Portable space

In a hurry, and because the place is far away from the town, there is no major preparation. Lunch is all local dishes, and the main course is a big rooster that has just been slaughtered and made into spicy chicken.It seems that the owner's family has put a lot of thought into it. Although these dishes are not expensive, they are exquisite.

Different from at home, several people are a little reluctant to let go, at least Zhang Taiping and Wang Laoqiang seem to eat the most, but they are not full, and the same is true for the others.Because Wang Gui wanted to drive, he didn't drink, and the others also drank lightly.

After the meal, they sat together and inquired in detail about the matters to be paid attention to in building the pig house, and recorded them in the notebook.Zhang Taiping took a camera and took some photos of the pig house.When I was leaving, I asked Xue Qunwu for the phone number of the wild boar.

Using the long distance as an excuse, Xue Qunwu didn't try to hold him back, but pulled Wang Gui aside and talked alone for a while. As for what he was talking about, no one knew, and in fact no one was interested in knowing.

After the car drove out of the village and onto the main road again, Wang Gui asked, "Where are we going now? Or go straight back?"

The others all focused their attention on Zhang Taiping, the intention was obviously to let him make up his mind.

Zhang Taiping replied: "It's just after twelve o'clock, and I can keep up with it when I go back at four or five in the afternoon. At least go eat the special meal here, and then buy something to take back, after all, it’s not easy to come out once.”

Old Man Qian nodded and said, "It's good to go for a walk, I haven't been here for many years."

With Zhang Taiping talking to old man Qian, other people naturally had no objection, they came out today to wander around.So the car drove towards the county town.

The prosperity of Hu County is stronger than that of Lantian County, but it is much worse than that of Chang'an.

The specialty of Lantian County is Lantian jade, which is well-known throughout the country. Although there is no particularly famous specialty in Chang'an, its rich historical heritage can also be talked about.They don’t know much about Hu County. It seems that there are no famous specialties, and there seem to be many specialties, such as the famous "Huxian soft noodles" and kiwi fruit in the north, especially in Shaanxi, plus a few cultural landscapes.

I found a place to park the car on the side of the road, and it was a sight for a few elders to walk on the bustling street.Not to mention Wang Gui's strength, the burly figures of Zhang Taiping and Wang Laoqiang alone are enough to shock people, so wherever they go, people stay far away, as if they are so vicious.

Since I also found that this is not a solution, I feel like I am being treated like a monkey.

Zhang Taiping said: "It's not a big deal for seven elders to go shopping, let's go wandering separately, and just meet here at an appointment time."

Old Man Qian nodded and said, "Okay, let's gather here after two o'clock, at most three o'clock."

Wang Peng said, "Let's go with elder brother."

Wang Min also said: "I'll just stay with Lao Qiang. I haven't been here yet, so I'm not familiar with this place." He usually gets closer to Wang Lao Qiang.

In the end, Wang Bajin was with old man Qian, only Wang Gui was alone, but he was very familiar with this place, so naturally he didn't need others to worry about whether he would get lost.

When a group of people are together, every time they go to a shop, everyone must go in, and only Zhang Taiping occasionally buys something, and the others are just looking at it, and it doesn’t look like it The customers, the waiters or the boss in the store all look at everyone with weird and vigilant eyes, like guarding against thieves, which is really uncomfortable.

It's all right now, there are only Zhang Taiping and Wang Peng, although Zhang Taiping's figure can still surprise people, but the strange and vigilant eyes are missing.

Originally, Zhang Taiping wanted to go shopping alone, because then he could find a place where no one was around and put all the things in the space after buying, so as not to have to carry a lot of bags, but now he has With Wang Peng by his side, he could only put things in his hands.But Wang Peng knew the trick and took the initiative to help carry a lot of bags.

First, I bought a lot of decorations for the sedan chair, and filled the whole bag with a big plastic bag.Then I entered a jade shop.

Wang Peng asked, "Brother, are you going to buy jade?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said: "Well, buy some small jade pieces."

