Chapter 264 Crossing the River(1/2)
The nights in Sanhua City are still very prosperous and lively, and there is no such tension as a military city. The streets are brightly lit and crowded, and the restaurants are filled with cups and chatting, the fireworks are in the place of laughter and singing, and there are also shouting and laughing and scolding in the blockade...
All kinds of things gathered into the noisy scene at night in Sanhua City.
Of course, these are limited to a few major commercial streets, and most parts of the city are just dark scenes with lights.
No matter where, behind the prosperity, more types are dull and ordinary.
Walking on the bustling street, Liu Xiu was inconspicuous at all. He focused on the cultural style and architectural style here. When he saw the interesting ones, he would stay and wait and see for a while. When he met a young lady in the attic on the street, he just smiled and walked away.
No one was causing trouble for him, and he walked slowly on the street. Although he didn't know everyone he met, they were all passers-by in Liu Xiu's life. Similarly, he was also a passer-by in other people's lives.
Sanhua City is very big, and Liu Xiu could not have visited every place. After about an hour, he walked through a main street. In this way, he already had a general understanding of the architectural style and cultural style of the city. There was no need to go to other places next. Although he had not seen other places, he thought about it, but it was just a few different details.
As the night gradually became deeper, Liu Xiu decided to find a place to have some midnight snack and go back to the restaurant to rest.
Without any intention of eating, he walked into an ordinary restaurant casually.
The waiter welcomed the guests, served tea, and took the menu and waited for Liu Xiu to order food. It was no different from other places.
He ordered a few local specialties and a pot of wine at will, and he was helpless because he didn't have much money on him. He left a part of it in the fishing village yesterday. Now Liu Xiu's money on him is less than two gold coins.
He calculated that he only ordered twenty-three silver coins, and how many days could he spend on his money?
"I have to find a way to make some money, but I'm in a hurry to Jiannan Road. There are not many opportunities to make money. I can't stop and find someone to treat the disease... Forget it, let's talk about it..."
I always find opportunities to make money. Why bother so much now? While talking to myself, Liu Xiu decided not to order anything anymore.
When he was about to return the menu to the waiter, he accidentally saw a special pastry on the menu. He hesitated a little and ordered one. It was not expensive, only thirty copper plates, but only three of them were available.
Why did you order this pastry? It was because when Liu Xiu saw the pastry, he thought of Wanhua City. When he thought of Wanhua City, he wanted to eat the special snacks at the entrance of the alley of Shang Songnian's house.
"I don't know how Mr. Shang is doing. Strictly speaking, he is his master. Although he has not taken him back, he has the opportunity to see him..."
While waiting for the food to be served, Liu Xiu's thoughts subconsciously spread.
Speaking of which, when he left Wanhua City, Liu Xiu said that he wanted to invite Shang Songnian to have a wedding banquet when he got married. He didn't know if Shang Songnian would wait for that time to go, after all, he was old.
The wine and food came up faster. Liu Xiu ate it slowly and found that although it was not close to Jinsha City, it was still in the Nankaidao area, and the taste was still sweet and salty, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Based on the principle of not wasting, Liu Xiu was still eating. Of course, he would not force himself to finish the meal. Why should he be so harsh to himself?
While eating, Liu Xiu finally knew the name of Sanhuacheng when he heard the diners around him chatting.
It is said that more than a hundred years ago, a family of three sisters in this city went to Jiannan Road in the distance. Because of their outstanding appearance, the three sisters were inexplicably on the Hundred Flowers List of Wanhua City. The news spread and the three sisters became famous all of a sudden. After they came back, the person who went to her house to propose marriage was almost breaking the threshold.
If it were just like this, the city would not be named after them, mainly because of what they did later.
After all, the three sisters are famous. In addition, they are beautiful and married to a good family. Because they are born very ordinary, after getting married, because their husbands have a good family, they try their best to help the poor and do good deeds in their lives. In the past few decades, countless people have received their help. After their death, later generations were grateful to each other, so they changed the name of the city to Sanhua City to commemorate the three sisters.
It is said that there is a Sanhua Temple in this city now, and people often go to worship and pray for blessings.
Liu Xiu didn't care whether the story was true or not, nor did he worry about how the three sisters and an ordinary woman went to Jiannan Road, but just listened to it as a story.
At this time, a noise came from the entrance of the restaurant, and Liu Xiu subconsciously looked over.
It turned out that it was an old man who was still selling a vegetable called "Baizhang" at night. There were quite a lot of people. He wanted to set up a stall in the bright light at the entrance of the restaurant, which attracted the expulsion of the waiter. After all, the restaurant also had to do business, so how could he take up space?
The old man also knew that setting up a stall at the door of someone else's house was not good, so after begging, the waiter agreed to go to the side and not affect the diners in the restaurant.
After some observation, Liu Xiu learned that the reason why the old man came out to set up a stall at night was because his family was in trouble and he had to do it. If this were not the case, who would have been willing to run out to make a living at night?
