Chapter 334 Xutang Town
Since Chunyu decided to go to Qiantang with Guo Lin, he didn't delay and was ready to rush there with him before it rained.
Fortunately, yesterday's rain was only showers, and after an occasional shower, it stopped. In the afternoon, Chunyu told Alain's sister-in-law about her thoughts, and then began to pack up her things.
She also planned to go there for a while, waiting to see if Guo Lin went back to the capital to take up her post before the year, she would come to live in the Liu family again. So when the real sister-in-law Alan wanted to refund the rent given by Chunyu to Chunyu, she refused, only saying that she would come back to live after a while. Sister-in-law Alan happily gave up, and also prepared a lot of food for Chunyu to eat when she was on the road, although the journey was only half a day.
Chunyu passed, but he did not agree to Guo Lin to live with him in the official residence arranged by the Qiantang Magistrate, but was ready to let Xu Chenggui arrange it and find a place in Xutang Town. Xujiatang is Alain's sister-in-law's maiden home, the town where Xu Chenggui's family is located. Because it is closest to the Qiantang River, it is also called Qiantang Town, and the people there are relatively wealthy, of course, only a part, and there are many ordinary and even poor people, Xu Chenggui's family is considered to be in the middle and lower.
I heard Xu Chenggui say that some people will be drawn out from all places in Hangzhou to build the dam in Qiantang, but it is the most beneficial to the people of Qiantang Town, so the people here are much more active than others. Xu Chenggui's eldest brother and second brother-in-law also went to the embankment, while his sister-in-law went there to apply for a cook, responsible for the food problem at the construction site.
Chunyu also heard this, so he knew that most of the people in the town went to Heba, so there were a lot fewer people in this town, and it would be a lot cleaner, so he asked Xu Chenggui to let him find her a small courtyard. Xu Chenggui was naturally happy and agreed.
It was raining a little, so the road was a little muddy, so the carriage traveled very slowly. Chunyu knew that Guo Lin was taking care of herself, and she was suddenly a little moved, when she lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside, she saw that the other carriage that was driving with her was also lifting the curtain.
"What's wrong?" Guo Lin asked.
"It's nothing ......" Chunyu smiled, then lowered the curtain again, ignoring a trace of loss in his heart, and then closed his eyes to recuperate.
The carriage was swaying, staying for a while, and the group had a meal, and then at the end of the Shen period, they arrived at Xutang Town.
After arriving in Xutang Town, there was already the head of the yamen waiting there, mainly to greet Guo Lin. Next, Guo Lin had to meet with the magistrate, so of course Chunyu couldn't be disturbed, so he went to an inn in the town with Xu Chenggui, and after settling Chunyu, Xu Chenggui returned to his home.
Xu Chenggui did things really neatly, and early in the morning of the second day, he came over happily and told him that Chunyu had found a place.
Spring Rain followed him over to see, and it was in a small alley in the middle of the town, which was very quiet. The family went to another place to make a living, and they wouldn't come back for a while, so they asked a little girl from a relative's family to help watch over here and clean it regularly, so they gave some money. The little girl's name is Yun'er, and there is a seriously ill old woman and a few brothers and sisters at home, and the family is not very wealthy, so she helps the family take care of the house, and she can get a few pennies for a few dollars.
Yun'er's family lives next door to Xu Chenggui's house, so this time I heard Xu Chenggui say that Chunyu would live here for a while, so he thought of the yard he was looking at, so he took the initiative to say it. Xu Chenggui was naturally happy to hear it, so he went to see it and thought it was okay, if Chunyu also felt that it was okay after coming to see it, he would save him from looking for it again.
When Chunyu and Xu Chenggui passed, Yun'er had already diligently cleaned the room where Chunyu lived, and replaced it with a clean bedding and bed tent. The things before here were received by Yun'er into the small warehouse, she is a very clean person, even if the people in this family just let her watch this house, and clean it at will during the New Year's holidays, she is also very serious, and clean the yard and the house. So when Chunyu was going to move in, she didn't have to panic, but cleaned it up unhurriedly. Then it took less than half a day to tidy up the east wing where Chunyu lived.
The alleys here are quite deep, but there are very few households, and most of them are people who go out to make a living, so most of the people left behind are yard watchers, or servants. In addition, every house has a well, so it is easy to wash.
When Chunyu first walked in, he saw a comprehensive one, because this place is very small. The courtyard is a small courtyard with a cobblestone path in the center and a well-manicured grass shop on either side. The house is only divided into east and west wings, two small ear rooms and a living room, and the furniture inside is complete. There's not much in the stove, but you can buy a batch at will.
Since Chunyu has decided to live here, Chunyu also thinks that she needs someone to help, after all, she can't do a lot of things by herself now. So she told Yun'er to let her help continue to take care of the housework here, and she would pay her, and Yun'er happily agreed. After all, the money rented out here still needs to be given to the homeowner, and Yun'er can only get some small money inside. Her family has a heavy burden, and now she can get a monthly salary of 500 wen a month just by taking care of Chunyu's daily life, she is simply surprised.
Spring Rain rented this place for only one or two silver, so it was unexpected.
There is a Qionghua tree in the yard, but it is no longer in flowering, so now it only has some yellowed leaves and gray branches. But fortunately, there is a circle of thin bamboo planted in the flower garden against the west wall, which makes this small courtyard more lively.
On the second day when Chunyu moved in, Guo Lin came.
When Guo Lin came, Chunyu was busy in the stove room, she had just gone to the street with Yun'er to buy some things, and now she was going to make lunch.
It was three dishes and one soup plus a small snack, so when Guo Lin came, he saw Chunyu with a strange apron-like thing, busy in the stove = room. It was a picture drawn by Chunyu, and the apron that Yun'er helped make was very easy to use, and it was also beautiful and liked by Yun'er, and she also made one for herself. Although she has only been with Yun'er for two days, Chunyu still likes this little girl, but she is fourteen years old, but she is mature and stable and generous, not at all like a girl from a small family. (To be continued.) )