After the press conference, Liu Yimin thought that he hadn't been on the street since Chengdu, and he should go to see what Chengdu was like in this era, listen to Sichuan opera, bubble teahouse, eat hot pot, and relax completely.

After all, Liu Yimin comes from the era of China's prosperity and development in the 21st century, and has experience in leisure enjoyment. This thought of relaxing himself couldn't be contained, and after saying hello to Cai Zhong and Feng Dafei, and explaining that they were sitting in the garrison headquarters, he quietly walked out of the gate of the garrison headquarters with Li Chengyi.

Not long after going out, Liu Yimin felt that there was someone behind him, and when he looked back, the soldiers of the guard company and platoon followed him from a distance, and he knew that it was sent by Cai Zhong and the guard battalion commander Zhang Haitao without thinking about it.

Liu Yimin stopped and asked Li Chengyi to let the soldiers go back.

Boss Li Chengyi was reluctant and muttered: "Chengdu is so big, it's going to be dark again, so let the soldiers follow safely." ”

Liu Yimin thought to himself, Lao Tzu wants to relax and relax, not to go to war, what kind of guards do you want? If it weren't for the fear that Cai Zhong and them would not be at ease, I wouldn't even want to bring you. said to Li Chengyi: "The streets are full of our soldiers on duty, what are you afraid of?" Go, let them go back, and don't disturb my interest. Otherwise, you will go back too. ”

Li Chengyi had no choice but to run over and order the soldiers to go back to the garrison headquarters, but when he came back, he brought back Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman, who were following behind the guard platoon. Liu Yimin wanted to get angry, but seeing Tang Xingying's pursed mouth and the smile on Zhao Xiaoman's face, just think about it, let them go shopping too!

A few people did not have a guide, and walked casually on the street, and after a while, they turned into the alley. After walking a short distance, I saw a group of people carrying wooden barrels to deliver water to each house.

Liu Yimin felt very pitiful when he saw that the people who delivered the water were barefoot, and he didn't even wear shoes on this cold day, so he didn't freeze his feet? Hurriedly stopped a worker who had finished delivering water, and asked Li Chengyi to give him some money, asking him to buy a pair of shoes, even straw sandals, don't freeze his feet.

The water delivery worker had a gloomy face, didn't accept Li Chengyi's money, and left in a hurry. made Liu Yimin look at each other, not knowing what was going on.

A man on the side of the road said: "This Red Army commander is not strange, you are not from Chengdu, and you don't know the customs here." There are one or two thousand people in Chengdu just carrying and delivering water, all of whom are barefoot all year round, not because they can't afford to buy shoes, but because they are in good faith. They bring water to people every day, and they all go to the heart of the Jinjiang River to carry water. The barefoot shows that the water they carry is picked up by going to the heart of the river, not by the well, nor by the river, so that the people who use the water can rest assured. In fact, although the water is carried out, the income is still stable. Every time they send a load of water, they use chalk or charcoal on the user's water tank to settle the bill on the first day of January, which is very convenient. ”

Only then did Liu Yimin know that he was making a joke.

Just as he was about to ask what other customs there were in Chengdu, he smelled a foul smell from a distance, and Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman both covered their mouths.

Liu Yimin remembered that there was no running water in Chengdu at this time, which must be the smell of public toilets. Who knew that it was a few people pulling a cart to collect dung, shouting as they walked. I saw women holding toilets with their noses covered in the alley, coming to the dung truck, handing it over to the farmers who collected the dung, pouring it into the dung truck, and then covering their noses and leaving in a hurry.

When has Liu Yimin ever seen this kind of scene, before the crossing, the toilets at home and the school were all very clean flush toilets, and even the toilets on Yanjing Street were repaired to five stars, which can live in people. After crossing, no matter where the troops go, they must dig a thatched pit and fill it when they leave. This saw the women carrying the toilet, it felt very funny, think about how beautiful a woman is, if she carries a urinal every day, I am afraid it will also make people avoid it. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but glance at Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman's faces.

Tang Xingying was embarrassed by Liu Yimin, and turned her face to ignore him. Zhao Xiaoman was different, as soon as she felt that Liu Yimin was looking at her with a bad smile, she knew that the legion commander must have thought of the woman carrying the toilet, thinking of herself, and snorted in shame.

