Chapter 6 Learn to deal with others
As soon as you enter the city, it is really lively, it is really full of people, cars come and go, mixed with pedestrians.
The little heads of the children are not enough, look at the loud shouting of the stalls on the street, and the little two at the door of the major restaurants are picking up and welcoming them.
There are old people who set up stalls to tell fortunes, there are jugglers who perform wonderfully, there are brothel girls who twist their waists upstairs and shake their hands to greet guests, and children chasing and playing can be described as a sea of people.
Only Shi Zi has heard this from Mo Lao's story, and at this time, he is also happy in his heart, and his eyes keep watching, and the old man in the iron hat can't laugh when he looks at the children like this, and his little heads are like chicks in the nest.
The convoy walked from the east gate to the west gate, where there was a caravan station, and everyone got off the bus as soon as they arrived at the gate of the station.
Zheng Lao and Jiang Tao both greeted the caravan personnel from various countries, and the five children got out of the carriage and looked at the huge building in front of them in shock.
"It's such a big house, it's still a piece of practice, I've seen it," Goudan said with his mouth wide open.
Xiao Chai pursed his lips and swallowed, "There can be a lot of people living in it, it must be"
The old man in the iron hat slowly walked to their side and said, "Follow Elder Zheng, he will arrange a place for you to live, I will go and tie up the horses and put the cart in a while, and I will be back in a while."
Zheng Lao stretched out his hand not far away to beckon them over, and the others began to unload their goods, Zheng Lao walked in front with his back hand, and the five children followed behind.
The first thing I saw when I entered the post hall was that there were people from various caravans drinking and eating and laughing and playing on the wine tables, and there were more than 20 tables in the hall, and two bookkeepers on the counter were making calculations.
There is a plaque on the top of his head, gilded with big characters, "Ancheng is home", Zheng Lao has not walked over, and a middle-aged man inside greeted him with both hands, "Zheng Lao, Zheng Lao has not come in for many days, it's good, the room has been booked for you, all the sunny rooms have been booked for you, and the good fragrant tea in the house has been good, are there any other requirements?"
Zheng Lao nodded and said, "Add one more Tianzi four-person room, just be closer to me."
"Okay, this will be done for you, please wait a while, you are in the number one of the bird words on the right hand" The middle-aged man bowed deeply and returned to the counter.
Zheng Lao led the children to his own house, as soon as he entered the room, it was extremely spacious, with a large round table and eight round stools, two wide chairs against the wall, a bath barrel with a screen on the side, and a wardrobe and container.
"Sit down, children, if there is tea on the table, drink it when you are thirsty," Zheng Lao sat on a wide chair and picked up a bowl of tea on the coffee table next to him, and the lid was open to exude the fragrance of tea.
Slowly lowered his head and took a sip of tea and said, "Qian Yunli, if you are ready, I will take you to your fifth uncle's inn for a while, and I will rest assured that I will settle you well."
Looking at the hope of the pier, he was looking at the decoration in the house, and Erwang was kicked in the ass before he knew.
Dunzi blushed and replied, "Trouble Zheng Lao, you have this way, I just have a small burden, and I can go if I go."
Zheng Lao nodded slightly and said, "That's good, that's good, Zhao Shiyu, you also go out with me, I need your token to use it, Zhao Zhan, Qian Ye, Qian Liang, you go back to the house to rest, we will stay in Ancheng for three days, and we will set off, and there is time to play."
The three of them wanted to follow, but they were afraid that Zheng Lao would be angry, so they had to agree.
At this time, the guy at the door knocked on the door and said, "The flowers that Mr. Zheng opened for you are next door as soon as you go to the room, you can move in, do you have any other requirements?"
"Just change to a big wooden basin and put the bath water not too hot," Zheng Lao replied
"Okay, I'll arrange it in a moment," the guy hurried downstairs
"The five of you go to your room first, I'll look for you later, don't run around" The five of them went out and walked to the door of the next guest room, and looked up at a room with a card written on it.
The door was open, and this room was bigger than Zheng Lao's room, and the two big beds were just four people living in Shizi asked everyone to sit down.
