Chapter 2: Tourism
Beijing, summer, the weather is hot.
Wu Tiansheng, a person who begs for a living, is not rich when he says he is rich, and he is not too poor when he says he is poor. He has been in the antique world for many years, but he doesn't know much about it. Half a year ago, he met a master in the antique world, who was nicknamed "Bamboo Pole" and was famous in the antique world. The reason why everyone calls him "Bamboo Pole" is because this person is extremely thin, and he is very tall, and he loves to wear a big black hat and hold a black fan. All the good things that pass by him can't escape the palm of his hand.
This morning, when Wu Tiansheng was still sleeping in the quilt, the bamboo pole had already come to the antique market. He plans to recycle a few treasures and resell them at a high price to foreigners who think they know the goods.
Bamboo poles and fans walk in the narrow aisles. The aisles are lined with vendors selling antique items. The bamboo pole wandered around for a while, but he didn't see anything, even if the utensils were in good condition, they were just the same in his eyes. Today there doesn't seem to be anything he can look up to.
The sun rose higher, and the sun shone on Wu Tiansheng's face, which woke him up. He got up and stood on the bed, looking slightly unkempt.
"Bamboo poles? Bamboo poles?"
He called out loudly in the room, but no one answered.
He said in pieces: "His grandmother's, he went out so early, what kind of do he has to do?" Neither will you call me. Wu Tiansheng got out of bed and walked out of the store, looking around with half-squinted eyes against the sun while getting dressed, "Grandma's won't go to the antique market again, it's really nothing to do, eh." ”
Wu Tiansheng walked to the market and met a bamboo pole and a hawker bargaining. The eyes of the bamboo pole were quite bulging, and he couldn't speak smoothly, and his face was red.
"I'll take this number." , the bamboo pole opened his right palm and said.
The merchant who sold the utensils said disdainfully: "You want to buy my painting for this point?" I thought you had a lot of money, go away, don't bother me to do business if you can't afford it. ”
Seeing that the bamboo pole and the merchant were not in agreement, Wu Tiansheng approached and said, "Hey, what about shopping, I got up so early today, and I caught a few more fish?"
The bamboo pole ignored him, and still begged: "Then I'll add another 100 to the total, right?" ”
Wu Tiansheng rolled his eyes, pulled the clothes of the bamboo pole, pulled him away, and said as he walked: "Let's go, is it worth fighting for a long time?" If people don't sell it, can't you just buy it? ”
After walking a short distance, the bamboo pole pushed away Wu Tiansheng's hand, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help but scold: "Oh, my lord, what are you doing here?" I was about to talk to that guy just now! You're doing this surprise attack to give me this whole show, I'm really ...... Hey......"
The corners of Wu Tiansheng's mouth rose slightly, and he sneered: "Just you? If you didn't quarrel with someone just now, everything is fine, don't I know what virtue you have? If you grab a good thing, you don't want to put it down, you have to change this habit! I don't want to say more, let's go ahead and have a look, and buy some more food by the way, I haven't treated my belly for a long time. ”
Wu Tiansheng walked in front, scanning some utensils around him, and the bamboo pole followed behind, maybe he was still thinking about the artifact, and his mouth kept complaining.
Wu Tiansheng couldn't bear it anymore, suddenly turned his head, and said irritably: "Are you fucking looking for a cigarette every day, you didn't buy it, you didn't buy it, there is so much nonsense, believe it or not, my slap will fly in your face?" ”
"I don't want anything else, but I have to get my hands on that thing!"
"Yo, it's exciting, let's talk, something." , Wu Tiansheng walked to the noodle restaurant, sat at the table opposite the bamboo pole, and teased: "I want to see what makes you so persistent." ”
Bamboo pole explained: "That's an ancient book of Tongtian, oops... In fact, I also heard from a group of tomb robbers, according to legend, it was a map that recorded the geographical location of the tomb of a king in the ancient Ailao country, to be exact, it should be half a sheet. Because the map was drawn by a later generation, the other one was supposed to be with the one just now, but it was later lost, and it happened that the other part recorded the most critical content. However, this other map is not without a trace, it was once copied by a golden school captain on the "Yin Yang Secret Art Volume". ”
Wu Tiansheng swallowed his saliva, hurriedly got up and said, "Is this true? And this kind of goodies? What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and go back and buy it! ”
One second he was still disgusted by what the bamboo pole was doing, and the next second he suddenly changed as if he were a person. Before the bamboo pole could answer 'yes', Wu Tiansheng ran so much that he couldn't even see the figure. What the hell is this old Wu crazy about?
