Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 323 Alley Closure
The final conclusion is that the Zhao family really contracted chicken plague.

As soon as the news spread, people in Xiaocha Lane suddenly panicked, even the surrounding alleys were no exception.Especially those who have been in contact with the Zhao family are even more worried, fearing that the same symptoms as the Zhao family will appear at any time.

The only calm person in the whole alley might be Wen Shu, and even Father Wen was a little bit worried.

Xiaocha Alley was sealed off, and officials guarded the east and west alleys, and outsiders were not allowed to enter, and people in the alley were not allowed to go out.If there is a need to buy daily necessities, three "idle men" appointed by the government will do it on behalf of them.

This move made the people living in the alley complain endlessly.Because ordering idlers costs money, in terms of the amount of things, running errands under ten catties costs ten pennies, and more than ten catties, every additional catty of errands costs one penny more.

While they were complaining, there was a rhythmic beating sound from the Wen Family Courtyard.

The voice reached the Mei family on the opposite side, and Mei said half enviously and half mockingly: "This incident will not affect his family at all."

Mrs. Guo stopped washing the vegetables and thought, no.Although Wen's family also closed their shop and could no longer do business, what Wentai does is handicraft work, which can be done anywhere, and the coffin will not break, even if it is left for a few months.

It's not like their family, which is a food craftsman who set up a stall. If they are not allowed to go out, it is not that they have been cut off from life.

On their side, they are jealous and envious. In Wen's courtyard, Father Wen works hard, but what they make is not the birthday material they talk about, but Wen Shu's dowry.

Since Wen Shu was imprisoned in Shanhai World for a month last time, after she came out, she told Father Wen truthfully about the iron box, and gave him all the danmu she got.

It was useless to keep those logs in her hands, so it was better to let his father, a "skilled craftsman", use their last remaining heat.And Father Wen's full attention was on his daughter's dowry. After getting the danmu, his first thought was to use the wood to make various dowry boxes for her.

These days, he has taken the time to pack two large dowry boxes, and at this time, he is taking thinner branches to make a set of dowry boxes for dressing up.

It is said to be a dressing, but in fact it has many functions. It can hold gold and silver, documents and deeds, and rouge. It is a multi-functional dressing box with multiple functions.

Father Wen was very busy in the courtyard, while Wen Shu was lying at the desk under the window, holding a brush with no ink in one hand and drawing on the white paper, while resting his chin and recalling the bizarre and absurd events of last night. dream.

In the early morning of autumn, the mist has not receded, and the noisy alleys are full of people.She went out to buy vegetables with a bamboo basket in her hand. As soon as she reached the entrance of the alley, she heard the sound of horseshoes on the street, and then saw several fine horses galloping past her eyes.

Immediately sitting there were several teenagers aged seventeen or eighteen, all of them high-spirited and full of vigor.The leading boy was wearing a silver round-neck robe with a gold belt inlaid with the same color at his waist, with a chic posture.Due to the speed, she only saw a profile in a hurry.

At this moment, someone in the crowd yelled, and saw the leading young man turning his head, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly curved on a jade-like face, the sun came down from behind him, and against the faint golden light, he seemed to be walking through the clouds. Walking in general, as bright as the sun.

The heart of the girl carrying the basket at the alley jumped up sharply. Wen Shu touched her heart, but asked in surprise, why is it him? !
It turned out to be Master Lu!

Before Wen Shu could figure out what was going on in the dream, she was pulled out of the dream by the crowing of the rooster next door.

How could he dream of Mr. Lu? !

Still a "young" adult.

Wen Shu threw away the pen in his hand and looked out of the window. Could it be that he was really "stunned" by his smile today?
Just as I was annoyed, I saw a red dot appearing from far to near in the sky.

"Hey, what do you think that is?" An officer guarding the alley stabbed the people around him.

After looking around for a while, the man exclaimed, "A divine bird! It seems to be a divine bird."

"Why is the divine bird coming towards us like this?" The previous officers and soldiers looked surprised, and then rubbed their hands excitedly, "What should I do, what should I do? Do you want to shoot it down?"

"You're crazy! The higher-ups just issued a decree yesterday that when you meet a divine bird, you will be treated with courtesy, and no one will be shot!"

When he said this, the previous officers and soldiers scratched their heads and said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten, but I was too excited for a while, but I heard that the divine bird will blow strong winds, and it seems to have blown away the imperial guards in front of the official's house. "

"Okay, this is something we can talk about." Another person interrupted him.

While speaking, the divine bird had already flown in front of him, its huge wings cast a shadow in the sky, and when the light reappeared, the figure had disappeared into the alley behind.

Wait, god god. God bird landed?The two officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

"I am not wrong, right?"

"That's right." Another officer said affirmatively, "I saw it too."

"Then what should we do? Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Go in at this time, you are not afraid of being infected with chicken plague."

"But the divine bird has gone in, what if it gets infected." More importantly, what's the point of staying here if it flies out to infect others?
Thinking of this, both officers and soldiers felt that the matter was too big and they couldn't make decisions.You have to report to your superiors and wait for orders.An officer and soldier rushed to the yamen to pass the news, and the people in the alley also saw this "amazing" red shadow.

At this time in the past, most of the residents in the alley may not have gotten up yet.But something like that happened last night, early this morning, the officers and soldiers went door to door and told them not to go out, they disturbed them several times, they didn't go to bed early, they all put on their clothes early and sighed at home.

Therefore, I saw Hongying's "Qianying" when she came back from outside.Facing a huge fiery red bird passing over their heads, the neighbors who saw it for the first time were all a little confused.

But after being stunned, I couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional in my heart, thinking: Where did the big bird come from, so angry!
Only Mrs. Guo immediately thought of Wen's family and the bird she saw that night.

At that time, I didn't see it very clearly at night, I only saw the two red lantern-like eyeballs and the huge body.Unexpectedly, he looked so handsome during the day, with a hint of sacred dignity in his domineering aura.

How strange!

The girl from the Wen family is strange, and the birds she raises are also strangely tight.

While the neighbors were talking and muttering, at the gate of the city, a group of officers and soldiers were heading out of the city.

The outbreak of chicken plague in the Zhao family was confirmed. The best way to stop the spread of this situation is undoubtedly to find the source and cut it off, and then control all the people who are currently infected or suspected to be infected.

At this time, the place where the officers and soldiers were going was Zhao Da's father-in-law's house, Yaoerzhuang, twenty miles to the north of the city.

(End of this chapter)