Chapter 29 Wuqi Street, Kaifeng City
"Go to take a shower!" Li Zhang threw a set of clothes to the wild dog. A few days ago, he asked the ugly lady to pull a few pieces of cloth and make clothes for the children at home. Now everyone has changed into new clothes. However, Li Zhang's changed clothes were not willing to throw away, but instead washed them and patched them, intending to keep them for the change in the future. Now it is just for the wild dog to give them to them.
"What are you doing when taking a bath?" The wild dog seemed to have no habit of taking a bath. In fact, since Li Zhang saw him, the kid had black mud all over his body, and he could smell the stench three feet away. If he hadn't been injured all over before and could not get water, Li Zhang would have asked him to wash his whole body long ago.
"I'm going to Kaifeng City later, you can accompany me!" Li Zhang said immediately. Wild dogs live underground all year round, with serious lack of life experience, and even no concept of good and evil, right and wrong, so Li Zhang wanted to take him to Kaifeng City for a walk and experience the lives of ordinary people.
When he heard that Li Zhang was going to take him into the city, the wild dog nodded indifferently. The hot water had been boiled. The wild dog brought it over and poured it into a broken tank in the yard, then took off his clothes and jumped in. As a result, the water was completely black in the blink of an eye. Li Zhang originally wanted to boil some hot water, but the wild dog didn't care about hot and cold. After washing it, poured out the water, and then rinsed it directly with cold water. It was still very cold in spring morning, but the wild dog didn't care at all.
When the wild dogs finished washing and changing their clothes, Douzi and Chou Niang happened to come for dinner. However, when they saw the wild dogs who changed their clothes, they didn't dare to recognize each other for a while. In fact, it was not their fault. Even Li Zhang couldn't believe it when he saw the wild dogs who changed their clothes. The wild dogs had beautiful facial features, and because the sunlight was not seen all year round, the skin was sickly white. The long hands and feet were naturally taller than Li Zhang and the others. So the wild dog looked like a pretty and fair boy at this time.
"You... are you a wild dog?" Douzi turned around the wild dog twice at this time and asked in disbelief. The ugly lady next to her stared at the wild dog, and little stars were almost emerging in her eyes. Although this girl was ugly, she usually liked to hear stories about talented men and beautiful women. Although the wild dogs are dressed in worn clothes, if they change into a shirt, they will look like a weak little scholar.
"Yes!" The wild dog was also uncomfortable with Douzi and Chou Niang at this time. Even if he was usually stared at by a group of people for dinner, he would not feel as uncomfortable as he is now.
"Okay, it's already early. Douzi, you can go out to the stall after dinner and breakfast. I'll take the wild dog to see the yard we want to rent. If nothing unexpected happens, we will have our own yard in a few days. Then you won't have to sleep in the shack every day!" Li Zhang dispelled Douzi and the others at this time.
"Huh? Who is he?" At this moment, Li'er also rubbed her eyes and walked out of the room. When she saw a neat wild dog, she shouted in surprise. Although she was thief yesterday, the girl was sleeping very hard. Even though Lu Wu was tossing and thieves in the yard just now, she didn't wake her up.
Seeing Li'er's confused look, Douzi, Chou Niang and others burst into laughter. Then they cooked and prepared things. After breakfast was ready, Li Zhang also called the wild dog to have dinner together. As soon as the wild dog sat down, Chou Niang placed a basket of cakes in front of him. Li Zhang counted about it, and there were a few more than usual, which made him sigh that he was handsome and could indeed be eaten as a meal!
While eating, Lu Wu also came back. Xiangfu County Yamen was in Kaifeng City. He didn't need to send the two thieves to the county Yamen in person, but handed them over to the yamen runners in Bianhe Town. Then someone would naturally escort them there.
"Uncle Wu, let's have something to eat before leaving!" Li Zhang immediately greeted Lu Wu when he saw Lu Wu. Lu Wu was not polite. He knew that Li Zhang's children earned more than him, so he sat down and Li'er also served him a bowl of porridge. However, before Lu Wu could move his chopsticks, he was startled by the sport of the wild dog next to him.
Although Lu Wu had heard Li'er and the others say that wild dogs have a lot of appetite, he didn't know how it was. Now he saw with his own eyes that the other party had a basket of pancakes and half a bowl of porridge. With the left and right of the wild dog, half a basket of pancakes were reduced in the blink of an eye, and half a bowl of rice porridge was soon enough. Although he was a martial artist and usually had a lot of appetite, he could not compare with wild dogs.
"He has always eaten so much?" Lu Wu asked Li Zhang in a low voice.
"Yes, he is worthy of the appetite of more than a dozen of us, but it's not surprising. After all, he is so strong and it's normal for him to have a lot of appetite." Li Zhang also replied with a smile at this time.
"This kid is born with divine power. I am not as good as him by strength alone. Moreover, he reacts quickly and has long hands and feet. He is a good seedling for martial arts." Lu Wu said thoughtfully at this time, which made Li Zhang's heart move, but he opened his mouth and said nothing.