Liu Yimin also felt that he was a little excessive, so he shifted his gaze and asked the passerby: "Isn't there a toilet?" Why are there still people who collect dung? ”

Chengdu people love to put the dragon gate array, and the eloquence is excellent. When the passer-by saw the commander of the Red Army asking him, he immediately introduced him very enthusiastically: "The chief doesn't know, we have more than three in Chengdu, many teahouses, many toilets, and many idlers. There is also a proverb that says that there are fewer sunny days above your head, and there are more teahouses in front of you. The reason is that everyone has nowhere to get rich, and there are too many idlers. There are many idlers in the teahouse, drinking tea and listening to the drama and setting up the dragon gate array. There are more teahouses, and there are naturally more toilets, because it is always convenient to drink too much tea. Therefore, there are 516 streets in Chengdu, and there are more than 560 teahouses. However, whether it is a teahouse or a public toilet, it is convenient for people who are active outside. There are no toilets in this house, they are all toilets. What to do? It happened that farmers in the nearby countryside needed fertilizer for farming, so they came to the city to pull manure. After a long time, the dung puller has also been divided into fixed areas, twice a day in the morning and evening. Mainly in the morning, this trip in the evening is to fill the leak, that is, people who didn't have time to deliver the toilet in the morning still have a chance at night. Over the course of a year, long-term manure pulling will give residents a little benefit. That's it. ”

Liu Yimin felt that he was simply stupid, think about it, when there is no running water, let alone ordinary people, doesn't someone in the inner courtyard of the palace have to send dung and pull dung? How bustling the city, there is also the secular life of the citizen class, what is the fuss! If you always think about your life before you travel, you will misjudge many things!

When leaving the passer-by who was good at setting up the dragon gate array, Zhao Xiaoman looked at Liu Yimin with a smile and said: "I can't imagine that the world-famous hero of the Red Army is also a layman!" ”

Liu Yimin retorted: "Heroes are also human beings, and they also have to marry their wives and have children." After thinking about it, he asked, "Nonsense, am I that famous?" ”

Zhao Xiaoman glanced at Liu Yimin's face, it didn't look like he was pretending, maybe he really didn't know how famous he was now! He said: "Maybe the corps commander himself doesn't know, but you are now a hero of the Red Army that the common people talk about after dinner, if you don't believe it, just look at the newspaper in Chengdu tomorrow." By the way, don't be proud! ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "And, fool the three-year-old child!" ”

Zhao Xiaoman asked, "What does it mean to cut?" What does it mean to flicker! ”

Liu Yimin ignored him, this girl didn't even understand the flickering, and she still had to follow me, be careful to fool you!

Along the way, there are a lot of small businesses on the street, what to mend bowls, sharpen knives, repair old furniture, even bamboo baskets, bamboo chairs are broken, there are people to repair, it is really all walks of life, the division of labor is clear.

When I walked up to a bean blossom burden, several people were already hungry. Liu Yimin looked at it, is this simply a snack street, selling steamed buns, selling dumplings, chaos, selling chicken slices pot kui, beef pot kui, steamed meat pot kui, lung slice pot kui, vegetarian pot kui, selling beef burnt cakes, but there is no dandan noodles, Liu Yimin realized that at this time, the famous dandan noodles in later generations have not yet been born, and then think about it all the way I haven't seen a hot pot restaurant, I know that I made a mistake, and the hot pot officially appeared on the table after the Anti-Japanese War. Forget it, eat some mats first.

When he was eating, he heard Tang Xingying's "huh", Liu Yimin looked up, and it turned out that Wang Dahu came over with a company of soldiers.

Seeing the regiment commander eating here, Wang Dahu gave an order, and the soldiers immediately stood in two rows with guns, and surrounded Liu Yimin tightly. The owner who was so frightened that he didn't know what was going on, and a few of them turned around and ran.

Wang Dahu ran over to salute, but Liu Yimin waved his hand to stop him. Asked him if he brought the soldiers to eat flavorful snacks? Wang Dahu said that it was a task assigned by the Political Department and the Logistics Department, and the soldiers must taste Chengdu's famous food. It was like the New Year, and the soldiers were going crazy with joy.

