Chapter 2, White Horse Town
Like the white horse in the name of the town, the long river of time is like the white horse passing through the gap, and the years are in a hurry.
Before you know it, the town is coming in spring again, and the sun is shining brightly, and the spring breeze blows everywhere you go, and the flowers are blooming, which is beautiful.
On the Huai River on both sides of the bank, there are more sharp shuttle boats, and the boatmen wearing hats stand at the stern of the boat holding bamboo poles, rowing and supporting the boats to carry those rich sons and ladies to swim in the river.
Speaking of which, how can ordinary fishing make a living with these delicate and expensive young ladies to earn money?
Besides, if they had fun, they might get an extra silver bounty, so the boatmen enjoyed it.
However, there are a few exceptions, for example, if you meet the sour Xiucai who complains about the injustice of the world, complains about the world, or is frustrated in love, then you have to have a long heart, and whether you can recover the money for this trip, if you don't pay attention, that person jumps into the lake and puffs down, then it is really a tight wind!
Not only did he have to go into the water to fish for people, but he also had a bad reputation, who would dare to come to his own boat in the future......
Looking further up the shore, there is a constant stream of people passing by on both sides of the bridge, all of which flock to all kinds of stalls on both sides of the street, and if you see what you like, you will definitely take out your pocket to buy it and go home, and have a good time.
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At this time, in the alley a few streets away from the town's bazaar.
"Squeak-"
The boy took up the bamboo basket placed in the courtyard, put the small hoe in the basket, cleaned it up, and then walked out of the courtyard gate, and closed the door gently. I thought to myself, I will have to go to the mountain to pick some herbs and give them to Shopkeeper Sun later.
So he pulled the two tethers tied to the bamboo basket in front of him with both hands, and after making sure that everything was safe, he went out with a smile.
But halfway through the road, I heard a call from behind me,
"Little Truthful ......"
Yao Zhenyi stopped and turned his head to look, it turned out to be an old woman with a cane bent over and standing at the door calling for herself.
That old woman is Granny Yu, who lives behind Yao Zhenyi's house, and she is a neighbor.
Yao Zhenyi was puzzled, "Granny Yu, is there something wrong with you calling me?"
"Xiao Zhenyi, can you help your mother-in-law go to Lu Daochang to get the side medicine? I forgot to get the medicine from him some time ago, it's not going to be over, I want you to bring it back by the way......"
Granny Yu is very good, but people who are a little older are more believing in God and worshiping Buddha, and they don't go to the Sun family pharmacy in the town to get medicine, but go to the young Taoist priest's stall to get medicine.
The Lu Taoist that Granny Yu said was a fortune teller who set up a stall in the town and solved problems for people all day long.
But fortunately, although the fortune teller who set up a stall in that town is a little younger, he still has some real skills.
No, since Granny Yu went to him to see him once and grabbed the side medicine, the usual illness that you would have when you are old is actually a little less. If he didn't know who Lu Daochang was, Yao Zhenyi might dissuade him, so as not to be deceived by Granny Yu.
In fact, the young man went to the Sun family pharmacy in the town without passing through the stall of the Lu Daoist, but he still smiled and agreed:
"Okay, Granny Yu. ”
Seeing that the young man should come down, Granny Yu showed a smile, and then seemed to remember something, lowered her head and supported the cane with one hand, and took the other hand into her arms......
Yao Zhenyi in the distance was walking forward slowly, of course he knew what Granny Yu was going to give him, but he couldn't ask for it,
My mother said that when you are favored by others, you can't forget it in this life, you can't forget your roots, and you don't always take it for granted that others are good to you.
In the days after his mother's death, if it wasn't for Granny Yu's kind care, and if she had nothing to do, she would have asked herself to go to her place to eat, saying that he couldn't finish too many meals when he was old, but in fact, the old man felt sorry for him and deliberately made more meals to find an excuse to call him over.
Although the young man also helped the old man with some chores later, it was only a trivial matter for him.
At that time, the boy was still too young, and he couldn't do those gravity work, and he worked as a hard labor for the people in the town, and when he saw that he had a dark face and was thin, people didn't want to ask for it.
If you don't work, you don't have money, and if you don't have money, you don't have enough to eat. Therefore, the boy will never forget how he survived those difficult days.