After breakfast, Lu Wu took Li Zhang and the wild dog to enter the city, and Li Er also clamored to go. Lu Wu felt sorry for Li Er the most, so before Li Zhang could express his opinion, he nodded first, so the four of them set off together and agreed to bring gifts to Chou Niang and the others.
Bianhe Town was originally born with Kaifeng City, and the distance between the two sides was very close. Standing in Bianhe Town, you can see the walls of Kaifeng City. As long as you walk along the Bianhe River, you can reach the city under Kaifeng City in less than an hour. The Bianhe River flows into Kaifeng City through a water gate, and there is a corner gate next to the water gate, which is called the Bianhe Koumen. Li Zhang and others entered Kaifeng City through the corner gate.
As soon as I entered the city, I saw a prosperous atmosphere coming towards me. The wide streets were full of carriages, and there were mostly two-story wooden buildings on both sides of the street. Most of them opened shops to do business. Various store flags were waving in the wind. People were living upstairs. From time to time, some young ladies from a family opened the window and showed half of their graceful figure, which made the disciples downstairs shout loudly, but they were often greeted by pouring water.
This wide street is called Nanmen Street. The south of the road ahead is Kaifeng Prefecture, which is famous all over the world. However, the current Kaifeng Prefecture is not Bao Zheng. Calculate the time. Bao Zheng is only in his twenties and is probably studying hard at home. He will not pass the imperial examination in a few years. As for him to become the prefecture of Kaifeng, he will have to wait for more than 20 years.
After Lu Wu took Li Zhang and the others into Nanmen Street, he was still far from Kaifeng Prefecture and turned north to a slightly smaller street, then walked about a mile and finally turned to a not-wide street. The yard with a shop that Lu Wu found for Li Zhang was on this street.
"This street is called Wuqi Street. Because there is a Wuqi Temple at the west end of the street. Although this street is not very long, there are many residents around it. In addition, there are cattle and horse markets and vegetable markets on the Wuqi Temple. Many people pass by this street every day, so the shops here are quite good. If you want to rent them, you don't even think about it if you don't have forty or fifty cents a year." Lu Wu introduced to Li Zhang and the others while walking.
While listening to Lu Wu's introduction, Li Zhang observed the situation on the street. He saw that there were indeed many shops on both sides of the street, and pedestrians were endless. Many people were dressed in bright clothes. Even the clothes of ordinary people were not like those of Bianhe Town. The capital is worthy of being the capital. The quality of life here is obviously one level higher than that outside.
However, just as Li Zhang and the others walked forward, they suddenly found that Li'er was missing, which made him panic. However, when he turned his head, he found that Li'er was standing in front of the stall of the fried sugar cake, staring at the fried sugar cake with his eyes straight at the fried sugar cake, and his saliva was almost flowing out.
The so-called sugar cake is actually wrapped in noodles with sugar, pinched into cakes and fryed in a pot. When the two sides are golden, the sugar in the sugar will melt. Because the sugar in the Song Dynasty was relatively expensive, such sugar cakes were not cheap. At least Li Zhang and his sister couldn't afford it at all. Even if they had money now, Li Er still watched and didn't dare to let Li Zhang buy it.
Seeing Li'er's jealous look, Li Zhang couldn't help feeling a little distressed. He turned around and bought four sugar cakes. He originally wanted to buy more for Douzi and the others, but he thought that he would meet the people who rented the yard later. It was not convenient to hold too many things, so he decided not to buy them when he went back.
With the sugar cake, Li'er's eyes were filled with joy and she smiled like crescent moons. She carefully gnawed the sugar cake while walking. Lu Wu didn't like to eat sweet things, so she gave Li'er his own. Li Zhang and the wild dog each had one, but the candy cake disappeared as soon as the wild dog opened its mouth. Li Zhang even suspected that he hadn't tasted whether the sugar cake was sweet or salty?
"At this, the yard we want to rent in front!" After walking about half a street, Lu Wu pointed to a two-story wooden corridor in front of him. Li Zhang hurriedly accelerated his pace when he got closer. When he got close, he realized that the wooden building did not cover a large area, about twenty or thirty square meters, and the door face downstairs was also very small. Compared with the lively shops around, the small building was very deserted. Many people even deliberately took a few steps when they walked to the front of the building, as if they were afraid of bad luck.
"Lu Bantu, you are here. Xiaode has been waiting for you for a long time!" At this moment, a person walked out of the small building and saw Lu Wu immediately greeted him. He saw that this person was about the same age as Lu Wu, with a round and fat appearance, with a wisp of mountain beard under his jaw, and his little round eyes were a bit cunning. He looked like that kind of smart businessman.
"Shopkeeper Li doesn't have to be polite to me. The one who wants to rent your yard is my nephew. Let's go in and check it out first. If it's good, then discuss the price." Lu Wu pointed to Li Zhang beside him and said.
Chapter completed!