"Inquire about the news, you little baby is asking the right person, uncle, I have been selling rock sugar gourds in this capital for more than 30 years, the big and small things that happened in this capital, who gave birth to a boy and took a daughter-in-law or was promoted to make a fortune, I don't know. The old man is not a fortune teller, but the fortune teller may not know as much as I do, even in the palace......"

Listening to the old man start to talk boastfully, Lin Zhuyu couldn't help but interrupt: "Uncle, the family surnamed Lin in the capital? ”

"Oh, the little baby said that there are several families surnamed Lin in the capital, but I don't know which one you want to inquire about? Today's Xiangye is also surnamed Lin! The old man was a little unhappy when he was interrupted.

Caught in the rain helplessly ignored the sarcasm in the old man's words, and only asked anxiously: "My aunt is long gone, I only heard that my uncle has found a new aunt, and the family still doesn't know about it." ”

When the old man heard this, the original sarcasm disappeared immediately, and instead he had a somewhat flattering smile, and said, "Isn't what you said about Lin Xiangye?" Lin Xiangye lost his wife in his early years, and now I heard that the Xiangfu is the second lady in charge, and I have a nephew who works in the Xiangfu. ”

"Then old man, do you know that there is an eldest lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Lin Zhuyu was eager to verify whether he had crossed over to the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Nangu seemed to be unable to sit still and was getting up to come over.

"Miss Xiangfu? I heard that she is a beautiful and smart woman, but Uncle is here to tell you that this Miss Xiangfu was born before Miss Yan, and she said that she was born prematurely, who knows! The old man seems to be very disdainful of the way he behaves as a prime minister.

"Uncle Na, do you know where the emperor went to inspect the people's situation this time?" Lin Zhiyu hurriedly changed the topic before Nangu came over, and was afraid that Nangu would be suspicious, so he calmed down a little and asked: "I'm afraid my uncle went out with the emperor, and my mother and I are afraid that this trip will be in vain." After speaking, he didn't forget to add a helpless and disappointed expression. In my heart, I actually thought that I had indeed crossed over to Miss Xiangfu, but I didn't know where the original owner of the miserable life was?

Nangu stepped forward and hugged Lin Zhuyu and said, "Don't run around, don't believe it, the noodles are almost cold, go with your mother to eat noodles!" ”

"Mother, mother, mother, I haven't finished asking yet?" Lin Zhuyu hurriedly broke away from Nangu's embrace and looked at the old man.

This is your mother, no wonder you can teach such a clever little baby, the saint inspected the people's feelings and naturally went to the Jiangnan water town, I heard that the road was closed along the road! The old man said to Lin Zhuyu, but his eyes were fixed on Nangu.

"Thank you, uncle, when I find it, my uncle will come over to thank you." Lin Zhiyu was willingly taken back to the noodle restaurant by Nangu. Lin Zhuyu didn't forget to hand over the rock sugar gourd he had just bought, which made Nangu feel relieved again.

After returning to the noodle restaurant, Lin Zhiyu was eating noodles while thinking about going to Jiangnan, and gradually forgot about God and didn't know anything about the things around him. It wasn't until Nan Gu patted her back that she came back to her senses that she continued to eat noodles, and then she heard several men at the next table talking about "current affairs", so Lin Zhuyu listened carefully with his ears sideways.

I only heard a big man at the next table say: "I think the female general of the Western Qin Kingdom is more powerful, although our holy bamboo has seventeen princes, but who knows if that girl on the battlefield will be clandestine and slippery?" After saying that, he laughed a few times. Another man who looked a little slender was immediately unconvinced after hearing this: "The Seventeenth Prince is an undefeated myth, how can you slander it so much?" True... True... What ignorance! ”。“ No matter how powerful the seventeenth prince is, he is also a man, haven't you heard the words that the hero is sad and the beauty is off? The big man was foaming at the mouth, stood up and promoted his ideas. At this time, a man in the seat who looked a little thief with sleek eyes stood up and hurriedly played a round game: "Let's not talk about the things on this battlefield, let's talk about the capital!" Have you heard anything lately? ”

