It was already dark, and Xiao Baoer used the moonlight to knock the door knocker. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After waiting for a long time, a middle-aged man opened the door and asked them what was the matter. The man didn't light the lamp, and the room behind him didn't shine, and the darkness was really scary.

Yang Gonggong looked inside, and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you light the lamp in the black winter?"

The man replied, "I know where the road is, why I light it." ”

Yang Gonggong just regained a little feeling that he was still a celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager, and he was a little uncomfortable when he was choked by the middle-aged man's words. Just as he was about to say that he would go back, Su Su pulled him and signaled that there was no need to worry about the middle-aged man.

He glared at Su Su, and his eyes said: The middle-aged man is an iron rooster, and he doesn't light the lamp because he saves money?

Su Su nodded affirmatively. Yang Gonggong has never gotten along with Yao Xitong, as long as he has seen some of Yao Xitong's ways of doing things, he will find that there are many very similarities between the father and son.

Since Xiao Baoer snapped the knocker, she naturally wanted to say something to the iron rooster. But what do you say? Say that she and Yao Xitong are husband and wife who have worshiped heaven and earth, and the iron rooster will definitely not treat her as a daughter-in-law. The princess of Beiliao is worth 100 gold, and this person will definitely sell her as soon as possible.

"The ......"

"I can stay here for the night, one or two silver per person, and if I want to include three meals, plus three coppers. ”

Xiao Bao'er breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's stay overnight." ”

"Light the lamp overnight for a tael of silver a night. ”

Yang Gonggong felt that these words were aimed at him, and shouted, "How can I wash up without lighting the lamp?"

"Don't you wash your face and close your eyes, why do you want a lamp!"

"You ......"

Su Su grabbed Gonggong Yang again, if he was angry about this little thing, he was afraid that he would be angry to death next.

Yang Gonggong paid the silver to the iron rooster, who took the silver and sniffed it first, and then stuffed it into his mouth. Thinking that he was biting the silver to determine the authenticity, Yang Gonggong said disdainfully, "It's all true, the silver just taken out of the money bank." ”

The strangeness of the iron rooster was obviously beyond their comprehension, and they saw him take the silver in his mouth and spit it out, and then take the next piece. It was so disgusting that Su Su, Yang Gonggong, and King Chun all didn't look over their heads and didn't want to see more.

Xiao Bao'er curiously handed out a piece of ten taels of silver, wondering what to do with such a big silver iron rooster. The latter couldn't hold it, and licked the silver like a dog, "Is this an advance or something?"

"I'm going to stay in the room where Yao Xitong lived. ”

"The bamboo building in the backyard is exactly eleven two nights. ”

Su Su couldn't help but say, "It's all about grabbing money." ”

Everyone followed the iron rooster into the yard, and he led the way with his hands behind his back, and said, "If you don't want to bump into something, follow my footsteps." Notice, there are steps. Washing next to the well at the back, no hot water, no fire after nightfall......"

A series of rules are big for everyone, no matter what the iron rooster does, it is mainly to save money, and I don't know how such a person can give birth to a child like Yao Xitong.

Xiao Baoer stayed alone in Yao Xitong's room, the bamboo building was built in the backyard, and the Yuxi was outside the wall, and the feeling of falling asleep with the sound of gurgling water was really strange. It wasn't until dawn, when she opened the window and her eyes were full of greenery, that the feeling of vitality made her feel more comfortable.

The room is simply furnished, all the objects are placed in a convenient place, if there is anything peculiar, there is no book in the house, it is difficult to imagine that this is Tanhualang's room.

At breakfast, everyone gathered together again. Xiao Bao'er didn't see the monkey and asked him curiously where he went.

Yang Gong said fairly, the iron rooster does not allow monkeys to stay, saying that pets are not included in the room fee. The monkey deliberately spoke to scare him, and when he heard the monkey speak human language, he offered not to charge for the room separately as long as the monkey helped pick the fruit from the tree in the backyard......

Hearing the monkey speak human words, not only was he not afraid, but he also proposed to let the monkey pick the fruit! It is really worthy of Yao Xitong's father, and he is bold enough to save money.

Drink porridge for breakfast, one spoonful per person, one spoonful is just one bowl, and there is not a drop more.

Su Su asked: "A copper child needs a bowl of clear porridge?"

The Iron Rooster shook his head and brought three plates.

Everyone thought it was three side dishes, but when they were served, they were three pieces of bean curd. Looking at the color of the bean curd, Xiao Baoer remembered that Yao Xitong once said that the bean curd is divided into three categories: green side, red side, and white side.

