pillow mountain river

On the day when the snow stopped, Er Dong went to Mao Village.He curiously inquired about everything in Maocun.

There are row upon row of houses, pedestrians on the main road, and vendors can be seen everywhere yelling hard at their goods.

"Selling South Sea Pearls!"

Er Dong poked his head to look at the shiny pearls in the box, but the owner of the shop blocked his view, "Go away, go away, this is a valuable pearl, if you can't afford it, don't get in the way."

Er Dong was startled, and hurriedly went back behind Zhenhanshan, poking out only half of his head to look at the owner of the shop.

A well-dressed woman came, and the man hurriedly nodded and bowed to the woman obsequiously.

Taking advantage of his inattention, Er Dong made a face, and ran away quickly before the owner of the shop turned his head.

A woman's soft voice came from not far away, "Xiexi scented tea, scented tea from early spring this year."

Er Dong smelled a strong fragrance of flowers, but now it is winter, and the flowers have withered long ago, so how can there be such a sweet and greasy fragrance of flowers? Er Dong tugged on Master's sleeve and said, "It smells so good."

Zhen Hanshan walked towards the woman selling scented tea, the woman smiled slightly and said, "Look, sir, it's all this year's scented tea, and there are all kinds of it."

Er Dong heard the master say, "Ask him what he wants?"

The woman smiled and faced Er Dong, "What do you want to drink, little brother? It's cold and cold, and tea soup is the best way to warm up."

Er Dong looked left and right, there was a blooming flower in every bowl of tea, he found it novel, and would just look at it for a while.

The tea seller waited patiently for him to make a choice.

Er Dong drank the tea soup, and his cold hands warmed up.Perhaps because of the influence of the tea seller, he no longer shrank timidly behind the man and dared not see anyone, but instead scurried around like a scurrying puppy.

Mao Village is so lively, with so many people and so many goods, it is dazzling.

"Er Dong," Zhen Hanshan called to stop his apprentice, and stopped in front of a shop.

Not long after, a thin middle-aged man came out of the shop.The middle-aged man bowed and said respectfully, "Mr. Pillow, please come in."

After seeing the man's beard, Er Dong looked at the beautiful robe on his body, which had a water-like luster.

The middle-aged man finally found a small tail behind him, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Pillow, who is this?"

"My disciple Er Dong."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Hello, little brother. Mr. Zhen's disciple must be a young talent."

"Aptitude is dull, so you can't become a master."

"With Mr. Zhen here, what's so difficult about turning iron into gold?" The boss laughed. He changed the subject and said, "Mr. Zhen, I have tried the elixir bought in Xiexi, and it is far inferior to the one sent by Mr. Zhen." batch."

When the man heard the shop owner talk about business, he said to Er Dong, "Come back in half an hour and wait. You can take everything on the pavement, but don't forget to hand over the things in the purse to the shop owner."

Er Dong suddenly had a purse in his hand, before he opened it to take a look, he heard the master say sharply, "Don't walk around, if you leave this street, don't go back."

The joy of getting the purse was diluted by Master's cold words.

Er Dong was a little lost, why did the master always smile when talking to others, but was always as cold as ice when talking to himself?

Is it true that he is too stupid to be liked?

Er Dong hung his head and wandered in front of the shop, but within a quarter of an hour, he was attracted by the cries along the street.

Not far away was a shop selling wontons, Er Dong watched the wontons tumbling in the boiling water, and couldn't help swallowing.

The soup base of the wontons is made from pork bones, which is extremely delicious, and it is also topped with shrimp skins, shallots and other seasonings to enhance the flavor.

"Have a bowl," Er Dong said to the proprietress who was soliciting customers.He didn't forget the master's instruction, and took a piece of shiny silver from his purse and handed it to the proprietress.

The proprietress looked at the silver in Er Dong's hand with an embarrassed expression on her face, "Little brother, do you have any copper coins?"

Er Dong rummaged through the purse, but couldn't find the copper coin with a round square hole in the proprietress's mouth.He simply dumped everything in his purse on the table and let the proprietress take it by herself.

The proprietress turned pale with fright, and hurriedly helped him put the silver pieces back into the purse, and then stuffed the purse back heavily into Er Dong's arms.

"Young master, don't reveal your wealth. You have eaten wontons, so go home quickly."

The proprietress brought the wontons cooked by her husband, and Er Dong immersed himself in eating, and finished eating the soup and water in a short while.He didn't see it, and the proprietress went around asking other shop owners for money for that small piece of silver.

He was about to leave, but was stopped by the proprietress, "Young master, everything is ready."

A paper bag was stuffed into Er Dong's arms, it was so heavy that he couldn't lift it with one hand, so he had to hold it with two hands.

"I didn't want this thing," Er Dong said.

The proprietress didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Just take it, go to the shop to buy things, just use the copper coins in the paper bag."

Er Dong hadn't spent all the copper coins yet, and his hands were already full of purchased goods. He bought three tea cans alone.Er Dong found that any shop likes to use the name of Xiexi, as long as it is in contact with Xiexi, it seems to be more expensive than other stores.

With sugar in his mouth, Er Dong asked inarticulately, "What is Xiexi?"

Before the sugar seller could answer, the merchant's son said in amazement, "You don't even know about Xiexi? Go east, and there is Xiexi near the sea. Xiexi is so big, and there are so many things for sale. No matter how expensive it is, the people there have more money than the emperor!"

