Chapter 11: Out of the House
"My lady, will you weigh silver? How much silver is one tael? How much copper can you exchange for a tael of silver? And what do you live outside the house? What to eat? What to wear? Where to buy a maid and daughter-in-law? You should still be so convenient in the house? Although I have taught you some common sense one after another these days, it is all used in the Hou Mansion, do you know how to live outside? ”
Lin Yu was dumbfounded when asked, she really didn't know about these things, not to mention anything else, although Lin Yu knew that he was worth one hundred and eighty-seven taels before, but he could only recognize the silver ticket, and the scattered silver would not be weighed, and he didn't know how to exchange it for copper coins.
And Lin Yu is a fool in terms of grooming and dressing, and people who can't even tie a ponytail well in modern times can imagine how to learn to comb their hair in ancient times. The four maid rings plus Qingqingquan have been in battle for more than one round, and the conclusion is that Lin Yu can barely tie a braided braid by himself now. The happy Bi Tao was in a hurry and dropped the comb several times. In any case, with Lin Yu's current craftsmanship, he can't clean himself up to the point where he can go to the street.
Qingqing saw that Lin Yu listened to her opinion seriously, and thought for a while, "We have successively packed a lot of precious and soft before, let's bring all the clothes and bedding, the clothes made by the Hou Mansion are all good, no matter the workmanship and materials, it is winter, and now is the season to make winter clothes, we have to move, and we can't take care of it for a while." ”
This Lin Yu agreed, "How much can you bring, anyway, my aunt said that if you can't take it away at a time, you can put it for the time being, and when you settle down, she can send someone to send it over, you may not need it if you bring it, and if you don't bring it, it will be troublesome if you use it urgently." ”
"That's exactly what it is." Qingqing smiled, "It seems that you really thought about it seriously." Then I'll say what I think. In the past few days, the four of them and I are going to train you, at least the common sense that you must know must teach you. ”
"That's just as well." Lin Yu nodded, "Don't say anything else, you must always be able to recognize the silver." ”
"Since you agreed, let's start as soon as possible, and I'll give you a rough idea first."
Qingqing smiled, and Lin Yu suddenly had a bad premonition for some reason.
I saw the girl in Tsing Yi take out a fold from her sleeve, brush it open, and it was almost a meter, and she was full of words, and I don't know how many words there were.
"What is this?"
Qingqing smiled and said, "Ji Lu drew a book, I wrote a total of thirty-eight items when you went to see the old lady in the morning, you should be mentally prepared." ”
Lin Yu grabbed it and took a look, and couldn't help but wail in his heart, what church lady recognizes the amount of silver, church lady recognizes the scale, must make the lady can comb more than one popular hair bun, learn to draw simple makeup, learn to see more leaks, and other skills that modern people can't do.
Lin Yu is a good student, and he is still a good student who has received Chinese-style exam-oriented education for more than ten years. Therefore, Lin Yu's performance was greatly beyond the Qingqing clothing, and he completed these 38 items in three days.
During this period, I also went out to see the house and decided on the house in the future. Lin Yu didn't know anything about the entire ancient society, Qingqing was better, her mother died when she was ten years old, and she lived outside until she was twelve years old, just out of the social trend, so Lin Yu asked Mrs. Lin to help introduce a few Chinese people to see if there was a lot to clean up the clean courtyard for rent or sale.
Mrs. Lin handed over this matter to the general manager of the house who was in charge of the house, and the manager also knew that Lin Yu was Mrs. Lin's niece anyway, and she did not slack off, and helped screen out six mansions that were said to be better, with different sizes and different prices.
Because he had a lot of money, Lin Yu chose a small courtyard at the junction of the inner city and the outer city, with a total of eight rooms before and after, the house is not the latest, but the maintenance is good, the key is that there is a well in the courtyard, the water quality is sweet, the draft water is convenient, the security is good in the inner city, and it is very close to the outer city, so it is convenient to buy things and do business.
This house was originally the house of a foreign petty official in the capital, and he had been struggling in the capital for five or six years, and the petty official finally sought to be released a few days ago. Because he is not from the capital, he does not plan to return to Beijing for retirement in the future, and he sells it very urgently, only at a price of two hundred and eighty-six taels, which is considered to be auspicious. Not only is it cheap, but the large and heavy furniture is also included, but it will take three or four more days for the petty official's family to pack up and get up to go to work before they can move in.
So Lin Yu and Qingqing discussed, planning to stay in the inn for a few days first, and store the large boxes and cages at the old lady first, and ask someone to clean up the house and then officially live there.
Although the two of them planned very well, but the sky was not beautiful, after looking at the house, it rained heavily that night, and large luggage such as clothes and parcels could be temporarily stored in the Hou Mansion, but the old lady sent a message that people must go. The young lady of the Zhang family had already arrived in the capital, and her elders would bring her to the Hou Mansion to meet her the next day. Although Mrs. Lin gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, she didn't want the Hou Mansion to make trouble and become a complete joke, so she still hardened her heart and asked the carriage in the mansion to send Lin Yu to the inn she had booked before.
Lin Yu's inn is in the outer city, it is one of the largest inns in the capital, the background is very hard, I heard that it is the business of a certain prince, there are three religions and nine streams to live, but no one dares to make trouble, and there are many big businessmen to live, Lin Yu lives in it and does not bother to look at it, but it is far away from the town of Yuanhou Mansion. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty had glass, the four-wheeled wooden carriage was not widely used, and the high-grade carriage could only be sat by people of high grade. Therefore, the carriage that Lin Yu sat in was only a clear felt carriage, the carriage was wooden, the roof was felt, the rainproof measures were only brushed with a layer of tung oil, and two layers of oilcloth were laid on the inner layer.
If it's just an ordinary light rain, it's raining heavily in the past few days, the ground is slippery, the front is white, you can't go fast at all, how can the carriage survive for a long time? Not to mention the oil umbrella, which is prone to breakage. Fortunately, Qingqing was careful, not only wrapped all her luggage in tarpaulin, but also prepared a few more umbrellas, the inn that could be booked was not close to the imperial city where the nobles gathered, and there was still a small and half distance, and Lin Yu's clothes were a lot wet.
Qingqing saw that Lin Yu was drenched, his whole body was purple from the cold, and he couldn't do it in a hurry, so he could only urge the carriage to go quickly.
The one who drove the car was a young man, who was called Brother Song, and he was also very troubled when he saw this situation.
"Qingqing girl, it's not that I don't want to hurry, it's just that you have seen the situation today, the rain is so heavy that I can hardly see the road clearly, I really don't dare to go fast." The young man said worriedly, "It's just that this is not a matter now, I have a suggestion, but I am afraid that Miss Qingqing and Miss Biao will mind." ”