Chapter 7 The Dong Family Inn is doing small work, and the newcomers are busy with work

For several days, the dirty hand explained the affairs to Ning Yu in detail. Including the situation of the Dong Family Inn, the next arrangements and matters that need to be paid attention to him, as well as basic espionage skills and secrecy methods, it can be regarded as the first training for him, a newcomer in the espionage industry. After Ning Yu memorized everything, just after noon on this day, he led him to the Dong Family Inn in the east of the village.

The inn is not small, close to the avenue, the inn is divided into two courtyards, the front is a sharp dining room and the front cabinet, the back yard is a 2-storey small building, belonging to the guest room area, the courtyard is on both sides of the kitchen, firewood room, thatched toilet, mule and horse shed, warehouse and other facilities. The inn is simply decorated and full of rustic flavor.

At this moment, the meal has just passed, the sun is full, there are few pedestrians on the road, and there are almost no customers in the inn.

Behind the counter stood a young woman in a green skirt, who looked about 30 years old, with a little powder, a wooden hairpin, quite a bit of posture, and was facing the ledger at the moment.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Lao Dong, I brought someone to you, you come out and have a look." ”

The lady heard the dirty hand shouting, and quickly turned out from behind the cabinet, and greeted: "It's Brother Zhang who is here, Lao Dong will go to the back to bring water to the guests, Big Brother will wait a while, he will come in a while." ”

"Hehe, no hurry, no hurry. He waved his hand and said, "Brother and sister, I brought it to you, how can you take a look first?"

The young woman looked Ning Yu who was following behind her hand up and down, and said with a smile: "This is the Li Wang brother that Brother Zhang said a few days ago, what a talent." The original guy has returned to his hometown, and the store is now short of manpower, so I am afraid that our small family has wronged Brother Zhang's brother. ”

"No grievances, no grievances. The dirty hand laughed, turned around and patted Ning Yu on the shoulder, and said, "This kid doesn't know anything except the strength of a handle, and he used to carry coolies in his hometown." When you get to your brother and sister, you can rest assured. Li Wang, this is the wife of the shopkeeper Dong, you have to call the boss lady. ”

Ning Yuzhuo saw that he was selling himself like selling livestock, and he was slandered in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, and he stepped forward to salute and said: "Boss, Li Wang's hometown is in trouble, and his family can't find it, so he came here to join his cousin, and he is already grateful to be taken in by you and the shopkeeper, where do you dare to say that you are wronged." If you have any work in the future, just give orders, Li Wang can't do anything else, and he still has a handful of strength. ”

The lady of the Dong family smiled and said: "Brother Zhang and we belong to the township, and we are also taken care of by Brother Zhang on weekdays, Brother Li Wang, you don't want to see outside, don't be the boss lady and the boss lady's birth, if you don't dislike it, call the slave family sister-in-law." ”

As he spoke, there was a knock on the door behind him, and a man dressed in a long shirt came in, carrying a kettle in his hand. When he looked up and saw his dirty hand, he greeted with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhang is here?"

The lady of the Dong family said: "Brother Zhang brought his brother over, you talk to the eldest brother, and look at the salary for Brother Li Wang." ”

The dirty hand had already told Ning Yu before, the shopkeeper's pseudonym was Dong Sihai, and his wife's pseudonym was Dong Zhou, both of them were ordinary people who had no cultivation, but Dong Sihai and his wife were good at using medicine, and they were rare masters of medicine in the C-shaped room. Dong Sihai put down the kettle, walked over and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, this is the brother you talked about a few days ago? ”

"The shopkeeper is good" Ning Yu stepped forward to salute.

Dong Sihai waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Li Wang, don't be polite. I know Brother Zhang very well, and my business is mostly taken care of by my eldest brother. The store is short of manpower right now, so if you don't dislike it, stay in the store. Salary, 100 wen a month, Brother Zhang, what do you think? If it is less, I will add more, and I have to satisfy my eldest brother. ”

Dirty hand said: "Brother Dong is generous enough. 100 Wen is a lot, he eats alone, the whole family is not hungry, he used to carry a big bag, tired and dirty, it is better to earn more than this. Li Wang, don't hurry up and thank the shopkeeper. ”

Ning Yu laughed in his heart, I don't have anything to do with my feelings, you two just give the matter, and you really become a livestock seller! He pretended to be grateful: "Thank you, shopkeeper." Those who have fled are grateful to have something to eat, and these wages are very good, very good!"

Dong Sihai turned to Ning Yu and said: "One yard is one yard, how can there be a reason for calling people not to pay wages in vain." Brother Li Wang, our inn is mainly to usher in and serve guests. The kitchen and counter have me and my insider's support, you don't have to care. You are mainly responsible for serving customers, such as the top diners, the guests staying in the hotel, from the moment you enter the door to the time you go out. Now the meal is just over, it is the time to relax, on weekdays at this time you clean up, or go to the firewood room to chop some firewood, if the guests want hot water, wine and food, you are responsible for delivery, and then to the village to buy materials, nothing else, two days will be done. It's not tiring, but it's fragmentary, and I'll talk to you about it one by one later. ”

Ning Yu responded.

On the side, he saw that Dong Sihai and Ning Yu were almost talking, and then said goodbye: "Okay, Brother Dong, people will put it here for you, don't look at my face and be polite to him, just call him what you want." I still have something to do at home, so I'll leave first. ”

Dong Sihai said with a smile: "Since Brother Zhang has something, then I won't stay." Come here another day, let's have a drink. ”

As he spoke, Dong Sihai sent his hands out, Ning Yu was already a man, so it was not easy to go out, looked around, and consciously picked up a rag and began to clean the tables and chairs. Dong Zhou saw it behind the counter, nodded with satisfaction, and lowered his head to make calculations.

