Chen Huaifeng arrived in the town early in the morning.
There is no snow in the town, but the frost and fog are very heavy. Sometimes in the town, some voices of conversation can be heard from far away in the morning fog, and then disperse quietly.
Someone was selling steamed buns not far away, and early risers were buying steamed buns in front of the stall.
Chen Huaifeng watched for a while and then walked over. After the last person left, the thirty-two-year-old man holding a sword said sincerely: "Boss, give me two steamed buns and a cup of wolfberry tea."
The boss of the bun seller is a man in his forties. He has been making buns and selling buns with his father in the town since he was a child. After selling buns for more than 40 years, this is the first time he has heard such a request.
So he lifted a drawer and looked up at Chen Huaifeng for a long time in the steaming water vapor. Chen Huaifeng's expression was very sincere. He didn't look like he was looking for trouble, but he was not looking for trouble. How could he go to the bun shop to buy wolfberry tea?
The boss was very confused, but after looking at the unusual-looking sword in Chen Huaifeng's arms, he thought about it and said politely: "I'm sorry, sir, but the shop only sells steamed buns, not wolfberries..." ..."
Before the boss finished speaking, he saw that Chen Huaifeng had taken out the money bag from his arms, so he changed his words: "But then again, I sometimes make some wolfberry tea. If you really want to drink it, I can also make you a drink."
Chen Huaifeng smiled slightly and counted the money, placing them one by one on the side of the cage - enough to pay for two steamed buns and a cup of wolfberry tea, and even a little more.
"Thank you, please hurry up."
It was very cold in the morning, and Chen Huaifeng was injured again. He probably really needed to drink some wolfberry tea to recover. From south to north, this Jianzong senior brother drank countless cups of wolfberry tea along the way.
Sometimes it's in a small town, sometimes it's in a small town.
Chen Huaifeng always drinks wolfberry tea, without exception.
Because he is very rich.
The boss brought two steamed buns to Chen Huaifeng, then quickly walked inside to make tea.
In winter, it is natural to boil hot water in advance.
Therefore, the tea was brewed very quickly. Perhaps it was because Chen Huaifeng was too generous. The boss even asked loudly and diligently from behind: "Would you like to add some angelica for you?"
Chen Huaifeng thought for a while and said, "Okay."
After all, middle-aged people have no choice but to soak wolfberry in a small tea cup. It's hard for wolfberry to survive the passage of time, so angelica must be added to it.
Chen Huaifeng is thirty-two years old. He can be said to be young or middle-aged. This is a very embarrassing time.
So he accepted the bun shop owner's suggestion to add extra angelica, and then counted a few more pennies and lined up next to the basket.
The boss came out with a cup of wolfberry and angelica tea, carefully handed it to Chen Huaifeng, then collected the money on the basket and said politely: "Do you want to eat here, or..."
Chen Huaifeng held the cup and shook his head and said, "I'll take a look."
"okay."
The boss didn't hold him back, he just watched the man holding the sword, holding the steamed bun and hot tea, leisurely walking away in the morning mist of the town.
Do people who practice swordsman like health care so much?
No one from the Taoist sect would do this.
Chen Huaifeng was eating steamed buns, drinking hot tea, and walking comfortably in the small town at the end of December.
It was probably the Chinese New Year, and lanterns had begun to hang under the eaves of the houses on both sides of the long street shrouded in mist. Although there are many red lanterns in Nanyi City, this does not mean the same thing.
The lanterns in Nanyi City are to light up the night, while the lanterns in the town are to add some festive meaning. But I haven’t posted the couplets yet, probably because there are still a few days before the New Year.
I just bought some steamed buns and waited for some wolfberry tea. The fog in the town has not dispersed much, but there are a lot of faint sounds in the town. Although they are still sparse, they are not as loud as before. So deserted.
Even under the eaves not far away, people started to set up stalls, selling...
Chen Huaifeng was stunned for a moment and looked carefully at the young man sitting in a wheelchair and sleeping by the fire under the eaves.
This is not the one in Xuanxuyuan.
Very good, Chen Huaifeng doesn't know Chen He's name.
