The sky that had rained was unusually bright and far-reaching. After walking about ten miles of mountain roads, I arrived at the flat lawn again, hehe is a field, a light car is familiar with the road around Weihuazhuang, there is a dirt road at the east end of the village, look at the width is about a national highway, at least a quarter of an hour can see three waves of pedestrians and Nani, and a group of big cars came.

Above the official road. There was a rather large team of horses and carts. Green mules pulled carts, and the goods on them were bundled to the brim. There is a black pennant, there is a "Thai" word on the flag, and the first caravan picks up this flag, "Hengjutai", I looked at it clearly from the binoculars, "Is this a dart game?" It's still a caravan." On top of each cart, there were one or two young men. The braid is coiled around the neck, and the chest is protruding and the belly is protruding. The team is full of followers, and it looks a little swarthy, but even those who are officials in these years are not in vain. Fortunately, under my robe is a lightweight body armor, the classic PPK is not at all angry in the holster under the armpit, and I didn't dare to put a weapon in the backpack disguised as a baggage, but it was thirty eagles and a set of poplin shirts and pants, a few pieces of cheese and compressed biscuits, and two packs of instant noodles, of course, there was no outer packaging, and the instant noodle cake wrapped in white cloth was a bit strange, but there was no better way. Taking advantage of the convoy to turn over the mountain beam, I went downhill to the side of the road to find a shade to rest and wait for the convoy, if it wasn't for the improved version of the old Beijing cloth shoes, I really wouldn't be willing to replace my Adi (disclaimer in advance: this is not a product placement).

Finally, just when I was a little anxious waiting, the convoy came. A man dressed in a short dress rode a mule with big ears and ran forward, probably a scout of the convoy, I quickly stood up, recalled Du Niang's teachings, and said: "The strong man is invited" How can this be said really awkward!

Obviously, this master didn't have any preparations, and he sighed for a long time, "Master, you are fine." ”

"I wonder if this brigade is rushing to the mansion?"

This man's face turned red, probably not used to dealing with cultural people. Without replying, he turned his horse and ran back to the brigade.

I don't know what to say to the caravan in front of my head, but an old man with a bald head and no hat came out of the cab, his braids were gray, and his face was furrowed, but his eyes were bright, and with a hooked nose, he looked lean and capable. The old man in the washed white green cloth robe came to the front, and he also hugged his fist: "Dare to ask who this master is"

"Don't dare, I'm rushing to the city to do some business, I'm tired of walking, I see your motorvoy coming, I want to take a foot by the way, I don't know if it's convenient"

"Ah, I see, if you don't dislike it, please go to the student car to talk" The old man was slightly happy, and secretly thought in his heart that it was probably a boy brother who went to the countryside to visit the door, and he was tired and afraid of encountering a strong man who robbed the road, and my family's name was well-known, so I was naturally willing to paste it, looking at this dress, this style, and this thin skin and tender meat could not be the nearby locks, maybe there was some origin, and I might as well make a good fate.

"There is work", "How dare you"

After a while, I still sat in the caravan in my head, which looked very big on the outside, but in fact it was also very aggrieved inside, and I was not used to cross-legged, so I had to half-squat and half-sit on the car, and talk to the old man without a ride.

Half a ring before I made a fuss, it turned out that "Hengjutai" is a business, not what I think of the dart game, this business is the top ten big businesses in the number of Jinan Prefecture, doing the cloth of Zhoucun, the garlic of Jinxiang, the ironware of Zhangqiu, and the native products of Xisanfu, and the team of Guangda is no less than 50, and the shops are all over Qilu.

The old shopkeeper asked the roots, and I had to deal with it, only saying that it was a squire in the nearby township, and he also used his surname Wu, saying that his ancestor was from Huzhou, Zhejiang, that is, Wuxing County, born overseas, and just came back last year, and his family let him learn to take over the business. The old shopkeeper probably saw that I didn't have much oil and water, and I squinted and took a nap by myself, and I was also happy to be idle.

The monotonous squeak of the axles of the cart made me drowsy. I don't know how long it took, I heard the man who had just dressed up short approaching the canopy and saying: "It's time to Xiguan, the shopkeeper" I opened my eyes, moved my hands and feet, and smiled apologetically at the old shopkeeper by the way, after all, it was not polite to fall asleep in someone's car just now. The old shopkeeper was rummaging for something, and after a while he took out a voucher, about the size of B5 paper, with some rough edges, I glanced at it, probably a certificate or something, stamped with the official seal of the Quartet. "Master Wu, you are tired and take a road guide" Fortunately, I was prepared, Du Niang helped me make one, and pulled out the road from the entrainment and led it to the man. I was also curious, but I didn't want to open the curtain immediately to see what the Jinan Mansion was like in the Qing Dynasty. But soon someone helped me decide, the little two who drove the car opened the curtain from the outside, a burst of dust came to the face, in the choking smell of the earthy smell and the smell of donkey and horse dung, the core of the city wall of the broken Sanhe soil leaked out, the city bricks like the old lady's front teeth are not left, the West Gate building is very high, but unfortunately it is dusty, I don't know that I changed it to the set of a Chinese western film. The plaque on the gate tower clearly tells me that this is the capital of Shandong. An idler with a rusty iron rod pinned to his waist (I later learned that it was an iron ruler) looked inside the car, and the young man who was driving the car made a slight contact with his broken sleeve, a bit like two people looking left and right and then shaking hands, the movements were skillful and light, if I hadn't heard the faint sound of metal colliding, I really don't know how this bag was handed over. I didn't even open the guide and waved my hand, "Okay, let's go, gentlemen", I was dumbfounded, but the old shopkeeper's face was understated. The young man led me to the road that Du Niang imitated that is said to have 99.99% simulation, and I had to carry it in my arms, alas, it took Du Niang's hard work in vain, it was really a pearl secret investment.

