Daming kill

Chapter 44 The Choice of Survival
Going back to the barracks for dinner was no fun, and it was already past the meal time, and everyone wanted to eat some of Xiangyang's special delicacies, but He Zhuzi was worried for a long time.

It is not easy to find a clean place to eat that is still in business. This He Zhuzi used to be a clerk in a carriage shop. The place.

When Li Ping was about to wander around the crowded places in the city with everyone, this He Zhuzi shouted: "Yes."

Soon, everyone came to a scattered residential area not far from the river in the east of the city.

Walking in it, Li Ping obviously felt that there is a lot of popularity here. Not only are there more pedestrians, but they are also generally well-dressed. At least most of the people are not poor.From the appearance, some of them should be merchants and fellows running ships.

In this regard, Song Baolai seems to know better, he has been here before.

Most of the entertainment districts and restaurants in Xiangfan are in Fancheng, but because Fancheng was not very safe during the war, after all, the city walls were all made of earth, and they were short. In addition, Zuo Liangyu was the key garrison, so the merchants naturally started Transferred to Xiangyang.

The city of Xiangyang is too small, and it is difficult for them to enter or take up space, but this place, which is guarded by Xiangyang city and close to the river, is naturally the first choice.

Song Baolai wanted to change things, so of course he would not miss this place.

After realizing it, Li Ping couldn't help becoming curious. He thought he finally saw the place where merchants gathered, but He Zhuzi kept looking at Li Ping nervously, swallowing and spitting dryly from time to time.

After seeing a few passing gates hung with red lanterns and the gates were wide open, women with carefully painted makeup came out to look around from time to time, and red and green figures flashed past in the depths of the alleys from time to time, Li Ping finally understood where he was being taken.

Seeing everyone pursing their lips and snickering, looking forward to it, he shook his head helplessly.No matter how many merchants gather, they can't stand the chaos. In troubled times, it seems that only this kind of place can continue to open, and only this kind of place must have wine and food.

But He Zhuzi was still eagerly looking around, and stammering, he didn't know whether to say to Li Ping or himself: "The restaurants here should be open, there should be, I have no other meaning, no other meaning." what!"

Li Ping and Song Baolai looked at each other, the guy shrugged his shoulders, as if this was not the place he chose, and then suddenly said: "This kind of place is not expensive now, what do you think it is inside?" Woolen cloth?"

Li Ping said to him angrily: "Do you have an idea? Have you brought enough money?"

"Oh! Money? Money shouldn't be a problem. Don't think about it, there are a lot of women in my camp now, and your brother is a hot commodity now! I'm just curious, curious." Song Baolai gritted his teeth hard for the last words. , and deliberately raised his head.

The two rows of houses facing the street can already be seen at a glance, but there are no open wine shops.Li Ping reined in his horse, he was also a little curious, but he still looked at Song Baolai playfully for a while, and said: "It seems that I can't find a simple place to eat, I have fulfilled your wish, let's choose a place." He said As soon as the words fell, there was a small excited sound from behind.

Song Baolai turned his head to look behind him, and shouted with a smile, "It's over."

Over there, He Zhuzi also breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, everyone found a house in the alley with a yard of some size to ask.

The two young men at the door and a young woman inside were a little nervous at first by the army men riding mules and holding swords and guns.

After understanding the purpose of coming, seeing that this group of soldiers and Han people were all dressed neatly, and the leaders were two young and good-looking young men, the young woman's face immediately blossomed, but she kept saying that as long as the money was enough , there are wine and food, and there are girls.

After entering the courtyard, Li Ping and Song Baolai explained a few words, and Song Baolai immediately muttered skillfully to the young bustard beside him. The original strong men in the courtyard watched for a while and then hid in the house.

After the horse mule was tied up here, and two soldiers were left to take care of it, Li Ping, Ma Yong, and Hu Zhongshan were led into a room in the inner courtyard, and Liu San and other eight soldiers were arranged in a room in the front yard. a house.

After entering the room, Li Ping found that it was very bright inside. There was a round table in the innermost corner, surrounded by several chairs with backrests, and a round stool of the same height beside each chair. There was a screen next to it, calligraphy and paintings on the wall, surrounding The musical instrument ornaments and the lanterns on the door of the moon cave in the house add a lot of style to the whole room.

Li Ping naturally chose the chair inside and sat on it, while Ma Yong and Hu Zhongshan sat around carefully.The guiding boy said, "Gentlemen, wait a moment," and then slowly backed out.

After a while, someone came in to serve tea.

While the tea was being served, Song Baolai also came back, and he sat down beside Li Ping.Li Ping turned to look at him, and he said in a low voice: "I have already agreed with the old bustard to bring some local specialties to our place. The soldiers in front should have less wine and enough meat. I also arranged for them, just to be more ordinary, I asked Liu San to arrange for them to eat and play in turn, so don't lose your vigilance, and you must watch the horses. Okay?"

"Well, the arrangement is good." Li Ping nodded.

After the tea was served, the bustard brought four young girls in. The bustard smiled and arranged them on the stool next to Li Ping, and the one who looked the most petite was arranged to accompany Li Ping.

Then, a thin woman in a pale yellow dress walked in with a pipa in her arms. She bowed slightly to everyone as a courtesy.

The old bustard smiled and asked Li Ping, "I don't know what song I want to hear?"

Li Ping looked at the people on the table, and the people on the table looked at him blankly, so Li Ping said to the woman holding the pipa, "Sing whatever you want." So the woman sat down in front of the screen. On the stool, I adjusted my clothes a little, tried a few notes, and quickly played it lightly.

She opened her mouth, and immediately a soft, clear and beautiful voice came out.

