Chapter 318: Selling Firewood
The grange owned by the Lin clan in Jiaxing is beautiful by the mountains and rivers, and a small mountain beam is the vast Taihu Lake, which is open to the mountains and waters, and the heart is relaxed.
On the second day of settling in, Lin Sha climbed the nearby hill and climbed high to look at the surrounding environment, and I have to say that this is really a good place for leisure and recuperation.
"Long Mountains ......"
At this moment, a loud singing voice came from the lake in the distance, and he was startled by the energetic singing, and he heard that the singer had kung fu.
The song reverberates back and forth from far and near among the small hills, and the melody is good or bad, not to mention for the time being, and it is known from the lyrics that this is a veritable mountain song.
Lin Sha looked far away in the direction where the song came, but saw a small fishing boat rowing like a fly at the end of his sight.
But in the blink of an eye, the fishing boat came closer, and I saw that its hull was narrow and the bow was raised high, and there were two rows of waterfowl on the side of the boat to catch fish, dressed as a standard Jiangnan fishing boat, but the song was sung by the man sitting in the boat.
The speed of the small fishing boat is surprisingly fast, when I first saw it, it was still a small point, but in the blink of an eye, the fishing boat was getting closer, and I saw a man sitting in the boat, and the paddler at the stern of the boat was wearing a robe, but it was a woman.
I saw her stretch out the oar into the water, gently and skillfully pulled, the fishing boat shot out of the way like an arrow, the hull of the boat like a leap out of the water, it seems that the force of this pull is a hundred catties, it is strange for a woman to have such strength, and how can a wooden oar withstand such a force?
Lin Sha's eyes narrowed, and he had already vaguely guessed the identity of the woman who was rocking the oars, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a playful smile, and he suddenly opened his voice and shouted: "Who is here?" This is the boundary of the Lin Clan! ”
Although he didn't use the pure yang true qi in his body, the voice alone still rumbled like rolling thunder. The earthquake caused the birds in the nearby mountains and forests to panic, and there was a slight ripple near the lake.
"I heard that there are new Suzhou clans who have moved here. My fourth brother came here to sell firewood! ”
The oar-wielding girl said in a delicate voice, her voice was crisp and pleasant, it was a soft voice in authentic Wu language, but it could be clearly transmitted to Lin Sha's ears from afar, and her strength was extraordinary.
When he looked at it, he saw that the woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slender figure, big eyes, long eyelashes, and skin like snow, which was the character of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
I saw that she was counting again, and the fishing boat was already on the mountain. The morning sun shone on the oars, and it turned out to be a copper oar made of copper. The fisherwoman flew up and landed with ease, tying the boat to the pine wood under the ridge. The man sitting in the cabin picked up a load of coarse firewood and jumped ashore with him.
"Haha, it's really funny, I actually took a boat to sell firewood!"
Lin Sha laughed and strode down the mountain beam, and greeted the two with a smile on his face: "I don't know what the two of you call it, little Ke Lin Sha!" ”
"Han Xiaoying!"
Seeing Lin Shana's fisherwoman's eyes flashing with surprise, she lifted the copper paddle upside down in her left hand. He took the hat in his right hand, revealing his cloud-like hair, and said softly in a soft voice.
"Nancy Ren!"
The man who picked firewood was about thirty years old, dressed in green cloth clothes and pants. He tied a thick straw rope around his waist, wore straw sandals on his feet, and had big hands and feet. The expression is wooden. He laid down his burden and laid it down on the ground. Suddenly a foot into the earth, the surrounding soil rolled up, not amazing.
Look at the flat pole, there is no abnormality, and the whole body is black and oily. The middle is slightly curved, with a protruding sheath at each end. It was so heavy that it must have been made of wrought steel. The man had a short axe for chopping wood stuck in his waist, and the blade of the axe had a few notches that looked rather shabby.
"It turned out to be the four heroes of the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, Nanshan Qiaozi and the Seven Heroes Yue Nu Sword, I am fortunate to be lucky!"
Lin Sha smiled slightly and arched his hand, looking like a graceful and elegant son.
"Hey, the little brother should be a scholar, how could he hear the name of my seventh brother and sister?"
Han Xiaoying was slightly stunned, looked Lin Sha up and down with a pair of beautiful eyes, and asked with some curiosity.
"Haha Han Woman doesn't know, although Xiao Ke wants to study and get into the office, he has always been very interested in the affairs of the rivers and lakes!"
Lin Shahaha smiled with joy on his face, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, he looked at the two and said softly: "The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan have a great reputation in Jiangnan, helping the weak and punishing the evil and eliminating evil. ”
"You're polite, little brother is really polite!"
At this time, not only Han Xiaoying, but even Mu Na's Nanshan Qiaozi Nan Xiren showed a hint of triumph on his face.
Although the Jiangnan Seven Monsters martial arts are not famous, they are real people in the market, but they are just heroes among the people at the bottom. They relied on a spirit of not admitting defeat to fight for a great name, and what they most longed for was to be recognized and appreciated by others, Lin Sha's move undoubtedly scratched the itch in the hearts of Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren.
