Waiting for the wind and rain, the city of clouds is light

In the afternoon, the number of guests coming to the inn was less than usual. After sending off the last few guests, Yun Wei looked at the street where many people walked through, feeling a little bit moved.After notifying Fatty Ding, he went to the street alone.

The sun had already slanted to the west, and it was unavoidably chilly to walk on the street, Yun Wei stretched out her hands and rubbed them, then retracted them into her sleeves.People from all walks of life came and went on the street, children running past carrying dough, big men carrying burdens, fishermen sitting in twos and chatting in tea sheds, and smiling women holding their husbands' arms.As Yun Wei walked and observed, she couldn't help sighing that many days passed in a blink of an eye, and so many things happened in the blink of an eye.But now, it seems better.

After Zhang Liang recognized her as a friend, he became more generous. Among other things, this favor alone was worth a lot.He and Shi Lan handle the inn's affairs together every day, and they have also become acquaintances.After getting along for a long time, I became acquainted with everyone from the Mohist family. Although I didn't see Gai Nie and Gao Jianli very often, I would occasionally be taken care of by Xue Nu.As for the straightforward big iron hammer, the shopkeeper Ding who can't see up and down, and the talkative little Zhi, every time I sit with them, I can chat for a long time.

Walking and stopping by the stalls on the side of the road, the calls of the little brothers, the elders and the younger brothers, came to my ears.Yun Wei couldn't help but support her forehead, if she wanted to say something that didn't go her way, it was probably because people always recognized her as the wrong gender.She thinks that she doesn't have a vicious appearance, and she is not born with a big and three-faced, how come people who see her are so sure that she is a little brother?

Consciously or unintentionally observing the girls passing by in groups on the road, chatting and laughing together, talking about needlework, cooking tea and cooking, the hem of the dress is shaking gracefully, and the strings of beads spit out from the flower hairpin on the hair follow. Walk lightly.Yun Wei looked down again at the muddy shoes on her feet that hadn't been wiped clean, and thought about her usual walking posture, she already understood in her heart, and she shrugged helplessly. Compared with this, it is natural to admit mistakes. It's time to turn around.

Walking while thinking, unknowingly came to a jewelry stall, Yun Wei glanced habitually, but was suddenly attracted.

She couldn't help but approached a little closer. Just now, when she glanced at it, she saw a few rays of light that were as calm as deep water. Now when she looked carefully, she found that it was a hairpin with a small piece of dark green jade on it.There are three-petal flowers carved on the top of the wooden hairpin. Although they are made of wood, they are thin pieces with some patterns carved on them. They are gathered into a bunch, which really looks like a flower that is about to vomit but has not yet bloomed.And this small dark stone is embedded between the petals.

"Young Master, which ones do you like?" Seeing that Yun Wei had been standing still in front of the stall for a while, the stall owner stood up with a smile on his face and asked.Yun Wei's expression froze, oh my god, this time it's even worse, she was directly upgraded from a little brother to a young master, should she be happy?

The stall owner immediately asked Yun Wei to look at this and that, and Yun Wei glanced perfunctorily. Gold, red, silver and emerald, leaping fish and flying birds, pearls and filigree, are all kinds of things.The stall owner saw that Yun Wei's eyes were not fixed on a certain place, so he asked again: "Master, I'm picking jewelry, but which girl do I want to give it to? I have to see what kind of girl it is to match what kind of jewelry. Is this girl born elegant and beautiful, or bright and dignified?"

Yun Wei originally looked down at the things on the stall, but raised her head after hearing this sentence: "Give it to a girl who looks similar to me."

The stall owner was terrified and opened his mouth wide enough to stuff a chicken.

Seeing this, Yun Wei swallowed her saliva and added: "My sister." The stall owner's expression returned to normal, and he muttered "No wonder no wonder".Yun Wei lowered her head again, her eyes took a big turn, and finally landed on the wooden hairpin.

The stall owner noticed where Yun Wei was looking, so he took out the wooden hairpin and praised it cracklingly.While listening, Yun Wei sifted useful information in her head, but after a long time, she only sifted out two items: "Look at how fine the workmanship is" and "Look at how beautiful the jade is".The stall owner babbled for a long time before handing the hairpin to her.Yun Wei took it lightly, rubbed her thumbs over a few woodcut petals, and then brushed the piece of jade, a warm feeling was transmitted from her fingers, as if dispelling some of the evening cold.Yun Wei picked up the hairpin, but was stunned for a moment, she didn't know how to wear it, where to insert it on her head and how to insert it so that it wouldn't fall off, she always used a hair tie to tie a long braid behind her head , no one ever told her how to tie the hairpin.

Perhaps because it was getting closer to night, Yun Wei felt that the surroundings seemed to be getting colder.She shook her left hand inside the sleeve, she hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered her raised right hand slowly.Just at this time, there were three or five girls walking slowly behind, chatting about something excitedly, and every word they said drifted into her ears.

"The one just now, is Mr. Zhang Liang, the third master of Confucianism?"

"Of course it's him. Besides Mr. Zhang Liang, who else can do this..."

