At this time, it was the weather of the late summer and early autumn, there was not a trace of clouds in the sky, the autumn tiger-like sun hit the body, everyone was sweating, even Wei Zihan, who was sitting in the car, stopped the car and went to the side of the road to cool off twice. Qingzhou Mansion is more than 50 miles away from Shouguang, and the carriage will arrive in two hours, because the weather is hot, and everyone has no intention of looking at the scenery along the way.

At noon, it was to Qingzhou, sure enough, it was a big city, the city wall was more than a zhang higher than Shouguang, through the tall city gate, came to the city, only to see the pot pawnshop on both sides of the street, the inn inn, countless, went straight to the middle of the city, only to see a three-story restaurant on the north side of the road. There is a flag floating on the flagpole in front of the door, which reads Taibai Restaurant. Wei Zihan, who was in the car, asked the family who was driving the car to greet me and said that they wanted to eat here.

Everyone stopped, the coachman led the carriage to the tethered horse stake on the edge of the restaurant, and the girl helped Wei Zihan get out of the car and came to me, "Daoist Lei, let's dine here, I heard my father say that there is a Taibai Liquor House in the city, it should be this one." I replied: "This is the Taibai Restaurant, Miss is going to take care of Wei Zihan here, it's always bad for an eldest lady to eat in the hall." As for Junko, they can go to the elegant seat to eat and not eat. "Shunzi also came over to greet everyone to unload the livestock, and I walked to the restaurant with Wang Jinhuai and Wei Zihan.

After entering the door, Xiao Er greeted him and asked, "Guest officer, how many people, upstairs or downstairs." I looked at Wei Zihan and said, "Miss Wei will go upstairs to the elegant seat, let's go to the table downstairs with Shunzi." "At that time, society was not as open as later generations, and men and women rarely ate at the same table, especially young men and women. It is also a reality that I eat separately, and I have to leave someone to take care of the carriage, which is also more convenient underneath.

Wei Zihan opened his mouth here: "Daoist Lei, you and Mr. Wang should go to the elegant seat to eat, it won't be fragrant for me to eat by myself." Besides, my father said that I want you to protect me, what if I meet any villains while eating on it? "Since Miss said so, Brother Lei, let's go up and eat together." Wang Jinhuai said. I saw that Wei Zihan also sincerely invited us, so I agreed. A few of the Shunzi family members at a table below, a few of us came to the upstairs seat, Xiao Er took the menu, and ordered the dishes, because I am a vegetarian, so they also ordered vegetarian dishes.

After all, it was the first time to eat with a girl, and I ate very, really awkwardly, so Wei Zihan's food was not very natural, and a woman like her had no chance to contact people outside, let alone eat. It's Wang Jinhuai, the food is very fragrant, the little girl is called Xiaoyu, and the food is not very natural, the first time I sat at a table with the lady to eat, it was very restrained, and the girls from the countryside were probably like this. In a restraint, a dignity of identity, and that simplicity, it looks very pitiful.

Everyone was not very hungry, and after a while, they finished eating, drank some tea, and went downstairs, but the following family members still did not finish eating, because they had to rush in the afternoon, so they did not drink.

Wei Zihan saw that they hadn't finished eating, so he said to me: "Dao Chief, I want to go out for a walk, can you accompany me?" "To be honest, I really don't want to go out with her, who knows what she will do, but people have said that if she doesn't go out, it won't be good, so I have to drag Wang Jinhuai with me.

I also said: "Okay, let's go together, Brother Wang is fine, Xiaoyu is a girl and it's not convenient to stay here, let's go out together." ”

When Wei Zihan saw me say this, he didn't refute it, and the four of us went out of the store. Came to the street, at noon, the sun was hot, there were few people on the street, the small vendors who bought things on the side of the road sat lazily in the shade of the trees, and did not have the mind to greet the guests, and walked a few rouge gouache shops, girls must like this, they used to be bought back by others, and now it is rare to come out to buy them themselves, and after a while, Xiaoyu hugged a big bag, and I think the little girl is more difficult. So he took it, found a burden, wrapped it up, and carried it on his shoulders.

After walking for a while, Wei Zihan was also tired, and said, "Dao Chief, I want to live here today, I am a little tired from traveling on the first day, let's go tomorrow." I said, "Since Miss is tired, then we can stay, Brother Wang Chen, let's go find an inn, you have been here before, you are more familiar than us, you see go there to live." ”

Wang Jinhuai looked at me and said, "Brother Lei, when I used to take the township test, I lived in the Yuelai Inn in front of me, which is not far from here, or let's go there to have a look." ”

"Okay, let's go there and have a look. I wonder what Miss Wei thinks?"

"I have listened to the Taoist chief and Mr. Wang, you can just make up your mind."

The four of us wandered back to the restaurant, and Junko was also full, and was sitting outside in the shade of the tree waiting for us. I told him that Wei Zihan wanted to live here and leave tomorrow. Shunzi arranged for someone to put the carriage on and walked to the Yuelai Inn in front.

Walked not far, the side of the road is the Yuelai Inn, the store has more than a dozen stores, the door of the store is wide open, the left is the cabinet room, the right is the kitchen stove, there is a slip cover shed in front of the door, the table and stool are placed under the shed, and the mouth of the shed is pressed by the manger of the drinking horse. On that stool sat a few single customers doing business, and a few tables full of customers. It's all simple cold dishes and the like, people come and go, fists and shouts, messy and noisy, very lively.

There was a person sitting in the cabinet room, and when he saw us coming in, he hurriedly greeted us: "A few guest officers are still staying in the hotel, we have a good guest room here, and the guest officer wants to have everything." ”

I frowned, it's too messy here, I'm afraid Wei Zihan is not used to it, I turned around and looked at Wei Zihan, over there Wei Zihan looked at me and looked at her, and hurriedly said: "Dao Chang will live here, we want two upper rooms, and the family will live below." ”

The shopkeeper saw that we had decided to stay, so he shouted: "Little third son, there are two rooms in the backyard, and the guests are up." As soon as the words fell, a guy came from the backyard, led us through the lobby to the backyard, and when we entered the backyard, we saw that it was a canteen, and on both sides were the matching rooms, and the guy called Xiao Sanzi led us through the matching rooms and came to the two single rooms on the west side of the backyard. The little third son asked, "These are two upper rooms, which one of the two gentlemen and which one of the young ladies live, you can only see the allocation." I'm going to get water for your faces, and I'm going to arrange for the retinue in the front yard, and if you have any orders, just say what's there. ”

I asked Wei Zi to pick one first, in fact, the layout of the room is almost the same, Wang Jinhuai and I entered the room, took off our coats, and then the little third son called clean water, washed his face, and lay on the bed.