When the crowd was far away, Sun Yuanqi picked up the bread on the ground, dusted it, and continued his lunch. After lunch, I was stunned for a while. Seeing that the time was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Yuanqi began to think about how to live in the next few days. Take out a pen and paper from your bag and list them one by one:

Today: Dinner. Lodging.

Tomorrow: Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch. Lodging.

Day after tomorrow:......

After listing it, I found that it was all about food and accommodation, but in the final analysis, it was a matter of money. So, turn the paper over and list the existing items on your body:

Body: 1 suit set; 1 pair of leather shoes; 1 tie.

School bag: 1 school bag; 8 sheets of A4 paper; 1 signature pen; 1 middle school physics textbook (3rd grade junior high school), 1 copy of "Interesting Tales of Element Discovery" and "Talking about Atoms".

Package: 1 piece of cheongsam; 1 hat; 1 loaf of bread; 15 eagles; 1 letter from the Legation.

Pocket: 1 mobile phone; 1 wallet; N bank cards, bus cards, shopping cards, and ID cards; RMB 287.5.

Writing this, Sun Yuanqi was completely desperate: except for the things given by Mr. Conger, the other things on his body were almost useless!

"Forget it, let's solve the current problem first!" Sun Yuanqi put the pen and paper into his schoolbag and thought about today's dinner and accommodation: Dinner? It was a good solution, and there was still a piece of bread left from Mr. Conger, barely enough to wrap the stomach for the evening. Lodging? This is a big problem. The inn is definitely not good, not to mention the insecurity, the 15 eagles given by Mr. Conger can save some flowers, who knows how many days it will take! Go back to Mr. Conger? That's not good, people have done themselves so much, how can they always cause trouble to people like this! Go to Sun Jianai? Not to mention it, maybe the janitors at their house won't be allowed to see them. Then go to Ding Yunliang? Forget it, God knows where he lives!

Just when there was nothing to be done, the short old man who was guarding the door came over, circled around Sun Yuanqi, and said in his mouth: "I thought it was a little Japan, but it turned out to be a fake foreign devil!" Gee! We still have this person in the Qing Dynasty—"

Sun Yuanqi was really annoyed, listened to his words, and stood up.

The short old man was still arrogant, but when he saw that Sun Yuan was so tall, his arrogance immediately became three points shorter: "You...... What do you want? Don't come here——, I'm going to call someone if I come here again! ”

"Then you shout, I'm afraid you shout and cut your throat, and no one will come to save you!" Sun Yuanqi walked around this horse temple more than ten times before and after, knowing that this was a deserted courtyard and there had never been many people, so he suddenly remembered this famous line. After speaking, he patted his thigh: Yes, this horse temple can live there!

The short old man was startled when he saw him like this, and turned to flee. Sun Yuanqi stepped forward quickly, grabbed him, and thought: Can't you let this key person run away.

The short old man was already a little frightened, his face was gray, his lips trembled for a long time, and he suddenly screamed: "Kill - help——! ”

Sun Yuanqi was also startled and hurriedly covered his mouth. The old man struggled even more, his body was as light as a little chicken, and his strength was not small, and he almost broke free several times, which is estimated to be the legendary "dying struggle".

"Don't shout, I'm not going to kill you." Sun Yuanqi explained, and added: "If you shout nonsense, don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

The short old man nodded in horror, and Sun Yuanqi slowly let go of his hand. Watching Sun Yuan raise his hand and take it back, the old man rolled out with a bone, got up and was about to run, his mouth didn't stop, and his voice was out of tune: "Help~~~ Kill someone~~~~~"

Sun Yuan slapped his horse to catch up, simply pressed the old man to the ground, and covered his mouth again: "Don't shout, you still dare to run, when I don't dare to kill you?" ”

Fortunately, this yard is desolate enough, and there are no people around. Whenever he changes places and recruits people at a moment's notice, Sun Yuanqi can't speak clearly when he is full of mouth, and he will definitely be charged with murder. So there was a fire in his words, and there was a small flame in his eyes.

The short old man was so frightened that his hands and feet were held down and he couldn't struggle, so he could only whine, tears and snot flowed down his face.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't stand it, so he had to say again: "Don't move, don't shout, I'm not trying to kill you, just asking you to do me a favor." Do you understand? Nod your head when you understand! ”

The old man saw that Sun Yuanqi didn't look like he was going to kill him, and nodded.

