This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 2 The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival

In Lu Sen's field of vision, there is a transparent window.

About a hundred squares form a square gray interface.

The wooden block that was sucked into his palm just now was stored in the first grid and marked with the number: 54.

Lu Sen turned his head, and then saw Hei Zhu's pious and fanatical expression.

Seeing his master's gaze coming over, Hei Zhu lowered his head slightly, walked up and asked, "Lang Jun, your hand is injured, do you want to go to the hospital to bandage it?"

Lu Sen wiped the knuckle of his right finger with his left hand. The blood on it had already condensed. With such a swipe, the blood stain disappeared, and the skin of the knuckle was as smooth as ever, and it didn't appear to be injured.

Heizhu was stunned again, and then showed a natural expression.

Then Lu Sen asked: "Where can I sell Qimu in the city? It's more fair to do things. Take me there to see."

"Yes, of course there is. Is Langjun trying to sell the Qimu just now?"

"We must have some money in exchange for food." Lu Sen said with a smile: "Besides, I have to change my clothes at the right time, otherwise it will be difficult to talk to outsiders."

In fact, Hei Zhu is already very hungry now. He has only eaten a black sour bun from morning till now. Hearing this, he immediately leads the way.

Back on the street, the two once again enjoyed the street-cleaning effect brought by Lu Sen's fancy clothes. On the crowded street, it was very easy to move forward. In less than half a column of incense, they came to the store.

"Four Seas and Woods." Lu Sen read out the shop's name.

Hei Zhu explained on the side: "When I was begging in the city, I heard about the owner of this shop. The business is fair. The owner of the shop is Huang Mugui. I heard that when he was young, he planned to do business. After earning money, I went to ask a famous fortune-teller in the city. The fortune-teller said that his name had the word 'wood' in it, and he was suitable for wood-related industries. The owner of the shop, Huang, didn't want to do the business of longevity materials, so he started woodcarving. This woodcarving shop has been erected."

Lu Sen looked at this woodcarving shop, which was obviously much larger than the surrounding shops, and then went up the steps.

When he arrived at the door of the store, he found that Hei Zhu hadn't followed, and when he turned around, he saw Hei Zhu staying at the original place below, showing an embarrassed smile.

Heizhu was dressed in rags, not even wearing shoes.

A pair of feet as black as carbon.

In the shop of 'Sihaitongmu', the floor is paved with smooth wooden planks, which can be seen from the oil, and it is a precious wood at first glance.

"Wait for me there."

Heizhu bent down and nodded.

Lu Sen stepped into the shop.

In fact, when you are outside the store, you can already smell the unique fragrance of wood products. After walking in, the smell is stronger, but it will not make people feel annoying.

The interior of the store is very large and the decoration is also very elegant. What is more eye-catching are the various wood carvings placed on the containers in the store.

Chickens, ducks, birds and fish are all common small animals.

In the very center, there is a large-scale wooden sculpture more than two meters high, unpainted.

A phoenix.

Standing on a huge mulberry tree, it is spreading its wings.

The feathers on the phoenix body are fully visible, and it looks extremely real.If it's just 'like', that's fine.This phoenix is ​​engraved with great charm, it really has that kind of noble and elegant, and the phoenix shows the momentum of a hundred birds.

No wonder the shop was erected. The wood carvings in this shop were extremely amazing even for someone like Lu Sen who had been baptized with literary and artistic information.

At this time, the shop assistant who was busy cleaning the container heard footsteps behind him, and immediately turned his head and said with a smile, "Guest officer, good afternoon..."

Then the shop boy swallowed his saliva, his expression became a little frightened, he felt that he had encountered a monster.

No way, the black and white skull on Lu Sen's clothes is too advanced for the people in Bianjing City.

At least the people in Bianjing City have not evolved to the point of appreciating this stuff.

"Guest officer... Lord, how can the villain help you?" The second shop assistant's voice was shaking.

He is the only one in the shop now, what if this monster is malicious?
Lu Sen felt helpless. He also knew what the other party was afraid of, so he tried his best to show a kinder smile: "I heard that the store bought Qimu here?"

"Yes, yes." The shop boy nodded again and again, for fear that the slow answer would provoke the anger of the demon in front of him: "As long as it is high-quality wood, or strange wood, our shop will charge a high price."

"Then what do you think of this product?"

Lu Sen flipped his palm, and a pale yellow wooden square appeared in his palm to hold it.

Transforming things out of thin air... The shop boy was stunned, his body trembled even more, but he didn't dare to escape.

"Keke... Did the official let the villain look at this... Qimu?"

Lu Sen nodded naturally, then put the wooden block on the counter.

