After dressing as a widow

After another seven or eight days, the boat finally sailed into the boundary of Kyoto when there was a thin layer of crisp ice on the water surface. Most of the boats in the Kyoto canal were out of service. deserted.

Seeing their boat approaching, the petty officials in charge of the mouth of the canal rushed over to check the value of the goods on board, and then paid the tax according to the tax set by the court.

Lin Zhen, Gu Lin, Huang Yuwen and others who took a ride along the boat thanked Wei San, and they got off the boat with some salutes in their hands.

As soon as I stepped on the land beside the canal, the handymen working here surrounded me and recommended myself: "Boss, I am strong enough. I can help you take your luggage to the city for only four cents." ,Good deal!"

Another handyman trotted over next to him, "Boss, me too. It only costs four cents, and the boss is satisfied with the safekeeping."

"..."

All of a sudden, seven or eight handymen gathered around, and they were about to help them get things.

Lin Zhen looked at these handymen carefully, and made sure that there was nothing wrong with these people. There was a high probability that they were not liars, and then said: "You are all natives of Kyoto? Do you often hang around in the city?"

Immediately, two people raised their hands, "Boss, our two brothers are locals. When we are not here to pick up jobs, we do small jobs in the city. We know the streets and alleys of Kyoto very well."

Lin Zhen asked the two of them to come out: "Then the wages of the two of you can be three Wen more, you all come over and move things."

They really had a lot of luggage, bedding, clothes and other small items, especially Huang Yuwen. Huang's mother prepared a lot of things for him that he was used to. When they boarded the boat, they used all the servants in the house before moving them. At this moment, seven or eight handymen and four servants behind him are barely enough.

There was a handyman carrying luggage, and Lin Zhen and the others walked empty-handed. Lin Zhen asked the two brothers, "Do you live in the city of Kyoto or nearby?"

A three or four-year-old middle-aged man said: "On the west side of the capital city, people like us who have no skills and no family background live there. Most of the bosses live in the south."

"Oh, what are we like?"

The elder brother of the two brothers said: "There is money, and there are scholars at home."

The two brothers are out to discuss life, and people have seen a lot. As for who is really rich, who is pretending to be rich, and who they have to detour, although it is not [-]% clear, but there are [-]% to [-]% .

Just like when Lin Zhen and his group got off the boat, although Huang Yuwen seemed to be more of a son-in-law, they asked Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen smiled at the positioning of the two people, and he said, "Then tell us about the main street in Kyoto, and find us an inn by the way."

"Okay, if you want to talk about Kyoto, there are four most famous streets..." With extra three coins, the two brothers worked hard and introduced several famous streets and districts in Kyoto.

For example, the south is suitable for them to find a house. People living there are doing business and have small families. The houses are cleaner and tidy than those in the west, and life is more convenient.

To the north is the area where imperial officials live. The closer to the imperial city, the higher the official position, and ordinary people can't go there.

The east side is even more amazing, where all the relatives of the emperor live, such as Wei Guogong, the eldest princess, etc., who can make Kyoto tremble three times by stomping their feet.

Although there are no clear regulations on who should live and where, but if you are a court official and say that you live in Xicheng District, the big guys will naturally look at you differently.

Lin Zhen listened carefully, drew a floor plan in his mind, and had a general impression of Kyoto. After entering the city, the two brothers who took the luggage really skillfully found them a mid-range inn.

The older brother of the two brothers said: "Boss, this inn has been open in the city for decades. The manager does not know how to butcher foreigners, and the food he cooks is better than what the residents agree with. But if you want to change to another inn, There is another one about a hundred paces from here."

Lin Zhendao: "Let's go to this one." He took out the copper coins specially exchanged in Fucheng, counted out ten coins to the elder brother of the two brothers, and then gave dozens of coins to the younger brother, and the rest of them went to Siwen's. Basically, I gave two more texts, "You help us take the things to the lobby."

The two brothers and a few others didn't expect to get more copper coins, and bowed down to thank Lin Zhen repeatedly.

Those who do their job have suffered from cold and heat, met bad customers, used them as livestock, and piled things on their bodies vigorously, for fear that the four cents would be wasted.

Even a little kindness is precious to them.

They moved their luggage to the inn. Lin Zhen took Gu Lin and the others to the counter to find the shopkeeper to check in. The weather was cold and there were few outsiders. Sitting on the chair, I propped my head in a daze, not knowing what I was thinking.

It wasn't until Lin Zhen knocked on the face of the counter that he came back to his senses, and hurriedly stood up: "What kind of rooms do the guests want? We sweep the inn twice a day and wipe it once every three days. It is absolutely clean, and the food tastes good."

