Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 35

"Dudududu!"

The sharp whistle sounded in the middle of the night.

Li Zhen, who was guarding the mourning hall and chanting scriptures, frowned, and listened carefully... After realizing that the whistle was getting farther and farther away, he ignored it and looked at E Nu who had fallen asleep on the mat, and shook his head , closed his eyes again.

Not long after, the chanting sounded again.

early morning.

Gongs.

The frontier soldiers who were opening the city gate of Qiemo heard the sound of gongs and drums, turned their heads to take a look, cursed secretly, and stood on both sides of the city gate.

A shabby team with only the coffin bearers of the Eight Immortals walking slowly towards the city gate.

Several frontier soldiers yawned, but suddenly they were taken aback...

"Ok?"

When they saw a Taoist priest in front of him whose Taoist robe was covered with patches, at the front of this shabby team, chanting scriptures and walking towards the city gate, they showed a hint of a smile.

When the team walked in, a frontier soldier said:
"Little Taoist priest, are you changing to storytelling for the dead today?"

Li Zhen was taken aback, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes full of dark circles.

But he didn't stop, but nodded politely, and touched his arms:
"Several military masters, it's convenient."

Normally speaking, when getting up early in the morning and going out, family members have to prepare some "road money".

It's not that people have to, it's just to get rid of bad luck.

Of course, this is the practice of poor families, and a few pennies are enough.Rich people use salt.

Seeing that Li Zhen wanted to pay, the two soldiers waved their hands:

"Okay, I'm not afraid of this in the military, so let's go. I'll listen to you when the guard changes later."

"Thank you, Master."

Li Zhen nodded, and led the funeral team out of the city.

……

Buried Old Zheng's wife next to Old Zheng's head.

A gust of wind blew in the green smoke of millet stalks, adding a little bit of black ash to the vast white land.

The first snow after autumn fell just last night.

After Li Zhen read the scriptures for the last time, the funeral was considered to be over.

E Nu crying has become a tearful person.

From today onwards, she doesn't have any family on earth.

In order to prevent her from catching a cold, Li Zhen carried her on his back when he came back.

At the same time, he slowly transferred the heat in his body to her.

The little girl finally fell asleep on his back.

I waited until I got home and didn't wake up.

Li Zhen didn't know how to arrange E'er, so he couldn't... really hand her over to Crip Wu to beg for food?
But if she doesn't settle, what should she do?
After thinking about it, he found that with his ability, there were only three roads before him.

Or, put the yellow tag back on the girl.

It should be possible to find a reliable rich family, if it's not the crazy one who bought it as a concubine, but lacks a maid or something.But this kind of people have to be touched, it is very difficult.

Or, take her by yourself and return to the Virgin View.

But the concept of virgins has become a bald chicken, this is the middle policy.

The next thing to do is to go with Cripple Wu...

After thinking about it, Li Zhen finally decided to wait until the child woke up.

He touched his pocket... He sighed.

Originally, it cost more than 600 Wen, even buying fans, buying rice, and making clothes, and finally spent nearly 200 Wen from yesterday to today.

There are more than 20 big children left in his pocket.

"When all the gold is gone, it will come back."

He muttered, and finally stuffed another five copper coins into E Nu's hand.

Assets instantly reached the "ten digits".

After covering her with a quilt, closing the door, and hanging the door from the yard, he jumped over the wall and went out.

If you have no money, go earn it.

Big deal... I'm acting like a licking dog for the big brother on the list.

Things like weddings and funerals...Looking at Mr. Huqiu, he is not an unreasonable person, so he should be able to understand.

Big deal... talk more today.

As long as you give money, you can do anything.

Looking at the bright sky, he stepped on the snow and walked quickly towards the West Market.

According to the time of later generations, it will be around 10 o'clock.Li Zhen reckoned that if the big brother really wanted to hear it, he would have gone there early and waited.

And he had just stepped into the Tongfu residence, before he had time to look inside, he heard Shopkeeper Qu say:
"Ox-nosed!!"

The fat shopkeeper Qu was full of anger:

"You still know to come!?"

"Uh……"

Li Zhen smiled awkwardly, but still took a look into the room.

My heart suddenly sank.

Except for a group of frontier soldiers, those few "familiar" faces.

The big brother is not here.

"I'm talking to you!"

Shopkeeper Qu today is not as polite as before.

Just kidding... Yesterday he almost felt that his life was going to die. When he saw Li Zhen, his brain became hot, and he grabbed his neck and gritted his teeth and said:

"Do you know that you almost killed me yesterday!"

Li Zhen rolled his eyes with a breath mixed with the smell of leeks.

"Oh...this... Shopkeeper Qu, listen to Pindao's explanation...Didn't I tell Zhang Xiaoer yesterday? Old Mrs. Zheng is kind to Pindao, so I have to repay..."

"Who cares about you!"

Shopkeeper Qu seemed really annoyed, grabbing Li Zhen's collar and shaking it violently.

Li Zhen who was shaking was dizzy.

"Do you know that the adult waited for you all morning yesterday!!!"

"I know, Zhang Xiaoer told me... Shopkeeper Qu, calm down, hey, calm down, let go of Pindao first. The clothes won't be pulled, and if they are torn, Pindao won't have any clothes to wear." .”

To put it bluntly, shopkeeper Qu let him go.

At the same time, I also noticed Li Zhen's thick dark circles...

Thinking of what Zhang Xiaoer said when he came back yesterday, "The Taoist priest said that he would recite sutras to Mrs. Zheng for one night"... the fire in my heart was almost the same.

Helplessly sighed:
"Hey... the Taoist priest almost hurt me!!"

"Ahaha... This, this... Mistake, mistake."

Li Zhen found a plausible excuse, and then said:

"Isn't Pindao coming here now... shopkeeper, I haven't slept all night, can you let me drink some water first? I'll start talking now, can't I just start talking?"

"you……"

Seeing his lazy appearance, Shopkeeper Qu was speechless.

He waved his hand helplessly and said in a low voice:

"Go to the back kitchen and ask the cook to make you a bowl of vegetarian soup and pancakes! All these tables have been ordered today. What a fart! It's noon, and the master will talk about it later!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Zhen felt relieved.

Shopkeeper Qu is also a kind person.

Nod your head quickly:
"Understood, thank you, Shopkeeper Qu, for your grace! Poor Dao will go now, ahaha~"

With that said, he went straight into the room and cupped his fists at those tables:

"Everyone has worked hard, you are discouraged after hard work. Military lords, don't leave at noon, let's talk later. The poor are going to eat something warm~"

He walked quickly to the back kitchen.

But shopkeeper Qu looked at his furious appearance, stood in the snow with his hands tucked into his sleeves, and exhaled.

"call……"

The Taoist priest is here, regardless of whether the lord will come soon... at least there is an explanation.

(End of this chapter)