Liu Yimin smiled happily, Wu Zheng and Cai Zhong finally got their hands on it. Is this right, revolution is to make drops, war is to win drops, and good things are also to be eaten!

Liu Yimin asked Wang Dahu to arrange for the soldiers to eat, not to be vigilant, not to scare the masses doing business.

After eating, Liu Yimin wanted to go for tea. Who knows, Wang Dahu sent a platoon of soldiers to follow him step by step. Liu Yimin was so angry that he directly called Wang Dahu over and told him not to let the soldiers follow him.

Wang Dahu glared and said, What if you meet an enemy?

Liu Yimin patted him on the shoulder, it would be good if he could meet the enemy, he hadn't done it himself for a long time, and he was about to get sick if he thought about the enemy.

Wang Dahu thought about it, it was impossible to have a large number of enemies, and ten or eight of them would be enough for the army commander to clean up. And he took the fighters to dinner.

Liu Yimin led a few people into a teahouse called "Yinji Teahouse".

Seeing the Red Army enter the teahouse, the tea guests stopped talking and looked at the four Red Army soldiers silently.

Liu Yimin saw that the teahouse was very large, with square tables and bamboo chairs, as if there were private rooms separated by curtains.

Dr. Cha hurriedly led several people to the place where they washed their faces and hands, scalded the washbasin and towels with boiling water, and beckoned them to wash their faces and hands.

When the boss saw that it was the Red Army coming, he didn't dare to slack off, so he came out to greet him in person, and diligently led Liu Yimin to a table by the window and sat down.

Li Chengyi asked how much is a bowl of tea? The boss said 20 copper plates. Li Chengyi looked at Liu Yimin, and seeing that Liu Yimin had no expression, Li Chengyi said four bowls. As soon as the words fell, someone shouted over there: "I gave the tea money!" ”

Liu Yimin looked up in the direction of the shouting, and saw a man in a top hat and a black cotton robe clasping his fists at him. Liu Yimin nodded hurriedly and said, "Thank you!" ”

The boss asked what kind of tea to drink? Liu Yimin said that it was Biluochun. The boss turned around and shouted Biluochun four bowls!

Dr. Tea casually sprinkled four copper tea boats, put four porcelain tea bowls, and then poured water with a copper kettle. The copper kettle looks very old, very clean, and the spout is slightly longer, not as long as the spout of the copper kettle used in later generations to perform tea ceremonies.

Li Chengyi saw that the tea bowls were very old, and the four tea bowls were all open, and he was a little reluctant to ask the boss to change the bowls.

The boss said: "Comrade Red Army, this is what you don't understand, these four tea bowls are the treasures of the small shop, and they are not easy to take out." You see that there is a gap, it looks old, but you don't know that this is the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the fire has been exhausted, and it is best to use it to hold tea. ”

Seeing that a few people didn't seem to believe it, the boss said: "Comrade Red Army, you have come to my teahouse is the right one, the characteristics of the small shop are first, the water quality is clear, and the second is the fine tea set." ”

Liu Yimin asked the boss: "I have seen the tea set, what is the point of clear water quality?" ”

The boss said: "Speaking of this water, we have to talk about the Qianlong old man of the Qing Dynasty." Legend has it that Qianlong Lao'er made a washing method, he made a silver bucket to identify the world's good water, the light weight of the water is good, the result is that the water of Yanjing Yuquan Mountain is the lightest, rated as the first, the Yangtze River Jiangxin water second, Huiquan third, Hupao Spring fourth. So this old man set the water of Yuquan Mountain as the water in the palace. However, the water quality of Yuquan Mountain will change as the water is left in an urn for a long time. What to do? Qianlong Lao'er ordered people to pour other spring water or lake water into the urn and stir vigorously, after stirring, the water of Yuquan Mountain will float to the top, and the other water will be heavy, and it will naturally sink below, which is washing water. ”