The shop boy timidly walked behind the counter, holding the wooden block in both hands, for fear of falling.After staring for a while, the original horror in his eyes turned into curiosity.

After flipping through the piece of wood for a while, the second shopkeeper was attracted by this piece of wood, and was no longer afraid, and even excited emotions appeared in his eyes: "Keguan, this is indeed a strange piece of wood, it's just a villain. My vision is shallow, I can't see what's going on. Please wait a moment, I'll go and invite the master out and give you my palms and eyes."

"sorry to bother you."

"The guest officer is too polite."

The shop assistant immediately turned around and went to the backyard.

Lu Sen waited on the spot. Before half a column of incense, a middle-aged man in a silk Chinese suit walked out. He had a long white face and long beard. He walked with his hands behind his back. He didn't look like a businessman, but like a businessman. The look of a scribe.

When he came, he had been looking at Lu Sen, his eyes were hesitant, especially when he saw the skull painting on Lu Sen's clothes, his pupils shrank slightly.

But overall, his expression was still manageable.

At least there was no expression of fear or panic.

The middle-aged shopkeeper approached, bowed with both hands, and asked with a smile, "This mage, it is fate to meet each other, may I ask Gao's name."

Master is a general term for the well-trained Taoist, monk, sorcerer, Zhu and other strange people.

Lu Sen imitated the other party's left hand to hold the right fist, and also bowed in return with a smile: "I don't dare to be a mage. It's business that comes and goes, so why should the store owner care about the name taboo."

He simply didn't want to tell strangers his name.Besides, the store owner didn't report his name just now, but he asked about other people's roots first.

The middle-aged store owner was stunned for a moment, and then said helplessly: "Yes, it's just business."

Then he turned his eyes to the wooden block on the counter, stunned for a moment, then walked over, held it in his hand and turned it over and over again, the brilliance in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

After a while, he raised his head and asked, "Guest officer, do you still have such a piece of wood?"

Lu Sen flipped his left and right hands, and two identical wooden blocks appeared, and then placed them on the counter.

The middle-aged store owner was stunned for a moment, and finally had a moving expression on his face.

He glanced at Lu Sen, turned over two pieces of wood that had just appeared, took a deep breath, and said, "If the guest officer can give you a few more pieces of this strange wood, someone will definitely be able to give a high price."

"No more." Lu Sen shook his head.

"It's impossible." The middle-aged shop owner shook the light yellow wooden block in his hand: "The length, width and height are all six inches, and the three pieces of odd wood are exactly the same size. The surface is extremely smooth, and it is obviously polished. It was definitely cut from a big tree, there can't be only three pieces. It's not very useful for you to keep it, guest officer, it's better to allow Yo..."

Lu Sen didn't speak, just smiled, stood up straight, put his hands behind him, and quietly looked into the eyes of the middle-aged shopkeeper.

The middle-aged store owner was stared at a little uncomfortable, and within ten breaths, he smiled a little embarrassedly: "Haha, it was someone who didn't think carefully, such a strange tree is the essence of the world, it's very rare. Bao, how could there be too many? It's someone who is abrupt. I don't know how much the guest officer wants to sell?"

"The public price is enough." Lu Sen replied lightly.

The middle-aged shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Though these pieces of wood are peculiar, they are still a little small. How about giving a piece of silver to ten taels?"

"Row."

Lu Sen didn't care much, silver was a hard currency and had a lot of purchasing power.Besides, he just wants a little bit of capital to start a family, so it doesn't make much difference.

The three silver cakes were placed on the counter, and the middle-aged store owner said sincerely: "Guest officer, if you have this kind of strange wood again in the future, please sell it to a small shop again. I am thirsty for it."

Lu Sen nodded, put the silver taels into the system backpack, and turned to leave the store.

Seeing Lu Sen walk out of the door, the middle-aged store owner sighed regretfully.He has been in the odd wood business for more than ten years, and it can be said that he has seen and played with all the precious woods in the world.

Even the rarest cold pond agarwood, he handled a lot.

However, the three pieces of wood are completely different.

No flavour, surface texture and texture like ficus, but the colour is not quite right.

Biewai Banyan trees are lighter, these three pieces are dead and dead, and the texture is still very tough.

It was the finest wood he had never seen before.

Too bad there are only three.

It is estimated that only three sets of tea sets can be made.

what a shame.

If there are more times, he can open a few more branches, and each of them will put a set of such a treasure of the town store.

The more he thought about it, the more distressed he became, and then he said to the shop assistant next to him, "Go and invite Master Kang to come over. There is good wood for him to handle the knife. At the same time, the door is closed. We are not doing business today."

The door to Sihaitongmu was closed, and Lu Sen and Heizhu had already walked away.

