Chapter 4: Crescent City
Chuanhe Country, Crescent City, this is an ordinary small city in the secular world, this morning, a small figure appeared at the gate of the small city.
This man was dressed in tatters, a suit made of animal skins was about to be worn out, and he carried a bow and arrows on his back, but his face was quite delicate, with two big smart eyes, and a few dried hares and pheasants in his hands.
On the way to the barren mountains and mountains, when he was hungry, he roasted some air-dried hares to eat, and when he was thirsty, he drank a sip of snow water, and he inquired about some farmers he occasionally met on the road, and with the direction his father said, Lin Shan finally groped to find this city.
In addition to a dried hare that was eaten as food along the way, Lin Shan now has five pheasants, four hares, and a pair of homemade bows and arrows, which is Lin Shan's entire net worth now.
Along the way, he was thinking about what he should do when he got to the city, and how he could support himself.
However, after thinking about it for a few days, I didn't have a clue, and finally made up my mind and went to the city to talk.
At the gate of the city, there were two young men in armor, holding a spear in their hands, looking back and forth at the people entering and exiting the city, and when they saw a suspicious person, they stopped and asked a few questions.
"These two must be the soldiers my father said. Lin Shan looked at them, thinking in his head.
The two soldiers did not stop Lin Shan from entering the city, and Lin Shan criticized the appearance of the animal skin, and at a glance he knew that he was from the mountain village.
He entered the city smoothly, Lin Shan was very excited when he came to the city for the first time, looked left and right, there were still a lot of soldiers standing on the tall city tower, the soldiers were holding shining knives and guns in their hands, and their eyes were constantly scanning the crowd below, which was intimidating.
"Selling steamed buns, one or two, fragrant and white steamed buns. ”
"Sell apples, big apples are two pennies. ”......
Hawkers shouted at passers-by in the streets.
Whether it was the soldiers standing on the city wall or the vendors selling on the road, Lin Shan saw it very interestingly, the world outside was really lively, in order to express the excitement in his heart, he almost shouted out loudly.
"Purr" walked for a while, and his stomach finally screamed, it was the age of the long body, and the stomach barked easily.
Lin Shan is a little difficult, this is the city, he can't pick up firewood in the city to barbecue hares, this Lin Shan still understands, but there is no copper plate at hand, the concept of copper plate money, his father taught him, people in the city use copper plates to buy things, this is not the village, with the prey obtained from hunting can be exchanged for things.
"Uncle, do you want to buy a hare or pheasant from the mountains?" After thinking for a long time, he finally grabbed a middle-aged man who looked honest.
"This little brother is from the country, and wants to sell the game?" replied, the middle-aged man looked him up and down.
"Yes, I came from the mountains, and you see that I caught pheasants and hares in the mountains.
Would you like to buy one and try it?" Lin Shan shook the pheasant and hare in his hand, his face full of urgency.
"You go down this road, and there's a restaurant around the corner, and they'll probably take it. ”
The middle-aged man smiled, pointed to a big road in front of him and said to Lin Shan.
"Thank you, big brother!" Lin Shan was overjoyed, he trotted all the way, crossed the corner, and really saw it
A two-storey building, on the first floor of the horizontal bar is written "often come to the restaurant" four golden characters.
When I walked through the door, I saw two teenagers wearing small hats and dressed like small guys cleaning the tables and chairs in the hall.
He stepped forward to one of them and asked cautiously, "Big brother, do you want to buy pheasants and hares here?" I have pheasants and hares from the mountains here. ”
"Wait, I'll ask our shopkeeper for you. The young man who was asked looked up at Lin Shan a few times, then nodded and told him.
The young man put down the work in his hand and walked into the back room, and after a while, he brought out a middle-aged man, pointed to Lin Shan and said to the middle-aged man: "Shopkeeper, it's him." ”
The shopkeeper looked at Lin Shan, then at the pheasant and hare in Lin Shan's hand, and said, "This little brother, these pheasants and hares, how do you plan to sell them?"