The big man was the first to speak: "Movement? The saint is out of the city, what else can there be in the capital? And the other man was still immersed in the wise and martial Seventeen Princes, and did not speak at this time. Lin Zhuyu heard the thief-eyed man say again: "The emperor has left the capital, and even the guards seem to be lax, and I see that there have been fewer patrols in the city recently." ”

Lin Zhuyu heard half of it, and wanted to continue listening on the ground, but at this time, Nangu knocked on the table and signaled the shopkeeper to come over to settle the bill, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came over, so Lin Zhuyu had no reason to continue listening, so he could only helplessly follow Nangu out of the noodle shop.

"Look at the three people just now, it obviously doesn't look like they are doing good things, Miss, let's go first after eating, so as not to be noticed by others when we get it, after all, the two women are outside, and everything has to be careful." Out of the store, Nangu said to the rain.

Lin Zhuyu didn't bother anymore in his heart, and suddenly thought of something more important, so he said to Nangu: "Nangu, do you know if there is any place near here where you can hire a carriage?" After all, Jiangnan is a long way away, so it's important for us to hire a safe carriage first! ”

"I remember the last time I went out, I noticed that there was a carriage shop on East Second Street, but I didn't know how much time had passed, and the carriage shop was still there!"

It's been more than a year since the last time I went out, what kind of life did women live in ancient times? Lin Zhuyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he didn't show it, he just said lightly: "Then let's go and have a look first!" ”

Under the guidance of Nangu, I walked through half of the market for about ten minutes, and I really found a carriage dealership. I saw that the façade of the carriage shop in front of me was not small, and the decoration was quite exquisite, and there were several men in the store who walked out with a depressed face, probably not negotiating! Lin Zhuyu walked in first.

The shopkeeper saw that there were customers, although they were two women, but they did not have the slightest sense of contempt, and hurriedly got up to greet them.

After some inquiry, I learned that Lin Zhuyu bought a carriage to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and the shopkeeper said thoroughly: "Miss, you can pick the carriage as you want, but there is one thing, the carriage of our carriage shop is only sold and not rented, if you sell it, because the carriage is a valuable means of transportation, an ordinary carriage has 80 taels or 90 taels of silver, as for the store with more than 100 taels, which do you think?" ”。

At first, Lin Zhuyu didn't care when she heard one hundred and eighty taels, but she didn't have a big reaction, after all, in the novel she read, the protagonist's shot was one hundred and two thousand taels of gold, so she didn't expect that one hundred taels of silver was a large amount at all. When Nangu heard the deep helplessness in the eyes of a hundred taels of silver, she looked helplessly shy, and at the same time pulled the young lady and said to the shopkeeper, "We won't buy this car yet." Then he pulled Lin Zhuyu out of the store.

"Nangu, why didn't you buy it?" Lin Zhuyu still didn't realize that it was the problem of silver.

"Miss, this carriage costs a hundred taels, not counting the wages of the coachman, Nangu is a slave and a maidservant and can't catch up with a carriage for a lifetime!" Nangu said cautiously.

"Ah, by the way, Nangu, I forgot, how much money do we have now?" Lin Zhuyu then remembered the money issue related to his quality of life in the future.

"When Madame was alive, slaves and maids were all one or two per month," Nan Gu paused for a while and continued: "Later, when the second lady was in charge, it was changed to 800 Wen, and after accumulating for so many years, it was only a few dozen taels of silver, and dozens of copper coins. Nangu said.

Lin Zhuyu then remembered to take a look at his money bag, and poured it out and spread it out in the palm of his hand, a small silver ingot of ten taels, and a dozen or so pieces of broken silver, and a few copper plates left. "That's just over twenty taels of silver!" Lin Zhuyu was suddenly deflated!