"If you have the money, let's buy some clothes first."

Clothing stores are easy to find, and you can find one just a few steps away.

This time, Lu Sen didn't let Hei Zhu wait outside, but took him in. The second in the shop gave him a dissatisfied look, and chose two sets of clean, but not gorgeous clothes for Hei Zhu.

For a beggar from childhood to adulthood, it is undoubtedly hurting him to let him wear fancy clothes from the very beginning.

At the same time, he also bought two pairs of cloth shoes for Heizhu.

After that, I bought myself three sets of uniforms that looked more comfortable, and three pairs of cloth shoes.

Heizhu changed into clean new clothes and put on shoes almost choked up inside.

Just when he came out, he found that Lu Sen was still dressed as before, so he asked, "Why doesn't Langjun wear new clothes?"

"If I change my clothes, it won't be very easy to act." Lu Sen pointed to the black and white bones on his chest: "The deterrent of this thing is much greater than that of me now. I will change it when I feel really at ease. New clothes."

Heizhu didn't quite understand, and showed a puzzled expression.

Lu Sen didn't explain, but said, "Let's go eat something first. Where can you find cheap and delicious roadside stalls."

"There is at Hongqiao."

"Hongqiao?"

"Well, the most lively place in the city, in the days when there is no curfew, every day, twelve hours, from dark to dawn, there will always be crowds of people. There is a stall called 'Old Zhang Dabing', which bakes Sesame and scallion pancakes, I heard it is the best food in the city."

"I heard? Haven't you eaten Heizhu?"

Hei Zhu shook his head embarrassedly: "I have been begging on the streets since I was a child, how could I have money to eat such delicious food."

The two walked forward while chatting.

There are more and more people on the street, especially when they come to a river, they are densely packed with people.

Especially on a large wooden arch bridge, it was so crowded that it was almost impossible to move.

Both sides of the bridge were crowded with hawkers and merchants, chanting their goods.

The crowd was full of people.

Thanks to the skull painting on Lu Sen's clothes, people are afraid of people, and the people around them avoid it subconsciously, forming a small empty circle, so the two of them are more convenient to move around than others.

The bridge is very big. When I came to the top of the bridge, I found the 'Old Zhang Dabing' stall and asked for two large scallion pancakes.

Heizhu tasted delicious.

But Lu Sen felt it was normal, even a little unpalatable.

Although it was covered with green onions and a small amount of oil, the noodles themselves had a sour taste. It is estimated that the noodles that have not been sold for a long time will be baked and sold to customers.

In addition, this flatbread has no salt, no salty taste at all, and very little oil. It tastes dry. It is said that it is a flatbread with scallion oil.

What's even more outrageous is that Lu Sen also ate some hard flaky objects in the dough. According to the chewiness and the slightly astringent pain caused by the tongue touching it, most likely it was ground wheat husks. Did not run.

Although it was unpalatable, Lu Sen did not spit or throw it away. He stood on the side rail of the bridge and ate the pie with difficulty while looking around.

The wooden arch bridge is long, wide, and tall.

The arch hole under the bridge is huge, and there are endless boats coming and going.

Small fishing boat, big painting boat.

At this time, the sun was slanting to the west, and on the river with orange light and scales, there were the fishermen's fishing horns, and there were also the charming smiles of Yingying and Yanyan on the painting boat.

Behind him are the frolicking sounds of bridge deck vendors and pedestrians.

Although the clothes and customs of the people here are different from those before the time-travel, the bustling and bustling are inherited in the same vein.

Familiar voice, familiar smile.

Chewing on the unpalatable flatbread, Lu Sen felt as if he was in a painting in a trance.

A certain picture that was buried deep in my mind and could hardly be truly forgotten, appeared in front of my eyes with the recovery of memory.

The picture scroll and reality gradually overlap.

"Qing, Ming, Shang, He, Tu!"

Lu Sen called out the name almost word by word.

At the same time, every time he shouted a word, his left hand, which was not holding the flatbread, would slap the bridge deck railing heavily.

Excited.

Five heavy slaps went down, and strands of white lines spread all over the surface of the wooden arch bridge.

Many pedestrians have noticed these white and twisted marks like spider silk, and there is no sense of danger for unknown reasons.

At this time, Heizhu was already frightened, and the flat cake that was almost finished fell on the bridge deck.

He knelt down with a thud, hugged Lu Sen's legs and cried hard: "Lang Jun, Lang Jun, please. If the noodles are not to your liking, if they are too unpalatable, you will kill that old Zhang. , you can also kill me, but don't take this bridge to get angry, there are at least a thousand people on it, Langjun!"

(End of this chapter)