The entire Guangyuan Prefecture is so poor that it can hardly be called a street. It is just a mud road. It is more suitable to call it a sewage ditch. There is a lot of black smelly water flowing directly in the middle of the road, and there is also a lot of human and animal feces. .
This place is almost the poorest place Liang Chuan has ever visited, and there are not many people doing other things to make a living.
The key point is that there are not many people in this place, and I don’t know why. Most of them are women, old people and children. Young adults are rarer than giant pandas.
It is said to be a market. The distance from front to back is less than 100 meters. As far as the eye can see, apart from a rice shop and a cloth shop, there is not even a wine shop.
According to Ah Yue, there are only people at the market on the first day of every month. At that time, Nong people from several neighboring states will bring their home things here to exchange, and some Han people will also come. It’s very lively. At other times, there are almost no people, no one goes to the market!
So there is nothing interesting about the current market.
But Liang Chuan saw a lot.
He saw poverty.
The people here are extremely poor.
Everyone is wearing tattered clothes full of patches, black is their only color, and there are no other colorful decorations. There are a few elderly women who will decorate their heads with some silver jewelry, but others will not.
Both the streets and the houses are the simplest. There is not even a stone slab on the ground, and the houses on both sides can be seen through the hall at a glance. There is nothing in the house, not even a stove. To cook, you just put a few stones under the bamboo building and set it up to cook a meal. .
As for convenience. .
Liang Chuan couldn't bear to look directly at it.
In the past, I always thought about the revelry of the Song Dynasty. The poet's words were full of the flourishing scenes of the city's pearls and houses, and I thought about the thousands of merchants and ports under Bianliang City. Now I have traveled through time and realized that the books are full of the literati's Spring and Autumn style of writing. It's all lies and nonsense. The lives of ordinary people are so heavy. Walking through the streets, everyone's eyes are empty and confused!
Although in Liang Chuan's era, although everyone complained about not having enough money, complaining about rising prices, and complained about the cruelty of housing prices, no one lost hope in their lives, and everyone still worked hard. Living, everything is possible , there is still a chance to turn around.
Looking at the people here, let alone struggle, living means suffering!
Liang Chuan even thought, grandma, why did the Northern Song Dynasty look like this? It was said in all kinds of literature that it was a paradise on earth, a good situation for the people, and even scholars highly praised this dynasty. Then, if by the late Ming Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the How miserable were the Northern and Southern Dynasties? Wasn't it hell?
After coming out with Ah Yue, the little girl was very happy and suggested that she take Liang Chuan to the river to play. However, after looking at Liang Chuan's feet, she gave up the idea. The little girl didn't buy anything and only carried the food given by others. , returned to the Bamboo House.
When the little girl is in this place, everyone will greet her when she walks on the road, and then give her some vegetables grown at home, and Ah Yue will not refuse.
Later he found out that Anon was actually the wife of the local chieftain!
Ah Yue is the child raised by Anon since she was a child. She is just like the daughter of the Tusi Mansion. Who dares to be presumptuous with her!
Chieftain's Mansion. . The food we ate was actually given by others.
The impression should not be that you go around robbing houses and getting what you want. .
Liang Chuan saw how shabby the local leader's mansion was, and couldn't help but think of their village secretary. .
You have to throw it away when you compare goods. Comparing people with people is very annoying!
There are still such poor people in the world. .
Anon was waiting in front of the bamboo building with an expressionless face, as if he was waiting for someone.
Seeing Ah Yue who came back with a smile and Liang Chuan who was lame, her face finally dropped, but her voice still betrayed her anxiety!
"Where have you been!"
Ah Yue is just a little girl. Although Liang Chuan is awake, she doesn't know the details of this man at all. If he is a bad person, wouldn't he have harmed the little girl?
After spending so long with this man named Di Qing, she also knew that this possibility was unlikely.
But no one can predict the accident!
"Where have you been? Did I tell you not to take him out of this house!"
Ah Yue was scolded so much that she didn't dare to say anything back, and she felt aggrieved as she twisted her clothes with her hands.
Liang Chuan naturally had to stand up for the little girl and said, "I asked Ah Yue to take me for a walk on the street. Don't blame her."
Anon glared at Liang Chuan and said, "Di Qing, you think you are completely fine. Besides, this is Guangyuan Prefecture, not your Miao village. Don't run around. I can't protect you if something goes wrong!"
Anon seems to have a hot temper today!
Liang Chuan was called Di Qing, but he didn't feel so angry when he was scolded!
He chuckled and said, "If I don't go out and lie in this bed again, I will really get sick!"
Anon saw that Liang Chuan could still laugh, but he was surprised by Liang Chuan's inexplicable temperament.
Most of the Miao people in my impression have little temperament. They are addicted to alcohol, and their favorite thing to do after drinking is to beat their wives. In their Miao villages, women are just accessories, and men will never tolerate women showing off in front of them.
But Liang Chuan, who smiled and laughed away all grudges, made her feel that something was wrong!
