Chapter 16: The First Exit from the Fort
The day of the first time out of the fort.
Ji Ping faithfully carried out the task assigned by the master of Ji Bao before he set off: every three days, he accompanied Ji Mo and his brothers out of the fort to observe people from the outside world.
Luomei Town.
Ji Ping rode a horse, and Ji Mo, Ji Shu, and Yu Qian'er walked on foot on the streets of the town they had just arrived.
Ji Shu: "I'm a little tired." ”
Yu Qian'er: "What's more! It's just out of breath! ”
Jimo: "It's not that exaggerated. Have you two learned light work in vain? ”
Ji Ping: "Didn't you walk just to practice your light skills?" That's it. ”
Don't say that you are from Jijiabao.
I can't afford to lose that person.
But it's useless at all, isn't it good to do light work! Who said it wouldn't be used?
Ji Ping said that the lord of the fort had instructed before leaving, and it was forbidden to use light work when leaving the fort the first few times, and the endurance should be determined first.
"It seems that your stamina is worried!" Ji Ping looked at the sky and sighed.
Ji Shu blushed a little and didn't dare to complain again.
Ji Ping: "Yu Qian'er, touch your feet are still there." ”
Yu Qian'er glared at him.
Ji Ping laughed: "I will time you every time I come out in the future." Let's go. ”
There was a tea pot not far in front, Ji Ping took them over and asked for a pot of hairy tips, Ji Shu took a sip, only felt that the aroma was fragrant and the taste was sweet, and he couldn't help but say: "It's so fragrant!" ”
Ji Mo took a bite and put it down.
Yu Qian'er picked up the tea bowl and took a small sip, frowning: "What is this, barely medium." ”
Ji Shu: "Yu Qian'er, do you still know tea?" ”
Yu Qian'er: "Call Senior Brother!" ”
Ji Shu retorted: "You may be younger than me." ”
Yu Qian'er: "I'm taller than you!" ”
Ji Shu: "You look a little taller, I'm just a little thinner." ”
Ji Shu is right, he is thin and looks thin, if he is really taller than two people, he is actually about the same.
Ji Mo listened to the increasingly off-topic bickering between the two, but he didn't hear it. Get used to it.
Ji Ping finished drinking a bowl and emptied the tea bowl: "Pause!" It doesn't matter if the tea is good or bad, it's mainly up to me. ”
The two men were silent. Ji Shu thought, anyway, I don't know tea, just quench my thirst.
"The three of you can go to the streets and alleys of the town together, pay attention to people's facial features, judge people's personalities according to their words and deeds, and classify people with different personalities. It's best to quickly integrate into the town's environment, not to be conspicuous, and everything is safe. No problem, just go for it. Ji Ping finished arranging and refilled a cup for himself and took a sip.
"What about you?"
"Naturally, I'm waiting for you at the 'Plum Hair House', and lunch will be set there." Ji Ping blew open a floating tea leaf, "Don't ask me where the 'Plum Hair Residence' is, if you can't find it before lunch, you'll be hungry, hungry until you find me." ”
"What is this rule? Brother Ji, it's too obvious that you're playing tricks. Yu Qian'er was the first to disagree.
"Well, Yu Qian'er means that we can't let you starve with us." Ji Shu added.
Ji Ping: "No, don't worry, I'll eat first when I'm hungry." ”
Ji Shu ......
Ji Mo looked at Ji Shu and Yu Qian'er, they were the same as himself, their pockets were empty, and they didn't even have a piece of extra paper - except for the jade pendant on their body, of course the jade pendant couldn't be used.
He first discovered that Ji Ping was cunning.
Hmph, sure enough, people can't be disgraced.
He didn't say anything, and gave Ji Ping a thumbs up.
Ji Ping turned a blind eye, continued to drink tea on the surface, and burst into tears in his heart: Lord Castle, you are the one who makes the decision, and I am always the one who carries the black pot.
At this moment, the eyelids of the lord of Ji Bao, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, jumped, and his nose was a little itchy.
It was useless to grind, and Ji Mo took the lead in walking out of the tea house.
Yu Qian'er hurriedly pulled Ji Shu to follow, and said flatteringly: "Senior Brother Mo, it's up to you, I'm afraid of starvation." ”
Ji Shu thinks it's fun, how exciting!
He was happy inside.