"Sigh, no one in Sanghai City can compare to such an elegant demeanor. It's a pity that Little Shengxian Village is on the mountain, otherwise we would see him every day."

"I don't know if Little Sage Xian Zhuang accepts female disciples?"

"..."

The sound faded away.Yun Wei glanced at the direction they were coming from, but didn't see anyone she knew. The hand clinging to the wooden hairpin suddenly clenched it tightly, and she raised her head and asked, "How do you sell this hairpin?"

"Master's vision is really good," said the stall owner, with a wider smile on his face. "With this workmanship and this piece of beautiful jade, I'm afraid I won't be able to find another one in Sanghai City. Since I like it so much, I will buy it this time." How about selling it for [-] and a half dollars for the young master at a lower price?"

Yun Wei paused, and put the hairpin back on the stall after a very short moment: "Sorry, I won't buy it." After saying that, he turned around and left, regardless of the reaction of the small vendor behind him.Turned into an alley, except for a wonton stall at the entrance of the alley, there was no one there.Yun Wei stopped her pace and stood silently on the spot.

The windows on the second floor are half open, just taking this section of the road into the window frame.

The people inside were chatting, talking about what they had seen and heard about where they were recently or maybe a long time ago.The aroma of tea rose with the pouring of hot water, Zhang Liang looked out of the window, at the gray-clothed figure in the alley.

Touching the teacup lightly with fingertips, a little bit of warmth came, while the wind outside the window blew in, bringing with it a sense of coldness.Zhang Liang watched silently, the night wind blew in gusts, the clothes on her body were pulled up again and again by the wind, but she didn't move.

Zhang Liang's eyes dimmed slightly, and the hand that was lightly clasping the teacup also stopped.Because I was looking down, I could see clearly from the window just now. When the hairpin was handed to her, my right hand slowly stretched out from the sleeve and picked it up carefully, as if what was in front of me was a strange thing that I had never seen before.And after talking with the stall owner for a while, he resolutely put the hairpin on the stall almost patted.

A girl of this age doesn't have a few beautiful hairpins, but her movements of holding the hairpins in mid-air are stiff and clumsy, even a little funny.On weekdays, he was busy in the inn. If he was not chopping firewood and cooking and his face was full of dust, he would go up and down the mountain with a food box in his hand.In addition, the disciples of the tongue war fought against the man in black of unknown origin by themselves, and played bows and arrows smoothly and accurately with one hand.After a long time, everyone seems to forget that this is actually a little girl.

Just as he was thinking, the figure in the alley suddenly moved, turned around and walked towards the exit of the alley, walking as usual.

Zhang Liang clenched the teacup in his hand.The aroma is lingering with wetness, but it seems too strong to make people's throat astringent.

A shadow appeared in front of his eyes, Yun Wei was startled and stopped, and the listener lazily said: "It's rare to see you wandering in the street."

Yun Wei breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes and replied in the same lazy voice: "Xiao Zhi, can you stop being so scary?"

"I don't think brother Yunwei can't help but be scared." Robber Zhi crossed his hands behind his head, walking side by side with Yunwei easily, and the corner of the latter's mouth twitched: "You owe me a beating, don't you?"

Robber Zhi shrugged and did not answer.Yun Wei shook her head, she was just joking, so she ignored him.Bandit Zhi glanced at her and asked, "I see that hairpin you picked up just now looks pretty good, why didn't you buy it?"

The corner of Yunwei's mouth twitched again: "Brother Robozhi, I'm no better than you stealing the king of the king, and I don't have to worry about not having enough money. Even if I start cutting firewood day and night from today, I don't eat or drink, and I work for two days a day. Forget it, I don’t know if I can make up enough for one year.”

Robber Zhi opened his mouth wide enough to stuff two chickens into it, and shook his head after a while: "It's so expensive, alas, actually, looking at the piece of jade on it from a distance, I guessed it was a good thing. Sure enough, as a Mohist disciple, I got rid of it." There is no such thing as poor."

"This is just a rough calculation." Yun Wei curled her lips, "Who knows when Tianming will come down the mountain again and pester me to buy him a roasted pheasant. A roasted pheasant costs about two and a half yuan, and it has increased recently. It's three and a half dollars. You giants are really hard to serve."

"Hmm..." Robber Zhi nodded with deep sympathy, and then said, "Or——you try to borrow money from Fatty Ding? Or Mr. Zhang Liang? Tianming, who ate so many roast chickens from us, let him He can go to Mr. Zhang to intercede."

"...Do you think Fatty Ding has so much spare money?" Yun Wei closed her eyes and shook her head, "It's one thing to borrow it. Even if I borrow it, how should I pay it back? If you sell me, you don't know if you still have to pay it back." " Squinting at Robber Zhi, "But it seems okay to sell you, how much is your bounty? Seven thousand or 8000 taels of gold?" Looking at the nervousness on Robber Zhi's face, he smiled, "Open Just kidding, in fact, that hairpin is useless."

"Really?" Robber Zhi didn't believe it.

"Really." Yun Wei nodded, taking it for granted, "It can be used to poke people, but it is too short to be used as a bamboo arrow and cannot be shot."

