prison song

"It's really a wasteland here, not even a mouse." Qin Huaizhen and Yan Qing walked side by side, holding a straw in their hands, and rolled up their sleeves to reveal their white wrists.

"Let's rest for a while."

Without saying a word, Qin Huaizhen sat on the ground, covered his head with a leaf that came along just now, and complained:

"I've already arrived in Ancheng, but I can't go back...I still want to go shopping."

"Next time, it's time to escape from their pursuit. It's not bad to experience other cities and counties. It seems that we will arrive not far away." Yan Qing carefully studied the map and said.

"I'm hungry."

Qin Huaizhen said that he touched his lower abdomen with one hand, and said weakly that he missed the sea food made by Chu Yuechen a little bit, and he didn't know how he is now, and whether he found Li Gui.

"Walk another two miles, and you will be there after turning over the opposite mountain. Then we will go there to buy food." Yan Qing finished speaking and looked at Qin Huaizhen.

"But I don't have any money on me... If I had known it would be like this, I would have picked something out of Chu Yuechen, that filthy rich bastard."

"Here." Yan Qing took out a money bag from his waist, it was a golden bag.

"Where did you come from!" Qin Huaizhen said in surprise.

"It was left behind by the prince. I was going to return it to him, but I forgot it."

"Hahahaha it's okay! He won't remember!" Qin Huaizhen took the money bag and counted it carefully.

"Wow! This is enough for us to live happily for a year!" Qin Huaizhen was in a good mood immediately, even the feeling of exhaustion and hunger was swept away, and he strode forward.

Yan Qing was a little surprised, packed his things and walked forward.

"Isn't it just turning over a mountain? How far can it go? Yan Qing, hurry up!" Qin Huaizhen said.

Yan Qing looked at Qin Huaizhen's figure suddenly getting up and walking forward, and couldn't help raising his head.

"Chu Yuechen is not a forgetful person." Yan Qing looked at the fire in front of him and said to himself.

It's very hot now, the sun is very strong, Yan Qing half covered his eyes with his hands, and looked into the distance.

The halving of the gongs and drums was loud, and the exhaustion was crying, and a crowd of three or two appeared on the outline of the mountain.

Qin Huaizhen also noticed that side and stopped walking, that was the way they were going.

A group of people stood on the top of the mountain. They were all dressed in white, their black hair was bundled up, and they were silent. They looked like migrating ants on the mountain. The one who walked in the front was a twenty-year-old student. He was also dressed in white, with a tie on his forehead. With a white ribbon.

The white paper money scattered all over the sky, and some even floated to Qin Huaizhen and the two, accompanied by the suona that could appear on any occasion.

"Let's talk about it after they leave." Yan Qing said and sat down.

"Oh."

Qin Huaizhen looked over there, and he saw the person standing in the front in the distance, with tears streaming down his pale face.

"En." Qin Huaizhen responded.

"How is it?" said the waiter.

"good to eat."

Qin Huaizhen was standing in front of the stall eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake, the steamer was still steaming, and three brocade bags were hung on one arm, which contained some bean cakes from Lingtai County. With the money, he bought what can be called the "imperial robe" of Lingtai County.

The golden gauze Chanyi is a thin garment made of light sandy silk. After meticulously soaked with dye, the best tailor in Lingtai County is hired to string gold thread on the clothes and sew them in different shades every finger width. Wearing a light primrose color that is not ostentatious, it will be dazzling to varying degrees every time you turn sideways.

As a result, when Qin Huaizhen walked on the street, people looked back everywhere, especially the girl's house. Originally, Qin Huaizhen's appearance was something people would never forget.

Wearing such clothes, even Yan Qing, a person from the Western Regions, is not unusual here.

"I don't like those flamboyant people, but there is nothing suitable for me to wear here. Fortunately, I choose the most expensive one." Qin Huaizhen said to Yan Qing when paying the bill.