Sure enough, the outside world is more exciting.
There are more than a dozen streets and alleys in Luomei Town, and you can go shopping in one day unless you look at the flowers. Fortunately, no one asked them to do so.
- After making light efforts, they would scramble to find out the size and direction of the place at a very fast speed every time they went to a place, and even regarded this activity as a kind of competition fun.
But that's all for later.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, there must always be a first time.
They watched as they walked around the town of Luomei. The town is crowded with men, women and children. There are those who are well-dressed, those who are ordinary, and those who are patched; Some people are smiling with red light, some are in a hurry and have a sad face, and some are slow and sluggish......
Several beggars, large and small, came up unkempt and begged for alms, and the three of them looked at each other and touched their bodies in a panic, but they didn't touch half of the copper plate. However, the beggars looked at them with too much eagerness, and they had to say "I'm sorry" a few times in a row.
Yu Qian'er was a little embarrassed, and said helplessly: "Next time we go out of the fort, we must ask Brother Ji to allow us to carry the silver money, which simply ruins my handsome and kind image!" ”
Ji Shu: "Life outside is completely different from what we imagined. ”
Ji Mo thought so.
Before I could finish my emotion, I saw a middle-aged woman in ordinary clothes pulling a cart, crying loudly while pulling forward, and a young man covered in blood on the car closed his eyes tightly and frowned, obviously enduring the pain.
Ji Mo leaned sideways to avoid it.
Ji Shu's body suddenly tensed at first sight, he clenched his hands into fists, his face was pale, and he was even short of breath.
Ji Mo hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hand and held it tightly.
"Xiaoshu, look at me!" Ji Mo's voice was not high, his tone was firm, and he looked into Ji Shu's eyes, "Don't be afraid, it's okay!" ”
He is not very old but inexplicably gives people a sense of calmness and trust, Ji Shu grabbed his hand with fear in his eyes, and it took a while before he slowly became clear, and then called out in a low voice.
Yu Qian'er watched happily all the way, and was about to shout "extinguishing the bright", but when he turned his head, he found that Ji Shu was wrong, he hurriedly rushed to the front, grabbed Ji Shu's arm, and asked nervously: "What's the matter with extinguishing the brightness?" ”
Ji Mo glanced at him and didn't speak, Yu Qian'er gave him a look back, and he saw worry and concern in Ji Mo's eyes.
Ji Shu finally slowly breathed normally, and was a little embarrassed to see Yu Qian'er's nervousness and Ji Mo's solemnity.
I didn't expect that as soon as I got out of the castle, the present world and all kinds of people would come to me and teach them a living lesson.
Sure enough, there are all living beings in the world, and Luomei Town is just one of the microcosms.
I thought that life was full of fun and fun, flowers and willows, singing and dancing, but who knew that there would be scarred pain and helpless struggle.
Beauty and ugliness have always coexisted.
Next, I walked all the way and looked all the way, and saw that at noon, several people had not found the "plum hair house".
"Where the hell is it? We've been looking for a long time. Seeing that the sun was getting to midday, Yu Qian'er was the first to hang her head and become depressed.
"Don't worry about Yu Qian'er, there will always be a way, look at me!" Ji Shuren was a big ghost, and ran to the side to ask passers-by.
"Oh, why didn't I think of that?" Yu Qian'er slapped her head, "It's still a little bit better!" ”
The three of them asked two streets, asked the old woman who walked tremblingly, asked the naughty boy running crazy all over the street, asked the flower girl holding Xiang Xuelan, and didn't even let go of a drunk man who couldn't find the north......
The answer is surprisingly consistent: Mei Haired Xiaoju? Haven't heard of it.
Yu Qian'er was about to express her disappointment, when she saw the drunk man stumbling over. Ji Mo's eyes were quick, and he grabbed his crumbling body, and a burst of inferior wine hit his nose mercilessly, almost wanting to turn people over.
Ji Mo turned his head away, covered his nose in disgust, and let go.
Smack! The drunkard had a close contact with the ground.
The drunkard muttered in a daze, "What? Plums...... Plum Hair ...... Reside? Understand...... Things, things...... Moving ......"
