After entering the city, the carriage carried a group of people slowly, walking on the streets, and the young man opened the curtains on the side of the carriage from time to time to look outside because he was curious about what the ancient county town was like.

I saw that the streets were lined with shops, and the afterglow of the setting sun was faintly poured on the red bricks, green tiles, or the brightly colored buildings.

In these buildings, there are tea houses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops, grocery stores and other trades, and there are many small vendors selling all kinds of snacks and other things with large oil umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street.

Looking at this degree of prosperity, it was a relatively large county town in ancient times, and it should be the political and economic center of the nearby land.

I saw the streets stretching east and west, all the way to the quieter suburbs outside the city.

Although it was evening, the streets were still full of pedestrians: some were carrying burdens, some were driving ox carts to deliver goods, some were driving donkeys to pull carts, and some stopped to enjoy all kinds of beautiful scenery.

All of this adds a bit of hazy and poetic to the prosperous evening scene of the valley city in front of you!

The carriage drove down the main street for a while, then turned into a deep alley.

On both sides of the alley are shabby and quaint, mossy courtyard walls close to civilian courtyards, some of which are also covered with dense green creeper vines, and in the narrow shadow, it seems to sweep away some of the sultry heat of this early autumn valley city, making people have a little cool feeling.

After passing the alley, we finally arrived at several large courtyards, the carriage was in one of them, there were two large stone lions in front of the door, and the courtyard with the two big characters "Zhangfu" written on the door plate stopped.

One of them, a very young nurse, stepped forward and knocked on the door, and shouted loudly: "Daddy housekeeper, open the door quickly, the master and the young lady are back."

I heard that someone inside immediately replied: "Come and open the door, little third son, you go and ask Madame to clean up after yourself, and then lead everyone to greet you." ”

After a while, the door opened, and it turned out to be the butler himself, and a dozen servants and maids stood on both sides to greet him.

Then a middle-aged and beautiful woman, escorted by two beautiful maids, also came out, so everyone saluted together: "Welcome the master back to the house." ”

Then the subordinates came over together and saluted Miss Zhang, "Welcome Miss back to her house."

After that, first the lord and the lady met and exchanged two words, and then the young lady rushed to the middle-aged lady and began to be coquettish.

In the end, Master Zhang pulled the embarrassed guy and introduced to everyone: "We met a group of bandits on the road halfway, if it weren't for this little brother who took action and risked his life to save us, this time it might really be in trouble, everyone hurry up and meet our family's life-saving benefactor." ”

So the lady and the subordinates saluted together: "Meet Engong, thank you for your life-saving grace."

There are really a lot of rules in this big family, which makes the guy blush a little.

In the end, he said embarrassedly: "When the road is uneven, it is my duty to draw a sword to help, please don't worry." ”

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she hurriedly said: "The little brother saved my husband and my daughter, which is equivalent to the rebirth parents and life-saving benefactors of the slave family, if you didn't come to the rescue, our family would be over!" ”

After the middle-aged lady finished speaking, she was about to cry with excitement, and the young man couldn't see this the most, so he hurriedly waved his hand: "It's serious, it's serious, Master Zhang and Miss Zhang Jiren have their own heaven to help each other, nothing will happen, good people will be safe all their lives." ”

When the middle-aged woman heard what the young man said, she quickly turned her sorrow into joy again, and asked everyone to go inside and rest for a while.

In addition, he instructed the housekeeper to hold a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for the master, his daughter and the young man, to celebrate the death of the Zhang family, and to survive this catastrophe safely.

After that, the group entered the main hall directly, the lord and the lady knelt directly forward and sat on the main seat, while the young lady and the young man sat on the sides of the two sides, and the other subordinates stood on both sides to serve.

In front of each person was a mat and in front of them a stool with a plate of fruit and a plate of pastries.

Everyone else is sitting upright, and the guy is kneeling and sitting very uncomfortable, and after a while, his legs will be numb, so he has to swing from time to time, and keep changing his center of gravity!

In the end, I really couldn't do it, so I had to get up and confess: "I'm sorry Master Zhang and Mrs., I have been living a secluded life with my master in Xia, and I have never knelt down to sit and eat, and I can't adapt to this custom for a while, so I'm really rude in Xia." ”

Master Zhang hurriedly waved his hand: "It's not in the way, Brother Liu has a good temperament and can't stand the rules, so just sit down, it's all your own family here, and it's really uncomfortable to sit down for a long time." ”

The guy also knew that kneeling and sitting was the habit of the ancients at this time, because at this time both men and women wore skirts, also called tops and bottoms, and no underwear was worn in the skirts, and kneeling and sitting was to avoid walking naked.

In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong did not dare to somersault in front of Guanyin, because there was a complete vacuum under his tiger skin skirt, and he was afraid of being disrespectful to the Bodhisattva when he turned his heels.

It stands to reason that the guy should also follow the local customs, but this thigh and knee are really a little unbearable.

