He was reborn and I wasn't!

As the state capital of Pingzhou, Shangjincheng is an important town in the northeast of Daliang.The streets are clean and tidy, the houses are row upon row, and the surrounding black roofs and dark facades add a simple and heavy texture to the city.

Jiang Yan took Shang Ning into an inn on the street.

It was not time for dinner at this time, and there were not many people in the inn, so the two of them chose a seat that was slightly off.Seeing a guest coming, the waiter in the shop came up to inquire attentively.Jiang Yan ordered a few dishes and asked for another room.

While waiting for the food to be served, Jiang Yan chatted with the waiter in the store, and finally he threw a handful of copper coins to the other party and asked casually, "I heard that you produce ginseng here?"

The shop waiter immediately put away the copper plate and said knowingly: "Look at you, you must be a visitor from the south, right?"

Jiang Yan nodded vaguely.

The shop clerk smiled and said, "I reckon you, it must be your first time here. Our good ginseng is all in the valley further north. You can't go there at all this month."

Jiang Yan said: "Oh? How should I say it?"

The waiter in the shop became interested and said: "Guest, you are coming from the south, and you are not familiar with the weather here in Pingzhou. It is the end of October, and in half a month, we will have heavy snowfall here. Shangjincheng is even better. At one point, it only goes down to the calf. If you go further north, you will not reach the kneecap. When the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, you will not be able to return. And it is so cold and dangerous in the mountain. It will be the end of the new year in two months. In my opinion, you might as well live here in Shangjincheng, spend the new year well, and then go there in the spring of next year. Although Shangjincheng is not as prosperous as the south, it is also a state of Pingzhou Mansion, as long as the kang is warm in winter, you can live quite comfortably, if you want to go to the north, it will be a poor and remote place."

Jiang Yan took it for granted.After leaving Jinling City, he took Shang Ning all the way north. He had ridden in ox carts and carriages, made boats, and ridden horses. Most of the time, he walked on two legs.After driving for three months, Jiang Yan and his junior brother finally arrived in Pingzhou.

He used to travel all over the world. Although he had never been to Pingzhou, most of the friends he met were people who traveled around.Jiang Yan once talked with people around the stove in winter nights. At that time, a friend once said that for a person like him, if he goes to the northeast border, he may only live comfortably in Shangjincheng.

Jiang Yan thought to himself at the time that the wind and sand in Liangzhou in the northwest was enough for him, and what he had to do in the future was to go to Pingzhou, where people's teeth could be frozen.In the end, he really didn't expect that one day he would be able to rush here with his little junior brother.After entering Shangjin City, he originally planned to live here now and the spring of next year.After all, it was really cold in Pingzhou. The clothes they were wearing couldn't keep out the wind and cold when they walked all the way.

Jiang Yan himself is okay, he has internal strength, even if it is not very deep, but this coldness will pass with a little luck.But his junior brother was still suffering from cold poison, and Shang Ning himself had only stood on the pile for less than half a year. Although he practiced hard every day and never fell behind, until now he had only felt a little shadow of internal strength.

It's just that Jiang Yan has no connections here, and he didn't want to attract attention when he was looking for a house, so he ran over to the waiter in the same store to inquire about the news.Sure enough, the advice given to him by the other party was exactly what he wanted, so Jiang Yan took advantage of the situation and said, "That's fine, but I don't know if my brother has any good house recommendations?"

The waiter in the shop smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, sir, I am still a Yalang. I know a lot of houses in Shangjin City. If you trust me, I will take you to see it tomorrow. If you are satisfied." You can live in there on the spot, and if you are not satisfied, I will find it for you. Anyway, I have been staying in this inn all the time, if you are not comfortable with your stay, you can find me at any time. "

Jiang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, then you can take me there tomorrow."

The waiter in the shop nodded happily when he heard the words, and at this time the dishes were served, and he stepped back tactfully.

Jiang Yan moved his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, and said to Shang Ning who was sitting beside him: "Little brother, you heard it just now, it's too inconvenient to go to the north right now, how about we stay here until the beginning of spring?"

Shang Ning was busy adding vegetables and soup to his senior brother. He had always been delicate in his thoughts, and he had already guessed that his senior brother was thinking of him.What's more, what the shop waiter said was really scary. If it was really snowing and they didn't find a place to live, then their chances of surviving must be very slim.It's not that Shang Ning is ignorant, as long as he can be with his senior brother, he doesn't care where he lives, so he said on the spot: "All you have to do is listen to senior brother." As he spoke, he put the bowl of hot soup in his hand on the In front of Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan felt that his little junior brother was really caring, he lowered his head and sipped the soup along the edge of the bowl, then smiled and said: "My junior brother is so good, I will take you to see the rented house tomorrow, let's find a well-made kang, You can do whatever else you want."

