Chapter 13 If Life Is Only as First Seen

"Read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles", Fang Yizhi agrees with the education method of Li Xingzhi, the president of Zhixing Academy.

He took He An and Fan Dazhi, either on foot, or by hiring a car, or by boat, along the Han River all the way through Funiu Mountain.

Along the way, stop and stop, encounter well-known attractions, or what local celebrity anecdotes, will patiently explain to the two. He had a gentle personality and spoke slowly and logically, and after many days of getting along, the two children became closer to him.

After more than a month, the three of them rushed to the border of Yique County, which was close to Luoyang City. It was late when he entered the county seat, and Fang Yizhi took the two of them to find an inn to rest. Dinner was a simple meal, and after the meal, Fang Yizhi began to meditate and practice, telling He An and Fan Dazhi that they could go out for a walk.

Reading is knowledge, practice is action, and traveling through the mountains and rivers everywhere and appreciating the different customs and customs of various places is also of great benefit to the future.

As soon as Fan Dazhi heard that he could go out to play, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded yes busily, and ran out by pulling He An's sleeve.

The two of them left the inn, turned a corner along the alley, and saw that the street not far away was brightly lit.

Yique County is close to Luoyang, Kyoto, and it is very prosperous. The street side is full of green building painting pavilions, embroidered bead curtains, sometimes there are carved cars and BMW galloping by, the dark fragrance floats, Luo Qi is fragrant. Laughter and laughter in Liu Mo Huaqu, according to the orchestra in the teahouse restaurant. Eight wildernesses contend, and all countries are salty. The curiosities of the four seas are all returned to the market, the peculiar smell of the Huihuan area, all in the kitchen, the drums are noisy, and how many night banquets are there? The trick is amazing, and the spirit of extravagance is long.

He An and Fan Dazhi were dazzled. Walking into the night market, the aroma of sweet fat powder, the aroma of sugar-fried chestnuts, and the aroma of roasted vegetables in nearby wine shops are mixed together, and the air is filled with hustle and bustle.

In the night market, many vendors pushed their carts to the side of the street, and they shouted at the top of their voices, and the cries of selling came and went.

At a glance, there are a dazzling array of dried fish, mutton, head and belly, kidneys, white intestines, quails, fish and shrimp, dehaired chickens and ducks, clams, crabs, spicy boils, fragrant medicinal fruits and other foods. Some vendors also sell crown combs, collar wipes, heads and faces, clothing, copper and iron, utensils, clothes boxes, porcelain, and so on.

The two squeezed around in the crowd, and Fan Dazhi's saliva flowed. He hadn't gone far before he had bought two strings of sugar gourds, three mash fish, and half a bucket of chicken at the stall. Give some of everything to He An, and he feasted on the wind and clouds, and followed Fang Yizhi these days, with coarse tea and light rice every day, which really made him greedy.

Walking further, I saw a group of people gathered in front of a stall, the crowd was very lively, and Fan Dazhi pulled He An and squeezed in.

I saw a copper pot and a charcoal fire inside, and the viscous brown sugar juice in the pot was boiling warm and smoking. There was a board next to it, with many thin bamboo sticks inserted on the board, and a bearded old man stood in front of the desk blowing and pinching. After a while, the shape of a little tiger appeared vividly in his hand, the little tiger shook his head and shook his head in a cute manner, and He An and Dazhi were dumbfounded.

The old man has a good business, and he keeps blowing candy people, sometimes small animals, and sometimes villains, and it is very interesting to do it vividly.

Fan Dazhi felt itchy in his heart, and couldn't help but lean forward, and also learned from others, throwing a copper plate into the old man's money box.

The old man happened to make a little rabbit, handed it to a girl in the crowd, turned his head and asked Fan Dazhi what he wanted to do? Dazhi touched his head and remembered that the braised elbow made by his father was extremely delicious, and it was difficult to eat it when he went to Luoyang, the imperial capital, so he asked the old man to blow a braised elbow.