Yan Qing's hands were full of all kinds of things, and he piled up so much before he knew it.

Next, Yan Qing's doomsday has just begun, Qin Huaizhen can't stop at all, he keeps walking and stopping, looking around, Lingtai County is more prosperous than Ancheng, if Ancheng is not there, Lingtai County is considered the main capital of Chu State.

Although it is adjacent to the wilderness, but fortunately there is a county magistrate who is dedicated to his duties, which makes the place bloom like a brocade like a sky.

"I'm not a person who likes to eat. I just get hungry after walking for a long time. I seldom go out to eat in Ancheng." Qin Huaizhen said while sitting in the tavern, when the waiter opened the curtain one after another and came out from behind the screen.

Yan Qing smiled lightly and replied yes.

Soon the big round table was filled up. The thick vegetable soup, the skin of the pickled vegetables and meat was first fried and boiled in a steamer. After a long time of dark soy sauce, it seemed to increase the appetite.The squirrel mandarin fish is topped with the honey spicy sauce specially prepared by the tavern, and a carved radish is hooked on the edge to add green leaves.

This is not a dish, this is a painting standing on the table.

The most mouth-watering dessert belongs to the hawthorn balls. The prepared dish is concave in the shape of a disc, which is topped with brown sugar juice and put on all kinds of hawthorn balls, frosted, red pulp wrapped, and ice-coated. , Biting off the outer layer of sweetness spreads to the tongue, and the inside splashes sour juice, which makes people frown, and at the same time, there is a honey-sweet harmony. The sweet and sour appetizers increase people's appetite.

Can't help but want to pick up a few more boiled shrimps.

"However, if we continue to spend like this, we will probably go begging in a few days." Yan Qing wiped his mouth with a white towel after eating.

"You don't know the prices here. It's much cheaper here than in Ancheng. With this money, it will take three months." Qin Huaizhen said with a smile, half a hawthorn ball in his mouth.

"I don't understand prices? The clothes on you have ruined half a month's budget I planned, plus these pastries that don't eat on the same day and the next day, and the table of meals you ordered, our money It's already halfway through, and the three-month life that was well planned has suddenly become precarious." Yan Qing analyzed.

"Mother-in-law, she really looks like a woman." Qin Huaizhen glanced at Yan Qing with disgust, and this person almost took out his abacus and tried it in front of him.

In fact, what Yan Qing said is also reasonable, Ancheng is used to living a carefree life, now thinking about Mrs. Qin's calculation of the Qin family's expenses all day long, it is not unreasonable, thinking of this, he couldn't help curling his lips.

Yan Qing was a little at a loss when he saw this.

Did I just say too much?It doesn't hurt to spend money.

They continued to eat, but there were too many dishes, they were dazzled, and gradually lost their appetite.

After eating, I went downstairs, accompanied by Xiao Er's yelling, and there were buildings full of woody fragrance and color, and went out.

It is already night.

The lights were hung, and the lattice windows on the opposite side were opposite to the tavern on this side. There were bright candles inside, and a bunch of red lanterns were hung on both sides. Wandering aimlessly, there is also a temporary stage, singing a ditty.

Many bustling small stalls are full of people talking and laughing, enjoying the happiness bought with a few pennies, talking about today's interesting stories, watching the iron pot raise the fire at the bottom of the pot, and jumping up and stopping in mid-air. Rapeseed is very comfortable.

In addition, there are many other stalls. Those who sell ink cubes and inkstones must have good calligraphy. No matter how rough the ink is, how rough it is, or even with only a broken wolf hair, they can still write. A pair of red Spring Festival couplets, with the four characters of bright future written on it clearly and conspicuously, but the stalls need to be replaced regularly.

Qin Huaizhen basically didn't go shopping at night, and mostly stayed in Jinxian Lane or another spring building. He didn't expect such a beautiful scene at night.