All he knew was that he had eaten his sizzling tofu.
Why is this person in the territory of Qingtian Road in the north?
Chen Huaifeng was quite puzzled and walked over. It was probably the aroma of the steamed buns that Chen Huaifeng had taken two bites that drifted into his sleep. However, Chen He opened his eyes in a daze, and then looked at Chen Huaifeng in a daze - in his hand buns.
"Is the bun shop owner open?" Chen He didn't notice who Chen Huaifeng was, he just yawned and asked.
Chen Huaifeng nodded.
Chen He stood up from the wheelchair, and then said with a smile: "Do you want to buy poems? Or rent them? You can read them by yourself for a while, and I will buy some steamed buns and come back to eat."
Chen Huaifeng wanted to ask some questions, but seeing Chen He like this, he nodded again, made way for Chen He, stood in front of the stall, and looked at those things.
There are some transcribed poems on the side, and there is a small wooden sign on the edge, which costs three pennies for each poem. You need to pick it up yourself.
On the other side were some biographies - Chen Huaifeng thought of the biographies he had seen in the library, and it seemed that it was indeed him. There is also a small chipped wooden sign next to the biography. The starting price of rent is three cents for five days, overdue one cent for one day, and a deposit of ten cents.
Chen Huaifeng looked up and down again, but found nothing related to the iron plate tofu, so he sighed.
Although Chen Huaifeng likes to keep healthy, he has to admit that Chen He's sizzling tofu is very delicious, so Chen Huaifeng misses the taste a little at this time.
Chen He came back soon, holding a few steamed buns in his hand, eating them as he walked, and carrying a pot of hot wine.
Although the owner of the bun shop does not sell wolfberry tea or wine, if someone is generous, he can sell some for himself.
Although Chen He is not as rich as Chen Huaifeng, he is an idle person after all. Idle people have no financial pressure and will naturally be more generous.
While eating steamed buns, Chen He sat back on the small wheelchair next to the stove. Chen He also looked at the man holding the sword and looked familiar. After looking at it for a long time, he started to think about it.
"Are you the Sword Sect brother from Nanyi City?"
Chen Huaifeng smiled and said, "Yes, why don't you sell sizzling tofu?"
Chen He said with a smile: "Sell it when you are short of money. The business is too good to sell that kind of thing. Now that I have a lot of money in my pocket, I have no such idea for the time being."
"That's a shame indeed."
Chen Huaifeng smiled softly, but he looked really regretful.
After Chen He finished eating a steamed bun, he looked at Chen Huaifeng curiously and asked, "What are you doing here, senior brother?"
Chen Huaifeng flipped through the biography on the stall and said casually: "There is something going on here."
Chen He did not ask further. It was probably not a good thing for a human sword sect to come to a place like Qingtian Dao. He is from Xianyun Yehe, so naturally he is too lazy to ask about such things.
While the two were talking, a woman walked out of the mist on the long street. Today, Xu Chunhua was not wearing a small flower skirt, nor was she holding a small white umbrella. After all, the snow had stopped for a few days, and when the snow melted, it was always more beautiful than before. It was snowing and cold, so this small town girl just wore thick clothes and carried a pot of hot wine in her hand. She walked to Chen He's small stall and seemed a little annoyed when she saw Chen He who was eating steamed buns and drinking warm wine. Said: "Chen He, why do you buy other people's wine to drink!"
Chen He chuckled and said, "Zhenwei is too far away. I'm too lazy to leave. Why did you bring wine today?"
Xu Chunhua glanced at Chen Huaifeng, who was holding a sword and drinking wolfberry tea, then turned to stare at Chen He for a long time, then placed the pot of wine in his hand heavily on the stall and said, "My father said you came here alone. There are always some lonely people in this town, so I asked you to bring you some hot wine to drink, and also asked you if you would like to celebrate the New Year at my house if you don’t have a place to celebrate the New Year."
Chen He smiled and said, "That's no need. I'm used to celebrating the New Year alone. By the way, is this wine for me?"
Although Xu Chunhua looked a little dissatisfied, she still said: "Yes."
