Chapter 107 Outside the city looks like an ancient painting
Chapter 107 Outside the city looks like an ancient painting
The light from the oil lamp barely filled the room upstairs.
The calico cat was wandering around on the wooden floor, sniffing left and right, while the Taoist stood in the middle of the room, looking around.
The room upstairs is quite spacious.
The wooden floor made a shuddering sound when stepped on, and even squeaked in some places.
There is a wooden bed, a table, and a small stool. The wood is the same and the color is similar. Most of them were originally there, but they can be used for daily use.
There is also a wide bench, obviously purchased later.
It must have been purchased by a subsequent owner.
The previous owner of the house also left the bedding, but Wu Nuxia did not take it away or throw it away. She probably wanted to keep it for the next renter, and maybe use it to increase the price. However, Song You smelled it and felt that the superior
The smell left behind is not very good, so I don’t plan to use it. Tonight, I will make a bed with wool felt and cover it with a thin blanket. I will go out to buy new bedding tomorrow, wash the wool felt and wool blanket, and put them away until I leave Changjing.
Use it when walking east or north, and it may last you many years.
At this time, I looked around and realized that I could place a couch by the window and a low coffee table in the middle. Then I bought a cloth cushion and placed it there. On weekdays, I could drink tea and write by the window while watching the street view below.
You can also draw a curtain to separate the room and buy a small bed for Empress Sanhua to sleep on.
After a little planning, I had a picture in my mind.
In this way, this room is not bad.
Empress Sanhua's soft and thin voice came from behind: "Is this our home for the next year?"
"almost."
"Are you going to sleep?"
"What's wrong?"
"Miss Sanhua is going out to catch mice."
"But remember to come back and know which room it is."
"I am very smart."
"If you encounter other Taoist priests, monks, monsters or wandering gods who make things difficult for you, just say that you are from Fulong Temple and are just out to catch mice."
"knew!"
"Go ahead..."
Song You took out the oil-paper bag from his quilt bag, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and spread it out on the table.
I arrived in Changjing today and there are many things to remember.
Just as she laid the paper on the table, the calico cat that just said it was going to catch mice suddenly jumped up from under the table and asked her. She only said that she would catch mice later, but she just waited for Song You to wear away the ink and took it.
When she started to write, she stretched out her paw and played with the lanyard on the pen.
The whole cat was lying on the table.
Even though I have temporarily settled down in Changjing.
…
There seemed to be some air leakage in the room, which made it feel cool. In the middle of the night, the Forbidden Army patrolled by, with heavy footsteps and the sound of armor rubbing against each other. In the morning, the street was very noisy.
However, I slept well that night.
I don’t remember when Sanhua Empress came back, and I don’t know if she caught a mouse or whether she had enough to eat. In this regard, Song You has communicated with her well. Generally speaking, Sanhua Empress will be there when she catches a mouse.
After eating outside, she would come back and leave the parts she didn't like eating outside. When she went to bed, she would clean herself and put a wet handkerchief on the bedside as a footcloth. Ever since I heard Song talked about wool felt and
Since wool blankets are very expensive, she seems to cherish them a little more than Song You. She will wipe her feet carefully every time before going to bed.
I didn't see her when I got up.
Song You got dressed and went downstairs, but he didn't find her. It wasn't until he opened the door that he found her lying on the street basking in the sun, her eyes squinted, and the passers-by were walking around her. She was very comfortable.
Look next door again——
The door was closed and locked.
"..."
Song You went back to the room again, let the horse out, washed it for a while, then locked the door and walked out of the city with the horse.
The calico cat opened its eyes, stood up, and followed him with small steps.
One person and one cat, keeping track of the route while walking.
So as not to be unable to come back when the time comes.
Until we left the city, there were still many houses on both sides of the road. There were many restaurants and hotels doing various businesses. It was quite lively. However, the houses became sparse as we walked. We climbed over the hill from yesterday and found a path to walk out for a while.
Arriving in the barren mountains.
A big mountain can be seen in the distance.
Song You touched the bay red horse and said apologetically:
"It is true that the housing in Changjing is cramped and it is inconvenient to raise horses. If you are asked to live in a place specially designed to raise horses for people, I am afraid you will suffer. It is better to run freely in the wild and eat grass at will. Please try your best to go as far as possible into the mountains.
Go to an inaccessible place and don't go too far. I will come to find you in a year."
"puff……"
The bay horse just snorted.
Song You took off the bell from its neck and tied it with a red rope. On the red rope was a small brand similar to that of Sanhua Empress, which was also a corner cut off from the Fulong Temple brand.
"You already have spirituality. I believe that ordinary people can't embarrass you. Now that you wear this brand, people with integrity may not be able to embarrass you." Song Youyou paused here, "If you feel free and comfortable outside
If you are more comfortable, then go and find your own comfort. If you go further, I won't come to you."
"Xilulu..."
The bay-red horse raised its neck and screamed.
Song You just smiled and didn't use words to restrain it.