The red side is the most traditional kind of fermented bean curd, the surface of the red fermented bean curd is naturally red, the cut surface is yellowish-white, the taste is mellow and the flavor is unique; the white fermented bean curd is small, the texture is smooth and soft, the surface is orange and transparent, the taste is delicious and fragrant, the nutrition is rich, and the appetite is enhanced.

No matter how delicious Yao Xitong described the bean curd, Xiao Bao'er lost her appetite when she looked at the porridge. I couldn't help but ask, "Are these all for lunch and dinner?"

The iron rooster replied that there were vegetables and rice for lunch, and roasted sweet potatoes for dinner.

Looking at this mediocre and stingy middle-aged man, Xiao Baoer had countless questions in her mind that needed to be solved urgently.

Is he really Yao Xitong's father?

Who is Yao Xitong?

And who is the mother?

Yao Xitong grew up in Yuxi?

What is the relationship between Yao Xitong and the bun shop?

……

Iron Rooster made breakfast and threw a booklet to them.

There are many questions listed in the booklet, some of which Xiao Baoer wants to ask, and some that Xiao Baoer has not thought of asking at all...... Each question has an answer, and each answer is also marked with a price. Just give money, and the Iron Rooster will tell the truth everything he knows.

Everyone looked at the booklet, and then looked at the iron rooster, and finally understood where the villagers' philistines came from, but blamed the richest man in the village for not playing a good leading role.

Su Su took the booklet and said while reading it, "Yao Xitong must have been born in Yuxi, and his studies were completed here, so there will be no doubt about his birth." Who was his mother? And also...... Does he have servants, does he leave home often, and where does he probably go......"

The questions on the booklet are very detailed, the only thing that makes them hesitate is the price, the answers to these questions are too expensive, and they can be calculated at any time for nearly a hundred taels of silver.

Su Su asked coincidentally: "Uncle Yao, you have told others the answers to these questions, it is not a secret, can you give us a little discount?"

The iron rooster shook his head, as if he was used to seeing a bargain like Susu.

He said, "If you know anyone who has the answer, just ask, I won't stop you." If you were to ask me, there was no discount and it was not cheap. You know, there are people who want answers without spending money, and they beat me and try to force answers. In the end, he didn't ask anything, and in the end he had to pay for the answer. Do you want to see the wounds on my body? I also keep the room where I was interrogated, and I can visit it for ten taels of silver. ”

Yang Gonggong took out a piece of silver and said loudly, "I want to see the wounds on your body." "He didn't believe that anyone could even spare their lives for money.

Iron Rooster said: "I'm talking about ten taels per person, you can watch it if you spend money, and others have to spend money to watch it." ”

Gonggong Yang followed the iron rooster into the room, and then walked out with an ugly face, and said to himself: Crazy, crazy, there are really people who don't want to die for money.

King Chun, who had been silent, couldn't help but say, "Give him money, his life is for silver." ”

Su Su took a silver ticket from his bosom and gave it to Iron Rooster, who refused to accept it. He only wanted silver ingots, nothing but silver, such as gold or jewelry. I've seen strange people, but I've never seen anything so strange.

After discussion, Yang Gonggong and the monkey went down the mountain to exchange the silver, and Xiao Bao'er waited on the mountain.

The iron rooster was busy with lunch. The mansion wandered with them, but all the houses with traces of Yao Xitong's life were locked and the price was posted, and if you wanted to see it, you had to spend money to find the iron rooster to get the key.

Su Su said angrily, "Didn't anyone think of snatching the key and forcibly opening the door to take a look?"

King Chun said: "Except for him, it is estimated that no one can know which key opens the door." ”

"I don't believe it," Su Suzhen ran to grab the key.

The iron rooster does not struggle, and both hands are offered.

Hundreds of keys are strung together, and unless you try all the keys, you don't know which key opens which door. Su Su held the heavy key ring in his hand and said unadmittedly, "I have excellent patience, so I'll try one key after another today." ”

King Chun casually pointed to the door and said, "It only costs a tael of silver to open here, and you spend a whole day saving a tael of silver?" ”

Su Su pointed to another door, "It costs ten taels here, can't I choose the most expensive one to open?"

King Chun smiled, "How do you know that the things in the door are worth spending ten taels? Do you think Yao Xitong will leave useful things?

Xiao Baoer was watching the iron rooster cook, whether it was water or rice, he weighed it all, and the quantity could be accurate to a grain of rice, and he didn't want to put more. Seeing that the rice was already in the pot, she was worried about where the dish was, and when she saw the iron rooster take out a piece of bacon, she left with confidence.

