Chapter 41: The heart is unrestrained, like water cold
Rush rust...
After the afternoon sun shone away the clouds, the first light rain began to fall in summer. Soon, the rain became heavier and the bead curtains fell on the eaves.
The blacksmith shop on the side of the running pedestrian was rushing to hide from the rain or the storm shop on the side of the pedestrian. The three big and five thick blacksmith wiped his sweat, put it in the water with a flat knife surface, then grinded the sand pile and rolled it, picked up the file and polished it back and forth, picked it up and looked straight for a moment, and threw it back into the stove, and said something to Dachun who was carefully looking at it.
There was a sharpening of a knife in the back hall where we went here. After a moment, the sound stopped. Geng Qing watered it and washed away some filth, leaving only a little rust on the tip of the front.
‘That’s it.’
He took out the dagger that Tang Baoer gave him, returned to the shop and asked Blacksmith Wang to remove the handle, replace the grinded dagger, insert it back into the delicate sheath, and then put it back. As for other drawings with strange parts, they can't be used for the time being, so I'll talk about it when the things are almost done.
Seeing that the matter was almost done, Geng Qing bowed to the blacksmith on the stove: "Master Wang, I'm afraid I'll have to work hard these days. I'll calculate more money for you then."
"Money is a small matter, but I'm so ugly in front of it. I'm not good at it. I haven't done that spear before. If I don't do it, don't blame me."
"Okay, just try it. Anyway, I'm not ours." On this side, the young man gradually had a smile on his fair face, greeted Dachun, took the straw raincoat prepared in the shop, put on a straw hat and walked out.
Dadadada...
The rain hit the wood leaves of the straw raincoat made a series of sounds. Geng Qing ran through the water vapor that was spreading across the long street in the heavy rain, stepped on the water accumulation on the ground, and hurried back to the county government with a full body of water vapor, and continued to copy with a pen in the name of illiteracy, and practiced writing.
When the shift was over, the civil servants in the county government left in groups of three or three. Geng Qing followed behind and saw Dou Wei who had been waiting in the carriage. He took the carriage to the tea shop on a nearby street. Almost all the guests around were from the Golden Knife Gang. Because it suddenly rained, he stayed here to drink tea and brag. Some were arrogant and clattered with people to yell, while some were sitting silently in the corner holding weapons, looking at the figures entering and leaving the door with fierce eyes.
In the noisy atmosphere, Geng Qing followed Dou Wei to the second floor. The noise below seemed much quieter. The second floor was deserted, and the only table of tea drinkers who enjoyed the rain were driven away.
"Brother, the gang leader asked me to come and find you today, just to ask about the oil and water of the mine."
After the tea shop trembled and left, Dou Wei spoke quite close. He filled the two cups and pushed them to the opposite side with a few traces of water. "Now the leader and the county magistrate appreciate you, and they have divided them into two layers. Tsk tsk... I'm afraid there will be better chores in the future, so I'll leave it to you. Don't forget me, my brother."
"Does the Golden Knife Gang have any other deals?"
Geng Qing held up the teacup and raised it to the man. The man in front of him had martial arts skills, but his mind was average, so he should not know much. Sure enough, Dou Wei respected the tea, took a sip, and frowned the pair of thick eyebrows and thought, "I don't know this."
Here, the young man smiled and put down his teacup and was about to talk about the business on the mining road. The man suddenly slapped and added.
"I remember that my gang leader often goes to the north to do business. I am not smart enough, so I have never asked me to do this. I occasionally hear my brother running outside mention it."
A transaction in the north?
Geng Qing's face did not change much, but his thoughts floated away what Tang Baoer said to him that day. Could it be that he really gave the human traffickers who were kidnapped here to the Khitan?
Wait, at this time... the Khitan should have been established, right?
The rain curtains were intertwined under the eaves, and in the sound of the rain, the man saw the young man falling into thoughts and thought he was thinking about what a business it was. He laughed out loud and laughed twice, and waved his hand.
"Don't think too much, you will definitely sell private salt. We who are in the world will always do some shameful business. Anyway, if you are smart, the gang leader will definitely leave this business to you. What the deal will be done soon?" Speaking of this, Dou Wei realized that he had said too much, and immediately added: "I am loyal to the gang leader. I think you said the words just now. Don't spread them randomly when you go outside."
