The fairy city of the market man

Chapter 1 1. Selling Shrimp
Shang San'er is not persistent, he only spends one hour a day fishing for shrimp.

But if luck really comes, no one can stop it!
At the top of the small six-section mountain outside the east gate of Luliu City, there are no less than a hundred people surrounding Heiququ's bottomless tiankeng, all of whom are fishing for shrimps, but today he, Shang San'er, is the only one who opened the business!
Even though it is only a piece of Youbi Shrimp, it is worth one or two taels of silver if sold to the City Lord's Mansion, as long as the immortals can use it, it is a rare item!

The last time I caught a section of shrimp was two months ago.

The shrimp is still struggling in his hand.It can be exchanged for money, and Shang San'er will never think it's body temperature is cold, just in case the shrimp claws cut off its fingers and tear off the slipknot on the ponytail line, so that it won't be hurt at all.

The fishing line made of horsetail is very thin, but it has to be hundreds of feet long to be wrapped into a big ball, plus the wheel, and thrown to Cao Laosi next to him: "Brother, help me pack it up, and I will ask you to ask for it tomorrow!"

Grab the shrimp and want to run down the mountain.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Cao Si grabbed his collar and said, "You bastard! When I caught shrimp, when did you not catch the autumn wind? What, you have to eat alone today?"

"Good brother, don't you know how powerful my old lady is? With so many people staring at her, everyone's mouths are broken, how can she hide her benefits? Let her know after a while. Mercy! Do you still want to beat the autumn wind from my old lady?"

Only then did Cao Si let go of his hand, and said with a sneer: "Seeing that you want to run away, I thought it was a loss of loyalty, but I forgot about it!"

Then he asked suspiciously, "Then why are you running?"

Shang San'er did not hide anything from this good friend who went to the door to sit and sit together when it was red and white, gambled together, and cooperated with each other when talking about foreigners, but lowered his voice: "Isn't the concierge department staying with a lot of foreigners?" Immortal? I have to find them to sell shrimps before my mother finds out, and wait for the uncle who doesn’t take money seriously, how much more can I sell before we can get it!”

Cao Si understood, and nodded sharply: "Then go quickly, and meet Mrs. Meng at noon!"

"okay!"

Cao's fourth son was left to pack up the ball of thread and the wheel, while Shang San'er ran down the mountain.

Unlike Shang San'er, Cao Si has a great name. He was originally called Cao Fugui, but he was indeed the fourth eldest in his family.Who told Cao Fugui to love to be an older brother because of his age, then don't blame Shang San'er for getting it back.

Liujie Mountain is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is just a larger hill, only tens of feet high, and it goes down the mountain very quickly.

However, the tiankeng on the top of the mountain is very deep, and it is said that it leads directly to the land of the Nine Nethers. Occasionally, there will be evil spirits coming out, blown down the mountain by the wind, and it will be a serious illness if it invades the human body. Those who are shrimps only dare to cast their fishing lines when the sun is shining.

Because of the tiankeng leading to the Land of Nine Nethernesses, even with the permission of the landlady, few people outside the east gate would dare to plant the land, and a lot of livestock sheds were built upside down.

On the two mile road from the foot of the mountain to the east gate, the roadsides are full of [-]-year-old trees. Some cattle and sheep are grazing in the forest a little farther away. Or catch bugs and play.

In terms of the age of the tree, the old willow tree in front of the Town God’s Temple must be counted in the Green Willow City. It takes seven or eight merchants to embrace the tree trunk. If the old willow dies, the current city lord will plant a new one there, and the current one is more than 700 years old.

The Youbi Shrimp was hardened, but its strength was not too great, let it struggle in the hand, after going down the mountain, it ran through the woodland for two miles, Shang San'er entered the city through the east gate.

The east gate has never been valued by the city lord, there are a few yamen soldiers leaning against the city wall, and there are only two old men under the gate.The gatekeeper old man is old, and he is only responsible for opening and closing the city gate in the morning and evening, and he is familiar with him, so he let him rush in.

Green Willow City is not big, with only two gates, east and west. The north side of the east gate is the vegetable market, where seasonal fruits, vegetables and meat are sold, and you can see them when you enter the city; Pulled goods.

A few years ago, Shang San'er had ridiculed that the city lord of the Zhou family might not be stupid, the brick kiln was fine, and most of the vegetables and grains were brought into the city from outside the west gate, and they could only be sold in the vegetable market after crossing the entire east-west main street. How much more does it take to grow vegetables?
I don't want Cao Si to answer him for the city lord, the caravans and immortals all come from Ximen, and when they enter the city, they will see a chaotic vegetable market, how can it be respectable?
Shang San'er was speechless.

