"Hey, sir, your horse doesn't eat meat and doesn't even look at it."
The shop assistant walked into the store with a small piece of fat meat, his face full of displeasure, and complained to Zhu Pingan.
"Oh, forget it if you don't want to eat." Zhu Pingan nodded calmly, calmly and calmly.
"ah?"
The shop assistant opened his mouth wide, and then glanced at Zhu Pingan again. He saw that Zhu Pingan was very indifferently supporting his clothes on a wooden stick to bake. He thought for a long time, and then looked at the people who were watching the excitement and returning without any results.
, and then he suddenly realized what he was saying.
The people who had just gone out with the store clerk to watch the horses eating meat out of curiosity are now back, making all kinds of complaints and humiliations, such as "There are no horses eating meat, they are really stupid", etc., but when they come back now,
Seeing Zhu Ping'an baking clothes with a nonchalant expression, some of them were crowded but couldn't squeeze in to warm themselves by the fire, and then they became aware of it.
The clothes were relatively thin, so Zhu Pingan baked them for a while before drying them out. At this time, the waiter also brought over the meal Zhu Pingan had ordered. Being able to have a warm meal in a stormy time is nothing less than a feast for the eyes.
In order to enjoy it, I took out the pickled cucumbers made by my mother Chen and ate them deliciously.
While Zhu Pingan was eating, another person entered the store in the rain and was soaked to the skin. This person should be a salesman on the road. He carried two baskets of goods on a pole and entered the store in a hurry. When he entered the store, the salesman tried to
Squeeze around the fire pit to warm yourself up. Clothes, especially the goods in the baskets, need to be dried to reduce losses caused by wet goods.
However, just like when Zhu Ping'an first came in, the salesman couldn't squeeze in after squeezing a few times. It was windy and rainy that day, the temperature was more than ten degrees lower than usual, but people's clothes were as thin as usual.
, it is rare to rely on the fire pit to keep warm, and no one is willing to give up their position.
The salesman looked at the goods in the basket with distress and despair.
"Come here, my clothes are already baked." When Zhu Pingan, who was eating, noticed, he stretched out his hand towards the salesman.
"Thank you, sir." The salesman thanked Zhu Pingan with a joyful expression.
"You're welcome, it's just a little effort." Zhu Pingan shook his head with a smile, packed up his things, and walked to the empty seat near the door.
The salesman thanked Zhu Pingan repeatedly, and when he got to the fire pit, he laid out the goods in the basket for baking. Fortunately, the goods were baked in time, and the loss was within an acceptable range. He was even more grateful to Zhu Pingan in his heart.
On a May day, Sun Houhou's face changes at every turn. Zhu Pingan had just finished eating when he noticed that the rain outside was getting lighter and lighter. When Zhu Pingan had tidied up his salutes and changed into dry clothes, the rain outside was starting to change.
The rain has stopped.
Good people are indeed rewarded. Zhu Pingan looked at the weather outside and curled his lips slightly. After paying 28 yuan for the meal, Zhu Pingan walked out of the store with his luggage. He put the salute back on the horse and waited.
After the horses drank enough water, they set foot on the road heading north again.
Working hard, Zhu Pingan arrived at the dock on the Yangtze River before sunset in the afternoon and caught up with the last passenger ship that anchored and set sail from the dock.
There is a shed specifically for livestock on the ship. Horses can also get on the ship, but they need to pay an extra fare. Zhu Pingan paid two fares and led the horse onto the ship. The sailor took the horse to the livestock shed.
, Zhu Pingan carried his luggage and entered the arranged cabin. There was already one person in the cabin, an old man who went to Nanjing to visit relatives. Zhu Pingan came in and said hello to the old man, then he put the salute under the bed and settled down.
We dropped anchor and set sail, all the way down the river. Because it had just rained, the air was moist and slightly cool, and a cool breeze blew. It was very comfortable to lie on the bed in the cabin.
It was already sunset in the evening when we anchored and set sail. Although it had just rained heavily, there has been little precipitation along the Yangtze River recently, and the water level of the river is much lower than in previous years. Reefs in many places along the way have also surfaced or even though they have not surfaced,
It has also caused hidden dangers to ship navigation. Considering these circumstances, ship navigation speed is much slower than in previous years.
This also strengthened Zhu Pingan's idea of riding into Beijing after arriving in Nanjing.
After a short rest, the fatigue of riding horses all the way was gone. Except for the sound of water, it was very quiet outside. Zhu Pingan turned on the oil lamp in the cabin and took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his luggage. While riding on the road, Zhu Pingan
I went over the matter of impeachment and killing of good people for taking merit, and also went through similar allusions and documents that I had read in modern times, and summarized the key points. Now, by the light of the oil lamp, Zhu
Ping An organized the summary on rice paper.
"Young man, are you going to Yingtian Mansion to take the college examination?" The old man in the same cabin asked in an affirmative tone as he watched Zhu Ping'an splashing ink on the oil lamp.
"I" Zhu Pingan stopped writing and considered how to answer the old man.
"I have a nephew who, like you, also went to Yingtian Mansion to take the college exam, but he had already left a few days ago." The old man classified Zhu Pingan among those who took the college exam before he could answer.
"Where are you from, young man?" the old man asked again.
"I'm from Anqing Mansion." Zhu Pingan replied.
"Anqing Mansion is great. One of you got the top prize, did you hear about it?" The old man nodded after hearing that Zhu Ping'an came from Anqing Mansion.
"Yeah." What else could he say? Zhu Ping'an could only say yes and nodded.
"This is your first time to take the college exam. You started a little late, but the first time you take the college exam is to gain experience. This is the third time for my nephew this year. I have prepared all his luggage.
Let me tell you, you must prepare a hollow inkstone and a writing brush to take the college examination." The old man was quite talkative and even gave Zhu Ping'an some experiences in the college exam.
Zhu Ping'an had no choice but to listen attentively, and occasionally he would hum, and the old man was chatting enthusiastically, until it was late at night outside, and in the middle of the moon, the talkative old man was too old to stay up late, so he finally fell asleep.
After the old man went to bed, Zhu Ping'an continued to write and summarize relevant information. It was not until midnight that he blew out the oil lamp and went to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, around five or six o'clock, the passenger ship had already sailed to Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture, which was only an hour or two away from Nanjing. After Zhu Ping'an got up and washed himself, he fed the horse some water and grass.
, returned to the cabin to pack up, and prepared to disembark when the ship arrived at Yingtianfu.
Zhu Ping'an had just finished cleaning up when he felt a commotion outside the boat, and soon the boat stopped near the river.
"The official is handling the case. Please make it convenient for everyone to dock and disembark and wait for the official to finish the errand before we set off on our journey." The owner of the passenger ship informed each cabin to apologize.
When he got off the boat, Zhu Ping'an heard that a murder seemed to have occurred, and that the county magistrate was leading an official to handle the case. (~^~)