Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Guangzhou is the prefectural city of Guangdong. Although Guangdong is a remote area, due to the rapid development of sea trade and advanced shipping, Guangzhou looks quite prosperous.

Before Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu got ashore, they heard the uproar. The boatmen and coolies were yelling to move the goods off the ship. The ox carts, donkey carts, mule carts, and horse carts on the shore were connected together. People, as well as women and old people carrying burdens shuttled among the crowd to sell and eat...it was extremely lively.

Shopkeeper He sent the two of them ashore, presented a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone as gifts, and then pointed out: Mr. Gu can hire a donkey cart to go to the city. There are many inns and restaurants on Qianmen Street. You can choose one to live in. If you have any difficulties, you can go to He's house in Xiliu Lane, just ask He Erlang.

Gu Jingyun thanked, After you settle down, I will post a post to invite shopkeeper He.

Shopkeeper He smiled and nodded, only thinking that what Gu Jingyun said was kind words.

The boatman pushed out the two people's cart with their luggage on it, and the clever guy found a donkey cart before them.

Li Baolu looked at the mule cart not far away and thought, touched her chin and said, I didn't notice it before, but now I see that mules are similar to horses.

Gu Jingyun raised his eyelids and glanced at the horse and mule, stepped on the bench and got into the donkey cart and asked, So?

Let's buy a mule cart instead of a donkey cart.

Gu Jingyun responded, and said indifferently: You can make the decision.

Li Baolu happily climbed into the donkey cart and sat down.

There are still twenty-eight days left for the examination at the government office. After the examination at the government office, there will be the courtyard examination. Therefore, there are quite a few scholars gathered in the Guangzhou mansion. Knowing that the two of them are here to catch the examination, the coachman asked courteously: My lord is Do you want to live in a hotel, or simply rent a yard to live in?

Renting a yard is naturally more free and can save a lot of trouble, but you must be well-informed about staying in an inn. Looking at the bustling and noisy streets outside, Gu Jingyun felt a little hesitant. This place is different from Qiongzhou Mansion.

Although he seldom goes to the county town, because of Zhang Yiyan, he is no stranger to the county town, and he can control everything in his own hands, but for Guangzhou Mansion, he only has a few words from shopkeeper He, and Zhang Yiyan from the past. Sporadic information collected from running merchants.

The lack of information made him a little uneasy, so he just kept silent for a while and said: Go to an inn, find an inn with a lot of candidates, a good reputation, and a good environment.

The coachman immediately responded brightly, and they also got a commission for sending the guests directly to the door of the inn.

The coachman obviously often took the candidates to the accommodation, so he quickly selected a route and drove the two of them directly to a relatively secluded street.

Li Baolu thought they had been cheated, so she couldn't help turning her body to block Gu Jingyun, preparing to beat someone if something went wrong. After all, how can an inn and restaurant be so quiet?

But when she got off the bus, Li Baolu knew that she was overwhelmed. When she glanced at both sides of the street, she found that there were inns all around, and through the half-opened windows, she could see scholars walking around with books in their hands...

Most of the people staying in this area are scholars who are going to take the exam.

No wonder it is so quiet, because they all have to read books, and even the passing cars will slow down so as not to affect the candidates.

At this moment, Li Baolu finally realized the feeling of taking an exam, and she said, This is the exam.

He quickly turned around and took Gu Jingyun down, unloaded the cart tied to the back of the car, and took off the luggage one by one. The clerk of the inn had already greeted him, his eyes swept over Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu, and he immediately greeted Gu Jingyun. Going up, he asked with a smile, Do you want to eat or stay, my lord?

stay.

But you want to take the government exam in April?

Gu Jingyun nodded, the waiter smiled even more, helped move the luggage in, and said enthusiastically: I don't know how many rooms the young master wants, but how many rooms do we have here...

Li Baolu followed with the rest of the luggage, cut off his words and asked, How much is the room for one night? What do you offer, and what types of rooms are there besides the room?

The clerk glanced at Gu Jingyun, and seeing him take a step back to give way, he knew that the little girl was in charge of the house, so he hurriedly shifted the object and said with a smile: The room is five hundred yuan a night, and there is a bathtub, and hot water can be used freely. There is a small stove for you to stew things, and the charcoal is also provided by our inn. Besides, breakfast is included, but lunch and dinner must be taken care of by yourself.”

The eyes looked back and forth between the two of them, and then said: The upper room is not only spacious, but also has a small couch, the girl can sleep even if she is on duty at night, and there is such a big desk inside, it is quiet and elegant, it is a good place for reading. place.

Li Baolu twitched the corners of her mouth and continued to look at him.