Regardless of these, stepping on the bluestone slab, taking a shortcut from Dongzheng Street to Beitong Street, and then walking to the end, the second protocol office on the east side of the City Lord's Mansion is his destination.

There are only two streets in this city, the main street runs from east to west, and Tongjie runs from north to south.The main street connects the east and west city gates, and is divided into two halves according to the crossroads, which are Dongzheng Street and Xizheng Street; the same is true for Tongjie Street, which is divided into Beitong Street and Nantong Street on both sides. At the end is the Town God's Temple. When crowds gather at both ends, there is a large open space paved with bluestone.

Standing in front of the gate of the protocol department, with a large empty space behind him, and seeing no tiger guards or yamen servants walking around, Shang San'er hesitated, wondering whether he should shout or not.

The open space behind it is not small, so that when people in Green Willow City call it "Beitong Street", if there is no special designation, it is called here.

The north end is of course the city lord's mansion of the Zhou family, which is unparalleled in the whole city, and there are no ordinary houses on both sides of the space along the sky: the first house in the east is the government office, the second house is the protocol department, and the third house is the Shang San Cao Si etc. The public school of Enlightenment, then go down to Yabing Mansion, Tea House, etc.; the first one in the west is Keqing Mansion, the second is Huwei Mansion, the third is Artisan Division, and the next is Gongcang, Cao Siben’s Cao Da The master's house and grocery store.

Can't compare to the Cao family. The old merchant's ancestors should have never been rich. The one who is often praised by the last three generations is Shang San'er's great-grandfather who became a tiger guard. Unfortunately, this great-grandfather did not die well. The battle for the position, died in the chaos, and directly led to the downfall of the business.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a rogue like Shang San'er is considered a restless master, but unfortunately, in the most important place in this city, he also knows how much his family is worth.

The five hundred tiger guards are all considered half-human immortals, with their eyes above their heads, and they will not have friendship with rogues on the street.

The petty officials and soldiers in the official yamen can put their arms around their shoulders and call them brothers when they are happy to gamble.

Selling the Youbi Shrimp directly to the Immortals is regarded as a business to rob the City Lord's Mansion. Fortunately, the young shrimp cannot be sold for meritorious bamboo leaves, and the Zhou family does not pay much attention to it, so some people have to take advantage of it. It's just that other people have time, and they can wait patiently for the opportunity when foreigners enter the city, while Shang San'er has to beware of the old lady who finds after hearing the news, and won't wait for time.

Everyone in the city knows that three months have passed since the old city lord's funeral, and the battle for the position of the Zhou family's sons has not yet come to fruition. protocol department.

Although these days they are still only talking and arguing, but someday they will fight if they don't guarantee it.

Arguing will definitely lead to no results. Anyone who has no children or relatives in Huwei has nothing to do with them. Even the yamen soldiers and small officials are waiting for the good show to start and betting on when it will start.

Shouting loudly on Beitong Street at this juncture, I don't know if it will cause trouble?
After waiting for a long time, Shang San'er became more and more anxious when no one went out.

Immortals are different, and immortals generally don't care about ordinary people!

Scared!It's not like a fight just because I yelled!
In Shang San'er's mind, the city lord's mansion is too far away, and the old lady is more difficult to deal with, so he was really impatient to wait any longer, he raised his voice slightly: "Selling Youbi shrimp..."

Normally he prided himself on being brave, but here he didn't dare to be really arrogant. After calling out, Shang San'er just shut up and waited.

Hearing the voice, one of them really came out.

Seeing Suibu walking out of the concierge department slowly, Shang San'er secretly called out: "God is so unfair, is such a little girl who will fall down in the wind, also a fairy?"

This immortal is not short, but he is too thin. It looks like he is no older than Shang San'er, and his arms and legs are like firewood waiting to be put into the stove. If the whole body is added together, there will be no good flesh .

Seeing clearly the struggling shrimp in Shang San'er's hand, she was a little disappointed: "Is...only one knot?"

It's impossible to tell whether it's a human being or not based on its appearance, but if you ask You Bi Xia, how could it be?
Not only is she skinny, but she also speaks timidly, her voice is like a mosquito, and she doesn't have the spirit that a fairy should have!
Shang San'er bent down and smiled flatteringly: "Fairy, I've caught it from today to now, maybe it's just that one, if you miss it, it's gone!"

Facing a mortal, this fairy woman also had a hard time speaking. She shook her head and said in a low voice, "It's useless to... me!"

