D15. Parting instructions
After the blacksmith asked, Ren Hai put the Tang knife on the ground and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Now that I'm injured, I originally planned to be tomorrow morning, but now...
After thinking about it for a while, Ren Hai decided that the itinerary would remain unchanged and that he could slowly recover when he was in a hurry.
So he said, "Tomorrow morning, is it okay?" ”
The blacksmith frowned, squatted down, and measured the size of the Tang knife with his hands, according to this ratio, it takes a little effort, and many orders can only be done slowly.
He squatted on the ground and glanced up at Ren Hai, his thin body, the blood stains on his clothes on the left ribs, the cloth bag hanging from his waist, and the faint shadow of a dagger, plus this Tang knife.
It should be a person who has been walking outside all the year round, and now he should be going to do something.
Only, why is he wearing only a coarse linen robe? Hide your identity?
A young man who doesn't look like a frequent blacksmith, an outsider? Or is it the ruthless people who have risen recently? This kind of person is found everywhere, and it is not well-known on weekdays, but it suddenly rises.
"If you want to expedite the fee, 30 percent more, you see if it will work." After thinking about it for a while, the blacksmith gave the answer.
Hearing thirty percent, Ren Hai felt a pain in his flesh: "Add twenty percent at most." ”
"Recently, there have been a lot of orders, if you weren't in a hurry, I wouldn't have rushed you to this order, in this way, twenty-five percent, just do it, if it doesn't work, forget it." The blacksmith thought about it for a while, and finally dropped it by another five percent.
Maybe it's because Ren Hai is young and has a lot of potential, so he can make friends, or maybe it's because 25% of it is within the range of his acceptance.
"Okay, give me a price!"
After saying this, Ren Hai breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that he would regret it, if this money was spent on his sister, he would not be ambiguous at all, but now it is different.
In normal times, he would definitely not be forced to accept this price because he was in a hurry.
But not now, he can't afford to wait, Du Litao will inevitably be in trouble in three days, without the protection of others, it will be difficult for Ren Hai to do both.
Either endure it, or kill Du Litao and leave, but where can you go.
Aunt Shen gave herself a thousand yuan and a Tang knife as a reward, which was so generous, which proved that this matter was very important to Aunt Shen.
Ren Hai guessed that it was probably to save people, otherwise what would he do with herbs?
The reason why she is looking for him may be only because the person she wants to save is blocked by others, and she must find an outsider to do this, and this person must also have a certain ability to survive in the wild, taking many comprehensive factors into account, there are not many people who can choose.
He could only speculate on this, and he was not sure.
Once successful, you can ask Aunt Shen to help solve Du Litao's trouble, even if it is not successful, at least you can get through the current difficulty.
All for my sister!
Ren Hai glanced at the blacksmith and found that he was thinking something, and did not immediately give him an answer.
"What? Questions? How much does it cost? Ren Hai asked.
The blacksmith heard Ren Hai's inquiry, raised his eyes to look at Ren Hai, and said, "No problem, you let me do the math." ”
"This size, with the finest iron, plus the rush ... So you have given me forty-five lines. ”
If it is not customized, whether it is the energy or time paid, it will be much less, the problem is not only to conform to the overall shape of the Tang knife, but also to take into account the fit between the blade of the Tang knife and the scabbard, the difficulty of production is greatly increased.
Ren Hai opened his mouth, wanting to say that it was too expensive, but he held back, so he simply took out a whole piece of one hundred dollars and handed it to the blacksmith.
Take the money, give change, the transaction is considered complete, and the rest is the final delivery.
After negotiating the deal, the blacksmith measured the size of the Tang knife and did everything, and Ren Hai walked out of the blacksmith shop.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the blacksmith's shop, he heard the blacksmith mutter, "Alas, tonight it will be processed again." ”
Hearing this, Ren Hai had some feelings: It seems that it is not easy for everyone!
As the preparations were completed one by one, the time had already reached the afternoon, and the temperature had also dropped, far less scorching than at noon.