Seeing a few Red Army soldiers listening to the taste, the boss set up a dragon gate array: "The small shop is also used in the washing method, I made four sand tanks, the first sand tank is four layers up and down, the half tank of pebbles is put into the cylinder, the pebbles are paved with Tuojiang Dongzikou, Turtle Beach and the white and thick white-eyed sand, and the white-eyed sand surface is covered with a layer of palm bark, the river water falls from the mouth of the tank, there is a small hole under the tank, a bamboo pipe is inserted, and the water flows from the bamboo pipe into the second water tank under the stone steps. At the bottom of the second water tank, there are seven fist-sized seven edges and eight holes, and the whole body is full of pockmarked "pebbles" with holes and eyes, and then there are about 30 walnut-sized "small pockmarked stones", and then the granite is covered with white-eyed sand and palm bark, which flows into the third sand tank. At the bottom of the third sand jar is a "small pockmark" pebble about one foot thick, and a layer of charcoal made of sintering from green pole trees is placed on the stone, and a layer of "charcoal essence" with the effect of clearing fire is placed on the charcoal. Then, the charcoal was topped with river sand and palm bark to allow the water to flow into the fourth tank. In this way, the already good Jinjiang River heart water, and then filtered through the layers of four sand tanks, it is very pure, and it is natural to make tea. Comrades of the Red Army, you have a good taste. ”

Liu Yimin listened to the clouds, drinking tea is so particular! It seems that Chengdu people have a long history of leisure days, and this is absolutely impossible if they are in other places.

Picked up the tea bowl, dialed the tea with the lid of the bowl, and took a sip, the taste was indeed good, much better than the tea made in tap water drunk in later generations. Raised his head and looked at Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman, they were all savoring it, and then looked at the other tea customers, who were still watching them. Liu Yimin knew that the intrusion of several of his people had disturbed these tea customers, so he said to the boss: "Good tea." The water is good, the tea is good, it's pure. ”

Listening to Liu Yimin's loud praise, the tea guests seemed to have met a bosom friend, and immediately began to drink tea normally and set up a dragon gate array. The boss's smiling face was like a flower, and he even said please use it slowly, and then went to greet business.

When Dr. Tea came to refill the water, he brought two plates of fried peanuts and fried beans, saying that they were given by the boss. Liu Yimin looked at it, and it turned out that there were other tables, but a few of them didn't know how to do it, so they didn't ask for it.

Several hawkers hung cargo boxes around their necks, shuttling among the tea customers, selling a cigarette, five grains, and ten sunflower seeds.

When he was sighing, a fortune teller dressed like a Taoist priest came over, looking around Liu Yimin in front and back, up and down, left and right, which made Li Chengyi want to pull out a gun.

Liu Yimin stretched out his hand to hold down Li Chengyi, and listened to the fortune teller say: "I see that you are full of heaven, the earth is round, and you are born noble, different from mortals, you will be able to be glorious and rich, and the hall will be full of gold and jade." However, I think you are a man with many wives and children, and there may be a matchmaker who will come to the door and marry both well. Do you want to let the poor Dao calculate for you, and the official function can't be promoted again? ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "No need, please find someone else to calculate!" I don't believe this. ”

The fortune teller saw that Liu Yimin had no play, so he went around to Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman, looked at it for a long time, and sighed.

Zhao Xiaoman was a little angry and said loudly: "Our Red Army does not engage in superstition, you go to someone else to count!" ”

The fortune teller was not angry, he looked at Zhao Xiaoman again and again, and said: "The eight characters of the three coins are calculated according to the fortune, the young lady is the life of the husband and the lord, and your husband will definitely be prosperous and prosperous." ”

Women always like to hear others say that their fate is good, Zhao Xiaoman is energetic, and he doesn't rush to tell the fortune and leaves, and asks shyly: "When do you calculate when I will meet my husband?" ”

Liu Yimin knew that if he didn't stop it, Zhao Xiaoman would let this guy fool ruthlessly, and the next thing was Tang Xingying. Therefore, without waiting for the fortune teller to say more, he directly asked Li Chengyi to take out a few copper plates, stuff them into his hands, and drive him away.

Zhao Xiaoman was a little unhappy, looked at Liu Yimin, saw Liu Yimin with a solemn face, ignored her, and had to drink tea.

It was getting dark, and there were more and more people in the teahouse.

At this time, Chengdu was already lit by electric lights, the boss turned on the lights, and Sichuan opera actors began to appear.

The first one on stage was a ventriloquist, learned several bird calls, and then imitated the dialogue between several pairs of men and women, which provoked the tea guests to applaud again and again. Li Chengyi, Tang Xingying, and Zhao Xiaoman were so drunk that Liu Yimin glanced at them, and secretly said in his heart that he had never seen a high-level performance.