The so-called white vegetables are actually the white radish in Liu Xiu's memory, but the name is different. The old man is not expensive, one copper coin per pound.
Seeing that the old man was in a difficult situation, Liu Xiu was also sympathetic.
Of course, Liu Xiu is not a saint. If there are too many people in the world, he will not take the whole world as his responsibility. Since the old man happened to meet him, he would not mind helping him within his ability.
But Liu Xiu's gang did not give him money to overcome difficulties, nor did he have to be responsible for the old man's future life, nor did he have to pay for him all the money. After all, what did he buy it for?
Thoughts flashed, Liu Xiu saw that there was a fruit shop that was not closed diagonally across the street, so he became scheming.
He called a waiter, and Liu Xiu took out five copper plates and handed them to him and said, "Brother, do a favor. I want to eat fruit. Go to the opposite side to buy me two kilograms of apples and two kilograms of white strips. There are four copper plates in total. What if the remaining one is a errand fee?"
Liu Xiu had observed the price of the fruit shop clearly, so taking out five copper plates is not a pastime.
The one who was called by Liu Xiu was not the one who drove away the old man Baitiao before. He didn't even know what happened at the door. He did not refuse Liu Xiu's request. After all, he was originally serving the customers, and there were only two steps across the street, so he took the money and said something, and then went to the fruit shop.
When the waiter went to the fruit shop, he first asked the boss to weigh two kilograms of apples, and then bought white sticks according to Liu Xiu's request.
However, they are a fruit shop, and white strips are vegetables. They don’t have such things at all, right?
After a little bit of trouble, the waiter couldn't tell whether Liu Xiu wanted to eat apples or white strips. The two things were not in the same way, so he didn't take the initiative to buy the apples and went back. Instead, he didn't want the apples anymore. He went to ask Liu Xiu first.
When the waiter came back, he said there was no white slip over there, and Liu Xiu said let's forget it. The five copper coin waiters were given to Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu still gave him one as a errand fee.
This matter was not over. After a moment, Liu Xiu called another waiter and said the same thing, asking him to help buy two kilograms of apples and white strips...
As a result, after repeated visits, the owner of the fruit shop opposite was annoyed and said, "Do you, the diners, are you sick? They eat fruits one by one, and they still eat white strips." Isn't this trouble?
So, the owner of the fruit shop saw the old man who was selling white strips in a relatively dark place opposite him. After thinking about it, he walked over and asked directly: "Uncle, how do you sell these white strips? I want them all..."
Seeing this scene, Liu Xiu smiled on his face, drank a glass of wine, and gave the money to leave the restaurant slowly. Many times, happiness was that simple.
Helping others is also a kind of happiness.
The old man's white strips were sold out all at once, and he could go home with peace of mind. The owner of the fruit shop would not suffer any losses. He opened a store, and the white strips he bought might be bought by the way by the way. And he would definitely sell them at a higher price...
Because the owner of the fruit shop later bought all the old man's white strips and did a full set of shows, Liu Xiuzhen bought two kilograms of apples and two kilograms of white strips.
He finished eating the apples not far from the restaurant. As for the white strips, that is, white radish, Liu Xiu did not throw them away.
Back at the restaurant where Luo Bing and the others were, Liu Xiu first greeted them, then found the waiter of the hotel, asked for a porcelain bottle and wine jar that others didn’t want to drink, washed, washed the white radish and cut into pieces, put ginger, garlic, sugar, pepper, pepper, salt and other seasonings, and then added water to seal it. This will be a good recipe of kimchi in a day or two...
There was nothing to say all night, and Liu Xiu and others got up early the next morning, but Luo Bing and the others did not sleep in like the first day.
This time, they learned from the first day's lesson and prepared enough for Mo Mei who was sitting down to take a look at the snow. So after a day, under the powerful horsepower of Mo Mei's snow, they walked out nearly three thousand miles!
It is boring to travel. I have walked so many distances in a day. When I rest at night, I am exhausted and I have no strength to speak. I have discussed and fall asleep as soon as possible.
Because I tasted the sweetness the day before, the young ladies and young masters didn’t know how to cook, so they were also made by Liu Xiu on this day. They were responsible for hunting and Liu Xiu was responsible for doing it, and the division of labor was clear.
It is worth mentioning that they did not have such good luck that day, just to meet the city and rest in the wilderness.
The next twenty days passed by them on their way. To be honest, there were constant problems along the way.
Luo Bing and the others are all daughters and young masters, especially with a chivalrous and righteous heart. It would be strange if there is no problem along the way.
They have to take care of the bandits wherever there are, and they have to take care of the bullies who bully good people wherever there are. Fortunately, they are not weak and can control them, which makes them enjoy the addiction of knights.
But, after the initial freshness passed, they were less enthusiastic about the so-called heroic righteousness, and later they were even too lazy to care about it, a typical three-minute popularity.
