Chapter 348: Rental Anecdotes
Eating this table of dishes here is equivalent to 12,000 yuan on the earth, which is also a very luxurious consumption behavior.
After learning about the consumption level here, Li Xiangnan took out a piece of gold cake with about fifty grams to pay the bill.
The young man saw that Li Xiangnan's casual move was a piece of gold cake, so he carefully put it away and said, "Guest, is it okay to use martial arts coins to settle the odds, it may be a little troublesome if it is gold, you have to notify the boss?" ”
"Then use the Martial Coin Order to make change!"
"Okay, please wait!"
The boy smiled and walked out quickly.
After a while, the young man came over with a plate with a change order on it, and said, "Guest, this is your change, please count it!" ”
The currency here is not made using a process such as pulp, but a very hard wood, cut into a very thin piece, about two millimeters thick, depending on the denomination of the currency, the size is also different, and the engraved on it are several strange patterns, as well as a very skilled openwork engraving, which is supposed to be used to prevent counterfeiting.
Li Xiangnan saw at a glance that there were three hundred martial arts coin orders, and he didn't accept them, but just said to the young man: "I'll give you a reward for this, but can you answer me a few questions?" ”
The young man was overjoyed, he had been working here for so long, and now it was the first time he had met such a bold guest, and all of a sudden it was a reward of three hundred martial coins, which was worth his salary for two months of working here.
However, the young man still suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Guest." Is there anything you want to ask? ”
Li Xiangnan said: "Do you know where you can find the geographical records here, that is, you can check the historical changes of this Linghua Town, as well as some records of heavy events?" ”
"This, this ......"
When the young man heard this kind of question, he was embarrassed for a while, so he pushed the martial coin order in front of Li Xiangnan and said, "I'm sorry guest, I can't answer this question, it's useless, and I can't accept your reward!" ”
"You can take the money, and since you can't answer, forget it. Then I'll ask you again. Do you know who rents out a house in this town, and we want to rent a suitable house for a while! ”
No, when the boy heard this question, he was even more overjoyed. Said: "Big brother." It just so happens that my family has a vacant house to rent. The rent is not expensive, what do you think, why don't I take you to see the house first? ”
"Oh well. Let's go over and have a look! ”
The young man was overjoyed, so he ran downstairs quickly, probably asking the foreman for leave.
When Li Xiangnan went downstairs, the young man changed his clothes and was already waiting at the door of the restaurant.
Li Xiangnan looked at the young man, and saw that the clothes worn by the young man were very clean and tidy, they were made by hand, although they were a little old, they were still high-end clothes, but he was a little surprised, and said, "What is your name, where is your home?" ”
The young man said: "My name is Xue Nianhua, my house is on the North Street in this town, and it is not too far from here, and you can get there without a pillar of incense!" ”
So Li Xiangnan and Zhimo were led by this young man, and sure enough, it took less than ten minutes to arrive at the door of a big mansion at the entrance of North Street in the town, and there were two imposing characters engraved on the stone plaque on the door: Xue Zhai.
The age of the construction of this house seems to be a little old, it is an ancient traditional courtyard with three entrances and three exits, blue bricks and stone tiles, carved beams and paintings, quite ancient, and it should be regarded as a large mansion that only wealthy families can afford.
After the young man took Li Xiangnan into the house, he saw that the house was very deserted, and the furnishings in the house were very few, basically empty, and even some places had not been repaired after they were dilapidated.
Judging from these, it is not difficult to guess that this young man's family should have been a wealthy family in the past, but now it should be a family that has fallen into the middle of the road, in order to make ends meet, all valuable things have been sold, and he can't afford to hire a servant, so he will be so deserted.
Although Li Xiangnan only planned to live here temporarily for a while, after the young man led him to see his family's house, he was quite satisfied with this place, and he could move in when he came back with some furniture and daily necessities.
However, just as Li Xiangnan was about to rent the house on the east side, he saw a pale and sickly middle-aged beautiful woman walking out slowly with a cane in the backyard of the house, accompanied by a coughing sound from Yan zhòng.
As soon as the young man saw the woman come out, he immediately ran over quickly to support him, and said, "Mother, you are not in good health, what are you doing when you come out, I will go buy medicine in a while!" ”
"Your salary hasn't been paid yet, how can you have money to buy medicine, don't waste any more money, it's better to save up and wait for next year when the Giant Sword Sect recruits disciples, my mother doesn't want to drag you down anymore, cough cough ......"