Dong Sihai sent the dirty hand back, and when he entered the door, he saw Ning Yu working, and said with a smile: "Brother Li just came today, don't be in a hurry to get started, I'll lead you around our store first to familiarize yourself with the environment." By the way, I will tell you about the work you have to do on a daily basis. ”

Ning Yu put down the work in his hand and followed Dong Sihai.

Dong Sihai led Ning Yu around the store, looked at the guest rooms, firewood rooms, warehouses, etc., one by one, and introduced them to a few guests he met. When he returned to the dining room in the front yard, Dong Sihai informed Dong Zhou, and went to the kitchen to get busy.

Ning Yu then cleaned the tables and chairs, and when he was done, he felt that he had nothing to do, so he simply asked the proprietress where the tools were, and swept the floor of the dining room, and then went to the firewood room to chop a bundle of firewood.

After this period of time, there were gradually more pedestrians on the road, so Ning Yu moved a bench and sat at the door, watching all kinds of people coming and going on the official road. Keeping an eye on people passing by is one of the tasks assigned to him by the dirty hands.

The Ministry of Soil is mainly responsible for the internal intelligence collection of the six counties of the Fengjia, and its responsibilities are not only to investigate the external forces that have entered the six counties, but also to supervise the affairs of the six counties. The secret agents of the Ministry of Earth are all over the six counties, from the small pawns in cloth clothes to the military and political officials, all of whom have the presence of secret agents of the Ministry of Soil, which can be said to be pervasive. If there is a slight disturbance in the six counties, the soil department will hear about it, and after screening by the homeowners, valuable information will be reported to the Feng family. This is also a strong guarantee for the Feng family to be able to control the six counties. Of course, in order to establish such a huge spy organization, the Feng family has to invest a lot of manpower and material resources every year, but the effect is remarkable, and the six counties have been stable and peaceful for decades, and no major events have happened.

Of course, not everyone should pay attention. The dirty hand reminded Zhao Zhuo that people were staring at officials, soldiers, merchants, and gentry, and goods were looking at money, grain, salt, and iron. The former refers to officials, armies, merchants, and gentry, who are either powerful, rich, or famous, and are prone to involve military and political affairs between them, while the latter refers to gold, silver, grain, salt, and iron, and these goods are only small in quantity, and if the amount is large, there is a suspicion of hoarding and turmoil, so we should pay attention to it.

He sat until the afternoon, when the lady of the Dong family called him to prepare to greet the guests, and Ning Yu got up, during which he had been using his spirit to probe passers-by, and several places that needed attention were secretly remembered in his heart. He stipulates that he must report the information every day, and every time he returns to the village to buy, he must submit a comprehensive report. The dirty hand will compare Ning Yu with the information handed over by other teahouses and wine shops, so as to give Ning Yu an assessment.

After getting up and picking it up, Ning Yu walked out of the door of the inn. This point is not early, this place is still far from the county town, many guests who are in a hurry often choose to find an inn to rest and stay overnight, and then set off the next day. Although several inns here are their own people, they still have to be done. Therefore, at this time, the guys in each store began to stand at the door to solicit customers and grab business, which was also instructed by Dong Sihai in advance.

Ning Yu did it for the first time, and shouted a few times from the guys in several other inns, and felt that it was up, so he let go of the shelf, after all, he was a cultivator, full of energy, his voice was loud, and his appearance was good, and several guests who wanted to stay in the hotel walked into the Dong family inn after him shouted like this, causing a few guys from other families on the opposite side to roll their eyes.

Ning Yu saw that the other party's acting skills were so exquisite, he secretly laughed, and ignored it, helping the guests lead the way and unloading the goods, and helping to lead the livestock to the mule and horse shed to feed, and then wipe the table and sweep the stools, serve tea and pour water, and after a while, the front hall was full of people. Because there was no meal, the guests unloaded the goods, got the room card and went to the backyard to rest, and some sat in the front hall to drink tea and chat, because there were many guests, the Dong family lady also came out and Ning Yu together Zhang Luo, to the guests on some melons and fruits snacks, pour tea.

After being busy for a while, when it was time to eat, the guests began to order food one after another, and some people in the backyard asked for wine and food to eat in the room, so Dong Sihai began to go in and out of the house. To Ning Yu's blessing, business is very good today, Ning Yu's voice of announcing the name of the dish has not stopped, Dong Sihai was sweating profusely in the kitchen, and in the end, even Dong Zhou's family went in to help and barely coped.

After eating, Ning Yu led the guests to the backyard room again, came back to clean up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and sent footwashing water to each room, and finally followed Dong Sihai to the door, patrolling the front and back yards, and the day's work was completed. At this time, it was already night, and the sky was full of stars and moons.

Farewell Dong Sihai, Ning Yu's room was in a small house in the front yard, and the environment was simple, but he didn't care, closed the door and sat cross-legged on the kang to start his day's cultivation. The night is quiet, the cool breeze is blowing, the five elements of aura surround the body, in the past few days after leaving the barracks, he has been in the cultivation every night, without a single break, the yin is empty, the spirit helps, the practice speed of "Guiyuan Lu" has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the result is twice the result with half the effort, at this moment in Ning Yu's body, the meridians are transparent, the muscles and bones are like jade, and he has faintly reached the Great Perfection realm in the early stage of refining, and I believe that the first breakthrough will be completed soon and enter the middle stage of refining. However, Xiuzhen is against the sky, and when the mirror is broken, it is often accompanied by visions, and when the time comes, you must find an excuse to leave and find a place where no one is to break through. But that's all for later.

Suppressing his thoughts, Ning Yu sank his mind and concentrated on cultivating again.