Chapter 5: The Shopkeeper's Cornucopia
The two left the room, went out and turned left, and when they came to a fork in the road, they turned right again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info After walking for a short time, I went up the stairs, and this staircase is estimated to have seven or eight steps! Above the stairs is a hallway, and directly in front of it is a door-sized stone cave that leads to the other side. This was clearly deliberately set up during construction. Walking through the stone cave, there is a beautiful scenery in front of him, Chu Huayi would never have thought that there is such a fascinating place here.
It is a small lake, and a small pavilion was built in the middle of the lake, which was connected to the shore by a wooden bridge, and the bridge was painted red. Along the edge of the lake, a variety of stones were piled up, some large and small, some round and some flat, most of them were gray-white, and there were also conspicuous stones such as cyan. The red carp under the lake sometimes dives and sometimes surfaces, and the lotus leaves on the lake build a good summer retreat for the red carp in this hot environment.
After a cursory glance, Chu Huayi really looked around at this time: tall trees lined up by the wall like guards, inexplicably giving people a sense of security; The black tiles, the red eaves and the white walls, simple and elegant, form a complete set of ancient buildings in his eyes; The bright sunlight, through the gaps in the leaves, sparsely scattered, looming, and painted a unique landscape, which makes people stop looking; Birds singing and fish playing, symbolizing the breath and vitality of spring. And at this moment, he is the only one who can enjoy this scenery, Chu Huayi. It was the most beautiful scenery he had ever seen when he came here, and it was also the place where he felt the most comfortable.
Although the sheep is also next to him, Chu Huayi can't see the same emotions and fun as himself in him, but he doesn't know that this scene has long been commonplace.
"I didn't expect there to be such a cave here!"
Chu Huayi sighed in his heart at the subtlety of ancient Chinese architectural skills, although it was built artificially, but it also has the same thing as the natural scenery, which really makes people forget to return.
I suddenly remembered that Brother Yangzi said to take himself to a place, could it be here? Thinking of this, Chu Huayi praised the sheep in his heart, this is where his heart is.
"Big brother, you brought me here, why don't you let me clean it here?" Chu Huayi asked, in fact, he really wanted to have a good dog digging in this lake.
"If you clean it here, I dare to guarantee that the king of heaven will not be able to save you, and the shopkeeper will have to peel you off a layer of skin." The sheep laughed.
"It's really strange that your shopkeeper has built such a lake here, not for bathing and enjoyment, what is it for?"
"You don't know, this place is the proud work of our drunken guest building, and many dignitaries and nobles will come here from time to time to watch at a high cost." Sheep explained.
Hearing what the eldest brother said, Chu Huayi understood that this place was completely a cornucopia of their shopkeeper. Many dignitaries and nobles like to come here to consume, so the shopkeeper will naturally make a lot of money. accidentally glanced at the pavilion in the center of the lake, and after thinking about it for a while, he completely understood that the pavilion was the key. The dignitaries must have taken a fancy to the location of the Lake Heart Pavilion, and often came here for private meetings with new girls, but it gave the shopkeeper a road to wealth.
He knew that if he was dating, he would definitely choose this kind of place.
I have to admire the business mind of the shopkeeper, there is no shortage of food and drink, and this beautiful scenery is accompanied by a leisure place, and the business is not prosperous that is called a strange thing!
At this time, Chu Huayi saw a road paved with stones, and there was a stone cave in front of him that was the same as that behind him, as if it also led to the other side. At one end of this stone path is under your feet, and at the other end is the stone cave in front of you. The two walked slowly onto the stone path, and Chu Huayi gradually felt uncomfortable, because he was not wearing shoes. Despite this, he still followed the footsteps of the sheep and did not expose himself to the discomfort.
This stone path is a three-way connection, the two ends and the bridgehead, and this path is the only passage that connects the two sides. On both sides there are green grasses and red flowers, and no one can bear to destroy them.
When Chu Huayi walked to the middle, he inexplicably felt that this was not a private residence, but a microcosm of nature.
