Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 254 Lushan County (3)

All the way was depressed, except for the first few scattered pedestrians running wildly in the rain, there was no one there after that.

There are no inns and shops open for business.Gu Qi and the others walked for a long time, and when they reached the main road of the county, they heard some voices faintly.

Looking around, I saw that there were many houses with open doors on both sides. People rushed in and out with pots and pans, and everyone's faces were filled with joy.

Gu Qi couldn't help but look up at the sky, the heavy rain hit his face and his eyes were wet.Suddenly, I felt that the depression I saw just now seemed to be washed away by the rain.

"Ah Xiao, bring out those two wooden barrels from the woodshed in the backyard of our house. Let's fetch more water today, and Daddy will cook soup for you tonight."

Gu Qixun looked around, and saw that the person speaking was a middle-aged man with a rough face and beard.

At this time, the man was standing in front of the door holding a basin in one hand, his face seemed to be blooming with joy.

While the middle-aged man was talking, a seven or eight-year-old boy ran out behind him. Hearing this, the boy looked distressed:
"Father, the two wooden barrels in our backyard were used to carry manure earlier, is it suitable to hold water?"

"Why is it inappropriate? You have a lot of things to do, and you are not happy to use some water. The dung bucket is no longer a bucket. Didn't it be cleaned up half a year ago?" The middle-aged man frowned.

The little boy's face became even more troubled: "Father, you remembered wrongly. Our house was short of water half a year ago. The dung bucket was dry wiped, and now it still smells!"

The corner of the middle-aged man's mouth trembled when he heard the words, and he said firmly for a while: "Then I have to carry it out. It's raining so hard, I'm afraid it won't be washed clean."

"Oh." The little boy walked back sadly, turned back after a while and said, "Father, why don't I take it out and you wash it?"

"Stinky boy, court death!"

The middle-aged man beat his younger son and continued to happily hold a basin to fetch water. He looked up in boredom, but saw two carriages parked beside him. The leader was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and was holding two horse-drawn carriages. horse.

"Outlander?"

The middle-aged man was surprised, Lushan County hadn't seen a foreigner for a long time.

Gu Qi smiled lightly, and asked: "Dare to ask, brother, how to get to the Yunlai Inn in the east of the city?"

"Are you really a stranger? Are you looking for a hotel to stay?

Don't look for it, the inns in our Lushan County opened and closed a year ago. "The middle-aged man wiped his face and said casually.

Gu Qi smiled, gave Shunzi the reins in his hand, and continued to ask: "The messenger at the gate of the city said just now that the shopkeeper who was transported to the inn lives in the inn, let us try it."

"What did the messenger say? Then there must be someone there. It's just us, this is the south of the city, and you're going to the east of the city. It takes at least an hour to walk."

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his eyes to look at Gu Qi.

Seeing the young man wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat on his head, only one face was exposed, a bit too white, tender and thin. Although it was covered by the coir raincoat, it was hard to tell what the clothes were like inside, but just looking at this face, it seemed that he had never suffered much. Brother son.

Besides, this young man is still leading two horses, followed by two carriages, so he is not short of money.

Thinking of the middle-aged man, he said: "Since you plan to stay overnight, you don't have to find an inn."

"Oh, what do you say, brother?" Gu Qi's expression was indifferent, the corners of his mouth curled up in a polite smile.

"There is still a vacant house next to my house. It is the house of my brother-in-law's house, but they moved away a year ago. This house has been empty and useless.

If you want to stay, how about I borrow it for you at a cheaper price? "The middle-aged man rubbed his hands and asked cautiously.

Shunzi hung the reins of the horse on the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and asked: "Since your house was unoccupied a year ago, how can you lease it to us today? I'm afraid it will cost you just cleaning up the dust and weeds." It's been a few days."

"That's impossible."

The middle-aged man quickly waved his hand: "My mother-in-law is taking care of the yard for her younger brother, and she will run over to tidy it up every now and then. I just tidied it up a while ago, so I can guarantee it can live in."

The middle-aged man asked again: "Did you bring your own bedding?"

I brought them with me at first, but it was a pity that it was soaked by the heavy rain just before entering the city gate, so I can't use them now.Thinking of Shunzi, he shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, I still have some at home, you don't mind being weak, I will ask my mother-in-law to borrow a few beds for you."

As he said that, he seemed to be afraid that Gu Qi and his party would be worried, and added: "Don't worry, everyone, my wife and I are both clean."

"." Gu Qi's mouth moved slightly.

I really love to be clean, a dung bucket for dry cleaning, and a dung bucket for water to make soup.

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It takes an hour to travel from the south of the city to the east of the city on weekdays. According to today's rain, the carriage cannot go fast, and it will take more time.

Jiang Ping and the others were all drenched in the rain, and the weather has not yet warmed up in the windy and cool spring, so if they continue walking like this, they may get sick from the cold.The current situation in Lushan County is not very good, and there are probably no pharmacies and medical halls still open.

In addition, whether the Yunlai inn in the east of the city is really willing to receive foreign businessmen is still unknown. The most important thing is that there is a trapped bronze inscription on the carriage.

If you go to stay in an inn, you will inevitably attract attention if you lift people out of the carriage, but if you don't lift it, the carriage is not airtight and there is always a risk of being discovered.

Thinking about it this way, it is better to have one thing less than one thing more.

Thinking about this, Gu Qi nodded: "Then take us to see it first."

"Success! Success!"

The middle-aged man showed joy, turned his head and shouted towards the door: "Ah Xiao, come and watch the basin for daddy, daddy has something to go out."

"Father, you have to leave, who will wash that dung bucket." Soon, a childish voice came from inside.

The middle-aged man's complexion changed, and he spat into the door: "Little brat, are you in need of cleaning up?
What kind of dung bucket is not a dung bucket, stop talking nonsense. "

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and smiled at Gu Qi: "Children, if they have nothing to do at home, they love to be careless!"

"It's okay." Gu Qi smiled and didn't say much.

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, reluctantly put down the water basin in his hand, and let the water basin catch the rainwater at the door.

Turning around and grinning: "Then I'll take you to have a look. My brother-in-law's house is just next to my house, the gate is in front, and it's only a few steps away."

It was indeed ahead, but the house was more than double the size of the middle-aged man's house. The man unlocked and pushed open the courtyard door, leading Gu Qi and the others in.

This is a courtyard with two entrances, the front yard is relatively large, and the main road paved with rough stone slabs is in the center of the yard.There were some vegetation on both sides, but at this time they have been pulled out completely, leaving only coarse-grained yellow mud piled up on the side.

These loess blocks were originally dried and cracked in the sun. Even though they have been wet and soaked in rainwater for a long time, you can still see the cracks where the mud is about to shatter.

(End of this chapter)