"Stab people? That's an interesting idea." Robber Zhi smiled jokingly, then lowered his head and began to think.Yun Wei didn't speak, just walked on the road like this.There was a small stone lying across in front of him, Yun Wei just raised his foot to kick it, but stepped over it as if thinking of something.

"Why don't I just give you the hairpin? We haven't had a greeting gift yet." Bandit Zhi suddenly stopped in his tracks and came up with an idea.Yun Wei took a few steps forward in a habitual manner, stopped after realizing it, and looked back at him.

Zhang Liang was sitting by the window, the two shadows, one in front and one behind, had almost reached the edge of the window frame.Robber planted his face to him, held up a finger, his face was bare.Yun Wei turned her back to him, unable to see the expression on her face.

He suddenly wanted to get up and go downstairs, but the thought was only fleeting.Putting down the teacup, Zhang Liang fixedly stared at Yun Wei downstairs who hadn't spoken for a while.

Zhang Liang frowned, for some reason, he felt a sense of hesitation in his heart, as if he could only let it develop tentatively when faced with an undecidable matter.

Robo Zhi felt hairy when Yun Wei looked at him, and he couldn't help but put down his raised hand.Yun Wei glanced at his movements inexplicably, and twitched the corner of his mouth with a half-smile: "Forget it, I don't want to see your bounty doubled tomorrow."

"Hey," Robber Zhi jumped up anxiously, as if he had been told what he was thinking, "I didn't say I was going to steal it!"

"If you're going to buy it, you're stealing other people's money to do it." Yun Wei exposed him again with one sentence, turned around and continued to walk back to the inn, "The situation is chaotic recently, it's better to be careful." After a pause, Add a sentence, "If someone caught him for a hairpin, he would think that the king of thieves is a flower picker."

"Who is the flower picker?" Bandit Zhi was completely blown away, "I only appreciate beautiful girls!"

Yun Wei couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

Taking this scene into his eyes, Zhang Liang heaved a sigh of relief, and then a trace of indescribable feeling appeared in his heart.

On the one hand he did not want her to accept the hairpin, but on the other hand he hoped that she would accept it, Zhang Liang picked up the teacup, drank the tea in it, and shook his head for a moment, wondering what was wrong with him.

The author has something to say: * About the currency of the Qin Dynasty (source: Baidu Encyclopedia)

Qin stipulates that gold is the upper currency, and the unit is "镒" (combined with 20 taels); copper is the lower currency, and the unit is "half taels".Half two coins had already been minted in the Warring States Qin Dynasty, and were used uniformly in the Qin Dynasty.

黄金与半两钱的比价没有明确记载。商鞅时代1两黄金的价值等于12石粟，秦简《秦律十八种》规定：1石粟值30钱，1两黄金可折360枚半两钱。吴镇烽据《管子?轻重甲》的资料推测：齐200釜等于秦200石，值黄金2金，则100石值1金，1金即1镒，1镒20两，20两黄金可买粟100石，2两买粟10石，1两买5石，可折半两钱150枚。由此可见，大约1两黄金的比价是150枚至360枚半两钱。

*About currency conversion (Because no records of Qin and Han Dynasties were found, here are the records after Tang Dynasty) (source: Baidu Encyclopedia)

1 tael of gold = RMB 2000 = 10 taels of silver

1 tael of silver = RMB 200 = 1000 Wenqian = 1 string (hanging) money

1 penny = RMB 0.2

In addition: 1 stone rice = 1 tael of silver

Disclaimer: The above conclusions are not academic opinions

*About conversion (partial reference for grain output: textual research on prices in the Han Dynasty and contemporary prices, Western Han Dynasty)

According to the records in "Hanshu, Shihuozhi", during the Warring States period, Li Kui, the prime minister of the State of Wei, made an actuarial calculation of the amount of grain produced per unit of land, and the average grain per mu of land was 1.5 shi. The annual grain obtained per mu of land is four times that of normal years, that is, 4 shi per mu, but in severe famines, only 6 shi per mu can be obtained.Ignoring the extreme data, in fact, according to a reasonable method of cultivation, the harvest per mu of land during the Warring States period should usually be no less than 0.3 shi, or even a little higher.

It is recorded in "Shihuo Zhi" that at the beginning of Emperor Hanwen's administration, Chao Cuo once claimed that a family of five occupied less than a hundred acres of land and had an annual income of less than one hundred shi of grain. This should be an exaggeration for political needs. rather than the actual situation.Then we judge according to the ideal standard, each household has five people, covers an area of ​​3 mu, and produces 300 shi of grain per mu.Then - the annual income should be 270 shi, deducting one-tenth of the tax, leaving [-] shi.

Therefore, it is roughly inferred that ordinary people can harvest about 60 taels of gold a year, and about five taels a month.Calculated on the basis of one tael worth 360 and a half coins, six hundred and a half coins accounted for about 1/3 of the harvest in January

(Considering that Xiaoer is alone, the salary must be much less than the family's income... so three hundred and a half dollars is a sky-high price)

If there are any mistakes or omissions, please point out~