Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

Tang Zhong is now deeply bound to shopkeeper Liu, and after all, they are both shareholders of Fuxing Restaurant.

But on the bright side, he still tries to keep a distance as much as possible, and can't get too close, lest someone suspect that he is doing business in private as an official post.

After explaining the details of the membership system to shopkeeper Liu, Tang Zhong decided to go back to Dongchengmen early.

At this time, they should go to the public kitchen to get steamed buns!I have to go back quickly, lest I lose my share.

Near noon, there were more pedestrians on Baima Street.The street is not too spacious, and when passing through some intersections, there are even shoulder to shoulder crowds, and it feels like a modern pedestrian street in a trance.

Passing through the intersection of Baima Street and Qingniu Street, Tang Zhong noticed the back of the same hurrying ahead.

With a stocky figure, slightly bald head, and half of his dark arms exposed from the high rolled up cuffs, he looks like Uncle He no matter how you look at it.

Tang Zhong trotted two steps to follow, and patted the man on the shoulder.

"He Bo, it's really you!"

"Xiao Zhong! Didn't you go to work today?"

Tang Zhong shook his head happily. He had only been out of the village for a day, and he felt very kind when he saw the villagers.

Uncle He was equally enthusiastic, wrapping his big dark hands around his shoulders, "Haven't you eaten yet? Let's go, I'll take you to have a meal!"

He Bo is in his fifties, and his body has always been strong.After losing his wife in his early years, he has never remarried. Whenever people in the village asked him about it, he would always say that he was light-hearted and didn't bother to find a wife.

He has no children under his knees, and he took good care of the Tang family in the past. After the Tang family's grandmother passed away, he even worried a lot for the four poor people.

Now Tang Zhongxu is seventeen years old, already an adult in this era.But in He Bo's eyes, he is still a child who hasn't grown up.

The two talked and laughed all the way, and got into the alley beside Baima Street.

Unlike the neat and spacious storefronts on the main street, most of the small alleys are small houses.

In order to occupy the space, the people in the alley piled up the debris on the usable space, which made people feel unspeakably suffocated.

The narrow road under the feet is full of yellow mud. The residents here pour the water for washing vegetables and faces on the road at will. No matter it is rainy or sunny, the alley is always muddy and difficult to walk.

It was very difficult for Tang Zhong to walk behind, but Uncle He got used to it. He got into a low room a few times, and greeted the people inside: "Today, I have a fellow from the same country to eat together, let's add another dish!"

Tang Zhong came over and sat down, looking at the dim room in front of him, and the two tables of guests who were eating inside, it was hard to tell from the outside that this place was actually a restaurant.

The dishes came out quickly, a plate of sliced ​​radish with lard, some steamed buns with mixed noodles, and two bowls of corn porridge.

"Come, eat, you're welcome!"

Saying so, He Bo stuffed a cornbread with mixed noodles into Tang Zhong's hand, picked up the corn porridge himself, and poured it down his stomach.

While eating, Tang Zhong asked about the situation of the three children in the family.

"After you left, the daughter-in-law of the Gu family was worried and took all three children home. When I came out this morning, I saw your second girl following the two girls of the Gu family, digging wild vegetables up the mountain. Don't worry, The daughter-in-law of the Gu family is enthusiastic and will not treat them badly."

The stone hanging in Tang Zhong's heart finally fell to the ground, and his gratitude for Aunt Gu was added in his heart.

"He Bo, what are you doing in the city?"

"I, let's do some part-time work. I'm idle anyway." He Bo picked up the last piece of radish and stuffed it into his mouth, then dipped the soup on the bottom of the plate with a cornbread, and said embarrassedly to Tang Zhong. straight smile.

Every winter, when there were no crops to do in the fields, Uncle He would come to the city to do some casual work in exchange for a few drinks.

Tang Zhong looked at the clean food on the table, and subconsciously pulled out his sleeves. Uncle He earned hard money, so he deserved this meal no matter what.

But when his fingers touched the empty sleeve pockets, he remembered that there was not even a scar on him now.

"Hey! What are you doing! Uncle He is here, there is no reason for you to pay for it!"

Seeing his small movements, He Bo stretched out his big hand to stop Tang Zhong's arm, and hurriedly took out three copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table, as if to push Tang Zhong away.

"You go, you go, you don't need to pay the money."

Tang Zhong was pushed outside the door, looking at the honest figure inside who was bargaining with the shopkeeper, he felt sour for a moment.

The world is difficult, especially the low-level people, who have to work several times for daily food and clothing.Living in poverty, and still thinking about him as a junior, it really made Tang Zhong feel uneasy.

He Bo came out after greeting the shopkeeper with a smile, patted Tang Zhong's arm and walked towards Baima Street.

The meal just now made him full of complaints, and the left and right didn't treat Tang Zhong as an outsider, so they simply complained to him.

"Why do you think everything is expensive in this county? You really don't grow crops, and you treat a radish as a treasure, isn't it just wrapped in lard and fried a few times. I thought that three liters would be enough, guess what? He insisted on not missing anything later, and asked me to make up for it!"

"If there are a lot of strange things in the city, look at the Fengshan Mountain behind our village, there is so much firewood that no one wants it. But if you pick it up and sell it in the city, you can exchange it for a lot of money.

Every morning I pick up a load of firewood and go to the blacksmith's shop, and I can exchange it for eight copper coins.Xiao Zhong, you said, firewood can be sold at a high price, so the fried dishes are not expensive! "

Uncle He was still babbling, seeing that Tang Zhong hadn't spoken to him, he turned his head to see that the young man had his head down, with a melancholy expression on his face.