Seeing their young people making trouble, Liu Xiu was amused. They really thought that the famous heroes in the world were so easy to be. It is not difficult to be a chivalrous and righteous person. Anyone with some ability can be a chivalrous and righteous person, but it is rare to be a chivalrous and righteous person for the rest of his life.
What is a real hero? It is a reputation accumulated over time and timely heroes, and finally becomes a hero in people's mouth. Among them, you have to be careful of your death halfway through, or the reputation you accumulated before doing something wrong and getting stained is in vain.
So, it’s not just a hero who can become a hero by being a hero in one go. At best, it’s called doing good deeds. Who remembers you after time, especially they are just passing by.
The heroism and righteousness along the way were just an episode that Luo Bing and the others experienced, and it was not considered a situation at all.
Where is it so easy to go out? You don’t have to consider eating and accommodation? After more than 20 days, Luo Bing and others deeply realized what it means to go out at home, and they are all tortured and have no temper.
In the wilderness, do you want to be convenient? How to wipe it without paper? Just use leaves or wooden sticks. Let’s not mention how uncomfortable these young masters and ladies are. They just don’t know some plants at all. Good guys, when they wipe their butts with leaves or wooden sticks, they encounter poisonous things. You can imagine what the consequences will be. It’s really a chrysanthemum tea full of ass.
At this time, Liu Xiu's role as a doctor was reflected. A group of young masters and ladies were embarrassed to let Liu Xiu treat chrysanthemums. It doesn't matter, there is medicine, I will apply it quietly.
It's okay to be convenient for this problem. It's bad if you have no water thousands of miles along the way. Several people in the team were thirsty and couldn't help but collect fruits, but they almost got poisoned to death...
When I go to bed at night, I am too tired to go on a journey and I slept very hard. Some people are on the night. I sleep with confidence and boldness and don’t worry about attacks from wild animals. But wild animals can be prepared. Where are the little bugs? It’s not uncomfortable to crawl on the body, ears and nostrils? When I encounter poisonous, good guys, it’s so exciting.
In the end, Liu Xiu, the burden they thought, became the most important person in the team, no doubt about it.
If you are hungry, you want to eat? Look for Liu Xiu, you are injured when you are brave enough? Look for Liu Xiu, you are poisoned? Look for Liu Xiu, you are thirsty? Look for Liu Xiu, you know how to use nature to get water, and you dare not sleep at night. You still look for Liu Xiu, you can configure deworming medicines...
Because I know the importance of Liu Xiu, I have no airs in front of him. Although I don’t want to please him, I am extremely polite.
Of course, Liu Xiu is not their nanny, so it is impossible for him to take the initiative to take care of them meticulously. Why? He is not his own son. He wants to ask me for help. Yes, but if I ask you for something, don’t postpone it. After all, people are mutual.
Of course they had no objection. When they had any problems, they asked Liu Xiu to help him. Along the way, Liu Xiu asked them to collect some strange things and they did not refuse. So the two sides got along so happily, at least on the surface.
After more than 20 days of itinerary, with these skilled free labor and guinea pigs, Liu Xiu has made great progress in medical skills, especially the plants, medicinal materials that they helped to collect, and Liu Xiu also prepared many strange medicines...
Sleeping in the open and suffering, Luo Bing and others were surprised to find that Liu Xiucai, the weakest among them, was the best one. He came over calmly without any situation along the way, which made them doubt their lives, and even had the idea that practicing martial arts seemed useless at all...
Practicing martial arts practice is indeed free and easy, but what is the use of being able to fight in many cases?
A group of young masters and ladies gradually grew up in the face of reality and began to mature. They knew that they had to use their brains when they encountered problems instead of rushing up and chopping.
On that day, Liu Xiu and his group came to a river in turmoil.
The river is not very wide, just over one hundred meters. For Luo Bing and others, this river cannot stop their pace of progress. You can cross the river in just a few moves.
They can cross the river, but what about the horses they sit down? They don’t have the ability to do so.
After more than twenty days of itinerary, they realized the importance of sitting down a horse. No matter how capable they are, if they don’t have a horse, they would probably die of exhaustion when they want to go to Jiannan Road.
Nowadays, they are often better at horses than themselves...
"What should I do now?" Standing by the river, Luo Bing subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu and asked.
Before he knew it, Liu Xiu had become the backbone of this team. It seemed that he had not done anything, but it would be impossible to do without him.
Looking at the river in front of you, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Two ways: either look for a dock to cross the river, or throw the horses away and find a way to buy them again after crossing the river."
"Then let's find a dock. We have been riding for so long, and I'm a little reluctant to lose it." Luo Bing said with an unnatural look. He would not admit that he had spent almost all the money he brought before. He had not even finished half of the journey. What should I do next? Then I have no money to buy a horse like Mo Mei Taxue. But it is not enough to allow them to arrive at Jiannan Road in a short time.
To be continued...