The so-called people respect me for a foot and I am a foot for others, and the small people in the market are so realistic and direct.
The relationship between the three of them suddenly became intimate, Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren did not hide it at all, and told the purpose of this trip as it was.
It turned out that they had already made a bet with Qiu Chuji, and were ready to go out to find Guo Jing's whereabouts and teach him.
In ancient times, it was very inconvenient to travel, whether it was accommodation or food on the road, it cost a lot of money, and Han Baoju and Zhang Asheng had more money in hand among the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, and the other five were all from the Moonlight Clan.
When you can't look for it all the way, you have no money and rely on Zhu Cong to steal it, right?
From Han Baoju, Nan Xiren, Zhang Asheng, Jin Quanfa and Han Xiaoying and others, all of whom have second-rate martial arts in the rivers and lakes, but they are at ease in the market and looking for ways to make money to support their families, it can be seen that although the temper of the Seven Monsters in Jiangnan is weird, they are not the kind of people who rely on martial arts to bully the weak!
This is also what he is curious about Nan Xiren, after all, as a well-known person, unless there are special reasons such as incognito, he rarely continues to engage in this kind of manual labor.
Don't look at the guards of several emperors in Dali are named "Yuqiao Cultivators" and so on, but that is just the name of the gangsters, their real positions are the top power roles in Dali, either the prime minister or the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, or the commander of the navy army, this identity and power is definitely not small!
On Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren's trip, they heard that the Lin clan had just settled in Jiaxing, and Chai He might not be well prepared, so they took the initiative to come to talk about business.
The so-called chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, don't underestimate chaihe, it is not a joke to be ranked before rice, oil and salt. In ancient times, there was no gas, liquefied gas and natural gas stoves, and boiling water and cooking rice depended on firewood, and without enough firewood, he couldn't even eat a hot meal.
Although Lin Sha didn't know whether there was a scarcity of firewood on the Lin family's grange, he mixed with the Lin clan patriarch's family yesterday, and eating and drinking were naturally the best, although it was not as fine as the Lin Mansion in Suzhou, but he wouldn't suffer much, and he really didn't pay much attention to these small details.
After all, nearly 1,000 people from the Lin clan came too quickly, and it was only half a month to rush to the Grange from preparing to take refuge, just cleaning the room and tidying up the living place was enough for the Grange steward to work for several days, and the Suzhou magnates who fled to Jiaxing were not only the Lin family, so it is really hard to say how far they could prepare.
With Lin Sha's help, the steward of the Grange and the housekeeper of the outer gate gave Nancy Ren face, although the Grange still had a certain reserve of firewood, but it also began to prepare to purchase it on a large scale.
After all, hundreds of people poured into the Grange at once, and the firewood needed to eat and drink every day was a big consumption, and the reserves on the Grange were not at all the top of the matter, and it was estimated that it would not take a few days to consume it.
Although there is a difference between the rich and the poor in the Lin clan, but after all, everyone is surnamed Lin and now lives together, if the patriarch of the Lin clan and some of the leading characters in the clan have enough supplies but they don't, it is conceivable what will happen.
The two sides hit it off, and verbally agreed on a large number of orders for firewood, all of which were supplied by Nan Xiren, and the price was one level higher than the normal market price, and the cash on delivery was not on credit, and both parties were very satisfied with this cooperation.
"Brother Lin Sha, thank you, one day when you come to Jiaxing, I will be the east, and call my other five brothers to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the little brother together!"
Lin Sha still personally sent Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren to the lake next to the grange, Han Xiaoying smiled softly at Lin Sha and said loudly.
"At noon in two days, let's see that I also have something to talk to the seven of you!"
Lin Sha smiled indifferently and slapped the snake stick, seeing Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren's suspicious faces, he did not hide it and said bluntly: "I am teaching in Niujia Village outside Lin'an City, and I am friends with Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, and I want to talk to the seven of them about some things and words!" ”
Sending away Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren, who were full of shock, Lin Sha was invited by the patriarch's cronies as soon as he returned to the Grange, and the patriarch asked Han Xiaoying and Nan Xiren who they were, and how did Lin Sha meet them?
The news is fast enough!
Lin Sha smiled slightly and didn't intend to hide it, so he recounted the three of them meeting, and at the same time told the original story of the bet between the seven monsters and the Quanzhen Sect Qiu, saying that they were raising money for the trip, and they were worthy of paying the letter.
At the same time, he emphasized that the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan are the most famous local snakes, and befriending them is of great effect on the Lin clan's rapid foothold in Jiaxing. Moreover, the relationship between him and Guo Yang is not bad, and he can help a little bit, and finally tell the patriarch about the reunion with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan Drunken Immortal Building two days later.
"Sure enough, every righteous slaughter dog!"
The patriarch of the Lin clan was shocked and his face was shaken, and he sighed again and again, and had a tacit attitude towards Lin Sha's friendship with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, of course, there were no less necessary warnings, and repeatedly told him not to move his mind to other places, and when the Lin clan was completely stabilized, he immediately returned to Linsha to continue his study tour, and he could not delay his study...... (To be continued......)