Er Dong was confused. What is the sea? What is the emperor? But he understood. The Xiexi River is very big, and it sells many interesting things like Maocun.

"Is it bigger than here?" Er Dong asked.

The young man was full of disdain, "How can Maocun compare with Xiexi?"

"Then Xiexi also has a lot of delicious food?"

"Of course! My dad bought me Xiexi's sugar cake, it was so delicious that I bit off my tongue!"

Er Dong said, "But Maocun's cakes are also delicious."

"Hmph, you countryman, you don't understand even if you tell me."

Seeing that the young man ignored him, Er Dong had no choice but to wander around other shops.

The shop is full of rare treasures that Er Dong has never heard of. If he didn't have no hands to hold things, he would definitely buy them all back.

Er Dong suddenly caught sight of a strange bird in a cage. The bird was red all over, and the most surprising thing was that it only had one foot.

The owner of the bird came closer and said in a low voice: "This bird is amazing. Its name is Bi Fang. I caught it from Duguang thousands of miles away. If you want it, I can sell it to you for two taels of silver."

Er Dong was only curious about how it stood so firmly on one foot, and didn't want to buy it.

Seeing Erdong staring at the bird intently, the owner of the bird thought there must be something wrong, and continued: "This bird is amazing, it can breathe fire."

When Er Dong heard this, his eyes widened, "Then if you buy it, you don't need to make a fire?"

"If this bird can breathe fire, can your bamboo cage hold it?"

A clear male voice sounded behind him, and Er Dong turned his head away, his eyes almost burst into tears.

The young man was dressed in a fine attire, the cuffs were embroidered with cloud patterns with gold threads, and his fingers and wrists were covered with jewels inlaid with precious stones, which shone brightly in the sun, more dazzling than the sun.

The boy snorted, "Is this ugly, dyed bird worthy of the name Bi Fang?"

"Where is the brat?" The bird's owner saw someone coming to find fault, and his tone was impatient.

"Smelly? The incense on my young master's body is from Yunxiang Pavilion, one hundred taels of gold, how dare you say it stinks?" The young man said arrogantly, facing the man who rolled up his sleeves as if he was going to beat someone, he had a look on his face. Disdain.

Before the man rushed up, there were a few more servants behind the young man, all of them tall and burly, his face turned ashen from fright, and he ran away with the bird in desperation.

"Hey!"

I heard from the boy that the bird was dyed.Er Dong knew that cloth and utensils could be dyed, but he didn't know that birds could also be dyed.

Two pieces of silver to buy a dyed bird, seems good!

"The one over there, what about you?"

Only then did Er Dong realize that the boy was actually talking to him.

"My young master helped you, and you didn't thank me?"

Er Dong scratched his head and said, "Master never taught me."

The young man jumped up angrily, "You idiot, I shouldn't have helped you and let you be cheated!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head, turned around and left, walked a few steps, and then looked back at Er Dong, seeing that Er Dong was still in a daze, he snorted angrily.

After the boy left, Er Dong went shopping for a while.

Mao Village is really too big! He can't even look at the things for sale. Er Dong really doesn't know what place is more lively than Mao Village.

On his way back to find his master, he saw the handsome young man from a distance.

The young man's face was gloomy, "What kind of shabby place? It's all about selling scrap metal! You can't spend a piece of gold! Why don't you go to Xiexi."

I don't know how many times Er Dong has heard the word "Xiexi" from someone else.

Where exactly is Xiexi?

Er Dong walked absent-mindedly.A tea pot accidentally fell to the ground, and with a "bang", he was shocked and recovered.

Oops!It's going to be late!

Er Dong picked up the tea pot and ran all the way.

The master was already waiting at the door of the shop.

Er Dong rushed over panting.

"We should go," said the master.

Er Dong looked back at Long Street reluctantly, and followed Master back.

Snow fell like catkins from the sky, flakes of light snowflakes fell, and the tips of their hair were covered with fine snow.

All the purchased goods were stuffed into the bag, Er Dong suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped to untie the bag.

He took out a furry neck guard from inside.

The person who sold the neck guard said it was made of fox fur.Er Dong touched the neck brace, the material is very soft, and it won't feel uncomfortable when it sticks to the flesh.

"Master, here it is!" Er Dong smiled, showing a row of white teeth.

Even though the snow had fallen, Master was still wearing so little.Wrapped around the neck, this neck guard not only looks good, but also keeps you warm.

"No, keep it for yourself," the man said coldly.

Er Dong lowered his hand holding the neck guard, and his crooked smiling eyes returned to their original state.His smile dimmed and he muffled an "oh".

"I saw a lot of interesting things today, thank you, master," Er Dong raised his head to see the master's reaction, but the master was only busy on his way and didn't notice his sad expression.

"Don't forget your promise."

Er Dong lowered his head, watching the man's boots stepping on the fresh snow, the clean snow became dirty after a while.

In the future, I don't know if Maocun can still come, let alone the distant Xiexi.

But what is the Xiexi that everyone yearns for?

"Master, have you ever been to Xiexi?" Er Dong asked.

Before he finished speaking, the man stopped.

Er Dong saw Master turn around, his face was extremely gloomy, like the gray sky before the heavy rain.

As if being strangled by someone, Er Dong couldn't speak for a moment.

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