The two were walking towards the hawker just now, who would have thought that it was really a halfway way to bite the gold, and suddenly a girl from a travel agency appeared, she was here to promote: "Second master, do you want to go to Shaanxi to play?" There are still many places available in our travel agency. ”
This frightened them, and the bamboo pole scolded even more: "Hey, you will die if you are not shocked, in other words, an old man of seventy or eighty years old really wants to scare others, can you bear this responsibility?" ”
This girl's mouth is like smeared with honey, and she can't close it as soon as she opens it. She doesn't know how to apologize yet, and what's even more hateful is that she has been sticking to them like a fart, talking nonsense with her mouth, and people like Wu Tiansheng who have never seen the world can't figure out a word, and they don't have the heart to listen to her nonsense.
She followed them all the time, wasting a lot of their time, until Wu Tiansheng felt a little disheartened when he found that the vendor was gone, and the girl finally finished speaking.
Bamboo pole's mind seemed to have shifted from the ancient book of Tongtian to other places, and after listening to the little girl's words, he felt that it was a little interesting, and insisted on calling Lao Wu to go to Shaanxi with him.
Lao Wu was not happy when he heard it, he was so anxious to die for the ancient books of Tongtian, plus the money for meals is a problem, how can he have extra expenses and other thoughts to travel?
"I'm going to go to you alone." , he was so angry that he turned his head and rushed straight home.
The bamboo pole held the leaflet, pointed to it and explained to Lao Wu: "Don't mind, look at it, how good it is here, we have been in Beijing for so long, it's time to go out for a walk." ”
Wu Tiansheng was a little unreasonable about what he had done, he stopped, his attitude was resolute, and he said solemnly: "I repeat, if you want to go, you can go by yourself, don't pull me on everything." Can you shift your focus to the Ancient Book of Babel?"
Wu Tiansheng left after speaking, without paying any attention to the bamboo pole behind him. The bamboo pole looked at his back and yelled: "That book is fake, I actually lied to you, there are no tomb robbers at all, I actually just want that painting." Otherwise, how can I not care, where in this world is there any mourning country, but it is just a legend, coaxing children. Do you want to think about this tour? I'll pay for it, it's all right! ”
Wu Tiansheng held back the fire in his belly, waiting to be released, he pouted, pointing at the bamboo pole and unable to speak.
He finally turned around and walked back, snatched the leaflet from the bamboo pole, browsed the information on it, and said with a long sigh: "Go and go, you see how I kill you." ”
The next day, the two followed the travel agency to the beautiful Shaanxi.
When it comes to Shaanxi, the quaint city of Xi'an gives people a serious and solemn feeling. In the spring of March, the flowers of Xi'an have added a tender touch to the city, Wu Tiansheng is willing to love flowers, but he is unwilling to bury flowers. It is hard to imagine how magnificent the ancient city wall was and how luxurious the palace was during the time of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
Today, the only one with the most charm of the ancient city in the world is Xi'an. Its city walls are impressively complete, standing alone on the hanging bridge over the moat, looking up at the towers, corner towers, and female wall battlements, no matter how cowardly people will be proud and roaring.
Wu Tiansheng and the bamboo pole walked in the city with the travel agency, and what they heard in the morning was the sound of the sky, and what they heard in the dark was the sound of the earth.
The little girl who took the lead was not tired and must lead the tourists to climb the earthen city wall. She pointed to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Qujiangchi in the south of the city and said, "Do you see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?" That's a seal stone; Look at the Qujiang Pond again, does it look like a box of ink? ”
The bamboo pole was so tired that he was out of breath, and he leaned on the city wall and said: "Old Wu, this woman is also responsible, I haven't met such a conscientious travel agency for a long time." ”
Wu Tiansheng stopped and said in disgust: "It's only been a long time, why can't you walk?" If we don't leave, we won't be able to keep up. ”
Oh, it's quite hard to say, I'm not too tired to do it, Wu Tiansheng is really enough.
"If you want to go, you go, I really can't walk, I haven't walked for so long in a long time, this foot is a little resistant." , the bamboo pole simply sat on the ground, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Can I walk on my own? I don't have any money, so I can't count on you! Wu Tiansheng had no choice but to sit down and accompany him.
It was getting late, and the two discussed tomorrow's itinerary. Now that I have lost the travel agency, I have to walk around by myself. Although the bamboo pole is lying to him, it seems that something has always been panicked in his heart, and he has been restless for the past few days, and what is going on is really incomprehensible