The next morning, Xida came back from buying some steamed buns outside, and the two sisters had already gotten up, tidied up the house, and discussed their next steps with the sisters while eating breakfast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Xida plans to find a part-time job outside before finding the academy, first, you can have a good understanding of the environment of the imperial city, and second, you can slowly find a foothold outside, and you can't always stay in a guest house. The two sisters agreed, and after eating, the three of them went out together to look for work.

Before leaving the inn, I inquired with the guy about the general distribution of the imperial city, but the guy at the inn suggested that if you want to know more about the environment of the imperial city, you can go to a grocery store about 500 meters away from the inn, and the old man Zhang in it has a map of the imperial city. A silver coin, except for the forbidden area is only marked with the general direction, the rest is still very detailed, and it is definitely the best guide for sightseeing. In addition, there are a lot of messy and strange things in Old Man Zhang, if you are interested, you can also take a look, Old Man Zhang is a well-known know-it-all in this area, and it is most suitable to find him if you want to know anything. So, after leaving the inn, the three of them went straight to Old Man Zhang's grocery store.

After a while, I found this grocery store in the depths of a small alley, and a long wooden pole was erected at the door, and a sign with a grocery store was hung on the wooden pole, and the store was not large, only one. When they walked in, they could only describe the interior in a chaotic way, there was a thin old man napping on a chaise longue, and when he heard someone come in, he glanced at it half-open and closed it, and then opened his eyes sharply and looked at them.

"Kid, what are you doing here, go outside and play." The old man yelled at them in annoyance, probably because the three of them disturbed their rest.

"Uncle, we're here to buy a map, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest." Sida hurriedly said. When the old man heard that he wanted to buy something, he sat up

"Do you have any money, be careful if you are naughty and mischievous and I break your dog's legs."

Sida grabbed a handful of silver coins, about six or seven.

"Hmph, see for yourself what you want, the things I have here are all high-quality and good." Seeing Hilda take out the silver coin, the old man stood up and walked to the counter.

"We want a map of the Imperial City, how much does it cost to be the most detailed?"

"The most detailed? What do you want the most detailed map, and can anyone have a map of that level? No. The most detailed thing I have here is 10 silver coins, if you want it, don't go somewhere else, and don't make trouble here. ”

"Then we'll buy 10 silver."

Old man Zhang thought for a while, squatted down and rummaged through the bottom of the cabinet for a while, and took out a thick animal skin book

"That's it, I was going to sell it for ten gold coins, but no one bought it for a long time, so I'll sell it to you, but it's not too cheap for you, you have to answer some of my questions, and if the answer satisfies me, this map can be sold to you, if you're not satisfied, just wait until you save enough money to buy it."

"Whatever you want to ask, we'll try to answer to your satisfaction."

"Where did you come from, what are you doing here, and what are you doing with this map?"

"We are from Qingzhu City, and we came to the Imperial City to find a good academy to learn from a teacher, and of course we want a map to familiarize ourselves with the environment of the Imperial City."

"From Qingzhu City? It's a long way from here, just you three little hairy children walking so far alone? Also, to say that the best academy in the Imperial City is of course Tianlong Academy, which is the top academy in the three major dynasties, but if you want to enter Tianlong Academy, it is not something that anyone can enter if they want to, there is no talent, and you can't get in if you have money, not to mention that you have money? ”

"Oh, Celestial Dragon Academy? Whether we can get in or not, we always have to try, and if we can't get in, we can think of other ways, or join other sects. ”

"Oh? In this case, whether you can enter the Heavenly Dragon Academy or not, or join other sects, as long as you come to me every month and tell me about the new things you have encountered, I will sell this map to you for 10 silver coins, how about it, can you do it? I just like to ask about weird things, old man. ”

"Yes, but we're going to get a job before we go to school or visit the Sect, and we don't have time to collect these for you just yet. Once we've all settled down, one person will come here every month to tell you about some of the interesting things we've found. ”

"Uncle, why don't you do this, do you need to do chores here, I think you are also quite messy here, I can sort out these sundries for you here every day before I find a stable place, you just need to take care of our food and accommodation, we also want to know whether to enter the school or some big sects, can you give us some advice?"

"Oh, of course it's better to go to the school, except for a few gangs, which gang can compare to the Dynasty School. However, those gangs also have their own advantages, it can be said that they have their own strengths, if you are really here to study, then so be it, you live here first, and when you really enter the school, you can tell me about your school life, old man, my biggest regret is that I have not studied, and I like to listen to the things in school the most. You can tell me your story whenever you have time, right? ”

"Okay."

"We agree."

"Hehe, then it's decided, you live here with me first, and I'll take you to the backyard to have a look and arrange a place for you to live."

"There is another thing to ask the uncle, is there any place suitable for the two sisters to work and recommend it."

"If you want to make money, you can go to those places where you can learn singing and dancing instruments, and you can go to work as an artist after Xiaocheng, if you just make a living, it will be more, just find a place to do coolies."

