The fairy city of the market man

Chapter 14
Shang San'er took the old dog out of the city lord's mansion early again.

Yesterday, they ate a big fat pig, which made them happy all day.

Stir-fried pork liver, pork loin, and fresh meat in the morning, deep-fried big fat intestines, stewed trotters, and pork head meat in the evening, all really satisfy your gluttony, and you can eat comfortably even if you lack salt and seasoning.

The little girl, Pi Chen Meier, even brought some back to the concierge to honor her grandma who was on the sick bed.

It's only the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, it's not the twelfth lunar month, and the meat can't be marinated. Fortunately, there is an ice cellar in the city lord's mansion, and all the meat that can't be eaten is moved in.

During the banquet, Cao Si said that he would stop firing, and he would come to the city lord's mansion for three meals in the future. Although the old lady gave him a supercilious look, she didn't object, and asked the little girl to come and eat with her, saying that she wanted to have a good time .

Unlike Earth Immortals, Human Immortals cannot do without food.

The little mother Pi's father and mother were about to come to pick them up, and they couldn't eat a few meals, and besides, she ate so little, and she could still help the old mother, so Shang San'er had nothing to say.

The big jar of "Rotten Intestine Wine" was unsealed last night and scooped up a pot, each poured a small cup, but unfortunately, as the master said, the stench was extremely strong.

Seeing that Shang San'er really dared to taste it with a frown, Cao Si dared to drink it because it wasn't the kind of wine that came before the catastrophe.

The old lady tasted it and spit it out, unwilling to suffer the crime.

The little girl could bear it, she took the small cup and sipped it drop by drop, and when the feast was over, she sipped all the wine in the small cup worth five cents.

Shang San'er's wine glass is also five dollars. The master said that the wine is full of spirit and strength, so he dare not pour too much.

In the mouth of the wine, the stench was really bad. It caused Shang Saner to almost spit out the fried fat intestines that he ate. Because it can increase aura, he drank it with great perseverance. He gritted his teeth and stood firm. .

Shang San'er is still a novice in cultivation, so he can't judge the amount of spiritual energy added, but judging by the appearance of the little girl, it should be very good.

Just five qian wine made Shang San'er slightly drunk, and slept until dawn after dinner.

There is no need to call Cao Si if he does not slaughter pigs today. Shang Saner wants to take a stroll around the city.

Well, my own city.

After burning for two days and two nights, the smoke in the public warehouse on the right finally faded away. The burned bones did not contain flesh and blood, so there was not much stench. All that could be smelled in the nose were the smell of burning grain and wood.

Looking around in the empty space outside the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, he took the old dog to measure his city step by step.

First from north to south.

Beitong Street, passing the official office, Keqing Mansion, Huwei Mansion, Protocol Department, Public School, Yabing Mansion, Artisan Department, Gongcang, Cao's House, Tea House, and grocery store.

At the crossroads, there used to be stewed meat stalls, fortune-telling stalls, writing stalls, and some hawkers selling candied haws, tofu, mountain products, firewood, etc., and a broken leg that had been begging all year round, but now it is gone.

Nantong Street, past pawn shops, Green Willow Restaurant, Cyclamen, Banks, Antique Shops, Bathhouses, Tailor Shops, Cloth Shops, Rouge Shops, Dental Shops, Guest Houses, Catkin Courts, Datong Gambling Shops, Candle Shops, and Chenghuang Temple.

There was only a mud pit where the dead old willow tree was. The old dog dragged the tree to the public warehouse and burned it together.

Go to Chenghuang Temple and turn around, pick an alley at random, and turn to the east gate.

There are houses on both sides of the alley, some with open doors, some closed, some with white papers and white lanterns hanging, and some empty.

Occasionally there is a gust of wind, and the windows that are not closed will make a "squeak, squeak".

I didn't meet anyone.

Turning to the east gate, the old man who was guarding the gate was nowhere to be seen, and the city gate was wide open.

