Chapter 8 Border Towns
The next morning, Yang Fu got up early to prepare breakfast, and he had to prepare something for the two children's trip. In fact, there was nothing to prepare, there were nothing of value in the mountain village, only some herbs or furs, and Yang Fu was a blacksmith, and there were no such things, only a few copper plates given by the villagers. He rummaged through the boxes and found forty-five copper plates, and was going to let Yang Erwu accompany the two children out of the city for a trip, he was old and didn't want to move, besides, the forging materials could still be found nearby, so there was no need to buy them outside.
Lei Ming and Yang Tian actually woke up a long time ago, but they deliberately didn't get up in bed to feel the love and doting heart. After Yang Fu stopped everything to prepare, Lei Ming and the two finally staggered out of bed. At this time, Yang Erwu also rushed over, and he had already told his father to go out for a trip with these two extraordinary little masters.
After breakfast, the sun had risen three poles, Lei Ming and the other three people put knives and bows on their backs, tied daggers, and Yang Erwu carried dry food and large bags of herbs on their backs.
Along the road are small mountains and forests, Lei Ming three people walk on the sheep intestine path, listening to the chirping of birds, the heart is full of comfort. Just walking, only Lei Ming and Yang Tian are comfortable, the two of them have deep internal strength, long qi, and they are in a good mood and walk fast unconsciously; Yang Erwu can barely keep up at first, but it doesn't take long for him to be tired, just watching the two children walking happily in front, he is embarrassed to say that he is tired. As a result, Yang Erwu's footsteps became heavier and heavier, the smile on his face gradually converged, and the sweat went from slightly to dripping...... At the end of the day, there was a heavy breathing.
Lei Ming walked for a long time, and after being happy, he glanced back at Yang Erwu, and found that he was still barely following and did not fall behind, so he did not stop to rest. After walking for a while, it was noon, and Yang Tianxing's head had passed, and then he found a heavy panting sound behind him, and found that it was Yang Erwu, and he was busy screaming and stopping together. Yang Erwu hurried two steps, walked in front of the two, supported his waist with both hands, and said breathlessly: "Master...... Fu, you ...... Yes...... No...... Walk...... Slow down, I'm ...... I...... Follow...... No, it's gone. ”
Yang Tian rolled his eyes and said, "We haven't gone fast, we haven't run yet." Lei Ming also laughed: "Well, it's just time to hone and hone." Hehe~" After speaking, seeing that Yang Erwu was still panting and couldn't answer, he continued: "Let's take a rest here." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yang Erwu sitting on the ground, picking up the kettle and pouring it violently. Yang Tian shrugged at Lei Ming, and also found a clean place to sit down.
Lei Ming glanced around, walked to the side to be vigilant, and said, "Erwuzi, after drinking the level of tranquility, you will do some exercises, gather your legs, and activate your meridians, so you won't be so tired." ”
After Yang Erwu drank the water and took a breath, he crossed his legs and closed his eyes to carry the qigong taught by Yang Tian, and used the qigong to swim around his body. After trying a few times, the breath calmed down, and the energy flowed smoothly around the body, and the fatigue gradually resolved. Yang Erwu felt that his internal strength had increased, and when he stopped working, and opened his eyes in a refreshed spirit, two dark little faces came over, and he was so frightened that he climbed back two steps, and said in a panic: "What are you doing?"
Yang Tian said in a deep voice: "Look at the sky. ”
Yang Erwu only noticed at this time that the surrounding trees were all fiery red, and it turned out that the sun was about to go down. He lowered his head, scratched his head with his hand, and said ashamedly, "I'm sorry, I don't know how long I've been practicing." ”
Lei Ming said: "Actually, it's not bad, after this practice, your qigong is considered to be an entry, and you will know how to use it in the future." Now go and gather some dry branches, and let your master make a fire in the open space over there, and I'll go hunt some birds and beasts." Lei Ming pointed to the clearing near the stream not far away, and after jumping twice, he ran into the jungle and disappeared, making Yang Erwu, who was watching, fascinated for a while.
"What a daze, go quickly!" Yang Tian drank lightly.
Not long after Lei Ming went, he came back with three unknown long-tailed birds, Yang Tian got up a fire and waited, and Yang Erwu was still busy collecting dry branches. The three of them had an orderly division of labor, and when the stars were full of stars, they roasted three birds, but the seasoning was lacking, and they only smelled the roasted fragrance, no salt, and the sweetness of the bird meat was a little worse, which made Yang Tian sigh for a while and mutter, the next time he traveled far away, he must bring seasoning. Sitting around the fire, they finished their supper with dry food, and the three of them took turns to rest for the night.
At dawn the next day, the three of them extinguished the fire amid the noisy birdsong and set out. The effect of the wild rest is really not good, Lei Ming and Yang Tian are fine, occasionally yawning one or two, Yang Erwu yawns again and again along the way.
After a morning of hurried walking, I finally arrived in the town at noon. Listening to the familiar cries of chickens and dogs and the friendly shouts of dogs, the three of them stepped on the smooth stone paved streets, looking excitedly at the sparsely populated town.
