Chapter 14: Don't Come to the Inn
Ling'er and his party had planned to fetch the silver when the sun was about to set. As a result, the plan was disrupted by the sister-in-law and some well-meaning villagers. It turned out that the sister-in-law and the village chief's wife Sun, Erya's two aunts Liu and Ma, the neighbors Zhou and Lan around Aunt Zhang's old house, and the neighbors of Aunt Zhang's new house, Niu, went to Aunt Zhang's house one after another to send some daily necessities to the young lady, although there were only one or two things, but it was enough to move Min'er and Ling'er very much. Silently keep these people in mind, and in the future, they must be allowed to live a rich life with themselves, who said that there are many bad people in the world? Because of her previous special fate, Ling'er always maintained a skeptical attitude towards people and things. People who are always haunted by bad luck will not be lucky and wait for others to lend a hand, everything can only rely on their own efforts and may not have good results, now although she is no longer unlucky, but she retains her super psychological endurance. It can be said that Ling'er's inner ability to resist attacks is quite strong, if a normal person is one, then she is at least ten, which is completely due to the bad luck of more than 30 years.
Now seeing these simple and kind people, her heart melts.
After sending the people away one by one, it was completely dark.
"This is a good idea, I definitely can't get into the town." Ling'er was very depressed. The gates of Shirakabazhen open at 5:00 in the morning and close at 21:00 in the evening. It's almost dawn (19:00) now, and it's impossible to catch up even if you run all the way. It would take an hour for an adult man to walk from Hongsongtun to Baihua Town, and it would take at least one and a half to two hours for the three of them.
"Otherwise, you should not come to the inn for the night, and it will be the same when the city gate is opened before entering the town. I've heard people say that they don't come to the inn just to facilitate people who are in a hurry at night, and the price is very reasonable. Zhang Qiang, who was worried, suddenly remembered this and suggested that she go there.
"Not coming to the inn? Oh, the inn built under the city walls, a mile from the north gate? "Aunt Zhang is good, suddenly realized. In fact, she can't be blamed, she didn't go to town once a year before, and it was the men in the family who went to sell skins or something.
After Zhang Qiang and Aunt Zhang's explanation, Ling'er was very curious about this inn built outside the city wall. If nothing else, let's just say that its location is completely different, but it seems that it is okay to see it.
"Didn't you see it when you first entered the town last time?" Min'er thought about it for a long time and didn't think of any impression.
"We were in a hurry at the time, because there were some trees next to it that protected the road, and we wouldn't pay attention if we didn't look carefully. If we want to go, we must first go under the city gate, and then walk to the dirt road on the right, and we will be there in about a quarter of an hour. "Aunt Zhang hasn't been there either, but I've heard that it's such a route.
Speaking of this inn, it's really not an ordinary inn. Don't think about it, this is not a black store. It has a large floor area, like a super large two-entry yard, which we call the front yard and the back yard for convenience. The layout of the front yard and the back yard is the same, and the main building in the middle is a small two-story building. The front part of the first floor is the restaurant, and the back is the lowest-class Chase Shop, which can accommodate about a dozen people. On the second floor are medium rooms with eight rooms each with two separate beds, and the buildings of this era are mainly wooden. Although the interior and exterior walls are coated with yellow clay, the fire resistance is not very strong, so only beds can be used on the second floor, not kang. In winter, you can only use the soup pot and carbon basin for heating, and it is precisely because of this that it is a medium room. At the back of the small building there are six separate courtyards, each with three rooms, each with a fire kang that can accommodate two people. This is the upper class, you must know that the temperature here is low, except for summer, the other three seasons are to be heated.
The front yard and the back yard are completely independent, and the front yard receives ordinary people. And the backyard receives people from all walks of life except the people, which is also the uniqueness of the inn. Legend has it that the inn was founded ten years ago by a mysterious man who had all of his inns outside the city walls, both on the outside and on the inside. The front yard of the inn is nothing special, but the back yard is famous.
