In the sixth year of Dashang, the twelfth day of the lunar month, the snow fell silently.

The big snowflakes fell, and they did not stop Lu Yangge's pace of entering Beijing.

The Lu family's boat went up from the Huai River, into the Yangtze River, and went all the way south to the capital.

At the Guazhou Wharf in the capital, dozens of large ships are lined up one after another, and the dock workers are wearing jackets and are busy unloading their goods in the wind and snow.

As the New Year approaches, most of the ships have stopped sailing.

The capital is south, the first snow has just begun, the lake has not yet frozen, those large ships full of goods arrived early, so that they can unload a shipload of goods and rush back for the New Year.

It was the Lu family's turn to dock at the pier, and the heavy snow slowly covered everything around. The ugly and filthy ones are buried in the white snow, waiting for the next sunrise.

Without waiting for the boat to stop, the shopkeeper Li who received the boat waited at the dock early with an oil-paper umbrella.

Seeing the arrival of the Lu family's boat, as soon as the springboard was set up, he immediately flew onto the boat and fought opposite Lu Yangge first.

"I've been waiting for you at the docks for more than an hour."

Lu Yangge hurriedly saluted: "Thank you Uncle Li, it's so cold, it's frozen, right?" ”

"It's not cold, it's not cold, it's cold." Shopkeeper Li had a smile on his face, and pointed with his big hand, "Did you see that teahouse, that was what you asked me to buy a few years ago, I drank tea and roasted the fire in that teahouse, and I could see the boat on the dock at a glance." ”

The location of the teahouse pointed out by the shopkeeper Li is excellent, facing the wharf, and the bright signboard occupies the entire roof, so that people can notice this teahouse before they get off the boat.

On each side of the teahouse, there is a wide road that can accommodate three horse-drawn carriages in parallel, and the roads on both sides form a V-shape, enveloping the teahouse. A large open space in front of the teahouse is paved with neat stone slabs, which can accommodate at least a dozen carriages.

At this moment, the wind and snow are stirring, and the guys at the door of the store are busy in an orderly manner with oil-paper umbrellas. Some men took the reins of the coachman and parked the carriages one by one, while others held umbrellas and carefully put them on their heads and led them to the store.

Waiting for the welcoming guy to send the guest to the door, there is immediately another group of guys wearing uniform clothes to arrange seats according to the needs of the guests.

And the guy who had just greeted the guest hurriedly held an umbrella to serve the next guest who was ready to get off the carriage.

On both sides of the teahouse, a narrow flower bed is built, and the flower beds are planted with evergreen plants in all seasons, and the green branches and leaves become more and more green when the snow falls. The flower bed does not occupy the lanes on either side, but also protects the teahouse in the middle of the tea house so that it will not be collided by the traffic on both sides of the lane.

Lu Yangge and Shopkeeper Li stood under the eaves of the teahouse for a while, and waited for the guy to take pictures of the falling snow on his body with a clean feather duster before walking towards the store.

"This teahouse is just doing some business for merchants from the south to the north. Because the entrance is spacious and can be parked, it really attracts a lot of business. ”

Shopkeeper Li led Lu Yangge upstairs, stood at the window on the second floor and looked out, and sure enough, the entire dock was in front of him.

In the distance, you can see the ships that are still coming, and near the warehouse, the merchants wearing dog-headed cotton hats with their hands in their sleeves and leaning on their backs are directing the bag bearers to load the goods into the ship.

This place, even Lu Yangge admired it: "It is indeed a good place." ”

There are shops on both sides of the teahouse, one next to the other. However, because of the special location of the tea house, it is not crowded with these shops.

There is only one road in front of the other shops that is large enough for horse-drawn carriages to pass, and people come and go, and cars must be careful to avoid when passing. If two vehicles were coming opposite each other, one of them would have to go back to pass.

This is the largest land and water wharf in Beijing, with more than 100 ships coming and going every day, and vehicles transporting goods and delivering goods one after another.

Once the road in front of the store is blocked, it is difficult for customers in the store to get out, and it is even more difficult for customers from outside to come in.

However, the teahouse where they are located does not have these problems, and because vehicles can be parked at the door, they come to the dock to pick up people or see them off, or those local officials who enter Beijing to continue their posts, they like to come to this teahouse to sit and rest while waiting at the dock.

"You still have a vision!" Shopkeeper Li personally poured tea and poured a cup of Pu'er for Lu Yangge.

"When this piece of land was bought and sold, no one could take a fancy to this piece of land, saying that it was sharp and knife-shaped, and it was impossible to live in and not to be traded. I was beating drums in my heart at the time, and if you hadn't said you could buy it, I wouldn't have dared to buy it. Fortunately, I listened to your words and bought a lot of land, and gave up a few feet of land to make a parking lot you said. Then pave a road in front of the door, and this evil spirit will not be in front of you. ”

Xu is business has done well in the past few years, and the shopkeeper Li is full of red face, and he doesn't seem to feel older, but more and more energetic.

"If you come alone this time, you will stay at my house. The house I bought for your family is too big, and you live alone in space. This New Year's is spent at my house. ”

Lu Yangge didn't want to disturb the shopkeeper Li's family, shook his head and refused: "I'll go to my house to have a look, I haven't seen anything since I bought the house." ”

"Okay."

Shopkeeper Li also knew Xiao Si's temperament, and he didn't force him to stay, "Then I'll let Tao Shan send you, your house is all taken care of by your brother Tao Shan, if you are not satisfied, let Tao Shan repair it for you." ”

The current Taoshan is not called Taoshan, but has changed its name and is called Li Taoshan.

However, the shopkeeper Li and his family were used to shouting, so they continued to call the name Tao Shan.

The eldest daughter of the shopkeeper Li stayed at home and recruited a son-in-law, and the one who recruited was Tao Shan, who originally followed the Qiu family to make a long fish banquet in Laifushun.

Tao Shan has followed the shopkeeper Li in Jiangjiaba for several years, and he knows all his character.

After returning to Yangzhou City, Shopkeeper Li learned that Tao Shan's current mother was not his own mother, but his father's stepmother.

The stepmother herself has children, so she is naturally no better than Taoshan.

It was also because Tao Shan's stepmother didn't care about Tao Shan that Tao Shan was sent by his father to Fushun as an apprentice, counting on the child to learn a craft and be able to eat enough.

Tao Shan returned to Yangzhou City, and his father heard that the shopkeeper Li was interested in recruiting a son-in-law, so Tao Shan's father sent Tao Shan to the Li family.

It is clear that if the Li family is willing to accept Tao Shan's son-in-law, their family will not have a penny, as long as the Li shopkeeper's family is good to Tao Shan.

In the eyes of outsiders, Tao Shan was unable to tolerate him at home because his father married his stepmother.

Only Tao Shan knew that his father was afraid that he would be bullied by his stepmother at home, so it was better to find a good family to live a good life.

And the shopkeeper Li's house, it is really a good family, if it weren't for the fact that there was no son in the family, the daughter of the shopkeeper Li would not have been able to marry him Taoshan as a wife.

Here Lu Yangge said to go to the house, but he was not in a hurry.

Tao Shan knew that his father-in-law wanted to leave Lu Xiaosi for dinner, so he first took someone to find a carriage to send the things that the Lu family had brought down from the boat to the house that the Lu family bought.

The placement of the colocation, the sorting of the deposition.

Lu Qingluan also followed Lu Yangge to the capital this time, with her little housekeeper following behind, Lu Yangge didn't have to care at all.

She just had a meal with Shopkeeper Li in peace, and then went back to make everything proper and comfortable.

(End of chapter)