Chapter 1916 Sitting on the ground to raise prices
The village is in the middle of the valley, surrounded by mountains and a river winds from the side of the village into the mountains. It suddenly looks like a fairyland in the rain and fog. Chang Yu got off the car and took his horse and stood at the entrance of the village looking at the stone tablet, which was covered with moss and was rough and simple.
It must be some years old.
Although the village is small, it is very lively. Even though the fog is heavy, you can still see lights flashing everywhere and people buzzing. It is obvious that this is a resting place for business travelers entering the mountain. As expected, while Chang Yu was still observing the stone monument, there was a waiter holding an oil umbrella.
Bian Dian trotted over and said, "Sir, can I stay in the hotel?"
Seeing Chang Yu glance at him, the waiter hurriedly said: "It's dark and rainy and the mountain road is difficult to travel. The next place to rest is at least fifty miles away. In our store, we can not only rest but also have food and drink..."
While the waiter was introducing his inn, his eyes were attracted by the two horses next to the carriage: "Good guy, sir, your horses are really handsome. We have good fodder in our store..."
Chang Yu wondered, could it be that there were so many inns in this village that the competition was so fierce that even the waiters came out to solicit customers?
The rain and fog were too heavy to see clearly, but seeing that the guy was eloquent and enthusiastic, I agreed. Anyway, I had to find a place to stay on this rainy day.
He led the carriage and followed the man into the village. Good guy, there were so many people. The rain caused all the travelers to be stranded in this village. There were people walking to carry loads, some riding mules carrying goods, and some driving carts...
The village was filled with people traveling alone and in groups.
Although there are many business travelers, there are indeed many inns in the village. Villagers along the road all have signboards. After all, you have to rely on the mountains to eat and the roads to eat. If there are more stores, the competition will be greater. It is no wonder that the store clerks are out in the rain to solicit customers.
only……
When Chang Yu followed the store clerk into the inn...
This is an inn converted from an ordinary villager. The muddy yard is filled with all kinds of cars. The house is full of smoke and people. When you first walk into the house that has been converted into a Datongpu house, you can feel the pungent smell of sweat.
The stench immediately forced Chang Yu back!
He would rather sleep in a haystack.
So he led the horse away without hesitation despite the various pulls from the waiter.
Bah, the guy stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched Chang Yu leave with a look of disgust on his face. He couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "You're so pretentious, you can live in the palace if you can."
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing. Jiang Fa in the car really wanted to tell the guy that he really lived in the palace.
Chang Yu is not a hypocritical person. It can even be said that he is very adaptable. He can live in fine clothes and sleep in the open air. But... he really can't stand the smell. However, he led the horse back and forth and found nothing.
A place to rest.
After all, it is located deep in the mountains, and the conditions are not as good as those in the towns outside. Nine out of ten inns are Datongpu built by the villagers themselves. And when it rains, even the few upper rooms are full, and the rest are either
The kind of Datong shop where you'll suffocate and vomit as soon as you enter.
"Jiang Bashi, it's not me... Well, if it's winter, I really can't stand the smell..." Under the eaves of an inn, Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh while holding the horse. Jiang Fa in the car smiled slightly.
: "You can live anywhere, but you have to follow the young master's wishes. If you can't stand it, we won't force it. If we can't, let's squeeze in the back of the car tonight."
"It's okay if it's normal." Chang Yu shook his head lightly: "You are injured and it's too hot in the car." He looked around and said, "If we can't stay in the inn, let's stay overnight."
Immediately, Chang Yu led the horse and drove towards the village. He knocked on three doors and found that he was already staying overnight. He knocked on two more doors and was rejected. Chang Yu said that I would give him money, but they still shook their heads and refused.
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"Perhaps you saw the weapon on the young master's waist and thought we are not good people," Jiang Fa reminded. Chang Yu sighed, put the knife in the car, and knocked on the door of a house. The person who opened the door was an old man. Chang Yu explained his purpose.
The old man said he wanted to ask his wife.
Good guy, it turns out he is a strict wife.
After a while, the old man came back joltingly and shook his head. His wife said that his son was coming back to live tonight and there was no place.
Hey, Chang Yu was a little anxious after being rejected several times in a row, so he said: "We can give you some money."
The old man's eyes lit up, and he turned back to the house to ask his wife. He soon came back: "The house is indeed inconvenient, but is the cowshed okay?"
Damn it, uncle, living in a cowshed on a hot day is no worse than a Datong shop.
Chang Yu turned around and was about to leave, but the old man grabbed him and said, "There is a shed but no cows. I usually put some sundries there, but it's pretty clean."
Forget it, it was late in the day and the rain was heavy. Chang Yu was hungry, tired, and felt extremely wet. He didn't bother to look for anyone else, so he drove the carriage into the yard. The old man couldn't bear it when he saw the two horses tied behind the carriage.