"Then I'll let go of my hand, but I won't move anymore, you know?" Sun Yuanqi deliberately brought some ruthlessness in his speech. God is pitiful, in the 21st century, Sun Yuanqi is a standard obedient child, he has never even killed chickens, and only a few days after arriving in the Qing Dynasty, he has done all the unethical things such as fraud, fraud, and intimidation. No, I'm scaring an old man right now!

The old man's eyes were fixed on Sun Yuanqi, and he nodded again and again.

Sun Yuanqi let go of his hand, but secretly took precautions, afraid that this old boy would repeat his old tricks again. But the short old man was much more honest this time, slowly stood up, squatted on the ground, and looked at Sun Yuanqi with his eyes, not knowing whether it was hatred or fear.

"It's noon today, Master Sun has allowed me to teach in the University Hall, and you know that." Speaking of this, Sun Yuanqi paused, and the short old man nodded hurriedly. Sun Yuanqi felt very satisfied, and continued: "I first came to Beijing, and I have been living in the American Legation a few days ago, but it is a little far away from the university hall, and I don't want to run around, do you understand? ”

The old man was not stupid, and immediately took over: "Understand...... The houses in this horse temple are all empty, you always see which one is suitable, just pick and choose to live in. ”

"That's a good idea!" Sun Yuanqi felt that the old man was quite good at coming to trouble. But the short old man thought to himself:! What's my good idea? Ye can't see through your grandson's fancy intestines!

Sun Yuanqi didn't care what the short old man thought, and then said, "Then please lead me to find a clean and spacious room." ”

The short old man didn't know if his legs were numb, or if he was scared just now, he didn't stand up after standing for a long time, or Sun Yuanqi stepped forward to help him, so he pulled him up and dusted the dirt on his shirt for him. The old man was stunned: this big man doesn't look like a bad person. He obediently led the way in front.

In the end, he is the "head", he is familiar with his own one-third of an acre, and the short old man is familiar with the road and found a clean courtyard for Sun Yuanqi in these hundreds of houses, which is still a single-door household. In the 21st century, there is a courtyard house in the second ring road, and the provincial and ministerial levels do not have this treatment. Sun Yuanqi is very satisfied and is ready to keep it for a long time.

Seeing Sun Yuanqi was very satisfied, and the short old man also said goodbye with interest. Seeing the short old man running out, Sun Yuanqi didn't bear it in his heart, he innocently intimidated others, and he also left a house to live in out of thin air, and he always felt sorry. Gritting his teeth, he took out the eagle ocean given by Mr. Conger from the package, counted five, and didn't know how much these five oceans were worth, so he chased after him and handed them over.

The short old man was stopped, I don't know what happened, when he saw the things handed over, he combined his two hands into a handful, took it, and found that it was several eagles, and immediately lifted up his shirt and gave Sun Yuanqi a thousand words: "Thank you!" ”

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, thinking: This is not a reward, it is the money I used to buy this house. He asked again: "What is your old surname?" ”

"But you don't deserve it! My surname is Tong, and I am Dong Tong, just call me 'Lao Tong' in the future. ”

Sun Yuanqi remembered that he said that he was a banner person, so he said: "Tong is the surname of the Eight Banners!" ”

"That's it! I heard the elders say that when our Tong family was in Kangxi, there were prime ministers and generals. When Lao Tong said this, the waist of the slightly hunched man was very straight, "It's just that it's not right now, and even the money and food for the month are almost gone!" I can only show people the door to make a living......" After a while, he whispered again: "The flag people are going to die, I see that the sky is going to change......" The voice was almost inaudible, and the straight waist also bent down, and it seemed to be more hunched than just now.

The two were silent for a long time, and the short old man arched his hand, turned around, and slowly walked towards the front door. Far away, Sun Yuanqi could still hear his sighs.

Sun Yuanqi saw Lao Tong walking away, and also turned around and entered the house, intending to carefully inspect the courtyard and get familiar with the pattern. The entrance is a shadow wall, bypass the shadow wall, go along the corridor to the east wing, the main body is the kitchen, the iron pot has been removed, and there is no tableware left, leaving only a cold stove pond, with several spider webs on it. It seems that this quadrangle should have been inhabited before.

Further north, there is a small gate in the northeast corner, but it is a flower garden outside, and the toilet is in a bamboo forest. The so-called toilet is nothing more than two logs resting on a dirt pit.

"You have to be careful when you go to the toilet in the future." Sun Yuanqi secretly reminded himself.

