33. Chapter 33
Bidding farewell to the crying Huang and Zhou, Lin Zihao and Lin Ziwen got on the road to Fucheng together. Originally, Lin Huaide was going to drive it in person, but the four of them walked with Ouyang Zhi all the way, and the guards of the Ouyang family followed more than a dozen, including those who pulled the luggage, a total of five carriages. Ouyang Zhi took two small servants to wait, Lin Zimo and the others got into his family's luxury carriage, and the carriage driven by Lin Xiaoshu became a special luggage car.
Ouyang's carriage is a special long-distance car, luxurious and luxurious. The wall of the carriage board has become dark brown, the front is not an ordinary door curtain, but a two-open wooden door, the door is high with a rain eaves, the eaves are carved with flowers and birds, and the door is inlaid with glass windows, although it is opaque, the lighting is still OK. In the large carriage, on the mahogany floor, there is a small square table nailed with mahogany, and in the wooden tray fixed to the top, fruits from the south are placed.
The floor around it was covered with thick Persian carpets, and a few soft red satin cushions were placed on which to sit comfortably. Tong Guò and Ouyang Zhi chatted, Lin Zimo knew that it would take about three or four days to go to Fucheng, and it would take half a month to go to the state city, but the capital was closer than the state city, and it was about seven or eight days away.
Both the prefecture and the state are to the west of their county seats, and the capital has to go all the way north. Along the way, there were people from the Ouyang family to guide the way, coupled with the proximity to the capital, most of them were avenues and official roads, and they were almost unimpeded, and they arrived at Lizhou Mansion early at noon on the fourth day.
The city gate and city wall of Lizhou are far taller and majestic than the county seat, and the winding blue brick city wall is not visible at a glance. The streets are much more prosperous, and shops on the second and third floors abound. The Ouyang family also has a second-entry small house in the city, which is specially used for the children of the Ouyang family to take the exam and live temporarily.
The brothers of the Lin family never refused, and were pulled by Ouyang Zhi together. This yard is not big, it is better in being delicate and meticulous, and it is a bit of a small bridge in the south of the Yangtze River, which is comfortable and eye-catching.
The room is no longer a big kang, it is full of carved beds, layers of light gauze curtains hanging, and the eyes are full of wealth and wealth. Lin Ziwen and Lin Zihao didn't have this in their eyes, as soon as they settled down, they grabbed the books and fell in, really ignoring the things outside the window, and only reading the sage books. And Ouyang Zhi was going to visit the old people of the Ouyang family everywhere, so in the courtyard of Nuoda, only Lin Zimo was left.
Lin Zimo's heart is stuffed! It's so easy to come to Fucheng, don't you look at this ancient third-rate city, isn't it in vain? So, he secretly took Lin Xiaoshu and slipped out while everyone was not paying attention.
Fucheng is much more prosperous than the county seat, and all kinds of restaurants and restaurants abound. Lin Zimo walked around with a small tree, blowing candy people, blowing out various shapes such as figures, flowers and birds, etc., the head flowers worn by the girls were made of good flowers, and the copper and silver trinkets of various flower types were delicate and cute.
Lin Zimo is like a pure country bun, he is curious about everything, and he buys a bunch of things that he thinks are good-looking for his grandmother, mother and little sister. A variety of snacks, also ate a round belly. Before I knew it, I had deviated from the street and walked into a somewhat cluttered alley.
There are many people in the alleys who are dressed in difficulty, coming and going. A few skinny children with only big eyes squatted by the wall, looking at the people passing by. Lin Zimo couldn't see this the most, and was about to find a way to leave, when there was a noise in front of him: "The newcomer is not sensible, your uncle hasn't found a job yet, do you want to cut off your hue halfway?" Another yelled, "Don't talk nonsense with him, beat him up." Then, the sound of "ping pong" beating people got closer and closer, and a group of coolie sellers beat around a big man, and the big man didn't fight back, holding his head and being beaten while running.
Lin Zimo knew that he couldn't cause trouble in the field, so he pulled the small tree to the side and hid, but he didn't expect that it was useless for a big man to hit him with his fists, so he slapped a big shovel at the beaten man and knocked him over at Lin Zimo's feet.
Looking at the blood flowing from the man's mouth, and the group of big men who still didn't give up, there was no way, Lin Zimo had no choice but to take out a handful of copper coins and throw them into the distance, shouting in his mouth: "Hurry up and grab the money!" The big men were stunned, and they didn't care about the man who fell to the ground, so they ran over to pick up the money.
Lin Zimo hurriedly picked up the man on the ground with Xiaoshu, and ran out of the alley with a smoke. Running straight out of the distance, a few people stopped out of breath, the man took a few breaths, and bent down to salute: "Thank you for saving the villain, the villain is extremely grateful." Looking at this man up close, he was seventeen or eighteen years old, with wheat-colored skin, a righteous face, and a big man of nearly one meter nine, which made Lin Zimo look up at him.
"Why are these people beating you around?" The man laughed and scratched his head: "I haven't eaten for the past few days, and when I go there and wait for someone to hire, people see that I can do it, and many people rush to hire me to do the work, robbing them of their livelihood." ”
Really, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the coolies who sell are so competitive. "Then don't go to that place in the future, go somewhere else." The man frowned: "Our dart game was disbanded, and I couldn't find a job for a while, and it was the same in other places, and I was driven out three times." Lin Zimo, who was about to leave, was curious: "You have worked in the dart game, and your kung fu should be good?" Why don't those people fight you back? The man smiled innocently again: "Those people are ordinary people, I'm afraid that I'm going to be heavy, it's not easy for everyone, rob other people's jobs, and don't let people beat them a few times?" ”
Lin Zimo's heart moved, the family has been improving rapidly these days, once the reputation of being rich spreads, I am afraid that I will not be able to break the crumbs, and I don't want the Ouyang family to have a hundred years of heritage, and there is no shortage of any kind of subordinates. This kind of nursing home is urgently needed now. And the person in front of him looks loyal and honest, and may be able to use it for his own use.
So he said tentatively: "Even if your dart bureau is disbanded, people like you can also find work elsewhere." The man scratched his head: "There are former friends in the state city who can introduce a way to live, but a little brother of my former neighbor is unwell, his father married a stepmother, and he only needs him to work, but he often does not give food, and I need help from time to time, so it is difficult to stay away." ”
Quasi-good people! With this kind of person, you can also rest assured: "My family lives in the countryside and needs a few nursing homes to take care of the house, but the countryside does not need to be prosperous here." The man's eyes lit up, and then he dimmed again: "Han Qi thanks the uncle for his appreciation and is very willing to go, but the neighbor's brother can't do without my care." Lin Zimo said: "This is easy to solve, presumably his family is also willing to let him earn money every month, so let him go over to work with you." ”
Han Qi was overjoyed and said busily: "I don't know if there is anyone else in the uncle's house?" After the disbandment of our dart bureau, many people went to other places to beg for a living, but there are still five brothers who have not yet been found, and they are looking for odd jobs like me every day. Lin Zimo asked, "I don't know how the character is?" I don't want the treacherous family. "Don't worry, this uncle, these brothers wanted to practice martial arts with me at the beginning, and they made a living together, and their character has nothing to say."
Lin Zimo didn't say anything: "Okay, you take me to see, if the character is really good, you can hire them together." "It's not good if you don't have a background, if it's a bought subordinate as a nursing home, it's not an overnight thing, a person with a little ability is unwilling to sell himself, only hire first.