My Weird Life Chapter 266

   Chapter 266 Going to the Market (12)

   The night is dark and windy.

  The cold wind blows the forest leaves rustling,

   Even if there is a three-eyed pot stove standing in the open space, it is on fire at this time,

  But there are no walls around to shield the wind, so the chill runs through here,

   Unless you stay by the stove, you will inevitably feel cold.

Li Yueshan weighed the remaining frying oil in the clay pot—it was no less than last night. He looked satisfied, closed the stopper of the pot, put the oil pot under the table, and turned to look at Su Wu and Li Zhuer. He smiled and said, "Tonight is the first time you've had a blast on the stove,

   Well done.

   Tomorrow's deep-frying, I will do it.

  If you can still spare time at that time,

  The old man will also tell you a few key points.

OK,

There will be more things to do tomorrow. You and Pearl will go to the nearest rice farm to buy rice grains. By the way, you will send the iron tools to the iron smith to be smelted. You can make some good cooking utensils and make some self-defense weapons. .

   At this time, the two of you should go to the temple and sleep for a while.

  Pearl, don't doze off,

   Go back to the temple and sleep! "

   Sitting by the firewood stove, Li Zhuer, who pretended to be dozing off, opened her eyes when she heard the words, and said 'sleepy eyes', "I see, Master."

   She got up slowly,

   Seeing Su Wu walking ahead,

   Busy and striding to keep up.

  The two walked through the bamboo forest one after the other,

   Master's instructions to Gouzu rang out in the open space: "It's almost midnight now, so you follow the old man and practice your skills here.

  I will drop a stone on each of your hands,

   Then you come to catch the rice, you will catch as much as I ask you to catch from the bowl,

   One can't be more, one can't be less..."

   "Don't doze off!

   Leftover dog, stand up straight! "

   In front of the big temple,

   The firewood in the brazier was about to burn out, and the charcoal flashed a dark red light.

  The temple is divided into two areas by a piece of cloth,

  Li Qingmiao slept in the area on the left holding the dumb girl Xiuxiu.

   She sleeps very lightly,

   In addition, the brazier was gradually extinguished, and the temple was very cold. Even though I was covered with a quilt, it was still difficult to resist the cold, so I didn't fall asleep.

   saw Su Wu and Li Zhuer walking into the temple one after the other.

   "Elder Brother, I will call you tomorrow morning,

   Let's go buy food and come back. "Li Zhuer whispered to Su Wu,

   There is some hope in his tone.

"Um."

  Su Wu answered her.

  Li Zhuer walked to the side where Li Qingmiao and Xiuxiu were resting, blocked by the rags,

   Gently lifted the corners of the quilt and got into the quilt.

   She turned her back to Li Qingmiao and looked at Su Wu who walked out of the temple, brought a bundle of firewood and set it on fire in the brazier.

   As the fire rekindled in the brazier,

  The warm atmosphere began to flow in the small temple again.

  Li Qingmiao opened his eyes in the dark and silently looked at Li Zhuer's back,

   His eyes turned slightly,

   You can see the figure who is adding firewood to the brazier.

   She sighed silently.

   It is clear that the temple here is a little warmer than before,

   But she felt more and more cold inside.

  Su Wu filled the brazier with some fuel, then returned to lie down on the other side of the rag barrier,

   Close your eyes and concentrate,

   Go first to urge Li Heigou to practice the Marahan Dharma Protector Way,

   and then retracted his mind,

   Began to practice 'Buddha Truth Mahamudra'.

   Several hours passed suddenly.

   When the sky was just dawning, Li Zhuer's soft call sounded in Su Wu's ear: "Eldest brother, eldest brother!

   Get up soon,

  Master is taking us to buy rice..."

   listening to her voice,

   On the bright sun that Su Wu was contemplating in his mind, layers of ripples suddenly rose,

   instantly shattered and disappeared.

   He opened his eyes,

   saw that Li Zhuer's skirt covered the scrims on her feet,

  The woman squatted on the edge of the bed and stared at Su Wu on the mattress without blinking.

   The eyes of the two collided, and she stood up in a panic, still saying: "Get up soon, we're going to buy food after dinner!"

   finished speaking,

  Li Zhuer ran out of the temple as if he had fled.

  Su Wu sat up from the bed, lifted the quilt on his body, and covered it over the sleeping dog on the inside,

   turned and walked out of the big temple.

  In the open space outside the bamboo forest.

   Li Yueshan waited for Su Wu to wash his face,

He handed him half a bowl of pork stew left over from last night, and a few black wotou: "We don't have enough food for ourselves. If you go to the rice store to buy rice, you must remember that you only need to buy brown rice, not high-quality white rice. People like us eat it.

   I was chatting with the villagers a few days ago,

  I heard them say that brown rice should cost 1,200 dollars to buy a stone.

  When the time comes, you can buy it with money,

   About seven cents and five cents of silver should be able to buy a stone of brown rice.

  I'll give you ten taels of silver to buy a lot of food!

The rest of the money is reserved for the blacksmith's wages - these iron tools are used for cooking utensils at him, plus a few self-defense weapons, this is enough, there is a lot of surplus, but let him help us make weapons, he After all, it took a little risk.

   Give him some money and he can't get away. "

  Li Yueshan brought the small wooden box that Su Wu had given him earlier,

   A new copper lock was added to the keyhole of the wooden box.

   He took out the key and opened the small lock,

   opened the box,

   took out ten pieces of silver and wrapped it in cloth,

   handed over to Su Wu.

