[Titanic] Golden House

Chapter 56

The house that Guide Liu helped rent was located in a courtyard house in the southern part of the capital.The main hall is the main room, the left and right wing rooms, and a row of inverted rooms on the opposite side.There are many houses, but the yard is not big.But it is very delicate.

"This house was previously owned by a Shanxi merchant, and it was later sold to the largest child shop in Nancheng. I have seen several houses. That's all I can see. Sir and miss, this way." There is no house in the house. hire people.The door is also locked from the outside.

At dusk, Rose and her party arrived in the capital.All the skeletons in his body were shaken and shattered.When Rose helped Carl walk in, her mind was actually numb.

This feeling is the same as the feeling in the back of the tractor back then. When encountering a bad road, the whole person would be thrown into the air.And their road today, there is no easy place to go, it has been bumpy.

The wooden wheels are too primitive.Didn't Karl say that he had hooked up with the ambassador to China here?In any case, you have to borrow a car to come back, or you will suffer too much.

Alas, but think about the bad road, even the best car is useless.It seems that what people say is to build roads before getting rich is applicable at any time.

"Meow~", Xiao Miao yelled impatiently as if feeling the solidity of the landing.

Rose patted the handbag reassuringly, ignoring it.Everyone is busy now, and she can't let it out to add to the chaos.

After entering the yard, there was a well on the side of the inverted house. It seems that the problem of draft water has been solved.With more people, there are more places to use water.Not having a well is very inconvenient.

But after seeing the well, Rose suddenly remembered a report she had seen in her previous life.It is said that in the current capital city, many wells are filled with people.

Don't talk about the distance, just talk about the entry of Qing soldiers into the capital.Some scholars and ministers in the Ming Dynasty committed suicide in groups for the sake of integrity.The emperor took the lead, those who hanged themselves, those who jumped into the river, I heard that where the water flows, there are densely packed corpses on it.I heard that the reason why many people jumped into the river was because the wells in their homes were almost filled by suicides.

Although this statement is a bit absurd, Rose is willing to believe it.Maybe not so many died, but the world is willing to believe this more exaggerated statement.This is like a lot of very simple things, everyone will be willing to go to complex places to think, in order to meet the inner unknown needs.Others may just praise you, but you can hear everything if you listen to it with your heart.

Perhaps the phrase "the final interpretation right belongs to xxx" in later generations came from this.

Strolling forward, there are three main rooms, the middle is the main hall facing the yard, the furniture inside seems to be complete, and they are all pure wood.

Everyone who followed except Tracy and Duoer went to carry their luggage.The luggage was unloaded, and the carriage had to return to the carriage house for a shift.

In the room to the east of the main house, there is actually a Qiangongbabu bed in it.As soon as Rose saw it, her legs and waist didn't hurt anymore.Walked in three steps and two steps.

"Carl, this bed is good. I want to sleep in this bed." Ruth touched and looked around, and Rose said excitedly to Carl who was standing at the door.

Carl just nodded, trying not to frown.Although it was agreed before, everything was arranged by Rose.But the environment is too bad.And this bed is full of holes carved out, who knows if they can sleep on it.

Of course, Rose's sleep is a noun.And Karl's sleep, obviously, is a verb.

The lighting in the room is very poor.The window is not small, but there is too much wood up and down.The glass is not big, but palm-sized pieces embedded in wooden lattices.And the color of the glass is also very impure.This kind of glass can't be found even in the servant's room of their house.

It can be seen from the inside that it has been painted.But the furniture and everything are old and heavy in color. Just looking at it, I feel that there is a heavy feeling, which is too depressing.

For Huaxia's standard of living, Rose was mentally prepared early on.She only needs to think about the descriptions in old movies to get a general idea.So, seeing this, there is no heart drop, it is much better than she imagined.But Carl is the first time to contact these.All kinds of discomfort are very obvious.

It is said that after Rose ordered Tracy to make the bed, she hurriedly spared the main hall and went to the West Room.Seeing the west floor, Rose hesitated again.Opposite the window was a big fire pit along the wall, and it would be nice to sleep with a fire burning at night.

"Duo'er, let someone light up this kang later. I want to rest here before going to bed."

"Okay, miss."