The guy felt that his face was a little red, and he was embarrassed and helpless, and finally had to land on his butt and sit cross-legged, which was a little more comfortable, but a little impolite.

Who knew that at this time, Miss Zhang began to speak: "Brother Liu, don't be embarrassed, since this is the case, then I will just sit down like you." ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately sat cross-legged, which made Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang cry and laugh, such a big girl, sitting like this, what is it, but because she is usually too pampered, and there are still guests, so she will go.

Dinner came quickly, and the dishes were quite varied, including chicken, braised pork, stir-fried shiitake mushrooms with green vegetables, roasted tofu with edamame, pickled radish with coriander, pickled cucumbers, egg drop soup, and a braised fish, as well as a pot of home-brewed rice wine.

With meat and vegetables, the portion is not too much, but it is enough to eat, all of which the guy usually likes to eat, and the key is that the guy is not usually a picky eater.

For such a dish, Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang share one portion, and the other guy and lady share one portion!

In particular, I want to mention that the two chicken thighs, one for the young lady and one for the guy, made the guy a little embarrassed, and he didn't even know how to stretch the chopsticks.

At this time, the personal maid ring specially arranged by the young lady came up and poured rice wine for the young man, and the young lady had other maid rings to serve her.

After the wine was poured, Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang got up together and toasted the young man to thank him for saving his life.

The young man hurriedly got up and took down the glass of wine and said, "It's okay, it's okay, please don't worry about Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang." ”

Next, the young lady saluted the guy, and finally the guy began to salute one by one.

Needless to say, this rice wine is very sweet and sweet, and it has an endless aftertaste, and after a few glasses of wine, I am a little dizzy, and even my little face is starting to redden.

The only good thing is that the guy unconsciously let go of his restraints and began to eat vegetables, meat, and drink.

And Mr. Zhang's family also admired the young man's alcohol and boldness, and the banquet was spent in a happy and peaceful atmosphere.

When the love was strong, the guy inadvertently chanted a poem: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon." ”

It even brought the banquet into a climax, Master Zhang repeated every word the guy said, while shaking his head, and finally sincerely admired: "High, really high, I can't imagine that Brother Liu is still a civil and military all-rounder!" ”

And Miss Zhang and the personal maid ring are even more nymphoac, their eyes are full of little stars, they just stared at the guy stupidly, and they were a little embarrassed to look at the guy.

Only then did the guy realize that this was a poem by Li Taibai, and it was actually stolen by himself, so he secretly scolded himself for being despicable, and couldn't help but blush.

The guy's skin is white, but this white is red, which is really different, and under the illumination of the light, it adds a bit of charm.

At this time, even the middle-aged woman began to nod her head frequently: "I can't imagine that this young man is still a rare beautiful man, and he is a good match for my good daughter. Let's take a look at some of the other situations and think about it again. ”

At this time, everyone was also full of food and drink, and Master Zhang saw that the young man's face was red, thinking that the young man was really drunk, so he ordered his subordinates to take the young man to a room dedicated to entertaining VIPs to rest.

And the lady's personal ring also personally arranged for the guy to wash the quilt under the lady's instructions, and made the bed to put the quilt, and then used the fan to drive away the mosquitoes and put down the mosquito net, and finally poured a pot of hot water for the guy, so that the guy could drink when he was thirsty.

Seeing that the beautiful girl had done so much for herself, the guy hurriedly thanked: "Sister has worked hard, Xiaosheng is grateful!" ”

Yahuan waved her delicate little hand and hurriedly said, "No thanks, this is all arranged by our young lady personally." ”

Hearing the beautiful girl ring say this, the young man was a little flattered, and he said excitedly: "Then even your young lady is together, Xiaosheng has to thank you, and please bring a message to your young lady, just say, 'Thank you Miss for your care, Xiaosheng is deeply moved'."

Yahuan happily agreed: "The slave family must bring it, and please have a good night to the son." ”

Then he left in a hurry, and was in a hurry to return to report and serve her young lady.

Liu Jian also walked to the bed, lay down to rest in wide clothes, and not long after lying down, he was made up again by a few strange frog calls.

When I got up, I saw that in a large vat filled with water and stones, there were several frogs snatching mosquitoes to eat. The young man couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ancients, it turned out that mosquitoes love water, not only need to quench their thirst, but also have to lay eggs in the water to reproduce offspring.

In this way, the water tank becomes the most attractive place for them, and once they fly over, they will be swallowed by the frogs in the tank.

No wonder the room is very shady, and there are no mosquitoes, this method is really low-carbon and environmentally friendly, and full of fun.

The guy drank a few sips of hot water, and his heart was much more comfortable, but it didn't take long for him to make it a little easier.

It's just looking around, and I can't find anything like a urinal for a while, and besides, this thing doesn't smell good at home.

So I sneaked out to the flowers and grass outside to relieve myself, and then went back to the room to continue to rest.