  The fat old man thought about it,

   He counted out more than a hundred copper coins from the box, and saw Qingmiao and Xiuxiu both sitting not far away with bowls to eat, and Pearl sitting opposite them, chatting with each other while eating, and no one was paying attention.

   So he stuffed the more than 100 copper coins into Su Wu's palm,

   said: "Keep this money for yourself,

   See if you want to buy something and eat something at the fair.

   Pearl follows your busy schedule,

  You can also exchange these copper coins for a copper bracelet for her to wear. "

   "What bracelet?

   can't be eaten as a meal. Su Wu suddenly felt that Master's proposal was a waste of money, and he would refute it when he opened his mouth.

   Unpredictable Master gave him a stern look,

   picked up the chopsticks on the stove's own rice bowl and knocked it on Su Wu's head: "Why are you not enlightened?"

  Su Wu looked at him.

   Finally, he didn't say more, but he made up his mind,

   Bracelet is definitely not available.

   bought a bracelet for Li Zhuer,

   But he doesn't buy things for Qingmiao, Xiuxiu, and Gouzu,

   The younger brothers and sisters will feel that Master is partial. If things go on like this, it will not be conducive to the unity of the kitchen team.

  So, if you want to buy that, you have to buy something that everyone has a share of.

   Hulu Hulu devoured a bowl of stewed vegetables with black wotou made of sweet potato noodles,

  Su Wu pushed the platoon and set off together with Li Zhuer.

   "Slow down the road!"

   "Let Mi Zhuang send someone to bring us the food, you and Pearl remember to follow along!"

   "Let's open the temple at noon and pretend to be dirty, you two have to come back before this time!"

   Before leaving, Master's instructions are always indispensable.

   The Mi Zhuang that Su Wu and Li Zhuer are going to this time is in the more prosperous 'Zhujiazhuang' within a radius of 30 to 50 miles.

  Li Zhuer, as a nearby villager,

   Naturally know how to get to Zhujiazhuang from here.

   After the two escaped from Master's sight, Su Wu found a secluded corner,

  Drag Li Zhuer and Paizi into the shadow world together.

  Lee Pearl showed him the way,

   He darted through the shadows.

   The place that originally took them half an hour to reach,

   Now arrives in minutes.

   Zhujiazhuang was built by the river,

   There is a ferry by the river,

   Boats and boats line up on both sides of the river,

   On the **** of the river, there are several logging farms.

   Some coffin shops are next to the lumbering yard, and there are often gray-haired old people entering and leaving the coffin shop, choosing the style and material of the coffin,

After choosing   , he negotiated with the shopkeeper, and then carefully took out the purse hidden on his body,

   paid the deposit, took the contract and left with satisfaction.

   Most of these old people do not buy longevity materials for their own families.

   They paid for the longevity materials for the deposit,

   The vast majority are for themselves.

   Walk along the road on the river **** to Zhujiazhuang,

   You can see the Zhujiazhuang market crowded with people, yellow-faced and thin men standing on the side of the road chatting. Occasionally, someone lights a bag of cigarettes, and a cigarette pot is passed back and forth between several people.

   In front of these men,

  You can see women and boys kneeling on the side of the road with grass signs on their heads.

   People pass by these people,

   His eyes won't stay on them even for a moment.

   or someone stops and asks a question or two,

From the side of   , a few strong men with big arms and round waists suddenly appeared, facing the vicious, pushing and shoving the inquirer, driving him away from here.

   "That's a thug hired by the Tooth Shop,

   They can't see that others are hiring people here, so they will scare them away.

   After several episodes have passed, those families who have no choice but to sell their sons and daughters can only sell their sons and daughters and wives to them at the price they set out..."

  Li Zhuer saw that Su Wu looked at the strong men who were pushing and shoving people from time to time, so she explained to Su Wu in a low voice.

  Su Wu nodded slightly when he heard the words.

   Now the world is getting more and more chaotic, it is the scene of the last years of the dynasty.

   At first glance,

   There are a lot of people gathered in this ordinary market, and it looks quite lively and prosperous.

   But if you look closely, you will find that

   The people who gather here are mostly idle, yellow-faced and thin-skinned people,

   Their eyes scrutinized every passing passerby,

   are looking for opportunities,

   Wants to get some money from the passing guests to support himself and even the family behind him.

  Su Wu and Li Zhuer stayed here for only a few minutes,

   has already found that at least seven or eight people are staring at him,

   turned against the crowd and gathered towards him.

   "Let's go." Su Wu said to Li Zhuer, asking her to follow him closely.

   Then he took her to detour in this market,

   got rid of a few stalkers,

   came to the first stop of their trip - the gate of Xinglong Mi Zhuang.

   In front of the gate of Mi Zhuang, there are several men with five big and three thick men holding sticks to guard. As long as anyone dares to swarm up, the sticks in their hands will be smashed mercilessly!

   Several pools of blood have been left on the ground,

   shows that many people tried to crowd into the rice village to **** grain and rice.

   But their actions all failed.

   "If you want to buy rice, just line up one by one into the shop,

   If you dare to make a fuss, your brains will be smashed to pieces! "The leader of the thugs stared at everyone's faces, raised the stick in his hand and threatened.

   Under his intimidation, the crowd dared not move rashly,

  Su Wu pulled Li Zhuer out of the crowd,

   shouted to the thug leader: "I want to buy rice!"

  The thugs are guarding against a crowd swarming up,

   attempted to rob Mi Zhuang of food.

   would not be too defensive about people like Su Wu and Li Zhuer.

   The leader's gaze stopped slightly on Li Zhu'er behind Su Wu, and he nodded, "Go in!"

   (end of this chapter)

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