Chapter 97: Pheasant Town
The name of the town is Pheasant, and the inn is called Pheasant Inn.
Zhang Shanshui led the way in front, and he stepped into the inn in one step, but when he saw the person standing behind the counter, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then showed a disappointed look.
Chen Le sensitively discovered all this, and couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart, could it be that the owner of this inn was a first-class widow? I had a relationship with Zhang Shanshui, but now the inn is still the same, the personnel are all different, and the Yiren are gone?
At this moment, behind the counter was a middle-aged man, the man's appearance was a little wooden, and when he saw so many people, he was so surprised that he stood up directly, and said busily: "Uncles, you, do you want to stay in the hotel?" ”
Zhang Shanshui glanced back at Chen Le, and saw that Chen Le bowed slightly, so he said, "Yes, shopkeeper, do you have enough room here?" ”
The Mu Ne man looked at the dozen or so people in front of him, frowned and smiled bitterly: "Uncles, if one person is definitely not enough, but I have a shop in this store, I don't know if you uncles can bear it?" ”
Zhang Shanshui said: "It doesn't matter, as long as there are three single rooms for my master to rest in peace, it is the same for ten of us to sleep in the bunk." ”
The man immediately looked happy: "Yes, yes, I have a total of five single rooms here, all of which are empty!" ”
Chen Le coughed lightly beside him and said, "Store, do you have other people staying in the store?" ”
The man was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, there is no customer in the small store at present. ”
Chen Le glanced at Zhang Shanshui when he heard this: "Old Zhang, since there is no outsider to stay, it's better to charter it." ”
"Yes, Childe!" Zhang Shanshui said: "Shopkeeper, don't take my son-in-law to see the room soon." ”
"Good...... Mother-in-law, come downstairs, you're here! With the shout of the shopkeeper, an obese woman hurriedly ran down from the wooden building, the woman was not very beautiful, her body was bloated, and she seemed to be doing some work just now, and she was wiping her hands with a rag at this time.
"Mother-in-law, take the distinguished guest upstairs to see the room!" The excitement in the man's tone couldn't be suppressed.
It seems that the inn in this remote town, not to mention that it is full, it is good to have guests at two ends in three days, and generally the relatives who come to stay are not relatives from the residents of the town, or the hunters who go to the mountains to hunt and dig medicinal herbs, and few other people come, so although the innkeeper is surprised, he is still very excited, after all, the whole inn is packed, and it will still add a lot of income.
Chen Le didn't go upstairs immediately, but said, "Shop, is there anything to eat?" ”
The man seemed to be a little nervous, glanced at his mother-in-law, and said, "There are no vegetables in this season, they are all miscellaneous vegetables stored in winter, but the rice and noodles are enough." ”
Chen Le said: "When I entered the hospital, I heard a sheep crying in the back, do you raise sheep here?" ”
"I raised it, but I forgot it for a while!" The man slapped his thigh violently and said with a look of annoyance.
"Okay, then let's slaughter two sheep, if there are chickens and ducks or something, slaughter them for cooking, steam more steamed buns, and we will take them away tomorrow." Chen Le said lightly.
"Well, don't worry, distinguished guests!" The wooden man hurriedly said, and Chen Le followed the fat woman upstairs.
Zhang Shanshui didn't go upstairs, his dozen people and horses and other items needed to be placed, after all, the inn was small, and many things still needed to be taken care of by his own people.
After working for nearly half an hour, Zhang Shanshui came to the man who was cooking mutton next to the cauldron in the courtyard and whispered, "Brother, inquire about something." ”
"Distinguished guests, please speak!" The man said as he sprinkled star anise and other spices into the pot.
"I once came to Pheasant Town ten years ago, and I also stayed in our Pheasant Inn at that time, and the shopkeeper at that time was not you, but a ......"
"You're talking about the sister-in-law of the Mo family, right? My store was brought over from the Mo family's sister-in-law! The man continued.
"That's it, that's it, then she ...... now" Zhang Shanshui showed an urgent look on his face.
"She's been taking her child to the city for nearly nine years, and she hasn't been back in between, and I don't know how she's doing......
"Child, child, ......" Zhang Shanshui was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
"Yes, after the death of Brother Mo, it was not easy for the sister-in-law of the Mo family to support this shop alone, who knows which one of the scourge without conscience harmed Sister-in-law Mo, and then ran away, as a result, Sister-in-law Mo gave birth to a baby, although the people in our town sympathized with her experience, but this matter is really a bit unethical, even if everyone did not punish the ancestors, she couldn't stay, after giving me the store, she left here with the doll and entered the city."
"Into that city?" Zhang Shanshui stumbled and said.
"Who knows, there's no news, the nearest counties." The wooden man shook his head.
Zhang Shanshui blinked when he heard this, and then the corners of his mouth grinned, with a bewildered expression......
Early the next morning, after Chen Le got up, he instructed everyone to pack the leftover mutton steamed buns from last night into dry food, and then pack up and prepare for departure.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, you have a very bad face!" Chen Le looked at Zhang Shan Shuidao.
"Ah, Childe, it's nothing, I just didn't sleep well!" Zhang Shanshui hurriedly lowered his head and sorted out his things.
A dozen people rode out of the town, and then tried to go to remote areas, bypassing prosperous places such as counties and counties, and finally came to the southern part of Qi after a few days.
Daoling Mountain is a big mountain in the south of Qi State, lying between Qi and Wu, there is a big county under Daoling Mountain, named Daoling County, Zhang's family is located in this Daoling County City.
After entering the southern part of the Qi Kingdom, more than a dozen people were no longer as cautious as before, because this place had entered the Zhang family's sphere of influence, and every food and accommodation was arranged by the Zhang family, and they were very comfortable along the way.
Zhang Bangchang, a descendant of the Zhang family, was extremely active at the moment, perhaps including Chen Le, who didn't understand how much credit Zhang Bangchang had for the Zhang family to invite him back.
Generally speaking, unless there is an extremely special relationship or an extremely special thing, the masters on the Wenhua list will not accept the invitation of a first-class family.
Something? You can come and talk to me! It's okay? I also have to consider the invitation of the top family, let alone your first-class family!
The Zhang family is not treated by the scholars of the literary world, and they do not have much intersection with the scholars of the literary world, and it is extremely difficult to invite the master of the Wenhua List to be a guest, even if the head of the family invites you, people will not give you face, after all, the masters who can go to the Wenhua List do not lack anything at all!
Daoling County belongs to the jurisdiction of Linzhou and is the largest county in Linzhou, but its prosperity is no less than that of Linzhou City.
After entering the boundary of Linzhou, Chen Le suddenly made a request, and Zhang Bangchang was stunned when he heard it.