Chapter 41: The Hairpin
The sun was scorching, the sky was cloudless, the sun was hanging high, and the scorching temperature shone on the land.
Pingyang City is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Dynasty and Shengtian, because Pingyang City is next to Changling Lake, and Changling Lake is a big lake that runs through the entire Northern Regions, with very important waterway transportation, and Pingyang City is also the only city with a wharf, so it is one of the sixteen counties of Shengtian, but it is only the last seat.
Because of Changling Lake, Pingyang City has gradually prospered, and the most lively place is Binh Duong Wharf, where a large number of ships come here every day, either unloading or loading, and every day is extremely crowded.
Under the scorching sun, the pier of Binh Duong is crowded with people, the crowd is very crowded, and the noisy and noisy sounds are endless. In the crowd, Hu Dabao carried a box of goods on his shoulders and walked slowly in this crowded flow of people.
He gritted his teeth, the weather was already hot, and his slightly darkened face was already covered with sweat.
Slowly squeezing out the crowded crowd, Hu Dabao put the goods on his shoulders in the designated place, and his face was also sweating profusely, constantly panting.
"Dabao, your strength is really good." Looking at the box of goods, a middle-aged man in his thirties walked over and praised with a smile.
Hu Dabao was tired, his clothes were already wet with sweat, he reached out and wiped the sweat on his face, panted, and smiled at the middle-aged man in response.
"Here, take." Looking at the honest smiling face, the middle-aged man took out a few coins and handed them over.
Panting and reaching out to take the money, Hu Dabao smiled honestly and said, "Thank you, Brother Liu." ”
"At this time, you should get it, by the way, Dabao, did you marry a daughter-in-law?" Looking at Hu Dabao, who was tired and still panting, the man known as Brother Liu asked out loud.
"Not yet." Hu Dabao replied with a smile.
With a somewhat surprised expression, the middle-aged man reminded: "You kid, it's time to find a daughter-in-law." ”
"Hmm." Panting in response, the two chatted for a while, Hu Dabao felt that he had rested enough, and got up to carry the goods again.
Holding the goods on his shoulders with both hands, Hu Dabao kept carrying the goods back and forth, and the money was making more and more, but it was not much, just a few dozen dollars, barely able to buy a few catties of rice.
And constantly carrying the goods like this, Hu Dabao's shoulders began to gradually become a little sore, but in order to make more money, he had to grit his teeth and persevere, sweat covered his face, and the thin clothes he was wearing were also soaked with sweat, and this kind of labor, until the sun set, the afterglow of the remnant sun was lightly sprinkled on the Pingyang wharf, Hu Dabao did not call it a day.
Although his shoulders are still sore, Hu Dabao can't help but smile on his face whenever he touches the money he earns.
On the wide streets in Pingyang City, Hu Dabao walked and looked enviously at the magnificent, antique and beautifully decorated houses on both sides of the street.
Looking at a luxuriously decorated inn next to the street, Hu Dabao slowly stopped, looking at the inn, vaguely seemed to be able to smell the aroma of vegetables coming from the inn, and after looking at it for a while, Hu Dabao withdrew his gaze, raised his feet and continued to walk forward, he couldn't afford to go to this kind of luxurious place.
"Sometime, I'll be able to go in and have a good meal." Hu Dabao thought so in his heart, turned his head and glanced at the inn behind him again, and saw that the plaque of the inn was engraved with three words, and Hu Dabao slowly read in his mouth: "Feng* Building? But he didn't know the word in the middle.
Hu Dabao originally didn't know how to read, and these words were taught to him by Xu Siyu when he had nothing to do.
"Bell!"
"Catch it!"
"Quick."
Hu Dabao was puzzled, thinking about what to recognize that word, when some noisy voices sounded on the street in front of him, and he turned his head and looked over with some doubts.
As far as I looked, I saw a few people dressed as servants chasing a white-haired puppy, and the puppy also had a small bell hanging around its neck, making a crisp sound of bells as it ran.
"Grab it, useless thing." Seeing that a few people couldn't even catch a puppy, a beautiful woman in a gorgeous costume had her eyebrows tightened, and couldn't help but scold.
Seeing the white-haired puppy running over here, Hu Dabao was kind enough to grab the puppy a few steps forward.
"To you." Seeing that the few people dressed as subordinates rushed up, Hu Dabao smiled honestly, handed them the puppy, and said.
One of the servants took a few steps forward to take the puppy and thanked him, "Thank you." ”
"It's fine." Hu Dabao smiled.
"You're such a bunch of shit." Taking the white-haired puppy, the beautiful woman took it in her arms and scolded several servants.
Hu Dabao looked at the beautiful woman but was flustered, she was not only beautiful, but also had a lot of jewelry on her body; Gold hairpins, gold earrings, jade bracelets, rings and everything, everything, and a lot, in the afterglow of the sunset, slightly reflective, shaking Hu Dabao's eyes are a little flowery.
After the beautiful woman reprimanded a few people, she set her eyes on Hu Dabao, who had a simple smile on his face, looked pleasing to the eye, and said in a soft voice: "Give him some reward." ”
Hu Dabao was flustered again, and before he came back to his senses, the servant who had just taken the puppy from him also came to him and handed him the broken silver, seeing that Hu Dabao was a little flustered, he directly put the broken silver in his hand and said in a low voice: "Thank you for not being happy, my wife!" ”
Hu Dabao hurriedly came back to his senses, and hurriedly bent down to thank: "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam." ”
"Let's go." The beautiful woman glanced at Hu Dabao, who kept bending down to thank him, and said softly to a few servants beside her.
Seeing the beautiful woman leave, Hu Dabao slowly opened his palm, a small piece of broken silver was quietly in his hand, and he was immediately excited. ”
Hu Dabao was excited, carefully put away the broken silver, and continued to walk on the street, but after a while, he stopped in front of a small stall.
Looking at the scattered items on the stall, Hu Dabao's eyes suddenly fell on a bell, remembering that the woman's puppy had a bell on it, thought about it, and bought it for Dudu.
Holding this normally big bell in his hand, Hu Dabao smiled, and was about to get up and leave, when his eyes suddenly fell on a hairpin on the stall.
"You kid, it's time to find a daughter-in-law...... the man's words suddenly sounded in his mind, Hu Dabao slowly put down, and reached out to pick up the hairpin.
Looking at the hairpin in his hand, not big or small, the thin hairpin is inlaid with a magnolia, the core is a round and transparent ruddy stone, very delicate and good-looking, holding the hairpin, Hu Dabao raised his head to look at the stall owner, and said with a simple smile: "How much is this, boss." ”