Sanwen money is indeed a lot of money for the young man, but it doesn't matter, as long as he goes to the mountains to pick some herbs for the shopkeeper Sun, isn't it just a few more trips to the mountains.
Thinking of this, Yao Zhenyi became happy and walked towards the entrance of the town with a bamboo basket on his back.
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At the entrance of Baiju Ancient Town,
A man dressed in black with a sword on his back moved a stool and sat at the gate at the entrance of the town, his eyes closed, leaning against the pillar stone, his back leaning against the gate, his right hand hanging down, holding a pot of wine in his hand, his feet across the ground, but the corners of his mouth were drooling and smiling, it seemed that he was drunk and was dreaming ......
"Brother Liang... Brother Liang..."
Yao Zhenyi just happened to walk here and saw this scene, shook his head helplessly, stepped forward and shouted softly in the ear of the man with the sword on his back.
"Don't be noisy...... Haha......"
The man with the sword turned his head away, clicked his mouth and continued to laugh and fall asleep.
"Giggle...... Look at it......"
It just so happened that a few young women walked here, and when they saw the unbearable sleeping appearance of the man with the sword on their backs, they covered their mouths and snickered for a while, thinking, how can this person be like this.
"Hello beautiful sisters!"
Yao Zhen bent down to salute the young women and shouted loudly.
This shout directly woke up the man with the sword on his back, and after he raised his head and got up, his eyes lit up and he looked left and right and shouted: "Where ?!? where are there beautiful women!?"
"Yikes!"
Seeing that the man with the sword on his back was awakened and got up, several young women let out a scream, and immediately walked forward quickly without looking back.
"Goodbye, beautiful sister! Oops! Brother Liang ......"
Just as Yao Zhenyi smiled and waved goodbye to the women, he ate a chestnut on his head, and the young man hurriedly covered his head with his hands and shouted.
"Okay, you stinky boy, dare to trick me?! Believe it or not, I'll whip you!"
I saw Liang Zhongnian, that is, the man in black with a sword on his back, his right foot was straddling, and the whole person was sitting on the bench with his back to the outside of the town gate, picked up the wine jug and took a sip of wine, and then said angrily to the young man in front of him who was covering his head with both hands: "I said, do you kid know that disturbing my sleep is a very serious thing......
Yao Zhenyi rubbed his head that had been knocked out, and muttered in a low voice: "I don't know who Fang Cai immediately got up as soon as he heard the beautiful sister... ”
Hearing this, Liang Zhongnian raised his eyebrows, his eyes under the sword eyebrows narrowed slightly, revealing a harmless smile and asked the young man, "Yao Zhenyi, what are you muttering......
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yao Zhenyi hurriedly snorted, scratched his head and smiled: "No! I mean Brother Liang is extremely good-looking, and he is a great sword immortal, but it's amazing!"
Liang Zhongnian rolled his eyes, didn't care about what young people said, and then saw the bamboo basket Yao Zhenyi was carrying behind him, so he asked with a smile: "I'm going to go into the mountains to collect medicine again today?"
"Yes!"
The young man nodded, then looked at the sky, and said to Liang Zhongnian: "It's not too early, I have to enter the mountain, Brother Liang, when will you teach me to learn swords?"
Good boy, Dare is here for this.
Liang Zhongnian leaned on the pillar stone again and sat back in his original position, waved his hand, and said weakly: "Don't teach, don't teach, get out of here!"
"Oh... Okay, Brother Liang, I'll go into the mountains......"
The young man nodded in disappointment, then walked towards the gate of the town with the bamboo basket on his back, said to Liang Zhongnian, who was leaning against the pillar stone, and walked in the direction of the mountain......
"Goo..."
After another sip of wine, the hot feeling filled his throat and went directly into his stomach, Liang Zhongnian leaned back to the pillar stone of the town gate, sat on the bench and looked up at the sky, a clear blue sky with a few strange floating clouds, looking at it made people feel very calm, at this time Liang Zhongnian seemed to have a little nostalgia in his eyes.
Silly boy, it's not that Brother Liang won't teach you to learn swords, it's because Brother Liang's sword is going to die as soon as it comes out of the sheath, this kind of swordsmanship is not good, it's not good, no matter how high it is, it's useless......
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