After crossing the Qihe River and passing through Yucheng, we arrived at Pingyuan County.
Along the way, passengers went up and down, changing frequently. Xia Xun found that there were six real long-distance passengers: he and Ximen Qing, the pair of burly men, and the two young women. Over the past few days, everyone had a mutual understanding of each other.
After getting to know each other more or less, Xia Xun already understood that the two big men were tourists who often traveled outside the customs. The older one was named Gu Zhou, and the younger one was named He Keshuo.
Although the century-old Changbai Mountain ginseng cannot be sold locally for much money, as long as you dig out one and bring it back to the customs, it will be a rare thing worth hundreds of times. Therefore, these two ginseng customers looked vulgar, but they were extremely generous.
Along the way, the two of them stayed in first-class guest rooms and ate the best meals.
Xia Xun and Ximen Qing's name on the road is that they are partners of Xuzhou Wangji Leather Goods Store. Naturally, their daily lives should not be ostentatious, but their food and accommodation are not too bad. Sometimes the food is not good, and the two of them will just find an excuse.
Don't eat, then run out to find a place to have a tooth ceremony.
As for the two little sisters, their names are unknown. They are only referred to as sisters. Only car dealers have such things as names and surnames. Only the city and patrol checkpoints along the way have the right to inspect them. They don't say it themselves.
Naturally, it would be inconvenient for others to rashly inquire about a girl’s surname and maiden name.
It seems that they are very strapped for money. They only stay in the cheapest guest rooms along the way, sometimes in the cheapest Datong shop for female customers. Their food is even simpler, a bowl of porridge and a plate of pickles is their breakfast, and a sesame seed cake and a plate of pickles.
It was just a lunch, and as for dinner, it was a plate of pickles and sesame cakes. After seeing her so much, Xia Xun and Ximen Qing talked about her privately, and they both called her the sesame cake girl.
Ximen Qing is a master who can't move when he sees a beautiful woman. He doesn't know how many times he has chatted with her, but that sister is like a mimosa. If you look at her one more time, she will blush and bow her head shyly. You deliberately
When you strike up a conversation and say a word to her, she blushes and lowers her head; when you sit in the same car and stretch your legs and accidentally touch her skirt, she still blushes and lowers her head...
Ximen Qing has never seen a girl who loves blushing so much, who is so shy and who is unwilling to talk. However, he has always been more and more courageous in front of beautiful women. He is extremely thick-skinned. It doesn't matter if he tries it a few times, or if he tries it dozens of times.
I found him very boring, and I stopped talking to him after that.
The cart often took this road in Beiping, so it was very precise about the time to stay in Jingping along the way. In the evening, it happened to enter Pingyuan County. The cart walked around the small town for a while, and stayed at a small inn.
Come down. This place is relatively remote. The area around the inn is large and it is easy to park cars and horses. There are several large cars parked at the door. There are cars returning from Jinan Four Seasons Car Company, as well as traveling merchants from other places.
Pingyuan is a small county. Except for the fact that Liu Bei was a county magistrate here during the Three Kingdoms period, there is nothing to write home about. The inn they stayed in was not big. Xia Xun had already noticed that the car dealer chose to stay there.
They are very familiar with inns. Of course, there are advantages to doing so. A well-informed inn can ensure the safety of guests to the greatest extent. However, they are not so particular about accommodation, food, and hygiene.
A worthy guest.
The food in that restaurant was neither salty nor bland, and the taste was really not that good. After a few bites, the two of them stopped using their chopsticks, glanced at each other, and went out to find a restaurant. When they walked to the door, they saw
When Sister Shaobing and Sister Shaobing were sitting at a table, they asked the waiter for two bowls of boiled water and were munching on hard sesame cakes.
Xia Xun and Ximen Qing left the inn and wandered aimlessly on the street for a while. When they saw a flavored donkey meat restaurant, they went in and ordered a few local donkey meat snacks and a few donkey meat fire spoons.
