Shendou Continent

Chapter 6
Early the next morning, Xiaoyou took the dried seafood from his home to the entrance of the village in exchange for a four-day ration for two people and a little pocket money.He kept Lin San's rations, packed up briefly, and set off for Jiazhou Mansion with Yupei and Lin San's instructions.

To go to Jiazhou, the journey is far or near, and it takes a day's boat trip. If you don't know the address, you need to rest at Oujiang Estuary or Fucheng for one night after arriving on the shore, and then go to Chen Zhang's residence in the city.

The ferry is in a nearby town called Qilidu.After about half an hour's journey, Xiao You arrived soon.After paying an Ouyue silver coin, Xiao You boarded the boat.Although Xiaoyou is young, he goes to sea all year round, and a one-day boat trip is no problem for him.

But he doesn't have a lot of money, so he needs to save some money.There are many currencies in this continent. Basically, every country has minted coins to issue their own currencies, and there are nearly [-] kinds of currencies.However, there are only three kinds of currency in the mainland, and they are the currencies of the three richest countries on the continent.The Ouyue coin of the Ouyue Empire is one of them.

Ouyue coins are divided into gold, silver, copper, and iron coins. One Ouyue gold coin is equal to ten Ouyue silver coins, one Ouyue silver coin is equal to ten Ouyue copper coins, and one Ouyue copper coin is equal to ten Ouyue iron coins. The conversion is simple .Xiaoyou's family belongs to a poor family, and the whole family can't afford a single Ouyue gold coin, but for this trip, they still prepared three silver coins.I already have dry food to eat, and I don’t need to spend money to find an open space to sleep in. However, traveling on the road is indispensable. For such a long boat journey, a silver coin is also a discount for the children. price.

After nearly five hours of sailing, Xiao You also arrived at Jiazhou Ferry outside Jiazhou City.At this time, it was getting dark, and before the gate of Fucheng City was closed, Lin You hurried into the city with the flow of people.After entering the gate of the city, Xiao You couldn't tell where the east, the west, and the north were. At night, the shops were closed, and the streets were quiet and dark.After all, it was a child, and it was the first time for him to go out alone, so Xiaoyou was a little scared and didn't dare to go any further, so he found a corner, ate some dry food, and curled up for the night.

At dawn the next day, Xiaoyou was awakened by the sunlight.It was the first time he came to Jiazhou Fucheng. Jiazhou was not only the location of Fucheng, but also the capital of Nanou Province. The prosperous Jiazhou was very novel to him.On the street, there are many houses on both sides, densely packed.Lin thought to himself, is this the provincial capital?There are so many houses!Moreover, the houses are all made of wood, which is obviously much better than the mud brick and earth embryo houses at home. Some houses are very large, and some houses have some patterns on the doors and eaves, which are very beautiful.

Not long after, the shops on the street opened for business one after another, and the street market in Fucheng began to show its true style, with people coming and going, bustling, so lively!People in various clothes, tall and short, fat and thin, men and women, I have never seen so many people before.

A little girl in a thin green dress with a ponytail on her head especially attracted Xiao You's attention, just like the girl with the silver bell back then.Since the girl left, he has never seen a beautiful girl in the village or Yandang County.Aunt Wang, who sells tofu in the village, is known as Tofu Xishi, and is known as Li Long's number one beauty. On this street, she is really out of the ordinary, or even inferior to everyone.

But what is more attractive than the characters is the dazzling variety of items, many of which have never been seen before.And there is actually a frog that can walk automatically by knocking, which is amazing!Little frogs, clever locks, rattles... I am fascinated by all of them.

Fucheng is really different!
"Where did you come from, little beggar, get out of here!" If the owner of the grocery store hadn't scolded him, he would have forgotten that he was not here for shopping.After waking up, Xiao You immediately realized that he had no money and looked poor, and he didn't seem to be here to buy things at all.So he hurried away, and according to his father Lin San's account, he began to inquire about Chen Zhang's residence.But in the vast crowd, it was extremely difficult to inquire about an ordinary residence. What's more, the Fucheng dialect was not exactly the same as the Yandang dialect. Lin You, who had a rural accent, wanted to find the exact address, but it was even more difficult.

