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Chapter 12 The Cruel Reality
Qin Zhao disapproved of Yun Rui's words.

What is David's most noble status, and why no one in Liangzhou can bully her? If she is really honorable, why did she fall into such a bitterly cold place in the northwest where the weather is cold for nearly half of the year?It is Yun Rui who is capable all over, and A Cai, which one is not careful and low-key, for fear of being discovered?
Besides, it's not that she doesn't know that Yunrui and A Cai are looking forward to the day when she can safely return to Luoyang, the capital city. Back to the capital of Laoshizi, what she thought was that she would have the opportunity to go out in the future, and also see the lakes and mountains, the beautiful rivers and mountains of the ancient Kingdom of David.

However, to be honest, Qin Zhao didn't have much interest in the two of them wanting to return to Chang'an, recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.The reason is very simple, no matter how good life is, it also depends on whether she is sick or not. Obviously, since she can live here, what awaits her in the capital must not only be wealth and glory.What's more, those people in the capital have nothing to do with me now.

Probably because of the conflict between Qin Zhao and Zhu Balang, Yun Rui thought about it for two days, and decided to teach Qin Zhao a set of swordsmanship. This set of swordsmanship is not like the spearmanship taught earlier, but an actual combat swordsmanship with offensive power. .

Yun Rui was originally a guard trained by Duke Yue of Luo's family, and was later given to Qin Zhao's Niang Dan Nian by Duke Yue, and stayed with Shan Nian in Duke Lu's mansion for several years, and later Shan Nian married into Qin's family , Yun Rui also followed to the Qin family, so whether it is Luo family's marksmanship, Lu Guogong's Chen family's boxing and axes, or Qin family's sword, Yun Rui has dabbled in it, but the latter two weapons are not as good as his. The marksmanship has become more exquisite due to years of diligent practice, so Yun Rui has always focused on marksmanship when facing the enemy.

The set of swordsmanship that Yunrui taught Qin Zhao was a set of swordsmanship that he had figured out by combining the strengths of the three families, so it was different from the famous swordsmanship of the Qin family, and he was not afraid of being recognized by others.

After practicing for a while, Qin Zhao realized that the sword technique taught by Yunrui was indeed much more powerful than the spear technique she had practiced before.

But she is only four years old, even if she knows in her heart that this sword technique is good, if she really uses it, it will only look more decent.

So every afternoon when she played with a few children, she abandoned that set of marksmanship and taught them swordsmanship instead.

The location is naturally at the foot of the back mountain.

Others were fine, Ah Tie practiced with him for a few days, and a set of swordsmanship has been well established.

Among the children, Ah Wu was the most playful and careless. After several months of learning, he still couldn't do a few tricks. However, due to family reasons, Heizi did not come to look for Qin Zhao every day. Show up as scheduled.As for Zhu Balang, although he came the most frequently, his purpose of learning swordsmanship was different from that of the other children, and he wanted to join in the fun, so besides Ah Wu, he practiced the least well.

Qin Zhao was originally teaching them to pass the time, so he didn't bother to care about what they were learning. As for Ah Xi and Zhuzhu, they were just joining in the fun. On the contrary, when Qin Zhao taught them how to read, besides Ah Tie, the two little girls Learn the fastest.

In a blink of an eye, the days are in such a tense and dull time, and another year has passed. The weather in Liangzhou has passed the cold food festival and has gradually warmed up.

Qin Zhao found that Heizi hadn't appeared for a week, and even when the weather was coldest in winter, Heizi had never been absent for a few days.

After several people practiced swords, Qin Zhao asked Ah Tie, "What has Heizi been up to lately?"

Everyone was silent for a while, Zhu Balang saw that everyone was silent, so he let out a hey: "Heizi went to the county with the patriarch's family Anang."

"Why did he go to the county with Brother Anang?"

Seeing that Zhu Balang opened his mouth, Ah Wu followed, "Sister Ah Zhao, it was Heizi who didn't ask us to tell you."