Shang Ning nodded.

In the early morning of the next day, the two followed the waiter to see the rented house.

In this world, there are people who specialize in renting out houses for a living. Such people are usually called "house grabbers".They cleaned and rented the empty house to those in need, and the whole family's life was settled.Generally speaking, these people are the main households in the city.There are also people like Dianxiaoer who help people rent out and rent houses, known as "Yalang".In order to form such an industry in a city, it usually needs to be relatively large and prosperous, with a lot of people from outside. Jiang Yan was used to it in Jinling City before.It is said that the renting industry in Bianjing is even more huge. Even officials have a lot of renting houses, and some extravagant renting houses even cost as much as two taels of silver a day.

Although Jiang Yan had never rented a house in Jinling City, he had rented a house once or twice in different places when he traveled all over the world.The price of renting a house is usually linked to the prosperity of the city, the location and style of the rented house.He didn't know what the price was in Shangjin City, but he thought it wouldn't be too expensive, so he thought about renting a place with a better location, and a room with more complete facilities as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan took his junior brother and ran around with the waiter.When viewing the house, Shang Ning looked more carefully than Jiang Yan.Jiang Yan generally looked at Kang, and found that everything else was almost over.However, Shang Ning still paid attention to the condition of the kitchen, how the stove and the kang were connected, and whether there was any damage in the house itself.

In the end, the two finally settled on a courtyard in an alley off the main road.The yard was not big, but it was tightly closed, and the wing room was converted into a kitchen. Although it was separated from the bedroom by a wall, the stove and the kang could be connected directly, and the pipe was short.The place to sleep in this way is not subject to the fume from the kitchen, and it can be burned warmly in winter.The facilities in the room are also very complete, there is no need to buy beds and bedding, pots and pans are all available, but some things are a bit old, and some things need to be added.

Jiang Yan was very satisfied with this, and under the guarantee of the waiter, he signed a contract with the owner and paid a deposit.This rented house cost twenty copper coins a day, and he rented it for four months, which was a total of two taels of silver and four hangs.This price is relatively expensive in the local area, but Jiang Yan has money, so he thinks it is cheap, so the deposit of one tael of silver is also very straightforward.

After paying, he discussed with Shang Ning and decided to buy some things and move in tomorrow.Jiang Yan sent the waiter back first, and he and his younger brother walked around the rented house to get acquainted with the surrounding area and see where they could buy what they needed.After they satiated their stomachs in the alley, the two of them walked back through the dusk.

They walked and talked about what to buy tomorrow.

Shang Ning said: "We are short of candles. When I was shopping there before, I saw a store selling candles. It seemed pretty good, but I don't know how to sell them. Let's go and have a look tomorrow."

Jiang Yan turned the copper coin in his hand, it was the change they got after eating snacks.After listening, he said: "Okay."

Shang Ning said again: "Let's buy new basins. There are a few big basins in that room that can be used to wash clothes, but there are still a few small ones that are dirty. I don't know whether to wash the face or the feet before. of."

Jiang Yan said: "Okay, buy it."

Shang Ning said: "We still need to buy some firewood. I saw that there is some firewood in the firewood room, but there is not much. When the time comes, ask where it is sold nearby, otherwise we will not be able to cook."

Jiang Yan saw that he was seriously counting the things he should buy one by one, and his childish face looked mature, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Buy, buy, buy everything you want. Brother, I have money. "

Shang Ning glanced at his senior brother's smile, lowered his head and smiled too.

Jiang Yan thought for a while and said with a smile: "We still have a lot of things to buy, and the Chinese New Year will be two months away, and we still have to buy new year's goods, such as rice and noodles. Speaking of which, this is my first time Let's celebrate the New Year with my junior brother, and it's just the two of us, and then no one will care about us, so we can do our best." He said, and winked at Shang Ning.

New Year's Eve?

Shang Ning was taken aback when he heard the words, and stopped unconsciously.As soon as the two of them reached the entrance of the alley, when Shang Ning stopped, Jiang Yan caught a glimpse of a black figure flashing over from the corner of his eyes, and he hurriedly reached out to pull Shang Ning.As a result, the black shadow also moved, and directly knocked his little brother to the ground.

Jiang Yan hurriedly knelt down to look at Shang Ning, and saw him touch his waist and said, "Not good!"

Suddenly, a shrill voice came from the shadows in the alley: "He's a thief! He stole money!"