People often say black and white, which means that it is either black or white, and this inn is gray. Whether it's black or white, as long as you enter here, you have to follow the rules here. It is precisely because of its dueling authority that some people negotiate and trade here, just to prevent the other party from eating black. All people in the inn can not use all the force, including the means of the next three indiscriminate, there were people who do not believe in evil, in the other party's meal quietly put a colorless and tasteless ** scattered, the result of the other party has nothing, but he vomited and leaked for three whole days did not get out of bed, and finally found someone to intercede with the shopkeeper before paying a huge fine to get better, and was told not to stay in all the inns within three years. Another time, a well-known gang found the person they were looking for at the Bully Inn, but the man was unwilling to leave them, and those people wanted to use force, but suddenly they lost their ability to move as if they had been pointed. Such a strange scene stunned all the people present, they just couldn't move but completely felt it, such as hunger, thirst, urinating, etc. It took three days for them to regain their mobility, but by this time the person they were looking for had already been gone for a long time, and they themselves were asked to leave after paying a hefty fine in a state of embarrassment, and were also told that they would not stay at all the inns for three years.
Of course, there are many people who have the courage to practice and want to break the rule of not coming to the inn, and without exception, all of them are fined, asked to leave, and told. There are some of them who can't afford the fine, but it's a "wonderful" life course in life, and the duel is lifelong, oh no, unforgettable. Seeing the history of blood and tears of these brave pioneers, people came to a conclusion, that is, the owner of the inn who did not come could not be provoked, and no one did not follow the rules in the inn of the inn. After several years of running-in, both the operators and those unusual guests have found their own behavior patterns, and the unshakable position of the inn in the rivers and lakes has gradually formed.
So far, no one knows, who is the owner behind the inn? For many years, no one has found out the truth, and in recent years everyone has become accustomed to it, and the mystery of him has changed from curiosity to granted.
However, Ling'er didn't know about these things at all, for ordinary people, this was just an inn.
"A few people are please, I don't know if a few people are staying in a hotel or eating?" The clever shopkeeper is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, who looks very likable.
"Little second brother, let's stay in the hotel." Aunt Zhang likes this shopkeeper very much, and her loving eyes are about to squeeze out water.
"Our upper room here is one or two silver per room, the middle room is 500 wen a room, and then the last one is 20 wen per person, what does aunt mean?" Xiao Er quoted the price to Aunt Zhang, but found that Aunt Zhang ignored him, but looked down at the little girl who was four or five years old.
"We want a medium room" Aunt Zhang turned around and said softly to the second brother, I don't know if it's because I'm not giving birth, I like it when I see such a pleasing young man, and I can't wait to take it home as a son.
A few people came to room No. 3 on the second floor, and they were still a little surprised, it seems that the 500 wen is not in vain. The area of the room is very large, almost twenty or thirty square meters, and the furniture is very complete. The furnishings on the left and right sides of the room are symmetrical, and they are two identical moonhole shelf beds. The so-called moonhole shelf bed means that there are columns at the four corners of the bed, and the top of the column supports the top of the bed. There is a long circumference on the left, right and back three sides, and a simple floral pattern is carved inside and outside the long circumference, and the front is the moon cave door that is carved around. The bed is covered with a cotton mattress with white flowers on a blue background, and inside is a neatly folded quilt of the same color, and under the left bed are two pillows that match the futon. It looks like a small room, it is beautiful, generous, and tidy. Next to the bed is a simple dresser, and then there is a double wardrobe, which opens to find that it is very clean. Then there is a round table in the center of the room, on which are placed teapots and four matching teacups, and under the round table are four six-legged round stools. Then there is a simple high-back washbasin stand at the door, with two cotton hand towels on the high back. (Hand towel: It means towel, I don't know if it's a Northeast dialect, anyway, grandma has always called it that.) On the shelf is a wooden basin with half a basin of water. Finally, there is a screen in the corner, and behind it is a toilet with a lid for getting up at night.
After the three of them visited, they liked this room very much, especially Aunt Zhang couldn't put down the two beds, and they couldn't wait to move home immediately. Seeing that the two young ladies looked at each other and snickered, in the end, Ling'er really couldn't stand it, and said:
"Aunt Zhang, don't touch it, see that you touch the bed and it's almost shiny." After Aunt Zhang heard this, she immediately went to take a photo, only to find that Ling'er was ridiculing her, and couldn't help but say:
"You little Ling'er, just take your aunt and have fun. It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful bed when my aunt is so old, and I don't steal or rob it, so it's okay to see if it's okay? "Actually, don't say it's Aunt Zhang, even Ling'er likes it very much.
"Auntie, what is this, when we make money in the future, I will guarantee you a whole set of beds that are 100 sets stronger than here." Ling'er wanted to make her a stepping bed when she said it, but then she didn't dare to say it after thinking about it, for fear of causing questions.
"Cheng, that aunt is waiting." Aunt Zhang said disapprerovingly, in her heart, no matter how good this thing is, it is only good-looking, and in this realm, it is still the most practical ondol.