Chapter 20 Qingyang County
Yes, along the way, the loess flew sand, ate a mouth full of dust, and finally walked to the city gate, but still had to queue up to enter the city.
Nowadays, the household registration system is strict, and as long as the people go out of the county, they must have a "public examination", which is equivalent to a modern ID card.
The reason why they had to line up to enter the city was because there were three or four guards guarding the gate with spears under the city gates, and all outsiders who wanted to enter the city had to show these guards a "public inspection".
Moreover, these "notarizations" are not like modern ID cards that everyone has, but are a bit like the sixties and seventies of the Celestial Empire, where you have to find someone to open a letter of introduction.
This is the case with the "public inspection" here, if you want to leave the county, you have to find someone to open the "public inspection". If you cross the city gate without a "public examination" to prove your identity, it is called the crime of "smuggling through the Guanjin" and you will be caught and sentenced to at least one and a half years in prison.
Therefore, at this time, most people have never been out of the county in their lives.
Anyway, Liu Chenxing has traveled here for five years, and no one in the Liu family has ever been out of Qingyang County, and she has never seen what the "public inspection" looks like.
I only know that it is a roll of paper, and every time I pass a place, I have to hand it over to the local official for inspection and sealing, and the more places I have walked, the longer the official documents that have been added before and after.
I heard that like caravans traveling from south to north, their "public inspection" is a long roll of paper glued together, because they have passed too many checkpoints.
Fortunately, Qingyang County is a small county seat, and I heard the uncle of the Liu family, who studied in the county, say that there are more than 1,500 small counties like Qingyang County in the country, so although the queue waiting to clear the customs and enter the city is long, it passes very quickly, and almost all of them are ordinary people in the county, and there is no need to check the "public inspection".
Like them, they entrusted the blessing of the third uncle who traveled to and from the county every day, because the third uncle was familiar with the doorman early in the morning, the doorman asked the third uncle a few words who they were, and learned that it was the third uncle's brother and nephew, so he let him go directly.
was finally able to enter the city, Liu Chenxing didn't care that the people behind them seemed to be from other counties, so she could take a look at the ancient "ID card" - public inspection, so she followed her father and brother and third uncle into the county seat.
She has not forgotten the purpose of this trip, opening her eyes and seeing is small, and selling dendrobium flowers is the top priority.
On the way here, she had already inquired with the third uncle, there are a total of three pharmacies in Qingyang County, which are located at the entrance, middle and tail of the city, and the largest pharmacy is the one at the end of the city.
Nowadays, the fang market system is implemented.
Fang is a residential area, the city is a commercial area, and the residential area and commercial area are set up under the fang city system, and it is required that the city does not live at home, and there are no shops in the square. Moreover, in order to facilitate management, the city and the square are not only strictly separated, but also enclosed separately with a fence to form an independent and closed space.
Qingyang County is only a small county seat, although it is allowed to build a city, but there are only four squares and one city. The city traverses the entire Qingyang county seat and is surrounded by four squares from the left and right. There are all kinds of shops selling firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea in the city, as well as liquor stores, bookstores, pharmacies, etc., which can be said to include all commercial activities.
Yes, they are the same as the third uncle's destination, they are all going to the only city in Qingyang County, just follow along.
Walking on a layer of unchanged loess road, both sides are also rammed earth walls, in short, as far as the eye can see, in addition to a little more people in the county, it is still the original ecological loess.
Fortunately, I didn't walk for a while, and I arrived at the city gate.
The outside of the gate was full of people waiting to enter the city, and as soon as the city drum sounded and the city gate opened, all kinds of people poured into the city surrounded by earthen walls like a tide.
"Ah Xing! Aya carries you in! There were too many people, Liu Qianli was afraid that his daughter would be squeezed, so he hurriedly picked up Liu Chenxing.
Compared with the lady's face, safety is still important, Liu Chenxing nodded with a smile, and sat on his own Aya s arm with kindness.
The air above is good, and she Aya grows taller, and with the height of Aye, she can simply see the mountains at a glance.
Therefore, she has to work hard to make a fortune, eat well before she is finalized, and strive to exceed the 1.6 meters she dreamed of in her previous life.
What a humble and small hope, but it is so difficult, and now I am counting on the dendrobium flowers in this basket.
Liu Chenxing couldn't help but stretch his neck to look at the pharmacy at the entrance of the market, thinking about how to sell this dendrobium flower today.
The little person looked so attentive, Liu Baili followed with curiosity, and when he saw that it was a medicine shop, he couldn't help laughing, it seemed that the little niece was still thinking that wildflowers were fairy herbs.
was about to make a joke, when he suddenly wondered: how did the little niece recognize the sign of the pharmacy?
Then I remembered that the second sister-in-law categorically refused to enlighten Qingshan by her eldest brother, and a thought popped up in my heart, could it be that the second sister-in-law has good knowledge? Or is that Liu Xiaolang a reading material?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that the latter is very likely, this Liu family is different from them, it is really a scholarly family, and the last three generations are all readers who can read and hyphenate.
Thinking of this, I can't help but regret that in the past, I shouldn't have come from Xiao An's Hu, in order to please A-Niang, I squeezed the Liu family from time to time, but fortunately, it is always a family, and the second brother and sister-in-law are real people, so they shouldn't mind.
Liu Baili had a thought in his heart, and said to Liu Qianli affectionately: "Brother, I want to rush to the wine store to open the door, so I won't accompany you." But today it's rare to see a brother bring his nephews and nieces here, the wine shop eats at noon, I have also been in the wine shop for many years, and it's okay to bring a few more people to eat! ”
It was probably not early, Liu Baili rushed to the wine shop as he spoke, and did not forget to turn around frequently and beckon: "Brother, don't eat the steamed wild vegetables brought by the second sister-in-law, for the sake of the two children, bring them to me for a meal!" Remember! ”
The sound came from afar in the crowd, and gradually drowned out in the gradually lively city, leaving only the father and daughter still standing stunned.
Liu Qingshan was the first to wonder: "Why is the third uncle so enthusiastic today?" As he spoke, he looked up at the rising sun, touched the back of his head and said, "That's not right! The sun didn't hit the west today! ”
"Oops!" Liu Qingshan suddenly screamed in pain, and looked at his Aya sadly while touching his head.
The son is honest, Liu Qianli is not distressed at all, but it is a pity that his son is hiding far away and can no longer give his son a chestnut on his head, he taught: "The third uncle is an elder, don't talk about him like this." ”
Liu Qingshan Nunu mouthed and did not speak.
Liu Chenxing's eyes rolled, and he suddenly asked, "Aya, you have to come to the city once or twice a month to sell things, does the third uncle have lunch?" ”
Hearing this, Liu Qianli frowned silently.
Liu Chenxing knew that he hadn't seen it before.
The third uncle is the best at drilling camps among the three brothers of the Liu family, and his mercenary intentions are a little too much, but he is also a person who does not get up early without profit, and suddenly he is so enthusiastic about them, he must have a plan.
However, the poorest thing in the Liu family is their second room, and no matter how the third uncle triems, he is not afraid.
And the food in the wine shop is definitely better than the steamed cakes given by A-Niang, and it seems that the food can be improved today.
"Okay, let's hurry up and find a good seat to set up a stall!" Liu Qianli didn't think much about the sudden enthusiasm of the third brother, his own brother, why bother thinking about it, he was not polite, he just smiled and smiled at his daughter's smile when she heard the delicious food, she was really well-behaved.