"Take it out and let me see."
"What are you looking at?"
"That hairpin you bought?"
"Oh." Zhaodi carefully took out the golden hairpin from his arms and wrapped it in a brocade handkerchief to avoid bending or scratching it.
Liang Chuan took it in his hand and weighed it with his hand: "Oh, you really spent a lot of money. I have been with your sister Yi Niang for so many years, and I have never been willing to give her such a heroic gift. You have to give it up as soon as you recruit a younger brother. A woman is devoted to you, right?"
Zhaodi's face was hot: "Isn't it that I haven't sent it out yet?"
Liang Chuan asked: "But you gave such an expensive gift in the first place. What will you give next time? It can't be worse than this, right?"
Brother Zhao was stunned for a moment, yes, why am I so stupid? What should I do next time? If I give gold this time and give silver next time, will people feel that my sincerity has weakened?
"Look at those who sell caramel. If the store first weighs too much, then removes the sugar, or first weighs a little less, and then adds sugar to it, even though in the end you buy the same amount of caramel, but first It’s a truth that weighing something down again is always more annoying than adding something on the scale first!”
Liang Chuan looked at him and said calmly: "Besides, do you know the meaning of the hairpin?"
Zhaodi shook his head like a fool and couldn't say a word.
"Giving a hairpin to a girl is equivalent to saying to the girl, 'Sister, please marry me as your wife.'"
"Huh?" Zhaodi panicked all of a sudden. He hadn't even written the horoscope yet, so he had to be so direct?
"Are you stupid now? Let me ask you, how confident are you that your girl will make up her mind to marry you? I don't think you are even 10% sure? I advise you not to give this baby away yet. Third Brother’s life experience, if you give it away now, the girl won’t accept it directly even if she likes you. In this case, there will be a gap between the two of you, and I’m afraid it will be difficult to even be friends in the future.”
The kind of person who creates a romantic atmosphere to force other girls to agree to marry him, except for those who have discussed it in advance, will there be any good results? There are many people who turn against each other and turn into enemies. Liang Chuan has dealt with a lot of disputes between men and women in the past. Haven't you ever seen a pig run away before eating pork?
Liang Chuan saw Zhaodi's confused and annoyed face, put his hand on his shoulder, and said to him in a man's tone: "But since she is willing to eat your food, then we can almost eat together, I think you are It can happen!"
Zhaodi's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in surprise: "Really?"
"Of course it's true, but you have to take me to get to know this girl first."
Zhaodi thought for a while, then plucked up the courage and said, "Okay!"
Liang Chuan took a crossbow arrow from the secret compartment hidden in the store, and he also brought this crossbow to Qingyuan. As the saying goes, open guns are easy to hide, but concealed arrows are difficult to guard against. The last time he fought with Lin Ju, Lin Ju was not afraid of Liang Chuan's boss, but Liang Chuan's hiding and shooting cold arrows made Lin Ju angry. This thing was hard to guard against.
If Liang Chuan was fine, he wouldn't have anywhere to practice his skills now. He would either swing an ax and practice his skills, or he would secretly take out the big crossbow from Zheng Fucheng and practice on the wooden target. Now his accuracy is much higher. , but the arrow head of the crossbow is blunted. This thing is not easy to buy openly. According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, this thing is a controlled product. Like the controlled knives of later generations, it is not allowed to be circulated privately among the people.
The format of crossbows and arrows is different from that of bows and arrows. Bows and arrows can also be used by hunters. Many people also use bows and arrows to strengthen their bodies and practice martial arts. However, crossbows will never be used, not by hunters, and not by those who practice martial arts.
Crossbow arrows are too lethal and can be used by ordinary people who have never practiced archery. Therefore, in the eyes of the court rulers, only members of the army can use this kind of thing, and ordinary people cannot use it! Liang Chuan's arrows are almost finished, and it's time to replace them with a new batch.
Once the arrow is removed, the arrow shaft and fletching can be used. Even an arrow blacksmith can't see anything fishy about it.
Brother Zhao led Liang Chuan and the two of them to walk quickly to Linzhang Gate in the west of the city.
"You can give the girl something simple at first, and then take your time. For example, today we bought a small sachet or something on the street. Girls love beauty and smell good on their bodies. And she helps her father to make iron. I usually don’t have access to things like sachets, so buying one will definitely help!”
Without saying anything else, the two turned around and returned to the east of the city to pick out an exquisite sachet. This kind of gadget in this era was very exquisitely handmade, and girls liked to hang it in their boudoirs.
The door of the blacksmith shop was closed tightly. Since it was winter and the north wind was relatively strong, it was easy for the body to sweat when doing heavy work. Once the wind blew, the root cause of the disease was eliminated and it also affected the forging, so the door was kept closed no matter what happened.
