Chapter 7 Xiaoyang Mountain 【Ask for a red ticket in advance】
The newborn sun pierced the darkness, and the rays of rays of light shone into the ruined temple from the roof that had long since cracked, restoring some life to the gloomy ruined temple.
The homeless people gathered in the ruined temple had already gone out early to queue up to receive gruel and steamed buns, leaving only rags on the ground. The skinny pony was still lying on the same spot, holding its head high and chewing the hay in its belly.
The dirty hair under his neck was shaking constantly, looking lazy and unhurried.
Zhao Yuan woke up very early. He didn't want too many people to see him, so he didn't rush to Wan's house to line up.
It was not until noon that Zhao Yuan rushed to Wan's house.
The Ma family is in Hexi, and the Wan family and Xiao family are both in Hedong. However, most of the shops operated by the three families are in Hedong.
Wanjia is located at the end of the east end of Hedong Street. Beyond the end of the east street is Guandao. It may be a remote area and the land is not valuable. Wanjia occupies a very large area. The length of the street wall alone exceeds 300 meters. Except for the middle
The magnificent vermilion gate is close to the bustling area, and there is a row of more than a dozen brick and stone pavements, which are engaged in some wholesale business of groceries. There are constantly some hawkers coming in and out with their loaders. At the end of the East Street,
A small door was also opened, which should allow the ponies and servants carrying goods to enter and exit. During Zhao Yuan's observation, except for a few grooms leading the ponies in and out, no other people were seen.
Because the wall is high and the courtyard is deep, the internal structure of the Wanjia cannot be seen from the outside. However, Zhao was originally born into a wealthy family. Just from the direction of the wall, it can be judged that the Wanjia occupies at least more than a hundred acres.
It seems that the porridge service has just begun outside Wanjia's vermilion gate. A huge iron pot is set up at the door. A raging flame is burning under the iron pot, and the steam is steaming. Next to the iron pot, there is a five-story steamer. The steamer
Opened, there are piles of white steamed buns, exuding an alluring aroma of wheat.
Inside the vermilion door, there were servants carrying buckets of porridge and steamed buns, pouring them into the iron pot and adding them to the steamer.
Behind the steamer, a group of servants were busy surrounding a woman in simple clothes.
In front of the iron pot and steamer, in addition to the queue that stretched for hundreds of meters, there were thousands of people who had received rice porridge and steamed buns and were devouring them.
Judging from their clothing, it was not just homeless people who came to receive porridge and steamed buns, but also many poor local residents. Most of them brought their families with them, carrying large and small pots.
As some wanderers said, the Wan family is extremely kind. As long as someone queues up with an empty basin, it is the standard to fill the basin with gruel and two steamed buns per person. When encountering some disabled and obviously weak people, their kind-hearted intentions
Women would signal for more steamed buns and turn a blind eye to those who queued up repeatedly.
Zhao Yuan did not join the team, but squatted from a distance, observing the servants surrounding the woman.
There were more than ten servants and servants helping the woman, and Zhao Yuan had to find a target among these servants.
Those working boys were not considered by Zhao Yuan. He knew very well that the boys did some menial work, while the servants served the master. There was a huge status disparity between the two and they were not on the same level at all.
Most of the servants are unable to talk to their masters, while servants have been in contact with their masters for a long time and have generally developed a certain amount of affection.
In the end, Zhao Yuan chose a servant with a somewhat fierce look. This servant had the worst temper. When distributing the steamed buns, although he tried hard to act like a good person, he inadvertently revealed a look of disgust and movements.
The amplitude is very large, and he is obviously very impatient.
Generally speaking, good-hearted people are timid.
Zhao Yuan had deep intentions in choosing this servant. First of all, most of these people are greedy and easy to be bribed. Secondly, when such people recommend jobs to him, they will give him some face so as not to offend him. Most importantly, this
This kind of person is narrow-minded and will regard Zhao Yuan as his own and will not let others bully him.
Zhao Yuan is not only looking for a temporary shelter to spend the harsh winter, the most important thing is that he wants to avoid being tracked by the Huayun Sect.