Momentary thoughts do not mean forever. Horses are meant to run freely in the wild. Last time it waited for me in Yunding Mountain for a year, and this time I made an agreement with it in case it stayed in the wild for a long time and met someone else.
After the wild horse played with them, he changed his mind.
The calico cat behind him also raised his right front paw and touched the horse's hoof. He raised his head high and said with a different opinion than Song You: "Horse, horse, wait for us to come to you."
"Go ahead."
Song You patted it.
The horse ran a few steps, looked back at them, and then ran away towards the mountain over there.
Sanhua Empress was especially reluctant to give up.
Song You just smiled.
It's a good thing to meet it again, but it's not bad if we don't meet it again. There will definitely be no bad results after a year. In this case, there is really nothing to worry about.
"gone back."
One person and one cat walked back.
The calico cat turned back three times at a step until the bay-red horse was completely out of sight, then she looked back and looked up at Song You again:
"Will it grow bigger next year?"
"It has grown up."
"Will it grow bigger?"
"Won't."
"This morning, the woman next door said that she had gone out to do errands and would not be back until this afternoon. She asked you to wait at home earlier in the evening so that she could go out to eat."
"Did she tell you that?"
"Yes!"
"Miss Sanhua has already started taking care of things."
"It's in charge."
"right."
"What means?"
"It means Sanhua Empress is smart and reliable."
"Yes!"
One person and one cat slowly walked back to the official road.
Maybe it was too late yesterday, or maybe I had other things on my mind, but I didn't take a close look at the scenery outside the city.
Looking around today, I can only see a flat land with winding dirt roads. On both sides of this winding dirt road, there are some sparsely or densely distributed houses. In early spring, most of the grass and trees are withered, but some peach blossoms are in bloom. People walking there are far away.
It looks like they are just small ones, the ones on horseback and drivers are bigger. There are also occasional smoke rising from cooking stoves and wine flags waving. It looks like an ancient painting.
Song You stepped into this ancient painting.
There are children chasing small dogs, cats running around on the road, many literati and elegant people going out for an outing hand in hand, old people sitting at the door waiting for their lives to pass, and there are also people at the bottom working hard to make a living.
At noon, we ate at this stall outside the city.
After entering the city gate, it's actually not much different.
Look at the merchants selling goods on the street, and there are many people walking by. There are many elegantly dressed people, and there are also young ladies and beautiful girls. Turning around and walking into the alley, there are also craftsmen silently weaving bamboo baskets and brooms, with dark hands
Covered with thick cocoons and deep cracks, hard laborers walked silently carrying heavy loads, and there were women sitting at the door worrying about today.
There are various aspects of life everywhere.
The Taoist walked with the same steps, walking through ancient paintings and walking through history.
I'll look around carefully another day.
There are other things to do today.
Song You found the newly rented house, went to the nearby market to buy rice noodles, filled the rice and noodle jars at home, fetched water from the nearby well, washed the water jars, filled them again, and met
The woodcutter who came to sell firewood at the alley also bought a load so that he could have firewood at home.
You also need to buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.
And new bedding...
It took half a day to deliver the horses, and almost half a day to finish. However, there was something to do every moment, and nothing was wasted, so I felt fulfilled.
Mortal life is mostly like this.
When I finished my work, it was almost midnight, and the setting sun was shining on the street.
The rest of the time belongs to you.
Song You then took a bench and sat at the door of the room with the calico cat, basking in the sun, watching all kinds of people coming and going on the road ahead, watching the clouds in the sky changing shapes, enjoying the comfort of this moment.
A neighbor glanced at him.
…
The sunlight dyed the floor tiles gold.
Wu Suowei wandered over from the end of the street and saw the two figures, one large and one small, sitting at the door.
The older one crossed his arms and squinted his eyes, and the sunlight shone on his face. Without looking at his face, he would have thought he was an old man. The younger one was sitting on the ground next to him, also squinting his eyes, raising his paws and licking them. This made her feel
I seemed to have just arrived in Changjing, but the man and the cat had lived here for many years.
Others were enjoying life while she was running for life, which made her feel a little envious, but she couldn't help but smile at the beauty of this moment.
"Hey! Where are you basking in the sun?"
The cat had noticed her a long time ago and had already put down its paws and turned to stare at her, but it was only then that the Taoist turned his head.
"I'm home?"
"You are very happy!"
"Nothing to do."
"The horse was sent away?"
"Sent away."
"Has your home been tidied up? Have you bought the things you want to buy?"
“I’ve almost bought what I need in a hurry.”
"What about the ones you're not in a hurry to use?"
"Buy slowly."
"Tsk tsk..."
Wu Suowei took out the key and opened the door to his house.
He didn't do anything when he went in. He just took out the dagger hidden in his clothes, threw it on the table, and turned around again.
But she saw the cat running to the door of her house without knowing when, raising its head and staring at her intently, its eyes seemed to be thinking.
"Hey……"
Wu Suowei grinned and stepped out of the door again.