The man surnamed Hong got five taels of silver, so he went to the bookkeeper to check in, and after a while he brought an old, thin man over, and said to Gu Dajiu: "The problem of your accommodation has been settled, your room is on the second floor, this guy will take you to your room." ”

Gu Dajiu said to the surnamed Hong: "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

The surnamed Hong grinned: "I'm doing things for my friends, it's not hard, there's nothing else to do, I'll go back first." ”

"It's already very troublesome for you, we can solve the rest of the things ourselves." Gu Dajiu said lukewarmly.

"OK, I'm looking for something." He finished and disappeared without a trace.

"Gentlemen, please come upstairs with me!" The old man said to Gu Dajiu in Chinese.

"Sir, do you speak Chinese?" Gu Dajiu asked.

The old man said, "I'm also Chinese, just like you." But let me tell you, this hotel is run by the Dutch, and no one here speaks Chinese anymore except me, so they asked me to come here to serve you, just to facilitate communication. ”

The old man looked to be in his fifties and had gray hair.

Gu Dajiu asked, "What is the name of the old man?" ”

"My surname is Gu, and everyone calls me 'Thin Old Gu'." The old man introduced himself, "I'm in charge of boiling water here, and since there is no one here who can speak Chinese, they called me here temporarily." ”

Gu Dajiu said: "It turns out that we are our family, and my surname is Gu, and my name is Gu Dajiu." ”

Gu Dajiu's words shortened the distance between him and the "thin old Gu", and the smile of the "thin old Gu" was also much kinder, and he responded: "My ancestor is the surname of the Three Kingdoms Dongwu Gu, and my ancestors drifted overseas, and in my generation, fortunately, I can still speak a few words of Chinese." ”

Gu Dajiu said: "We are new to your land, and I would like to ask you for a lot of advice." ”

The thin old Gu said modestly: "I can't talk about advice, if you need the help of the old man, the old man will definitely do his best." Now, please come upstairs with me! ”

Gu Dajiu asked: "What should we do with these goods?" ”

"Thin Old Gu" said: "If it is not very valuable, you can move it to the backyard, where someone will take care of it for you, if it is a valuable item, it is best to move it to the second floor." ”

"Let's move up to the second floor." Gu Dajiu picked up the box as he spoke, and the rest of the people also moved it.

Gu Dajiu ordered Li Guo: "Li Guo, you stay and guard these goods!" ”

"Thin Old Gu" led everyone up to the second floor, he used the key to open the east wing on the second floor, and then said to Gu Dajiu: "This is your room, it has been cleaned, if you need anything, you can call me downstairs, I will go make you a pot of tea now, and I will bring it to you later." ”

Gu Dajiu said to everyone: "Let's move all the goods up." ”

So everyone went downstairs three or four times to move all the goods to the second floor.

"Captain, is it safe here?" Gan Yong asked worriedly.

Gu Dajiu walked out of the room, looked at the appearance for a while, then returned to the room, closed the door, and said, "There should be no problem in terms of security." We'll stay here for one night tonight, Gan Yong, you stay and watch this shipment, and we'll go downstairs for dinner. ”

Li Guo said: "Captain, don't be so troublesome, I asked Lao Gu just now, they can bring the meal." ”

Gu Dajiu said: "That's fine, Li Guo, you go downstairs and talk to Lao Gu, and let them bring the meal for five people." ”

Li Guo asked: "What standard is the dish?" ”

Gu Dajiu said: "Three meat and two vegetables." ”

Li Guo, who was originally sitting on the bed, stood up, put on a blue windbreaker, walked to the door and opened the door, looked out, and then turned around and said, "I already smell the aroma of food, everyone is waiting, and there will be food to eat soon." ”

After Li Guo went out, he gently closed the door.

Gu Dajiu gathered everyone together and said, "We are only staying here for one night, and we have two tasks tomorrow, the first is to sell these goods, and the second is to go to our liaison station to connect." ”

Gan Yong asked: "We are not familiar with the place here, how can we get in touch with the liaison station?" ”

Gu Dajiu said: "Wait a minute, Lao Gu will come up, and we will ask him." ”

After a while, Li Guo returned, and he said that the food would arrive soon.

Sure enough, immediately after that, "Thin Lao Gu" came up with a rice cook, this rice dump has three layers, "Slender Lao Gu" put the rice dumpling on the table, opened the lid of the first layer, and brought out the dishes inside, while saying: "This is your dish, a curry chicken, a plate of shredded pork rolls, a plate of herring fillet, a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, and a plate of fried cucumbers." ”

Gu Dajiu said: "Thank you, Lao Gu, for sending it to us." ”

"Thin Old Gu" smiled: "Old Gu, okay, this old man loves to listen, you can call me Lao Gu." ”

With that, he brought out the second layer of rice, which was held in a large ceramic bowl and was steaming hot. He took out five bowls from the rice bowl and arranged them neatly, the last layer was a pot of tea he made for Gu Dajiu and them, which was also steaming, and the "thin old Gu" carefully took out the teapot and placed it in the middle of the table.

"Everything you want is ready, you eat slowly, and the old decay will go down first." "Thin old Gu" was about to leave as he spoke, but Gu Dajiu stopped him.

"Lao Gu, I have something to ask you."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." "Thin Old Gu" stopped.

"When we came, a friend asked us to go to Fenglai Cloth Store to pick up things, do you know where Fenglai Cloth Store is?"

"Haven't heard of it." "Thin Old Gu" shook his head, and then continued, "There are a lot of cloth shops on Dongsi Street, you can go there and inquire. ”

Gu Dajiu asked again: "How to get to this Dongsi Street?" ”

"Thin Old Gu" is indeed a warm-hearted person, he put down the rice basket, picked up a chopstick, dipped one end in tea, and then explained to Gu Dajiu and them very carefully at the dinner table.

Through the explanation of "Thin Old Gu", Gu Dajiu already knew the way to Dongsi Street very clearly.

"Thank you very much!" Gu Dajiu sent the "Thin Old Gu" out, and put two taels of silver in the hands of the "Thin Old Gu", "This is your thank you." ”

"Thin Old Gu" happily accepted the silver given to him by Gu Dajiu.

After the five of them finished dinner, Gu Dajiu decided to familiarize himself with the environment near the hotel first, he left Gan Yong and Wu Guojin in the room, and took Li Guo and Miao Lun downstairs.

Li Guo is a regimental staff officer, take him with him, and he is more witty in dealing with emergencies; Miao Lun is the commander of the militia company, a Burmese Turk, who understands Chinese and Malay, and he acts as the translator of the squad, so Gu Dajiu also takes him with him. ()

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