Walk up the city wall ladder on the right hand side, but there are no Yamen soldiers, and the long city walls on both sides are empty.

Looking to the east, the color below Liujie Mountain is only withered and black, and further away is the luxuriant human scenery. The sight is blocked by the mountains, and the kilns for burning tiles and pottery, and the mountains for extracting stones and mud are all invisible.

Then go down the city wall ladder, and to the south is a brick row, which is nothing to see.Across the street is the vegetable market, the greasy meat table has disappeared with the black mist, leaving only some wood slag; a few steps inside, there are two abandoned bamboo baskets left on the original vegetable stall on the ground.

Turn around, from east to west.

Dongzheng Street, past the animal skin shop, brick shop, calligraphy and painting shop, bookstore, stationery shop, woodcarving shop, stonemason shop, pottery shop, flower shop, fish and bird shop, tea shop, and then to the crossroads, both sides of the street are Tea House and Green Willow Restaurant.

West Main Street, passing grocery stores, pawnshops, wineries, silverware stores, grain and oil stores, candied fruit stores, pastry stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, small restaurants, porridge shops, pharmacies, medical centers, coffin incense candle shops, Cars and horses.

No one was seen.

After the refugees moved in, the only living things in the whole city were my wife, Cao Si, my grandson, and the old dog.

Five people, plus a dog.

Shang San'er had made up his mind to be the city lord, but yesterday's slaughter of pigs was not a big deal. After the last refugees moved out, he really walked around the city. Seeing this empty and lifeless city, he felt aggrieved and overwhelmed. His chest was heavy and uncomfortable.

It's only been one day, and he can't stand it.

Fatty Zhang, Mrs. Meng's, the shopkeeper of the silverware shop, Liu Xinliu, and those diners who can't name them and nod while drinking porridge, familiar gamblers, children running around, old people playing chess, women who do laundry Every one of the yamen soldiers who pretended to be tigers and foxes has disappeared.

It's just too loose.

There are two city gates in the east and west, and it is difficult to even open early and close every day.

Standing in front of the west city gate for a long time, he called out, "City God!"

The City God said that as long as you are in the city, you can call him and he will know.

After this sound, a voice sounded in my ear: "City Lord, why are you calling me?"

Shang San'er said: "The east and west city gates are open, if any stranger enters the city in the future, please let the city god know me!"

"Understood! Is there anything else?"

"No!"

After the conversation with Chenghuang ended, he called again: "Old dog!"

The old dog raised its head, Shang San'er raised his leg and kicked hard, hitting the dog's nose.

"From now on, I have to learn how a dog barks a hundred times every day. When barking, I am only allowed to bark twice. If other creatures enter the city, they will only bark three times when they find me!"

If no one is guarding the city gate, the city god and the old dog have to double guarantee. After giving the order, he called again: "Take me back!"

The old dog can carry wine, can carry a coffin, and of course can carry him, but the master has warned that it is not allowed to carry others.

After strolling through the streets of the empty city, he rode his dog back at full speed.

To restore some vitality to Green Willow City, the only way is to find someone to make up for it, and it cannot be ordinary people.

Three or five years later, there will be evil troubles, and the master has paved the way for Dilongshan Tu Zhuang, a ninth-level human immortal. Shang San'er originally thought that he would not be able to do so until he got in touch with the life on the chessboard and learned one or two Taoism skills. I have the confidence to look for it.

But after visiting the city, he couldn't take it anymore, so he had to act quickly.

Go back to the city lord's mansion, take some leftover incense sticks, and go out again.

This time, we went to the Earth Temple outside the city.

The Earth Temple is just west of the Green Willow City, and you have to walk another three miles after leaving the west gate.

There are many hills outside the Green Willow City, and the place where the Earth Temple is located is also a small hill with green trees on it, and there are several willow trees on the side of the temple, which reflects the name of the city.

