Lord please forgive me

Chapter 12
Everything around me is so fresh and interesting,
Yingzhen was also very interested in shopping, and almost forgot that he was a role that everyone shouted and beat in the Jianghu.

In the open space at the corner of the street, a group of people were watching something. Hearing the yelling over there, it seemed that there were craftsmen performing.

Ying Zhen also leaned over curiously. He is 1.8 meters tall. Even if he stands on the periphery of the crowd, he can see the scene clearly without tiptoe.

In the middle of the open space, an old man with white hair and long beard, who looks more than 60 years old, is practicing a set of three-section stick technique with his shirt off.

"Huh~ha~huh~ha~"

The stick danced by him is fierce and vigorous, with many changes in composition, but it is beautiful and practical.

Although the three-section cudgel is an unpopular weapon, each move can be long or short, and it has both offensive and defensive capabilities.
The length can be stretched freely, the change is difficult to prevent, the short can be both left and right, and it can be used every step of the way.
Even Yingzhen, who had seen countless martial arts performances in her previous life, couldn't help applauding.

Such a good kung fu, but it can only be performed on the street?What a pity.

Yingzhen could also see that the opponent's moves were skillful and exquisite, but unfortunately there was no true energy flow between the dances.

Practicing kung fu without practicing qi is ultimately child's play.

It can be seen that this old man's basic skills are very solid, and his muscles are full of knots. It should be that he has been practicing this kung fu for a long time.

He was dancing a stick in the center, and next to him was a boy whose trousers were all patched, holding a broken bowl in his hand, and was begging for money from the surrounding people.
This kind of reward is dispensable, more or less, it all depends on the heart.

The boy was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was also shirtless. Although his body was thin, the muscles of his upper body were sharp and angular, which belonged to that kind of lean and lean.

You can tell at a glance that you have practiced since you were a child.

Seeing the little boy's appearance, Yingzhen also felt sour. When she was so old, she had enough food and clothing, was carefree and had nothing to worry about, and she could even play games.

It was really not easy to make a living in ancient times...

Yingzhen took out a piece of broken silver from her bosom, flicked it with her fingers, and the silver piece drew a high arc, crossed the crowd, and fell into the boy's bowl impartially with a "clang".

The young man only saw a flash of silver light, and then looked at the silver particles rolling in the bowl, his gray face was overjoyed.

"Which uncle gave you the money? Please Rong Ping'an bow down and thank you."

The crowd looked at me and I looked at you, but no one responded.

"Which uncle gave you the money? Please Rong Ping'an bow down and thank you."

again and again,
The young man was unwilling to give up, and his pair of nimble little eyes were still searching the crowd.

……

Yingzhen has already left.

Seeing that the three-section cudgel can dance so many flowers, Yingzhen also wanted to get herself a weapon.

He remembered that he seemed to pass by a blacksmith's shop just now, so he turned back to look for it.

He thought it was necessary for him to wear a weapon. Although he didn't know how to use it, using it as an ornament would save a lot of trouble.

You must know that in the martial arts world where martial artists can be seen everywhere, law and order are definitely not much better.

You are good at being bullied, and if others see you in expensive clothes, and you don't look like a Lianjiazi, maybe you will have the idea of ​​robbing money.

Yingzhen is not afraid of being robbed, but is afraid of accidentally killing the robber.

There is no way, in order for the scroll not to be damaged, I have a prominent reputation and a set of violent hands, but I have to live my life,

Life is such a contradiction.

……

The sound of "clinking" iron can be heard half a street away,
Yingzhen found the blacksmith's shop and went straight in.

"Hello, guest officer, do you want to choose a weapon that is convenient for you?"

The shopkeeper who received him was a middle-aged man with severe forehead wrinkles.

"Yes, what weapons do you have here?"

"It depends on what weapon you usually use, so I can recommend it to you."

Yingzhen thought about it,
"I don't have a customary weapon on weekdays, what do you think is suitable for me?"

The shopkeeper looked him up and down,
"My opinion is that you have a good demeanor, with a hidden edge, as the saying goes, that a sword hides its edge. Moreover, your temperament is elegant and elegant. There is nothing more suitable for you than a sword."

Yingzhen laughed when she heard that, the shopkeeper is very good at doing business, he is almost going to heaven with the praise of customers,

"Okay, choose the sword."

"Okay, wait a moment."

The shopkeeper arched his hands, turned around and opened the curtain and entered the back room. After a while, he took out a dozen long swords and placed them on the long table in front of the shop.

"Young master, check your eyes, you can see which one you like first, and then I will introduce it to you."

"it is good!"

The long swords on the table were of different lengths, and they all had scabbards. Yingzhen picked up a few of them and looked at them, and they were all ordinary goods.
Picking a suitable length, Ying Zhen held the sword across her chest, holding the sheath in her left hand and the handle in her right, and pulled it out abruptly.

"Cha~"

the sound is dull,

Not even a "clang".

Yingzhen shook her head and smiled wryly,

'That's right, what kind of good weapons can you buy in a small county?Forget it, I just wanted it for decoration, so it doesn't matter if it's good or not. '

"Just this handle, how much?"

Seeing his match, the shopkeeper said with a smile:

"My lord is really discerning. This sword is three feet six inches long and one and a half inches wide. The body of the sword is made of fine steel. The hilt and scabbard are both century-old teak wood with hollowed-out copper skin. The blade is sharp and cuts iron like mud. It only takes six Baiwen."

Ha ha……

Such an ordinary sword has been outdone by you.

Yingzhen wanted to say something, you can cut the iron for me to see, but she didn't think it was necessary to be so serious.

He took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper smiled and took the silver with both hands,
"Please wait."

I saw him weighing the broken silver on a small copper scale,
"My lord, the money weighs five baht, which is 210 coins, which is less than the price of this sword."

Yingzhen nodded, then took out two pieces of silver and handed them to him.

After the shopkeeper took over, they all weighed in,
"Three grains of broken silver, weighing 19 baht, worth 790 bawen,"

After the shopkeeper picked up the abacus and crackled it for a while, he counted a pile of copper coins, tied them together with a string, and handed them to Yingzhen with both hands.

"At this time, your change is 190 bawen in small money."

"Okay, thank you shopkeeper."

"Don't dare, you still need it in the future, please come to the shop again."

Yingzhen nodded with a smile, picked up the sword, and left the blacksmith shop.

Sure enough, the conversion of this silver coin is similar to the ancient weights and measures in the previous life.

Broken silver is of different sizes and needs to be weighed. One or two feet of silver is 24 baht, which is 42 Wen for a large coin, and one baht is about [-] Wen copper coins.

"It seems that I really have a lot of money~"

Yingzhen couldn't help sighing, this is the first time in her life that she has so much money, why is she still a little uneasy?

He wandered like this until noon,

Although she didn't feel hungry because she ate a lot of porridge in the morning, Ying Zhen decided to find a place to have lunch.

Not eating on time is bad for your health, as many health experts have said.

……

Xiangmanlou,
Although this is the largest restaurant in Anping County, it doesn't have all kinds of dishes.

At this time, there was a wooden sign hanging on the door, with four words written on the top: Today's diet.

Dozens of meat and vegetable dishes are listed below.

Yingzhen can also understand this point,

In this era, there are no refrigerators, and there are no greenhouses for vegetables. People can only store food in deep cellars, and the cellars cannot keep fresh for long.

Therefore, most ordinary people can only eat according to the season.

Of course, meat is not included, meat is cooked on the spot, but the price is extremely expensive.

(End of this chapter)