Chapter 6 Hangzhou City
The old ox pulled the wooden cart and walked slowly on the dirt road, and the wheels of the car creaked from time to time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Li Lao Er glanced at the pots and pans in the car, shook the whip, raised a beautiful whip flower, and said with a smile: "Seventh sister-in-law, I'm tired of staying in the countryside and want to move to the city to live." ”
The seventh grandmother frowned, pretending to be bitter and hateful: "Alas, with your seventh brother's ability, you can only eat soil in the countryside, can you drink the northwest wind when you go to the city?" "The seventh grandmother said to eat soil, that is, Guanyin soil, some places are also called Guanyin powder, is a kind of kaolin, there are often hungry people in the famine years to fill their hunger, and finally because they can't defecate, they suffocate to death.
I only heard the seventh grandmother change her tone and said: "Isn't this my mother's little nephew here, he wants to buy a house in Hangzhou City to settle down, I happen to know a few 'tile shakers' in the city, this buying a house is a big deal, I don't follow to see, how can I put my mind at ease?" Besides, he was alone, and he was so young, he couldn't do it without someone to take care of him, so I planned to move to the city for a while. ”
"That's, that's," Li Lao Er echoed while catching the car: "Those people in the city, nothing else, it's just a gimmick that is quite good (the meaning of flickering), even 'tile' can say 'shake your head', if you don't have the seventh sister-in-law to check it, you will definitely be fooled." He glanced at Chen Ke, who was covered with a turban and his eyes were facing the sky, and asked, "What does your nephew do, he is not small, he can buy a house in Hangzhou City." ”
The seventh grandmother smiled: "Of course, the scholar is the top student in the reading test, can't he pull the oxcart like you?" Li Laohan was choked by her, so he stopped asking.
Chen Ke listened to their conversation, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he hinted at the seventh grandmother as soon as dawn that he wanted to make up an identity for himself, and if necessary, he could tell some stories. Unexpectedly, Grandma Seven solved the problem in a few words.
The seventh grandmother said again: "Second brother, I am gone with your seventh brother, and you will be troubled to take care of the few acres of fields and land at home." ”
Li Lao Er sighed and said: "Every year, there are so many disasters in the village, there are not a few cows in the village, and some people even sell hoes, where will anyone have the idea of beating your land." ”
The seventh grandmother said: "It won't be like this every year, maybe it will get better in a few years, my acres of land are all good land, and the land is also good land, you have to help me take care of it." Li Lao Er hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'll help you watch it." ”
Chen Ke and Li Laohan sat silently on the swaying ox cart, listening to the seventh grandmother and Li Lao Er, who was driving the car, chatting without a word, and finally arrived in Hangzhou City before the evening.
After entering the city, Chen Ke whispered in the ear of the seventh grandmother: "Seventh grandmother, go find an inn to live in first, and then go to the 'tile shaking head' you said tomorrow to see the house." ”
The seventh grandmother nodded and shouted, "Second Li, you just walk along the street, let's find an inn to stay for one night first." ”
Li Lao Er said: "You stay in the guest house, I'll find a 'couch room' to sleep in the Chase bunk." The seventh grandmother said with a proud face: "If you let you live, you will live, not bad money." ”
After walking for a while, the seventh grandmother pointed to a "Yuelai Inn" and said: "This inn is good, it has three floors, and the floor is also magnificent. She turned her head to look at Chen Ke as she spoke, and when she saw Chen Ke shaking her head, the seventh grandmother changed her words: "It's just that there are too many people, this guest house is the same as buying a house, and you have to shop around, let's look at a few more." ”
After walking for a while, the seventh grandmother pointed to a "Laifu Inn" and said: "This inn is not bad, and the signboard is also bright...... Before she finished speaking, she saw Chen Ke shake her head, and quickly changed her words: "But there is not even a guy who came out to say hello, and I don't think it is far from closing." ”
Walking further, it is a Deyue Inn, the seventh grandmother is obedient this time, and when she saw Chen Ke nodding her head, she said: "It's this inn, although it is a little smaller, but it is exquisite, and the reader just likes this tone." ”
Chen Ke frowned slightly, he shook his head twice in succession, not that he didn't think that Yuelai Inn and Deyue Inn were bad, but that he didn't like Grandma Seven's character of coming when she opened her mouth and saying casually. Although the seventh grandmother of the third inn did not speak first, she said "Readers just like this tune", and directly complained.
If it were when he was still an investigator, Chen Ke would not have any prejudice against this character, because in the investigation company, although everyone may be superiors and subordinates, they are also colleagues and independent of each other, and everyone has the freedom of speech granted by the law, and they can say whatever they like, as long as there are no problems with the work, there will be no serious consequences.
But this is the Ming Dynasty, strictly speaking, Grandma Seven is not only Chen Ke's servant, she has a certain degree of personal dependence with Chen Ke. She caused trouble, and Chen Ke needs to be held responsible.
Moreover, Chen Ke also needs to manage these people well and let them do things according to their own wishes, which is Chen Ke's first step towards becoming strong.
The four of them entered the inn, and under Chen Ke's urging, they quickly asked the innkeeper to complete the check-in procedures. Although Chen Ke did not have a guide to prove his identity, for the sake of the silver, he saw that Chen Ke spoke authentic Hangzhou dialect, so he was accommodating.
Chen Ke asked Li Laohan to stay in his room and guard the sack containing the backpack. Grandma Seven and Li Lao Er carried the other items in the car into the inn's warehouse.
He himself went to the tailor shop opposite the inn and bought a few robes, which could be worn by both dignitaries and commoners, except for the color of the clothes and the patterns on them. Chen Ke bought cyan and blue, which were the colors worn by civilians, and bought a few more hats.
Back at the inn, Chen Ke changed out of Li Laohan's clothes, put on new clothes, and immediately felt much more comfortable. He called his buddies and wanted to order four or five good dishes to be sent to his room for dinner.
Li Lao Er said: "Don't bother, I'll just go out and have a 'door panel meal'." ”
The hotel in Hangzhou, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, still has the legacy of the two Song Dynasty, the upstairs is elegant, the downstairs sells all kinds of cooked food, and at the same time unloads the row of doors as a board, the board is full of vermilion lacquer bowls, holding all kinds of ready-made dishes. A few large benches are placed in front of the board, and the peddlers are pawns, and when they come, they sit down, which is called eating "door board rice". This is probably one of the origins of the "rice bowl" in later generations.
Although Chen Ke didn't know what the "door plate rice" was, he could guess that it must be cheaper than the food in the inn. He thought about Grandma Seven's performance today, and simply let the three of them go out to eat "door panel rice".
PS: The day after tomorrow is the weekend, and there will be two days of more on the weekend, and three changes a day. I don't know if there will be a surprise O(∩_∩)O~~