The sun is setting, but it’s just near dusk.
Twilight, the last slanting sun is still fondly caressing the horizon, the dusk of the haze, always like the red sun fell into the western sky of the mountains and splash of smoke. Ancient road on both sides of the bare branches reflected on the ground, like a rough ink, randomly waved ink only left a trace.
Huaining county wall of a hundred feet also seems to put on a thin layer of gold, in the setting sun shines dim and bright light.
Facing the back of the setting sun came a dusty teenager, pulling out long shadows under the afterglow of the setting sun. The young man was carrying a travelling bag, his body was covered with dust, and his green shirt was also stained with grass clippings, looking up at the Huai Ning county town which was close at hand, a smile could not help but appear on his simple face.
After rushing and taking a ride on a kind uncle’s carriage, he finally arrived at Huai Ning County before sunset.
This young man is to go to the county to catch the examination of Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan from the hands of the girl to get out of the county straight to the county to rush, on the way, in addition to the encounter has been to the village of the lower river selling goods, spend two money to entrust it to the family to bring a message of their own well, Zhu Pingan can be said to have been not stopped in their footsteps.
The four oceans are peaceful, the eight sides of the peace, Huai Ning county town at this time people come to people, cars like water, horses like dragons, the degree of prosperity is leaning on the mountain town can not be compared.
Zhu Pingan blended into the crowd and slowly walked towards the city gate.
When it was Zhu Pingan’s turn to enter the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw that Zhu Pingan was wearing a green shirt and robe, so they asked Zhu Pingan what he was doing in the city, and he replied that he was taking part in the child examination. When the soldiers heard that Zhu Pingan was a scholar who took the examination for children, they instantly became much more respectful and treated the pedestrians in front of them very differently, and let Zhu Pingan enter the city without even charging him the entry fee.
All kinds of things are inferior, only the book is high. Zhu Pingan, who entered the county town with his bag on his back, once again felt the connotation of this era represented by this sentence.
Strolling through the streets of the county town of Huaining, what he felt was the impression of ancientness. This is a real, prosperous ancient county life, not worse than the modern city, is two styles, a reinforced concrete modernisation, one is the ancient style of ancient ink painting.
At dusk, the city is still lively and prosperous, the streets and lanes paved with green stone slabs, the shops on both sides of the business is booming, the pedestrians dressed in fashionable and clean clothes, perfectly demonstrating the affluence of the people living here.
Zhu Pingan was walking here with a dusty bag on his back, and really had the feeling of a bumpkin entering the city.
The priority now was to find an inn, settle down, eat a hot meal, take a hot bath, change clothes, and finally have a beautiful sleep.
Zhu Pingan backpack towards an inn named Yuekelai, inn is a three-storey building, lobby diners also have a lot of, outside the inn a cleanly dressed two shoulders with a white towel, see Zhu Pingan walking, shopkeeper enthusiastically greeted on.
“Do you want to make a stop or stay at the inn?”
“I want to stay in a shop.” Zhu Pingan replied with a simple smile.
“Alright, please come inside.” The shop assistant reaches out and bends down to guide Zhu Pingan into the shop, and when he walks into the shop, the shop assistant shouts, “Shopkeeper, this gentleman wants to stay in the shop.”
“This gentleman is a coincidence, this shop only has one last last class room left.”
Soon, a wide-bodied and fat shopkeeper came over, a middle-aged fat uncle in his forties, with an oily face.
“Could you please show me the guest room?” Zhu Pingan heard the shopkeeper say that it was the worst first class guest room, and couldn’t help but think of the room in the Stephen Chow film he had watched in his previous life where the toilet couldn’t even be flushed cleanly, and the water faucet broke off at the slightest flick.
“Of course, sir, follow me.” The shopkeeper was good-natured.
Zhu Pingan along with the shopkeeper to the backyard, almost the innermost corner of a room, open the door to the room, the room is only the most basic bed and table, although it is very clean and clean, but the lighting is also not good, intentionally reading in this will hurt your eyes, Zhu Pingan is not very satisfied with this house.
“Recently the number of students entering the city to catch up with the exams has been increasing day by day, this house is also the last one in this shop, all the other inns in the city are also almost overcrowded.” Seeing that Zhu Pingan was not quite satisfied with the house, the shopkeeper opened his mouth to remind him.
“How much does this house cost, how about staying for a few days, how about staying for a month or two?” Zhu Pingan casually asked the price.
“A short stay is one hundred Wen a day, for a long stay, two taels and five coins of silver per month.” The shopkeeper extended his palm and gestured.
Ahem, just such a room is still so expensive, almost ten times more expensive than Leaning Mountain Town. Although it was said that Zhu Pingan had made a small fortune today, he was not willing to be the wrongdoer. Father hard to drive a day only these money, this day rent is enough to mother sew purse for two days, no way.
“Sorry to intrude.” Zhu Pingan arched his hand in apology.
“No harm, small gentleman but can go to see other homes, if you can’t find a place to stay, my home shop door to small gentleman open, heh heh heh, of course this room is still the case.” The shopkeeper smiled carelessly.
“Thank you uncle.” Zhu Pingan thanked him and left the Yuelai Inn with his travelling bag on his back.
Zhu Pingan walked down the street also encountered quite a number of readers wearing long shirts, the weather was bitterly cold, and there were quite a few of these people holding folding fans, a feeling of pointing out the mountains.
Next, Zhu Pingan also asked three inns of different sizes. Smaller rooms are slightly cheaper, inferior rooms 90 a day, rented in January two two three silver; larger, there is one with the same price as the Yuelai Inn, there is a more expensive than the Yuelai Inn some. But, unfortunately, this inn are full, only the more expensive inn still has a few rooms, just the boss of a bite not to reduce prices.
It seems that the market is indeed so, other inns should also be so, Zhu Pingan is ready to return to Yuelai Inn, will be the end of the guest rooms to rent down, the big deal is to read a book to go outside to read a book.
“Is the swine ahead?”
At this moment came a familiar shout.
Zhu Pingan turned his head and saw his eldest uncle, who had changed into new clothes, walking this way with a few other schoolchildren.
Seeing Zhu Pingan’s body covered in dust, his green shirt covered in grass clippings, and his forehead red, his heart was much more balanced.
“Eldest uncle may still have spare funds, even out some with the swine.” Zhu Pingan saw his eldest uncle, Zhu Shouren, approaching and snatched the words out of his mouth.
Then he saw his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren look like he had swallowed a fly.