The two of them had just walked to the door when they saw several people wearing silk t-shirts walking over from a distance. Both of them had small mustaches and walked without making any sound.
He walked to the blacksmith shop and slapped the door of the blacksmith shop hard, making the wooden door groan in pain and fall off if he applied any more force.
"Old Fangtou!" The two people just yelled and stood outside waiting. After a while, the door opened and a big man with the word "unwelcome" written on his face appeared.
The three of them walked into the blacksmith shop, but before Liang Chuan could follow suit and knock on the door, the door opened again with a bang!
The two mustache heads were still facing the house, and they said coldly: "If you can't move it, let the people from Qingtang come and help you move it."
When the two mustaches turned around, they didn't see a giant man like Old Fangtou blocking the door. They thought it was a helper, so they subconsciously took a step back and asked warily: "Who is your honor?"
Liang Chuan said innocently: "I'm here to make iron, haha, you guys give way..."
Father Fang looked a little unfamiliar at first glance at Liang Chuan, then looked back and thought, why does this look familiar? .
The two groups of people leaned to the left and right, one in and one out.
Father Fang thought for a while, and the young man looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
Fang Wan stood behind Father Fang and saw his younger brother Zhao coming in with a big man. He blinked and didn't dare to express his anger, let alone recognize each other, for fear that his father would see something fishy.
"There will be no blacksmithing in the shop today. Sir, please go back."
Father Fang took a ladle of water and was about to pour it into the iron smelting furnace. Liang Chuan quickly grabbed him and held his hand.
Father Fang didn't expect this guest officer's behavior to be so outrageous, so he asked, "What are you doing?"
Liang Chuan smiled and said: "The two of us have been traveling for a long time today, and Bei Feng is half full. Master, could you do me a favor and help me shoot a few arrows?"
Liang Chuan had an apologetic smile on his face. As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Father Fang looked at Liang Chuan and then at the water ladle in his hand. He hesitated for a long time, sighed, and finally put down the water in his hand.
The bright red flame of the stove was beating happily. If he poured a ladle of water, the stove would be destroyed. The high-temperature furnace walls would crack when exposed to cold. This is a stove passed down from generations. I have been working hard all my life, and all my youth has been burned away by the fire. Are I really willing to put out the fire? .
"I'll take a look at what you want to beat. I'll close my shop after I finish beating it for you."
Upon hearing this, Liang Chuan quickly took out his arrow and said, "Thank you."
Father Fang looked at the arrow and frowned slightly. He looked at Liang Chuan and seemed to see something, but he hesitated to speak.
He could tell at a glance that these were clearly crossbow arrows, not bow arrows. What is this kid planning to do? If the government found out that he was secretly making arrowheads to restrict others, he would not be involved in a lawsuit.
Unexpectedly, Father Fang is so heartbroken now that he doesn't even plan to work anymore. He won't be a blacksmith anymore. If he checks himself, he just denies it. Just pretend he doesn't know and just ask his disciples more about the matter. Only ordinary people dare to use crossbows. . .
"How many shots do you want?"
"Twenty!"
"Wan'er, bring out three kilograms of iron."
"Can I come back to pick it up in a few days?"
This is estimated to take several days to complete. If Liang Chuan waits now, he will have to wait a long time.
"Sir, please wait a moment. I'm afraid the shop is closed when I come to pick it up another day."
Father Fang threw the iron blocks onto the smelting furnace. The temperature of the smelting furnace was extremely high. After a while, under the action of heat, these dark iron blocks began to turn red.
Since he had to wait, Liang Chuan wandered around the store, glancing at Fang Wan from time to time. Fang Wan was adding charcoal to his father's furnace, and did not notice Liang Chuan looking at her.
She looks upright, has a good body, is neither sullen nor slow-tempered, and can endure hardships. She is a good girl!
A child like Zhaodi has a bad background and is simple. It would definitely not be appropriate to introduce him to a well-off lady. The most suitable person for his kind of life is probably a girl like this.
This is probably why he moved to recruit his younger brother.
Liang Chuan walked around the shop. This small blacksmith shop sold a lot of things, including knives, axes, hoes, plowshares for farming, animal traps, iron guns, and iron hoes for hunting. It can be said that it has everything.
"Master, you have a lot of styles in this store, can I try them?"
"Try it."
Liang Chuan picked up a kitchen knife and chopped at a wooden block in the corner. With a bang, the kitchen knife cut into the wood. Although the wood was not split in half, the knife penetrated deeply into the wood.
Everyone was dumbfounded. It was probably difficult for an ax to penetrate the hole. This kid swung the knife and the blade was almost halfway in. .
Liang Chuan pulled out the knife, but there was a cut on it. .