Walk back and continue shopping. When I came to the main house, there was obviously a guest room in the middle, but the tables and chairs had long been gone, and the dilapidated nave and half-pulled couplets hanging on the wall could vaguely see the previous good atmosphere. On the east side of the main hall is the main bed, the earthen kang is still complete, there is half a mat on it, a layer of dust has fallen, and a few lines of fine footprints on the dust are thought to be the masterpiece of mice. On the west side, one of the bookshelves on the side shows that it used to be a study, and the others are empty.

When I came to the west wing, on the north side was Zhang Kang, and the adobe of the base kang had been shattered, revealing a dark kang hole. On the south side is a place to put sundries, and it is estimated that useful things have been removed by the previous owner, and only some tattered pieces remain.

Coming out and going to the south wing, there was a well in the corner of the west and south houses, and I kicked a piece of dirt and dragged it down, but I heard a "knock throat", but there was water, and it seemed to be quite deep. The south wing was supposed to be occupied by slaves, and the house was low, and some things were placed indiscriminately.

After looking around the courtyard, I finally had a bottom in my heart. I hung the package and schoolbag on the willow tree in the atrium, thought about it, took off my suit, shirt, tie, leather shoes, and socks, folded them and put them in the package, and put on a pair of boxer briefs, which was very cool in the summer sunset, and began to work in the yard.

It was not until the beginning of the moon that the main hall and dormitory were tidied up. Because there was no candle flame, the house was so dark that I had to stop. In the middle, Lao Tong came once, stretched out his head and saw that he was only wearing a pair of underwear, and retracted his head again.

Sun Yuanqi carried his clothes and packages into the bedroom, sat on the broken mat, and nibbled on the rest of the morning's bread. Because of a busy afternoon, I think this bread is particularly fragrant.

After nibbling on bread, he used his schoolbag as a pillow, lay on the broken mat, and began to think about tomorrow's meal: Naturally, those ten Yingyang should be able to solve the problem of eating in the past few days, but what about after spending it? God knows when the Kyoto University Hall will officially open. That's right! A few days after the Wuxu change, Grandma Cixi turned her face and cut off six heads with "click" and "click". You can't get involved in the Restoration! Also, I don't know if the Beijing Normal University Hall was still officially enrolled at that time? Perhaps, it is better to find a new job...... The work of the Beijing Normal University Hall, Old Man Sun didn't understand it very clearly, so he should still find someone to ask...... Old man Sun is too big, it's not easy to see...... There are only ten oceans left...... The old man I met today is good, what's it called...... It seems to be surnamed Ding......

There was no sound around, not even a single mosquito, and even stopped knowing it. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was no air pollution in Beijing, and the moonlight in midsummer flowed like water on Sun Yuanqi's body through the window lattice, but people were already asleep.

In the morning, Sun Yuanqi was woken up by freezing.

At that time, I was dreaming that I was going to the mall with my little girlfriend, and I felt that the air conditioning in the mall was getting cooler and colder, and I was shivering with cold. Then I woke up.

sat up in a daze, only to realize that he had already pulled out the robe and covered it on his body at some point.

When I woke up, I stopped sleeping, walked barefoot to the yard, ready to wash, only to find that the life of being poor and white was really miserable, towels, basins, toothbrushes, toothpaste...... None at all! It's terrible. In the end, I could only find a fairly clean rag and reluctantly wash my face. As for the teeth, I can only rinse them a few more times with well water.

Go back to the house, dig out the half-written list you wrote yesterday, and start planning for today: have breakfast first; Go to visit Ding Yunliang again; When the time comes for lunch, let's see if Ding Yunliang stays; When you come back, buy some daily necessities, at least a washbasin, a towel, a toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper, a quilt, a candle, underwear, socks, a long shirt, cloth shoes......

Looking at the half-sheet list, Sun Yuanqi sighed at the superiority of modern society on the one hand, and on the other hand, he expressed concern about the only ten eagles in his hand, who knows how many things can be bought by one ocean. After thinking about it, I still have to find the short old man to find out.

This time, I can't wear a suit anymore, I have to wear a kaftan. The caftan is also simple, but Sun Yuanqi is wearing it for the first time and feels very awkward. How so? It's like wearing a girl's dress. After walking a few steps, it felt as if the cloth was wrapped around my legs, and I couldn't take a step.

The suit was folded, put in a package, and hung on a hook in the house. Yesterday, when he saw rat traces in the house, Sun Yuan had a lot of heart, and he didn't dare to put it on the table, for fear of being gnawed by rats. Other mobile phones, wallets, eagles and other money are put in the schoolbag and carried with you. There are still socks and leather shoes on the feet, although the leather shoes with the long shirt are a bit strange, but they have no change, so they can only settle.