Chen He then took the pot of wine with a smile, placed it by the stove, and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Xu, and thank you, the shopkeeper Xu."
Xu Chunhua said somewhat seriously: "You really don't want to come?"
Chen He nodded and said, "I will celebrate the New Year on the street."
Xu Chunhua shook her head, turned around and walked back along the long street without saying anything else.
Chen Huaifeng looked at the small town girl's back, then looked back at Chen He with some envy.
As soon as Chen He, the idle young boss, saw Chen Huaifeng's look, he knew that he must have misunderstood something. Senior Brother Jianzong must have always been good at having weird ideas like everyone else.
"Don't think too much about it. She has a lover. As for going to her house to celebrate the New Year..." Chen He tilted his head and said, "Maybe it's because I do seem to be lonely. I don't even have a place to live." No, I sleep under the eaves and watch the snow every day."
"Then why don't you find a place to stay?" Chen Huaifeng had finished eating the buns and was gargling hot tea.
Chen He said with a smile: "Brother, don't you know that if you find a place to live, then you really have to spend the New Year alone? Although I am under the eaves of the street, the people in the town are celebrating the New Year. When I was here, I always thought that there was someone in the town who had no place to live, so he would come over in twos and threes to chat with me and bring me some dumplings. You think this is a person celebrating the New Year, but in fact, the whole town is celebrating the New Year with me. .”
Chen Huaifeng looked at Chen He thoughtfully and said, "It does sound reasonable, but I still think that small town girl seems to have some interest in you."
Chen He said strangely: "Senior brother, has he ever had a lover?"
Chen Huaifeng said with shame, "No."
Chen He smiled, sat on the chair and said: "That's it. When people live in this world, it is inevitable that they will have some affection for some outsiders and have some thoughts on the basis of their existing emotions. Maybe it's because She is good-looking, perhaps because she fits the conversation well. Emotions are also human desires, and the temptation beyond human desires is inevitable. I can naturally see that Xu Chunhua may have some feelings for me, and maybe one night, I have thought about it. If his little lover doesn’t come back, he will spend the rest of his life with me.”
Chen Huaifeng looked at Chen He with raised eyebrows and said, "What about you?"
Chen He said softly: "Of course I have too."
"Then why don't you go to her house to celebrate the New Year?"
"Because she has a lover. So she was serious when she asked me if I would go to her house to celebrate the New Year, and she was serious if she didn't want me to go to her house to celebrate the New Year. Such a thing would make her feel a strong sense of guilt. So I She needs to reject it very happily." Chen He chuckled softly, "She may have resentment towards me for a period of time, and then it turned into a lot of happiness, and there may also be pride in guarding her lust. People always have to After experiencing some such things, after those things have passed, you can wait for a person's return with a clearer mind."
Chen Huaifeng looked at Chen He quietly, and then said softly: "What about yourself?"
Chen He said lazily and melancholy: "When I leave here, I won't be entangled in these things."
Chen Huaifeng smiled and said, "You are quite chic."
Chen He drank the warm wine and said with a smile: "I'm naturally chic. Where's my senior brother, is there anyone you've ever had a crush on?"
Chen Huaifeng drank the wolfberry tea in the cup with a sigh, and said: "Yes, that was the first time I left the human world and came out of Jianzong in the past few years. You were there at that time, selling iron plates next to me. Tofu, I was standing by the river, drinking wolfberry tea, and then I saw a girl washing her feet by the river with her shoes."
Chen He raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you like looking at women's feet?"
"You don't like it?" Chen Huaifeng asked.
Chen He chuckled.
"But what moved me was not the girl washing her feet, but the warm sunshine in spring, by the green willow riverside. After the girl washed her feet with her shoes, she raised her hand to hold the hanging silk around her ears... ..." Chen Huaifeng said, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then remembered his mood at that time, "Infinite gentleness, yes, that kind of gesture, infinite gentleness."
Chen He took a deep breath, obviously moved by Chen Huaifeng's description.
"Why didn't I see it then?"
"You were frying tofu." Chen Huaifeng said with a chuckle, "Then I was also attracted by your tofu, so I missed the opportunity to ask her name."
