Every ten years, the Cold Food Festival, that is, the day before the Qingming Festival, Yunxi Town will usher in a group of "outsiders", claiming to have fled to other places in the early years, wandering outside for many years, working hard, and living a little better, so they come back to worship their ancestors.

This group of people was richly dressed and silky, which was very different from the poor people of Yunxi Town.

The people who worship the ancestors have changed and changed, and there are very few familiar faces, who will believe that they say that they are worshipping their ancestors.

It's hard to hear, maybe it's a bunch of people to fight, but in fact, it has become a tacit secret that foreign monks and sects come here to find opportunities in this blessed land.

It is not easy for poor people to see the sky and eat, and naturally they do not want the treasures of their ancestors to be taken away by outsiders in vain, so some people spontaneously say that they want to go into the mountains to "pan for gold", but they go around in front of the valley like a ghost hitting a wall;

Others suggested that people without an ultimatum should be forbidden to enter Yunxi Town, and finally a certain official of Da Zhou issued a notice to let the outsiders who entered the town give the township mayor some benefits and dredge up the relationship.

The township chief and the head of the hundred people were stripped off several times, and each family could get half a bag of flour money.

There is not much money, but in this era of war, a few pennies more is one more way to live.

Yunxi Town, Daze Township, is coincidental, just at the junction of Daqi and Dazhou, a fire destroyed the county annals, and the ownership of Yunxi Town is naturally vague.

The two countries agreed to ask for the money on the mountain for the monks who entered the cave to find an opportunity, and divided it fifty-fifty, and in recent years they have quarreled over the interests in the account books.

After the great three generations of monarchs made great efforts, the national strength of the Great Zhou has also become stronger year by year, and the Great Qi on this side is becoming more and more eyed.

In recent years, there have been constant frictions between the two countries, but the emperors of the two sides care about the outbreak of war, and no one wants to be infamous for being brutal and unkind.

At that time, who will care about this small Yunxi Town, and care about this group of lonely and helpless dolls?

Xia Ze got up early in the morning, and today was his first time as a headhunter, so he changed into the only neat clothes and hung a bunch of wheat stalks on the door of the room in a hurry.

Yunxi Town has been open for many years, and naturally reached an unwritten rule with outsiders, and outsiders return to their hometowns to "worship their ancestors", and generally spend a lot of money to find a townsman as a guide, called a headhunter, and follow the outsiders into the valley north of Yunxi Town to worship their ancestors.

If the locals want to do this business, they will hang a bunch of wheat stalks in front of the door, and the outsiders will pick the wheat stalks when they have chosen a headhunter.

In the early days, there were always strangers who did not believe in evil, refused to spend this unjust money, and plunged headlong into the valley of the north, and finally died crazy and crazy, and those who escaped by luck were also lost in their cultivation.

In Lotus Lane, there are already people hanging wheat straw on the door, and some have set up a table in front of the door, and the table is full of large and small bits and pieces, most of which are all kinds of porcelain and jade old objects of uneven color.

On the day when outsiders enter Yunxi Town, the locals will display and sell the old items they have collected from all over the country.

Many outsiders can't put it down, and many people in Yunxi Town have lived an unimaginable rich life by pouring objects.

Headhunting is a tiger's mouth, and now few people do it, and upside-down objects have become the mainstream.

Xia Ze also set up one or two tables at the door, to say that all kinds of large and small objects have been wandering around in the mountains over the years, and it really made him save a lot, a white porcelain bowl with a broken corner, a carp painted in the bowl, and the bottom of the bowl is also printed with the four big characters of the sun and moon in the pot;

Two fist-sized bronze lions vied with each other to amuse, scrambling for a bead, which he wiped with a cloth to shine, and the others were some broken objects of lower quality.

In fact, there are several treasures hidden by him in a hidden corner, and he still understands the truth of not revealing his wealth in front of people.

After another half an hour, outsiders finally entered Yunxi Town one after another.

First of all, a group of officials and family members riding tall horses and majestic, riding horses and whips, swaggering through the market.

Immediately after that was an old woman with a wicked cane, beside him was a yellow-haired boy of seven or eight years old, dressed in luxurious clothes and silk and satin, like fairies.

Then there was an old man in a yellow robe with long eyebrows, followed by dozens of seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls, dressed in the same sect clothes, talking and laughing.

People entered Yunxi Town one after another, bustling, without exception, outsiders all had a jade plaque hanging on their waists.

The originally narrow Lotus Alley suddenly rubbed shoulders and was full of people.

