Chapter 7 Big Tiger, Erhu wants to change their name
"Yes, husband!"
"Don't call me husband, call me husband!"
"……no!"
"Why?"
"Husband, husband is called an eunuch! Husband, you are temporarily weak, just find a doctor to take a look at you. Why do you have to laugh at yourself like this!"
"...Husband calls eunuch???"
"Eunuchs have different names throughout the dynasties. Officially, they are called eunuchs, Huangmen, and Diaogui. Some are respectfully called neiguan, neichen, zhongguan, and zhonggui. They are also called neishu, eunuch, eunuch, eunuch, husband, and eunuchs are also called
Beat your husband."
"...How do you know so well?"
"...When I was a child, a Taoist priest passed by my house and told me that I had a phoenix life. My father raised me as a beautiful girl and taught me court etiquette and taboos."
"Phoenix Ming?"
"Husband, don't be angry. That Taoist priest is a liar. How can I have a phoenix life? Once you marry your husband, as long as your husband wants me, I will serve you forever."
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The next day, one update!
Wang Hanshan drove the mule cart and loaded the fish in the big wooden barrel, and the five of them were ready to set off.
Li Shihan put a red cloth bag into Wang Yuan's hand: "Husband, if the money from selling the fish is not enough, just pawn this bracelet! If it is not enough, go to my brother, he will not ignore me."
"Hold the door and wait for me to come back!"
Putting the bracelet in his arms, Wang Yuan straightened the girl's hair, turned around and set off.
Touching the cheek touched by her fingertips, a blush appeared on Li Shi's pretty face.
Last night, the two of them still didn't get over each other, they just hugged each other and said some love words.
But she likes her current husband very much.
Gentle, considerate, and heartwarming.
She is willing to have such a husband, even if she never has him.
Dahu and Wang Sihai were exploring the way ahead.
Wang Hanshan drove his donkey cart in the middle.
Wang Yuan and Erhu followed behind the car.
This era was not peaceful, especially at night, robbers and bandits appeared frequently.
The dirt road is rugged and has potholes, and your wheels may get stuck if you're not careful.
Wang Hanshan was very familiar with walking at night, and the five of them encountered no problems along the way.
It was bright and clear, and a city in the distance appeared in the sight of the five people.
As they walked, Erhu whispered: "Brother Yuan, can you help me change my name?"
Wang Yuan had a question mark on his face.
Erhu made an angry sound: "There are too many people named 'Hu' in our village, Big Tiger, Erhu... Qihu, Eight Tigers, Little Tiger, Black Tiger, Fat Tiger, there are two with the same name as me. I imagine.
Just like my father, I asked a gentleman to change his name. My father used to be called Dashan, but now he has changed it to Shake Mountain. How majestic! Brother Yuan, you are a scholar and know a lot, so please help me change it too."
There are indeed more than ten "tiger" in Dawang Village. Wang Yuan smiled: "What do you want to do most?"
"I!"
Looking at his father's back, Erhu whispered: "Brother Yuan, I want to join the army to kill the enemy, kill the deserters back to the north, and regain the lost territory of Daye."
"..."
The northern deserters have been at war with Daye for hundreds of years, encroaching on one-third of Daye's territory. Wang Yuan did not expect that the two tigers who had no enough food to eat would dare to have such an idea. He was startled and said: "Then let's call him Polu!"
Erhu became anxious when he heard this: "Polou, broken city towers, the city towers were all broken, and the battle was defeated as soon as I heard it. This name is too unlucky. Brother Yuan, help me change it to a nicer one. I don't call it Polou!"
Wang Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Lu means prisoner, which is the general term for the desert tribes in the north; polu means defeating the desert people, which does not mean breaking the city tower."
"Ah, that's it!"
Erhu's eyebrows were dancing: "Polu, Wang Polu, this name is too majestic. Thank you Brother Yuan, from now on I will be called Wang Polu, and I will never call you Wang Erhu again. Anyone who calls me Erhu will ignore them."
Wang Yuan blinked: "Two Tigers?"
Erhu raised his head: "What's wrong, Brother Yuan?"
Wang Yuan raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha!"
"Brother Yuan, why are you laughing?"
Erhu was confused, and after a moment he reacted and blushed: "Except for Brother Yuan, you call me Erhu, and I will ignore anyone who calls him."
Ahead, Wang Hanshan, who was driving the car, said: "Er Hu, come here!"
"coming!"
Wang Erhu stepped forward with a bitter look on his face and added in his mind: Except for Brother Yuan and my father, if anyone calls me Erhu again, I will definitely ignore him!
Dahu said: "Erhu, you help Dad drive the car together, and I'll go behind to accompany Brother Yuan!"
