Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Dongfang turned around and ran. After running a few steps, he turned around and returned the wooden box to its original position, then turned around and ran again.
This wooden box should contain what the other party called breath soil. This thing can condense the dam, which shows how magical it is, but he doesn't know how to use it, and it will be useless if he takes it away.
After running a few dozen meters, a cry came from the cliff, "Who moved the soil?"
The one who shouted was the wizard who had rushed down from the cliff to help. After shouting, he started to circle around the stone platform, chanting loudly as he did so. It was obvious that he was re-uniting the dam.
Wu Dongfang's secret secret was very dangerous. Fortunately, he had not taken away the wooden box before, otherwise he would not have been able to escape.
The dam reappeared, and those who were struggling in the torrent survived. However, the white mandarin turtle also took advantage of the rushing water and ran away. The Tu wizard shouted angrily, "Who, who touched the soil? "
"Why don't you guard the altar?" A drowned rat jumped up from the cliff.
"If I don't go down to help, can you stop it?" the wizard continued to shout.
"That's it, now that we have escaped the turtle dragon, how can we explain it to the Heavenly Master of Yundian?" the drowned chicken roared.
When the two quarreled, Wu Dongfang ran away secretly.
After running for dozens of miles to the east, the mountains ended and we came to the plains. There were a lot of farmland here, but the farmland was not connected to the farmland. Instead, it was scattered here and there. There was no place that was cultivated into farmland. They all have big trees.
After crossing the river, Wu Dongfang felt relieved and walked eastward along the road. It was already dawn, and there was faint smoke coming from cooking not far away to the east. It should be a village.
Different from the villages of the Jin ethnic group, the size of the Tu ethnic group's villages varies greatly, with large ones having thousands of people and small ones with only dozens of people. The village here is a very small village with only a dozen houses, all of which are made of wood. Made of sun-dried mud bricks with a thatched roof, the house and yard were one-quarter smaller than the current house.
Wu Dongfang was tired, cold, thirsty and hungry. He desperately wanted to rest, but after hesitating for a while, he turned around and left. He couldn't relax just because he had crossed the river. Unexpected situations were beyond his control, and he must be able to control them. You must do a good job and do not leave any consequences due to your own omissions and laxity.
After leaving the village, Wu Dongfang did not take the main road again, but wandered in the mountains and fields until he shot a few pheasants before returning to the road. It is reasonable for a hunter who goes out to hunt to take his prey home early in the morning.
Now that a village has appeared, the town should not be far away. At noon, a city appears in front. There are soldiers at the city gate, but the soldiers are very lazy and do not check the passers-by.
Wu Dongfang followed the crowd towards the city gate. His clothes were now in tatters, his face was dirty and he had a long beard. He looked too much like a down-and-out hunter. Even so, the soldiers guarding the gate still looked at him a few more times. The reason was simple. He He was taller than the average person. People at this time were very short. Men were considered tall at 1.65 meters, and women were generally under 1.5 meters. It may be due to Han ancestry or poor food.
Wu Dongfang entered the city smoothly. This was the first time he entered the city of the Tu people. Everything was novel to him, but he did not look around, but kept his eyes straight and strode forward. He could not let the city The person feels like he is new here.
Not squinting does not mean that he cannot observe with the corner of his eye. He is looking for a place to eat. The most difficult thing to solve in surviving in the wild is salt. He has not eaten salt these days and he begins to feel weak. Salt is a poisonous substance. If you eat too much of something, you will be poisoned. If you don’t eat it or if you eat too little, you will feel weak.
While looking for an inn, he was also listening to the conversations of the people in the city, quickly learning how they addressed each other and how they spoke. In modern terms, the four tribes of gold, wood, water, and fire belong to ethnic minorities, and the Tu tribe is the Han nationality. The words and deeds of the Tu tribe They behave more like modern people, and the Tu cities are very similar to those from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
What made him feel relieved was that there was no big difference between the accents of the Tu people and the Jin people at this time, and he would not know that he was a foreigner just by hearing the accent.
"Two fish for you, a pheasant." Someone shouted on the side of the road. What he called was not a pheasant but a pheasant. At this time, the ones raised at home are called chickens, and the ones raised in the wild are called pheasants.
"Someone wants it." Wu Dongfang said casually. He was very conspicuous when walking on the road. He had to use this method to tell people around him that he had acquaintances here.
He found a restaurant. Unlike the Jin people who sell roasted pigs directly on the roadside, the restaurants opened by the Tu people, that is, the Han people, are all indoors, with flags hanging outside and wine jars painted on them.
When Wu Dongfang saw the restaurant, he did not go in immediately. Instead, he stopped in front of the rice shop opposite the restaurant. He pretended to look at the rice and listened to the sounds in the restaurant opposite. When he heard someone ordering drinks and food, he turned around and walked in. to the restaurant.
This restaurant is quite large, with more than a dozen tables. The food is placed on the shelves on the east wall, and the counter is on the north.
After Wu Dongfang entered, he did not choose a corner. Instead, he sat at a table next to the door and waved to the busy clerk. The clerk ran over and took out the small jade he picked up from the coffin. "Two A piece of cake and a bowl of minced meat."
The clerk took the piece of jade and turned around and gave it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper looked at it, put it away, took out a dozen shells and handed them to the boy.
The waiter brought the shell back, and Wu Dongfang stuffed it into his arms without saying much. He understood one more thing. People at this time did not recognize gold but jade. Jade, like wine, was a hard commodity.
There are no wine jars in the store. There are two wine jars on the west side of the counter. Wu Dongfang looked at it for a while and found that customers would pay money first when drinking. The wine in the wine jar on the east side was a shell and a bowl. The bowl was very big. , bigger than the bowls used by Henan people to eat noodles. The wine in the wine vat to the west is two shells per bowl.