Many of the stalls were already surrounded by water, but the stalks were not seen.

The old woman and the child came to a stall, and the stall owner, a short man with a dark complexion, hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "This lady, young master, has missed the welcome when you come, I don't know what you two want?" ”

The old woman grabbed a jade pen holder and looked at it carefully: "This shopkeeper, how to sell this jade pen holder, the old man's financial resources are thin, and he can't afford to pay too expensive prices." ”

The swarthy man snorted: "The old lady has a lot of eyesight, this tube is handed down by my ancestors, three generations up, the old lady of my family is the eye of the Great Zhou, the old lady is so discerning, as long as three ...... Twenty taels of silver. ”

He looked at the young man lying in the sun in the next room, who covered his face with a fan, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

I secretly laughed at what bullshit this man put in his heart, and he was also on the list, three generations down the family tree, his grandfather was an honest farmer, he liked to sit on the ridge and eat with a bowl in his hand, and he also liked to brag about his mother-in-law's hard work at night.

The old lady's face flashed with disdain, and the swarthy man had no confidence, and then a girl who was also seven or eight years old ran out of the broken room behind him, and suddenly threw herself behind the swarthy man and hugged him and shouted Dad.

The girl was wearing a pink dress, two small pigtails, and a chubby little face, which was very cute.

The child beside the old woman heard the sound and took the corner of the woman's clothes.

The man was a little impatient, but he still touched the girl's head and said softly: "My daughter, like her mother, has never seen much of the world, and she doesn't know much about etiquette, so don't be surprised by Mrs." ”

When a plump woman in the broken house called a warbler, the girl groaned and ran back into the house.

"You should also have a jade pen and inkstone to match this cylinder, I know that the rest of the things are more valuable, sell it to me together, two hundred taels of silver, and give me a few more things, how about it?" The old woman is humane.

The swarthy man was stunned when he saw that the woman was generous, and he quickly reacted, and praised the old woman again.

"Oh, look at my memory, my ancestor does have a jade pen with good texture, I'll go into the house to get it for you, wait a while."

The man turned around and entered the house, but he couldn't hide his excitement in his steps, the average family of three only had two taels of silver a year for food and clothing, and fifty taels of silver was enough for them to buy a rather magnificent yard in Yunxi Town, and his daughter's dowry was also available, and he could also open four or five shops in the town and do some small business.

When the man entered the house, the old woman whispered to the child: "The roots and bones are too poor, and it is a bottomless pit that can only be brought back to the mountains for cultivation, but the appearance is good, and with a little training, it is more than enough to be a girl in the room." ”

The child couldn't deny it, and said in a deep voice: "I'll try to add more silver later, and see if this man is willing to let go and give us this little girl." ”

In the next room, the young man who was next to the Taishi chair and closed his eyes frowned.

The swarthy man came out happily, and there really was a five- or six-inch jade pen in his hand, and a palm-sized eyebrow inkstone, which was exquisitely carved and jade, and the aura was prosperous.

The old woman put the agreed silver on the table and took the jade pen with a smile.

"The old body is brave, and I have to make a deal with the store to get the best of both worlds, I think Ling Qianjin is beautiful and talented", the old woman looked at the house behind the man, "My grandson had the honor to worship an old Taoist master of the fairy wind and bones as a teacher a few days ago, this old immortal is a real land immortal, and now the biggest wish is to accept a few more apprentices, not to bury the master." ”

The smile on the man's face froze.

Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly put a few ingots of silver on the table: "The old body is willing to give five hundred taels, if the daughter can worship under the old Taoist sect, and be a fairy who cultivates and vomits, and lives forever, he will become a golden immortal one day, and shine in the court, you will only have benefits and no harm to the store." ”

The man's face became more and more gloomy.

"Of course, you two have to bear a little pain from the parting of the little girl, but you will receive twenty taels of silver as a reward every New Year's Day."

The old woman was about to say something, but there was a vicious woman's curse in the room, and the content of the words was mixed with insults to the old woman and unrelenting cries against the man.

For a moment, the old woman's face was extremely ugly.

The swarthy man's face was gloomy, and he put away two hundred taels of silver: "I'll take these two hundred taels, give you the jade pen and pen holder, and I won't do the rest of the deal, before I get angry." ”

Sandbag's big fists clenched, and the man spat on.

"Get out of here!" A few bruises on his neck burst out, and the man turned away with his sleeves and tore the wheat stalks on the door, and the cursing of the woman in the house gradually sank into the sea.

