The old woman ate a pancake and went back to her room to rest without letting Yang Zhen leave. Naturally, Yang Zhen was not willing to leave this place where he could rest. At his request, the old woman looked for books at home.
Unfortunately, only two copies were found.
The fonts in both books are both official scripts. After Yang Zhen got used to it, she could recognize almost half of the characters. Those who didn't recognize them could even make guesses, so they could read the book.
A book is the almanac of this world, which states what is suitable and what is not suitable for a certain day. Yang Zhen flipped through it and lost interest. However, she also learned that the calendar of this world is almost the same as that of ancient China, with twenty-four
He also learned about solar terms, leap months, etc. It was just the beginning of autumn. This time was almost the same as when he left the earth.
The other is a storybook, in which the protagonist is none other than Patriarch Yunxiao. At that time, Patriarch Yunxiao traveled to the west to learn arts, and went through many ups and downs, encountering many robbers and demons. This book tells how he got rid of (sha) demons (ren) and subdued (
Duo) Demon (bao), has some flavor of "Journey to the West", but the storytelling is far less. The book is full of short stories, the whole is not coherent, and there are many contradictions, more like the story of the past life
"Legends of the Tang Dynasty", it is obvious that the level of storytelling in this world is still at a relatively early stage.
Despite this, Yang Zhen still read it with gusto. The fact that the stories in it might be true was enough for him to read it carefully. The book was in tatters and it could be seen that it had been read frequently.
Yang Zhen held it in both hands and was even more careful when turning the pages, for fear of damaging them.
The whole afternoon was spent reading a book. Later, the old woman woke up. Seeing that Yang Zhen was fascinated by the book, she didn't bother her and went back to her room to do her own thing.
It wasn't until five consecutive drum beats sounded that Yang Zhen woke up from a dream. He closed the book and asked in a loud voice:
"Grandma, what time is it now?"
"It's Youshi, and drums will be played in the city at this time every day..."
Youshi... Yang Zhen calculated in her mind that it was five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Grandma, it's getting late, I have to go back to the mountains... It's time for me to go."
"Shitouzi, wait a minute, your Aunt Fu is coming back soon, I'll ask her to give you a ride. Don't you little kid not be able to find a way out of the city, hey... what a sin!"
Just as he was talking, the door of the courtyard was pushed open with a creak, and an ordinary-looking woman with a hairpin and a skirt of cloth walked in.
This woman looked to be in her twenties, holding an oil paper bag in her hand, with a rather haggard expression. She was the old woman's daughter-in-law, Fu. She looked at Yang Zhen in surprise, wondering why a child appeared in the house. At this time
The old woman came out and told her roughly what happened.
After hearing what happened to Yang Zhen, Mrs. Fu also sympathized very much:
"Hey, poor baby, why don't you remember your home?"
Then he apologized again:
"I'll go see my little brother off. Hey, if the government doesn't allow it, you can stay at my house."
What kind of truth is it that the Yamen still manages people to stay overnight? Yang Zhen was very surprised. He didn't think it was Aunt Fu's prevarication, so he hesitated for a while and asked the question. Anyway, he was still a child, so what was on his mind?
What is normal.
"The government said that children are not allowed to be kept privately, even overnight." Mrs. Fu explained.
"The reason is, I heard it's the rules of the immortals. I don't know the meaning behind it."
…………
When the drum sounded for the second time, Yang Zhen had already come out of the old woman's house. It was already Youshi (six o'clock in the afternoon), and at Xu time, the drum would sound for the third time, which was when the city gate was closed.
time, Yang Zhen must leave the city before this time.
Mrs. Fu led the way, still holding the oil paper bag in her hand. This was most of the roast chicken left by the customers when Mrs. Fu was helping out in a restaurant today, so the restaurant asked her to take it home. When she went out just now, the old woman
He and Fu asked Yang Zhen to take the bag of chicken away, but Yang Zhen refused. She was also worried about whether Tiezhu would have anything to eat when he returned, so she had to take it.
Yang Zhen was holding a bag of cakes and a set of clothes in her hand, which the old woman had packed in the house in the afternoon. The clothes were worn by the old woman's son when he was a child, and they were slightly modified to suit Yang Zhen.
With Fu Shi taking him, the two took a shortcut and soon arrived at the city gate. Yang Zhen gratefully said goodbye to Fu Shi, and when they left the city, they saw Tiezhu already waiting here.
After the two met, Yang Zhen raised the oil paper bag and talked about her gains with a smile.
Compared to the morning, Tie Zhu's mentality has returned to normal. Hearing this, his mouth opened with joy and he wished he could sit down and have a feast now.
……
"Brother Tiezhu, do you know why immortals don't let city people take in children?"
"How did I know, I'm not an immortal... I only heard that immortals value children very much. In this world, there are people who kill people and rob children, but there will never be people who steal or rob children, otherwise the immortals will kill them.
His life. Otherwise, why would I let you wander around the city alone in the morning? I just know you can’t lose it, haha!"
"Then do you know that I later met the same group of beggars from yesterday..."
"Ah? Those Wangba! How are you? They didn't beat you, right?"
"They thought so? But I ran away and knocked one of them down. Seven or eight of them didn't catch me, haha!"
The two of them talked and joked all the way, and soon they reached the bottom of a hillside. After climbing over the hillside, they were very close to the Taoist temple.
At this moment, seven or eight figures suddenly appeared on the hillside, and at the same time, many rocks of different sizes were blown towards them with the sound of wind...
"It's them, run away!"
Tie Zhu, who was walking in front, quickly protected his head and turned around, only to find that Yang Zhen reacted faster and had already retreated to the corner. Tie Zhu also followed back, but a little slower, and a stone as big as a table tennis ball hit him in the back.
Waist.
"Uh..." Tie Zhu groaned and squatted down.
"Tiezhu!" Yang Zhen shouted quickly, and hurriedly supported Tie Zhu and hid in the corner. Tie Zhu was seen gritting his teeth and sucking in air, obviously in severe pain.
"We hit the green-faced ghost!" cheers came from above.
Then there was a lot of noise:
"I hit it!"
"It's me, what are you grabbing?"
"Bah! I obviously picked up that stone, I know it!"
"Shit! Can you hit someone with your little arms and legs?"
"Why not?"
Finally came the angry rebuke from an older child:
"What's the fuss about? Go down and beat them to death!"
Yang Zhen was in a hurry. At this time, he was holding a stick in one hand and holding the iron pillar with the other. As for the package of chicken and pancakes and clothes, he had already placed them on the grass aside.
"Tie Zhu, how are you? Can you leave? They are coming..."
Tie Zhu squeezed the waist where the stone had hit him hard, without saying a word, and the muscles on his face were distorted. He waved his hand, indicating that Yang Zhen did not need to support him, leaned on the ground with a wooden stick, and staggered forward. After just a few steps, it was just right.
It was a flat piece of land the size of a kitchen. The iron pillars stopped and held up wooden sticks:
"Little Shitou, run away! I'll fight them..."
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