The town is located in the middle of a small basin, with about fifty or sixty households, a five-meter-wide river from the north to the west, which slowly meanders from the west of the town into the distance, surrounded by patches of farmland planted with rice and vegetables, and a few tall old trees are preserved on the ridges of the farmland, and a three-meter-wide mud road runs through the town from southeast to northwest. The three of them merged into the dirt road in the southeast of the town, and then came to the town.
Yang Tian saw a two-story restaurant not far away, with the words "XXXX" - no way, I don't know the words here - and excitedly pointed to the restaurant and said, "Let's go, let's go to that restaurant for dinner." ”
The corner of Lei Ming's mouth twitched, and he said, "I guess I can't afford to eat, we only have forty-five copper plates, and after eating, we can only look at other things." ”
"Ka~, then we still buy buns to eat, and we still have some dry food in our hands~" Yang Tian patted his forehead and said deflated.
Fortunately, there is also a bun shop next to the restaurant. Speaking of food, the stomachs of the three of them rumbled in unison, and they were busy on the road, they didn't eat much, and now they were hungry. So the three of them touched their stomachs and walked to the bun shop.
The seller of the buns was a short and fat old man dressed in an old gray cloth coat, with gray hair and a smile on his face. He stood in front of the cage on the stove, and through the churning water vapor, he saw three people carrying knives and bows on their backs, walking in the dust, and shouting enthusiastically: "Fresh and hot buns, two pennies a penny!"
Walking to the steamed bun shop and smelling the fragrance of the steamed buns, the three of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Yang Tian said, "Boss, give me six buns." ”
"Okay~" The old man lifted the lid, and in a burst of hot steam, he took out six fist-sized buns and piled them on the brown stoneware plate on the small table next to him. "Xie Lu, thank you, Sanwen money. The old man continued.
Lei Ming took out three copper plates and handed them over, Yang Tian hurriedly reached out and grabbed the bun and ate it, and said vaguely in his mouth, "It's delicious~, it's delicious~." Lei Ming and Yang Erwu were not to be left behind, and they also hurriedly grabbed the buns and ate them. The bun is soft and sweet in the mouth, without filling, in fact, it is a slightly fermented steamed bun with a little jaber, but for the era when fermentation technology has not been promoted, especially for freshly baked and three hungry people, this is a delicacy!
After gobbling it up, the three of them still smacked their lips and savored the bun just now. After just a while, Yang Erwu became angry and said, "Old man, you cheated us! This bun didn't cost three pennies before!"
The old man calmed down and explained: "This bun was still three pennies half a year ago, but sugar began to be expensive two months ago, and recently I invented a technique to use on this bun, and now the bun is softer than before." Don't you think the buns are better now?"
"It seems to be ......" Yang Erwu recalled for a moment, and had to say affirmatively, and then asked: "Why is sugar suddenly expensive?"
The old man sighed and said, "Alas, there is a war, our Huangpu Town is a border town, and few people dare to transport it here, and the materials are gradually tightened, and the price has increased." ”
"Frightened, why did we suddenly go to war? Aren't we living in harmony with our neighbors?" Yang Erwu asked nervously.
"I don't know what Lu Dao is for, and I want to fight well. Boys, get out of here, for the war has not yet extended here, and everyone has begun to flee elsewhere, and there are only a few old and sick people left here. The old man kindly advised.
When Yang Erwu heard it, he was like falling clouds, and he didn't know where to go. Lei Ming and Yang Tian glanced at each other, smiled knowingly, and felt that the opportunity had come, and there was a way to produce heroes in troubled times.
Lei Ming and Yang Tian took the dazed Yang Erwu to sell the medicine and got forty copper plates. Then he walked around, and found that there were indeed very few pedestrians, and he couldn't find a place to go, and when he was about to make other plans, Yang Tian saw that Yang Erwu was still preoccupied, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "I'm not worried, you're worried about a fart!" When Yang Erwu heard that he was panicking and didn't know how to answer, Lei Ming spoke: "Erwuzi, you better go back." The martial arts you have learned now are enough for you to practice for five or six years, and there is no end to qigong, just grind slowly. After returning home, I asked the people in the village to accumulate more food, as long as the war continues, I am afraid that there will be more and more food shortages in the future. Grandpa Yang will rely on you to take care of him, and we won't go back. ”
"How can this make you, you two are still so young, I can't leave you behind......" Yang Erwu was a little anxious.
"Go back, go back and organize the young and middle-aged people in the village to practice martial arts, and let Grandpa Yang forge more weapons, maybe when they will be used." Thunder interrupted.
Yang Erwu lowered his head, feeling that he seemed a little useless.
Seeing this, Lei Ming continued: "Don't worry about us, we're powerful." Live well, and we'll be looking for you in two years. Tell the old man not to worry about it and take good care of his body. Here we go. After the instructions, he glanced at Yang Angel, and the two left together, leaving Yang Erwu, who stretched out his hand to hold but did not see anyone, stunned in place. After a while, Yang Erwu also sighed and rushed to the village.