Not to mention how the guards divided the money, Ryan silently observed the city after entering the county town. The county town was quite prosperous, with many small vendors selling food on the main streets and dozens of shops along the streets.
There was a long queue, and the shop even sold foreign gadgets such as matches and kerosene.
, after all, this is just a relatively remote county, and there are not many people dressed like Lane. So when he walked on the street, he attracted the attention of many local residents. Lane could even hear them talking among themselves.
"Whose young master is this? I haven't seen him before?"
"Look, isn't he just a fake foreign devil? Look at his arrogance."
"But he's really rich. Look at the fabric of that dress. It would have cost several oceans to buy it."
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Ryan really didn't want to stand on the street and be looked at like an animal, so after walking around, he walked into the largest restaurant on the street.
The waiter enthusiastically invited Ryan into the store, and Ryan asked to sit in the private room upstairs. Since he had just eaten dinner, and it was not dinner time, he took out five or six silver coins and put them on the table.
Go up. Then he told the waiter: "Go, let me serve the young master a pot of tea and three or four refreshments. Tell me about any strange things around here, and the money will be yours."
"Okay, Master, please wait."
The waiter sang happily, then bowed and left.
After the waiter left, Ryan began to look at the furnishings in the house. The objects inside were antique, the large pieces of furniture were all made of solid wood, and the workmanship was exquisite. It seemed that these craftsmanship had not been forgotten in this era.
But as the private room of the largest hotel in the county, there are still some things that can reflect the changes of the times. For example, there is a hot water bottle in the corner, and there are ancient gramophones on a table. Of course, this ancientness is a reference to Ryan's.
Speaking of the era, this era is a real fashionable and popular item.
It's just that there probably isn't electricity in the county town yet, so there are candlesticks on the cabinet (of course not kerosene lamps, what does the smell of kerosene look like when you eat in a high-end restaurant?). It is estimated that all big cities now use electric lights, but this is the only one.
Small counties are not so trendy yet. Of course, insufficient infrastructure and no power plants are also a very important reason.
About half a quarter of an hour later, the waiter came up with a plate. There was a porcelain pot and a teacup in the center of the plate, and four plates were placed around the porcelain pot.
"This is the latest Lu'an Guapian this spring. It is a private product left by the boss. It is soaked in the best local spring water. These four items are lotus cake, osmanthus cake, almond tofu and osmanthus Dingsheng cake. Please use it slowly, Master."
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Ryan looked at these things and nodded, then threw Yinxi Ke to the waiter. Then he asked: "Is there anything strange happening around here? Master, I like to hear this the most. If you say something interesting, you will be rewarded."
Because modern people live a good life, 12-year-old Ryan looks like he is 14 or 15 years old, and he is already able to take charge of the family in this era. In addition, Ryan's Mandarin accent is very close to the accent of Beijing in this era. The waiter mistakenly thought that Ryan was from
He was a big shot in the capital, so he stuffed the silver coins into his pocket, nodded and bowed and said:
"If you want to talk about strange things, you are right to ask me..."
While talking, the waiter put his hand into his pocket to touch the silver coins. With so many years of experience in welcoming and delivering coins, the waiter could tell at once that these silver coins were real, and they were thicker than the ocean he had ever seen.
Be pure.
Inspired by the money, the waiter happily told a few rumors that were not true or false, but they were all about so-and-so's daughter-in-law stealing someone's wife, and the man from a certain family was taken out of a brothel by his Hedong lion and beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
things.
Ryan was not interested in this kind of gossip, so he interrupted the waiter and said: "I want to know what strange people are around, and I don't want to hear these trivial things."
After hearing this, the waiter gently slapped his mouth with his hand: "Look at my mouth, the young master is a noble person, so naturally he doesn't want to hear these ridiculous things. But when it comes to strange people and strange things, there are really some in this area. There are some nearby.
In Renjia Town, there is a Taoist priest there who is said to be able to subjugate demons and catch ghosts. He has been invited to our county several times by rich families, so I know him."
This should be the world of "Mr. Zombie", or it may be the world of a series of zombie stories. No wonder on the way here, I felt that this world is full of yin and yang.
However, in order to confirm, Ryan asked the waiter carefully about the situation in Renjia Town.
It turns out that Renjia Town is thirty miles away, and its real name is Fuzhen. From the name, you can tell that there are many rich people living here. After several consecutive terms, until today, the richest people in the town are the Ren family. So after the founding of the Republic of China,
Renamed Renjia Town.
Speaking of this, the waiter thought of something and said: "The eldest lady of the Ren family seems to have returned from studying abroad. She was wearing a dress and riding a horse through the county seat a while ago."
It seemed that this was the world of "Mr. Zombie". Ryan took out a few more coins and handed them to the waiter, asking him to go down and help find a carriage to Renjia Town and wait downstairs. The waiter took the money with a smile on his face.
He left with a smile.
After slowly finishing his tea, Ryan went downstairs and boarded the carriage, which headed north along the dirt road. Thanks to Ryan's dress, he was able to pass several inspections on the road in this era without any hindrance.
An hour later, the carriage arrived at Renjia Town. It was indeed a large and prosperous town, with seemingly tens of thousands of people living here.
After getting off the bus, Ryan went to the street vendor to ask about Daozhang Lin's specific situation. Daozhang was indeed a local celebrity. The first vendor who made sugar paintings that Ryan met knew a lot about Daozhang Lin.
After Ryan wrapped up some of the sugar paintings he had made and distributed them to the children playing on the street, the vendor told Ryan everything he knew.
For example, everyone calls Lin Daochang Jiu Shu, and he lives in the Yi Zhuang outside the town.
The Taoist priest has two apprentices, one is the nephew of the proprietress of the rouge shop in the town, and the other is more mature.
Also, Uncle Jiu is a very decent and good man, but he is quite stingy. So he wears an old coat all day long. Even if he eats meat, he only buys it in one or two taels, never more than half a catty.
"Hong Kong zombie movie, this is also a legend, and this story is the beginning of the legend." Ryan muttered silently in his heart.
Although this is a poorly written plot in countless time-travel novels, Ryan still felt extremely excited if he actually experienced it personally.
After all, for an uncle who was born in the 1990s in his last life, Uncle Ying's zombie movies are a lingering memory from his childhood.
After asking the vendors about the situation in the town, Ryan determined that the plot had not yet begun, while eating a leftover candy painting while strolling through the antique streets.
After shopping around, Ryan walked outside the town, preparing to meet the protagonist of this world, Uncle Jiu.