But Shao Ge'er today is no longer the young man that Fu once knew.
His original name was Liu Qiang, a modern man. Four years ago, he suddenly woke up and found himself as an ancient teenager in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. His body was thrown into a mass grave outside Hezhong City as a dead person, and was later resurrected by a strange old Taoist priest. Then he gradually figured out that he died in the war of Guo Wei's suppression of Li Shouzhen in the Later Han Dynasty.
The old man claimed that he had become half a god, and was called the Sleeping Immortal Fuyaozi. The reason for saving Liu Qiang was that he felt that the five elements in his body were very contradictory. His face belonged to water, but he had a breath of fire. Liu Qiang was very scared at the time, afraid that the old man would put him in the alchemy furnace to study, so he wanted to escape; but he didn't escape, and was caught up by the old man. Fortunately, he didn't do anything to Liu Qiang, and tore off a few pages of paper with pictures and words, and gave him a magic pill for free, asking him to practice according to the pictures and texts to remove the fire attribute in his body. Of course, Liu Qiang didn't eat his magic pill, so he accepted the magic pill, thanked him, and got away.
Then he mixed in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms as an ancient person. The concerns of the past were all worn away in the long four years; but there are always three or two things that time may not be able to heal. There are some regrets, some concerns, and some unfulfilled wishes.
He was still hammering away, hammer after hammer. What he was hammering was not iron tools to sell, but a breastplate.
The setting sun had disappeared deep into the tall Chongming Gate Tower, leaving behind a brilliant orange-red afterglow in the western sky, making the ancient tower even more majestic and majestic. The whole day of hard labor had made even the strong Shao Ge'er a little exhausted, and he felt his arms were weak and his head was dizzy.
Guo Shao had an impression of the noble lady he had seen before, from the memory of the young man. Especially the scene seen before death, when it is recalled, it becomes extra clear. The increasingly blurred vision, the figure in the skirt gradually moving away in the distance, the young man lying on the ground, stretching out his bloody right hand with difficulty, he seemed to want to grab something, or he wanted the beauty to look back at her one last time. The scene in his sight finally froze.
Bang! Guo Shao swung his hammer very hard. The boy in his memory was too young. In his short life, he didn't understand what was going on in this world. His obsession with the beautiful and wealthy Fu Shi made Guo Shao unable to accept it now.
But one thing is certain, the greater a person's belief or desire is, the greater the price and effort he is willing to pay for it.
At this time, Yulian in the back room called for dinner, and she had already prepared the meal. The old man who was pulling the bellows got up to fetch water and said, "Shao Ge'er, the sun is setting, let's do it tomorrow."
You guys eat first, just leave me a cake, you don't have to wait for me, Chen's wife has to hurry back to cook for her husband after eating. Guo Shao said without turning his head, I'll hammer a few more times to finish this set of armor, I won't have time tomorrow, I have to go to the parade ground to count heads early in the morning.
The old man asked: Are the imperial guards really going to go abroad to fight
Guo Shao responded casually.
This shop was owned by Guo Shao, who bought it with his military pay. There were three people in total, but they were not from the same family. The old man, surnamed Huang, and his young wife, Yulian, were hired. Old Huang was an old blacksmith in the countryside, making tools like hoes and kitchen knives. The sales and prices of his products were far inferior to those in Tokyo shops; he could earn more by working here than by making iron and selling it himself in the countryside.
As for the Chen family's young wife Yulian, her origin was very coincidental. He remembered that she was a maid in Li Shouzhen's mansion when he was a young man working as a guard there a few years ago. She was someone he knew before. After the unpredictable world, he met her again in Tokyo. Guo Shao learned that she was living in poverty, so he hired her to do odd jobs in his blacksmith shop. In fact, she probably took most of the money earned by the shop, because Guo Shao was in the imperial guards for many days when it was his turn to be on duty and could not take care of the blacksmith shop's business, so he had to let Yulian do whatever she wanted.
Her name is Yu Lian, and people say her last name is Dong, but maybe that's just a surname she made up.
Yulian's husband had a broken leg and couldn't work, and she, a young woman, had to do laundry and cooking in a bachelor's house, so rumors were inevitable. Guo Shao didn't care, but it seemed very difficult for her. It was obviously not a pleasant thing to be gossiped about. Yulian was often seen with her head down when she went out, walking quickly, and not talking to anyone.
Gradually, night fell completely, and Guo Shao finally put down his work. The stalls outside had been closed, so he used wooden boards to patch together and close the shop. The entire wall of the blacksmith shop was open, and there were no large door panels to make a door. In his opinion, this kind of patchwork of wooden boards was equivalent to the rolling shutter doors of later generations.
