Zhang Dacai walked to the carriage and filled a pot full of tobacco, then came back and handed it to the stall owner.
The stall owner wiped his hands on his chest and carefully took the pipe pot. As the tobacco was lit, a beautiful red light came out of the pot.
The stall owner took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and looked full of enjoyment.
"Good stuff! It's just a bit weak." The stall owner thought about it for a moment and commented.
"What do you know? This is something for people in the city to smoke. You think it's the same as a farmer like you, just for the pleasure of having a shot?" Zhang Dacai said with a sideways glance at him.
A full pot is also called a shot in the common saying.
Hearing these pun-intended words, the stall owner also smiled naively.
In front of your son, you can't go too far or be outrageous.
"How much does this cost per tael?" the stall owner asked.
Zhang Dacai said nothing, stretched out his five fingers, and then flipped it over. This was ten.
The stall owner’s eyes widened: “God, this is as much as I make from selling water in a month!”
"That's right, otherwise I can make this trip by myself!?" Zhang Dacai asked.
"It's better for you to get money quickly." The stall owner sighed.
"Quick ass." Speaking of this, Zhang Dacai looked glum.
"What's going on?" the stall owner asked.
"The journey from Hangzhou was not bad, the roads were familiar, and we didn't encounter many troubles on the way." Zhang Dacai picked up the bowl and took a sip of cheap tea to calm down.
"But it was my first time to run this road from Ningbo to Hangzhou. When I went there, I had no goods, so it went smoothly. When I came back, so many bandits and road tyrants popped out of nowhere, just like those who smelled the stench. Like a fly, even if I have a road trip from an acquaintance, I still have to give some money to the big men who check the checkpoints. For this truckload of goods, I put a lot of money into it!"
Zhang Dacai said with a grimace, "You said I am quick to make money, but they are the quickest to make money."
After experiencing what happened in Suzhou and Taihu, everyone in the team knew that the situation under the imperial government in this era was indeed not ideal. Officials like Liu Fang who still have a sense of responsibility and mission are probably very rare.
But as Zhang Dacai said, even in this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, bandits are still rampant, which still surprises Qi Zhen and others.
Speaking of the bandits, the stall owner seemed to think of something and suddenly became energetic.
"Brother Zhang, let me tell you something. You can help me with my advice."
"What's going on?" Zhang Dacai asked.
"When you mentioned the bandit thing, I remembered that the bandit villages around us have been a bit strange recently. Usually, the villages on the different hills in the ten miles and eight villages often fight to grab territory. I don't know what happened recently, and there are no more battles. I stopped accepting monthly subscriptions and distributed a lot of portraits to each village. Then I went crazy and knocked on the door every now and then." The stall owner took out a folded piece of paper from behind and handed it to Zhang Dacai. .
"That's it, I'm looking for a certain pot. If I find it, I won't have to offer it as an offering, and I can also receive reward money. If I can't find it, I'll have to pay double the amount for the offering next month. We're all uneducated. In this life, nothing but kettles are chamber pots. After asking for a long time, those bandits couldn't explain why. You are well-informed, can you show me?"
Zhang Dacai took the portrait and looked at it, but he didn't feel anything. It looked like a purple clay teapot. He had a lot of purple clay tea sets at home, but he didn't remember seeing anything like this.
Qi Zhen was listening on the sidelines. At this moment, she glanced at the portrait, but she could no longer look away.
On the day in Yixing, Li San showed a rare expression of excitement and talked a lot more than usual. After the discussion about Ya Thief and Kaitou Kidd, Li San made an exception and shared a lot of science with everyone about purple clay teapots and other things. The basics of drinking tea.
As the saying goes, wealth without returning home is like walking at night in brocade clothes. Qi Zhen actually understands the mentality displayed by Li San.
For example, a person may have a Leonardo da Vinci painting or Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy in his home, or he may have a world-limited watch on his hand.
For a person, it is not just about showing off his unparalleled wealth and wealth to show off his taste and identity to people who don't understand calligraphy, painting and watches.
That's something only wealthy people would do.
More importantly, if you want to show off your collection with your peers, at least the goal of showing off is to know a little bit about the relevant knowledge. This sense of accomplishment is much higher than that shallow vanity, although fundamentally speaking They are all similar.
Of course, people all have this mentality. For example, Qi Zhen herself once got a certain Pokemon because of a distribution bug, and her friends were blown away by it, because the bug was fixed in less than a day. .
But if you mention this to people who don’t play this game, 80% of them will say you are awesome, and then have no idea how important this is to the players of this game.
Li San didn't have any friends in the team, but he still needed to satisfy his desire to show off, so he could only tell everyone about the unknown magical properties of this purple clay pot besides drinking tea.
What does the appearance of a teapot mean? For example, what do you think about the tightness of a teapot? Is the water absorbency and light transmittance good? How to raise a pot? How to grow tea mountains? How to make a patina look good?
Qi Zhen said what else can you do besides drinking tea?
Li San ignored him, and then started talking about the history of purple clay and the famous pot-making masters in the past.
Shi Dabin was mentioned, Chen Mingyuan was mentioned, and their life stories were also introduced.