The innkeepers replaced the barrel with a larger one, and four or five men brought in hot water and filled the barrel with bath water in a short time, then poured out the door and closed it with his hand.
"Dunzi, you have to live well at your fifth uncle's house, we have to go farther than you, and there is a chance that our brothers will meet again," Shi said with a smile
"Look at what you said, this guy has eaten a little fat in the past few days, look at this face, it is obviously round, and it looks more and more like a pig Haha" Er Wang also said.
Dunzi's face was full of reluctance to separate from everyone, but he said, "You are the pig, my face is round, your ass is round."
As soon as he raised his foot, Erwang kicked the pier, and then the two of them started fighting.
"Come down, don't make a fuss, hurry up," Songtao shouted downstairs.
Shizi took out the token from the bamboo box and closed it, the burden on the back of the pier was already standing at the door waiting, the two went out and the dun turned around to look at the dog, Xiao Chai and Er Wang clasped their fists with both hands and turned around to go out, and the two went downstairs to Songtao's side.
Song Tao took them out of the post station, and had already inquired about the seat of the inn of the fifth uncle of Dunzi, and a coachman next to him drove the carriage to call them up, Zheng Lao waved his hand and set off, and the car went through the streets and alleys to an inn "Zhoujia Inn"
As soon as he entered the door, the guy should come up, "Call your boss to come and discuss something, let's go" Song Tao didn't wait for the guy to speak.
The four of them entered the inn, and there were four tables downstairs, and there was a guest house on the second floor, which was extremely clean.
After a while, a chubby middle-aged man walked briskly, and the stone looked very similar to the pier, with two small mustaches at the corners of his mouth and it was very pleasing.
"What is the matter with you, guest officer, I am here"
Zheng Lao smiled: "There is a letter from your sister, this child is called Dunzi, you don't need me to say more, you are really like"
Dunzi looked back at his fifth uncle, and Dunzi's fifth uncle smiled and hurriedly said, "You call Dunzi, tell your uncle to take a good look."
Dunzi gave a deep salute honestly, "Hello fifth uncle, my parents asked me to help you here, and asked me to learn skills and be a boss like you"
"Okay, okay, you don't have to do anything to stay with your uncle, I'll talk to this old gentleman first and take you to the backyard to live in a while."
Zheng Lao chatted with Dunzi's fifth uncle for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.
The stone was separated from the pier, and the pier kept watching the carriage leave at the door, and never wanted to enter the house.
Stone they turned a few corners and came to a soft couch leather shop with a purple fur cushion hanging from the door.
A beautiful young woman at the door twisted the waist of a water snake, wearing a dark white shirt and a bamboo skirt with a blue background.
Holding a round fan in his hand, he walked gently, "Ah, isn't this Zheng Lao? Brother Songtao is also a rare guest."
Zheng Lao stepped up and hugged his fist, "Boss Li's business is prosperous, you sell the skins we sent well."
"Okay, good, very good, the leather goods you brought have been sold, and we are still waiting for you to come there," Boss Li said, but his eyes looked at Songtao.
Song Tao was also smiling, but his eyes looked back and forth on Boss Li's face and chest and said, "Boss came to see the goods in the car, this time there are a few precious skins that are very good."
This Boss Li's name is Li Jinxiu, a beautiful and delicate but famous Kefu, it is rumored that she died of the four prime ministers, all of them died by accident.
The last prime minister was the boss of this cloth shop, and she took over after her death.
Her reputation was outside, and no one dared to marry, so she made an appointment with a few good people and simply didn't marry, and Songtao was one of them.
Most of the rabbit and fox skins on the car are in good condition, and there are a few mountain leopard skins and a mountain tiger skin.
Li Jinxiu touched each skin with his hand and reached out to beckon the guy, "I want it, how about Zheng Lao"
Zheng Lao is the reincarnation of the fox spirit, and his eyes are staring at Li Jinxiu's charming eyes, "This is not good, I came to your house first for the sake of Songtao's face, this batch of goods is the goods of several families, how can I explain it to the old customer?"