"Brother, why don't you go to Lantian County to buy it? I heard people say that it specializes in selling jade, and several streets are full of jade shops, and the jade is also authentic." Wang Peng rarely knows so much.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "That's the old saying. Now I don't know how much of the jade there is true, and because of the reputation, it is much more expensive than other places. Besides, I don't want to buy high-quality jade. The good jade, just buy a few pieces of jade that can make a crisp and pleasant sound when struck, and buy it on the way, so as to save you from running away later.”

The owner of the jade shop was a young woman in a cheongsam, she looked quite elegant, and they were sipping hot tea in front of the counter when they entered.

Seeing the two people coming in, the female boss came out from behind the counter, although they didn't look like people who could afford jade.Zhang Taiping usually doesn't pay much attention to dressing, as long as it fits comfortably on his body, he even wears a pair of skinny cloth shoes made by Cai Yazhi. No matter how you look at them, they are all bumpkins from the ravine, but he is tall.The temperament is calm, but people dare not underestimate it.

Wang Peng was dressed up like a dog by Zhuang Yu, but that boy always had a ruffian in him, no matter how you looked at it, he was not a decent young man.

The female boss didn't judge people by their appearance, even though the county had confirmed that the two were probably fools who came in to take a look, they still gave them a cup of tea with a smile on their faces.

After Wang Peng took the tea, he raised his head and poured it down, but Zhang Taiping sniffed it naturally, took a sip and stopped drinking.

The female boss's eyes flickered. Although the big man in front of him looked vulgar, he could tell from his natural reaction when drinking tea just now and his calm demeanor that he was not an ordinary person. He felt that his previous judgment was a bit wrong.

He smiled and asked, "Do you two gentlemen look at jade?"

"Of course I came in to see the jade." Wang Peng waved his hand and said, quite like a big boss.

It made Zhang Taiping bared his teeth and smiled.The female boss just smiled, and followed the two of them without saying a word.

Zhang Taiping looked inside for a while and found that the quality of the jade inside was actually quite good, there were very few fakes, and even a few of them were considered top-grade, worth 10,000+ to hundreds of thousands, although this price is not a big price among jade wares. , but it is not easy to have such a thing in such a remote small county.

And now being able to put it here blatantly without being afraid of anything going wrong is enough to show that this woman's courage and background are not simple, at least in the small county of Hu County.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping was watching without saying a word, Wang Peng stopped talking, but touched this and looked at the jade wares in the store.

"How much is this?" Wang Peng asked, pointing to the white rabbit in a row of twelve zodiac signs.

"2000 yuan." The female boss replied with a smile.

"2000 yuan? Is such a small piece of jade so expensive? Is it a scam?" Wang Peng asked three questions in a row.

The female boss was still smiling, without excuses or explanations.

Wang Peng thought for a while and still put it in his mouth, thinking that it is not worth spending 2000 yuan to buy such a small piece of jade, although it can be the best souvenir.

Zhang Taiping also looked over, and immediately understood why Wang Peng asked about this piece of jade.This year is the Year of the Tiger, and after the New Year is the Year of the Rabbit, and his child will be born not long after the New Year. Maybe he wants to buy this little white rabbit-shaped jade pendant as a gift for his child.Although he and Zhang Taiping spent a few years outside for a few years, spending money lavishly without restraint, but after all, he was born in the mountains and not a real dandy, and his lavishness is very limited. Jade, which is similar to stone, is still a bit hard to make.

After looking at the things in the store for a while, Zhang Taiping didn't have the slightest intention to buy them, but just admired them purely.Judging from the craftsmanship of the jade ware, it was not made by one person, and the fire is also uneven.

Although Zhang Taiping and Zhang Taiping did not show any intention of buying, the female boss still patiently accompanied them.

After roughly scanning everything in the store, Zhang Taiping asked, "Are there any jade pendants or pieces that are of the worst quality or have not been polished?"

"Worst quality?" Apparently, the female boss was also puzzled by Zhang Taiping's request, because when others buy jade, they only choose good quality.

"Not bad." Zhang Taiping cherished words like gold.

The female boss thought for a while and said, "Please wait a moment." Then she made a phone call.

Not long after, a young man pulled out a small cart from the house with a wooden box on it.After putting the wooden box on the ground, go inside again.

The female boss opened the wooden box and said: "There are all discarded jade pendants or scraps left over from carving other things. Sir, see if you can use it."