The clerk was slightly disappointed, but he still smiled and said: In addition to the upper room, there are also the middle room and the lower room. The lower room only has a bed and a quilt. If you want hot water in the bathtub, you have to pay extra, and breakfast is not included. Food, thirty yuan a night. The middle room also has a bed and a quilt, and there is also hot water in the bathtub, including breakfast, eighty yuan a night, which one do you want to live in?

Li Baolu thought about it for a while, then looked at Gu Jingyun who was standing beside him, who was all noble and reserved, and said, I want to see the upper room and the middle room.

Well, you come with me. The clerk helped store the luggage on the counter and led the two of them upstairs.

Li Baolu carried the money bag on her back and pulled Gu Jingyun to follow.

The upper room is on the third floor, and the two of them looked at the upper room first before going down to the middle room.

There is only a bed and a dining chair in the middle room, and the side is separated by a curtain, and there is a washroom inside, but it is very cramped, and Li Baolu crawls into it even turning around inside.

The upper room is almost the size of three middle rooms, with a large bed in it, a window next to it, and a desk not far from the window, on which there are pen holders, brush washers and other stationery items...

A screen is conveniently placed in front of the bed to separate a washroom, in which there are bath tubs, wooden basins and other toilet utensils, and even towels and saponins.

The small couch is placed on the side of the desk, apparently to allow the tenants to rest on the couch when they are tired from reading. The most wonderful thing is that there is a large screen in the middle of the room to separate the inside and the outside. The outside room is the size of a middle room. I visited the round table used for banquets, which perfectly protects the privacy of the homeowner. As long as the homeowner does not lead people into the inner room, who knows what secrets are inside?

No wonder a room costs 500 Wen, which is extremely expensive, but it is also worth it!

Li Baolu gritted her teeth and said, We're going to stay here until the end of the hospital exam, which will take about forty days. Can you guys make it cheaper?

The man immediately laughed and said, If the guests stay in the room for more than a month, we will even include your dinner. The price is still 500 Wen per night.

That's the deal.

Li Baolu calculated the money, nodded and said, Okay, we'll live in the room.

The man smiled and led them down to go through the formalities.

Five hundred Wen a night, forty days is twenty taels, not counting lunch and other expenses, Li Baolu deeply felt that the money was not spent.

Seeing her pained face, Gu Jingyun couldn't help laughing and said, It's better to live in a middle room.

Li Baolu shook her head, and said resolutely: No, you must be in a bad mood if you don't live well, so as not to affect your exam, it should be more expensive. I will find a way to earn some money later.

Gu Jingyun was both moved and helpless, and asked, You still have to take care of me, how do you make money?

Li Baolu thought deeply about what she could do.

Gu Jingyun hit her and said, You can't do embroidery or make clothes, so you can't go out and carry big bags?

You look down on me too much, Li Baolu gritted her teeth and gave him a look, and said, Should I call the head office of the network?

Among Li Baolu's female workers, only netting can get full marks, embroidery can get five points, and clothes making can get seven points, but they can't sell them.

Gu Jingyun suppressed a smile and nodded, Okay, I'll read later and you can make a network at the side.

The man looked at the two of them in surprise, and felt that their relationship was nothing like a young master and a girl, but what is this dark girl not a girl? It can't be my sister, right?

This young master is also strange, he obviously can afford to live in a room, but he doesn't bring a book boy. Whose young master will bring a girl for the exam?

The two of them didn't know what the waiter was thinking, Li Baolu took out twenty taels to pay the room fee in advance, and then went up with a salute.

Gu Jingyun has been on the boat for several days, and now standing on the ground feels that the house is shaking, besides wanting to sleep, he still wants to sleep.

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Li Baolu was also afraid that he would get sick, so she immediately asked the waiter to bring hot water for him to take a bath, and then put him down to sleep before she packed her luggage.

The two slept in the same room since childhood, and did not separate rooms until Li Baolu was seven years old. They slept in the same bed for several days on the boat, so they didn't feel any strange about living in the same room again, so they started laying things out as a matter of course.

But the outside of the room is different.

Among the students rushing for the exam, none of the students who lived in the inn took care of girls, most of them were single, and the rest were with book boys.

Most of those who rented the yard brought book boys, and occasionally brought their wives, and there were only a few who brought a maid to rush for the exam.

Therefore, everyone speculates that the person who just lived in the last room is probably a flirtatious person.

Don't think that scholars don't talk about gossip, it's even more terrifying for scholars to talk about gossip, and the speed of the spread is fast. Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu didn't check into the inn until noon, and when they went out in the evening when they were full of sleep, the rumors had already spread throughout the street. All the scholars at the inn knew that there was a new rich and flirtatious scholar at Yuelai Inn, who brought a girl to rush for the exam, and once he entered the room, he would not leave the house. .

Some people heard the sound of dong dong inside when they passed by the door.

Li Baolu, who was packing her luggage, made a small voice: ...