The old man didn't say much, stirred up the charcoal fire a few times, scooped a spoonful of syrup in the copper pot with a spoon, spread it on the board and quickly used his hands to operate, the syrup was hot, his two hands kept rotating and quickly kneading, the thumb of his left hand quickly pressed on the syrup that was rubbed into an oval, and the three fingers of his right hand were skillfully stretched into a tube, and then quickly pinched off and the lips were blown lightly, and the syrup slowly swelled.

As the old man moved, the shape of a pig's knuckle slowly emerged. The old man quickly dipped his fingers in a little starch on the table, and applied it to the extra section of his elbow, which looked like an elbow bone. I scooped a little syrup into the copper pot and gently poured it on it with a spoon, and the red syrup was like pouring a layer of marinade, and instantly turned into a red and bright braised elbow with a mouth-watering color.

The people next to him laughed, He An had never seen a sugar man, and he didn't know how long it could be stored. Thinking that Dazhi promised Miao Feifei to bring her delicious and fun, she will definitely like this kind of sugar man.

Suddenly, there was a chuckle behind him, and He An turned his head to look, but it was a girl of the same age as himself. She was wearing a moon-white pipa blouse, a floral embroidered skirt tied with a red double luan belt, and a satin fox stump on the outside, which looked extraordinary in the crowd.

The girl combed a tassel bun, her eyebrows were picturesque, she smiled smartly, and said to a woman with a headscarf next to her: "Aunt Xue, that person who eats candy has to blow into an elbow, so greedy and greedy!" After speaking, she suddenly noticed that He An was looking at herself, pouted and glared at He An fiercely, her eyes were black and white, and her eyelashes were dense and long, not at all fierce, but cute.

Seeing that He An was still looking at herself, she stretched out her pink small tongue and quickly licked the rabbit candy man in her hand, and walked away with one hand holding the arm of the woman next to her, looking indescribably naughty and cute.

He An watched the girl hold the woman and disappear into the crowd, Fan Dazhi held the braised elbow in his hand, squeezed in front of him and said, "Xiao An, you taste it, this is still sweet...... Well...... It's delicious! After saying that, he couldn't help but lick it again and sucked it lightly with his mouth.

He An smiled: "I originally thought that you came out to buy so many things, and you were going back to bring one to Miao Feifei, but it turned out that it was all in your stomach!"

Fan Dazhi rattled the sugar man's chew, patted his head and said, "Oops! If you don't say it, I almost forgot! ”

The two continued to wander with the crowd, and in front of a stall selling head jewelry, He An stopped.

There are not many people here in relative seclusion, and the stall owners sit listlessly, and there are all kinds of picks, distractions, full crowns, hairpins, sideburns, flowers, headbands, buns, hairpins, earrings and so on.

He An watched for a long time and picked up a peach butterfly hairpin, the shape of this hairpin is simple, the curved hairpin body is carved with beautiful patterns, and the hairpin head is also ingeniously decorated with two peach leaves, trimmed into butterfly wings. Two filaments are picked out at the very front, and two beads the size of rice grains fall like the tentacles of butterflies. The two peach leaves in his hand moved with the fan, and the tentacles trembled slightly, as if a butterfly was really fluttering.

Fan Dazhi's eyes lit up, asked the stall owner for the price, and casually touched a few copper plates from his arms and handed them over. He An said: "This hairpin Miao Feifei must like it, and when the time comes, I will say that you chose it!"

After speaking, he was about to hand the hairpin to Fan Dazhi, when suddenly a voice came from behind him: "Wow...... What a beautiful hairpin! ”

He An turned his head and saw that it was the girl with the fringed bun just now. I saw her holding the woman with one hand, pointing to the hairpin in He An's hand with the other hand and saying to the stall owner: "Boss, I also want a hairpin like this...... Well, it's going to be exactly the same as the one in his hand! ”

The stall pulled a bun and said angrily: "Small business, all goods, only this one." Little girl, you buy a few ones, look at this dragon and phoenix hairpin......"

