Mu? This surname is really rare. As far as he knows, there is no one named Mu in the tea shop. However, if she really has good tea, he doesn't mind buying it.
"My surname is Zhou. Miss Mu can call me Lao Zhou. Then I will wait for Miss Mu's good tea."
After chatting with the shopkeeper for a few more words, Murun and Hongmi began to look at the materials for Hunan embroidery.
In the end, shopkeeper Lao Zhou gave them an extra 30% off, which is only available to old customers. It can be seen that Mu Run's tea talk with Lao Zhou just now left a good impression on him.
But even with a 30% discount, the red rice meat still hurt so much that more than half of the money bag was lost.
After leaving Xiangxiu Fang, Mu Run looked at the almost full donkey cart and said to Hongmi, "Why don't you take it back first, and I'll wait for you at the snack shop in front."
Hongmi took a look at the dim sum shop where many people were queuing up to buy dim sum. She thought it had a good reputation. The gift lists given by Liu Laoer and Qiao Dongzi all had dim sum, each costing ten kilograms, and they would take a while to buy.
"Okay, then I'll send the things back first. Sister-in-law will line up slowly, or you can buy them first. Second Master and Third Brother Qiao each want ten kilograms of snacks, and there should be more varieties. Plus the food for the brothers on the way, at least...
...I also want to buy thirty kilograms. Sister-in-law Qin will take it first. I will ask Brother Qiao for some more when I get back."
Hongmi gave the remaining half bag of silver to Murun.
Mu Run looked at the silver bag and paused before taking it, "Okay."
The red rice and donkey cart left.
Mu Run squeezed the heavy silver bag...and felt very worried. If she just ran away, she would have betrayed Hongmi's trust.
But, she must go.
Mu Run looked firmly at the back of the donkey cart and Hongmi sitting in the cart that were gradually disappearing, "I'm sorry, I can't go to Chongyang Mountain, and I will never be a lady in the village."
The obedience these days has paralyzed their defensiveness, just for this moment!
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Mu Run first went to a clothing store called Xianghe. The clothes inside were mostly worn by ordinary people, including coarse clothes, raincoats and bamboo hats.
She was thin and tall, so she chose two sets of gray-blue cloth men's shorts, a face towel, a bamboo hat, and two pairs of cloth boots and socks with leggings. When she was about to pay, she found a map hanging on the wall of the clothing store -
— Map of the Yingjiang Grand Canal and the Xianghe River in the Northern Jin Dynasty.
Mu Run looked at the picture, thought about it, and asked the shopkeeper: "Can you sell this picture to me?"
Although it only looks like a landscape map, the river and some rural roads along both sides of the river also have stylus pens. For Mu Run, who is unfamiliar with the place, it is enough to see it on a map.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Of course, this is our boss's own leisure work. It was originally meant to be thrown away, but I thought it was good and hung it on the wall. If the girl likes it, just give me money in paper and ink."
"Thank you, shopkeeper. Then wrap this painting for me too."
After paying the money, Mu Run took a bag of clothes and the painting and left.
As soon as she went out, she saw Hongmi looking around, looking for her.
"You came so quickly." Mu Run hurriedly returned to the store, "Shopkeeper, I suddenly have a stomachache. Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper immediately asked the waiter to lead Mu Run to the backyard.
In the backyard, an old woman was knitting a backpack. Mu Run saw the backpack and then looked at the clothes in her hand, "Can you sell this?"
"Sell it, two cents a piece, girl, do you want it?" the old woman said cheerfully.
"I want one."
"Wait for half a cup of tea, and I'll be ready soon." The old woman sped up what she was doing.
The waiter said: "Girl, the latrine is over there, please help yourself. The younger one will go to the front to work first."
"Well, that's troublesome." Mu Run responded.
The hut was sprinkled with plant ash, and there was no smell. There was also a small cubicle for cleaning tools.
In the small cubicle, Mu Run quickly changed into the men's clothes she bought, including her shoes and socks. She wore a bamboo hat on her head and a face towel covering her chin. It was rolled up like a scarf and could be opened to cover her face at any time. It was very
It's satisfying.
The old woman looked at Mu Run who had changed into men's clothes. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What a handsome young man."
Mu Run's face showed embarrassment, "I accidentally soiled my clothes. By the way, is there a door that allows me to go out directly?"
"That small door leads to a long alley, where you can go to South Street or North Street."
"Okay, thank you, mother-in-law."
After buying a backpack, Mu Run followed the old woman's instructions and walked out of the small door.
She looked left and right at both ends of Changtong Alley. There was red rice on South Street, but she couldn't go there, so she had to go to North Street.
And North Street is where the water transport gangs in Xiangcheng gather!
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The Yingjiang Grand Canal is the largest north-south canal in the Northern Jin Dynasty. It stretches from Jiangzhou in the south to Yingzhou, the gateway to the capital, with a total length of more than 3,000 miles. The entire river is almost naturally formed, and is rarely excavated manually.
Winding like a dragon, it played an extremely important role in the national strength of the Northern Jin Dynasty, so it is also known as the dragon vein.
The Xiang River is located in the middle section of the Dragon Vein. Its waters are wide and the products on both sides are rich. Businessmen from the north and south mostly gather in Xiangcheng to trade. Over time, Xiangcheng has been prosperous and the gangs are intertwined.
There are two main streets in Xiangcheng, South Street and North Street.
South Street is where the Xiangcheng magistrate's office is located. Due to the power of the imperial court, the complex gangs hardly cause fights in South Street, so it seems like a group living and prospering here.
As for North Street, it is extremely complicated. Compared with the peace and prosperity of South Street, it is more like a whirlpool under the night, complicated and chaotic. Casinos, restaurants, brothels, and theaters can be found everywhere, and the people living there live in all directions. The rich and powerful are poor.
Luxurious and lustful, on the contrary, they are as miserable as beggars. Gangs from all sides are also entrenched in this street. Every day, dead people are carried to the Shili Mass Burial Mountain outside Hunan City and fed to dog-headed vultures and wild jackals. The government also turns a blind eye to this.
Yiyan. Unless the matter gets serious and someone beats the drum, they will go out of the Yamen and enter North Street to intervene. Usually, the big issue is reduced to a trivial one.
The water transport city, which is connected to Dabu, is divided into two worlds by two streets, the north and the south.
It is the rule of Xiangcheng that the north and the south communicate with each other without violating each other.
Mu Run, who had no idea about the dangers of North Street, boldly headed towards North Street.
As she got closer to the intersection of North Street, Mu Run felt that someone was staring at her. The sight made her hair stand on end and she quickened her pace.
Changtong Alley didn't look very long, and it was a bit far to walk. Coupled with the strange sight, Mu Run gradually started running.
I ran until I was out of breath and almost ran out of energy, before I arrived at the entrance of the alley on North Street.
A group of people stopped her.
They were a group of children with sallow faces and skinny muscles, and their clothes were either dirty or ragged. One of them, a thin black girl about six or seven years old with a braid, walked up to Mu Run and said in a timid childish voice: "Big brother wants to
Where to go? We can lead the way, just buy a sesame seed cake for each of us."