Zhu Balang wondered: "What's wrong with telling Ah Zhao? One of Brother Anang's friends has a young gentleman who needs a servant. It just so happened that Hei Ziniang came to the patriarch's grandfather's house a few days ago. Brother Anang saw that Hei Zi was clever. , his friend asked him to find a smart guy, and Brother Anang introduced Heizi to him, but he hasn't returned in the past few days, presumably he thought Heizi was good, so he stayed."

"Didn't it mean that Heizi's mother is sick? His brother's legs and feet are inconvenient now. Once Heizi leaves, their family..."

Qin Zhao frowned.

Only then did Ah Tie speak: "Before Heizi left, he entrusted me to take care of his mother. I would go to their house every night to help Aunt Shiba do some housework. Don't worry, Ah Zhao, Aunt Shiba is just feeling cold occasionally." "Heizi's father is the eighteenth among his peers in the clan, and the eighteenth aunt is Heizi's mother.

In other words, it will be difficult for Qin Zhao to see that cute and clever child in the future.

Heizi was only less than eight years old, so he went to work as a slave for others.

Qin Zhao couldn't tell what it was like.

"Sister Ah Zhao, don't worry, in fact, if you go to a wealthy family, maybe Heizi's life will be better." Ah Xi is a girl after all, and she is very careful. Seeing Qin Zhao's expression on his face, he quickly took up the topic, said comfortingly.

Zhu Balang also said: "Yes, Brother Anang said that the family who bought Heizi is doing very well, and his friend is also a nice person, he doesn't know how to beat and scold Heizi, otherwise Brother Anang would not have sent Heizi away. "

Qin Zhao threw away the wooden sword a little annoyed, picked up a flat stone, and sat down on it.

She also knew how rare it was for Ah Tie and the others to persevere these days.

poverty.There is no way out for the poor.

As long as he can live on, how can Eighteenth Aunt be willing to let Heizi go to someone else's house as a slave?

Qin Zhao glanced at everyone, except for her, that is, Zhu Balang's life is going well.Everyone is struggling with poverty, and only she and Zhu Balang are carefree.

And like now, how long can we keep the days when everyone gathers together?
"We have to find a way to get some money." Qin Zhao glanced at the crowd and said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Even adults can't do anything about it, what can they do?Fighting for money, where is it so easy to say?
What's more, the people of the village have long been accustomed to living on the mountains and eating the mountains. Apart from the little grains they grow, the only thing that can be exchanged for money is hunting.Or else, he was old and went west with the people in the village who were begging for a living.

And the ages of these few people are obviously not suitable, and once they go out to ask for a living, it is unknown when they will be able to return to the village, or whether they will be able to return.

As long as the family can get by, how can they ask their children to take such risks.

Due to the tense war in the west in the past few years, the number of caravans coming from the Kingdom of David to the Western Regions is much less than before. Qin Zhao also heard a lot of discussions about this.Affected by the outside environment, in the past two years, even the prey hunted in the mountains has not been as profitable as before, so the life of the villagers is getting tighter and tighter.

However, according to Yunrui, since last autumn, because of the victory of the Anxi Protectorate against the Western Turks, the small countries in the west have become more stable, so the number of caravans coming from Chang'an has gradually increased. stand up.

Qin Zhao didn't want to teach everyone how to read, so he asked Zhu Balang, "Bajie, how far is our village from Ping'an Town? Are there many caravans that usually come to the town?"

"Our village is not far from Ping'an Town, about [-] miles away. However, there are not many caravans, but there are more caravans in Huangmaji and Zhalantun in the southwest of our country. It is a big town. Caravans often stop there to resupply."

"How far is it from us?"

"It's not close. Both places are forty or fifty miles away from our Ping'an Town."

Forty or fifty miles, if you drive, it will only take half an hour, but in this ancient times when the traffic is extremely underdeveloped, it is really not close.

"Sister Yunzhao, why are you asking this?"

"Let's find a way to make money." Qin Zhao said with a smile.