The girl's black grape-like eyes rolled, and she said to He An: "This hairpin...... I love it. Can you cut the love transfer, how much, I will give you double the price! ”

He An shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I like it too, this is a ...... for a friend of ours."

Before he finished speaking, the girl took out a tael of silver from a delicate small purse around her waist, handed it to He An, and said with a corner of her mouth: "Na...... That's enough, right? ”

Fan Dazhi looked at the girl's bright eyes and bright teeth on the side, and the clothes on her body were also very precious, gently pulled He An's clothes, and whispered: "Xiao An...... It's better to let her forget it. ”

He An whispered to Fan Dazhi: "If you give Feifei another hairpin, if it is too precious, she will definitely be reluctant to wear it." It's too ordinary and it seems that you are so insincere, this hairpin is very chic, and I think I will definitely like her. After saying that, he shook his head at the girl and said, "I'm sorry, we don't sell it!"

The girl frowned, took out a yellow golden bean from her purse angrily, stretched out her snow-white palm, and handed it to He An along with a tael of silver.

He An didn't look at it, he still shook his head, dragged Fan Dazhi, turned around and was about to leave. The girl's pretty face was angry, and she said crisply: "Don't go!"

He An ignored it, but sped up his pace. The footsteps behind him sounded, and the wind was blowing behind his ears, only to hear the woman whisper: "Chanjuan, don't mess around!"

He An turned his head, and a pink fist passed by, and the girl actually used force against herself. He An bent his knees and raised his elbows, instantly bounced away from the other palm she was grabbing at her.

"Okay, you, you can even do martial arts!" The girl's apricot eyes were wide open, and she was puffing up, but the expression on her face was eager, like a little female cat with teeth and claws.

She jumped in shape, pounced again, and the two of them flashed around the street, exchanging more than ten moves in an instant. The girl's body is light and delicate, but He An has been trained by his uncle He Kui since he was a child, and he is not a general, and the girl can't help him for a while.

"Let me ask you one more question, will you give it to me?" The girl's eyes narrowed, her scallop-like teeth bit her lip, and her right hand turned into a beak and struck He An's shoulder like lightning.

"Don't peck three cranes"!

He An didn't have time to think, so he followed the clouds and approached. One arm blocks the opponent's left palm, holds down the opponent's chest, and the other hand turns the palm into a knife, and it is about to cut the opponent's neck.

Suddenly, I saw that the hair on the back of the girl's neck was messy, her skin was fair, and her nose smelled a fragrance like an orchid and musk on her body, which was fragrant and rich, and this hand knife was stuck in the air, and she couldn't bear to cut it off.

Caught off guard, he was hugged by He An, and one hand was pressed on his chest. The girl was stunned for an instant, her face was flushed in an instant, and she quickly broke free with an elbow blow behind her, and with a hook of her hand, she snatched the butterfly hairpin in He An's hand. Paused and said coquettishly: "You are shameless!" And he turned and ran towards the woman.

He An stayed in place for a while, but fortunately, there were not many people shopping here, and no one watched the conflict between the two just now.

Fan Dazhi pouted with the last bit of sugar in his mouth, and walked over to support He Andao: "I can't see it, this little girl is very good-looking...... It's pretty good...... So brutal and spicy, Xiao An, are you okay? Did it hurt anywhere? ”

A wisp of fragrance still existed in the air, and He An's palm was soft just now, and a strange mood was growing in his heart at this time. I couldn't help but feel that I was too abrupt just now, and I couldn't stand that girl. It's just a hairpin, but it's so unpleasant with her, and now the lights are dim, the figure is faint, I don't know when and when we can meet again, I can't help but feel a little stunned in my heart.

Fan Dazhi noticed that He An seemed to be in a bit of a lost mood, so he didn't say much, and the two walked back the way they came. Along the way, Fan Dazhi looked around, and felt rare when he saw everything, and when he was about to arrive at the door of the inn, he hugged a bunch of bought snacks in his arms!