15 Clothing
I found a relatively large inn, and as soon as I entered the door, a teenage boy came up to say hello, and beckoned several other young people of the same age to help lead the camels and unload the supplies. Although Abu can also complete these tasks by himself, he still smiles and watches others do it, after all, when he goes out, everyone has to beg for a living.
After asking for two rooms and arranging all the things, Abu took out a few copper coins and gave them them, and the young men bent down and thanked them for leaving, these sharp-eyed little workers had their own set of rules of survival. If they give less, they will certainly not be happy; If you give too much, they will help introduce you to a variety of ways to spend money waiting for you to spend, and they will benefit from it; Sometimes you can get some useful gossip from their mouths.
At dinner, the hall was full of travelers from the south to the north, including the Han people of the Central Plains, the Tianzhu people, the big cannibals, the Tubo people, and the local Qiuzi people, talking in different regions and different tones. Abu thought it was too noisy, so he asked for a few delicate side dishes and hot freshly baked sesame cakes. The doctor introduced that the wine of the store was made by the owner himself using local grapes, and suggested that the guest officer try it, so he came to some and asked Wu Ye for a glass of grape juice.
The three of them discussed tomorrow's itinerary in the house. Now that the day has entered August, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and it is already hot in the day and cool in the night. So Abu meant to go out for a walk and buy some clothes for everyone, and as for the items he wanted to buy, he had to try his luck.
After dinner and washing, the three of them said good night to each other and went to bed, Wu Ye went to find Yun Niang as usual, he was used to sticking to Yun Niang, and threw his master aside. After a long journey, I can finally relax. There was no need to remain vigilant in the middle of the night, so Abu slept very deeply.
There was nothing to say all night, and after getting up the next morning, everyone was full of energy, especially Wu Ye, I heard Yun Niang say that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and there will be all kinds of vendors selling pastries and fun toys outside, and there will be all kinds of juggling and circus, and the children's minds have already flown out.
When eating downstairs, Yun Niang's graceful figure and outstanding appearance can always attract the special attention of the diners present, and everyone raised their voices intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to cause the fair lady to look back, but unfortunately they were all disappointed without exception. Yun Niang just sat there quietly, eating quietly, and occasionally helped Wu Ye pick up a meal. Some people maliciously thought that such a young woman had such a big child, and then looked at the guy sitting opposite who looked like a monk, and all kinds of whimsical and dirty thoughts came up one after another. However, they were all secretly cursing the bald monk in their hearts, but no one stepped forward to disturb them.
Abu scratched his scalp helplessly, and whispered to Yun Niang that being with her, a big beauty, especially pulled hatred, I don't know how many people are "thinking" about themselves in their hearts.
Yun Niang smiled, and said that it is the most difficult to accept the grace of a beauty, so you can slowly accept it.
Everyone didn't know where the flower monk came out of nowhere, and he kidnapped such a beautiful beauty.
It seems that no matter in that era, showing affection in public was to be retributed.
After eating, the three of them walked outside the store. As soon as I went out, the young man who had been doing the small work yesterday came up again, said hello, and then asked if there was anything he needed help with.
Abu thought for a moment and asked him if he was familiar with the area. As soon as the young man saw the play, he immediately explained that he himself grew up in the local area, and because there were many brothers and sisters, he came out early as the eldest to do things. So Abu agreed, negotiated the price, and let him lead the way. The young man happily said hello to the other friends, and walked out of the courtyard with Abu.
Through conversation, I learned that the young man's name is Alimu, in addition to his parents, there are four brothers and sisters, he is the eldest, and it is natural to help his parents bear some family burdens.
The planning of Wensu Prefecture is a bit like Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, but the system regulations are not so strict, the city and the fang are also scattered, and there are more business travelers coming and going, so there are hurried pedestrians and shouting vendors everywhere. Most of the houses are earthen buildings, which are first compacted and dried with clay weeds to make adobe bricks, and then the adobe bricks are stacked together, cemented with clay, and covered with grass sheds. Because there is less rain here, once the house is built, it can be used for many years, and the most you can do is repair the roof.
The first is to go to the clothing market to buy clothing, this kind of thing belongs to women's patents, whether it is the selection of materials and colors in the early stage, bargaining, or the later measurement of size. Yun Niang also let go of her reserve and showed her strength, fully exposing the nature of every woman who is born a shopaholic.
bought two sets of thicker clothes for Abu and Wu Ye, and added one for himself, saying that his clothes were enough, Abu said how to do that, and then helped Yun Niang buy an additional set, and at the same time whispered to her that she would not participate much in buying women's special clothes by herself. Yun Niang's face turned red, and she smacked him gently, but she didn't object, after all, it is a happy thing for someone to buy new clothes for herself.
Buying clothes on your own, free to color clothes, and tailoring clothes independently, is not the same as the rich businessman Wang Ping's rich and generous help him buy clothes, and his mood is completely different. At that time, there were new clothes to wear, but they only existed as the packaging of a commodity, and there was no fun in the slightest.
After paying the deposit, the owner of the tailor shop told Abu that it was okay to come to the door tomorrow to pick up the goods, and that it was okay to tell an address to send it directly to the door, but it was necessary to pay a tip, and Abu Xin said that this was not the courier brother of the future, so he asked Alimu to report the address to the tailor boss.
During this period, there were sweet skewers sold on the roadside, similar to the sugar gourds of the offspring, but in addition to the pieces of fruit, there were also various fried sweets in the middle. I bought four skewers, one skewer per person, and when I handed it to Alimu, the young man looked a little cramped, and it stands to reason that after negotiating the price with the employer, he can no longer accept the favor of the employer. Abu smiled and said, we eat just for you to watch, that's not good, don't worry about it, the money will not be less than you.
Alimu took the sweet skewers, full of gratitude to this kind and delicate employer, and thought that he must do his best to help Abu satisfied. Because he is accustomed to seeing all kinds of difficulties and arrogance from all kinds of employers. It's not about money, it's about respecting the equality of people.
When the clothes were purchased, Abu asked Alimu where there was a trade in minerals. Alimu didn't understand Abu's broad description of minerals, so Abu explained that it was similar to a grocery market, a place where all sorts of strange or unknown items could be bought and sold. Alimu thought for a moment and said that there is really such a place, in the southwest corner of the state city, there are many merchants from all over the world, who will bring all kinds of strange goods from all over the world to trade there, and sometimes there will be strange living creatures. So the three of them headed for their destination under the leadership of Alimu.