As soon as they entered the mansion, Su Su and King Chun greeted them.

Su Su asked: "You are coming to Yuxi, but you don't care about what is in the house at all." ”

Xiao Bao'er said: "I thought there wouldn't be many people checking him, but when I entered the village, I found that it almost became a scenic spot." Xuanze's people must have been here, but he didn't see anything unusual, and I naturally couldn't see anything. ”

King Chun said: "It's not nothing, haven't you noticed that something is missing in this house?"

Su Su shook his head, the whole mansion is an ordinary country mansion, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all available, nothing is wrong!

King Chun looked at Xiao Bao'er, who scratched his head and wanted to pretend to be stupid, but was pierced by King Chun's all-insighted sight. She had no choice but to say: "Yao Xitong doesn't have a study, and the whole house has no bookish smell at all." ”

Su Su said: "Maybe there are books hidden in those unopened rooms. ”

King Chun said directly, "Yao's father and son have excellent memories, I guess both father and son can remember them, and they don't need to record anything with a pen at all." ”

Su Su disagrees with this and asks King Chun how he knows this.

King Chun didn't say it, but Xiao Baoer could guess it.

When Su Su read the booklet before, as soon as she finished talking about what questions she needed to ask, the price quoted by the iron rooster showed that he was very familiar with the booklet. There is also that set of keys, how dare you use this almost identical key with a bad memory......

sneaked away in the morning, and saw that it was time to eat, and the so-called food and rice of the iron rooster almost didn't make Xiao Bao'er angry.

There was a pot on the table, and in the middle of the pot was a wire with a strip of bacon the thickness of a little finger. The freshly simmered rice was steaming, and the bacon on top of the rice was smoked to the point that a few drops of oil were dripping into the rice.

The iron rooster took away the bacon, pointed to the rice and the oil spots on the rice, and said, "There is rice and vegetables, if you are too tired, you can take the bowl and eat it outside the door, and the vegetables in the field can be relieved." ”

Su Su asked loudly: "We spent more than a hundred taels of silver to eat this?

Iron Rooster replied very seriously, more than a hundred taels of silver is the consumption of buying information, and this meal actually only cost a copper, he is doing business seriously, not slamming the door!

Su Su no longer thought about what the roasted sweet potatoes for dinner would be, she asked to cook herself.

The iron rooster told her that a meal was a tael of silver, and it was counted according to the head. That's more expensive than the restaurants in Amman City.

Su Su couldn't figure out why he charged such a high fee for cooking by making his own fire.

The iron rooster replied eloquently, water costs money, rice costs money, and the stove costs money...... Even if he doesn't use these things, the mountains near Yuxi are his property, the game he hunts out belongs to his property, the firewood he picks up on the mountains belongs to his property, and the wild vegetables that grow freely belong to him......

"You ......" Su Su was so angry that he didn't speak.

Xiao Bao'er watched silently, very strange about Su Su's reaction. She can use many beautiful words to describe Su Su, beautiful and generous, calm and calm, smart but not impetuous.

But since leaving Dadu, Su Su has been a little strange, without Xuanze, her life seems to have no goal, and the whole person has lost its previous color.

An excellent woman, if everything she shows is all about attracting men, and if she lacks men, she lacks an independent character, which has to be said to be very sad!

King Chun shouted at the right time, "Susu, don't worry so much, Xiaoxiao and I are not picky people, and these meals are good today." If you just write the word 'dish', it's not too late for you to talk to Mr. Yao. ”

Su Su "poofed" and was happy.

King Chun has an allusion in his words.

It is said that an extremely stingy person wants to apprentice to make himself more stingy, he drew a fish with paper, cut a bottle of wine and went to apprentice. The master was not there, so the master accepted the gift and drew a cake as a gift. When the master came back and heard about this, he scolded his wife for being a loser, only to see the master draw a semicircle in the air and say: Why do you need a cake, half a cake is enough!

For dinner, Su Su insisted on cooking by herself, and unexpectedly found that there were a lot of ingredients left by Yao Xitong in the kitchen. When asked how the iron rooster charged, the man said that if he didn't die, he wouldn't charge a penny. King Chun found that the ingredients were abundant and planned to join in the fun and make a yokan.

Xiao Bao'er ignored them, saying that she was waiting for Gonggong Yang and the monkey to come back, but in fact, she found a big tree to sit on in a daze. With a wide field of vision, you can see that King Chun's so-called yokan is completely different from the practice of Northern Liao, and the yokan does not use sheep, and this person actually makes desserts.