Have some snacks and then prepare to return to the inn.
The sky was getting darker at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Especially in the late autumn and near winter, when the cold wind blows, it also feels cold. It is a small county, and it is rare to see many pedestrians on the street. There are only some children who are used to wild things.
Go home, climb the wall one by one, hide and seek, and have fun with yourself.
In the middle of the walk, a sister-in-law suddenly came out of the house with a shout. She stood at the door, put her hands on her hips, and used her full energy in her Dantian, and shouted: "Er Gouzi! You damn kid, you won't wake up even after the sun goes down."
Home, your skin is tight again, aren’t you?”
Xia Xun was walking when he was startled by her roar. He couldn't help laughing and said, "My Shandong sister-in-law is really tough."
Ximen Qing unexpectedly thought of his wife, Xiaodong, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, alas! It's better for a woman to have a gentler temperament. Look at that sesame cake girl, if my Xiaodong can have
He is half gentle and shy, even if I burned high incense in my previous life..."
"Um?"
When Ximen Qing just said this, he suddenly pulled Xia Xun and quickly moved towards the wall. Xia Xun was also a very alert person. Although he didn't know the reason yet, he immediately hid himself by the wall and saw him looking out.
He also looked at it.
About ten steps into the alley, there is a small pawn shop. Two wind lanterns are hung at the door. They are mounted on Korean paper and painted with red tung oil. The word "福" is written on them. Under the steps, go towards the street.
There stood a delicate and elegant girl, but in front of her was a burly man with one arm on the wall, blocking her way.
Xia Xun looked over the shoulder of the big man. Isn't this girl the sesame seed girl? Although the big man standing opposite her could only see his back and half of his face, Xia Xun recognized her at a glance.
They were traveling on an ancient boat in Guandong for several days, and Xia Xun would never admit his mistake.
I just heard Gu Zhou chuckle and say: "Little lady, don't be afraid, Gu is not a bad person. As the saying goes, a hundred years of cultivation can take the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation can sleep on the same pillow. You and I are riding in the same car all the way, walking together and stopping together. It can be considered that we have cultivated for hundreds of years in the previous life.
It's fate, right? I just want to help you."
The sesame cake girl blushed, twirled her clothes, and said timidly: "Uncle Gu wants to help the slave family?"
Gu Zhou looked up and down at this girl, who was as slender as the moon and as graceful as an orchid, and sighed: "Look at you, you are as beautiful as a spring flower at the age, but you have suffered so much. In fact, I have suffered so much along the way.
I noticed, the little lady is so cash-strapped, you see, it’s getting colder and colder today, maybe the first snow in the next few days will fall, but at this time, you even used your clothes as a pawn, dressed like this
"It's so thin. If you get sick on the road, it will cause the heavens to respond and the earth to be ineffective. I am a kind-hearted person, and I couldn't bear it for a moment, so I chased him out."
The sesame cake girl blinked and said in confusion: "Those clothes are all made by the servants themselves. The materials and styles are very ordinary. Do you want to buy them, uncle? But I have already treated them as slaves."
Gu Zhou said: "Hey, I'm a grown man, why did you buy that thing? I just saw that the little lady was so miserable and looked so painful, I was soft-hearted and couldn't stand it, so I wanted to
I’ll help you.”
"oh!"
The sesame cake girl smiled shyly and said, "Although the journey is hard, it can be managed. The slave family appreciates Uncle Gu's kindness. If we meet by chance, the slave family cannot accept uncle's property."
Gu Zhou laughed heartily: "My lady doesn't want to be rewarded for nothing. Isn't that simple? As long as you reciprocate your kindness and give me some sweet things, wouldn't it be enough?"
The face of the sesame cake girl changed slightly, she took half a step back slightly, and said nervously: "Uncle... what does this mean?"