Zhang Taiping looked at it, but it was full of scraps, generally speaking, it was impossible to carve things, of course it depends on who is in the hands, but if it is in Zhang Taiping's hands, it is not impossible to turn waste into treasure.

"It's useful, but I don't know the price?" Zhang Taiping said.

This made the female boss a little bit embarrassed, these things have never been sold before, and now I don't know what kind of attitude Zhang Taiping has, so it is difficult to price them.

After thinking for a while, he said, "20 yuan a piece."

"20 yuan a piece? Why don't you grab the money? You can't do anything after buying this thing, and you still want such a high price." In Wang Peng's view, this is no different from a waste stone.

The female boss didn't negotiate with Wang Peng for replacement parts, but looked directly at Zhang Taiping.

Zhang Taiping waved his hand to make Wang Peng quiet down, and then said: "Okay, then 20 yuan a piece."

In fact, the reason why he agreed so readily without bargaining for a replacement was not because he was a big fat sheep willing to be slaughtered, but because these jades may be waste in the eyes of others and cannot be reused, but they still have value in his eyes. Yes, especially for some good-quality jade scraps, it is not a problem that the price will be increased by tens or hundreds of times after going back to the fine carving.

The main reason is that the jade curtain on the sedan chair needs this kind of broken jade pieces.If it is too precious to use the jade in the space, even a small piece can buy all the broken jade in this box. If you use any kind of jade to decorate the sedan chair, it is guaranteed to be rich and touching, and you can rent it out in the sedan chair When something happens.

After the price was negotiated, the female boss said straightforwardly: "Then sir, let's choose first." She didn't worry about what Zhang Taiping did with these pieces of jade, anyway, she had already made money.

Zhang Taiping and Wang Peng began to choose. They rummaged through the boxes and picked out more than 200 and nearly 300 yuan.Zhang Taiping put it directly in the snakeskin bag under his armpits.

When paying the bill, Zhang Taiping said: "Take that little white rabbit from just now."

The female boss responded with a smile.

After paying the money, Zhang Taiping handed the little white rabbit to Wang Peng.

Wang Peng waved his hand in response and said, "I can't take this, it's too expensive."

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "It's not for you, but for the unborn nephew or niece."

"This can't be done either."

"If you tell you to take it, you can take it, where is there so much nonsense?" Zhang Taiping scolded, wrinkling his head.

Seeing that Zhang Taiping was about to get angry, Wang Pengcai took the little white rabbit and put it in his pocket.

It wasn't until the two of them walked out of the jade shop that the female boss realized that she had lost her sight. This big man is some kind of vulgar man from the mountains. Go out without blinking an eye.

The two walked to the street and checked that it was less than two o'clock.

Wang Peng asked: "Brother, where are you going now?" Anyway, he didn't have any purpose.

Zhang Taiping said: "Let's go eat some food first, I'm a little hungry."

"Then go eat, I'm already hungry."

Instead of going into those restaurants, the two of them went into a noodle shop.Hu County's special pasta "Hu County Soft Noodles".

It stands to reason that this time has passed the time for eating, but the small noodle restaurant is still overcrowded.The two of them didn't want to run away to find another house, so they crowded inside.Fortunately, most of the others had already served their noodles, so the two didn't have to wait long.

One big bowl of noodles per person, another cold dish platter, and one bottle of beer per person.

Huxian soft noodles are characterized by the word "soft", but the strange thing is that it keeps coming.It's about the same width as the belt, not that long.On top are tomato and egg juice, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a spoonful of pickled soybeans. The most satisfying thing is a lot of lean meat.

Maybe it was hungry, maybe it was really good, Wang Peng praised "good!"

One person asked for a bowl of noodle soup when he was full and full. Drinking whatever noodle soup is good for digestion and strengthening the stomach. This is the wisdom left by the older generation.

After leaving the noodle shop, Wang Peng asked again: "Where are we going now?"

Zhang Taiping said: "I heard that the kiwi fruit in Hu County is famous all over the country. I'm looking to see if I can get some saplings back and plant them in the orchard, so that I can have a mouthful in the future."

"Yes. OK!" Naturally, Wang Peng had no objection.

But just after walking a few steps, Zhang Taiping's phone rang, and after answering the call, his face became gloomy.