Chapter 352: Qingzhou, Green Willow Alley
Qingzhou, sandwiched between Yanzhou and Xuzhou, is a small state with a relatively remote location, the easternmost part of the entire land of Kyushu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Qingzhou is the same as Yuzhou, there is only one city in the whole state, named Qingzhou City. However, the situation in Qingzhou is exactly the opposite of Yuzhou, which is a worldly prosperity with few immortals.
The reason why Qingzhou is in such a situation is because Qingzhou has a peculiar region and does not have the ability to gather spirits at all, so there has never even been a vein of spirit stones above Qingzhou. On the contrary, the soil here is fertile, the wind and rain are smooth, similar to Yangzhou, so the grain production is extremely rich, and it has become a paradise for mortals.
Qingshu is the only place in the whole of Kyushu where there is an emperor. The Emperor of Qingzhou, known as the Emperor of Qingzhou, has been hereditary for more than 3,000 years, and there has never been a major change.
Therefore, Qingzhou is an area dominated by mortal emperors, and this place does not respect immortals, but only emperors.
Of course, this is not to say that there are no monks in Qingzhou. It's just that the people who come to Qingzhou are the kind of monks who have given up the pursuit of the Great Dao, or feel that they can't go further in their cultivation in this life, or they are willing to fall. Most of these monks coveted all kinds of pleasures in the mundane, and wanted to spend the rest of their lives happily, so they each relied on their abilities to find a job in the hands of mortals in Qingzhou City.
For example, the national teacher of Qingzhou, the protector of the Qingzhou Emperor, and even the defense of some Qingzhou mortal merchants, may become the choice of those monks. Therefore, the monks who came to Qingzhou were all for the service of mortals, and the rewards they received were all ordinary gold and silver, which could be used for them to spend in Qingzhou City.
Therefore, the cultivation level of the monks in Qingzhou City is not high, and because there is no sect of cultivating immortals, naturally there is no Taoist system of their own.
On this day, a new family moved into the green willow alley of Qingzhou Chengnan Street. There were only two people in this family, and it seemed to be a young couple in their twenties, whose surname was Huan.
The South Street of Qingzhou City is not a place where the rich and powerful live, but it is not poor. Everyone is a person who does some small business or trades, or makes a living by some craft. So, the neighbors are very kind, and when they see a newcomer moving in, they come out to take a look, and they will be enthusiastic to help, talking about the rules and customs around Qingzhou.
The people who moved here to live here are naturally Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu. Since the two of them have chosen to transform into mortals, they should completely integrate into the mundane, experience and live. As a result, Qingzhou became their best choice.
As for why he chose the Green Willow Alley on this South Street, it is because Huan Yin used to be a child of a wealthy family, and the life he wanted to experience couldn't be too rich, otherwise there would be nothing to experience for him.
And he also thought about it, he was a craftsman, so he became a craftsman in the world, opened his own sword-casting shop, and forged swords for mortals. Back then, Wei Bing once said that he stepped into the path by casting a fairy sword with ordinary power and ordinary things, and Huan Yin admired this kind of courage very much, so he also wanted to do this, to understand the beauty of casting swords at a deeper level.
As for Ruan Shushu, her embroidery skills are excellent, and I don't know where she learned this Xianmen disciple. However, Ruan Shushu's craftsmanship can also be used as a livelihood.
Of course, Huan chose this Green Willow Alley for another reason, because there are many people doing business here, and they want to buy something like fine iron and bronze, and they can go out a few steps away, which is very convenient.
Huan Yin and the two of them rented a small courtyard house, except for a main house and three huts, there was empty land.
The two of them didn't need much space to live, so they chose this small courtyard. The main house is used as a bedroom, one of the three huts is used as a kitchen, one is used for Huan Yin to forge swords, and one is used for Ruan Shushu to weave cloth, and that is enough.
"Big brother, what's your name?" At this time, Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu were buying things for their new home, and they were busy, attracting onlookers from the neighborhood. A woman walked up to Huan Yin with a smile, pulled him and asked.
Huan Yin bowed to this woman: "Old man, boy Huan Yin, this is my teacher...... My insider, Ruan Shushu. Huan Yin opened his mouth, but he almost called Ruan Shushu "junior sister".
Ruan Shushu's face turned red, and she bowed to the woman: "Old man, Shushu is polite." ”
The old woman saw that Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu were extraordinary, one was handsome, and the other was as beautiful as the person in the painting, but she was so polite to herself, and smiled: "My name is Wang Po, and my family sells watermelons, and I live diagonally opposite your house." You've just moved here, haven't you?"
Huan Yin said to Wang Po: "Well, I and my wife are from Yangzhou, and now that I have moved here, I plan to live, and I will ask Wang Po to take care of me in the future." ”
Wang Po laughed: "Okay, you guys are busy first, come to my house to eat watermelon when you're done!"
"Ah, what a beautiful sister!" A tiger-headed child on the side of the street suddenly poked his head out, and when he saw Ruan Shushu's face, he immediately shouted.