"Performing arts? You bad old man. Liya was about to go crazy, but Lina hurriedly grabbed her.

"Trouble the old man to choose a safe place."

"Well, if you can get to the top of your class within a year of entering the school, I'll help them find the absolute best place, but I'll only give them a year of work, and if they want to continue working, they have to agree to the questions I asked later, and I'll talk about what the questions are when I think about them."

"Where?"

"Colorful clothes, that is, clothes for those who are rich."

"The place is a good place, but I can't guarantee that I will get the first place in the class within 1 year, what if I can't do it? Besides, I don't know if I'll be able to get into school. ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it, what are you going to study here, don't go in as soon as possible, it's a shame."

Xida blushed when she was scolded by Old Man Zhang, that is, she didn't have any confidence in the world.

"Okay, what's the fear of me getting the first place in a year."

Seeing Xida as if he had changed for a moment, Old Man Zhang also showed an appreciative gaze.

"Okay, I'll take you to the backyard to see where you live first, you clean up first, and then I'll take you to the place where the two little girls work in the evening."

Under the leadership of Old Man Zhang, the three of them entered the courtyard from the back door of the store, the yard was not big, and it was quite neat, except for the main house, where Lao Zhang Tou lived, the other rooms were empty. Lao Zhangtou asked them to choose a place to live, clean up by themselves, and then walked back to the store. After Sida and the two sisters chose a room each, they began to clean it, and there was nothing but a table, chairs, and a bed, except that the room was covered with dust and cobwebs.

After a day of cleaning, I finally cleaned up, and finally had a place to stay, it was dark, and the sisters went to the room to make some food, although it was not rich, but it was delicious, and the old Zhang Tou who ate also drank two cups, I really don't know how he lived alone. After dinner, it was already full of stars, and Lao Zhangtou led them to turn left and right on the street, turning around and turning around, walking for a long time, and finally came to the perfect place he said for the two sisters, and Xida also felt that this place should be good, and there should be no bad people to make trouble in this kind of place.

Old Zhang Tou came to the courtyard like visiting his own yard, and when he met a subordinate, he asked Steward Li to come out to see him, it seems that Old Man Zhang is indeed quite familiar with this place. After a while, a half-old who still had charm walked out, and when she saw that it was an old man, she hurriedly greeted her, "Which distinguished guest is I, it turned out that you are an old immortal, and you promised to bring the golden hairpin you bought for me, if you don't bring it, I won't waste tea." ”

"I didn't bring the golden hairpin, but I brought you two little girls, they want to learn some crafts here to earn some money, you see if there is a suitable job to arrange, they are ready to be admitted to the Dynasty School students."

Steward Li knew what it meant when he saw the old man's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's just two little girls, it's easy to say, the girl is handed over to me, you can rest assured, but old Zhang Tou, when will you bring the golden hairpin you promised me, if you don't bring it next time, don't think about coming in to see me again." As soon as Lao Zhang saw that the matter was done, Steward Li asked him about the golden hairpin again, and hurriedly said: "Li Meiren, the two little girls will trouble you to take care of it, let them prepare tonight, and let them come to you tomorrow, I suddenly remembered now, I forgot to close the store door when I came out, I have to go back quickly, I will definitely bring you a golden hairpin next time." Before he finished speaking, Old Man Zhang had already slipped out of the door.

"Steward Li, tomorrow, we will come to you again, thank you." After speaking, we hurriedly chased after Old Man Zhang and left. I only heard an angry scolding voice from behind me, "You dead old man, you lie to me every time you come, see how I clean you up when I wait for you to come next time." ”

It is worthy of an old man, it is so dark, and the alleys are intricate, if you don't follow him, Xida and them are really easy to get lost.

Back at the grocery store, lying in bed, remembering that today went well and that everything was done as planned. And today's biggest gain is that Old Man Zhang's angry scolding woke up Xida, Xida's character is to do things sometimes like to go with the flow, like to be low-key, but sometimes to pursue perfection, and now by Old Man Zhang so excited, Xida feels that Old Man Zhang is right, since they are all here, they must succeed, or what else to do.

However, Xida also had a trace of vigilance against Old Man Zhang in his heart, and he guessed that Old Man Zhang must have seen their extraordinary, and asked them to help or be interested in them, otherwise he would not be so kind to help them. Or there are some bad intentions for them, but Xida didn't feel the dangerous information from Old Man Zhang, this is the ability he must have as a hunter, so he obeyed Old Man Zhang's arrangement, and he also wanted to observe what the origin of this old man Zhang was, and he was by no means a simple grocery store owner.

After thinking about this, I decided to remind the two sisters tomorrow so that they can also have a bottom in their hearts. Now that everything is arranged, I will wait for the school to open for enrollment after the beginning of the spring of the year, and if I pass the test, I can officially become a student of the Imperial City Academy, I am really looking forward to it.

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