Looking at the little blood stains on his body, Ren Hai didn't want to go back like this, once his sister found out that he was injured and Crescent Forest, he probably didn't want to go.
Du Litao's matter cannot be solved.
didn't go far, Ren Hai went into a clothing store and spent sixty yuan to buy two sets of clothes, one for himself and the other for his sister.
The size his sister needed, he remembered very well.
Last time, due to financial problems, I only bought a second-hand item that didn't fit well, and until now, I still have a hurdle in my heart that I can't get over.
Most of the money that just arrived was gone in a blink of an eye.
Both sets of clothes are made of coarse cloth, the color is the same, grayish, which is the common color, of course, there are some better clothes, but in this world, there is no power, and it is a sin to be beautiful.
After Ren Hai changed the new clothes in the clothing store, he casually threw the bloodstained coarse linen clothes aside the clothing store.
There were no accidents along the way, and no one greeted Ren Hai, everyone was busy doing their own things.
The essence of human beings is to live in groups and communicate with each other, but there is a lack of communication in this Xinyang Town, and there are always some contradictions and weirdness.
Except for the owners of their respective shops, Ren Hai rarely had contact with other people, and even today's blacksmith shop, in his memory, he has not been to it a few times.
In the distance, Ren Hai saw his own cabin, and from the cracks in the wooden house, puffs of gray smoke floated out of the gaps, drifting in the air, and being gently carried away by the breeze.
Is my sister cooking?
Curious, Ren Hai quickened his pace.
Ren Hai, who was standing at the door, knocked lightly on the door and said, "It's me." ”
In fact, he could have opened the door by himself, but Ren Hai always felt that when he knocked on the door like this, his sister came to open the door, and there was an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
The door was opened, and there was an iron pot on the fire pit, in which the brown flour cakes were steaming, and it was already at the end, and the wood in the fire pit was about to burn out, no wonder there was so much smoke.
"Brother, you've bought new clothes." As soon as Li Meng saw Ren Hai, his eyes suddenly lit up, the brother who was dressed in shabby clothes on weekdays has now completed a gorgeous transformation?
Ren Hai touched Li Meng's hair affectionately and took out Li Meng's one.
As soon as he saw it, Li Meng's face suddenly pulled down: "You are spending money again." ”
After some explanation, Li Meng finally accepted that the piece on his body was not bought by his brother with frugality.
Just thinking that this money was likely to be obtained by his brother risking his life, Li Meng felt uncomfortable for a while.
After calming down his emotions, Li Meng put the finished cake on the stone slab and said, "Brother, these are the rations I prepared for you, and I will take them with me on the road." ”
From the moment she knew that Ren Hai was going to the Crescent Forest, Li Meng began to prepare in her head, although she couldn't prepare anything, but if she didn't do anything, she really couldn't accept it.
The rough dough cake is ten centimeters in diameter and about one centimeter thick, and this specification of cake is widely spread in Xinyang Town.
Eat one, just to maintain basic survival, eat two, you can do some physical work, eat three, and have a full stomach.
I don't know if it's because of the psychological effect, this unspoken rule actually conforms to most people, and Ren Hai is one of them.
A total of twenty cakes were made, and most of the bag of rough noodles was used, and at Ren Hai's insistence, ten were left, and the rest was wrapped by Li Meng and used as Ren Hai's rations.
Next to the package containing the cake, there was a transparent plastic bottle, which was the cool white open prepared by Li Meng for Ren Hai.
Through the plastic bottle, Ren Hai can clearly see the yellow suspended particles in the water, but compared to the previous grade 9 drinking water, it is undoubtedly much clearer.
After packing up everything, the two brothers and sisters sat on the ground and began their daily gossip.
"Remember, you must always put your life first, and run when you should."
"Okay, remember."
"Don't be reckless and think you can break the sky."
"Okay, got it."
……
No matter what Li Meng said, Ren Hai always said yes, never a 'no', and there was always a smile on his face.