"Xiao Zhong, what's wrong with you? Didn't you have enough to eat just now?"

"It's okay, Uncle He." Tang Zhong rubbed his nose with his sleeve, trying his best to suppress his emotions.

Uncle He got up early to deliver firewood to the blacksmith. He only earned eight cents by walking such a long mountain road with his feet. To treat himself to dinner, he spent half of today's hard-earned money.

Treating him like this, how can he feel sorry?

"Uncle He, go back first, and wait for me at the East City Gate tomorrow, and I'll bring you something." After speaking, Tang Zhong waved his sleeves, turned around and left.

He Bo scratched the top of his head, which was becoming more and more reflective. The minds of young people are becoming more and more elusive.

In Fuxing Restaurant, shopkeeper Liu was busy with the abacus. The last group of guests had just sat down, and he couldn't wait to start calculating the noon revenue.

He raised his eyes and saw Tang Zhong coming, going back and forth, shopkeeper Liu thought he had forgotten to explain something important, so he hurried over to meet him.

"What's the matter, sir? Hey! Why is your nose red?"

Tang Zhong looked at shopkeeper Liu with a sincere face, and sucked his nose sharply.

"I have an unkind request."

"It's okay, just open your mouth, who is with whom!"

"Can you give me a ten-year dividend in advance?"

Shopkeeper Liu blinked, his beard disheveled in the wind at the door.

Pooh!I'm so embarrassed to speak!

Haven't earned a few bucks yet, and you're in a hurry to split the money?Today's young people are really in a hurry!

When he went to get the money from the box, shopkeeper Liu had a look of pain and despair, as if forcing him to cut his flesh with a knife.But fortunately, he was still righteous in doing things, and he directly gave three taels of silver with a big hand.

Tang Zhong was walking on the road with his silver in his pocket, and his mood was brighter than today's weather.

He will go to Uncle He tomorrow and ask him to bring back all three taels of silver, one tael to buy wine for Uncle He, and the remaining two taels for living expenses and give it to Aunt Gu to spend.

In this way, he can really feel at ease about things at home.

The Baima Street at the foot runs from east to west, connecting the east and west city gates.After many days in this era, it was the first time for Tang Zhong to carry so much silver. Walking slowly on the street, he felt that he had transformed himself into a rich man.

He has never experienced this kind of feeling of being rich, so good, he hummed a ditty unconsciously as he walked.

After walking for a while, when he could see the roof of the East Gate from a distance, Tang Zhong noticed a man dressed as a beggar in front of him, walking straight towards him.

"Are you Tang Zhong?"

Tang Zhong looked him up and down a few times, feeling strange, he probably wasn't basking in the sun under the city tower in the morning, right?

"Hu Tou'er is waiting for you at the tower, and ordered you to hurry back."

The beggar left after speaking, without waiting for his answer.

Tang Zhong groaned, clutching the money bag on his waist, and trotted towards the east gate.Didn't it mean that Hu Tou'er and the beggar leader Ah Shui didn't deal with each other?Now I'm all helping with the conversation, it seems that the relationship is okay.

Running back to the city gate in one go, Tang Zhong glanced at the long stairs, panting with his hips akimbo.

But Hu Tou'er got out from the passageway of the city gate and nodded to him.

"Where did you go all morning? I've been looking for you for a long time!"

Hu Tou'er came over, grabbed his shoulder and walked up the tower.

"Let me tell you, I didn't sleep well when I went back last night. I was just thinking about Fighting Evil Ghosts! How about we go up and learn a few more? Can Fighting Evil Ghosts be played by two people?"

Dare to call him back in a hurry just to play cards?Tang Zhong rolled his eyes in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything on his face.

"Two people can't play, but I have a new way to play. Not only can two people play, one person can play with both left and right hands for a day."

"How to play, teach me quickly." Hu Touer's card addiction is really amazing, so he quickly moved his head over.

Tang Zhong cleared his throat, and solemnly spit out a few words: "Golden Hook Fishing."

On weekdays, the gates of the towers are generally open.Burn a charcoal fire when it's cold, and take off your clothes when it's hot. Anyway, the public charcoal fire doesn't cost money, and no one will save it for Lin Zhixian.But at this moment, the doors and windows of the city tower were closed, Tang Zhong felt that something was weird.

Hu Touer was only focused on playing cards, completely ignoring other things, and kept urging him to go faster when he went upstairs.

When he finally reached the city wall, Hu Tou'er was quite disgusted with him.

"Usually learn from me, and also practice boxing and kicking, manly man, it's not good to be too immodest."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the front on his own, raised his hand and opened the door.

"Damn, what kind of door is closed in broad daylight!"

The wooden door creaked open, and then there were several bangs, as if something had fallen to the ground.

Hu Tou'er was about to lift his foot to step into the threshold, when suddenly a dazzling light came from the dark place, which made him unable to open his eyes.

The moment Hu Tou'er turned his head away, there was a roar above his head, and the wooden basin that was usually used to wash his feet was placed on the door by someone. The head poured a chill.

Bang!The wooden basin hit Hu Tou'er, fell again, and split into three pieces on the ground.

At this moment, he was like an angry beast, his bloodshot eyes glaring angrily, and it seemed that he was about to rush out the next moment and tear innocent passers-by to pieces.

"Who the hell! Come out! I peeled off your skin!"