Li Ping was not very interested in music at first, and he had never heard of ancient music. He only heard a few lines of performers playing and singing intermittently in the tourist area. He didn't know if it was real ancient music, let alone left What an impression.

But today, the woman's singing and voice made Li Ping feel extremely beautiful, with a completely different aesthetic feeling from modern music, coupled with the pleasing makeup of the performer and the scene, it was even more beautiful.

Li Ping was a little dazed when he heard it, and sighed in his heart: "It's really not ordinary."

Li Ping saw that the bustard retreated quietly after the woman in yellow sang, so he approached Song Baolai and whispered, "It's pretty good at making arrangements! Are they relieved?"

Song Baolai rolled his eyes, and whispered, "Brother, I gave you the money in advance. These days, if you don't see rabbits, who's going to spread the hawks!"

Li Ping nodded and replied "Yes", then stared at the woman playing and singing and listened carefully.

The woman who played and sang was very mature, about 27 or older, with faint lines around her eyes, she was definitely an older woman in this era, and even exceeded the usual age for performing arts.

Her head is a bit too big, her forehead is also high, her face is thin and long, and her fingers are also very slender, but overall she is dignified and beautiful. There are also obvious scars.

Li Ping listened carefully for a while, then looked at other people, and found that these guys were all sitting there, as if they were fascinated by listening elegantly, and Hu Zhongshan shook his head from time to time.

However, after a song, these guys finally revealed their true colors, and began to hug the woman beside them, and their eyes turned more and more on the woman.

Li Ping turned his head to look at the woman beside him, the woman looked at Li Ping at him, and hurriedly leaned against him, but Li Ping leaned to the other side and turned his head to continue listening, the woman had no choice but to back away embarrassingly. went back.

But soon, Li Ping realized something, and hugged the woman beside him, just hugged and listened gently.

After listening to several songs in a row, the food and wine finally came.Li Ping asked the girls to pour all the wine, raised their glasses and said, "Come on, have a drink. Brothers have suffered a lot these days. I would like to offer you a toast."

After a few glasses of rice wine, the atmosphere finally warmed up.

Hu Zhongshan, who seldom drank alcohol, blushed. He hugged the woman beside him tightly and stammered to express his loyalty and admiration to Li Ping.It was rare for Ma Yong to hold the woman in his arms and laugh and chat a few romantic words, which surprised Li Ping.

Li Ping exchanged a few words of courtesy with everyone, and made a few toasts to each other. Seeing that everyone was absent-minded, he stopped talking and began to study the food and drinks on his own.

There are six dishes in total, sandwiched meat, three-set plate, Kongming vegetables, physalis noodles, bacon and hoof. Although there are not many dishes, they are very distinctive and taste good. It is better than the simple diet he eats these days. It is much stronger.

It is not easy to take out these dishes, but it is no longer important whether the taste is pure or not.

So Li Ping slowly drank the rice wine, while slowly chatting nonsense with the woman beside him, and asked the woman who drank the song to sing a song by herself every once in a while.

The woman next to her is He Xiang, who is sixteen this year, and Li Ping can't comment on her looks.Her face is slightly round, her mouth is relatively small, and her eyebrows are drawn curved, which doesn't particularly conform to Li Ping's aesthetics, but it's by no means ugly, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

He Xiang's bone frame is obviously relatively small, and her chest is not much stronger than that of the airport. Li Ping asked her to stand up and turn around, and found that the back is indeed a flat plate, but the skin is not bad.

Looking at the other women who are obviously older and taller, especially the woman next to Hu Zhongshan, Li Ping is a little bit stunned by the aesthetics of this era. At this time, his curiosity is far greater than that of other women. .

After eating food and wine for a while, Song Baolai and the three of them could no longer hold back, but seeing that Li Ping didn't move, the three of them couldn't say anything, they just moved their hands and feet in a hurry.

Finally, Song Baolai couldn't bear it any longer. He leaned into Li Ping's ear and said, "I'm not satisfied with this one. I'll ask someone to change it for you. The wine is almost finished."

Li Ping finally came to his senses and realized what they wanted to do. He really thought it was simple just now, so he waved to him and said, "No, I was a little fascinated by the music. After listening to the music for a while, if you really have ideas, go Bar."

On this issue, Li Ping really didn't want to pretend to be a saint.Their future is uncertain, life and death are unknown, and they have neither used coercion nor refused to give money. In fact, this is good for everyone.

But I didn't expect that the three of them immediately took the women around them and ran to other rooms to get along alone. They were obviously more interested in women. Even Ma Yong, who is so upright and stable, and who hates evil like a vengeful man, is also very contented without the slightest bit of twitching. .

Maybe this kind of life is part of the normal order in this era!

There was no disturbance in the room, and Li Ping also let go a lot. His conversation and elegance soon made He Xiang slowly open up the conversation.

Li Ping learned that He Xiang was originally the daughter of a small family here, who was caught living here after the family broke down.And some of the women in this courtyard were sold, some were robbed, and some are even from good families now, and they only come here to sell temporarily for the sake of stuttering.

However, living here is equally difficult. There are too few guests now, and they have no way to survive without them.

Li Ping was confused.

He thought of the time when he drank in Shi Ming's camp a few days ago. The girls who were called to accompany the drink did not see any signs of being forced or humiliated at all. Instead, they exuded excitement and longing. Sweeping all kinds of food on the table, they did not shy away from their urgent need for food.

This is survival.

It doesn't matter if He Xiang's words are true or false.The cruelty and reality of this world made him feel a little chilly.

Everything is giving way to survival.

How long can he live, and how long can this city last? Daming is about to perish. This is not only a sinful old society, but also a chaotic world that cannibalize people.

At this time, the faint laughter came from the surroundings, making this profligate life and the purgatory scene outside suddenly complement each other.

(End of this chapter)