"..."
Erhu gritted his teeth: "Add one more me!"
Dahu, who had a steady face, got to the back of the car and said coquettishly: "Brother Yuan, I also want to change my name."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "What do you want to do?"
Dahu said in a low voice: "I don't want to join the army. I like to practice martial arts, but my family didn't have enough food before. My father said that if you practice hard, your energy and blood will be consumed, and your body will not be able to bear it, so I didn't practice well!"
Wang Yuan's eyes lit up: "Have you ever practiced martial arts? Who taught you? How many can you fight?"
Dahu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment: "My father taught me the martial arts skills in the army, and he defeated two tigers!"
What kind of kung fu is it for an elder brother to beat his younger brother? Wang Yuan said with some evil humor: "Since you are a martial arts practitioner, you must train to be the strongest. How about you call me 'Wang Wudi'?"
"ah!"
Dahu was shocked: "Brother Yuan, this name is too big, I can't bear it!"
Wang Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "Believe in yourself, set a goal for yourself, and work towards that goal, it is also a spur to yourself!"
"Wang Wudi, Wudi, eh!"
Dahu muttered a few words, nodded heavily, and fighting spirit rose in his eyes!
After a while, Wang Sihai also came up to me with a serious face: "Brother Yuan, the name Sihai is too common. Please help me change it."
Wang Yuan hummed: "We are all brothers in the four seas, your name is still ordinary?"
Wang Sihai's eyebrows were beaming: "Brother Yuan, after you said this, I immediately felt that the name was different and became more classy! We are all brothers in the four seas, and we are worthy of being scholars. Thank you!"
When I went to the county town before, I always used an ox cart and never walked more than 40 miles.
Before Wang Yuan reached the halfway point, his legs could no longer move and he had to ride on a mule cart.
But Wanshashan, Big Tiger, and Two Tigers are still walking as fast as flying, and even the gangster Wang Sihai is in high spirits. This foot power is beyond the reach of people in the technological age!
The five people came to the county town. A row of rammed earth walls surrounded a blue brick tower with gun-wielding guards on top. The city gate below was three meters high.
Inside and outside the door, there were two rows of armed guards, two tables and two gatekeepers.
Dahu, Erhu, and Wang Sihai looked at the tower with shock on their faces, but Wang Hanshan showed no reaction.
"Selling fish mule carts, one hundred coins into the city!"
Two guards inspected the donkey cart and lazily opened their mouths.
Wang Yuan frowned and handed over the money.
My predecessor often came to the county town and knew that you had to pay money to bring goods into the city. The charges for each truck were different depending on the goods. A truck of fish cost fifty cents.
Last month, as soon as the new county magistrate took office, the entrance fee doubled.
The garrison released the troops and the mule cart entered the county seat.
After passing the city tower, there were all brick and tile buildings, with a few two-story small buildings here and there.
Wang Yuan was disappointed. The appearance of this county town was not even as good as the villages and towns in his previous life.
However, the clothing styles and colors of the residents in the city are much richer than those of the villagers in Dawangzhuang.
Big Tiger, Two Tigers, but Wang Sihai looked excited, as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
Many of the villagers in the countryside have never left the village in their lives, not many have been to towns, and even fewer have come to the county town. A visit can last several years.
Five people drove a mule cart to the East Meat Market.
Daye City is managed by the ‘market square’ system.
City, a place of trading, square, a place of residence, the combination of square and city, and the separation of street and market.
The markets are separated by brick walls, and are closed during trading hours.
The mule cart arrived outside Dongshi.
Wang Hanshan said: "I don't know how much the fish costs yet, I have to go find out the price."
Wang Yuan looked at the three people.
Erhu rubbed the back of his head, as if he didn't know how to inquire.
Dahu is also a little timid.
However, Wang Sihai, a village boy, stood up and said, "Leave this matter to me."
After a while, Wang Sihai returned and found out clearly the transaction tax and fish price.
Transaction tax is 1 out of 10.
A pound of small fish costs twenty cents.
About two kilograms of fish costs 30 yuan.
More than three kilograms can be sold for forty coins.
Three to eight pounds can be sold for fifty cents.
More than eight kilograms can be sold for sixty cents.
But these are dead fish. If they were alive, they could be sold for twenty cents more per catty.
The five people drove the mule cart into the East Market, found a stall and started selling.
Before it opened, eight men with fierce eyes and angry voices surrounded the mule cart.
A man with open arms, a tuft of black hair on his chest, and a leopard head with eyes crossed his arms and sneered: "Go to the temple to burn incense, kowtow before the Buddha, come to the East Market and don't worship the landlord, but just want to sell fish here, who gave it to you?"