He approached a booth with rows of jewelry and hairpins on it. Sitting in front of the booth was a woman who was the same age as Mrs. Qin, with her eyes downcast, but her hands were not sloppy. It's not clumsy either, just move a hairpin with a thick round head lightly, use an iron hook to draw out various outlines, and use a knife to cut the round head and draw a few forks.

Fasten it with a feather iron hook, and a hole feather hairpin came alive, and Qin Huaizhen's eyes lit up when he saw it.

The hosta snail buns were extremely delicate, he chose two and looked at Yan Qing.

"You want to wear it?" Yan Qing was a little puzzled.

"Buy it back and give it to my mother." Qin Huaizhen said.

"Only this time, it won't work after that." Yan Qing still agreed, and Qin Huaizhen turned around with a smile, wrapped up the two hairpins and left.

Inn.

Sitting on the couch, Qin Huaizhen felt helpless, looked at the candlelight reflected on Yan Qing's face and said without a trace of expression: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"If you didn't buy that bad box of Jinyu crisps today, maybe we could sleep in separate rooms." Yan Qing's hands were half-bowed, covering the still weak candlelight.

"I think it's delicious!" Qin Huaizhen retorted, propped his body on his hands and leaned back, trying to lean against the window, but caught the peg, and the hair tie broke when he pulled it, and his black hair fell like a waterfall.

Yan Qing heard a slight movement beside him, raised his head unconsciously, licked his lips, and continued to light the next candle.

"It's really unlucky, let's not talk about taking a shower, I'm sleeping by the window." Qin Huaizhen stood up, looking around for something to tie her hair with, and all she could find was a hairpin she bought.

"Do you want to wear it?" Yan Qing's words sounded in his mind again.

"Hahahaha, Qin Huaizhen, you know what a fart, this is called a man who can bend and stretch!" Chu Yuechen, who had several braids on his head by Li Guihe, said to him in the tavern.

Qin Huaizhen thought about it, it is impossible to wash his hair now, he can't dry it for half a day, blowing the cold wind all night will probably cause a headache, if it blows into facial paralysis, it will be even more uneconomical, he couldn't help but think of Madam Qin who used eel blood to apply to her face day.

Every time he went back at night, he was always so frightened that he thought he had run into a ghost, and he almost confronted his mother with a sword.

"No, no, it's too ugly." Qin Huaizhen thought about picking up the hairpin, and put his hair into it. A few strands of hair inevitably fell out of the rolled up hair, which lined his watery eyes, which looked very beautiful.

After Yan Qing lit the candles, just as he was about to say why he didn't wash it, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

"What are you looking at, isn't it pretty?" Qin Huaizhen said.

"It looks good." Yan Qing replied simply.

"I'm going to wash." Qin Huaizhen took off his coat, and flung the bath towel on his shoulders.

"Yes." Yan Qing said.

When Qin Huaizhen walked over, he still said to himself: "I really don't know, how about their saponins here, if possible, I should add something else..."

Yan Qing sat on the bed, opened the window, and looked down, the stall was still there.

After a while, a handful of hairpins appeared on the table, and Yan Qing still held one in his hand, which was very similar to Qin Huaizhen's. All her hairpins are bought.

Yan Qing was blowing the wind, the sky was a little red, maybe because he smelled the wine from the tavern next door, or maybe it was the cold night, the wind made his face turn red, and his hands trembled slightly.

But he didn't pay attention.

He untied the goose-yellow headband, and rolled up his hair like Qin Huaizhen.

"The saponins here really didn't disappoint me at all! You can also add egg whites, you can add flower petals, it's really a good deal to use hot water casually, Yan Qing, go quickly!" Qin Huaizhen ran in happily.

Open the door.

The window was still open, Yan Qing seemed to be asleep lying on the bed, his blond hair fell down, covering half of his face.

"If you hadn't come with me, you would have been stolen without blowing the window open like this." Qin Huaizhen muttered to himself, closed the window, and turned off the light.

Outside the window and on the ground, there were hairpins that had been broken in half.