Chapter 44: Fishskin Umbrella
As soon as the boat arrived, the crowd standing on the pier became agitated.
Before Yun Miao got off the boat, they had already rushed onto the boat, carrying large bags and small bags on their backs, as if the whole family was moving.
Hayabusa asks the boatman to arrange the guests first, and then send Yun Miao off the ship.
"In the future, there will be a place where Hayabusa will be useful, just open your mouth. This is a place where I often stay, and if I encounter any difficulties, I can go to these places and mention my name to the people inside. We'll see you again in the future. Hayabusa handed Yun a letter.
"Okay." Yun Miao took the letter and said goodbye to him.
Walking all the way towards the city gate, Yun Miao met many people, especially when he heard that a big ship was docking, and he ran towards the pier.
"Is it ominous?" Yun Miao looked at the crowd of people who left one by one, and touched the white jade bracelet on her wrist, she was really not afraid to go anywhere with a place to live.
When Yun Miao entered Dunxia Mansion, there were no pedestrians on the streets, and all the shops were locked.
"It's not easy to find a place to stay." Yun Miao muttered to herself, and then took out the sign that Chi Er gave her, which readβWandering Home.
Looking around, there was no shadow of a free dwelling, so he continued to walk forward.
On the ground, her eyes lit up and she saw an old man who was setting up a stall selling umbrellas.
Hurriedly went over and inquired: "Uncle, let me ask you a place, how to get there?" β
"Wandering away, you can see it when you go to the end. Does the girl buy an umbrella? The craftsmanship of the ancestors for 400 years is strong and durable, and the shade also keeps out the rain. The old man picked up a solid fishskin umbrella and handed it to Yun Jiao.
The vicissitudes of life on his face and the eagerness for her to buy this umbrella moved Yun Yuan. She looked down at the remaining umbrellas on the stall, "There are six umbrellas in total, give them all, and the old man will go home early." β
"Girls want it?" The old man was very surprised.
Yun Miao nodded, "Both." By the way, uncle, what happened to this Dunxia Mansion, why do I see that many people on the dock have left. β
"The girl is kind, it's from out of town, right?"
"Yes."
The old man put all the umbrellas into a basket and tied them carefully, "Since you call me uncle, then listen to the uncle's persuasion and go back quickly, this Dunxia Mansion can't stay." β
"Why?"
"If it's someone else, Uncle won't say it. In Dunxia Mansion, there are now demons and monsters haunting the western border, and the gates of hell there are open! β
"The Westlands, the Gates of Hell?"
The old man is also a talkative, anyway, the umbrella was sold out, so he simply chatted with Yun Yuan.
To say that Yun Miao really found the right person, this old man's ancestors have been in Dunxia Mansion for eight generations, and it can be said that he is a living historical family in Dunxia Mansion.
The puppet city on the border of the west is not alarmist, because this place is originally a yin and yang land. It was originally the stronghold of the Yin Cao of the underworld to do things in the yang world, and the location of the puppet city was the ghost gate of the Yin Cao.
Later, for a while, the ghost gate was closed, the yin ghost disappeared, and the yin and yang land became the yang land. It was discovered that the original western border was originally a treasure land, especially the puppet city, under which was a gold mine, and there were many gold diggers, and gradually people settled here.
But the good times didn't last long, three hundred years later, the ghost gate of the puppet city opened again, and the ghosts ate the living. The puppets began to flee. In the end, only some strange people who subdued ghosts and eliminated demons remained, and over time, the puppet city became a situation where humans and ghosts coexist.
However, there is one thing that does not make people too afraid, that is, ghosts are only wreaking havoc on the western borderlands, and big ghosts are only in puppet cities.
Although Dunxia Mansion is a little sneaky now, it is just a few small fish and shrimp, and the government officials have basically been solved.
But it's not a thing to be so worried all the time, so everyone is gone.
After the old man finished selling his umbrella, he also had to rush home to pack his things and go to his daughter's house five hundred miles away to avoid the limelight temporarily.
When it's too late, they'll come back.
Yun Miao remembered the Yun family in the puppet city, could it also be the Yishi family?
Carrying a basket of fishskin umbrellas on his back, Yun Miao followed the direction the old man said and went to the free house.
When I arrived at the place, sure enough, the inn was still open.
Yun Miao entered the inn.
There are only a few people in the lobby, and they are still dressed in short and energetic clothes, and they look like martial arts.
The man immediately greeted her, and when he saw that she was carrying a basket of umbrellas, he thought that she had come in to sell something, so he said, "Girl, go back, there are distinguished customers in the store today, and I dare not rush into it." β
ββ¦β¦ I'm a resident. β
"Huh? Staying in the hotel, that's not embarrassing, our inn is covered. β
Yun Miao took out the sign given by Chi E, "What about this?" β
The man's face suddenly changed greatly, "It's a small one with eyes and no beads, please be in the distinguished guest." Immediately, he respectfully welcomed Yun Miao into the private room.
As soon as I entered, a person came out of the private room next door.
He Rong called the guy, "Three more jars of wine." β
"Okay, guest wait." Buddy should be.
And Yun Mao, who had just entered the private room, was suddenly stunned, and the voice ...... Sounds familiar!
It's just that she's met so many people these days that she can't remember who it is for a while.
"Bring me a pot of floral snails."
"Okay, please wait. Here's the recipe, you take your time, and the small ones go to make tea first. "The guy hurried away.
After ordering a few casual home-cooked dishes, Yun Miao pulled out a fish skin umbrella from the basket. The umbrella bone is made of peachwood, and the name of the craftsman is engraved on it, Zhang Qiyue, as well as the seal, which is very exquisite.
The guy came in with the brewed tea, and happened to see the umbrella in her hand, "Yo, I didn't see it clearly just now, this is the old man's fish skin umbrella." β
"Oh? I did buy it from an old man. Yun Miao replied.
"This old man's fish skin umbrella, but there is a saying, the umbrella bone is more than 30 years old mahogany, can ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts, the umbrella surface fish skin, is more than ten years of fierce ribbed fish, even the old fisherman is difficult to catch. Therefore, to be able to buy this umbrella, it all depends on fate, and the distinguished guest bought six at once, but he was lucky. β
"I just saw the old man squatting on the side of the road and no one bought it, thinking that he could go back early, so he packed it all, and it was really not cheap."
Ordinary umbrellas are only a few pennies, this one is twenty taels of silver, and six are one hundred and twenty taels.
"Your guests are kind-hearted, Old Man Zhang's umbrella usually starts at fifty taels, how much did you spend on these six?"
ββ¦β¦ Hundred. "She still earned her feelings, Yun Miao was a little surprised.
The guy was very surprised, and couldn't help but envy: "Your passenger is really good." β
Yun Miao handed the umbrella in his hand to the guy, "I'll give you one." "She can't hold six umbrellas alone, and since he knows the goods, it doesn't hurt to send him.
The guy was stunned at first, and then flattered and refused, "Thank you, the small one has an umbrella, and such a golden umbrella can only complement each other if the guest holds it, and the small one will go to serve the food to the guest first." β
"Take it." Yun Miao still threw the umbrella to him. She's going to stay here for a few more days, and it's not a bad thing to get along with the guys.
Soon, Yun Miao was glad that she gave the umbrella to the buddy.