Lined up and walked forward with the crowd, and slowly the stone monkey came to the veteran. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The stone monkey observed a basket at the veteran's feet, and everyone who had entered the city before had thrown a copper coin into it. When it was the stone monkey's turn, the stone monkey thought about it, took out a peach and handed it to the veteran.

The veteran was full of curiosity about the strangely dressed guy in front of him, and just as he wanted to ask, he handed him a peach. Yes, a peach is at least ten copper coins, especially now that it is late autumn, peaches are rare. It's still such a big one!

The veteran took the peach and wiped it on his chest and took a bite of it, yes, how juicy and sweet! So he asked the stone monkey in a kind tone, "Why are you dressed so strangely?"

The stone monkey knew that he was okay when he heard his kind tone, and immediately replied: "The boy has a large birthmark on his face, and he covers it so as not to frighten people!

The veteran said lazily, "It's okay to cover it." Hurry up! Lao Tzu is too lazy to watch!"

Once you enter the city, you will see two rows of low mud houses with thatched roofs. Streets run through it. The streets are lined with vendors selling everything, but the main thing is food and clothing. You can also see some storefronts sporadically, and there is only a small flag erected at the door of the storefront, and there is a big word on the small flag. Of course, the stone monkey didn't know a word.

It's in town. First of all, we must inquire about the current price of peaches, and quickly exchange peaches for money.

Coming to a lady who sold cabbage, the stone monkey asked, "Auntie, do you know where peaches are sold here? ”

The lady stared at the stone monkey for a long time, and then replied, "Peaches are rare in this season! Auntie, I don't see anyone selling it anywhere. ”

"Well, but my mother just wants to eat it! Do you know how much a peach costs now?" I want to calculate whether the money is enough," the stone monkey asked again.

The eldest lady thought for a while and said: "Seeing that you are so filial, the eldest lady has estimated the price just now, and now it is about fifteen copper coins, and if the peach is big and good, it may be sold for twenty copper coins." ”

The stone monkey pretended to be startled and exclaimed, "It's so expensive!

After speaking, the stone monkey just wanted to leave, but he didn't expect to be grabbed by the eldest mother's arm.

The eldest lady stretched out her head and asked in a low voice, "Why did you bring a face towel and a hood?"

The stone monkey also replied in a low voice: "I have a birthmark on my face since I hit the mother's womb, quite a big one!"

Hearing this, the eldest lady patted the stone monkey's shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, young man, live well and be filial to your mother!"

The stone monkey nodded gratefully, and slipped into the crowd.

His peaches are produced in the Water Curtain Cave, and they are big and good, and they are priced at twenty copper coins each. Now that I think about it, it's really a big loss to send a veteran! Hey! I can't enter the city if I don't send it.

Walking along the street, the stone monkey's eyes were looking around, trying to find a place with a more concentrated crowd to sell peaches. The rest of your life depends on them!

The front three forks are good, and people come and go. Although there are more hawkers, they can still squeeze a place.

The stone monkey walked to the middle of a stall selling steamed buns and straw sandals, and hurriedly bowed down to greet the old man who sold steamed buns and the middle-aged uncle who sold straw hats: "Uncle and uncle are invited! The boy wants to set up a stall here to sell peaches, okay?"

The middle-aged uncle looked at it, but he didn't speak, as long as this strange person in front of him didn't sell straw hats! Now it depends on how the steamed bun seller refuses, after all, all he sells is food!

The uncle just wanted to let the stone monkey go away, but when he heard him say that he was selling peaches, and the stone monkey was really strange in dress, he asked curiously: "Selling peaches? Peaches are a rarity in this season! Where did you get peaches?"

The stone monkey saluted again and replied, "The boy has an elder brother who works in the official mansion, and these peaches are all rewarded by the official master." The family was reluctant to eat and wanted to exchange a few small dollars for pocket money. ”

Hearing the words 'official master', the uncle reluctantly agreed to the stone monkey's request, but still muttered with a gloomy face: "That's not a few small money!"

Seeing that the stone monkey was going to set up a stall here, the uncle hurriedly stepped forward to help. The stone monkey said thank you several times in a row.

He unfolded the cloth bag, stacked the peaches, and counted them by the way, and there were twenty-four. If a peach sells for 30 copper coins, it can be sold for 720 copper coins. But how much is a copper coin really worth?

The stone monkey turned to the uncle and asked, "Uncle, how many steamed buns can you buy with a copper coin here?"

The uncle replied angrily: "One copper coin and two big meat steamed buns!"