Rose didn't look at the east and west compartments and the upside down seats.Directly ordered people to live in.Because she knew that the guide's home was at the entrance of the alley, Rose didn't arrange his room.The four rooms in the east wing live in Jenny, Tracy and Duoer, and the couple Li.There are four rooms in the west wing for Leger, Carter, Duo Er's parents, and one for the kitchen.As for the inverted room, the bodyguards brought by brothers Li Goudan and Karl happened to be placed in it.

Oh, I forgot to mention, fortunately Changxing got off the boat and left with the bodyguards who sent the panda back home, otherwise this small courtyard really couldn't accommodate so many people.

When everyone began to clean up the room, Rose asked Liu Qian to take Brother Li Goudan to a nearby restaurant to order three tables of food and wine.Just moved in this evening and everything needs to be re-done.After thinking about it, Rose didn't want to bother Mr. and Mrs. Li.

Liu Qian thought that Rose didn't know that he had already bought everything in the kitchen, and even the dishes and chopsticks were washed and put away by Linju auntie.So when she heard that Rose asked her to go out to buy food, she hurriedly said it.

Rose said that everyone was tired from working on the carriage today.The same is true for the two of Li Da.She is a good employer, so she will naturally feel sorry for her own people.

As for why Li Goudan and the others were allowed to go, Duo'er would help him pack his luggage after he was busy.That is the case, then he should go to run errands.And the restaurant looks like a Chinese person, at least it won't kill customers like it treats foreigners.

Upon hearing this, Liu Qian quickly praised Rose as a flower.Karl listened hard.He started late in Chinese, so he coaxed Rose and learned some during the two months on the ship.

But looking at Liu Qian's attitude and tone of voice, Carl knew without thinking that this was a nice word to compliment Rose.I am also happy in my heart.

The firewood was already prepared.Li Da and his wife, one took firewood to burn the kang, and the other boiled water in the kitchen, ready to quench everyone's thirst and wash up.The heated kang was only lightly lit, and it was still hot. As long as the moisture on the kang was removed, people could sit on it.

In Huaxia in early September, it was the time when the autumn tiger was rampant.Several people need to freshen up, probably because Xiao Miao is always in the handbag and wearing a small vest.

In just over an hour, three tables of banquets were brought up.Because it was the end of summer, two of the tables were placed in the courtyard, and the table for Rose and Carl was sent to the West Room in the main hall.

After being bumped by the carriage for a long time, everyone who had packed their luggage for a long time all sat down one after another.Ready to eat.At noon, they discovered a very important thing.

God, eating in Huaxia is done with two thin sticks.The stick is thin and short, thinner and shorter than that of a drummer.Fortunately, they prepared spoons.

But even so, a lot of food cannot be eaten into the mouth with a spoon.Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Li.They have stayed at Buckett's house for a long time, and they know how to deal with this kind of thing.

I asked for several plates and large bowls from the store.Each person distributed one, and the two of them distributed the dishes on the basis of each person's head.Having gained experience at lunch, when it was time for dinner, everyone sat obediently aside and cooperated with Mr. and Mrs. Li to put the food back into their bowls and plates.

Huaxia still generally uses that kind of magnetic soup spoon, which is good-looking and not too hot.It's okay to put food in bowls with this kind of spoon, but it's a little difficult to put food in plates.Therefore, when food is divided, it is divided into individual plates, and then individuals put it in bowls according to their needs.

These people didn't think about the problem of eating at all. There were knives and forks on the boat before.It's really a bit numb now.

As for the knife and fork, Mr. and Mrs. Li did bring them in their luggage, but they were for Rose and Carl.And it's only four sets, which is not enough to share with these people.So they didn't even think about taking it out.

Speaking of Rose, the Westinghouse Kang is directly opposite the window, and there is a big Luohan couch under the window. The table moved to the Kang.Seeing that someone had gone out, he took off his shoes and sat down cross-legged.This set of actions made Carl's eyes twitch.

Where did this pose come from?With both feet nestled like that, can the blood still circulate normally?

Because of Rose's insistence, except when going out to meet customers or go to work, she always wears home clothes and casual clothes at home. As for shoes, the only choice is slippers.

