Updated: 2012-08-06

Su Zicheng said 'um', slowly shook the folding fan, and walked side by side with Li Xiaoqi outside the post station. Out of the post station, Li Xiaoqi squinted his eyes and looked back at the sun that had been slightly faint and gentle, Su Zicheng followed and glanced back: "It's still early, it's nearly an hour before it gets dark." Li Xiaoqi smiled with crooked eyes, and together with Su Zicheng, he walked towards Funan Town with the sunset on his back.

Funan Town is very small, the two streets are built in a T-shape, walk past a quarter of an hour from the post station, the two walked along the T-shaped street from beginning to end, and it only took a quarter of an hour, Li Xiaoqi stood at the T-shaped intersection, occasionally walked by one or two pedestrians on the street, saw the two people standing at the intersection, and dodged away, the shopkeeper and the guy in the store were afraid, hiding in the dark and secluded shop and peeking at the two and those sturdy little guards, occasionally a child or two children just ran out, and were fished back by the hand that stretched out from nowhere, Li Xiaoqi spread his hands and smiled: "Let's scare them, forget it, go back, there is nothing to shop, there are two or three grain, oil and grocery shops, a sewing shop, and the cookcakes in the shop at the other end don't know if they taste good or not," Su Zicheng hurriedly turned his head to look over, Li Xiaoqi beckoned to Nanning, and told him to go over and buy a few cookcakes to take back.

"This is a lively town, a town, rice, grain, oil and salt, sundries and needlework can be bought from time to time, many towns are in a hurry to meet the market, if you catch up with the market, this town is lively and unbearable, selling all kinds of things stalls can be placed all the way to the door of the post station, there are several times a year here, when the meeting, hundreds of miles away people have rushed to see the excitement, buy things." Su Zicheng explained carefully, Li Xiaoqi was a little stunned when she heard it, she was on the road when she woke up, and then she arrived at the Taiping Mansion, and ran all the way out of the Taiping Mansion, and she didn't have the heart to look at these world conditions, and later came to Zhengcheng?????? Alas! It turns out that Zhengcheng is really a big city! Ordinary small towns and towns are like this, and they will be lively when they have a set every single, double or every Friday!

"I didn't even think of this, I should have asked those mothers-in-law clearly, and I wouldn't be able to come if I didn't rush to the market." Li Xiaoqi looked at Su Zicheng, with some remorse in his tone, Su Zicheng laughed: "It's a fair, it's time to disperse at this time, and we don't buy anything, isn't it better to walk quietly like this?" Li Xiaoqi smiled and nodded, the two gossiped slowly, walked along the old and narrow bluestone street to the direction of the post station, out of the bluestone alley, a gentle and clear river from the smoke curling, low and quiet stone houses in the middle of the winding out, on the edge of the river, every few steps to build a smooth stone platform, the stone platform is almost empty at this time, only one or two squatting on the stone platform with laundry women, Li Xiaoqi stood by the river, not close, tilted his head and looked at it for a while, as if he realized something big and clapped his hands and smiled: " It seems that the rule here is that the laundry must be done in an early manner! Su Zicheng raised his eyebrows and laughed out loud: "After watching it for a long time, you realized such a big thing?" ”

"Isn't that a big deal? Every day the housewives of this town will get up at dawn, first comb their hair and clean their faces, sprinkle and sweep the court, and then prepare breakfast, and after eating they will go to this river to make their clothes??????"

"I really don't know how you got over the past ten years? How can you eat so early? People only have two meals a day, regardless of men and women, when the dawn rises, men go out to farm, women do housework, until the beginning of the year, only eat the first meal, only the elderly, can get up in the morning to eat a piece or two of snacks. Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoyi, laughed and patiently explained, Li Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, as if this was the case, when he first arrived at Taiping Mansion in the past, he ate when he got up early in the morning, as if he was alone, and the eldest brother said that he was not hungry?????? She felt that she had eaten lunch a little early??????

"I didn't pay attention?????? Hey, look over there," Li Xiaoqi instinctively didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, looked around, and saw the thin woman sitting on the side of the road resting and hugging her body and the huge bamboo basket next to her mother-in-law, and hurriedly pointed and changed the topic: "That grandma, the person is so thin, so big a basket, how can she move?" You say she's in town, or she's going to leave town? Su Zicheng followed Li Xiaoyi's fingers and looked over, and without waiting for him to speak, Li Xiaoqi pulled him and smiled: "Let's go, go over and have a look!" ”

Su Zicheng followed Li Xiaoqi to the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law's yellow eyes were frightened, and she subconsciously dragged the basket into her arms, her shriveled lips were wrapped and trembling, Li Xiaoqi let go of Su Zicheng, squatted down in front of the mother-in-law with a smile on her face, curiously stretched out her head to look at the wild vegetables in the basket, looked at the mother-in-law and asked with a smile: "Grandma, what is in this basket?" Can I eat it? The mother-in-law's body was slightly relaxed by Li Xiaoyi's laughter, and she also smiled with a squeezed mouth: "This is gray cabbage, this is pig mother vegetables, you can eat it." ”

"Grandma digs these wild vegetables, does she eat them herself, or do you sell them?" Li Xiaoqi asked with his hand the wild vegetables in the basket, and the mother-in-law pointed to the wild vegetables in Li Xiaoyi's hand: "This is gray cabbage, that is pig mother vegetables, eat them yourself, this wild vegetables are all over the ground, who will buy it!?" This girl has such a beautiful smile! ”

"Grandma sell me this basket of wild vegetables, I also like to eat wild vegetables." Li Xiaoqi said with a smile, and the wrinkles on her mother-in-law's face were squeezed into countless good-looking deep grooves: "If the girl wants to eat, take it!" Sell wild vegetables for money and make the neighbors look down on you! The mother-in-law grabbed a handful of wild vegetables and looked at Li Xiaoyi's full of ayaluo, not knowing where to stuff it.

