I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 21 Street Market Distress
"Sister-in-law, I'll go to the wharf to pick up the goods first, and Shen Shi will pick you up at the gate of the city." Second Zhan smiled mildly and drove the ox cart towards the wharf.

Li led Zhan Feiyu to the other side, "Xiaoyu and mother go to South Street, Wenxing Study's brush and ink are the most fair."

"Well." Zhan Feiyu nodded.

Compared with the dozens of taels or hundreds of taels on East Street, the shops on South Street sell high-quality and low-cost items, while West Street is dominated by small vendors.

The North Street where the second son of Zhan went is facing the wharf, and there are many inns and restaurants. The Spring Breeze Pavilion and Xunfang Pavilion are also on the North Street. Ordinary people do not go to North Street to buy things.

Wenxing study.

Mrs. Li looked at her daughter who was not at the height of the counter beside her, "Xiaoyu, how much paper do you want to buy?"

"Five knives on jute paper." Zhan Feiyu looked up, skipped the top-quality rice paper, hesitated and said again: "Add another knife of rough-edged paper."

"Is it the little girl you used to practice calligraphy?" The fat shopkeeper looked surprised. Although the mother and daughter had neat and clean clothes, they were patched and dusty, so they must not be residents of the county town.

But looking at the chubby Zhan Feiyu and listening to her childish voice that is neither humble nor arrogant, the fat shopkeeper did not expect that there is still a farmhouse willing to let the little girl read, and he couldn't help smiling: "Jute paper is [-] cents a knife, and rough paper is fifty cents. One knife, you bought more than I have half a knife of moldy jute paper and I will give it to you."

"Thank you, shopkeeper, and I wish you a prosperous business." Zhan Feiyu grinned, even if it got moldy, it wouldn't affect his calligraphy practice.

After spending [-] wen all at once, Zhan Feiyu realized again that reading is really a waste of money, "Mother, when I have mastered calligraphy, I will come to the study to copy books."

Zhan Feiyu also thought about writing a book to make money, but she has only been an ancient person for a few years, and she doesn't know how to use words and sentences to avoid this taboo in the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, since I am young, even if the book of popular words is not obscene, it is still affectionate. A little girl who is less than ten years old writes this, it is really an old birthday star hanged - enough to live.

"Don't worry about the silver, there are parents here." Li Shi was worried before, but since Landlord Zhu has taken a fancy to Xiaoyu, there is no need to worry about the cost of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Looking at the relaxed Li Shi, Zhan Feiyu rolled his eyes helplessly at the sky, and it seemed that he had to visit Zhu Zhuzhu in private.

After Mr. Li bought the needle and thread, he went to the grocery store to buy some messy things. The basket was full. Zhan Feiyu took out the most expensive raw paper and held it in his arms, "Mother, I heard that the wontons at the end of the street are delicious. , we'll have lunch..."

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

"Ah! Run, you will die!"

"The horse is crazy, everyone run away!"

Suddenly, terrified shouts rang out, followed by the clatter of horses' hooves madly stepping on the bluestone slab.

In the chaos, Zhan Feiyu looked back and saw a tarpaulin carriage coming fast. The dark horse pulling the carriage was out of control. The carriage swayed from side to side and knocked over the stalls on both sides of the road. Pedestrians on the street even ran. , fell and fell, screaming again and again.

"Mother, get out of the way!" Seeing that Mr. Li was also frightened, Zhan Feiyu grabbed Mr. Li's hand and retreated to the left. As long as he retreated to the store behind, it would be safe.

"Don't push me!"

"Get out of the way, let Lao Tzu go first!" Furious scolding sounded, and a tall and burly man roughly pushed the person in the way, regardless of whether the other party fell or fell, just running for his own life.

Seeing that he was about to step up the steps, suddenly, Mr. Li was pushed by a beggar who also fled, and he fell to the middle of the road together with Zhan Feiyu, and the crazy dark horse was already rushing in front of him.

"Stinky beggar, push your ass!" The big man shouted angrily, but he kicked the pushing beggar out with one foot, and also fell in the middle of the road.

When he fell to the ground with a bang, Zhan Feiyu felt that the kneecap on the ground was about to shatter, but when he saw the beggar who fell and ate feces, Zhan Feiyu immediately felt a little happy, that's it!Deserved!
Glancing away, the mad dark horse was about to rush over. Zhan Feiyu didn't care to seek revenge on the beggar, and shouted anxiously, "Mother, get up quickly."

Just as Li was about to get up, he was hindered by the basket behind him.

"Auntie, don't worry about the basket, run!"

"Get out of the way!" The crowd of onlookers shouted in horror, the child howled in fear, and the timid woman covered her eyes. Once the horse's hoof fell, it would definitely be a terrifying picture of blood flying.

All of a sudden, he felt a force push his shoulders. Before Zhan Feiyu, who was supporting Li's family, could react, his small body was pushed and fell out, just in front of the crazy dark horse.

mother!Zhan Feiyu, who fell with his feet upside down, looked at Li Shi, who had thrown away the basket and got up from the ground in astonishment.

"Xiaoyu!" As if suddenly realizing what he had done, Mrs. Li, who hid aside, shouted sternly, looking in horror at Zhan Feiyu, who was on the front line of danger.

His mind was blank, and the stench unique to horses rushed to his face. At close range, Zhan Feiyu lying on the ground could even clearly see the lines on the horseshoe.

If you don't die, you will be disabled!Seeing that the raised horse's hoof was about to fall, Zhan Feiyu quickly curled up, curling his arms to protect the sides of his head.

The expected pain did not come. Instead, the dark horse made a painful neighing sound. Zhan Feiyu, who was picked up, opened his eyes in a daze. The mad black horse fell to the ground with a bang, and the dark red blood gurgled along the wound on the neck. out.

"Big brother?" Zhan Feiyu, who escaped from death, widened his eyes suddenly, his long black eyelashes blinked, and after a while, he grinned like a fool, "Thank you, big brother!"

Yin Wuyan looked indifferent, looked at the blood that splashed on Zhan Feiyu's face with disgust, threw the person on the ground with his left hand, and pulled back the silver sword on Zama's neck with his right hand.

His knees were already painful, and he was frightened just now. Zhan Feiyu just fell to the ground, his legs softened and his buttocks fell to the ground.

Seeing her stupid appearance, Yin Wuyan withdrew his gaze and glanced at the blood stained on the blade from the corner of his eye, and the originally indifferent expression became even more gloomy and terrifying.

Uh... Zhan Feiyu glanced at him and smiled guilty at Yin Wuyan, who was exuding cold air all over his body, but the fat paw secretly moved the raw edge paper that fell on the ground to the back of his butt, which was fifty cents a knife!

(End of this chapter)