Apart from selling prey in the market, or selling some special products in the mountains, they really don't know how to make money, so everyone thinks that Qin Zhao is a bit whimsical, and besides, she is full of money. Qin Zhao's birthday is in the first month. She is only five and a half years old now, not to mention that she has been spoiled and raised until now, even Ah Tie, who went to the mountains to hunt with the villagers in winter a year ago, can't think of any good way.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Qin Zhao asked Zhu Balang again: "Have you been to Huangmaji and Zhalantun?"

"Zhalantun didn't go there, but I went to Huangmaji once the year before last. My father took me there, and that time was to pick up my uncle. Good guy, Huangmaji sells everything, and there are big restaurants Well, my uncle also invited my father to eat in a restaurant, and we have never seen the dishes there."

Zhu Balang's younger uncle was a county magistrate in a county below Qingzhou, and when he returned to his hometown last time, it was because of his return to his hometown to get married.

Qin Zhao had no interest in his uncle, but when he heard about the restaurant, his eyes lit up.

But soon he stopped thinking.

So what if she cooks well?She is only five years old. It is true that the ancients matured a little earlier, and because she is taller than ordinary children, she looks like six or seven years old, but five years old is five years old. Could it be that she can still open a restaurant?Even if she can, if Ah Cai and Yun Rui agree, then the sun is really rising from the west.

It's simply impossible.

Seeing that Qin Zhao was suddenly in high spirits, and then lowered his head listlessly, Ah Tie asked suspiciously, "Sister Ah Zhao?"

Qin Zhao shook his head, cheered up and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."

Several children got up one after another, and first sent Qin Zhao home. On the way, Zhu Balang said, "Sister Ah Zhao, I will go to the market with my father tomorrow, and the grocery store at home also buys goods. My father said to go and see, what do you have?" If you want, I'll bring it back to you."

"What do you sell in your grocery store?"

"I sell everything, and sometimes I help the villagers sell mountain products. By the way, my family also has a shop in Huangmaji."

Zhu Balang's family had a shop in Ping'an Town, Qin Zhao knew about it, but he hadn't heard that they also opened a shop in Huangma Town, so he smiled and said, "When did it open? They also sell groceries?"

"The shop was only launched last month. I heard from my father that the shop was bigger. It was originally a shop of a merchant in Chang'an. It was sold at a low price because of urgent business. Groceries are not suitable, besides, Huangmaji is full of merchants, the business of groceries may not be good, but my father wants to open restaurants, because there are more and more caravans going west, the business of restaurants should be It’s not bad, but where can we find a good cook for our family? Those merchants are all from Chang’an City, they have mouths in their mouths, and people don’t like ordinary food.”

"Your father really wants to open a restaurant?" Qin Zhaoxi said, Zhu Balang's words were like a flash of light in the darkness, instantly illuminating Qin Zhao's eyes.

"That's all. Our family can't hire a good cook. Besides, there are big restaurants in Huangmaji, and there are many small restaurants. We don't have good food. Who can eat it? My mother said, if it doesn't work, let's go to town. Same as above, let’s try selling groceries first.”

From time to time, I arrived at Qin Zhao's house. Seeing that she came back early today, Ah Cai was surprised and said, "Why did you come back so early today?" Then she invited the children to play at home, but Ah Tie and the others wanted to go back and help with some housework, and they rushed to the house. leave.

But Zhu Balang stayed until the end, still not forgetting to ask: "Sister Ah Zhao, you haven't said what you want yet."

Qin Zhao smiled and said, "Bajie, is your father at home today?"

"Yes, otherwise I can't say that I will go to town with him tomorrow."

Qin Zhao thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Then don't rush away, I will send you something later, you can take it home and let your father see it, how about it?"

Zhu Balang naturally agreed.Anyway, he has nothing to do when he's idle, and it's boring to go home, so he might as well play with Yun Zhao here.

Qin Zhao then asked A Cai: "Mother, do you still have our fine noodles?"

(End of this chapter)