Li He continued: "Shi Quan lives outside Qingguan Pass, less than a hundred miles away from Bianliang, Tokyo. The art of embroidery has been passed down from generation to generation in his family, and it has been passed down to his generation for the sixth generation. He has a brother named Shi Xin, and the boy got it. Because of his disability, the old owner of the Shi family longed for Shi Quan to take over the family business and bring glory to the family business. However, brother Shi Quan did not like the ancestral business. He learned some guns and clubs since he was a child and wanted to join the army. How could old owner Shi give up? The Shi family has a brand called 'Jinxianzhuang', and its business is extensive, and there are several branches in Tokyo."
Fang Jinshi said: "I heard from Brother Shi that there are dozens of embroidery girls selected by his family in the official embroidery courtyard."
Li He nodded and said: "Yes, Master Shi forced Shi Quan to take charge of the semicolon in Bianliang City, Tokyo. Although Shi Quan said he didn't want to, he had no choice but to go because his legs were inconvenient.
One day, Brother Shi Quan went to the semicolon in the royal corridor to check, and saw a woman running out of the semicolon crying. After careful questioning, he found out that the woman was the hexiu girl of the semicolon. The so-called hexiu girl The embroidery girl, because the staff in the shop was too busy, so some girls and women outside took it home to embroider, and then paid the wages. This woman wanted to borrow thirty guan from the counter, saying that it was Urgent need, not to mention that this is against the rules, but it is in line with the rules. This woman usually does not earn at most two guans of money in a month, how can he borrow 30 guans of money from her? "
Fang Jinshi continued: "With Brother Shi's temperament, he will definitely ask questions and help if he can."
Li He said: "Brother Shi's temperament is really like this. This woman has been doing embroidery in Jinxian Village for less than a month. She is really good at embroidery. If she borrows a consistent embroidery, it will be justified. But these thirty embroidery , how could the shopkeeper be willing to lend her money, but she cried that her brother owed money to someone, and if he couldn't pay it back, he would sell her to Goulan Courtyard as a prostitute. Seeing that the deadline was approaching, she had no choice but to come here. Let's borrow it. When Shi Quan heard this, he thought it was not just thirty guan, but three hundred guan. He thought he could borrow it, so he lent thirty guan to this woman."
Fang Jinshi smiled and said, "Could it be that this woman is Miss Wang Yumei?"
Li He said: "Brother Fang's guess is correct. She is this girl Mei'er. She was twenty-eight years old at the time. She was as tall as a flower and was very good at embroidery. Brother Shi Quan helped her and also Just out of good intentions, a few days later, he went to the Royal Corridor Branch again, but heard from the shopkeeper that this Miss Wang hadn't come to pay for work in a few days, and she was afraid that she had stolen the money and ran away.
Brother Shi asserted that he would not. He just thought that something must have happened to this girl's house, so he inquired about the location of Miss Wang's house and went to check it out. He found out that it turned out that Miss Wang's brother had eaten too much. After getting drunk, he fell into the soup pot and was scalded to death. "
Fang Jinshi was horrified when he heard this, and said in wonder: "A pot of soup can actually burn people to death, so how big should the pot be?"
Li He said: "I heard that it's just an ordinary iron pot. How big can it be? This brother of the Wang family was drunk to death. When he staggered through the door, he thought he tripped on the threshold. He stumbled and rushed forward. It happened that there was a boil in front of him. A large pot of boiling water, he plunged into the iron pot and couldn't get up anymore. He must have eaten too much and lost his strength, but Miss Wang happened to have something to sell needlework, so she went out to look at needlework and went home. When I saw it, I was so frightened that I fainted."
Fang Jinshi sighed: "This Miss Wang's fate is really tragic."
Li He also sighed: "Exactly, Miss Wang has lost two relatives in succession, and now her only brother has died. She is all alone with no support. Even the money to bury her brother was temporarily borrowed by Miss Feng Wan." .”
Fang Jinshi said: "Who is this Miss Feng Wan? I seem to have heard Brother Li mention it before." Fang Jinshi actually doesn't like to answer questions, but he knows that for people like Li He, if you ask questions with great interest, he will If you don't pick him up, you will lose interest in talking. …,
Li He really likes people to ask questions and tell stories. He continued: "This Miss Feng Wan is not far from the Wang family, so she is familiar with Miss Wang. She is an embroidery worker at the Shijia Cotton Thread Factory. This Miss Wang is her Introduced to work at Shijia Embroidery Village. I heard from people that Wang Yumei’s brother was a bad gambler and a drunkard. He hung out with a group of gangsters all day long. He rarely did anything in the village. Many of his neighbors were dissatisfied. He died tragically, but he was missing. Damn, this man once had a drunken entanglement with a girl from the Feng family, but he was beaten by Feng Wan's brother, and then he calmed down. These brothers from the Feng family were oil mills in the market, and they also had some strength and influence. .”
Li He waited for Fang Jinshi to nod before continuing: "Brother Shi Quan saw that Miss Wang was pitiful, so he asked the shopkeeper to find a place for Miss Wang to live. This Miss Wang is an excellent embroiderer. With the help of her brother, she soon entered the Wenxiu Academy and became an embroidery girl. After going back and forth, maybe Miss Wang was grateful to Brother Shi and intended to devote herself to him. Brother Shi also accepted his intention to join the army and took good care of this place. Everyone in Jinxian Village saw it in their eyes and was happy in their hearts. They all thought that something good was coming soon. Master Shi, the owner of the village, did not mind that Miss Wang was poor, so he acquiesced. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened. ,Why......"
