Chapter 21 Shopkeeper, Is It Open Today?
On the other side, Xiao Meow went to the tailor's shop first, bought two men's clothes, changed one on his body, and found a small bag to pack carefully, put it on his shoulder, and Shi Shiran walked towards the bull market.
The bull market here refers to a place where livestock are bought and sold, and at the same time, horse-drawn carts, ox carts and other means of transportation can be rented here.
Qingzhou City is far from Luocheng, where Luohuazong is located, if you walk, it will be a month's journey.
She has no masochistic tendencies, so she decisively chooses to rent a carriage.
At the same time, this is why she has always been unhurried.
There is still some distance before the autumn harvest, so there are many idle and rich livestock in the cattle market.
After Xiao Meow arrived, he didn't ask around, but walked directly to a position in the far corner of the bull market.
In this position, for all this time, there has been a somewhat dilapidated looking carriage parked, and the owner of this carriage, in his thirties, looks honest and honest.
At this time, he was honestly squatting on the side of the carriage, with a sad face.
A few years ago, his mother-in-law just added a big fat boy to him, and he became a man in one fell swoop, which should have been a great thing, but there were unforeseen circumstances, a month ago, his big fat son, had a serious illness, and almost spent all the money in the family to save his life.
made the originally wealthy family fall back to the poverty line in an instant.
Unfortunately, when his father went down to the ground, because the road was slippery, he slipped on the ridge of the ground and broke his leg, which made the situation worse, which is his current portrayal.
Originally, he meant to sell the carriage and treat the old man first, but this carriage was not only a major labor force in the family when the farm was busy, but also a major income for his family when the farm was slack, and his father said that he did not agree to anything, but he could only worry about his father's injury while trying to come out to work.
But he was originally a person who was not good at words, and he was not as good at speaking as others, so he couldn't make a good living.
At the moment, he is depressed and depressed.
"Shopkeeper, is it open today?" asked the little figure, smiling slightly.
The man who was in a hurry, as soon as he heard that business was coming, quickly stood up, "Open, open, open, small plum." ”
After speaking, he felt that his appearance was too urgent, and his face flushed with embarrassment.
The seven-foot big man, showing this appearance, made Xiao Meow feel a little funny, but this was the reason why he fell in love with him at the beginning.
"That's good, Brother Li, let's go, this is Dingyin, you take it first. Xiao Meow said, and threw a silver ingot and five taels of silver in front of the man.
The man hurriedly caught it, and then hurriedly stuffed the money into Xiao Meow's hand, "Young master, this, this is too much." ”
"Duo, don't you ask me where I'm going first, do you think it's too much?" Xiao Meow put his arm on his chest, said a little playfully, and didn't reach out to take the silver.
"Then, where is the young master going?" the man asked with a blushing face.
"It's not far, L.A., are you going?" said Meow as she walked forward.
"L.A., isn't that? Go, go, go. The man said eagerly after hearing the destination.
Los Angeles was the abode of the gods, and he had dreamed of going to see it, but now that he had to take the silver and open his eyes, he believed that there was no coachman who did not want to go.
From the impatient, hot eyes around you, you can know everything.
It will take at least half a month to go to Los Angeles, and the fare will cost almost five taels of silver, so the man is not hypocritical, he quickly put it into his arms, drove the carriage, and kept up with Xiao Meow's footsteps.
Walking out of the bull market, Xiao Meow jumped lightly, got into the carriage, and sat on both sides of the carriage with the man, one left and one right, and did not enter the carriage.
"You don't need to call the young master, my name is Wen Xiaomeow, just call my name, what I gave you just now is Dingyin, and when I get to Los Angeles, there is another reward, this is some distance from Los Angeles, I will let you go home and say hello in a while." ”
Little Meow shook her two calves, looked around, and said casually.
"Thank you, young master, thank you Wen... Young Master, thank you... ”
The man's face was too thin, and he was worried about not knowing how to open this mouth, but he didn't expect Xiao Meow to be aware of the details, and he was a good look, which made his heart full of gratitude, but he was very stupid, and he was entangled for a long time, and he was not embarrassed to call out a name.
"Shout Xiao Meow, okay, what are so many false courtesies, the hour is not early, let's set off quickly. ”
"Yes, yes, yes, let's go, let's go. The man smiled in response, and the void flicked it fiercely.
With a crisp "pop", the horses raised their heads to the sky and neighed, spreading their legs and feet and running towards the less crowded suburbs.
Half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped in front of a half-new, half-old courtyard.
The man first smiled apologetically at Xiao Meow, then ran into the house quickly, happily handed the fixed silver in his arms to Lao Tzu's father, briefly explained the itinerary, and instructed his mother-in-law a few words, and returned to the carriage without looking back.
Raise your whip and rush in the direction of Los Angeles.