While talking, he also compared and compared the pots in his hands. He really couldn't put it down.
Qi Zhen interrupted Li San and asked him, did you hear anything in your ears?
Li San was stunned for a moment and said he didn't hear it.
Qi Zhen said that you can’t take out legendary items in the game. The happier you are now, won’t you be more sad later?
Li San was a little injured, so after that he no longer had the interest to educate everyone about the teapot in his hand.
At the same time, he refused to give the teapot to Yu Liang and put it into the human race bag. It seemed that he wanted to keep playing with it until he left the game.
But whether it is Qi Zhen or anyone else in the team, they must still remember this pot.
The one in the portrait now is exactly the same as the one in Li San's hand.
that's it!
Qi Zhen's expression made Li Qiang and the other two people immediately realize that something was unusual, and they gathered around.
The four of them were also surprised when they saw the teapot in the painting.
"What are you..." Zhang Dacai asked with a look of astonishment when he saw several people staring at the portrait in his hand.
"I think I know what your brother Huang does for a living." Qi Zhen said.
"You mean..."
"Yes, this pot is the one our missing companion bought in Yixing." Qi Zhen nodded and said affirmatively.
"So your brother Huang must be a bandit within these ten miles and eight villages." Qi Zhen analyzed, "I guess he wanted to try his luck in Yixing, but he happened to encounter this pot being stolen by Li We have three in our pocket, so we will follow us until Liyang."
"But with such a purple clay pot, what would those innocent and powerful bandits do with it?" Zhang Dacai asked.
Qi Zhen shook her head. I'm afraid she can only find out by visiting her at home.
Zhang Dacai is not stupid. At this time, he asked Qi Zhen: "Are you going to part ways with me now?"
Qi Zhen thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter, we'll have a beginning and an end. We'll send you to Wuhu before leaving."
Zhang Dacai nodded and felt relieved.
Five people came to the side, and Yu Liang looked anxious.
"Why don't you leave now? Wouldn't it be possible to find their whereabouts earlier if you leave earlier?" Yu Liang asked.
"Except for the man named Huang Wenbiao, we still don't know why Lin Xiao left the inn, and Li San was actually hanging at the back of them, so although the clues about the purple clay pot are very important, they should not be revealed now. It will affect Li San's life safety, and the one we should be most worried about now is Lin Xiao," Qi Zhen said.
"Besides, I insist that along the way, there should be other clues that will guide us to Lin Xiao's whereabouts, so I don't think we should leave Zhang Dacai's side too early at this time."
Everyone thought about it and found that what Qi Zhen said did make sense, so they stopped arguing.
The group of six people continued on the road, but this time Qi Zhen did not choose to run again, but sat next to Zhang Dacai.
Probably because Zhang Dacai felt more at ease, the car was not traveling as fast as before, and the few people following it were more calm.
"We just talked about half of it. If you want to seek Taoism and visit immortals, you must go to Chaohu." Zhang Dacai said to Qi Zhen as he drove the car.
"Oh? Why is this?" Qi Zhen asked.
"It is said that there were many monsters in Chao Lake before, and they often came ashore to eat people. Until one day, an immortal master lived on the edge of Chao Lake in order to get rid of the monsters. From then on, the people around him were never disturbed by monsters again, and the immortals The place of residence is Ziwei Cave, one of the legendary thirty-six caves." Zhang Dacai explained.
Qi Zhen nodded and said she would definitely visit there.
Then the two chatted about Zhang Dacai's hometown-Wuhu.
When talking about his hometown, Zhang Dacai talked about the local customs, specialties and foods from all over the world, and the journey was not boring at all.
Soon everyone arrived at the second resting point, which took a little longer than expected. However, the team and Zhang Dacai had their own thoughts, so no one paid too much attention to this.
When they were on the road again, Zhang Dacai took out a jacket from his bag and put it on himself. The topic of conversation between the two of them also completely changed from the customs to the brothel.
Which building has the prettiest girl, which top player is the most unforgettable at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and which girl plays the best flute.
Zhang Dacai was much more interested in this kind of topic than the local customs. In fact, the situation was similar in every dynasty.
Qi Zhen said she would go and take a look if she had the chance, but there was a chill on the back of her neck.
Really feeling that two murderous eyes were staring at him, it was actually quite difficult to do so with Qi Zhen's current mental strength.
However, Jiang Yan and Meng Ran were unprepared for their murderous intent, and even Li Qiang, who was watching from the side, had a smile on his lips.
Qi Zhen obviously didn't want to linger on this topic for too long, so she quickly interrupted Zhang Dacai's words.
"Brother Huang, you are wearing a lot of clothes. Is the weather in Wuhu very cold?" Qi Zhen asked doubtfully.
"Hi! I forgot to tell you." Zhang Dacai slapped his forehead.
"I don't know what God is crazy about these days. As soon as I enter Wuhu, the weather changes every day. Today it is cold, and tomorrow it will be hot again. There is no guarantee. I can't compare with you young people. , I have to put it on first, and then take it off when it gets hot." Zhang Dacai explained.
This sentence made Qi Zhen suspicious.