"Come in and eat! Ayue, come with me!"
Liang Chuan entered the room. The food on the table was already prepared, but it was still the same. There was only a piece of meat, which had been boiled and turned white. There was a bowl of clear soup and a lot of dishes. However, everyone including Ah Yue didn't seem to like it very much. Eat vegetables!
Also, who doesn’t have enough fat and water in their stomach these days and still eats vegetables? Don’t they think the fat and water are scraped off fast enough?
Liang Chuan ate the entire bowl of rice.
The rice is really fragrant, and he can finish a bowl of rice without having to eat meat or vegetables! This rice is so fragrant that it smells like oil, and is yellow in color. It's not dry when you eat it, and the rice is plump!
Just this rice, if it were to be sold for ten yuan a pound in future generations, people would be vying for it! .
Let’s leave the meat to the little girl A Yue. She is growing and she will never get tired of eating no matter how much she eats! Food, pure wild vegetables, Liang Chuan himself can’t get enough!
Liang Chuan's thinking was completely out of touch with his body. He thought wild vegetables were good things, so he only focused on eating them. In fact, his body was already fully adapted to the life of this era!
Ah Yue was called out by Anon for who knows how long. When she came back, she was obviously unhappy and sat there silently.
Liang Chuan ate a bowl of rice cleanly and wiped his mouth. The taste was a bit bland, but his body has not recovered yet, so it is good to eat lightly! He pushed the piece of meat towards Ah Yue and said, "It's reserved for you!"
Ah Yue originally transformed into a wolf immediately after seeing the meat, but today the wolf also had no appetite, so she held her chin and sighed.
"What's wrong? Did Anon scold you again?"
"It has nothing to do with you!"
Treat your good intentions like a donkey’s liver and lungs!
Liang Chuan said angrily: "What's going on? You can say it has nothing to do with me. Let's find a solution together!"
"Help me get a bowl of rice, so I can eat some meat!"
Well done! Liang Chuan limped on his legs and went to help the little girl load the food. The food was cooked outside under the bamboo building, and it was also cooked in an open-air earthen stove. Although Liang Chuan's legs were weak, walking a few steps was still conducive to recovery!
The little girl ate her meal and said slowly: "Anon asked me not to take you around. I'm afraid that I'm young and ignorant and will take you to dangerous places. The people here will also be dangerous to you. It's better to go out less." !」
Liang Chuan laughed and said, "How could it be?"
"Uncle Quan Fu and his people seem to be in trouble outside. They asked people to come back to Anon to raise money for them. But Anong is a woman and doesn't know how to make money. Where can I help them raise money?"
"Who is Uncle Quanfu?"
Liang Chuan immediately shut up when he asked. This man named Quan Fu must be Anong's husband. No wonder he hadn't seen the chieftain, the leader of the Nong people, for so long. He didn't expect that he was out on a business trip.
Liang Chuan sighed, this Quanfu was so brave, leaving such a pretty wife at home, and now he wants others to make money, how can he make money. .
"What does Uncle Quanfu do? What is he doing outside?"
"I don't understand. Don't ask me. If you want to ask, ask Anon."
"Anon is angry, let's not get into trouble with her!"
After saying a few words, Ah Yue felt much better. Holding the bowl, she raised the meat with one hand and put it into her mouth. The little girl looked domineering when eating, and she looked like a man.
Liang Chuan felt happy when he saw that she was popular.
"The flavor of this broth is still a bit bland, let's go buy some salt!"
Ah Yue glanced at him angrily and said fiercely: "I just went to the market with you during the day, and Anon scolded me when I came back. I lost my memory at night. Did you forget how much this salt cost? Anon I don’t even bother to put extra food aside when I’m eating, so why should I give it to you? You eat and drink from our house for free, and we haven’t even paid for it!”
"How can I have money?"
Liang Chuan smiled bitterly.
However, there is no salt in this broth and vegetables, so I really can’t eat it.
If a person does not eat salt for a long time, the acid-base balance of the body will be imbalanced. Sooner or later, he will fall down, he will not have the energy to work, and he will collapse quickly due to gas!
Liang Chuan turned his eyes to little Ah Yue who was eating meat happily, and said like a wolf grandma thinking about the little girl: "A Yue, do you have money?"
Ah Yue didn't have Liang Chuan's scheming, so the little girl blurted out: "Yes!"
Liang Chuan said happily: "It's good if you have it. Come on, lend me some money!"
Only then did the little girl react. She couldn't tell a lie and changed her story. She asked slowly, "How much do you want to borrow?"
For a man as old as Liang Chuan, he felt a little embarrassed to borrow money from a five-year-old child.
"Five cents!"
Although it is only five cents, it is not a small amount for a little girl!
Ah Yue asked hesitantly: "Then when will you pay me back!"
Liang Chuan chuckled and said, "I promise to pay you back within three days. If I don't have the money to pay you back, I will go to the mountains to collect firewood. There will always be people who want the firewood. I can sell it to you in a few days!"
"Well, you can't lie!"