The stone monkey roughly calculated in his heart, a big meat steamed bun is about two yuan, a copper coin is worth four yuan, and the seven hundred and twenty copper coins are two thousand eight hundred and eighty yuan. So much money!

After the stone monkey was surprised, he couldn't help but muttered to himself: Will peaches be expensive? But this is a big peach from Huaguo Mountain! Let's sell it and see. If you can't sell it, the price will be reduced.

As soon as I wanted to reduce the price, someone came to ask what the price of peaches was.

The stone monkey hurriedly replied, "Thirty copper coins for one peach!"

The man was shocked at first when he heard the price, but he still reluctantly bought two. Then pick and choose from a pile of peaches!

After the man who bought the peaches left, the uncle on the side whispered to the stone monkey, "Your peaches are really not cheap! ”

The stone monkey just nodded at him in response.

After that, many people asked about the price of peaches, but few people bought them, and the stone monkey insisted on refusing to reduce the price. Of course, there are also some people who are attracted by the strange clothing of the stone monkeys.

Since some people are willing to buy their own peaches for 30 copper coins, it means that this price is still acceptable! This is also the reason why the stone monkey refuses to reduce the price.

The uncle on the side would occasionally say a few words to the stone monkey, but the stone monkey nodded and dealt with it. Uncle said that it means the same thing, your peaches are expensive, if you can reduce the price, I will buy one.

The peaches were sold in the afternoon, and by the end of the day, the peaches were finally sold. A cloth bag of peaches was exchanged for a cloth bag of copper coins.

Thanks to the uncle and uncle again, the stone monkey left with the cloth bag on his back.

Now that you have money, you have to find a hotel to stay in for one night, and then find a place to eat well. By the way, other prices are estimated.

After asking someone again, the stone monkey came to a place that looked like a hotel.

An open thatched mud house, and from the door you can see that inside is a courtyard. There was also a small flag erected at the door, and there was also an unknown word on the small flag. But this shop doesn't seem to be very popular, and no one has been in or out of the store for a long time.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, and that he would have dinner later, the stone monkey thought about it and walked in.

When I walked in, I found an earthen counter on the left-hand side, on which was a sleeping woman.

The stone monkey stepped forward and shouted a few times: "Shop, shop, shop, wake up!"

As soon as the woman woke up, she was visibly startled when she saw a strangely dressed stone monkey and wanted to cry out for help.

The stone monkey hurriedly explained: "The eldest sister is not strange! The younger brother is a human! ”

Hearing this, the woman patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and said relaxedly: "But it really scared me!

The stone monkey nodded and said, "Yes, stay in the hotel." I don't know how much it costs a night?"

When the woman saw that the stone monkey wanted to stay in the hotel, her face became joyful, and she hurriedly said, "It's not expensive! It's not expensive! I have my own house, and it only costs five copper coins a night." If you want to eat, you will have to pay for it. ”

The stone monkey took five copper coins from his belt and handed them to the woman. The copper coins around his waist were specially placed by the stone monkey for pocket use. After all, there are too many copper coins in the cloth bag, and it is inconvenient to take them.

When the woman had received the money, she led the stone monkey into the backyard and said, "My man has gone to work and will come back in the evening." I also have a child in the house, and it's no wonder that the guest officer is noisy. This is the guest officer's room, and the quilt has just been dried today. ”

Then the woman opened the wooden door of a thatched hut on her right hand and lit the oil lamp that hung on the wall.

The dark room lit up. There was only one dirt pit in the house, on which the bedding was already laid.

The woman unfolded the quilt and said, "The guest is satisfied with it, and if he asks for anything, please don't hesitate." ”

The stone monkey walked in, looked inside the house, and said, "I also need a stool and a kettle, preferably with hot water." ”

When the woman heard the stone monkey's request, she said yes and then turned and left the house. After a while, the woman brought the monkey a wooden stool, a kettle, and a large bowl.

The woman said, "The pot is already filled with hot water, and the guests are careful to scald it! There is a well in the courtyard where the guests can wash, and the towel basin is also over there, so they can use it as they please." ”

After the monkey thanked her again, the woman left.

After the stone monkey patted the bed, he felt that the bed was not bad, not as good as the stones and the ground. Blowing out the oil lamp and closing the door, the stone monkey approached the woman and asked for the addresses of the nearby restaurants.

Following the woman's instructions, the stone monkey walked into the restaurant. At this moment, there are still three tables of people eating and drinking in the restaurant.

The shopkeeper was an old man, and when he saw the stone monkey coming to the door, he first looked at the stone monkey's dress strangely, and then asked: "The guest officer wants to eat?