"It's true. Looking at his resolute appearance that was completely different from just now, Xiao Meow bent his hands behind his head and chuckled.
Along the way, although the man was not good at words and was a little boring, the carriage was smooth and steady, which made Xiao Meow suffer a lot of bumps.
It was getting dark, and the two of them finally arrived at a nearby town, Marutown.
This town is relatively small compared to Qingzhou Town, at least half of the smaller, and the property is extremely scarce, and the people are thin, so it is named Maruzhen.
"It's a small place, and it's not an insult to the name of the town. ”
Little Meow looked up at the only small inn in the entire town center and said with a wry smile.
To put it nicely, it's an inn, but it's just a large rural courtyard, and when you look inside from the outside, there are at most seven or eight rooms that can be used as guest rooms.
And it's all this hour, except for Xiao Meow and them, there is no second guest, the whole yard is cold pot and cold stove, and there is no popularity.
The inn was opened by two old men and old women who were more than half a hundred years old, and their hands and feet were a little disadvantaged, but they were really sincere, especially the old woman's bowl of hot noodle soup, which made Xiao Meow feel the warmth of a family.
Originally, Li Zi wanted to spend the night in the carriage, just like he usually worked, but Xiao Meow insisted on giving him a room, which made him even more grateful, and in the next few days, he hurried harder.
Lying on the wide wooden bed, Little Meow carefully took out the token from her arms and looked at it habitually.
It's just that this time her eyes were a little evasive when she saw the word "order", as if she was afraid.
But it's no wonder that Little Meow is there.
I still remember the night I stayed in the cave, and the great sadness and the great joy made her think that heaven and man were at war, and she lay on the couch like flipping pancakes, turning over and over again, unable to sleep.
I had to take out the token from time to time and play with it.
Just when she touched the vivid word "Ling" many times, a strange protrusion on the token suddenly burst out.
The light spread out in the cave like a semicircle, shining on the scrolls on the wall, refracting several elongated shadows.
The sudden light made Xiao Meow, who was already accustomed to the darkness, particularly uncomfortable, and she quickly raised her arm to block her eyes.
After a long time to apply this wave of bright light, he slowly lowered his arm and looked at the token intently.
It didn't matter, it scared her a lot.
I saw that the back of the originally plain token turned out to be like a mirror, presenting an illusory world.
A huge blue-black dragon soars freely in the endless, cloudless sky.
It also lives in this sky, and there are some small birds and animals.
They are not far away, sometimes chasing each other, sometimes playing with each other, and at first glance they are good companions who know each other and know each other.
The whole scene also reveals a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
But before this tranquility lasted for a quarter of an hour, a large dark cloud poured up in the distant sky, and this dark cloud was so fast that it reached the front of the eye almost instantly.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is menacing, not a good stubble.
And the dragons and birds seemed to be unaware, and they were still the same as before.
Xiao Meow's heart tightened, and she hurriedly reminded the dragon, but no matter how she shouted, the dragon still didn't react at all, and looked leisurely.
Seeing that the dark clouds were accumulating more and more, Xiao Meow suddenly remembered that she was just a bystander, and no matter how hard she tried, it had no effect on it.
But she still looked nervous, holding her breath, her eyes fixed on the changes in it for a moment.
The dark clouds are accumulating more and more, the sky is getting darker and darker, and in a few breaths, the originally clear and transparent sky seems to have been splashed with a large jar of ink, and the five fingers cannot be seen.
The dragons and birds that were still flying in the clouds just now were gone.
With the black hustle and bustle, a huge coercion that was very uncomfortable poured out through the token.
In an instant, Xiao Meow grabbed the token with one hand and grabbed the placket of his chest with the other, showing a look of pain on his face.
Although this coercion is invisible, it acts on Xiao Meow's body, as if it is a pocket, firmly wrapping her, making her feel stuffy in her chest and extremely uncomfortable.
Fortunately, this discomfort was only for a moment, with the dark clouds in the sky condensed in the center, a black lightning as thick as a baby's arm, cleanly cut through the sky, and when it slashed down to a certain place on the ground, the stuffy air all went down, and the little meow returned to normal, and his breathing was smooth.
But the fear that followed was deeply imprinted in her heart.
Through the light of lightning, Xiao Meow clearly saw a bird closest to the dragon just now, the first to bear the brunt, was struck by lightning, instantly turned black, and finally turned into a piece of powder, falling to the ground.
And it didn't utter a single syllable all the time, and it didn't stop the lightning in the slightning.
With the expansion of this lightning, there are more and more lightning in the sky, and they are getting denser and denser, and they are suddenly unscrupulously attacking the birds in the air.
Those with a slightly higher strength can resist a little, and those with a lower strength often disappear with a single face.
The whole thing happened from the time it happened to the present, and now it is only a moment.
The dragon was also furious by the incident.