He was amazed and even stretched out his hand to caress: "I haven't seen such a handsome horse in many years."
As expected, there were no cows in the cowshed, and it was smelly and relatively spacious. Although it was not very clean, it was definitely dry.
Chang Yu was not a stingy person, so he gave the old man a few taels of silver.
It was this tael of silver that made the old couple so happy that they were busy serving tea and pouring water. A young master called out to serve them. They laid out a bed and bamboo mats in the cowshed, hung up oil lamps and waited on them.
I got some food and drink.
After eating and drinking, the rain outside became heavier. Chang Yu simply took off his clothes and took a shower in the rain. Then he brought a large tub of bath to help Jiang Fa wipe it. This move made Jiang Fa extremely emotional and moved. If
If I get married earlier, my son should be this old.
If he really has such a son, even if he is a eunuch, what else can he ask for?
Hey, what are you thinking about? Jiang Fa smiled bitterly.
The night was getting late, it was windy and rainy outside, Hu Tian, who was sleeping on the bamboo mat with Chang Yu and Jiang Fa in the cowshed, fell to the ground. He said that he had not slept well in the past few days. At this time, listening to the wind and rain was like a lullaby.
Soon I will fall into dreamland.
At some point, a knock on the door woke the two of them up. Their professional habit made them both touch the knife and stand up at the same time. Then they heard someone knocking on the door and shouting: "Father, mother."
It turned out that the owner's son was back.
The son of that family entered the yard and saw the lights on in the cowshed, so he asked the old man. When he learned that someone was staying overnight, he went straight to the main room without saying anything. Chang Yu and Jiang Fa had slept so soundly just now, and were suddenly awakened and were confused for a while.
At any time, it was windy and rainy outside and everything was pitch black. I lay down and continued to sleep, but couldn't fall asleep for a while. I got up and peeed.
As soon as I finished urinating, I saw a man walking over with a lamp. I looked closely and saw that he was a tall man in his thirties, tall and tall, neither fat nor thin. He stood at the door of the cowshed with a gloomy face and looked inside.
"Uh, brother just came back." Chang Yu guessed that he was the son of the family and said hello with a smile. The man hummed, but his expression was still cold: "Where are you going?"
"Go to Xiaogan" Chang Yu stood up and called him in.
The big man moved inside and his eyes fell on the horses: "The accent sounds like you are not locals."
"No, the route is here. If heavy rain blocks the road, it will cause trouble." Jiang Fa said politely, and the big man said, "You gave me money, so it is not considered trouble."
Then he stopped talking, but didn't move away either, and just looked straight at the horses.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, so Chang Yu asked for something to say: "Brother, what time is it now?"
"It's time to get over it," the big man responded.
Chang Yu thought to himself, you know it's past midnight, why are you still here, and said: "It's quite late then."
The big man finally understood the meaning of his words. He looked away and turned around to leave. But as soon as he walked out of the cowshed, he turned back: "You two and three horses, the old couple are busy waiting on you and eating."
I also gave you a drink, and I even gave you the only mat in the house. Isn’t this one tael of silver too little?"
Jiang Fa was not happy when he heard this: "Brother, this is not a pleasant thing to say. Even if you stay in an inn and serve people with good food and wine, you don't even need half a tael of silver. We..."
"Then you should go and stay at the inn." The big man was not happy either, with a fierce look on his face.
Chang Yu saw this and walked over. Just now he couldn't see the big man in the corner clearly. Now he walked to the light and saw that this shirtless young man was so strong. His eight-pack abs were clearly visible and his legs were not inferior to women at all.
Big breasts, just too...
"What do you want to do?" The big man thought Chang Yu was going to be violent, but Chang Yu spread his hands and revealed a small piece of broken silver: "Brother is right, it's really annoying on this rainy day."
The man checked it out, then took the silver in his hand, snorted and walked away.
Hey, good fellow, Jiang Fa looked angrily: "When I traveled around the world, I often had to stay in ordinary people's homes. I slept in other people's beds, crawled into other people's haystacks, stables, and woodsheds, and ate from other people's meals, but I never confiscated them.
To exchange money, just say thank you and remember it well... Besides, the one tael of silver these days..."
Chang Yu couldn't help laughing after hearing this. As Jiang Fa said, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was still very strong these days, enough to cover the living expenses of an ordinary family of five for two to three months.
"Jiang Bashi, you were traveling on a budget back then. This time is different for us. We don't want to sleep in the open and smell the stale smell, and we don't lack money. Why should we care about this with him?"
Jiang Fa sighed: "The young man is not as broad-minded as the young master."
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing. Although the son of this family is greedy, it is not good for you to always want to have sex for free.