"That is indeed a pity." Chen He said with a smile.
"But sometimes I still dream. I dreamed that I was not attracted by your tofu, but walked across the bridge and waited under a spring willow tree for her to come over. Then I asked her name, and then started talking We met, so I left Jianzong, married her, had children, and lived my whole life peacefully."
Chen Huaifeng said with a smile, "It's just a pity that I never saw her again."
Probably the girl who had a rare free time and washed her feet in Nanyi City has been in the courtyard worrying about the Spring Examination.
The two of them were drinking tea and wine, talking about such very outrageous things in the world. Even if one of them was a well-known to the world, a senior fellow from the Human Sword Sect, there was nothing very out of line.
They are just people from the world.
Chen Huaifeng finished drinking his tea, so he looked at the remaining wolfberry grains and angelica slices in the cup, and stretched the cup towards Chen He.
"Give me some wine too."
Chen He lifted the wine pot, poured wine for Chen Huaifeng, and said with a smile: "I thought you didn't know how to drink."
Chen Huaifeng looked at the warm wine in the cup and said softly: "Maybe you mentioned some sad emotions. Drink some wine to feel happier."
Chen He said with deep approval: "Yes, happiness is also the secret to good health."
Chen Huaifeng looked at the wine jug that Chen He poured into and said, "Why don't you give me the undrunk wine from that jug?"
Chen He looked at the pot of wine brought by Xu Chunhua beside the stove, shook his head and said, "No, I drank this myself."
Chen Huaifeng smiled softly, took the wine, and drank comfortably in small sips.
“Where is that small town girl’s little lover?”
Chen He shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it seems to be a Taoist priest in the temple."
Chen Huaifeng didn't know that the girl who washed her feet by the river was called Hang Yue, and Chen He didn't know that Xu Chunhua's little lover was called Mei Xiyu.
So many stories probably pass by in a hazy way.
Chen Huaifeng didn't ask any further questions. After drinking the wine in his glass, he seemed to be in a better mood. He turned to look at the town where the fog had gradually dispersed, and then turned to look at the mountain outside the town that was still covered with snow.
"I'm going to visit Guanli. If I have a chance, I'll come to the town to celebrate the New Year."
Chen He chuckled softly and said, "Okay. Then should I prepare some iron plate tofu and wolfberry tea for you?"
Chen Huaifeng smiled slightly: "Just iron plate tofu and warm wine."
"no problem."
So this senior brother from the Southern Sword Sect left the cup at Chen He's stall, then turned to look in the direction where the small town girl named Xu Chunhua left, and then walked through the long foggy street, Head towards the Taoist temple hidden in the mountains.
Chen He continued to sit under the eaves on the street in the small town. The late December sun cast its light coldly behind the fog, illuminating the somewhat damp street, giving it a different kind of tranquility.
But the silence was soon broken by pedestrians walking on the street.
"I actually drank two bottles of wine at the same time today. It seems that I sold a lot of wine yesterday, Chen He."
Pedestrians looked at Chen He and said hello as they passed by.
Chen He said with a smile: "No, there is a pot given by shopkeeper Xu of Zhenwei."
The man smiled strangely, but he didn't know what he was thinking of, but he asked again: "Are you going to shopkeeper Xu's house to celebrate the New Year?"
Chen He said: "No."
"Then you come to my house to celebrate the New Year."
"No, it's fine for me to warm myself up here."
"Okay, I'll bring you some coal later."
"Okay, thank you."
Chen He watched the man leave with a smile, and the streets in this part of the town became quiet again. Chen He sat in a small wheelchair and drank warm wine quietly. Then he looked at another pot of wine aside and raised his hand to touch the body of the pot. It must have cooled down. After all, it was not placed on the stove. In the winter, Things tend to get cold quickly.
Chen He picked up the pot of cold wine, got a glass, and started drinking the cold wine.
But it was probably not very comfortable to drink like this, so Chen He took a few sips and put the pot of wine on the stove, ready to heat it up before drinking.
There are probably a lot of things, so naturally there is no need to be too deliberate.
