Chapter Fifty-Six: Arrived at the County Seat
The oxcart slowly approached Shanhe Town, and Gu Chengyu finally saw clearly that the gate of the town was written in traditional Chinese characters "Shanhe Town", and secretly rejoiced, fortunately, it was the same traditional Chinese characters as in ancient times in his previous life, otherwise he would have to learn it from scratch.
"Evergreen! I'm going to send you here, it's a big set, I'm going to go back and run again, you must be back late today, right? Then I'm not going to wait for you? "Every time the old king has waited for the people to get together, when he arrives in the town, he will park the ox cart at the end of the south street of the town, and wait for more than an hour, and when the people have arrived, he can go back. If there are many people who want to ride the ox cart, they have to make two more trips. And today, it is equivalent to being chartered by the Gu family, usually to the town, three cents per person, a car can seat up to six people, today the Gu family is twenty wen! However, the ox cart does not have business every day, that is, every fifteenth, when the town catches up with the big market, there are many talents.
"I don't know when I'll be back, I guess it's going to be the next day, and I'll have to have dinner when I come back, so you don't have to wait for us." Since Daddy Gu decided to go to the eldest sister's house, he must have had lunch and come back, he hasn't seen him for so long, and he always has to keep a meal.
The old king took care of his father and took them down, so he waved his whip at the old cow, "Then I'll go back first." ”
Gu Chengyu watched Lao Wang drive Lao Niu back slowly, "Dad, why should we go to the county?" Where are the ox carts? Looking up at the gate of the town, there were quite a few people in the town, and there were many ox carts, but they were all their own cars, and I guessed where to rent one.
"Let's go in first, to South Street, there is a special place to rent a car, but it is a little expensive. Boss, take your stuff and don't lose it. Xiaobao, follow Dad, there are flowers in the town! When the time comes, you will be captured by the flower shooter, and your father will not be able to find you. Father Gu picked up a bag of honeysuckle and instructed Gu Chengli to carry another bag, thinking about it, he didn't worry about Gu Chengyu, and wanted to tell him again.
"Dad, don't worry! I promise to follow you closely. Gu Chengyu reassured again and again, and stepped forward to grab the hem of Gu's father with his hand.
Gu Chengyu followed Daddy Gu and them into the town, today is exactly the fifteenth, and they caught up with the big set, and there is only one big set a month, so there are a lot of people, the flow of people is crowded, and the street is also very lively. On the ground is a blue brick pavement, the street is lined with shops, the signboards on it are flying in the wind, there are wine shops, small restaurants, pharmacies, restaurants, tea shops, cloth villages, etc.
Gu Chengyu followed Daddy Gu and them through the street, passing by many stalls selling vegetables, and at the end of the street to the south, there were rows of parked ox carts. Gu Chengyu noticed that there were more shops on the street when he entered through the gate. This is South Street, all of them are vendors with stalls, poorly dressed, all stalls laid by civilians, the prices are also affordable, and there are more people coming and going. A stall selling wontons was full of people, the old man and his wife who were cooking wontons were also too busy to touch the ground, the stall owner who sold steamed buns shouted and took lotus leaves to make buns for people, and some other food stalls were also full of people. There are also some stalls selling rouge gouache, spice jewelry, and oil-paper umbrellas, and the shouts of stall owners are everywhere. There are also farmers who bring some homegrown vegetables and eggs to sell, and of course, there are butchers who are full of tendon meat and cut meat with large knives. Seeing the pork, Gu Chengyu took a few more looks, but he had been poor for five years, and the number of times he ate meat in a year could be counted on five fingers. Although there is instant cooked meat in the space, he is also rare to add meals. When the honeysuckle is sold for money, I must let his father cut two catties when I go back, so as to please the second sister, since the last time I lost my temper at dinner, I have been a little silent in recent days, and I still have to coax her, she is still a child!
In front of the ox cart is the South Street dwellings, which are small in size, with two or three rooms. Gu Chengyu guessed that the west and south were the residences of shops and stalls and ordinary people, and the north and east might be the opposite of here, where the rich and noble lived, and the larger consumption occasions would also be there.
"How much does it cost you to get this car to the county seat?" Daddy Gu walked over to an old man dressed in brown short brown and stopped.
The old man said excitedly: "My ox cart is cheap, only thirty-five wen, you see, my ox is in the prime of life, fat and strong, hurry up!" ”
Daddy Gu nodded, the price is fair, he also looks at the cattle growing strong, presumably the speed is not slow, and they are going to sell ginseng for silver, if they are looking for the sturdy coachman, what should they do if they see money halfway?
The three of them got on the ox cart again and went to the county seat, on the way to the county seat, Daddy Gu took out the nest and ate it one by one, and got up early in the morning, so he had to pad it first! Xiaobao wants to eat morning food at home, even if it is a nest or a piece of pastry.
When the ox cart walked to the gate of the town, he ran into Wang Yueniang again, and the three members of the Gu family pretended not to see it, Daddy Gu hated this kind of water-based poplar woman the most. Wang Yueniang saw that the Gu family was rushing out of town in an ox cart again, and felt a little strange, I don't know what was in the sack, look at that direction, could it be that I want to go to the county seat? Then I took another sip in the back, old thing! The little one is also a bad one, and he looks like a fox like his mother.
This ox cart is indeed faster than Lao Wangtou's house, and it is estimated that it will be much faster than the original plan to get to the county seat. The scenery along the road is similar to that of going to the town, all farmland, farmers and forests, Gu Chengyu didn't feel fresh for a long time, and shrunk on the mattress that his father brought from home and dozed off.
Gu Chengyu was woken up by a commotion, raised his eyes and looked around, it turned out that he had already arrived at the county seat, and they were already waiting at the gate of the county seat to line up to enter. The wall of the county seat is higher than that of the town, and there are two officials guarding the city gate, Gu Chengyu saw that there were also ox carts and carriages in front of him to enter the city, but the ox carts and carriages had to pay two cents of entry tax, and those who carried burdens and baskets into the city were only allowed to pass by simply looking at them, and it seemed that the investigation was not very strict.
"Brother, if you are not in a hurry to leave, just wait for us at the door to go back together, right? I'll give you another ten pennies, but it may take us an hour or so, I don't know if that's okay? "Originally, it was easy to hire a car in the county, but I was afraid that the car in the county would be expensive, and the old man was in a stable car, if he could wait for them to go back together, he could also let him send them to his eldest sister's house.
"Of course it's okay, I'll wait for you here, but it can only be an hour, if it's late, I'm a guest officer, then I naturally have to leave." The old man is also very happy, what is waiting for an hour? There are many ox carts in the county, and there are even a lot of horse-drawn carriages, and most of the outsiders like him have no business, and they can't compete with others, but they have carts and horses. It's better to wait for the empty car to go back, and you can earn ten cents, and there may not be any business when you go back, how many ox carts are waiting!
Seeing that the old man agreed, Father Gu jumped out of the ox cart, took his things and took Gu Chengyu and they lined up into the county seat.