After the woman coughed a few times, she looked a little struggling, so she slowly turned her head to look at Li Xiangnan and Zhimo, and said, "Xiaohua, what are they doing?" ”
Xue Nianhua said: "Mother, they are from other places, they went to the restaurant to eat and said that they were going to rent a house, and our family has so many empty houses, so I will take them to see the house!" ”
Who knows, the woman shook her head, and then looked at Li Xiangnan and said, "I'm sorry two, we don't rent this house, you can find another house!" ”
didn't wait for Li Xiangnan to speak, but the young man Xue Nianhua was anxious, and said: "Mother, don't be so stubborn, okay, I brought several waves to rent a house, all of them are not bad people, but they were all sent away by you, since my father died, our family has declined, and now it is difficult to make a living, you also need money to treat your illness, why are you not willing to rent to others, with rent, we can at least subsidize the family?" ”
"Xiaohua, don't say it again, our house would rather be empty than rented!" The middle-aged beauty had a sickly look on her face, with determination.
"Mother!"
The boy was anxious, but his mother was determined not to rent it, and he was helpless.
Li Xiangnan saw that this woman was unwilling to rent a house, so he guessed that she might have something unspeakable and didn't want to say to her son, so he said: "Since this is the case, then we won't bother and leave!" ”
Zhimo wanted to say something, but when she saw Li Xiangnan turn around and leave, she hesitated and followed.
It wasn't until she got out of the house that Zhimo couldn't help but say: "Xiangnan, I see that this family has lived quite a difficult life, why didn't you help them just now?" ”
Li Xiangnan said: "Mo'er, you must be able to see that the young man may be due to family changes, and he is also considered old, he is smart and clever, and he knows how to be flexible, but his mother is a very stubborn person, even if we have the heart to help, she will definitely not accept it!" ”
Zhimo couldn't help but sigh and said: "There are too many sufferings in this world, and we can't help them all, but what happened in front of us, I think taking advantage of the trend and helping with my heart can be regarded as a good fate!" ”
Li Xiangnan thought to herself, Zhimo is simple and kind, not very sophisticated, she doesn't know that even if they help the family, the woman will not appreciate it.
Add to this the fact that if the woman really has any unspeakable secrets, they are two unrelated strangers who come to help others, and they are likely to be considered ill-intentioned, and this is called doing bad things with good intentions.
Li Xiangnan didn't explain these things to Zhimo, he liked Zhimo's simplicity and kindness, he just needed to protect her from harm.
The two of them wandered the streets, and found a few more houses to rent, but the surrounding areas of those houses were either noisy or dirty, and they were not very satisfactory, so they simply gave up.
It was almost evening, Li Xiangnan and Zhimo didn't go to rent a room again, they were going to go to the inn again, they stayed in the inn for the first two days.
It's just that before they reached the inn, they saw a group of sword-wielding guards outside the inn guarding the door, these guards were wearing uniform clothes, and a blue giant sword was embroidered on their chests, which should be the person from the giant sword gate.
At the door of the inn, there was a luxurious private carriage pulled by the red horned beast, but the logo embroidered on the carriage was not from the Giant Sword Gate, but a flame, presumably a powerful person from the Divine Fire Gate.
Li Xiangnan and Zhimo wanted to enter the inn, but when they passed near the carriage, they were stopped by the majestic guards: "Who is it, don't come close, retreat!" ”
This kind of situation similar to the so-called big man going down to a certain place, that place will be under martial law, Li Xiangnan has seen a lot, and he has not taken it to heart.
Since the inn was now guarded and not allowed to enter, Zhimo said, "To the south, let's go to the store that sells pills over there, shall we?" ”
Li Xiangnan followed Zhimo's gaze and saw that there was indeed a pharmacy nearby, but the tone of the pharmacy was not small, and the brand that was played boasted that the store sold all the high-grade elixirs, everything.
At first glance, this was the so-called advertisement, but since Zhimo was interested, Li Xiangnan had no opinion, so he accompanied her to the pharmacy.
It's just that after entering the pharmacy and looking at it a few times, Li Xiangnan was extremely disappointed.
Those so-called high-grade elixirs are just ordinary elixirs refined by some junior alchemists, and the others are just novice goods, but the price is ridiculously expensive, and the novice elixirs that Li Xiangnan threw away are hundreds of times stronger than this medicine.
It's just that Li Xiangnan noticed that Zhimo's intention was not on those drugs, she was just walking around and looking, and her attention was not on those drugs.
And after a while, when a teenager came outside the pharmacy, Li Xiangnan noticed it, and immediately understood Zhimo's intentions, she should have wanted to help this teenager indirectly.
So Li Xiangnan took out a few pills he had refined and gave them to Zhimo and said, "You don't need to buy the garbage medicine here, just give him this one!" ”
Seeing that Li Xiangnan guessed her thoughts, Zhi Mo was slightly embarrassed, so she nodded softly. (To be continued......)