What is certain is that in recent months, the Huayun Sect has been frantically tracking his whereabouts, so naturally it is not appropriate to mess with his identity.
Through quiet inquiring, I found out that the man with a fierce look was named Xu San, an authentic descendant of the Xu family.
Xu San lives in Xujia Lane, with an old wife and a pair of three-year-old twin sons. Xu San earns quite a lot in Wanjia, but as one person supports the family, the economy is still somewhat stretched, and he can barely support himself, which is a lot of pressure.
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Xu San often lived in Wanjia, and she only went home for less than a week every month. Every time she went home, she would drink alcohol and beat her wife. She had a very bad reputation among her neighbors.
However, although Xu San has a very bad reputation as an alcoholic wife, he has a strong sense of family responsibility. Every time he goes home, he will bring a lot of food and clothing from Wanjia, and most of the income will be given to his wife, which makes the neighbors
Occasionally, he still has some favorable comments about him, and many women even regard Xu San as a role model for men - of course, except for drinking and beating his wife.
Zhao Yuan commented: This is a man under great financial pressure.
Zhao Yuan is no stranger to the servant management system. In Zhao Yuan's family, there will be specialized personnel to collect servants' information, including the composition of family members, economic conditions, relationships, etc. This information will be fed back to the family
Managers should handle the situation in a timely manner to prevent hidden dangers from affecting the safety of family members.
From the fact that Xu San often brings some food and clothes home, it is obvious that the Wan family also knows about the situation in Xu San's family and is trying its best to prevent the collapse of Xu San's family, thus affecting Xu San's work in the Wan family.
A local wealthy family like Wanjia will generally not fire their servants as long as they make no principled mistakes. After all, a stable servant is more conducive to the stability of the family's status.
Xu San has worked in the Wan family for more than ten years, and has established some emotional foundation between master and servant. In addition, Xu San has an old wife and two young sons. This kind of servant is relatively
It is relatively stable, and it is difficult to cause serious trouble. Although there are some minor problems, they can be regarded as flaws.
For some big family members, the most fearful thing is a servant who cheats and cheats. The destructive power of a disloyal servant is far greater than a frontal attack from the enemy.
Bits and pieces of information show that Xu San is still very loyal to Wanjia, and his status is not very low, so he should be able to speak.
According to information, Wanjia will have a series of family activities after the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it will be relatively busy for several days in a row. This busyness will last until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu San will usually go home to sleep for one night. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year,
Return to Wanjia in the afternoon.
Zhao Yuan left Xujiaqiao that day, and he had to prepare a generous gift for Xu San.
Now Zhao Yuan has nothing to offer, and his only way is to hunt.
Fortunately, today is only the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there is still enough time until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
More than fifty miles east of Xujiaqiao, there is a mountain range called the Qinling Mountains. The Qinling Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles. There are many birds and animals in the mountains. Among them, a rare herbivore lives on a peak called Xiaoyang Mountain.
It is called an elk because its head and face are like a horse, its antlers are like a deer, its neck is like a camel, and its tail is like a donkey, so it is also called the four unlike animals.
The meat of elk is fresh and tender, and the antlers have high medicinal value. It can promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, and benefit the kidneys. It can treat sores, swelling, blood stasis, pain, exhaustion, internal injuries, waist and spine pain, etc.
Because the number of elk is rare and almost extinct, and because it is extremely vigilant and comes and goes like the wind, it is difficult to catch it. Therefore, an elk is worth a lot of money. Even if it is purchased from a hunter, it will cost more than 2,000 imperial coins. Especially
Those antlers are worth tens of thousands of dollars when transported to a prosperous big city.
After inquiring about some information about elk, Zhao Yuan went straight to Xiaoyang Mountain.
Now that the mountain has been closed by heavy snow, some Zhao Yuan was not worried about his whereabouts being exposed. In order to save time, he ran all the way and arrived at the foot of Xiaoyang Mountain in the afternoon of the first day of the new year.
PS: Ba Bao's voice has become hoarse from shouting, but he is still in eighth place. How difficult is it to collect a few red tickets? Ba Bao is still full of fighting spirit, keep fighting!
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