mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 4 Will you be invulnerable to all poisons if you eat it?

The shopkeeper wore a black jade-inlaid silk melon cap, tortoiseshell presbyopic glasses, and a raised goatee. He squinted his eyes and picked up the ring.

Eyes lit up!
He has never seen this thing before!

Rare!

A ring with a silver body, the main body alone should have two layers, and the card face is another layer, and then a golden dragon is welded on the sword-shaped card face again.The dragon didn't know how it was chiseled, it was so lifelike.

Another ring, the body is also silver, two layers welded, the outer layer is curly grass pattern.There is a circle of gold on the surface of the disk, diamonds are inlaid in the gold, and the inner circle is silver, with a circle of yellow diamonds inlaid, so that the colors can be symmetrical.In the middle is a large yellow gemstone.

One ring is exquisite and grand, and the other is delicate and luxurious.

It is not a product of this era at all, so the visual impact is particularly powerful.

The old shopkeeper frowned on purpose: "Hmm...light gold placer gold, crude silver..."

This is a cliché, someone comes to pawn, if it is cotton and silk fabrics, it will be described as "ragged clothes", and if it is jewelry, it will be described as "light gold dust gold".If it is tinware, it must carry the word "waste" to depreciate the value of the item.

"Hehe, you are so poor, you have eyes but no eyes..." Zhao Chuanxin immediately turned back.

If you say my things are broken and the workmanship is rough, I will say that in your broken place, the shopkeeper has no vision at all.

Shopkeeper: "..."

You are so witty!
Zhao Chuanxin had something important to do, so he didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said: "Gold is real gold, silver is pure silver, and inlaid gemstones are imported, very expensive! The workmanship is exquisite workmanship. You can find craftsmen to imitate this kind of inlay. If you can make it in China, I will give it away for free! This is what I brought back from England, and it was made with the latest industrial technology. The two rings cost a total of 50 pounds!"

The ring was actually made by Zhao Chuanxin himself.

He is a sculptor and has a solid foundation in sculpting. It is not difficult to learn techniques such as inlaying and engraving gold and silver jewelry.At that time, it was used to show off his skills. In fact, he was considered a craftsman at best, and the styles were all imitated, with no original elements.

But even if it is imitated, it is unique at this time.

The shopkeeper was robbed for a while, and choked so much that he rolled his eyes.Ordinary people come to pawn, or they are desperate poor people, they are dumb.Either it is the second-generation ancestor of the Bannerman, who can't save the nobleman's face, and is unwilling to speak up.

How is it like the person in front of me, who is eloquent.

Hearing that it cost fifty pounds to buy it, he took a long breath.

After a long while, he sighed: "The things are good, and the distinguished customer is also a knowledgeable person. But the pawn shop has its rules, which always allow [-]% of the price, and no counter-offering is allowed. The monthly interest is three points, and the monthly interest will be deducted first, even if it is redeemed overnight. It will also be deducted on a monthly basis. Three years of death and two months of living. The vote is not registered, and the vote is not recognized..."

This is the only pawn shop in a small place, so Zhao Chuanxin has no choice.

He asked, "How much is it?"

The shopkeeper looked at it by the light, and pretended to say: "I bought it for fifty pounds? After all, this thing is unfounded. In addition, the ring has been damaged with some dullness and scratches. The silver dollar can only be converted to 40 yuan for you, 20% The price is [-] yuan!"

This price is one-tenth of what Zhao Chuanxin quoted!Even if he made up the price nonsense, he still felt that the shopkeeper of the pawn shop was really dark-hearted!

Snapped!
He slapped the cabinet violently: "It's done!"

When he left the pawnshop, the shopkeeper tilted his head and let out a disdainful hey: "Prodigal son!"

……

When Zhao Chuanxin said those words, Liu Baogui and Zhao Zhongyi treated him as a "guest of honor".

Not only gave him food, but also took him home and found a place for him to live.

This small city has not yet been fully developed, and it is not full of people like in later generations.

Zhao Zhongyi and Liu Baogui are neighbors and live in a remote place.But in Zhao Chuanxin's view, this is not even the suburbs of later generations.

Zhao Zhongyi is a good driver. His craft, which is not considered a craft, has been passed down for three generations. Zhao Chuanxin remembers that his grandfather was a driver when he was in the production team of later generations.

The ox cart wobbled and walked on the dirt road, which was very bumpy.

Zhao Chuanxin looked around on the bullock cart, feeling surprised everywhere he saw it.

After a while, we arrived at Lugangling Village.

At the entrance of the village, a group of children ran wildly.

The child at the head is neatly dressed and even wears a tiger head cap.The group of children in the back was much worse. Some had half-stretched buttocks, some had patched clothes, and most of them were wearing straw sandals.

One of the Mai Tai boys, whose nose was running like a river, saw the bullock cart and shouted, "Father, Uncle, you are back!"

Zhao Chuanxin had a very strange emotion brewing in his heart!
Could this little kid be his great-grandfather?He had very little impression of his great grandfather, and before he could remember much, his great grandfather was gone.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhongyi jumped out of the bullock cart with a smile, and carried the snot-nosed baby into the bullock cart.

Zhao Chuanxin found that Liu Baogui looked at the snot baby with envy in his eyes.

This guy hasn't married yet, and his mind is full of thoughts of saving money to marry a wife.

At this time, the leader of the child Wang put his hands on his waist and said: "Zhao Hongzhi, get down for me. I don't even take a car from XHQ, how dare you make a mistake?"

Hey, he's not very young, and his tone is not small.

XHQ is the head of the upper three banners, and its status was indeed honorable in the Qing Dynasty.But at this time, the banner people in the Northeast region have completely declined, and no one takes them seriously, only they are very arrogant.