The stone monkey nodded, looking around the store. The restaurant is not small, with six tables and a backyard, but no private rooms were found.

The stone monkey asked, "The old man is invited, is there a compartment where I can eat?" I have a birthmark on my face, which scares people. ”

Hearing the words of the stone monkey, the old man showed his original expression, and then led the stone monkey to the backyard, came to a room, pushed open the door and said, "This is the little old man's bedroom, can the guests dine here?"

The stone monkey glanced at the room, nodded in thanks, and then walked to the table in the room and sat down.

When the old man saw the stone monkey sitting down, he asked, "Except for mutton, we have ordinary meals here, and we don't have any menus." If the guests have anything to eat, just say it, Xiao Lao'er arranges for someone to do it. ”

The stone monkey said: "Take a large portion of mutton, and then bring two vegetables at random, and a bowl of rice." ”

The meal was delicious, after all, it had been a long time since I had lived a human life. The price is not too expensive, such a meal costs about twenty copper coins, and most of it is spent on mutton.

After returning to the hotel, he didn't dare to wash, and the stone monkey locked the door and went to sleep directly.

I didn't wake up until three o'clock in the morning. I always had insomnia at sea before, and I couldn't sleep long when the raft was wobbly.

When I got up, I didn't wash up, and I saw a little boy playing alone in the yard. The stone monkey stepped forward and asked, "Child, where are the adults in your family?"

The little boy wiped his nose and stared at the stone monkey for a long time before he said indistinctly, "You are that strange guest, my mother is at the front counter, and my father is out to work." ”

The stone monkey said goodbye to the woman and left the hotel.

Standing in the vast sea of people, the stone monkey didn't know where he was going. It's better to find someone to ask where the three-star cave of the slanting moon is, but who to ask? It seems that the efficiency of asking when you see someone is too low. Why don't you make a signature bounty?

If you want to make a signboard reward, you need to find someone to write a banner first.

Yesterday I saw a few books in the dining room, and the old man in the store should be able to read and write, and should be able to write banners. Then let's eat breakfast together at his house. Now that I think about it, his lamb is still very good.

Coming to the restaurant again, the old man skillfully brought the stone monkey to the room where he had eaten last night.

The old man smiled and said, "What are you going to eat this time?"

The stone monkey said, "Let's have a big bowl of mutton soup, and some cakes and side dishes." I also want to ask the old man to help write a few words. ”

The old man asked curiously, "Writing, I don't know how the guest officer wants to write?"

The stone monkey thought for a while and said, "It's like a small flag outside the store, but I have to write a little more: the address of the three-star cave of the oblique moon is rewarded." ”

"That's a lot of paper!" said the old man, a little surprised.

The stone monkey hurriedly responded: "It's okay! It's okay! Of course, I will pay the cost together with the meal money. ”

Hearing that the stone monkey said that he would give money, the old man agreed without much nonsense.

After eating and paying, the old man took a one-man high flag and handed it to the stone monkey.

The stone monkey took it and looked at it, and if he carried a wooden box on his own, it would be more like a countryman.

Carry the flag on your shoulder, literally facing outward. The stone monkeys wandered around the streets.

Not to mention, such a big flag and the strange dress of the stone monkey attracted everyone's attention along the way, and also attracted a group of children to watch.

Bodhi Ancestor saw everything the stone monkey had done in the past few days, and he didn't know how many bad things he had said about the stone monkey.

You say that you are a monkey who has turned into a monkey and is alive and well in the crowd! Buying and selling, staying in restaurants, going to restaurants, and finally carrying a flag to swagger through the market! Shouldn't you hide far away when you see people? It's better to flee into the deep mountains and old forests! And you even offer a reward for the three-star cave of the slanting moon! I don't want my face in this seat! Fortunately, no one in the world knows about the three-star cave of the slanting moon.

But the Bodhi Ancestor thought about it, no one knew if the three-star cave of the slanting moon would be able to come to the apprenticeship, and when would the stone monkey come to apprentice? Could it be that he would have to wait for him for the rest of his life? This is not possible, so he hurriedly thought of a way to let this monkey come to apprentice as soon as possible.

The Bodhi Ancestor who was sitting in the hall said loudly: "Where is the boy in front of the hall?

As soon as the voice fell, a ten-year-old child walked into the main hall and said prostrately, "Disciple is here! ”

Bodhi Ancestor said, "Lead this monkey to this throne! But don't mention to him about the three-star cave of the slanting moon!"

After speaking, the Bodhi Ancestor pointed to the stone monkey in the mirror image technique with a dust.

The boy glanced at the stone monkey in the mirror image technique and said, "Respect the law!"