The people who lived in the city but lived outside the city by farming, raising livestock, cutting firewood, and burning kilns for a living would come to the Earth Temple to burn incense for peace.

The old situation is gone.

Burning incense at the door, kicking the old dog to kneel down, bowing down to salute at home, which is comparable to the Chenghuang Temple.

The first stick of incense, as the city lord, thanked the landlady for protecting the people and donating food, corresponding to the merit and virtue, greatly increasing the power of the vow, and the landlady was also happy, willing to come out to meet him.

"Why is the city lord looking for me?"

Shang San'er offered two more sticks of incense, and then said: "The second stick of incense, thank the landlady for saving my mother and child's life that day! The third stick of incense, ask the landlady, where is the oldest Liu near the left? I want to transplant it into the city."

On the day of the catastrophe, Shang San'er fled with his mother on his back, but he couldn't escape the black smoke of Youmo.

The old lady also said that she would come to the Earth Temple to burn incense. Today, Shang San'er paid respects first.

The deeds of this landlady are also widely spread in Green Willow City.When she was alive, she was just an ordinary citizen. She lost her husband when she was young, and lost her son when she was middle-aged. If you ask her, you will do your best to help.When she died, although she had no descendants, there were dozens of people dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, half of the city was buried, and even the city lord's mansion was alarmed, and it happened that the old land was killed and wiped out, so she was simply turned into a landlady of green willows.

The name of the city is Green Willow. Whenever the old willows in the city wither and die, the city lord will replant new willows, which is also a common practice.Hearing Shang San'er's intention for the third stick of incense, the landlady pondered for a while, and then said: "There are many old willows outside, but the old woman thinks that the new city owner should have a new look, so why choose old willows again? It's better to take new willow branches and put them in." Kind of, look in a hundred years, the age of the tree is the age when you are the city lord, wouldn't it be better?"

Reminded by her, Shang San'er also figured it out, and bowed to express his gratitude: "I thought I was wrong, thank the landlady for pointing it out!"

After coming out, I plucked two new willow branches from this year's old willow tree next to the Earth Temple.

Riding an old dog back to the south of the city, I planted two wicker sticks on the left and right sides of the City God Temple, asking for a pair. The former city owner planted one plant, and he planted two.

Planting wicker does not pick the season, as long as there is no drought, they can survive.

Then I was going to go back, and Cao Si picked up the water used for cooking today, and got some water to drench the willows by the way. People in the city could not import the polluted ones, and they didn't want to use them to water the wickers.

Walking back to Beitong Street, my mind turned, instead of entering the Cao Mansion, I went to the Protocol Department instead.

Because it is the place to receive immortals in the city, the concierge department occupies a large area, so Shang San'er asked the old dog to lead the way.

In the VIP room, the little girl was sitting on the edge of the bed talking to her grandma, when Shang San'er came in with a dog, he was very surprised: "The city lord...is there something wrong?"

Her grandma was lying on her back on the couch, only her five sense organs could move, and her eyes were fixed on Shang San'er.

Covered with a silk quilt, she couldn't see her short skirt, and her upturned shoes, also embroidered with peonies, were placed under the couch.

Shang San'er rolled up his sleeves and said viciously: "I will avenge my teeth, come and scold this old lady!"

Although they are grandparents, the temperament of the old woman and the timid little girl are completely opposite. Hearing the sound of anger, she screamed and scolded: "Bah! You unscrupulous rascal, you have enough luck in eight lifetimes, and this time you hit it. You just picked up a shabby city lord that no one wants, and you dare to act wild in front of the old woman without knowing the weight?"

Being preempted by her, Shang San'er was not willing to show weakness, and snapped back: "Damn old woman, if I have a little bit of revenge, I would have beaten my young man's teeth. If I hadn't met a fairy, I would have been disfigured all my life! An old man who doesn't cultivate morals!" Godly lady, the sky won't let you, the earth won't let you, that's why you can only stand up on the bed!"

(End of this chapter)