Zhao Chuanxin watched with great interest.

When the snot-nosed boy Zhao Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't sit still and wanted to get out of the car.

But he was held down by Zhao Zhongyi, and then he smiled and shouted to the children below: "Come up, let's pull you along."

It's a bit interesting, Zhao Chuanxin feels that his great ancestor is actually not that simple and honest.Behind the kindness, there is also an arrogance that is not willing to be seconded.

As soon as the children heard it, they screamed and climbed onto the bullock cart.

Zhao Chuanxin saw it, yes, he jumped down to make room.

I saw the child's face flushed with anger: "I don't take a car, our family all takes a sedan chair."

It's just that these children were screaming, but no one listened to him.

In the end, he could only get into the car resentfully.

Liu Guigui joked to the child king: "Defu, you are the only one who still sits in a sedan chair. Your father's sedan chair was sold long ago, and he lost it all in a gambling shop. How can there be a sedan chair for you?"

Telford?Dove?
Zhao Chuanxin, who was drinking water, spit it out in one gulp.

Seeing him like this, Liu Guigui whispered to him: "This kid's family belongs to the Yiergenjueluo family, but the family is about to go bankrupt."

Ergenjueluo Defu said angrily: "You are talking nonsense. My father said that my family does not sit in a sedan chair because the doctor told my father to walk more to keep fit."

Suddenly, Zhao Chuanxin interjected, "Your father lied to you."

puff……

Liu Guigui and Zhao Zhongyi smiled unkindly.

Defu turned his head and pointed the finger at Zhao Chuanxin: "Well, you are a bold and unreasonable person, and you have shaved your braids. Do you want to rebel? Believe it or not, I asked the government to take you away?"

Zhao Chuanxin didn't say anything, and took out a paper bag from his pocket, which was full of sugar balls.

He said to Defu, "Want to eat?"

Telford swallowed.

A circle of children were swallowing their saliva.

Zhao Chuanxin had already seen it.

Although Defu was neatly dressed, the tiger hat was torn in several places, and the stitches were crooked.Although there is no pudding in the clothes, they are a whole circle smaller.

Just like most banner people nowadays, the donkey dung has a smooth surface.

Telford turned his head away.

Zhao Chuanxin scattered the sugar balls around.

Finally, take one and put it in front of Telford.

A group of children chattered and chattered, even Liu Baogui was a little greedy, not to mention that he hadn't eaten candied desserts for a long time, but he had tasted Defu before.

In the end, the face did not resist the temptation, and he snatched it away and put it in his mouth.

This is maltose, and the sugar balls are very small. Most people buy a handful of them for their children, and they have to be during the holidays.

Zhao Chuanxin distributed two more to Zhao Zhongyi and Liu Baogui.

After a while, these little kids called "Uncle Uncle" cordially.

When he arrived at Zhao Zhongyi's house, Zhao Chuanxin met his great-grandmother and the old lady whose name he no longer knew, namely Zhao Zhongyi's mother.

Both women have bound feet...

For some reason, seeing Zhao Chuanxin's little feet made him angry.Not angry with them, but angry with this era, with those erotic aesthetics who regard ugliness as beauty!
So, he took out another bag of sugar balls as a door-to-door gift, and went back to his home with Liu Baogui, out of sight and out of mind.

Liu Baogui's family can be described as a shabby family.

In the snack basket are his kitchen utensils.There is a small square Kang table in the room, but there is nothing else!
Zhao Chuanxin sighed, and did not make straw mats on the kang, he was afraid that there would be lice and fleas in them.Squatting at the door, took out the diary, opened it and looked at it.

Seeing Liu Guigui poking his head out to peek, he took the opportunity to ask, "Fugui, what do you see written in this book?"

Liu Guigui shook his head: "I didn't write anything? Besides, even if I wrote it, I can't understand it, I can't read!"

"Ha ha……"

This is the best way, only he can see the words in the diary.

[I've rested and continue on my way. 】

Ah, what an unlucky thing to say!
Gives a bad feeling.

[The shadow forest seems to have no end. After walking through that small grassy path, whenever I look back, it makes me feel that it becomes difficult to recognize the return journey. 】

[I walked for a long time, and walked a long way, and there were dots of light spots among the bushes in front of me.I thought I came out of the forest, or saw the light of the sky.When I got closer, I found that there was a glowing flower here. 】

[Among the flowers that shone brightly like stars, I saw humanoid creatures not much bigger than mice. They were working together to bury the grass seeds in the soil. 】

[They spotted me, and one of the dwarfs ran towards me. 】

[The little dwarf spit out: Stranger, are you lost? 】

Zhao Chuanxin just raised his heart.

In his impression, dwarves are generally cruel.

[I shook my head, indicating no. 】

[The dwarf said: Stranger, the air here is full of spores.Try not to stay too long or you will get sick.See those winged moths in the air?They are attracted by the bright light of lantern flowers.Their feces fall on the ground, nourishing the bacteria here, and after the bacteria die, they become nutrients for the bright lights.The fruit of the lantern flower is our food. 】

This closed-loop ecosystem made Zhao Chuanxin interested.He has also heard that if you inhale too many spores, you will suffer from mushroom lung.

He wrote in his diary: "I asked the dwarfs: why don't you get sick?"

[The little dwarf seemed very happy to have outsiders chatting with him, and the conversation was very intense, and said: Strangers, outsiders call us forest elves.Forest elves can never get sick, never get poisoned, our constitution is just like that. 】

Zhao Chuanxin wrote again: "I said to the forest elves: Then, if an animal eats you, will it be invulnerable to all poisons?"

[Forest Elf: ...]

(End of this chapter)