After three poles of sunshine the next day, Zhao Zheng and others got up one after another and had breakfast together. After dinner, Shen Luoxia suggested that they go out for a walk together, to which Li Zhenzhen responded enthusiastically.
Zhao Zheng absent-mindedly accompanied the two women for a stroll, which lasted for half a day. He found that he was not very interested in shopping, whether in modern or ancient times.
Shen Luoxia and Li Zhenzhen are the opposite. They are very playful and want to play in the afternoon, but they don't want to go shopping anymore, but want to do something else. Shen Luoxia wants to go to the gambling house to gamble, but Li Zhenzhen doesn't She also suggested that she and Shen Luoxia go to the forest outside the county town to play Qinggong, and use the lifting technique to fly through the trees.
The concept of Qinggong is always used in combat. It seems that no martial artist is willing to use it in ordinary times, but the actual situation is not like this. Using Qinggong to run like flying or jump in the air is a very fascinating enjoyment for martial artists. Even when I have nothing to do, I like to jump around using Qinggong. This is a game unique to the martial arts world.
Shen Luoxia had seen Li Zhenzhen flying up to the rafter last night. She knew that Li Zhenzhen's Qing Gong was good and wanted to see how high Li Zhenzhen's Qing Gong was, so she immediately agreed to Li Zhenzhen's proposal. However, in this way, Zhao Zheng Zheng couldn't follow them, because they were extremely fast and had to fly through the tree trunks. How could Zhao Zheng have that ability.
Shen Luoxia came to Qibao County this time to take Zhao Zheng for fun, so she felt a little embarrassed to leave Zhao Zheng aside. But Li Zhenzhen didn't care about it at all, and even said: "We two women When you go out to play, what are you doing with a grown man? You can just play by yourself."
"I, a grown man, am following you all for this reason." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and lifted up his hands. In his hands, he carried two large bags of things, including the cloth and rouge that Shen Luoxia and Li Zhenzhen bought. The gouache and some snacks together weighed fifteen kilograms.
"Well, you helped us two sisters move a lot of stuff, so it was of some use."
"Is this just of some use?" Zhao Zheng shook the things in his hand and showed Li Zhenzhen the weight of these things. If these things were thrown hard, they could kill someone.
Shen Luoxia felt a little sorry for Zhao Zheng for leaving him alone. In order to make up for it, she took out a fifty-tael silver note and an ingot of broken silver from her purse, and stuffed them into Zhao Zheng's fingers. Through the gap, he smiled apologetically and said: "Brother, Zhenzhen and I are going to have fun outside the county town. You can take the money and go around by yourself."
"Okay. You two go ahead and have some fun. I'll take these things back to the inn myself." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly, without any complaints.
"That's pretty much it." Li Zhenzhen smiled, happily took Shen Luoxia's hand and ran away. Shen Luoxia turned around and said goodbye to Zhao Zheng. As soon as she finished speaking, her people were already ten feet away. The pedestrians around her Seeing how fast these two people were, they all looked sideways.
When shopping, Zhao Zheng was just left alone, but this time he was completely left aside...
But that's okay. If Shen Luoxia and Li Zhenzhen are not around, he can make his own plans in advance. Most of the day has passed now, and maybe the fat shopkeeper has already drawn the two maps.
Zhao Zheng looked at the two pretty figures disappearing at the end of the street, raised the corners of his mouth, and turned towards the direction of the inn. Half an hour later, he walked back to the inn, delivered large and small packages to Shen Luoxia's room, and left from He took out the pot of poisonous wine from the system warehouse and put it in his arms. After doing this, he left the room and went to find the fat shopkeeper.
The fat shopkeeper was settling accounts behind the counter. When he saw Zhao Zheng winking at him, he immediately responded with a wink to Zhao Zheng, and then led Zhao Zheng to the room where he and Zhao Zheng discussed business last night. As soon as he entered the room, the fat shopkeeper concealed himself deeply. Yu took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it on the table with a smile.
Zhao Zheng's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Have you already drawn the map?"
"I asked the waiter in the store to go out and find out the addresses of the two people. He spent half a day drawing out the address of the lame hawker. However, Qian Chong's address has not been brought back yet, and he is probably still drawing it. "The fat shopkeeper rubbed his fat hands and said.
"The waiter in the shop wouldn't draw a map of someone else's house in broad daylight, right?" Zhao Zheng asked, staring at the fat shopkeeper.
"Don't worry, young master, that waiter is very smart and will not do such stupid things. He drew the map secretly and was determined not to let outsiders see it."
"That's pretty much it." Zhao Zheng nodded, quite satisfied. In fact, doing this kind of thing is very simple. If it weren't for the fact that he had to accompany Shen Luoxia during the day, he wouldn't have asked anyone else to do it, and he could have done the two things himself. He found out the person's address. He paused and then asked, "By the way, what is the name of that lame hawker? Who are the people in his family?"
"The waiter went to Laifu Market and found out everything about this lame hawker. His name is Ma An. His family is very poor. He has no land and even the house is rented. There is a man above him. Mom, my previous wife has run away with someone else. She also has a five-year-old daughter. It can be said that there is an elder and a younger one. Also, his feet turned out to be fine. It was because he offended a few people in the past two years. A policeman was beaten up by the policemen, and the leading policeman seems to be Qian Chong." The fat shopkeeper introduced.
"It's quite pitiful." Zhao Zheng knew that this was enough. He walked to the table and looked at the map up and down. It was fairly clearly drawn, with several important streets marked. Other areas were drawn briefly, but lamely. The area near the hawker's house is painted in great detail.