At that time, the teahouse in Chengdu could be said to be a multi-functional entertainment venue, which could not only drink tea, listen to operas, talk about business, but also play movies when there was time. But after all, it is not a regular theater, and the actors can only perform excerpts.

Speaking of which, this Sichuan opera was born in the early Qing Dynasty when the immigration tide of "Huguang filled Sichuan". At that time, Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army slaughtered all the four million Sichuan people in Sichuan, and only 80,000 people were left. The Sichuan officials appointed by the Qing government axe looked at it, how do people produce and how do they collect taxes? The imperial court demanded that immigrants from Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other provinces emigrate to Sichuan. When the immigrants arrived in Sichuan, they found that there were human bones everywhere, wild beasts everywhere, and wasteland everywhere. They live in the wasteland according to their hometown area and ethnic group. After a long time, no entertainment, at first, I sang by myself, and later asked someone to sing, and all kinds of troupes came into being, and after blending and developing, the drama Wonderful Sichuan Opera was formed.

The actors on the stage sang very seriously, and the high-pitched shock hit the hearts of the tea guests, and applause and applause rang out. When the face-changing actor comes on the stage, the ** who listens to the play will also arrive.

Liu Yimin was also intoxicated by Sichuan opera, and felt that Sichuan opera made people have an urge to shout.

Seeing the face-changing actors' performances, Liu Yimin thought to himself, I also know the secret of face-changing, do you want to set up a literary troupe in the future, find a few Sichuan opera actors, and teach them the stunt of face-changing, so that the soldiers can often enjoy this artistic treasure?

The performance was over, and the tea guests began to order supper, Liu Yimin looked at Li Chengyi, Tang Xingying, and Zhao Xiaoman, and found that the three were still immersed in the singing just now. He shouted that Dr. Tea asked for four portions of Chaos, and called those three fools to eat together.

When he went out, the boss gave him a courteous send-off, and repeatedly invited the Red Army comrades to come often when they were free.

Walking to the street, Liu Yimin couldn't help humming "Teahouse Minor": "The evening breeze is blowing, and the weather is cool!" The teahouse on East Street is so lively! The upstairs and downstairs are full, and the tea room and boiling water are high. The tea bowl and tea boat are tinkling, tinkling, tinkling! The melon seed shells are crackling, and they are thrown all over the ground. Some talked, some laughed, some distressed, and some noisy. Some talk about state affairs, while others scratch their hearts. Only the proprietor of the teahouse, who was timid, stepped forward and whispered in a clever voice, and said in a soft voice: 'Gentlemen, take care of business.' Opinions on state affairs should never be expressed. When it comes to state affairs, it's easy to get hurt, and when you get into trouble, you and I are bad. Maybe an order will be taken off your errand, and my little teahouse will be sealed with a big seal. It doesn't matter if I remove you and send you, I want to put you in jail, I ask you to go to jail. It's better to weather today haha! Ha ha! After drinking the tea, I went back to sleep and sleep. 'Hahahaha! Hahahaha! The room was full of laughter, the boss spoke too strangely, he slept enough, the more he slept, the more confused he became, and the more he slept, the more distressed he became. It's better to just make it clear and tear out those bastards who oppress us, exploit us, and don't let us speak freely! ”

Listening to the folk songs sung by Liu Yimin in the Sichuan dialect, several people laughed funny. Li Chengyi has seen a lot, and he knows that the corps commander may have unexpected new things appear anytime and anywhere, so it is not surprising. Tang Xingying joined the Red Army a little earlier, although she didn't get along much alone with Liu Yimin, but she also knew that this guy was a genius, and it might be shocking to make anything at random. just said angrily: "Everyone else is asleep, don't get nervous!" ”

Zhao Xiaoman just joined the Red Army, and all he knows is Liu Yimin's heroic deeds, where would he have thought that the corps commander would sing this kind of slang tune! staring at a pair of wonderful eyes, he kept looking at this Liu Yimin, as if he wanted to see through what this person's brain was made of, how could he be an elegant poet for a while, a mighty god of war for a while, a fashionable young man with innocence for a while, and an idler in a teahouse for a while. I don't know how many surprises he will give himself!

(To be continued)