Li He sighed heavily and shook his head with regret. Fang Jinshi continued: "I don't know what happened."
Li He said: "This accident happened to be the Wenxiu Courtyard. Wenxiu Courtyard has a good reputation. Although it only embroiders royal clothes and brocade robes, in fact, outside the courtyard gate, as long as it does not violate taboos, you can also embroider some small samples for sale. It's just that the price is high, and the Wenxiu Courtyard is mostly populated by young girls. As a result, some rich family members or libertines wander outside the courtyard, either buying embroidery or doing dirty things in the name of buying embroidery. This Miss Wang Unexpectedly, they met a wanderer named Tang Cheng, who had many verbal disputes. Brother Shi found someone to scare him, and he got better for a while. Unexpectedly, one evening, this guy had a few more glasses of wine, and he happened to be there again. Seeing Miss Wang and Miss Feng on the back street, they came up to pester them again. Brother Shi was going to pick up Miss Wang that day. When he arrived, he saw this situation. How could he not be angry? When they were entangled, they pushed away the girl. The soup was made into a handful, maybe with more force, the man's head hit the bridge pillar and he was killed. Brother Shi Quan was sued and found guilty of manslaughter. He was sent to Jingzhao Prefecture and later came to Yan'an Prefecture. ”
After listening to Li He's story about Shi Quan, Fang Jinshi sighed in his heart and said, "Hey, it's also the fault of this man named Tang. He asked for his own death, but he harmed Brother Shi. Fortunately, Brother Shi will be able to return to Bianliang soon." , reunite with Miss Wang."
Li He chuckled and said, "Exactly, I hope so." After hearing his words, Fang Jinshi felt that he had a different relationship, so he asked, "What if Brother Li didn't hear something?" Li He smiled awkwardly. : "Didn't you hear anything?"
Fang Jinshi couldn't help but refer to some experiences of later generations. For such a long-distance relationship, coupled with the inconvenience of communication, Shi Quan would not be able to write any euphemistic and touching love letters. In a prosperous place like Bianliang, Tokyo, especially Ms. Wang is also a senior technical expert who enjoys national subsidies. He was really worried about Shi Quan. He hoped that in this Song Dynasty, this girl Wang would really have a stronger love than gold and would be loyal to her forever and ever.
Fang Jinshi stopped asking and turned to other topics. As the two of them talked, the donkey cart moved forward slowly, and Suide City finally arrived.
Li He pointed at the city wall in front of him and said: "This is Suide, but I, the owner of the goods, are not in the city. If you want to go into the city, you can wait for me here after meeting your friend. I gave you this car and returned it." I have to pack some things for the return journey, so I’m afraid it will take some time.”
Fang Jinshi jumped out of the car and said to Li He, "Brother Li, go ahead and do your work. I won't go back for the time being, so I won't trouble Brother Li." Li He nodded and waved goodbye. …,
Fang Jinshi looked up at the big three characters Suide City on the city gate. The city was also in disrepair, the walls were broken, and the caves were black with fire, as if traces of bloody battles with swords could be seen.
He walked into the city. The city was not big. There were only twos and threes of people walking on the street. There were almost no gorgeous clothes. Beggars could be seen everywhere. Most of the houses in the city were old houses. When he walked through the gate of the government office, he saw that the government office was also shabby and old. There was a big hole in the door that had not been repaired.
After walking for half an hour, Fang Jinshi actually came to another city gate. It can be seen that the city is really not big. There is a big willow tree there. Some people are surrounding it and don't know what to look at. Fang Jinshi heard the shouting inside and was a little curious, so he Squeezed in.
But I heard someone shouting: "Buy Lishou, hurry up and place your bets." But it turned out that some idlers were gathering to gamble. There was a broken table here, seventeen or eight people gathered in a circle, and a broken bowl was placed in front of them. There are three dice in the bowl, and the bet is to guess the size.
Fang Jinshi saw these gamblers placing bets. Most of them were seven or eight cents, or even ten cents. There were many spectators and few bets. This kind of gambling was not much different from that of later generations. Fang Jinshi didn't like gambling at all, so he had no interest in it. .
Just as he was about to squeeze out and leave, he suddenly smelled a very bad smell, just like the rotten fish that had been put in front of his nose for many days. Fang Jinshi covered his mouth and nose, turned his head and looked around, wanting to see the smell. Where did the smell come from, but I saw a person squeezing in. The people on both sides took one look at him, and then automatically covered their noses and moved out of the way. The stench was emanating from this person.
This man is tall, about 23 or 24 years old, with a dirty face with many small bumps and black spots, his hair is messy and randomly tied, and his gray single-cloth jacket has turned black. There was a lot of black mud and some dirty particles on it, which looked like excrement upon closer inspection. A pair of black pants were also extremely dirty, and a pair of dirty soap boots were worn on the feet.
Although the original color of these boots could no longer be distinguished, Fang Jinshi was shocked. The style of these boots was exactly the military boots issued by the Northwest Army of the Song Dynasty that he had always noticed.
This man is most likely a soldier.
[Gong Meichun's comment] Let's first look at the map of Shaanxi and calculate the speed of the carriage. Readers in northern Shaanxi will have different opinions, although it is a small section.
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