After a few words of concern, the two of them discussed the business on the mining road. The rain gradually stopped. Geng Qing looked at the drops of raindrops and was not in a good mood. He returned to the blacksmith shop and asked Dachun to go out of the city.
Because of a rain, the business of the two sections of Niujiaji mining roads was booming. Many merchants hid in nearby tea shops to rest. At this time, the sunset gradually exposed the clouds, and they were ready to set off.
On the way back, Dachun benefited from Geng Qing and waved to the group of men and women in the village who started to clean up their homes and returned to the village.
"When I go back and wait for a while at the entrance of the village, Dazhu has something to say to everyone."
A shout made the villagers who were doing business confused. Looking at the silent young people on the shaking donkey cart, they followed behind. Soon, all the people of all sizes in the village gathered over, and the most prestigious grandfather stood in front of the crowd, waiting for something to say.
"My fellow villagers, there is one thing that may make you unhappy."
Geng Qing stood on the stone mill in the village, his eyes swept across the faces he seemed, and even his parents were among them. He took a breath.
He told everyone about the news that the Golden Knife Gang in the city was going to occupy the mining road for business, and the following was immediately in an uproar and the trouble began.
"These are so damn good! It's shameful, right?"
A woman sat up on the ground and cried and screamed. The crowd around her excitedly, shouting loudly to fight to the other party. She was stopped by Geng Taigong and beaten by waving her staff.
The beard angrily scolded the village man who wanted to go to the city to make trouble: "What do you do? Do you think they are the guards of the Liu Gu family? Killing you is no different from killing a dog!"
"What should I do?! The way I finally got money to make money is gone?"
Mr. Geng didn't know what to say. He looked back at the young man on the stone mill. Geng Qing stood there silently, turned around and jumped down, and walked straight back home.
During dinner, Mr. Geng and Wang Jinqiu asked his son about the situation from time to time and whether he could deal with it.
“Not yet.”
Geng Qing didn't dare to make a guarantee, so he naturally couldn't say it in advance, otherwise the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. In the next few days, the villagers who did not believe in evil went out to set up stalls as usual, and they met the people from the Jindao Gang who came over and smashed the things into pieces. The straw hut of the tea shop was also lit by fire. They knew that it was from Gengjia Village, but for Geng Qing's face, they did not hit people, but just asked the villagers to go back and farm well.
These days, Geng Qing went out to meet the villagers. It is rare that he often turned his face away or said casually, and then turned around and left.
‘I’m so frustrated…’
Sighing, Geng Qingru used to go to the yamen in a donkey cart. For the first time, he saw the county magistrate hanging a brand new official robe in the public room and patting it. After asking, he found out that there was a letter from the post station saying that the angel from Chang'an had arrived in Jin and would soon pass by Yanmen and come here.
"Then we should congratulate the county Zungao in advance for his promotion."
Everyone likes to listen to compliments, especially this kind of slight and eye-catching thing, which made Chen County Magistrate so happy. Gao Jun was also happy. In addition to the Angels coming to Feihu County, he probably knew that the Golden Knife Gang took over the transaction on the mine road, and he encouraged him to pat Geng Qing's arm.
I just said: "Do it well."
Geng Qing looked happy, but there was no turbulence in his eyes. He bowed and nodded slightly, and soon he stepped out.
It is sinking day by day.
In Feihu County, where the voices were still noisy, Geng Qing walked out of the yamen, walked through the bustling crowd, returned to the blacksmith shop, and sat quietly on the stool, watching the hammers that were pounding there kept falling and sparking.
Sneak~~
As the sound of the boiling heat encountering water, Wang Blacksmith said, "I finally got them done." He grabbed a knife head with his hands and retreated from the water tank. He was two thick and wide blades, polished on the rotating grinding stone for a moment, revealing a piece of coldness.
Geng Qing sat behind, looked at the two majestic blades that were gradually brightening. In the distance, Dachun came back from outside, holding two customized exquisite wooden boxes, covered with two pieces of silk, putting the decorated weapons in them, and closing the wooden cover to cover them.
"Let's go, let's give gifts."
The young man on the stool looked at the faded sky light, patted his robe and stood up, slowly but without hesitation, drove through the street to the lantern lights, and headed to the Golden Knife Gang's station.
Chapter completed!