Guo Shao walked into the backyard and saw that the food on the table in the dining room was untouched. Yu Lian was sweeping the floor with a broom, and Lao Huang was sitting on the doorstep repairing a pair of pliers. Guo Shao realized that in ancient times, the rules of high and low status were laid out on the table and were not obscure at all. He was the youngest but the host, and no one dared to pick up their chopsticks until the host had eaten.
The staple food is soup noodles made of white flour, which is probably the material guarantee to keep people here. In this era, it goes without saying that there are famines and starving people in the land, and even the local rich people are reluctant to eat white flour often.
After dinner, Yulian was ready to leave. Guo Shao saw that it was already dark outside and there was a dark alley leading to her home from the back door, so he stood up and said, "I'll take you there."
Yu Lian waved her hands and said: No, no, Guo Lang, go to bed early, I will make breakfast tomorrow morning.
Guo Shao insisted: Tokyo only looks peaceful.
Yulian picked up the prepared basket, and Guo Shao followed her out the back door, and outside was an alley. In this commercial neighborhood, the front was full of shops facing the street, and the back was just a high and narrow alley to save space; merchants and craftsmen lived in the back and often threw some garbage into the ditch in the alley. If it didn't rain for a few days and the garbage was not washed away, there would be an unpleasant stench in the alley.
Yu Lian, who was walking in front, lowered her head, looking timid and embarrassed. She looked back and forth quickly from time to time, as if she was afraid of meeting someone she knew. Guo Shao walked behind her and quietly admired her back. In fact, she had a good figure, a thin waist and flexible hips that could support her skirt to form beautiful wrinkles. Even if the skirt was very shabby, her true good figure would not be covered up by the cloth skirt. The patched gray cloth cross-collared top and the white neck formed a sharp contrast, which reminded people of a lotus in the mud.
What's wrong? Yu Lian turned around and saw Guo Shao's strange look, and couldn't help but say something.
Guo Shao shook his head and raised his chin towards the door in front of him: You are here, go in.
Hmm. Yu Lian seemed to want to say something polite, but after a pause, she quietly fled into the old house.
The light of an oil lamp lit up on the bamboo-paper-pasted window, and suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by a woman's scream. A man's voice cursed: "The shameless bitch has stolen another man!" The woman sobbed and whispered something, and soon there was the clanking sound of some ceramic container breaking.
My legs can't walk, but my ears are still good enough to be deaf. You have the guts to collude with that adulterer and harm me.
Guo Shao heard it clearly from outside. Although he sympathized with Yu Lian, he could do nothing about it. No matter who heard the rumors about his wife and others, it would be unbearable. But he was innocent in all conscience. Maybe the Chen family man didn't fully understand his situation. He had to live in humiliation or die. Besides that, could he really blame his wife
Soon, the man's voice was heard again: "There's no more wine."
Yu Lian's voice was very soft and I couldn't hear clearly what she said. Suddenly, I heard a series of loud bangs and a woman's miserable crying.
Guo Shao was furious after hearing this. He looked down and saw some firewood nearby. He picked up one and walked forward. At this moment, the door suddenly opened and Yu Lian ran out with tears on her face, covering her face with one hand and hugging her arm with the other. She was stunned when she saw Guo Shao.
She immediately noticed the stick in Guo Shao's hand and the murderous look on his face. Her desolate expression turned into fear. She said in a deep voice: What are you doing? The neighbors are spreading rumors. If you beat him to death, the government will not know.
The man in the room shouted: Who are you talking to
Yulian gritted her teeth and waved her hand to signal Guo Shao to leave. At this time, someone in the room shouted again: Since you are so slutty, you can serve that adulterer all night and have money to buy wine, haha
The firewood was even squeezed by Guo Shao until it made a sound that made his teeth ache. If he swung the firewood to hit a person, either the bones or the firewood would break.
Yu Lian held her breath and stared at his face, her eyes sparkling, waiting for something. There was pleading in her expression, but also excitement and anticipation.
I'm not sure yet. Guo Shao said coldly, then bent down and put the firewood in his hand steadily and lightly into the firewood pile.
Yu Lian looked at his back, a little puzzled. Why was he so strong and strong and serving in the army? Could it be that he was not sure he could beat a disabled person who couldn't even stand up
Several nearby windows temporarily lit up their lights. The noise here must have aroused great amusement among the gossipers, and Shao Ge'er's whereabouts could not be concealed. The right way is to not do something if you don't want others to know.