The lame hawker lives in a slum area on the edge of the county. There are some low and dilapidated houses there. The terrain is quite chaotic and there are no landmark buildings. Only a few large willow trees are more eye-catching. On the map It was marked out deliberately.
Zhao Zheng read it several times, memorized the map in detail, then folded the map again and put it in his arms.
"Well done, worthy of praise." Zhao Zheng nodded, and then asked, "In addition to the map, didn't I also ask you to prepare small animals for me? How are the preparations going?"
"It's also ready. According to your instructions, a chick has been prepared. The chick has been tied tightly and thrown into the bag. If you want it, I will get it for you now." The fat shopkeeper smiled.
"Okay, I want to use it now, please take me there."
"Sir, please follow me."
The fat shopkeeper made a gesture of invitation, took Zhao Zheng out of the house, and went to the back kitchen to get a cloth bag. Occasionally, he could see living things moving in it.
Zhao Zheng picked up the bag, weighed it with his hands, and found that it was very light. He was surprised and said: "Where is the chicken in this? It's obviously a chicken."
"Don't chicks and chickens mean the same thing..." The fat shopkeeper smiled awkwardly. He obviously prepared a chicken for Zhao Zheng to save money.
"Forget it, just let the chickens be chickens. As long as they are living creatures." Zhao Zheng did not embarrass the fat shopkeeper and walked away with the bag containing the chickens in his hand. He hurriedly left the inn and went straight to the home of the lame hawker.
An hour later, Zhao Zheng had arrived at the slum area of Qibao County. When the road extended here, all the stone slabs disappeared and were replaced by dirty dirt roads. The air also became different, exuding a faint
The stench was coming from nowhere, and I didn’t know where it came from. Zhao Zheng was standing here in a brocade suit, looking out of place and attracting the attention of many passers-by.
Zhao Zheng was strolling, looking around, looking for the eye-catching large willow trees. He walked through two dirt roads and found the first willow tree. Using this willow tree as a landmark, he changed directions and continued moving forward.
, repeated this several times, and finally found the home of the lame hawker - if a circle of earthen walls and a few small rooms could still be considered a home.
There were three gloomy people sitting in the yard. One was the lame hawker Ma An, the other was an old woman with gray hair in her fifties, and the last one was a little girl wearing a patchwork cloth. The three of them sat there.
Very close, everyone was weaving bamboo baskets without exception, even the little girl who was only five years old was helping, her hands had been worn out by the bamboo.
The family should have a happy time together, but there is no smile on the faces of this family. The reason why they are so unhappy is very simple, that is, they have no money.
People often say that money is something external to the body. If you don’t bring it with you in life, you won’t take it with you in death. However, this is not the case. Money is the foundation of a life. People without money cannot be happy. This is cruel, but realistic.
Zhao Zheng looked at the little girl weaving a bamboo basket with her head down, and couldn't help but feel sympathy. At this age, a child should be free to play all day long. He initially dealt with the lame hawker in order to pay for it.
He wanted to get the buried meteorite by the way, but now even if it wasn't for that, he still wanted to help this family.
"Ahem," Zhao Zheng stood outside the courtyard gate, coughed twice, and said loudly, "Excuse me, I'm passing by here, I'm a little thirsty, and I want to ask you for a bowl of water."
Ma An heard the sound, raised his head, and saw the figure outside the courtyard gate through the huge gap in the wall. The old woman was not deaf and heard Zhao Zheng's voice, and immediately ordered Ma An to bring water to Zhao Zheng.
Ma An responded, limped back to the house, scooped water from the vat with a ladle, then limped outside the courtyard, and opened the door for Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng met Ma An, nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for the water."
Ma An didn't like to talk much, so he just nodded and handed the ladle over.
Zhao Zheng's previous grandparents lived in the countryside and were used to seeing this kind of water ladle. In addition, he had lived in poverty before, so he didn't mind that this water ladle was a bit old. He held it firmly and took a big sip.
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"The water is so sweet." Zhao Zheng returned the water ladle and said with a smile.
"The water is just ordinary water, not sweet at all." Ma An shook his head.
"You gave me water out of kindness, so even if the water is not sweet, it will become sweet."
"Young master is really good at joking. It's just a ladle of water. It's not a kind thought."
"I have been walking for a day and I am very thirsty. Although your cup of water is ordinary, it has helped me a lot. As the saying goes, a drop of water will repay you with a spring. I drank your water, so I must repay you. , otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating." Zhao Zheng struck up a conversation with Ma An smoothly.
"Young Master, you're serious. It's just a ladle of water. There's no way I can repay you in return." Ma An waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
"No, I said I want to repay, so I have to repay." Zhao Zheng said stubbornly.
"Young masters like you are really rare. I really don't need you to repay me. All you have to do is say thank you."
"A thank you can't help you. I have something more practical to repay you." Zhao Zheng said, taking out the fifty taels of silver note Shen Luoxia just gave him from his body and offering it to him with a smile. , "This bank note is yours."
Ma An is a man who is very short of money. When he saw this bank note, he immediately showed a fiery look. Although this is a manifestation of greed, it is understandable. Who would blame a poor man for being greedy?
Ma An was greedy, but he did not lose his mind. The fire in his eyes gradually faded, he took a step back and said with a wry smile: "Young master is joking again, how can a bowl of water be worth fifty taels?"
"A bowl of water is indeed not worth the money," Zhao Zheng nodded and changed the topic, "But if you do me one more favor, it will be worth the money.";