The two were talking, and an old woman walked out behind her, with her head upturned and her short skirt embroidered with peonies. She glanced at Shang San'er, and the old woman said to the previous woman: "Girl, since it's useless, Let's go back!"

"Okay, grandma!"

Chongshang San'er bowed, and the skinny girl helped the old lady, and turned back to the protocol department.

The grandparent and grandson walked away, business was lost, Shang San'er was very upset, and muttered: "Except for being whiter, the fairy girl is not as good-looking as the top card in Liuxuyuan! She looks so thin, maybe she has tuberculosis?"

Fortunately, before he was disappointed for too long, a burly man wearing a leather vest came out from inside, and laughed with his bare arms: "Grandma Chen doesn't like a piece of shrimp, I'm not too small, I take it back for the younger generation who just practiced! "

He casually threw ingots of broken silver over: "Is that enough?"

Take over the hand and shake it. Based on years of hand feeling, I know that it is about two or two.

Immortals don't ask for compensation.

The shrimp was not only sold, but also sold for a good price. Shang San'er was elated: "Enough is enough! Uncle Xian is rewarded with good rewards for a good man, and the sky is full of blessings!"

Passed the Youbi Shrimp, the man took it, pulled out a small bag from his belt, and put it in directly.

Shang San'er bowed to him before leaving excitedly.

Nearly two liang of broken silver is a whole piece, if I don't want to be searched by the old lady, I have to cut it open!

In a good mood, as if there was wind at his feet, he trotted all the way into the silverware shop on Xizheng Street, only then did Shang San'er gasp and yell, "Borrow the silver scissors! Borrow the silver scissors!"

They are all old neighbors, and they are used to silverware shops, and the shopkeeper is familiar with him. At this time, there are no customers in the shop, so he handed over the silver and cut it casually: "Sir, did you get rich today?"

"Don't talk nonsense, my life is difficult, how can I get rich?"

Deal with it with your mouth, but not slow with your hands, cut off a corner of the broken silver, which weighs about six or seven coins, and the rest is enough to deal with my old lady.

Returning the silver scissors, Shang San'er warned: "Don't tell the outside world, or I'll throw a bucket of manure into your shop!"

The shopkeeper smiled and waved: "Don't worry, I'm a silverware maker with the strictest mouth!"

Shang San'er groaned and rolled his eyes: "Don't just brag, how many women in the city can compare to your broken mouth?"

The shopkeeper laughed: "I'm not at home right now, so I won't tell her!"

Shang San'er just came out, thinking: "Let's hide this dime of silver in the mouse hole at the corner of the alley first, and then use it to make money at night. If we can win, let Zhang Fatty, who sells stewed meat, keep it for him, and he won't be afraid of it." Dare to trick me!"

Like most families in Green Willow City, his house is also in a certain alley, which leads to both ends of the alley.

As long as the shops on the street are not close to each other, there will be an alley in the middle, and the roads are connected to each other inside, so there are many alleys, and they are all nameless. The place where the ancestors lived for generations can find the way, and outsiders don’t know the way. , and won't go in and wander around.

With the money in hand, I happily turned into the alley, but before I reached the mouse hole, it must have been in disrepair for a long time, and a tile on the nearby house fell automatically without wind.

Shang San'er was also agile, and when he heard the sound of tiles above his head, he leaned back hastily.

The tile fell three feet away and smashed to pieces with a "bang".

Unfortunately, a flying fragment hit Shang San'er's lips, making his mouth numb!

"Bah! Bah!"

The spit out was bloodshot, and there were two front teeth!

"Let me get rich first today, and see you again. Wearing red and hanging on the lottery, are you going to be a bridegroom?"

He joked to himself, covering his mouth, feeling the pain, he stomped his feet angrily: "I'm almost twenty, and I'm not a child, I can't ask for help from immortals, can lost teeth grow back? In the future A man with a disfigured appearance and a leaky speech makes it even more difficult to find a daughter-in-law, and she will be laughed at by Cao Laosi and the others for a long time!"

The house where the tiles fell off is also an old neighbor, and he couldn't bear to blackmail his house, and no one saw him before and after, so he could only suffer from this loss!
It's really painful and wronged!
"Wang!"

Hearing the familiar barking of a dog, Shang San'er came back to his senses, and looked around him anxiously.

In this section of the road, not to mention the mouse hole, there are not even two or three weeds!
Yellow shadows flickered at the corner of the alley, first a yellow dog came slowly, followed by that one with eyes on his hips, isn't it his old lady?

In the hand of the old lady, there is still a rolling pin passed down from the old merchant!

(End of this chapter)