Songtao came up to cater to this pair, but it was a good partner, and walked to Li Jinxiu's side with a smile, "Zheng Lao gave me a face, put it down for Xiu'er, she won't lose our price"
Shi Zi looked at everything about them and laughed out loud, and he had heard a lot of stories about Zheng Lao's profiteers along the way.
The skins were accepted by Li Jinxiu, and Songtao was left to wait for the money to be collected, and to negotiate the leather for the next order.
Zheng Lao called the coachman back to the post station, took the stone to a salt store, and touched his beard and smiled happily as he walked.
"Girls Gou Yehan, don't go home that night," Shi Zi said with a smile.
Zheng Lao looked at the stone and said, "You little ghost, you know everything, you are a big ghost."
Shi Zi scratched his head, "I also heard from the aunts and aunts at the entrance of the village, I guess it's like this" Zheng Lao laughed.
The salt shop has arrived, and as soon as you enter the door, you will see that the façade is as big as the inn hall, which is full of salt, and an old man who is so fat that he walks panting for breath greeted him, and two bodyguards with knives followed him, "This old brother has something to do, buy salt or use salt road"
Zheng Lao smiled and saluted, "I am the shopkeeper of the Zheng family's caravan to bring in more than a dozen loads of salt, can you always give the goods?"
The two old men are both discerning and thoughtful people, and they can just speak directly.
As soon as the fat old man stretched out his hand, the bodyguard walked away, picking up a string of golden rosaries in his hand and playing with it, "There can be an official token, or a salt token."
Zheng Lao turned around and asked Shizi to take out the token, and then handed it to Zheng Lao.
Old Zheng took the token in his hand and slowly handed it to the fat old man, the fat old man looked at it and immediately nodded solemnly and handed back the token, "In Xia, Wu Fangyuan is the boss of the salt store in this city, and his brother's surname is noble."
Zheng Lao smiled and touched his beard, "Under Zheng Hao, the Zheng family caravan is mine, and the old man can do business with Boss Wu?"
Salt is a million profits, the goods are the union of officials and businessmen, the income is high, but the combination with the Zheng family caravan is several times more profit, there are thousands of caravans in various countries, but the salt caravan can be counted with two hands, this is a big cooperation and big deal.
The fat old man smiled and said, "I'll ask someone to write an agreement, come on, sit down and taste the mountains and rivers of Zhao Guo, but it's my baby."
After the two elders sat down, Shizi also sat next to Zheng Lao, and the Yanxing guy came up with a pot of tea, and the teapot and teacup made of gold with purple sand liner on the outside were not luxurious.
The tea is fragrant, and the tea fragrance is exuded from the stomach to the mouth, and the stone does not understand and thinks it is very delicious.
After a while, the account room took the agreement and sent the carrier pigeon, Zheng Lao stretched out his hand to take the agreement and the pigeon cage and said with a smile: "The carrier pigeon is a good baby, Brother Wu, you have broken the cost hahaha"
Wu Fangyuan nodded and replied, "It's a Yanfang carrier pigeon, and every time you go to a country, you can exchange it for carrier pigeons, is it to protect the caravan and ensure that everyone gets rich?"
Zheng Lao picked up the agreement and nodded, and Wu Fangyuan also asked someone to bring the ink.
The two parties wrote their names with a brush, pressed their handprints on the back, and then asked the stone to take out the token and smear it with ink, and rubbed it on the front and back of the agreement.
Zheng Lao got up and said goodbye to the loading in three days, Shi Zi felt that he was being used and couldn't speak, Zheng Lao took Shi Zi into the iron shop and then to the cloth shop, Shi Zi shook his head So what.
Walking around the market for a long time, although the market is very lively, Shizi feels more and more bored in his heart.
When it was dark to the post station, Shizi went directly back to their flower No. 1 room, the dog Dan Xiaochai and Er Wang were eating that table of delicious food, Shizi saw it and rushed to eat without saying a word, and after the meal, the four of them were washing and playing in the big bath bucket, taking a clean and hot water bath or this is the first time.
Shizi and his friends frolicked all the bad mood of being used during the day to fade away, and the four of them fell asleep on the soft and big bed. But the stone quietly hid the token.