When the waiter brought the food, Wu Dongfang took out a shell from his arms, pointed at the cheap wine jar and said in a loud voice, "Have a bowl."
The waiter brought the wine in a bamboo tube. Wu Dongfang took a sip and frowned secretly. Compared with the wine in July, this wine was like cat urine.
Breaking open the flour cake, he was surprised to find that the flour cake was actually made of wheat. He had thought that in Xia Dynasty, besides beans, it was millet. Unexpectedly, there was already wheat at this time. It smelled so fragrant. The only problem was that the bran was not screened out. , but this is not bad.
The so-called minced meat is actually broth, similar to mutton soup, but the meat is not flaky, but minced and boiled. It's a bit like the leftover meat filling from making dumplings and boiled in water, but it's very delicious, just like a hedgehog. In comparison, there is nothing unpalatable.
When he walked in, there were already several tables of diners in the store. These people were all from the city. They were dressed very cleanly and there were many dishes on the table. As soon as he walked in, he attracted everyone's sideways glances. He was running for his life in the wild these days. , the clothes are torn and disheveled, and the face is unkempt, just like a beggar.
Wu Dongfang ignored them and only cared about eating and drinking. He had not been to many places. He had only been to the cities of the Jin people. Compared with the cities of the Jin people, he preferred the cities of the Tu people. This was where the Han people lived. People's words and deeds were similar to those of the Jin people. The buildings in the city are 60-70% similar to those in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
While eating, a strange thought came to his mind. It would be great if he could go back and take back everything he saw and heard here to tell his comrades that he had led the team to win second-class merit twice. He should be able to be promoted to a full company next year due to his performance. As long as he is loyal and performs many military exploits, it is possible to become a regular regiment or a regular division. If he performs extraordinary feats, he may be promoted to a general star one day. However, all of these are subject to change. This accident came to nothing, and I was disappointed. In addition to being disappointed, I was still disappointed.
Everyone is in a bad mood sometimes. Some people will be in a bad mood for a long time, but Wu Dongfang is not in a bad mood. He can quickly reverse himself when he is in a bad mood. There are too many unlucky people, and he is not the only one. One, since it was an accident, there was no guarantee. It would have been good if I didn’t go through the Jurassic period where there were dinosaurs everywhere. I had food, drink, and people, so what else did I want to do.
Just as he was devouring his food, two people came in from the door. A woman was supporting an old man. The old man looked like he was in his sixties, but he might not actually be that old. The living conditions were not good at this time, and everyone looked older, so he should Only about fifty years old. The woman next to him is in her twenties, with a sallow complexion and a face that looks a bit like an old man's. She should be a father and daughter.
When the two of them entered the door, they first bowed to the shopkeeper, then stood by the door. The old man had a rope hanging around his neck, and a drum hanging from the rope. The woman is holding a pair of small gongs in her hands. The paired ones don't seem to be called gongs, but should be called cymbals, which are musical instruments.
After the father and daughter stood up, the old man began to beat the drum, and the woman began to sing. She would gently hit the cymbals after singing a few lines. Wu Dongfang heard music for the first time after coming back. At this time, the music already had five tones, and the woman sang in the bel canto style. I have an alto, but I can’t understand what I’m singing because there are no lyrics, only the tune.
The father and daughter were naturally entertainers. When they sang, the guests in the room turned to look and listened. But when the singer finished singing and took out the clay pot, everyone turned away and looked away.
The father and daughter did not hang around. The woman helped the old man and turned around to leave. Seeing their hungry faces, Wu Dongfang waved to them, "Come here, I'll treat you to a meal."
He looked fierce, and the father and daughter hesitated to come. Wu Dongfang walked over, took out a few unheated shells and stuffed them into the old man's hands, "Take them to buy food."
The old man had a look of fear on his face, and he cowardly wanted to speak. When he opened his mouth, Wu Dongfang had returned to his seat and sat down.
The old man and the woman felt sorry for each other and came over to thank them. When Wu Dongfang saw that there were rice grains in their clay pots, he realized that they just wanted rice and had a better impression of them. He raised his hand to call the waiter, took out the shells and asked the waiter to give them to their father. The woman poured some broth and took some cakes.
The father and daughter thanked Wu Dongfang continuously. They had nothing to repay Wu Dongfang, so they stood at the table and started singing again. After singing a few words, a wine bowl flew over and hit the woman, "The singing is too unpleasant, get out." .”
The father and daughter hurriedly stopped talking and retreated to the wall in fear.
Wu Dongfang turned around and saw that the person who threw the wine bowl was the table of diners in the middle of the room. There were five people at that table. Although they were well-dressed, they were not very tall. They all had sinister features, and they were not good people at first glance.
"Let's go." Wu Dongfang looked away and waved to the father and daughter.
The father and daughter thanked him again, bowed their heads and left.
After the two left, Wu Dongfang also stood up.
"What a kind man." Someone said.
Wu Dongfang did not respond. When everyone does not do good things, the person who does good things will be resented by everyone.
"Damn motherfucker's stuff." Someone cursed.
Wu Dongfang still said nothing, turned around and walked out. He was a fugitive and could not cause trouble.
But his forbearance did not make the other party stop. Instead, it made the other party feel that he was strong but weak. Several people came over and stopped him, "I lost something at my house last night. The thief's back looks exactly like yours."
Wu Dongfang didn't answer. If he got tough, he would have to take action. If he did, he would alert the government. But if he continues to tolerate it, the other party will conduct a body search, and his identity will be exposed once he is searched.