Salt Xiao Fulang

The next day, Yuan Shan went downstairs early with the ingot of silver.

He didn't have the habit of eating breakfast before, but he was spoiled by Song Xu and the others recently, so he couldn't resist buying a steamed bun before leaving the inn.

Because it was rare that he did not act together with others, he had to pay for it himself. One tael of silver was broken, and two taels were removed, which became 110 eight copper coins.

Shen.

Carrying a sweet burden, he stepped into the crowd and came to the so-called "Flying Festival Bazaar".

The most sold in the market are daily necessities.In addition to common jewelry, there are many uncommon materials, which are really fresh and interesting.For example, a headband made of a kind of light purple flexible bark... It's actually pretty good-looking.

Xiaochun is a twin, but he doesn't wear a headband every day.Yuan Shan probably knew that Song Xu's family was not very rich and powerful, and they might have been a little tight before, so they didn't have the habit of wearing hair ties, which was normal.But this should not mean that Xiaochun doesn't like headbands.

However, it is always a bit strange for a man to send a hair tie to Shuang'er.Would sensitive people find him flirtatious...?

just forget it.

Yuan Shan continued to walk forward, with rouge and gouache, hairpins and flowers, and her daughter's jewelry was much more than what Shuang'er could use, which made Yuan Shan a little discouraged.

If Xiaochun likes to dress up, she can also buy makeup, but Xiaochun doesn't seem to like it...

Moreover, these things are exquisitely crafted, and they are far beyond the limit of a tael of silver.

He glanced around, and after a while, there were more food stalls selling dried fruits and delicacies.Because it is the Flying Apsaras Festival, there are also many exotic spices in it.There was a stall full of two big bags of small dark brown granules, which smelled pungent.Many people had never seen it before, so they all came up to ask the stall owner, and Yuan Shan looked over curiously.

"It's called fennel. I brought it back from the Western Regions with the dance team this time. It's delicious for cooking!"

Some people didn't believe it and questioned the stall owner. The stall owner didn't know what to say, so he simply ordered a few words to the people in the same industry, and then said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone wait a moment, my family has gone shopping, and I will demonstrate it to you in a while." Look, let you taste for yourself whether it is delicious or not!"

Who doesn't love a free tasting?When the small charcoal stove was bought, the diced meat was sizzling at the bottom of the small clay pot, and the smell of the meat wafted away. The small stall had been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

"Hey, meat is delicious no matter how you do it, how do you prove it?"

"Don't worry, auntie, it's coming!"

When the diced meat is almost cooked, the stall owner sprinkles the crushed spice powder on it.Immediately, the spices were stimulated by the hot oil to create a strange aroma, which mixed with the aroma of the meat, was so wonderful that it made the mouth water!

"I want, I want to taste!... Well, yes, it's delicious!" The aunt who always said sarcastic words, after eating the meat, she was convinced immediately and kept boasting there.If someone didn't know that she was indeed a local, they would have thought she was a babysitter.

There are only a few diced meat in total, and if you divide it into a dozen people, it will be gone.Fortunately, the fragrance is too overbearing, even those who haven't tasted it know it's a good thing.Someone asked the price and bought it for five taels per catty, and after a while, half of the bag was gone.Yuan Shan was lucky enough to get the last piece of meat, and he chewed it into his mouth to know the delicious taste.

Song Xu cares about food very much, and also likes to eat meat. If you buy this as a gift, he will definitely like it!

So Yuan Shan spent 45 Wen and got a small oiled paper package.After struggling to get out of the crowd, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly raised his hand vigilantly and grabbed at his side!

"Ah!" Someone exclaimed in pain.Yuan Shan twisted his wrist in the opposite direction, staggering.

"Hero, have mercy!" He hurriedly said, "I didn't want to steal from you, but next time I won't, I won't!"

Yuan Shan was in a complicated mood.

He glanced at the sly-eyed thief. On the one hand, he regretted how miserable he was, and on the other hand, he disliked this thief who was so slow.He asked in a low voice, "How much did you steal today? Take it all out!"

This thief's craft is not very good, and he came out to get his vote purely because of the large number of people.The money bags in the skirt fell out, and there were only three of them.When I opened it, the content was even more pitiful. One was more than [-] Wen, the other was a little more, half a tael of silver, and the last one was the most pitiful. There were three or five dirty copper plates wrapped in rags, and a rough dark green piece of paper. Stone.

It is estimated that the main reason for the loss is to report to the official, and the official doesn't care much about it...

But no matter what, stealing is a sin.He committed it himself, although it was a desperate choice, but it was still a stain on his life.At this moment, I can't see others walking this old road.

"Go, go to the government and hand them in."

"Don't, bro..."

Yuan Shan ignored the man's pleading, grabbed his collar and headed east.He asked a few passers-by, and then he saw the majestic tall gate from a distance.

In the past few days during the festival, too many people gathered in the market, but other places seemed deserted.He dragged the thief to the gate of the yamen, and noticed a young boy about eleven or twelve years old, wandering near the stone lion.The officers and soldiers guarding the gate kept staring at him with a bad expression on their faces.

When Yuan Shan saw the child, he thought of Yang Yang and the others, approached him unconsciously, and asked, "What are you doing here? Where is your adult?"

The kid was startled.He was a bit dull, completely different from the clever Yang Yang, he stammered: "I, I lost, I lost the money..."

Yuan Shan raised his eyebrows, and asked the thief to stand against the wall, while he spread his hands, holding three money bags.