However, the clever Xiaoyou soon gave up asking for Chen Zhang's address, and turned to inquire about the address of his boss's shop. He heard from Lin San that this rich man was in the business of medicinal herbs, and he was the largest medicinal material merchant in the city. Snow Rock Hall.Soon, this trick really worked.With the appearance of a little beggar, he quickly found out the address of a nearby branch of Xueyantang by asking a few people in the same costume.

After turning two streets, Xiaoyou came to a building.This building occupies a large area, bigger than the village head's yard. It is two stories high, with red and colorful pillars on both sides, and a balcony with railings on the second floor, which is very grand.Staring at the door plaque hanging in front of the building, Xiaoyou thought: "Xueyan Hall".Yes, it should be here.However, it was very quiet in the building at the moment, probably the door hadn't been opened yet.Suppressing his excitement, he stepped forward and knocked on the door softly, asking, "Is anyone there?" But no one responded inside, and it was still quiet.Xiaoyou was not discouraged, and asked three times in succession.

"Who is it?" Finally a voice came from inside, and a tall, thin man in a blue gown and a blue cap opened the door, rubbing his eyes while asking.Xiaoyou hurriedly expressed his intention of coming, and wanted to find the shopkeeper Chen Zhangchen in their shop.

"Which shopkeeper Chen came last night?" The man in blue looked at Xiaoyou and asked impatiently.

"Aren't you Xueyantang, a medicine shop? I want to find the shopkeeper Chen Zhangchen of your hall."

"Get rolling!" The man in blue finally realized that the little beggar was wasting his time, and said angrily, "This is Xiangmanlou, not Xueyantang. There are so many beautiful women in the building. Are there any medicinal materials? You This little beggar has been entertaining the uncle in the morning, so he won't beat you up anymore."

After some conversation, Xiaoyou finally understood that this is not Xueyantang.Lin You was never taught since he was a child, and he could not read at all. He looked at the plaque and counted three characters, thinking he had found it, but it turned out to be an oolong.Understanding it in my heart, I quickly turned around and slipped away.

However, the more the man in blue thought about it, the angrier he became, and immediately he called some beggar-looking people at the door to give some instructions, and those beggars understood, and immediately followed Xiaoyou.

At the corner of a street, three or four young beggars in ragged clothes but fierce eyes surrounded Lin You.

"You, what do you want to do?" Xiaoyou asked in horror.

"What are you doing? The uncle of Xiangmanlou told you to teach you a lesson so that you don't dare to knock on the door again next time." The leader said.Before he finished speaking, his fist had already hit Lin You.

Seeing the leader's move, the rest of them immediately followed up. You punched me and kicked me, and soon they hit Lin You.Na Lin You is only 8 years old, how can he stand the beating.Soon the body fell down, crying in pain.The group of people stopped when they saw this.Just as he was about to leave, suddenly one of them seemed to remember something, and stretched out his hand to fumble around him for a while, thinking he was looking for something valuable.This murder and robbery are not the same thing.

Soon, Xiaoyou's only pocket money and the jade pendant given by Lin San were robbed.Seeing that the jade pendant was about to be robbed, Lin You naturally refused to obey, and he didn't know where the strength came from. He stood up and fought back with his small fists, sacrificing himself to protect the pendant.It's just that he is too young, this power is not enough to fear for a few beggars who are already in their teens.A counterattack with a small punch, in exchange for dozens of punches, this group of people only beat Xiaoyou until he was out of shape before giving up.

"I beg you to return the jade pendant to me, please." Xiao You, who was already bleeding, could not care about the pain, thinking about the jade pendant, but kept begging.

"Get out!" The group of people didn't agree, they just replied fiercely.One of them gave him another kick, and then walked away swaggeringly.

There were still some pedestrians at the intersection in the morning, but the dispute between a few beggars naturally didn't attract much attention.It's just that at the corner of the street, a thin and helpless figure was lying on the ground bleeding and crying, looking very pitiful.

The people at the bottom are pitiful, but they are powerless to resist the powerful, and they can only hit the weaker people at the bottom, hurting each other, which is also sad.

(End of this chapter)