The book is brief, and when I entered Xiguan, I remember that it was the Sanlian commercial building, of course, it was ninety years later, and there was a row of doors, and the curtains were hung high. On the front of the big Thai word, here is the warehouse of Hengjutai, when the door of the street is a silk shop, pawnshop, rice noodle shop and other businesses, enter a gate to bypass the shadow wall, you see a group of rags and rags are carrying a big bag, the convoy is stopped, not to mention that people are on the ground. I thanked the old shopkeeper, got up and got out of the yard, and came to the street of Jinan Mansion, and I didn't know where to go for a while. But it's still early, maybe I can look for memories a hundred years from now. Along the memory of Baotu Spring North Road, in fact, it is a muck road at the root of the west city wall, all the way to the north about 3 miles or more, and finally see a piece of green water, this is the Daming Lake where hundreds of springs converge, a bit different from the memory of the southwest gate archway, no red paint, the pillar looks dark, probably the wood is a little carbonized, anyway, the streets of the provincial capital from the roof to the pedestrian are gray and black, it is difficult to take a color photo! Daming Lake occupies a quarter of the city's area and is divided into many plots, which belong to different residential mansions, whose owners planted reeds, lotus roots, and beautiful water lilies in their respective places, in addition to raising frogs and fish. Walking along the earthen embankment of Daming Lake, a toad jumps ashore. After looking at each other for a while, they swaggered to another lotus pond, and suddenly remembered Han Fuyu, chairman of the Shandong government, Han Fuyu, 20 years later, "Daming Lake, Minghu Lake is big, there are toads in Daming Lake, poke and jump", which is about the same meaning. There are clear waterways on the surface of the lake that is divided in the distance, and the waterways of this season are lined with tall reeds on both sides. On hot days, boats frail the waterways to carry pleasure-seekers to teahouses, temples and ancestral halls throughout the lake. It is not as disgraced as the city gate, the east and south banks of Yinghu Lake, the streets and alleys are lined up, and the area of the Hubei Tiegong Temple is full of rural scenery. More than 100 households of lake people live in groups on the lake, there are ancient willows and weeping poplars in front of the door and behind the house, there are public waterways between the embankments and ponds, and the entry and exit are by boats, which is the taste of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Walk to the Quehua Bridge Sijia Wharf in the northeast corner of the city, many cruise ships are waiting for guests here, large and small cruise ships are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The best one is the painting boat with the attic, the carved doors and windows are inlaid with glass, the hatch door is hung on both sides of the woodcut famous poems and couplets, and the four-character plaque is hung above the lintel, which is the signboard number of the ship's house. In the cabin, square tables and chairs, fine porcelain tea sets and dried and fresh fruits, and a comfortable bed behind the cabin, which is very thoughtful for tourists. It is here that I am nostalgic, a benevolent brother beside me arched his hand: "Labor and borrowing light", I also arched my hand to make way, it seems that I was not regarded as an outlier by the Qing Dynasty, in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a door.

I've been shopping for most of the day, and it's time to get down to business. Hehe! Probably strolled to the boundary of Bangpeng Street in the south gate, there are a few brightly decorated shops, and picked the largest façade - "Hengdeli" to enter, and the counter in front of you displays alarm clocks, wall clocks, and floor clocks, which are so lively and quiet. Xiao Er, who was dressed in a green cloth shirt, turned over: "Sir, sir, you look at the noodles, it is the first time to come to the shop, the small one has to give you two sentences for nothing, the clocks in the shop are all Seiko from Italy and France, please look at the big wall clock, the last time the string pipe used seven days without snorting" I quickly interjected to interrupt Xiao Er's enthusiasm, so as not to be kicked out for a while. "Little second brother, don't you know that you sell pocket watches in your store?" "You can ask, the small shop really entered such a batch of pocket watches from the waves of the British Empire, which are all pure gold" "I just want to inquire if you accept the watch" Xiao Er's face was a little hesitant, probably not expecting a seller to come. "Then sir, are you going to make a piece, or" "More of it, bulk supply, the price is fair" "Then you sit for a while, I will invite the big shopkeeper" "Hehe, there is a lot of work". After a while, a thin old man wearing a black cloth robe wrapped in a horse coat with a gold silk and black background turned out of the door of the counter, probably the shopkeeper, who had seen the samples I brought, and didn't say anything, just a few polite words and picked up the tea bowl, which was a send-off. It is not good to be out of the teacher, and if you think about it, you don't know the roots, and suddenly sell a large number of valuable goods, first, I don't know if it can last long, and secondly, I am afraid that the goods will not be implicated. It seems that he has to rely on the pawnshop to grab the first pot of gold like the predecessors who crossed over. Holding a few blackened broken metal particles and a rough pawn ticket, I can finally go to the west gate to fill my stomach, well, the taste of straw buns is still more authentic, which reminds me of the days when I was sick in my childhood and finished playing hanging bottles in the old children's hospital, so I couldn't wait to queue up with my parents to buy straw bales and buns, and then the family chewed slowly.

Dragging two legs, it was easy to come to the place where the electric all-terrain vehicle was hidden, I also took a breath, looked at the sun gradually setting, and thought about it, in fact, the Jinan Mansion at the end of the Qing Dynasty did not disappoint me too much. Fortunately, this time the leopard sisters were comfortably sleeping in their cartons, and were not used as a water bag or mop by their android nurse.