Yu Qian'er's ears were tipped: "Senior Brother Mo!" ”
Jimo: "I'm not deaf. Ask him. ”
Yu Qian'er got the order, bent down and asked the unconscious drunk: "Hey, don't sleep, what does Shiban Xiang mean?" ”
The drunken man slurred: "Ha, there is good wine...... Hee-hee......"
Ji Shu walked over with a smile: "Okay, don't toss, there is!" ”
Yu Qian'er: "Really! Where is it? Say it! ”
"Did you see, that young lady, I just asked her, East Slate Lane, Mei Beard Cottage."
Ji Mo and Yu Qian'er looked in the direction of Ji Shu's finger, and not far away, a bright eleven or twelve-year-old girl was looking at them with a smile.
Yu Qian'er drooled, and her eyes were straight: "Wow, it's amazing, it's amazing, beautiful young lady!" ”
Ji Mo said he didn't know him.
Ji Shu said that he was happy to hear it.
The young lady had bright eyes and a shallow smile, and she was not annoyed when she saw Yu Qian'er's virtues, and nodded at them generously.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." The girl said.
"Little sister won't lie to us, I heard that beautiful girls are all fox fairies." As soon as Yu Qian'er opened her mouth, she was pleasantly surprised.
Ji Shu: "Yu Qian'er, haven't you heard that beautiful young ladies are all kind fairies?" ”
"Oh, yes, look at my memory! - Miss Fairy, how did you know about 'Plum Haired House'? ”
"Because I'm Mei Hair." The girl replied.
"What?" This time, even Ji Mo was not calm.
The little girl's eyes lit up: "Yes, Mei Fei is me." ”
Ji Shu: "Sister Mei has a good name." ”
Yu Qian'er: "Are you sure it's not 'burning' burning, it's not taking for granted 'ran' and not rising 'ran'?" ”
Ji Mo: "You are literate!" ”
Mei Hair: "When I was a child, I especially liked my father's beard, and I always loved to scratch his beard to play, and my father said that the beard was also called 'hair', and I liked this word, so I asked my father to use this 'beard' as my name." ”
Yu Qian'er: "This taste is strange and peculiar. ”
Ji Shu: "It's better to say that Sister Mei has been assertive since she was a child." ”
Mei Fei giggled.
The laughter seemed to be particularly infectious, and several people laughed. Ji Mo hooked the corners of his lips and smiled elegantly, Ji Shu smiled innocently, and Yu Qian'er smiled heartlessly.
Soon arrived at East Slate Lane.
As the name suggests, East Slate Lane is an alley on East Street in Luomei Town, and the alley is so narrow and inconspicuous that it is no wonder that it has been overlooked.
But the alley is very clean.
There is a small store near the end of the alley, and the lintel has four big characters on the lintel.
Sure enough, it's a "small house"!
No wonder you can't find it.
"Daddy, I'm back!" Mei Shou shouted in.
Someone inside answered, and then a man in coarse linen clothes came out of the cubicle. At first glance, he is tall, muscular, wheat-skinned, and has a straight and handsome nose...... He has a beard that is more than an inch.
Ji Mo......
Ji Shu ......
Yu Qian'er......
Shouldn't the beard be dense and long?
The man's eyes rolled, and he smiled when he saw the three imps with shocked expressions.
"If there is anything that makes you misunderstood, please bear with me!" The man smiled and said, "Welcome to the cold house!" ”
It just so happened that Ji Ping came out of it, and when he saw the three of them, his face turned disdainful: "Yo, have you found a place?" You should thank Xiao Hair, if she hadn't gone out to deliver wine and met you, I guess you would still be wandering the streets right now. ”
The three brothers looked slightly embarrassed.
Ji Mo gave a junior salute to the man: "This is Uncle Mei, right?" ”
The man waved his hand: "Mei Qinghe is just a good drinker, he doesn't like to be restrained, just be casual, don't be polite." Lord Ji Bao and I were friends. Are you hungry? Just when the meal was ready. ”
Ji Ping: "The castle owner's favorite 'gentleman drunk' is from Mr. Mei's hand. ”
Ji Mo said in his heart: It turns out that Daddy's favorite "gentleman drunk" is brewed by Mr. Mei, and it really responds to the sentence "The fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys". But no matter how you look at it, I always feel that people like Mr. Mei should not just open a shop in a humble alley to make wine.
The day passed quickly.
When Ji Ping took them back to Jijiabao, the twilight star was already shining in the western sky.