Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 11 0010 [Splash]

A deserted beach outside the market was chosen by the father and son as a place to spend the night.

The beach is full of pebbles, and occasionally green grass emerges from the crevices of the stones, which becomes a delicious dinner for the skinny horse.

Zhu Guoxiang took off his shoes and socks, sat on a big rock to wash his feet, and recounted various things today: "That Zhang Orion was a little too enthusiastic."

"Not at all." Zhu Ming really didn't think so, because he himself is the kind of person who would help anyone in trouble as long as he could without harming his own interests.

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Zhang Orion gives me the feeling that his village is short of people, or people with some ability."

Zhu Ming disliked his father's prostitution, so he immediately turned back: "Eat so much salt, didn't you get old?"

"It's fine if you don't believe me." Zhu Guoxiang didn't bother to argue.

After washing his feet, he wiped the legs of his trousers left and right, and picked up the socks beside him.

There was a hole in the sock, and there was a sour smell coming from it. Zhu Guoxiang came closer to smell it with some disgust, and threw it on the river beach to discard it.

"Crab!"

Suddenly seeing something in the water, Zhu Guoxiang jumped out and shouted in surprise: "Quickly move the stones out of the water, there might be crabs!"

When Zhu Ming saw the river crab in his father's hand, he immediately became excited. He took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and rushed into the water to catch the crab.

The skinny horse looked up at the sound, looked at them suspiciously, and walked slowly towards the water's edge.Passing by the place where Zhu Ming took off his shoes, he was immediately startled by the stench, and the horse ran away whining and moaning.

After turning over more than ten stones, Zhu Ming finally caught the crab. Although it was small, it was still edible.

After tossing and tossing until it was completely dark, twelve large and small crabs were caught.

Zhu Ming went to collect firewood nearby, while Zhu Guoxiang stayed on the river beach to build a stove.Put a few big pebbles together, and use the clay pots you picked up to fill the water, and remove all the crabs' internal organs and throw them inside.

After a while, Zhu Ming came back from collecting firewood and set up a pot to boil the crabs.

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, they both drank vegetable porridge at Tian's house.In the afternoon, Orion Zhang treated guests and ate a bowl of noodles in the town.At any rate, there is oil, salt and carbon water in my stomach, not as greedy as it was a few days ago, but at the moment I am still hungry and panicking.

The river boiled for a while, and Zhu Ming asked, "Is it cooked?"

"It should be ready." Zhu Guoxiang grabbed the grass as a rag, and carefully held the clay pot to the side.

Zhu Ming used small sticks as chopsticks, quickly picked out the crab, and stuffed it into his mouth regardless of the heat.There is no salt and no taste, but it is very delicious, even the crab legs with shells are swallowed.

Zhu Guoxiang was also wolfing down the crab soup, and when the crab soup cooled down a bit, he put his head down and stretched out his mouth to drink it.

The crabs were eaten quickly, and the soup was also full. Zhu Ming touched his belly and said, "I feel stronger, and I will catch crabs tomorrow."

Zhu Guoxiang recalled the past: "I have been hungry since I was a child, and my childhood dream was to be able to eat enough. I remember when I was in junior high school, a wealthy classmate in the county treated guests, each with a bottle of beer, and cut two catties of braised pig's head. That is It was the first time I drank beer, and it was also the first time I ate stewed pork. At that time, I thought, if I could drink beer every day and eat braised pig's head every day, I would have nothing else to pursue in my life."

"Very good ambition in life." Ju Ming said with a smile.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Your generation is blessed, and you are born with no worries about food and clothing. It's good to go through time travel, let you experience what it's like to be hungry."

Zhu Ming suddenly said in a strange manner: "I am blessed? It depends on who I compare with! Both you and my mother went to do some scientific research, and left me in the countryside. I am a child of a high-level intellectual family. How is it different from left-behind children? Parents of other migrant workers will go home at least during the Chinese New Year. You two are lucky, and you don’t know what you are doing during the Chinese New Year.”

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless immediately, he, as a father, really did not fulfill his duty.

The skinny horse wandered over at some point, and there was still some soup in the clay pot.The beast was not polite, and drank it with his head buried, and even found a crab leg, which he bit into his mouth and chewed slowly.

Zhu Guoxiang looked up at the starry sky and sat by the campfire in a daze.

"It's the old rule, the vigil is in rotation," Zhu Ming sat down cross-legged, with his sword across his knees, "I exposed my fortune in the pawnshop during the day, so I have to be more careful tonight."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Then I'll sleep for a while, and you wake me up when the time comes."

"Go to sleep." Zhu Ming said.

There were a lot of dead branches and leaves by the river, so Ju Ming got up to pick up some more, and slowly added fuel to the campfire.

On the farther bank of the river, several gangsters were lying there.

Both father and son are foreigners, so it is easy to inquire about their whereabouts.The pawn shop clerk found a few rogues, and they came to find them in the evening, planning to wait until midnight before doing anything.

The head of Poppi is called Bai Er, and he is discussing the issue of dividing the spoils: "These two strangers are already hungry enough to catch crabs, and I am afraid they have no money on them. Their valuable things are that skinny horse, a writing brush, and There are weapons on your back. I let you take the brush, and we brothers will get a few points for the rest."