"This, shopkeeper, I haven't sold it either, you can give as many copper plates as you can. Lin Shan scratched his head and said stupidly.
"Okay, six copper plates for a pheasant, ten copper plates for a hare. Little brother, you look good. The middle-aged man said cheerfully.
"Okay, you just say yes. Lin Shan has no idea how much copper plate there is now, as long as it is money, he can buy food.
"Little brother is also a cheerful person, come, come with me to the counter, and I'll settle the bill for you." The shopkeeper nodded and beckoned to him.
Coming to the counter, the shopkeeper counted out seventy copper plates and handed them to Lin Shan, he took the copper plates, counted them one by one, and then put him into the underwear pocket close to his body, which was the ration at the back.
Lin Shan was not in a hurry to leave, he looked at the lobby again, and saw that the young man who had just spoken to him was sweating profusely and was busy.
He rolled his eyes, had an idea, turned back to the shopkeeper and said, "Uncle, do you still need someone to help here?"
"Are you looking for some errands?" the shopkeeper looked up and looked at him carefully, with a smile on his face.
"I'm an orphan, and now I'm alone. Uncle, I'm very capable, I can wash dishes and set stools, after my father passed away, I was alone in the mountains to take care of myself. ”
"Can you hold it steady?" When the shopkeeper heard that he was an orphan, he was moved by some compassion.
"No problem, no problem, I'm hunting in the mountains, and I can hold my bow and arrow very steadily. Lin Shan heard what the shopkeeper meant, quickly took off the bow and arrow on his back, and looked at the middle-aged man with an eager face.
"Including food and housing, 50 copper plates per month, do you think it's good?"
The shopkeeper nodded, was silent, and spoke to him.
"Okay, thank you, uncle, my name is Lin Shan. Lin Shan was very excited, quickly knelt down, kowtowed to the middle-aged man, his deceased father often taught him to know how to repay kindness, and find a place to settle in this strange town, he was full of gratitude to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper nodded, seeing that Lin Shan was so sensible, he was also happy in his heart.
"Xiaoping, come and take Xiaoshan to settle down, and by the way, tell him about the things we need to pay attention to here. My surname is Xu, just call me Xu Shopkeeper in the future. The middle-aged man first commanded the previous little man, and then turned back to say something to Lin Shan.
"Thank you, shopkeeper Xu, I will work hard. Lin Shan stood up carefully, and the little servant called Xiaoping had come to him.
"Brother Xiaoshan, if you mess with your brother in the future, your brother will cover you. ”
Xiaoping patted him on the shoulder and said with a grin.
"Thank you, Brother Xiaoping!" Lin Shan smirked all over his face, he found a place to settle down so quickly, he still didn't slow down, and it was like a dream.
"Let's go, I'll take you to settle down first. Xiaoping took him by the shoulders and led him quickly towards the backyard.
"From now on, stay here, you sleep on the bed inside, put your things down, and go to the bath first. ”
After a while, Lin Shan followed Xiaoping to a room in the backyard, and Xiaoping pointed to a small room and said to Lin Shan.
He glanced back at him again, entered the room, took out a set of clean clothes from a cabinet, handed it to Lin Shan and said, "Put on this dress after bathing, although it is a little big, but let's put it on first, come out to find me after bathing, I will talk to you, I will be busy in a while." ”
After telling Lin Shan, Xiaoping hurriedly went back to the lobby.
Lin Shan hurriedly put down his bow and arrows, just took out the copper plate, but after thinking about it, he picked up the copper plate again, held the clothes given by Fang Cai Xiaoping, and rushed to the bathroom together.
Soon, Lin Shan, who had changed his clothes, appeared in the lobby, no need to command, he quickly helped Xiaoping set up the tables and chairs, and wiped them clean, the work in the hall was just finished, Xiaoping stuffed a meat bun, "Our restaurant is open every day and closes at the end of the day, we must clean the seats and lobby at the hour." ”......
Lin Shan worked hard to nibble on the buns, listened attentively, fearing that he would miss something, and began his life in the restaurant after entering the WTO on the first day.