So, this will be the end of the shower, and Carl and Rose are both in slippers and loose house clothes.So Rose's slippers went up.But Karl hesitated for a long time, and then slipped his shoes on the kang under Rose's urging.

After a meal, Karl moved around as if he had lice on his body.But even so, his legs were numb and he couldn't move around.So when Karl knew that this sitting posture was a sitting method passed down in China for thousands of years, he had a feeling of admiration for the Chinese people at that time.

Such a strong physique is able to use such a lethal sitting method.This is even scarier than Fusang people kneeling and talking.Fuso people hurt their knees.But the Huaxia people have a whole leg.

After the meal, after sitting for a while, everyone cleared up the tableware and rested without mentioning it.And Liu Qian also left after telling the time to come tomorrow morning.

There was nothing to say all night, and everyone was quiet, worried that the sound of the car would disturb the employer's rest.

Rose thought she at least couldn't sleep.She should be tossing and turning like many novels and TV shows, with a feeling of nostalgia.Unexpectedly, as soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep without even turning over.

Rose fell asleep so carelessly, which made Carl very depressed. The bed was uncomfortable, and the room also made him feel uncomfortable, especially this bed.

Babu beds are generally in the style of small houses.Karl, who is used to sleeping in Western-style rooms and beds, finds it difficult to like getting out of bed in such an almost completely enclosed bed.He felt suffocated.

After opening the bed door that was closed before going to bed, Karl became even more depressed.The cries of summer insects outside the house annoyed him.Carl, who was tossing and turning on the bed, lost even the last trace of sleepiness.

So impatiently sat up from the bed.Putting on a robe, he went out with the flashlight he had left in the room before going to bed.

God!Why is the last bathroom still outside?Thinking of the trip to the bathroom before going to bed, Carl's expression changed.

Carl gritted his teeth and decided that he should go to Westinghouse.

There is a wooden screen in the Westinghouse, and there is a commode behind the screen.It's still the kind with a chair. People sit on the chair, the chair board is hollowed out, and a wooden bucket is connected underneath.This was originally prepared for Rose to get up in the middle of the night, but I didn't expect to be the first person to use it.

After hastily solving the problem of human drainage, Carl left these rooms without thinking about it.Back in the east room, I washed my hands with half a basin of water on the washstand.Carl turned and walked into the little house-like bed.

Then Carl got angry on the spot.He was tossing around here unable to sleep, a certain woman was so sleepy that she even snored.Inconveniently, she even occupied her own bed after she woke up.How can this be tolerated?How can I bear it?

I didn't care about anything else at the moment, and rushed to bed.The quality problems of this bed have been proved by practical actions.After all, besides being a noun, sleep can also be a verb...

Rose got up late the next day as a matter of course.So in the morning, no accident, I still stayed in bed.Anyone who is attacked in the middle of the night will not be much more energetic.

When I got up, the sun was high, and it wouldn't be long before I could have lunch.It is said that the day is in the morning, and Rose is a little embarrassed.Of course, it's just a Mimi.Then what to do.

After washing up, Duo'er's father and mother took Duo'er, followed by Brother Li Goudan, to bid farewell.Rose gave them each a small piece of gold, and let them go.When they walked out, everyone in Li looked at him in a daze.I don't know if it's envy or what.

Seeing this, Rose also felt that one should not treat the other more favorably, so she took out a few pieces of gold from the small box she carried with her.It was distributed to everyone in Li.Those who leave will be given a small piece of gold, and those who stay will be given two or three pieces of gold.As for Tracy and Jenny.Rose didn't give it.

This kind of simple and rude reward is somewhat inappropriate for the two of them.After sending everyone away, Rose found two necklaces from her jewelry box and gave them to two people respectively.At this point, this reward operation is over here.

After lunch, Rose asked Jenny to send a telegram to Li Yetong.Tell her that she has arrived.At the same time, send them the address where they live now.

She thought that Li Yetong and the others would come tomorrow at the earliest, so Rose still had her face turned to the sky, and she was in home clothes, hugging and teasing Xiao Miao.I am lazy, I got off the carriage for most of the day yesterday, and I also exercised at night.Rose felt like she was entering menopause early.

"Sister-in-law Li, come here." When she walked to the kitchen with the cat in her arms, she happened to see Mrs. Li.Rose thought of something, and called out the person softly.