But the pawn shop guy was not happy: "We have agreed to divide it evenly, so how can the thin horse belong to you? Brother Bai, you are a bit dishonest."

Bai Er said, "What's the use of that horse? It's so skinny, it doesn't even have the strength to pull a mill, so I can only kill it and eat its meat."

"The meat is only a few catties." Another ruffian interjected.

The pawnbroker said: "Even if the horse is killed and eaten, I will share a piece of the horse meat."

Bai Er said impatiently: "Fen Fen Fen Fen Fen, through your mother, you are really poor and crazy!"

Only then did the pawnbroker smile, and he didn't mind his wife being taken advantage of.

Bai Er said again: "When they fall asleep, rush up and hit the stick. Leave some strength in your hand, don't cause death."

"What if you accidentally kill him?" a rogue asked.

Bai Er said: "If you beat them to death, it's bad luck for them. Throw them into the river to feed the fish."

……

On the other side of the river, Zhang Guangdao was sitting in a rapeseed field, leisurely nibbling on wheat pancakes.

Two strangers, with a horse, were wandering around the market. Zhang Guangdao was sure that they would be targeted.

Let the father and son suffer a lot, and then go up to rescue each other, wouldn't the two heroes earn money up the mountain?

Why is it a hero?

Although the clothes and trousers of the father and son were dirty and torn, they behaved in a manner of their own.Standing among a bunch of villagers, he is like standing out from the crowd, and he must have a lot of background.

He is really short of people!
The cottage is mainly divided into two factions, one is the local faction headed by the village owner, and the other is the foreign faction headed by the second master.

The local faction has a large number of people and a strong foundation, and they control the relationship with the county government and the channels for selling stolen goods.

Although the number of outsiders is smaller, they have outstanding personal abilities, and the second leader is very charismatic.

The local faction only wants to live a stable life, while the foreign faction is more radical. The second master has repeatedly proposed to kill officials and rebel.Zhang Guangdao was ranked fifth. He also supported the killing of officials and rebellion, and before killing officials, he had to kill the young white members of Xiabai Village first!
The little white man became more and more greedy, partnered with the cottage to smuggle tea, and demanded an increasing share.The goods from the robbery are also undervalued when helping to sell the stolen goods.He also monopolized the private salt business in the vicinity and forbade other private salt dealers to sell goods in the cottage... All these things made the bandits increasingly dissatisfied.

After eating the wheat cakes and wiping his hands, Zhang Guangdao took out a hatchet and a stick to assemble.

After the simple knife was assembled, it was inserted into the soil.

Immediately afterwards, he took off the hunting bow and put the bowstring back on with a little effort.

The factional struggle in the cottage has become more and more obvious, and Zhang Guangdao is eager to recruit more foreign heroes.

"Kill this thief, kill!"

There was a sudden shout from the river beach in the distance.

Zhang Guangdao knew that the gangster had made the move, so he stood up slowly, picked up the simple knife and fumbled for it.

He's not in a hurry, he's just a few rogues, and he won't kill him easily.

……

Ju Ming was sitting cross-legged by the campfire, with his back facing the river, and his eyes looking everywhere on the shore.

The skinny horse was lying on its side on the river beach, not only asleep, but also snoring.

This made Zhu Ming doubt life. Shouldn't horses sleep standing up?
Suddenly, the skinny horse turned over and stood up, looking at the grass in the distance, the horse pawed the pebbles, and kicked the pebbles in front of Zhu Ming.

The horse is an animal with poor vision, but its hearing and smell are extremely sensitive.

After time travel, Ju Ming also has keen five senses.He noticed the abnormality of the skinny horse, and immediately held his breath to listen carefully, and gradually heard the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.

Zhu Ming poked his father with the hilt of his sword: "Dean Zhu, get up and go to work."

Zhu Guoxiang woke up with a yawn, stretched his waist and said, "Go to sleep, I'll watch the rest of the night."

"A guest is here." Zhu Ming said.

Zhu Guoxiang became alert instantly, picked up the stick with one hand and the pebble with the other.

Bai Er, who was walking forward, saw the movements of the two of them clearly by the light of the fire, and knew that he had been exposed, so he greeted, "Stop dawdling, everyone stand up."

The rogues stood up one after another, six in total.

The main battle weapon is the whistle stick, and two of them carry daggers.

Bai Er walked in the front with a stick in his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm very vigilant. When you arrive at my Bai Er's territory, if you want to survive, get out and hand over all your belongings!"

On the opposite side, there was a black light, and only people could be seen.

But Zhu Ming also breathed a sigh of relief: "There are not many people, we can fight, just try our strength."

As early as the beginning of the crossing, when climbing the cliff, Zhu Ming found that his strength had become stronger, and his reaction seemed to be sharper.

The six rogues spread out as they walked, as if they wanted to surround the father and son.

"Hey!"

Zhu Guoxiang let out a muffled groan, and actually took the lead in attacking, throwing the pebble in his hand from a long distance away.

The cobblestone was not only thrown super far, but also fast and accurate, Bai Er narrowly dodged the attack.

The air flow from the stone still remained in his ears, Bai Er, who was almost hit, was startled and angry, he swung his stick and shouted: "Kill this thief, kill him!"

(End of this chapter)