Chapter 2 Into the City
"It's on fire, help!" Fang Dui hurriedly slapped the flames burning on his body, the scorching tongue of fire devouring his tattered clothes, licking his dark skin, burning pain. He rolled on the spot, extinguishing most of the flames behind him. At this time, the little girl in red who started the attack happened to run to him, and Fang Du wanted to ask her for help, but she made a naughty face at herself, giggled twice, and then jumped on the roof to chase the squirrel!
"Scald me!" Fang Dui was in a mess, and a terrifying layer of blisters had formed in the area where the fire had been burned, which was unbearable to see. In a hurry, he caught a glimpse of a large water tank filled with water next to him, and he didn't care about cursing the little girl who had hurt him, so he plunged into it!
The coldness of the water temporarily relieved the pain of the burn, and before Fang Du could enjoy this moment of comfort, an angry voice came from behind him, "Where did you come from, wild boy, oops, it's a pity that I have this old wine!" Fang Dui hurriedly turned around, and saw the owner of the tavern called Sleepless Night behind him rushing over with two goatees, stamping his feet, pointing at Fang Dui and shouting, "Stinky boy, you ruined my vat of wine, take the silver to pay for it!"
Fang Du stood up from the water tank in embarrassment, and carefully put the wet sleeve under his nose and sniffed it. I have to say that there is indeed a faint smell of wine in the water, but it is still 108,000 miles away from the old wine that the boss said!
"I, I don't have any money!" Fang Du didn't carry more than half a tael of silver on his body, it was the money he saved his life, if he gave it to the boss, he really couldn't live. The boss stared at him up and down, most of the clothes on Fang Dui's body had been burned, and the rest was just barely covering his shame. The one he was carrying behind him was a burden, and it didn't look like he had silver.
"You ruined my things, I can't just let you go. "The boss looks like he is calculating, since he can't get any money from Fang Dui, it is also profitable to keep him as a free coolie for a few days.
"Ahem!" The boss suddenly made a magnanimous appearance, stretched out his hand with a smile, and pulled Fang Du out of the water tank, "That's it, I think you're also a real person, from the countryside, right?" Fang Dui nodded in a sneer, "I'm from Sanhegou." The boss affectionately put his hand on his shoulder and said, "I think you are also pitiful, why don't you stay in my tavern to help, I will take care of the food and housing, what do you think?"
"Can there be such a good thing?" For Fang Dui, when he first arrived in Yixi City, he found a place to eat and live, which was tantamount to a pie in the sky, and immediately agreed, "I do!" The boss directly took Fang Du to the back, arranged for him to live in the firewood room, and threw him a set of old clothes that didn't fit well, and immediately assigned him to do the first thing.
"Here, here, and here, and the jar of wine, you move to that wagon, and someone will come and pull it away in a moment. The boss pretended to be relaxed and said this, and then instructed, "After doing this, you go to Master Li's house for a trip, his family is doing a happy event today, and we have ordered ten jars of wine from sleepless nights, before dark, you must send it over!"
Before Fang Du could fully sober up from the great joy, the things explained by the boss were stuffed into his head, and he didn't even have time to ask a few more words, the boss walked behind the counter with his hands behind his back, and sat down to drink tea. Fang Du secretly thought, it was just dozens of empty wine jars, and it was difficult for him. He threw off his arms, and in a few moments loaded all the empty jars into the wagon.
"Boss, did you say that you want to send it to Old Man Li's mansion, are these ten jars of wine?" Fang Du saw that there was a small jar of wine in the corner of the wall, and he was about to move it, but he didn't expect the boss to stop him, "No, no, no, it's here!"
The boss pointed to the counter, and Fang Du was stunned. The ten jars of wine placed there, each jar has a full twenty catties, plus the special large wine jar, I am afraid it will be heavier. Fang Du thought about it, those empty wine jars had to be transported by horse-drawn carts, and the boss might also send a carriage to himself to deliver these wines to Old Man Li's mansion.
"Well, our tavern is a small one, and there is only one carriage. The boss's smiling eyes couldn't be seen, "Those empty wine jars must be shipped out, so you can only pick these wines to Master Li's mansion." ”
"Pick myself?" Fang Du was stunned, ten jars of wine, he could only pick two jars at a time, which meant that he had to make five trips. The boss turned his head away from him with a weak heart, "That, thank you for your hard work, go quickly, remember, it must be delivered before dark!"
Fang Duan sighed silently, it seemed that the pie that fell from the sky was not so easy to eat. He went to the backyard to find a deputy pole, picked up two jars of wine, and walked out of the sleepless night.
At this moment, looking at the streets of Yixi City, Fang Duan suddenly felt a sense of intimacy. From now on, he's going to live here. Walking out of the two streets in his heart, Fang Du remembered that he hadn't asked the boss yet, where was this Old Master Li's mansion. It's just that going back at this time, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. Fang Du remembered that the boss had said that there was a happy event going to be held in this Old Man Li's mansion, so he put the wine jar on the ground, walked to a vegetable stall next to him and squatted down and asked, "Old man, where is the old man Li's mansion that is holding a happy event today?"
"Oh, you're going to the Li Mansion, and you're going to the east in front of you, and you'll see the biggest and most generous gate, that's it. The old man didn't even raise his eyelids, Fang Duan asked carefully, "Is this only one surnamed Li doing a happy event?" The old man snorted coldly, "There is no other family, you just go!"
Fang Du picked up the burden in disbelief and walked forward. When passing by the first intersection, Fang Duan realized why the old man would say that. This street is vast, and all of them are dressed in the same costume and full of joy. When Fang Duan saw the gate covered in red and color, he suddenly felt that the old man was not exaggerating, and even deliberately lowered it.
"Hey, what are you doing, didn't you see a happy event in the house today, go and go, go and ask for food!" The slave in front of the gate looked down on people, and when he saw that Fang Dusk's clothes were shabby, he naturally didn't pay attention to it. Fang Du boldly stepped forward and said with a smiling face, "This little brother, I was sent to deliver wine without sleep. The man rolled his eyes at him dissatisfiedly and said, "When did you come, hurry up, send in through the back door!"
Fang Du reluctantly followed the direction of his finger and walked along the wall for a long time before he saw a small open door. The people who came and went went in and out, and Fang Du followed them in. But he didn't take a few steps before he got lost in the heavy rockery wall.