"Then Grandma sell me this basket, you see, otherwise I won't have a place to put this wild vegetable!" Li Xiaoqi shook the cradle and said with a smile, the mother-in-law looked at the shabby basket in her hand, hesitated and smiled: "That girl can give two big money, this basket is not as valuable as a new basket." ”

"Good!" Li Xiaoqi simply agreed, the mother-in-law pushed the basket, lowered her head and untied the coarse cloth bag tied to the edge of the basket, Li Xiaoqi reached over and pinched the cloth bag and asked, "What's in this?" Squishy. ”

"Sachets." The mother-in-law took off the coarse cloth bag, pushed the basket to Li Xiaoyi's side, opened the bag, and took out a sachet sewn of poor silk cloth with trembling fingers to show Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi took it and flipped it over, looked at it and asked with a smile: "Is it made by grandma to sell?" Well done! ”

"It's not pretty! In the past, when I was young, everyone in these ten miles and eight towns knew that I had a good kung fu for this sachet, and when I was old, my eyes were spent, and my hands were shaking, and the sachet made could not be seen, nor could it be sold for money! Once upon a time, when I was young, I couldn't sell it! The mother-in-law was complimented, and suddenly there were more words, Li Xiaoqi reached out and took the cloth bag and rummaged through the twenty or thirty sachets inside, and said with a smile: "I think Grandma's sachet is good, I was about to buy a sachet, I just walked around the town and didn't see it, how much is Grandma's sachet, sell it to me." The mother-in-law was stunned for a while with her mouth half-open, and suddenly her smiling eyes were squeezed into the wrinkles and could hardly be found, and she stretched out a finger at Li Xiaoqi and said: "One money, no, the girl wants it all, one money and two, the girl gives ten big money, take it all." ”

"Then one money, grandma is so old, I can't take advantage of grandma, not to mention asking for grandma's wild vegetables for nothing!" Li Xiaoqi smiled, while talking, poured the sachet in the cloth bag on the wild vegetables, and together with the mother-in-law, counted carefully, Nanning had already held a big purse full of brand-new copper coins, Li Xiaoqi ordered one by one, added two, handed it to the mother-in-law and said with a smile: "Grandma, this is the sachet money and basket money, grandma order a little!" ”

"No, no, I looked at you and counted, the old woman Xie girl, the girl is really a good person, no wonder the girl smiles so good, it's really the same as the dragon daughter standing in front of Guanyin!" The mother-in-law took the handful of golden and heavy copper coins, carefully put them into the cloth bag one by one, held them tightly in front of her chest, and her smiling face blossomed, looking at Li Xiaoqi who didn't know how to praise it, Li Xiaoqi motioned to Nanning to bring wild vegetables to bring the sachet over, looked at the mother-in-law and asked with a smile: "Grandma is so old, why do you still make your own sachets to sell?" Sons and daughters are bad for you? ”

"Good! All good! I can move, Ah Da and Ah Er are filial, and my daughter-in-law and son-in-law will send me meat during the New Year's holidays, a big piece! Pounds of meat! The days are difficult, I can move, I can earn a lot of money, the girl is really a good person, the girl doesn't know, my family is very smart, you see, I earned thirty-four big money today, and I will send the fourth child to study until the New Year! The girl is such a nice person! The mother-in-law smiled incoherently, Li Xiaoqi listened attentively, said a few words to the mother-in-law, stood up, helped the mother-in-law up, said goodbye to her, watched her go back happily, then exhaled softly, turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, who had been looking at her, and smiled: "Look, your people, how good!" Take care of them! Su Zicheng couldn't cry or laugh: "You might as well reward her with a few taels of silver!" ”

"No wonder?????? Look at Grandma, she is so old, and she still has to make sachets and dig wild vegetables, which is also a strong one, so it is better to buy her things directly, alas, you don't understand these things when I tell you! Li Xiaoqi explained two sentences, then waved his hand and didn't bother to explain to Su Zicheng again, but Su Zicheng only stared at her and asked, "What's the wonder?" ”

"No wonder some people say you only kill." Li Xiaoyi's answer was also refreshing, Su Zicheng raised his eyebrows angrily, looked at Li Xiaoqi and concluded: "What Shui Yan said? ”

"Originally, I praised you, I praised you, we talked about it when we spoke, although the second master is young, but no one can beat him when he fights, the poem and the lyrics, the second master is not bad at writing, he is too lazy to write, otherwise with the second master's talent, what will not? You say yes, right? Li Xiaoqi smiled and replied speciously, Su Zicheng looked at her and snorted softly: "All of you, Shui Yan and Lu Feng are indispensable, just a few of you dare to be so presumptuous, saying that the master will not do anything but kill people, right?" When I don't know? ”