At this moment, there are many people standing on the street looking at Huan Yin's little couple, but none of them praise Ruan Shushu for her beauty. However, these people are either women's wives, or they have wives standing by their side, and they dare not speak out. It's just a sentence from the kid just now, but it won their hearts.
Ruan Shushu's beauty is really shocking, which is why Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu have just arrived, and there are many onlookers.
Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu cleaned up the door almost, saluted everyone back, closed the door and retreated into the house.
"Senior brother, what do you think we are missing?" Ruan Shushu asked Huan Yin.
Huan Yin looked around and replied, "I don't think I seem to lack anything, but I have an extra senior brother." ”
Ruan Shushu was surprised: "What do you mean?"
Huan Yin asked rhetorically, "What should you call me?"
Ruan Shushu reacted immediately, and her face turned red: "...... Messire. ”
Huan was overjoyed, hugged Ruan Shushu tightly in his arms, and whispered: "Lady, we have lived here for the past eighty years." ”
Ruan Shushu replied softly, but it was inaudible, like a mosquito.
From the moment they entered Qingzhou, the two of them collected all the spiritual power in their bodies and completely turned into mortals, and they naturally used ordinary power to do things.
Therefore, their yard had just been bought, and there were too many places that needed to be cleaned, and everything was newly bought and needed to be placed one by one, which took them most of the day.
Until the evening, Huan Yin and Ruan Shushu looked at their new home, although tired, their faces were full of happy smiles.
"Lady, I'm going to buy groceries. Huan Yin saw that the night was about to fall, and said to Ruan Shushu.
"Grocery shopping?" Ruan Shushu is an immortal, naturally she doesn't know how long she hasn't eaten, where is the concept of time for dinner?
Huan Yin laughed: "Since you are mortal, you naturally have to eat." ”
Ruan Shushu nodded, but asked again, "I...... I don't know how to cook. ”
Huan Yin laughed: "I will!"
Under Ruan Shushu's surprised gaze, Huan Yin took a small vegetable basket and went out.
Green Willow Alley is really very convenient, usually at this time there will be no vegetables sold in other places, but there are still some vegetable farmers shouting on the street. Although the side dishes are not very fresh at the moment, it is better than nothing. Huan Yin bought a lot, so he returned from the vegetable market leisurely, thinking that such a day was really never experienced.
On the way home, very close to Huan Yin's courtyard, a table was set up in front of a small shop, and an old man was writing by himself in the last rays of the sunset.
The old man was single-minded, but he had no distractions on this street full of shouting, and Huan was very impressed, so he leaned over to watch him write.
The old man's writing is sharp, strong and introverted, and he has the demeanor of everyone. Huan grew up in Huan's family since he was a child, and he knew a little about calligraphy, so he couldn't help but praise: "Good words." ”
The old man didn't pay attention, but Huan Yin didn't care. He saw that every time the old man finished writing a word, he put it next to him and hung it up, as if he were selling, and there were many words that had been framed, and at first glance he wrote them.
Huan Yin thought that it would be good to hang a few beautiful characters at home, so he asked, "Old man, how do you sell this character?"
The business came to the door, but the old man did not raise his eyes, and replied: "One or two pieces of silver." ”
One or two pieces of silver is naturally not expensive for everyone's calligraphy, but it is naturally too high to write it in this small market, but to sell one or two pieces. Huan was born in a merchant family and knew how to bargain, so he asked, "Can it be cheaper?"
"It's not a lot of money. The old man was categorical, and still didn't look at Huan Yin.
A man sitting outside teasing the baby next to him saw it and said to Huan Yin: "You are the new Huan brother, this old man's name is Lu Shu, he is a poor talent, stinking and rotten, and he doesn't treat anyone well, don't be like him." ”
This man has two meanings when he speaks, one is naturally that Lu Shuren is not easy to contact. The second one is that I don't want any misunderstanding between the neighbors, after all, Huan is new to the city and doesn't know Lu Shu's temperament. This also shows from the side that the neighbors have actually accepted Lu Shu's character for a long time.
Huan Yin smiled at the man, and then turned to Lu Shudao: "Sir, I will pay five taels of silver, how about you write me a special character?"
Lu Shu kept his hand in his hand and asked, "What do you want to write?"
Huan Yin laughed: "Eighty years of life have been in a hurry, and I only love mortals and not immortals." ”
When Lu Shu heard this, his hand shook, stopped, raised his eyes to look at Huan Yin for the first time, and asked, "Mr. surnamed Huan?"
Huan Yin replied: "Boy Huan Yin, please give me words." ”
A shallow smile appeared on Lu Shu's face, and the man next to him was full of surprise, because he had never seen Lu Shuxiao.
On this day, the neighbors of Green Willow Alley on Chengnan Street in Qingzhou all knew that a new family surnamed Huan had moved in, with a handsome man and a beautiful woman, which added a lot of color to Green Willow Alley. (To be continued.) )