Lin Zhen raised his chin, "The two little brothers said just now that your inn is good, so I stayed here by the way. There are nine of us here. Please open some rooms for me."

Hearing what he said, the shopkeeper looked at the two brothers who were moving things, and after thinking for a while, he remembered that the two brothers often did the work of carrying luggage and leading the way, and sometimes the guests they brought would stay in his inn , sometimes he saw that their mouths were parched, so he brought them a few bowls of water to drink.

The shopkeeper smiled. He didn't expect that his momentary kindness would be rewarded. He said to Lin Zhen: "I see that some guest officials are exhausted, so why don't each of them open a room and take a good rest."

They are all young people, only Lin Zhen and Grandma Zhong are inconvenient to live with them, they need to re-open the room, and everyone else can live together.

As for the shopkeeper who said that each person would open a room, he was not sure about the relationship between them, let's see what Lin Zhen and the others said.

Huang Yuwen said: "It's still like on a boat. I share a room with Chen Xing, Gu Lin and Zhong Yan share a room, and the four under me also share two rooms. Uncle Lin and Grandma Zhong live in one room each." .”

Lin Zhen also thought it was good, and immediately booked six medium-sized rooms. When the handyman over there heard that they were staying here, he came over and said, "Boss, let's take your luggage up for you. There are so many things. , it will take you a while."

"Thank you."

"The boss is too polite." Several handymen quickly moved the things to their house.

"Huh—" Lin Zhen sat in the inn room, swept the simple but clean layout, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally got off the boat.

After resting all night, the next day, the few of them went to Nancheng District to find a house, intending to settle down as soon as possible.

For future considerations, Lin Zhen rented a house in Huaisifang, which had a shop nearby and was specialized in business. In front of the shop, people could live around it. Just like the house rented in Anyuan Town and Fucheng, it was a combination of business and home use.

Others didn't know if they would have the chance to become petty officials because they hadn't taken the hospital exam yet, so they simply rented a house in a residential area not far from him for a short period of time, planning to wait until the hospital exam.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Chinese New Year, and the weather in Kyoto was much colder than that in Anyuan Town, and it was still so dry that the human skin was about to crack. Lin Zhen's business hadn't started yet. It turns out that the glass lipsticks he was going to make could not let outsiders know the way inside, and the choice of addresses was relatively limited.

After the Chinese New Year, Gu Lin and Zhong Yan at home read books together every day, and Lin Zhen took advantage of the spring breeze to start walking around the capital to learn about the current fashion trends and the colors that everyone likes. .

Then, by the way, I learned that the most in-demand goods in Kyoto now are a kind of face wipe called water light powder from the south, and clothes that are a little lighter than Luo used to be.

A box of water luminous powder costs three taels of silver, and no bargaining is allowed, and the material of the clothes is also frighteningly expensive.

Lin Zhen bought two boxes of water luminous powder and came back to study. He is now making lipstick, and he will also make some cosmetics in the future. Let's see what effect the current materials can achieve.

Just as Lin Zhen came out of the shop with the rouge powder, a young woman dressed in luxurious clothes and with a somewhat savage face called him from behind: "Hey, brother, I have something to tell you."

Lin Zhen didn't realize it was calling him at first, so he continued to walk forward, and then he was suddenly pulled from behind, "Didn't you hear our lady calling you? Or did you pretend to be deaf on purpose?"

This tugging almost caused the water gloss powder in Lin Zhen's hand to fall to the ground. He turned around with the water gloss powder and looked at the girl who was pulling him, who was obviously dressed as a maid: "Your lady's name is hello!" , but I didn't say hello, so naturally I have no obligation to stop and listen to her."

While talking about Lin Zhen, he grabbed her by the arms.

The servant girl was stunned by his appearance the moment he turned around, but soon frowned even more disgusted: "The last two boxes of water luminous powder are in your hands, which one will we call you?"

The two of them were at the door of the store, and the maid's voice was still loud, which immediately attracted the eyes of most people, and they were dazed when they saw Lin Zhen.

The young lady in the maid's mouth walked over in small steps: "I will pay double the money for the two boxes of water luminous powder in your hand, and bring him the money."

Good guy, Lin Zhen really saw it.

If this Miss Raoshizi's tone was not so high-minded, like dismissing a beggar, he would give her one of the two boxes of water luminous powder, and keep the other box for research, since he didn't need it anyway.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at the lady: "I'm sorry, these two boxes I took from the shop's second-hand shop are my private property, and I have no plan to sell them for money."

The young lady didn't expect that she paid double the price, and the brother didn't give it to her, and her already savage expression became even more disgusting.

Lin Zhen didn't want to talk to her, so he turned around and left with the water light powder.

As soon as he took a step, the young lady said angrily, "Stop!"