The old woman's eyes are full of fierceness, what a proud ordinary man, the old man spends money to buy your daughter is worthy of you, if you don't sell it, forget it, who is disgusting with this spit, if this is placed outside, the old man will pinch this bed bug to death with one hand.

"It's best to abide by the rules in this place, don't make any extraneous branches, grandpa entrusted a lot of favors to get these two jade plates, and look at it again, Mo Duo pays attention to these ants." The child's voice was inaudible.

"The lesson of the little master is that the old body must be remembered," the old woman nodded again and again.

The two of them paced at least in front of the New Year's stall, and the stall owner hummed a small song, shook a fan, and wandered out of the world.

The yellow-haired boy picked up the white porcelain bowl and looked at it again, his eyes swept over the pair of bronze lions, and he secretly cursed in his heart that the country man was short-sighted and trampled things, and if he repaired it, he would have to spend a lot of money.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell these two lions?" The yellow-haired child asked.

The uncle on the Taishi's chair covered his face with a pu fan, and said leisurely: "Three hundred taels for a statue, give money if you want, don't touch the little kid, let your head of the family talk, don't disturb the master to sleep, get out." ”

Holding back his anger, the child retreated behind the old woman and motioned for her to speak.

The old woman smiled and said with a mouthful of white teeth, "This little proprietor, can it be cheaper, the old body is shy, but my little grandson likes these two lions very much, two hundred and fifty taels, and let the old man pick a small object, how about it?" ”

The one on the Taishi chair opposite slowly put down the pu fan, squinted his eyes and looked at the two people in front of him for a while: "If you don't buy it, get out!" This color and this texture, two hundred and fifty taels? What about sending the dogs? I also asked you to pick an object, I will give you two hundred and fifty taels, you can buy me three hundred oxen, one hundred horses, and then give me two little daughters-in-law? ”

When the man in the next room heard this, he poked his head out of the room, looked at the two hundred taels in his hand, scolded your uncle, and closed the door again.

Speaking of this, even if the old woman had no intention of bargaining again, her face was gloomy, after all, she didn't say anything more, and took her grandson to another place.

"Little brother, how do you sell these two bronze lions?" Xia Ze raised his head, and there were four or five people standing opposite, the person who spoke was about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in white, carrying a Heavenly Master Sword wrapped in yellow cloth behind his back, and the childishness on his face was still untouched.

On the left and on the right, there were two teenagers and girls of the same age, and a middle-aged man in a gray robe.

The gray-robed middle-aged man was particularly burly, smoking the pipe, swallowing the clouds and spitting fog, and was content.

The young man in blue was in the middle of a weak crown, standing with his sword in his hand, staring at the two bronze lions for a long time, and shaking his head in disappointment.

The girl in green stepped on him quietly, and then squinted her eyes and smiled at the great god on the Taishi chair, her eyebrows and eyes were curved like crescent moons, a little cherry mouth, and she was as pretty as a peach in three springs.

The girl is ashamed, and the years are worry-free.

Pity the young man who was tricked, he always wants to save face on weekdays, the corners of his mouth twitch in pain, and he refuses to lose this face in front of Xia Ze.

"Three hundred taels for a statue, buy it if you want it, and get out if you don't buy it." The boy repeated mechanically.

It's just that his eyes are dull, and he looks at the girl, and his words are no longer conscious.

The blue-clothed young man frowned: "If I guess correctly, these two lions were originally used as incense burners, using this furnace to burn incense, can speed up the monk's breathing of spiritual energy, you are smart to scrape off the gold dust on these two lions, this lion has become a skinless dog, lost its original effect, one three hundred taels, you are too dark." ”

"Too little, huh? That is good, for thy face's sake, five hundred. The speaker's smile grew more and more degraded, shaking a fan to blow away the smoke.

The young man was just about to have a seizure, and the girl next to him had already raised her fist to greet him, and the white-clothed young man who didn't want to speak first scolded: "Li You, you don't make trouble for me, stay where you are cool." ”

Then he poured all the silver and brains in the burden on the table, and hugged the two lions.

"Shopkeeper, my friend is not very good at braining, it's none of my business for you to come to him, although I have shallow experience in the rivers and lakes, but this bit of eyesight is still there, the shopkeeper's eyebrows and eyes are like torches, his posture is straight, he is born rich and noble, and he is a jade-faced Xiaolangjun. I've got all my money here, you count. ”

The young man waved his hand like a duck and smiled: "Take it and take it away." ”

The gray-robed man put away his cigarette stick and stepped forward.