Gu Zhou smiled and said: "My dear lady, you have also seen that Gu has to eat on four plates and eight large bowls along the way. His accommodation must be a first-class hotel in a Tianzhihao. The money is nothing to me. My dear lady,
If you are willing to accompany Gu on the road, stay in bed and warm the bed, sleep together and walk together...
Hehe, all your food and expenses along the way were covered by Gu. When we broke up, Gu also gave you an extra one hundred guan. One hundred guan! I can buy six of these pretty little girls.
How about that? In that case, you don’t have to eat pickled vegetable pancakes, pancakes and pickled vegetables every day, and when there are too many guests and few guest rooms, you have to be driven to live in the woodshed, how about that?"
The girl was shocked and frightened. She shook her head repeatedly and said, "Uncle Gu, people say you are a good person. Why do you say such ridiculous and rude words? Don't listen. Please let me pass."
Seeing that she was timid and lustful, Gu Zhou immediately sneered: "Grandma, I was at the foot of Changbai Mountain. A ginseng beard is enough to play with a yellow-flowered girl. I dare to kill for a ten-year-old ginseng. It's rare to be so kind today."
Fa, I can talk to you with nice words, but you don’t want to drink a toast or eat as a penalty.”
Seeing his ferocious look, the sesame cake girl couldn't help but be so horrified that her face turned pale. She backed away and said in a trembling voice: "You... what do you want?"
Gu Zhou said with a sinister smile: "To tell you the truth, Master Gu is one of the best ginseng tourists in Changbai Mountain. Even if he commits a crime here, Master Gu can just hide outside the customs and live a calm life for a year or two before finding another job."
Yin is still walking around the Ming Dynasty with great arrogance. I have never been able to get what I like. Today, I see that your appearance is really annoying, and your family is really poor. I just want to use money to do good things because of my kindness.
, since you don’t want to, can’t you use force?”
The girl didn't expect that he would dare to fall out on the spot after being rejected. Even if he was not a criminal, how could he be so unscrupulous? She didn't know that this ancient boat was a person who had been walking outside the customs all year round. How could the people there know the rules of the king?
, whoever has the bigger fist is the master. In the Changbai Mountains, the weak fight against the strong, the gangsters eat the gangsters, fight for the top of the mountain, and do a lot of life-threatening business. It is a real life on the run.
The girl took a few steps back in panic, fearful to the point of tears. When Ximen Qing saw it, he immediately started rolling up his arms and sleeves. Xia Xun asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
Ximen Qing glared and said: "Save people, this is a good opportunity for a hero to save a beauty, how could I let it go?"
Xia Xun said: "To be able to open a mountain in Changbai Mountain and serve as the head of ginseng customers, his martial arts must be quite good. Are you sure you are his opponent?"
Ximen Qing said: "How can I know if I haven't competed before?"
At this time, Gu Zhou was approaching step by step. He lifted up the skirt of his robe, revealing a short knife on his waist. He said with a ferocious smile: "Want to call someone? Try it and see whether you are faster in shouting or my knife. How tall is one person in Changbai Mountain?"
The big black bear is so powerful that I can break its gall with just one strike!"
Upon hearing this, Ximen Qing shrank his head and said timidly: "Tell me, does he know where people's gall grows?"
Xia Xun pulled him away angrily, picked up half a brick, and sneered: "No matter how good your martial arts skills are, if you knock him down with just one brick, look at me."
The girl was really scared. She stepped back step by step, and her back shoulder suddenly touched the wall. There was no way to retreat anymore. She couldn't help but tremble all over. She saw Gu Zhou suddenly pull out the bright short knife, and the brick in Xia Xun's hand had already been lifted.
Got up.
At this moment, the girl's chest rose and fell sharply several times, and she suddenly shouted: "Two hundred strings!"
Xia Xun was startled, and Gu Zhou's hand holding the knife suddenly stopped and asked, "What did you say?"
The girl's face was as red as a big red cloth, her legs were shaking nervously, but her voice gradually stabilized. She looked directly at Gu Zhou and said in a clear and steady voice: "I said, give me two hundred strings, my