Picking up my schoolbag, buttoning up my hat and walking out, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't remember it. When I walked to the door and was about to step on the threshold, I patted my head: Hi, no wonder! I wear a pair of underwear underneath the caftan. On weekdays, I see girls wearing skirts a lot, and I think it's the same when I wear a long gown. If you meet some adults when you go out, you will lift the hem of your cheongsan and show two bare legs - what a cola. Hurry back and put on your trousers.

Lao Tong is easy to find, just walk around at the gate of the Horse Temple. Sun Yuanqi put on a long shirt and hat, and almost didn't recognize him for a while. Although I was scared yesterday, I also got five eagles. Seeing that it was Sun Yuanqi, he greeted him: "Mr. Sun, you got up early." ”

"Early." Sun Yuanqi replied, "Let me ask you something, is it okay?" ”

Lao Tong was happy: "You can ask the right person!" There is nothing in the Nine Gates and Five Cities that my old Tong doesn't know. What are you inquiring about? ”

Sun Yuanqi thought about it for a while and decided to ask a simple question first: "How much is a bun?" ”

Lao Tong stumbled when he heard this, and almost didn't fall down: There are still people who ask people like this in these years! Settle down: "The newly released meat buns are two articles and one piece of vegetarian stuffing." ”

It's not expensive! Sun Yuanqi thought for a while and asked, "What about a towel?" ”

"The best eighty or ninety texts, the almost sixty or seventy texts, and even worse, the thirty or forty texts are also available." It seems that there is a huge price difference between good and bad.

Sun Yuanqi asked again: "How much is that basin?" ”

"Basin? You mean a wooden basin for washing your face? This is not a child, the estimated customer can get 150 yuan, and the regular customer can buy one for 80 yuan. "This old Tong seems to have a score in his heart, and he doesn't speak without stumbling.

……

After asking for a long time, he asked everything he could think of, and Lao Tong was confused: "What do you want to buy?" ”

Sun Yuan scratched his head and said, "How much is that Yingyang worth?" ”

"Eagle Ocean is different, and the price is different. Yours is an American eagle, and it is estimated that it can be worth six or eight to seven cents of silver. Lao Tong said firmly.

"Eagle Yang is so strong!" Sun Yuanqi's exchange rate for silver and copper coins has always stayed at the one to one thousand that the teacher said: "One piece will be exchanged for 700 yuan!" ”

Lao Tong didn't understand the first half of the sentence, but the second half of the sentence was not spoken: "What, seven hundred?" At least one thousand and one! ”

"Ah——?h It turned out that after opium entered China, a large amount of silver flowed out, causing the ratio of silver to copper coins to rise from 1:1,000 to 1:167, but Sun Yuanqi did not know this. I thought: forget it! I went to buy things by myself, and I guess I was sold, and I helped you count the money! Gotcha, let's continue to trouble Lao Tong!

After Sun Yuanqi made up his mind, he said to Lao Tong with a smile: "May I ask if you are free today?" ”

Lao Tong didn't know what the tall man had in mind, so he blinked his eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "That's the case, I, I just arrived in Beijing, I didn't prepare anything, and I didn't know anything about prices, so it was completely black." When I went out to buy something, I was bound to be sucked up. So I want you to buy some things for me. ”

"Oh, that's right, okay! What are you buying? The old man replied Gabba crisply.

"That's what I just asked you."

The old man glanced at Sun Yuanqi and said, "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious!" Our Lao Tong is also the number one, and he will never do such a bad thing! ”

Sun Yuanqi immediately explained: "Just now, I didn't want to trouble you, and I planned to go by myself." But when I heard you say this, I realized that I was not that material at all, so I bothered you to come out of the horse. ”

The old man struggled to come: "Okay." But I can't remember all the things you want......"

"I've got it all on this paper." With that, he took out the piece of paper from his bag.

Lao Tong shook his head: "It recognizes me, I don't recognize it." ”

"Then you always estimate that you will buy it, it is necessary for daily life, and you can use it." Sun Yuanqi was out of options, "How much is it?" ”

Lao Tong summed it up: "I estimate that two or three oceans can be prepared!" ”

This was much less than Sun Yuanqi expected, so he took out three oceans from his schoolbag and handed them over: "Then trouble you!" ”

"Look." Lao Tong was full of confidence and turned around to leave. Sun Yuanqi shouted to him again: "Ask another question, where does the foreign old man named Ding Weiliang live yesterday?" ”

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