Finally insisted on walking the stone road, and when he came to the stone cave, Chu Huayi felt a trace of reluctance. After passing through the stone cave, I saw some rental buildings, and the red layout was a wall or a door. Walk to the right, then you will encounter a left turn, go along the curve, and continue to walk for more than 20 steps before stopping.
The sheep pushed open a door next to him, and the two walked in.
What appeared in Chu Huayi's field of vision was eight or nine large wooden basins placed on the ground in a regular manner, and two or three large vats were placed next to them, all of which were filled with clean water. And then there's some dry cloth and stuff like that.
Chu Huayi thinks that this is an ancient bathing center, and there is no need to think about it, this is definitely one of the cornucopia of the shopkeeper.
The sheep said, "You can take a bath here!" I'll pick you up later. After saying that, he went out, regardless of whether Chu Huayi heard it or not? I really don't know what he's going to do?
Chu Huayi found a wooden basin nearby, at first glance, where is this a simple wooden basin? It's clearly a modern version of an ancient brand. Was this the result of the economic development of the Ming Dynasty or the whimsy of the shopkeeper? He didn't expect that he would continue to enjoy the treatment of soaking in the bathtub when he came to the Ming Dynasty. When I first saw it, I just thought it was a simple big wooden basin, after all, it wasn't high! And what I need most is to wash well, after all, I haven't taken a bath for a few days, and I'm sick to death, so I didn't take a closer look.
Take a closer look at the bathtub, its setting makes Chu Huayi very surprised, not on the ground, but in the ground to dig a bathtub size but not as high as the bathtub pit, and then put the bathtub down, and the bottom of the bathtub pierced a small hole, and then plugged with a wooden stopper, after washing, pull off the wooden stopper, you can put the water in the ground, which is convenient and simple, but also for the staff to reduce a lot of workload.
Chu Huayi picked up the wooden scoop on the side of the vat and put the water into the bathtub one by one until the water was full.
He stripped off his whole body and couldn't wait to enter the bathtub, and then a cool feeling came to his whole body, and he suddenly felt very comfortable in this sunny weather. At this time, he thought of another thing, there is no shampoo and shower gel here, do you want to wash water?
"Since this place is the shopkeeper's cornucopia, it means that there must be items similar to those used for modern hair washing and bathing, otherwise who would want to spend money here to wash clean water?"
Chu Huayi got up, looked around, and found two jars, what seemed to be in them? I picked up one of them, put it on my nose and smelled it, so familiar smell, this is the smell of rice, and suddenly thought that rice juice can be used to wash hair, then the iron contained in it must be Xilai juice, which is commonly known as rice washing water, but it is heated, and the other jar in it can be guessed intuitively that it is the decontamination of the body - bath beans.
Pour the rice juice on your hands, then wash your hair like clean water, back and forth several times, and finally touch the bath beans on your body, and a bathing experience that has never been seen before.
"I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients, the rice water is used as a shampoo, and the thing made by the combination of soybean powder becomes a shower gel, but fortunately I have a lot of knowledge! If someone else encounters it, they will definitely say that the shopkeeper is sick, and they put the rice washing water here for no reason, won't they take it to water the flowers? ā
"But then again, although this shopkeeper is a woman, he is really powerful! Knowledgeable and smart! Provoked her, alas! ā
Chu Huayi was talking to himself in the bathtub, one would boast that he was knowledgeable and knew the ancient bathing utensils, and at the other time he admired the shopkeeper's excellence, and at the same time he was worried about provoking the shopkeeper, pretending to be afraid, after all, he had seen this woman.
It's so refreshing to take a bath! The time of a pillar of incense passed imperceptibly, and he was still enjoying it.
There was a knock outside the door, waking him up. He got up, rubbed his hair with a dry cloth, and wrapped another cloth around him, and went to open the door.
A hand reached out of the door, holding a suit of clothes, this dress was somewhat familiar, wasn't it the same as that worn by the group of people who did rough work? He knew in his heart that this must have been prepared for him by Brother Yangzi, and he was going to put it on when he took it, but he ignored one thing.