Master Li hurriedly got the work in his hands, wiped his hands with the apron on his waist, and walked out quickly. "Miss, what do you want to eat?" Everyone in Li looked up at the sky, knowing that his lady was not hungry, but just hungry.

"Well, it's fine. I have other things to ask you for." Almost everyone's question from Li confused the purpose of looking for her.

"What's the matter, just give me an order."

"It's China, isn't it? You can go to the pharmacy when you have time to see if there is any medicine that doesn't hurt your body and can avoid it."

Before on the boat, everyone from Li used food to help her make contraceptive food.But there are only a few kinds of food to eat, it is too boring.This is back to Huaxia, let the medicine hall make some ready-made medicine pills.

"I see, miss. I'm going to cook dinner in a while. I'll go there after breakfast tomorrow morning. Do you think it's okay?" Everyone Li actually doesn't want Rose to use contraception.A woman still needs to have a child to gain a foothold.

She hasn't had a son and a half for so many years. If it weren't for her husband's family, there would be no one there. Li Da is also an honest person. I don't know if she will be divorced and go home.

But Miss Rose also said that the medicine was only taken for a few months.I won't eat it until next year's wedding.She just didn't want to give birth to the child on the boat or Huaxia.

The two whispered a few more words, and Roster put his hands in his pockets, pretending to take some small golden balls, and spent them on everyone's work.

China is still using gold, silver and copper coins as currency.If you want to spend those pounds of Rose, you have to go to the bank to exchange them.After all, the purchasing power of one pound is quite powerful.

As long as she thought of Rose buying a pancake fruit with a pound yesterday, the pancake fruit vendor almost gave her a box of coppers, which made her feel speechless.

So yesterday's pancake fruit money was paid by the guide they hired.If you don't convert the pound into China's common currency, to be honest, life in the future will be very inconvenient.

She couldn't even imagine that Mr. Li would be robbed if he took pounds to buy vegetables.

But when it came to exchange, Rose remembered that Carl and Leger had gone out in the morning and didn't come back for lunch.Don't know what this is doing?

Rose was thinking of Carl, and Carl was thinking of Rose.Karl took two bottles of royal salute and other gifts from England as souvenirs, and successfully borrowed a car from the ambassador to China.

At this time in China, cars are still a rarity.If you don't borrow it from the embassy, ​​Karl can't reach out to other places.With a car at least going out is much more convenient.

At this time, Le Jie was driving a car under Liu Qian's guidance, went to the bank to exchange some common currency in China, and then headed home.

As soon as Leger's car parked at the gate, another rickshaw was pulled into the alley behind him.

But by coincidence, it stopped in front of them.

Li Yetong got off the rickshaw and glanced at Karl and the others.I only think that the most handsome man among them has the most extraordinary bearing.Taking another look at the house number, Li Yetong had some guesses in his heart.

"Excuse me, does Miss Rose Bukett live here?" Carl nodded inwardly with his fluent English.This should be Rose's Chinese female classmate.

"I'm Rose's fiancé, are you?" Carl has always had a habit of introducing himself like this when seeing people he doesn't know talk about Rose.Now this kind of problem has become a subconscious habit, it just opens the mouth.

"I'm Ye Tong Li, a classmate of Rose's. I received the news that she has arrived in Huaxia. I really can't wait until tomorrow, so I came here as soon as I received the news."

To be honest, Li Yetong was so excited that even Zhang Muyuan, who was at work, forgot to tell.I don't know how nervous Zhang Muyuan will be when he finds out that there is no one at home after get off work.

"Come in," Karl moved aside, and politely invited Li Yetong into the yard.

Liu Qian, who was standing next to him, couldn't react.It turned out that his male employer was such a polite gentleman.So today's attitude towards him is so arrogant, maybe it's because he didn't rest?

He resolutely refused to admit that there was a problem with his character.

Le Jie glanced at Liu Qian who was a little fuzzy.He doesn't show it on the surface, but in his heart he knows that the owner of their family will be like this, and he just knows that this person is Miss Rose's best friend. Miss Rose came to China to attend her wedding.

So she has a good attitude toward her naturally. As for other people, Miss Rose can't look at her, so she doesn't need to hide anything.