and said: "Your sister is getting more and more disgusted now, she doesn't get any meat and fish, she likes to eat some sour and salty, I'm afraid she won't be able to eat this chicken." ”

Hearing this, Pomegranate Hua hurriedly said: "How can this work, brother-in-law, you should persuade the second sister to eat some good things." ”

Xu Pingchang said with a bitter face: "Persuade, but the pregnant woman is different from usual, no matter how much you say, she won't listen, everything depends on her own temperament." ”

Pomegranate thought for a while and said, "The eggs are not oily, you let the second sister eat more egg custard!" ”

Xu Pingchang still shook his head, "Your sister said that the eggs were fishy and refused to eat them." ”

Pomegranate wanted to ask more about Xinghua, but the customer over there urged Xu Pingchang to go over and settle the bill, but she had to give up.

Xu Pingchang asked Pomegranate to go to the house to see the apricot blossom, and the pomegranate told him that he was coming with the people in the village, and there was something to do, and he would come to see the second sister next time.

Pomegranate came out of the butcher's shop and went with Jinbao to find the merchant who collected the snake.

Jinbao has many ways in this area, and soon negotiated a price with a familiar businessman. The rhubarb weighed two catties and six taels, thirty wen a catty, and sold for seventy-eight wen.

Pomegranate put the copper coin in her purse and smiled happily, this was the first private money she had since she wore it.

Since the snake was caught by Jinbao, and the two didn't have breakfast, Pomegranate offered to invite Jinbao to eat.

Jinbao resolutely refused, and the pomegranate flower couldn't persuade him, so he bought five large meat buns at the roadside stall, two for her and three for Jinbao, which cost ten yuan.

The two of them ate meat buns and walked in the direction of the school, looking for opportunities to make money along the way.

It's a pity that in her previous life, in addition to her good grades in school, she had no other specialties, and her housework would only be a little bit, and she could still cope with a few simple home-cooked dishes, as for cooking and selling recipes, don't think about it.

Jinbao walked fast, and from time to time he had to stop waiting for the fallen pomegranate flower, and urged a little anxiously: "Pomegranate flower, what are you looking at?" If you delay like this, we won't be able to get home at noon. ”

"It's nothing, Brother Jinbao." The pomegranate flower was embarrassed, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly quickened her pace to keep up.

Reading requires meditation, and the school naturally cannot be set up in a lively street market.

Unable to know exactly where the school was, Pomegranate and Campbell inquired from pedestrians and walked through the alleys to the edge of the town.

The town is big, there are many people with rich families, everyone hopes that their children can get fame and glory, so the scale of the school is not small, and the plaque at the door is engraved with the four big characters of "Tianzhi Academy".

Outsiders are not allowed to enter the academy, and there is a gatehouse at the gate.

When the old man learned that he was here to deliver something to the students, he was not embarrassed, and kindly told the pomegranate that the students were in class at this time, and it was inconvenient to disturb them, and they needed to wait until the end of class to pass it on.

"Uncle, how long will it take for class to end?" Pomegranate is a little helpless, the way back will take at least an hour, and it is really impossible to catch up with lunch after a long delay.

The old janitor smiled and said, "It's still early, it will take half an hour." Little girl, if you are in a hurry, give me your things, and I will hand them over for you. ”

"This ......" Pomegranate felt that the old man's proposal was good, but after hesitating, he felt that it was inappropriate. Entrusted by others, loyal to people, the first time Tao entrusted himself to do things, he faked others, which is too untrustworthy.

After thinking about it again and again, Pomegranate decided to hand it over to Tao Hengling in person.

The old man didn't care, and let the two pomegranate flowers go around the neighborhood, and when the students got out of class, he would go in and pass it on.

Pomegranate thanked the old man and walked around the academy with Jinbao.