The old man smiled: "No thanks, you are my savior, I am repaying your kindness." I'm a grateful person. By the way, tomorrow you go to the town to have fun and buy a few packets of daily necessities such as salt and flint. I'll give you three taels of silver, and you can buy yourself some clothes and shoes by the way. The town is called Nanyan Town, and the town is more than a hundred miles away from us, and you will wait on the official road in front of the clinic where you have been, and the carriages going to the town will pick up and drop off passengers there, and the fare is fifty copper plates. The carriage will go for most of the day, and you will stay at the Liuyun Inn in the town tomorrow night, and you will stay for ten copper plates a night. Remember, the boss of Liuyun Xiaoke is surnamed Shui, and you call him Uncle Shui. Just tell him my name, and he'll treat you well. "Great, old man, you are so good!" Dugu Yishi jumped for joy.

The next day, I had breakfast early at the old man's house, and Dugu Yishi went on the road with three taels of silver. He's never taken that much money. Three taels of silver can be exchanged for three thousand copper plates. At the entrance of the clinic on the official roadside, he got into a two-horse carriage with three seats, two of which sat a woman of about thirty years old and a boy of seven or eight years old. The coachman accepted fifty copper plates from him, and let Dugu Yishi get into the carriage. Although it was hot in the summer, now that the sun had just come out, the horses were running faster, so they felt cool.

Along the way, the coachman stopped seven or eight times to let the horse drink and rest. Dugu Yishi was sleepy in the car, and almost all of them closed their eyes and pretended to sleep. I finally came to Nanyan Town, and it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon. Dugu Yishi suddenly came to his senses and quickly jumped out of the carriage. Hey, there are so many people in the town, he can't help but follow the flow of people.

After walking for a while, he saw a stall selling noodles on the side of the road, he walked over and asked for a bowl of noodles, and looked at the crowd of people coming and going while eating. After eating, he gave a copper plate, and by the way, asked where the Liuyun Little Inn was. The stall owner told him that Liuyun Xiaoke was on the street of the inn, and all the inns in the town were gathered there. Walk along this street for 300 meters, turn right, and then go straight for 200 meters, and you will arrive at the inn street, where you can find Liuyun Xiaoke.

Dugu Yishi quickly found Liuyun Xiaoke. Liuyun Inn is a two-storey wooden frame of blue brick house, and there are also two inns on its right, which are called another inn and Liushui Inn, and the structure of the house is almost exactly the same as that of Liuyun Inn. The owner of Liuyun Inn is called Shui Heqi, in his early thirties, his wife Yao Lanlan is less than thirty years old, they have three children, the eldest daughter Shui Yunyue is thirteen years old, the son Shui Gongming is nine years old, and the second daughter Shui is eight thousand six years old. The names of the three children are taken from the poem "Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon". There are also two middle-aged couples in the inn, the male is the child's grandfather Shuijiashan, 51 years old, and the female is the child's grandmother Fan Qianqian, 50 years old. A family of seven. The two inns on the right are the parents and brothers of Yao Lanlan, the hostess of Liuyun Xiaoke, and are run by her parents and younger brother's family, while her eldest brother's family works in Qiyun Mansion.

Seeing Dugu Yishi walk into the door, Shui Jiashan got up with a smile and asked him, "This little guest officer, but you want to stay in the hotel?" Dugu Yishi replied: "Is Uncle Shui here? I am from Wanyue Village, and Grandpa Dai is my relative, he asked me to live in your inn, and he came to the town and often stayed in your inn." Shuijiashan said: "It turned out that the relatives of old acquaintances arrived, disrespectful, disrespectful." Are you in good health with Grandpa Dai?" Dugu Yishi said: "He is in good health." Yesterday he took me to chop wood. By the way, my name is Dugu Yishi, I am ten years old this year, you can call me Xiaoshi. What do I call you?" Shui Jiashan said: "That's good." Xiao Shi, you call me Grandpa Shui, you are three years younger than my eldest granddaughter. Let's go, I'll take you to the guest room, the westernmost room on the second floor. ”

The room is clean, neat and simple, and it looks very pleasing to the eye, and Dugu Yishi is very satisfied. Shui Jiashan said: "You wash first, the bathroom is next to you." Half an hour later, I came down for dinner. Dugu Yishi gave him thirteen copper plates, two copper plates for dinner, and one copper plate for breakfast, which was also what Old Man Dai told him. Shui Jiashan accepted the money and went downstairs.

Dugu Yishi washed his face, hands and feet, leaned on the wooden railing of the corridor in front of the house, and watched the pedestrians coming and going. The people in the town are beautifully dressed, and the people are more beautiful than the villagers. The town and the countryside are different, lively, bustling, fun and interesting. After watching it for a while, he went downstairs for dinner.

After dinner, he said to Boss Shui, "Uncle Shui, where is the tailor's shop?" I want to buy a few clothes and a few pairs of shoes. "I'll take you there." Do you really want to go back tomorrow? You might as well stay with me for a few nights, and I won't take your money. Dugu Yishi said: "Uncle Shui, you are so good." I really want to have fun in the town, I've never seen such beautiful streets, so many people, so much excitement in an orphanage before. Money, I'm going to give it to you. Grandpa Dai asked me to buy a few clothes, and I just bought a few less. Shui and Qi said: "You are an orphan, then I can't take your money." Come to a long time, give it to me when you can make money in the future. I'll just get your heart now. You are a good boy who understands things. Let's go, let's buy clothes and go. ”

When the two arrived at the tailor's shop, the master tailor picked out three sets of clothes for him that fitted him, and then two pairs of shoes for him. Dugu Yishi gave him a total of 500 copper plates. After returning to the store, Dugu Yishi took a shower, put on new clothes, and put on new shoes, but he died of joy. At the orphanage, he never wore new clothes or shoes. When I looked in the mirror, I felt that I was also better-looking, not much worse than the beautiful boys who walked under the inn in the afternoon. He rarely looked in the mirror at the orphanage, and he couldn't find it. He drank some tea, took off his clothes and went to sleep.

The next day, when I woke up, it was already dawn. He remembered that he had never seemed to have slept so soundly, nor had he slept in such a good room or bed. When he had finished washing, he went downstairs. Shui Heqi took his hand, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "It is said that 'people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles', which is not false at all." When you put it on, it's like you're a different person. Come, have dinner with my family. I'll introduce you to my family by the way. After speaking, he led Dugu Yishi to the backyard of the inn, he introduced his mother, wife, and three children in turn, and Dugu Yishi respectfully gave Fan Qianqian and Yao Lanlan a salute.