"Look, there's you in here," "My purse!"

Before Yuan Shan could finish speaking, the baby reached out and snatched the tattered cloth head: "This is mine, it's mine! Thank you, brother!"

Yuan Shan calmed down, and reached out to touch his head.The other two purses are much better-looking than this one. If you are purely greedy for money, you should not choose this one. It can be seen that the child is not lying.

The child retrieved the purse, and his movements were much neater than before. He said happily, "Brother, where did you find it?"

Picked up in someone else's arms.

Yuan Shan didn't say that, only said that he picked it up at the market.The child shyly said: "I plan to go to the market to sell stones, but no one else wants..."

"Sell stones?"

"Yes, my father is sick and can't work, and my family is very poor recently... I helped him grind stones in the morning, and I ground out a green one. I thought it looked good, so I wanted to see if I could sell it for money. But today's collection There are a lot of people in the city, and others say it is worthless..."

Yuan Shan took the rough green stone from the child.

At first glance, it is really inconspicuous, just a stone that can be seen everywhere, but intertwined with the gray skin of the potholes are dark green stripes.

That color is not as pure green as the emerald jade that everyone likes, nor is it crystal clear like agate amber.

It's really disrespectful to put it in the merchant's place outside.

But Yuan Shan felt a little fond of it, and it might be even more beautiful after polishing.

Seeing that he was looking at it seriously, the child couldn't help feeling a glimmer of hope: "Big brother, do you want to buy it? I can make it more beautiful for you..."

Yuan Shan said with a little guilt: "I think it's beautiful, but I don't have a lot of money. I only have 55 Wen, and I feel that I don't deserve this stone."

"There are a lot of 55 essays!" The child was disappointed too many times, and now he feels very good that he can sell some money, and 55 essays also made him smile happily: "Big brother, I will polish it for you!"

Unable to restrain the child's enthusiasm, Yuan Shan handed over the other two purses to the yamen, followed him through several streets, and arrived at his home.

The father of this family is a stonemason. He used to make some big pieces, but he is not in good health recently, so he can only make some money by polishing small things.

The yard was in a mess, with large and small stones piled up, and the children walked over the obstacles with ease and came to a table with grass ropes, river sand and other things placed on it.

Unlike later generations who can easily cut stones with a machine, the current processing method is much rougher.Children can't do things that require too much strength, but it's okay to help their father polish small pieces.He wrapped the coarse sand with a straw rope, embedded the stone in the groove of the platform, and rubbed it back and forth intently—the gray potholes were gradually smoothed out, and the beautiful gray-green stone was gradually revealed.

Yuan Shan looked intently at the back of the child Moshitou.

He is obviously still a child, but his calm appearance in front of the stone platform already vaguely has the temperament of an adult.Yuan Shan seems to have seen his father sitting here for years, patiently smoothing the hard stones one by one, supporting his family, having children, and learning skills from him for generations, inheriting his life step by step.

When the stone was polished, he forgot the time, and when the child finally came to his senses, it was getting late.

Yuan Shan had already taken a nap next to him, he was starving from lunch, so he didn't bother him.

The child rubbed his belly and said in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, brother, I forgot the time, this is your stone."

Yuan Shan handed over the money bag containing 55 Wen, and took the stone.

Sure enough, the smooth and round stone made people happy, and it had stripes mixed with gray-green and milky white as he imagined.

The child happily said that he would go to his sister's house to visit his father, and told him the good news that he was able to make money.

Yuan Shan sent the child to the destination before returning to the inn.

Seeing that the meal time was almost over, Jiang Tiantian and Xiaochun were a little anxious.

"Lost? Was abducted? Offended a dignitary?" Jiang Tiantian babbled, "He went out early in the morning and didn't wait for me. I wanted to go for a stroll together..."

"It's not abducted, but it's really too late now, why don't we go out and look for it?" Xiaochun also said.

Song Xu's old god is here: "A big man who was once a thief. It's not uncommon to sell you to Siberia. You are worried about what he is doing instead."

Xiaochun was discouraged and wondered where Siberia was, but Jiang Tiantian was angry: "God, why did you steal!? He didn't do it for himself! Don't mention it again in the future!"

Song Xu raised his eyebrows, yo, this girl has taken care of her so quickly, and even teased her "Song Engong", is there something wrong?

Yuan Shan came back at this time.

He happened to hear the phrase "the thief" outside the door, and he was ashamed and moved, and he knocked on the door only after he was mentally prepared.

Jiang Tiantian rushed to open the door, his face flushed.

"Brother Shanzi, where have you been, why are you back late!"

Yuan Shan shyly took out an oil-paper bag and a small stone from his pocket.

"Not enough money, I didn't buy anything good. This is a gift for Brother Song and Brother Chun."

Song Xu opened the oil-paper package and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was cumin!

"Great! Isn't this cumin! You can make it for barbecue in the future, I'm sure you will like it!" He frowned in his heart, boasting about Yuanshan, and Xiaochun on the other side rubbed the stone in his hand, unable to put it down.

"Thank you Xiaoshan, it's so beautiful!"

Both children like beautiful things, and he is no exception.Although it is just a stone, it also represents a heart.Xiaochun and Song Xu looked at each other and smiled, really touched.

Obviously he was giving money to let him buy things for himself, but he got a gift instead.

Seeing the two of them happy, Yuan Shan was also very satisfied.

When I have the opportunity to earn money in the future, I will also buy a copy for Tiantian who speaks for him.