Chapter 66: Knocking on the Widow's Door at Night
Yang Xiaolin took his legs and left, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the gate again, he didn't know what made the young grandmother so melancholy and sad, but he had an impulse in his heart, that is, the very simple impulse to do something for her.
After the brothers arrived, Yang Xiaolin asked Biao Zi to take them to clean the room, and then asked Lu Mozong to come forward to find a few more houses, and if there is no vacancy, you can rent someone else's, as long as you can live in someone.
They can't live in an inn or restaurant to do this kind of business, because there are too many people coming and going, and the officers and soldiers will often go to check it, and once they succeed in bringing hostages into the inn, it is obviously a very stupid thing, and it is the best choice to have a private house to settle in.
Except for Lu Mozong, these people basically entered the city of Beijing for the first time, even if the scene they saw when they entered the city made them very disappointed with the Beijing in front of them, but they still wanted to go around, go to the foot of the imperial city, see the juggling of the overpass, and even think about visiting the famous Bada Hutong.
When these people just revealed such thoughts to Yang Xiaolin, Yang Xiaolin immediately rejected them, and Yang Xiaolin told them very seriously that from the time they stayed, no one was allowed to go out if it was not necessary!
This is for the sake of safety, before doing things, Yang Xiaolin doesn't want to put all his brothers in danger because of a mistake that shouldn't have happened on one of these people.
It's okay to go out, but there must be something really going on, and the number of people is specified, the route is specified, and the time is specified. For example, today, Yang Xiaolin only let eight people go out. Lu Mozong and one of his brothers went to look for a house, and three other people with Kannai accents went to the street to buy some necessities for life, and they had to come back as soon as they were done.
He himself took three famous brothers to the eastern suburbs to see the situation there.
No matter how dilapidated Beijing City is, it is not comparable to a big city outside the Guanxi like Fengtian. From here to the eastern suburbs, it will take half an hour to take the carriage, so even if Yang Xiaolin slows his steps quickly, by the time he comes back again, it will be dark.
This trip was just to familiarize himself with the path, Yang Xiaolin was not able to walk in. Those foreign devils are very clear, the war has just ended, China is angry with them, when walking on the street, there are often some rotten vegetable leaves and bricks flying towards them, so the guards at the door are quite strict, all the intersections are guarded by soldiers from various countries, ordinary people don't say go in, you get closer to the muzzle of the black hole and point over.
The room has been cleaned up and can live in, Yang Xiaolin came in and sat on the bed, and Biaozi hurriedly brought him a cup of hot water: "Mr. Zong, what's the situation there?" ”
Yang Xiaolin took a sip of the water bowl: "It may not be easy to get in. How about the brothers? Are you all settled? ”
There are only seven brothers in this room, and Yang Xiaolin is concerned about whether the rest of the people are properly arranged, because there is no room for failure this time. One person's mistake is likely to put them all in danger, and there is no possibility of even returning to the mountain again.
Biao Zi smiled and patted his chest: "Don't worry, it's not the first time I've done this." Lu Mozong rented two houses, most of the brothers lived, and a few I asked them to sleep on the street dressed as Hanako. ”
Yang Xiaolin was stunned for a moment, and then understood that this was a sentry, and he also knew that there must be a sentry, but Yang Xiaolin's idea was to put a few brothers in the right area to take turns to change the guard, this method was obviously not as thoughtful as Biao Zi thought.
In the city of Beijing, many people whose homes have been destroyed by the war and who are forced to sleep on the streets without arousing suspicion. It seems that Biaozi is indeed an experienced bandit: "Well, well done. But also consider the brothers, sleeping on the street for a night or two is okay, I am afraid that they will not be able to stand it for a long time. ”…,
Biaozi said: "They sleep on the street at night, and when the day comes, I will let them go back to the house to sleep, and rest assured that the brothers who went out drank two taels of wine before leaving, and they were full of food, and they were not in the way." ”
This kid is really good, Yang Xiaolin glanced at him appreciatively: "Biaozi, let's go and see together tomorrow, foreigners live here, he can't really separate himself from this huge Beijing city, we will always find a chance." ”
Biao Zi responded: "Hey." ”
After a long journey of more than a month, Yang Xiaolin was really tired, and although things were not yet clear at this time, he finally arrived in Beijing. Although the quilt under the buttocks was directly spread on the ground, and there was only a thin layer of straw in the middle, which was hard, Yang Xiaolin lay down with his head upside down: "Let's sleep first, get up early tomorrow morning, we can turn a few more times!" ”
Lu Mozong next to him pulled Yang Xiaolin up: "Mr. Zong, this is not where you sleep!" ”
Yang Xiaolin was stunned for a moment: "Didn't I sleep?" So where do I sleep? ”
Lu Mozong sneered and said: "You and Brother Biao went to Master Zhao's house, where did I rent a side room with a soft bed." ”
Yang Xiaolin stood up with a hula: "Mo Zong, who else is in Master Zhao's family?" ”
"There is no one left, just the young grandmother with the little master, the little master is only five years old this year."
Yang Xiaolin's mouth grinned: "What are you doing here!" Tell me, did you see that someone else was a woman's family, so you rented it hard? ”
Yang Xiaolin was really afraid that Lu Mozong would use this method in order to make his life a little better, maybe Lu Mozong wouldn't, but it was difficult to say here. Not knowing Weishenme, he didn't want to hurt that woman in his heart. In this feudal dynasty, a big man rents a woman's room? It was spread out that Yang Xiaolin didn't care, just let that woman behave?
Biao Zi hurriedly said: "Mr. General, you are wrong to blame Mo Zong, it was Li Zheng here who came just now, and I heard that we are going to rent a house, let us rent the Zhao family." ”
"Lizheng is here? He didn't suspect anything, did he? ”
Lu Mozong said: "No, that kid and I grew up, he won't say anything, just rest assured." ”
Yang Xiaolin nodded, but he was still a little strange: "There is Weishenme asking us to rent the Zhao family's house?" Didn't he know that the Zhao family had only one young grandmother at home? ”
Lu Mozong sighed: "The old man of the Zhao family passed away last year. When the foreigners fought in Beijing, the young master of the Zhao family went to fight with the foreigners, but now there is only a pile of loess left. There were some valuable things in the Zhao family, but they were all snatched away by those foreigners. Li Zheng said that now the young grandmother relies on helping others make clothes and pulling the children all day long. In general, Mr. Zhao's family is really good, so I rented it, and this rent is a bit expensive,"
Yang Xiaolin waved his hand to interrupt him: "Got it, it's okay." ”
When Lu Mozong heard that Yang Xiaolin didn't blame him, he was suddenly relieved, and he also smiled on his face: "Okay, I'll take you there." It was dark, and the young grandmother said that she couldn't open the main door for us, so let us enter through the small door next to it. ”
Yang Xiaolin and Biao Zi followed Lu Mozong all the way to the Zhao family's house. This house is the most haode in this area, with soft beds in it. In fact, these are all indifferent things, Yang Xiaolin really wanted to say to Lu Mozong in his heart, don't go again if it's so late, it's always a bit bad to knock on the widow's door in the middle of the night, even if it's the side door.
But he didn't say it.