Chapter 13 Temporarily settle down in the county seat
"Owner, the house has been rented, I'll take you to have a look."
Li Jianniang followed Pan Lao Hu and Cui Hong out of the inn, and walked directly into the alley, probably through two alleys, and finally came to Huaihua Lane.
This is a very secluded alley, judging from the external environment, Li Jianniang is satisfied after all, it is clean and no one disturbs, and it is not far from the main street, just across the alley.
Panlao rented the innermost one, which was a courtyard, three main rooms, two wing rooms, a kitchen and a firewood room.
There is an old locust tree in the yard, which looks a little more elegant, and there is a well next to the locust tree, which solves the draft problem.
The rent costs one or two silver a month, and Li Jianniang is still quite satisfied.
"The owner, the landlord is an old couple, went to live in Fucheng with their son, their only requirement is to pay the monthly silver for half a year, I negotiated with them, and they promised five taels for half a year."
Li Jianniang thought to herself that five taels in half a year sounds very cost-effective.
"Well, you've done a good job."
Seeing that Li Jianniang was satisfied, Pan Laohu also breathed a sigh of relief and took out the rest of the silver.
"There are still fourteen taels of silver left here, of which five taels were paid for rent, and one was a deposit for the house."
Saying that, Pan Lao Hu gave the deposit slip to Li Jianniang, Li Jianniang didn't even look at it, and put it away directly.
"The tooth man is a friend of mine, and this time it's a free help."
Li Jianniang thought about it and gave another tael of silver to Pan Tiger.
"This silver is your activity fund, and it is usually used for some relationships."
Pan Lao Hu was very moved when he held the silver.
"Thank you, owner."
Li Jianniang looked at Cui Hong again.
"Have you found a place to live?"
Crimson shook her head.
Pan Laohu: "I'm going to take her to the backyard of our gambling house to stay for a few days." β
Li Jianniang thought of the back of the gambling house, it was so messy, it was too unsafe for a big girl to go.
"If you don't dislike it, Cuihong will live with me, Panhu, you can come and live after work, I don't charge you rent, but Cuihong, you have to take care of my life, I can't give you too much salary, I can only give you one or two silver a month."
In fact, Li Jianniang doesn't know how to calculate the salary in this era, but thinking that the rent is only one or two a month, and buying a pound of meat is thirty wen a pound, which is converted into meat currency, that is, thirty yuan a pound of pork, and one or two silver can buy thirty pounds of pork, the salary is indeed not too high, but she can only give this price now.
The two of them were so excited that they heard this.
"We do."
"Boss, we must do a good job."
What Li Jianniang doesn't know is that her monthly salary is not low at all, even Li Xianghua has only been a second steward in a restaurant for two or two months, and the mother-in-law who helps in a big family on weekdays is only 800 wen, and 500 wen abounds.
As for why pork is so expensive, it is because the people here are poor, and eating meat is a very luxurious thing.
"Okay, do it well, I won't treat you badly."
From time to time, Li Jianniang is still very good at painting flatbreads.
The next thing is to clean up, Pan Lao Tiger has to go back to the gambling house to work, the night is when the gambling house business is good, Li Jianniang does not plan to go out, so as not to be seen.
So he asked Pan Laohu to take Cuihong out to buy some daily necessities and come back, clean the house, and then buy quilts, pots and bowls.
Fortunately, there is a grocery store not far from the fragrance of Huaihua, which is very complete, and Pan Laohu bought all the things he needed in one go, and spent nearly five taels of silver.
Watching this silver go out like flowing water, Pan Lao Hu felt distressed, but Li Jianniang didn't care, anyway, this silver was not earned by herself, and she didn't feel distressed when she spent it.
After the things were bought, Pan Lao Hu went to work in the gambling house, and Cui Hong and Li Jianniang cleaned up in the house.
First clean up the room where the two of them want to live, Li Jianniang naturally lives in the main room, Cuihong lives in the wing room, the furniture in it is very complete, the main thing is to clean it, and then spread the quilt.
After a busy meal, it was also an hour or two, although the pots and bowls were bought, but there was no food and food, which can only be bought tomorrow.
Li Jianniang decided to order food and come back to eat, originally wanted Cuihong to go out to order, but it was so late and let her a big girl out, Li Jianniang was really a little worried.
"Cuihong, let's go out to dinner."
The two of them cleaned up, closed the door and walked out, walked out of Huaihua Lane, turned left and walked about 300 meters, which was the main street, and it was about ten o'clock in the evening.
Li Jianniang can also feel some of this ancient nightlife up close, and at ten o'clock, the street is still very lively.
"It's so late, these people haven't come home yet."
Cuihong explained: "We have a wharf in Linjiang County, and many people come from other places to do business, and these businessmen sleep late, so the shops close late."
While talking, the two came to a small home-cooked restaurant, and Li Jianniang didn't want to go far, so she planned to order a few dishes here and pack them back.
"Boss, what are your specialties here?"
"What do you want to eat, girl, we mainly have fish here, there are grilled fish, fried fish, fried fish."
"Boss, here's a grilled fish..."
Suddenly, a rough voice came from behind, and Cui Hong's body tightened in fright.
Li Jianniang immediately noticed Cui Hong's nervousness, thinking that she should have met someone she didn't want to meet, and she wanted to step forward and use her body to help
Emerald red block a block, but unfortunately his small body is not as tall as emerald red.
"Yo, who is this, it turned out to be Emerald Red."
Looking back, a bearded man stood in front of him, and Cui Hong greeted him nervously, and took two steps back.
"Brother Leopard..."
"I heard that you were ransomed, how did you get it, I looked down on Brother Leopard and me since I was good."
Emeralds shook her head.
Brother Leopard: "It's okay to meet it, lest I have to look for you everywhere, you remember what I told you last time, be my woman, I won't treat you badly, I will protect you in Linjiang County, no one dares to bully you." β
Cui Hong's face turned pale: "Brother Leopard, I already have a fiancΓ©." β
Brother Leopard's face changed: "Don't be embarrassed, Cui Hong, let me tell you, don't think that everything will be fine if you redeem yourself, my brother Leopard doesn't open your mouth, and your redemption is also for nothing." β
Cui Hong was about to cry: "Brother Leopard, you have a lot, let us go." β
Brother Leopard: "It's the little deflated three in the gambling house, believe it or not, I'm going to abolish him now."
When Cui Hong heard this, she quickly pulled Brother Leopard down: "Brother Leopard, don't." β