A few people chatted, and before they knew it, the county seat had arrived.

Chen Xiao saw that there were many large-scale courtyards outside the city, and Xiao Shi said that some of them were warehouses and warehouses, and some were workshops, most of which were built by outsiders.

"How much is an acre of land here?" Chen Xiao asked.

"In the past, there were more than ten taels and one acres, but now I heard that it costs thirty or forty taels."

These are all fertile fields. In the past, people bought it to farm, but now most of them buy it to build houses. Now that there are more wealthy people, the prices of many things have also risen.

The coachman turned his head and asked where they were going to the county seat.

Fang Yu asked Xiao Shi, "What are the inns in the city that are good to stay in?" ”

He had asked the best inns and restaurants in town to find out what the maximum cost would be. Knowing the highest, the rest should be cheaper than this.

He's not a budget-conscious person, but he knows he doesn't have any money on him right now. Six hundred taels, to settle in one place, this amount of money is scarce.

Xiao Shi said: "Let's go to Aunt Shen's house to live!" Her home is not a special inn, but there are rooms for outsiders to live in. Don't you want to make snake meat, and it is more convenient to cook on a fire in her place than in a guest house. ”

Fang Yu wanted to refuse.

Xiao Shi said again: "Aunt Shen's house is clean and good, with the conditions of her house, if you go to the guest house, it will be a room!" At least one tael a day. Those who live in the inn don't know our local area, or they can't stop parking. Otherwise, the merchants who often come to Anxian County know that it is better to find a good yard in the guest house. ”

Chen Xiao saw that he was very good at sales, remembered the modern "homestay", and said:

"We want three rooms, is there enough room for Aunt Shen's house?"

"Enough, enough."

Fang Yu didn't like to live in other people's homes and didn't really want to go.

Chen Xiao saw his rejection and said:

"Stay for one night, if it's not good, we'll go find the inn tomorrow."

"Okay."

Fang Yu nodded helplessly. Now he has no extra cash on him, according to what Xiao Shi said just now, the inn is at least one or two silver a day, although there may be exaggerated ingredients, but the three of them, living and eating, if there is no silver to pay, it will be embarrassing.

Under the guidance of the small stone, the carriage came to Xinjie in the west of the county seat.

In the past, the county seat of Anxian County was not large, with a cross road in the middle, four main streets: East Street, West Street, South Street, North Street, and the cross street in the center.

Later, the county expanded outward, and a new main road was built, connecting the north of the city, the west of the city, and the south of the city, called Xinjiejie. In modern parlance, New Avenue is the equivalent of a "first ring road".

Anxian County has only prospered in the last decade, and the houses on both sides of Xinjie Street are relatively new.

Looking at the roadside shops, the grocers, the tanners, the carpenters, the grain shops, the butchers, the restaurants, the cloth villages, it seems that they are indeed very prosperous.

The carriage walked past a cloth village, and the small stone told the coachman to stop at the intersection of an alley.

"That's it."

As he spoke, he jumped out of the car, removed his bamboo cage, and then helped Chunhong carry the basket.

Chen Xiao got out of the car and looked around. On the street is a cloth village, and there seems to be no door to the house. But look into the alley, the gate is there.

Xiaoshi didn't care about the bamboo cage at his feet, ran into the cloth village and shouted:

"Aunt Shen, I've brought you a guest!"

A woman in her forties, coming out from behind a pile of cloth, asked:

"Buying cloth?"

"No, it's accommodation."

Aunt Shen walked out of Buzhuang, saw the three of them, and whispered to Xiaoshi:

"What kind of room are they going to live in?"

Her room here has been good and sometimes. Okay, as Little Stone said, it's comparable to an inn; The second is a big house with a few shops.

Xiao Shi said: "They said they wanted three rooms. ”

Aunt Shen looked at the three of them, although they were wearing coarse linen clothes, they looked like they were from the mountains. But if you look closely, the man is actually wearing a gold bracelet on his wrist.

Aunt Shen said, "You take them in first." ”

"Okay."

The little stone ran over, picked up the bamboo cage, and raised a few people on the other side:

"Follow me."

The main entrance of the Shen family's house was entered through the side alley. Half of the shops on the street are run by Aunt Shen herself, mainly selling cloth and helping people make clothes. The other half of the shop was rented to people to open a restaurant, but the family did not do well and moved out when the rent expired. It's not rented out yet, it's closed.

Aunt Shen asked her grandson to look at the store and call her if there was something. Then enter the main courtyard from the back of the shop.

Ancient houses are generally community buildings, said courtyard courtyard houses, in fact, the whole house has more than one patio. The so-called one enters the courtyard, that is, there is a courtyard; The second courtyard has two courtyards.

The Shen family's house has three courtyards, Fangcai's shop is one courtyard, and the main entrance is the second courtyard.

Chen Xiao walked into the door, the first thing that caught his eye was a patio, and he felt that this courtyard was the same as the courtyard building, with the main room in the middle and the wing rooms on the east and west sides. The Shen family's house is exquisitely made, with carvings on the doors and windows, under the eaves, and on the columns, and it can be seen that the family has some financial resources.

Aunt Shen walked over with a smile and asked:

"Little Stone said, you want three rooms?"

"Yes."

"I'll take you to see the room first, and see which one you'd like to live in?"

"Okay."

A few people were about to go to see the room, and Xiao Shi said:

"Auntie, is there a cage, I have two snakes to fit into. They bought it. ”

As he spoke, he pointed at Chen Xiao.

"The cage for the snake...... Aunt Shen thought for a moment and said, "Let's put it in the tank first." ”

"Is it in the back kitchen?" Little Stone asked.

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll get it myself."

Xiaoshi is familiar with this place, and Aunt Shen knows that he catches snakes and sells them. Sometimes her guests here also buy snakes with small stones.

Xiaoshi said to Chen Xiao: "You look first, I will sell the snake in a while, and after the sale, I will help Brother Fang inquire, and then come back to help you kill the snake." ”

The county seat is not big, and it won't take long for him to come down this time.

"Okay, thanks."

Aunt Shen took a few people to see the room.

This is the courtyard where the guests live. The main room in the middle has three rooms, and the middle room is a hall with two round tables, which is a place to eat. Next to the two rooms are the houses where they lived, one of which was already occupied, and the other was empty.

They looked at the empty room. There are beds, tables, cabinets, dressers, washstands, and clothes racks.

There are three wings on the east and west sides, and there are three rooms on one side, which are also single rooms, and the things in them are similar to those in the main house. One of its East wings is also occupied, and five rooms are vacant.

As for the Chase Shop, it is on the side of the first courtyard. Chen Xiao asked for a single room, but Aunt Shen didn't take them to see it.

"The east wing is the kitchen, and we usually only use it to boil water. If you want to wash your face with hot water or something, you can come here to fight. Aunt Shen introduced.

"Where's the latrine?" Chunhong asked.

"In the West Corner Yard."

"I'll go to the latrine."

Chunhong has been holding back for a long time along the way.

Chen Xiao asked Fang Yu, "Where do you want to live?" ”

Just now, Aunt Shen took them to see the room, which has been introduced, and the one in the main room is 600 wen a day; The wings on the east and west sides are 500 yuan a day. Because the main house is larger and more spacious than the side house, and there is no other person living next to it, it is relatively quiet.

The houses are all planked and not very well insulated.