Chapter 1048 Penetrating into the Dream of Red Mansions(2/2)
For a moment, the team was a little scattered, but Xie Yu quickly found every opportunity and received the first bowl of porridge after being possessed.
When people are extremely hungry, everything they eat tastes delicious.
Moreover, it is said that it is for the blessing of the imperial concubine. This porridge is indeed very solid and thick.
After eating a bowl of porridge, Xie Yu, who was only three-thirds full, felt even hungrier.
Just when I was thinking about queuing up to get the second bowl, I saw the queue for grabbing clothes was in chaos.
Many powerful slaves of the Jia family went out to maintain order, but Xie Yu seemed to have seen some opportunity.
He put on his cloth suit again and rushed in under a simple disguise.
"My bowl..."
"My feet..."
"Arm, arm is broken..."
After harvesting five money bags, Xie Yu also understands the principle of accepting when you are ready.
He hurriedly walked. When Xie Yu left Jiajia Porridge, Jiajia Gaonu found out that he had lost his wallet. He was furious and became even more confused.
At this time, Xie Yu showed the copper coins in his hand, found the largest ancient public bathhouse according to his original memory, and started taking a bath!
Then, because it was a "big project", under the disgusted eyes of the masters, they added money, washed the hair, had a haircut, washed the body, pulled out pus, shaved the face, and pedicured, all in one package.
In the end, looking at myself in the water vapor, the extra money spent is worth it.
But Xie Yu sighed: "Xie Yu, since you are alive again, live well."
The first step to establish a firm foothold in ancient feudal society was naturally the imperial examination.
Everything is inferior, only reading is superior!
Xie Yu, who entered the palace twice, understands
The imperial examination was the weapon that allowed Eastern civilization to continue stably for thousands of years. It was easy to say at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China that with the stability of the world, the martial arts that once dominated the country will definitely become a cancer that lies on the imperial power and sucks blood.
Naturally, there are some sober people among the nobles. They know that this situation will happen. It is naturally a good way to provide a study environment for the children of the clan and seek a career change.
It seems that in the book Red Mansions, many powerful people including the Jia family and the Ningguo Mansion of Rongguo Mansion also hope that their young children will be able to take the imperial examination.
But to take the imperial examination, you must first have an identity!
Thinking of this, Xie Yu found a long-abandoned road guide note from the middle of the rag sky.
Although it is abandoned, at least it can prove its identity as a farmer. If it can find a few famous scholars to jointly sponsor it, it can take part in the imperial examination.
With basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, the next step is to settle down first.
After reorganizing, I found more than ten taels of scattered silver and copper coins in the five unexpected wallets.
Of course, Xie Yu's status now means that he can only use copper coins first, and the money will be discussed later.
After a long time, after a major overhaul, Xie Yu looked at himself in the water vapor and looked energetic. He changed his clothes again and walked out of the bathhouse as if he was a different person.
First I went to a clothing store and spent eight or nine taels of silver on a suit that fit well, including an old Confucian scholar's cotton robe and cotton boots.
Xie Yu asked the boss to send another package containing old clothes from the Jia family, and then left.
Afterwards, Xie Yu, who had "reborn as a new man", touched his hair and found that it was much shorter due to the growth of insects, so he managed to put in the wooden bundles of hair.
A man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle!
When Xie Yu came to this place with a cultural atmosphere called Liulichang, knowing that no one was checking his identity card, Xie Yu easily slipped in.
When Xie Yu came out again, she said with emotion that the experience was indeed not in vain.
After touching, more than ten taels of loose silver coins came out, as well as two 100 taels and three 50 taels of silver portable banknotes.
Then we went to a book market and found a relatively large bookstore.
Purchased some of the world's characteristics, Meng Tong Xun, Three-Character Classic, Thousand Character Essay, Rhythm Enlightenment, Thousand Family Poems, Ancient Prose Analysis and Meaning, Prodigy Poems, Dual Classes, Rhyme Poetry Xun, Xun Meng Erhai Sentence, Li Weng Dui Rhyme, Zeng Guan
Xianwen, Yixue Qionglin, etc.
After all, these are the foundation for a scholar in the ancient feudal world.
After that, I bought a scribe's fan, a collection of pens, inks, paper and inkstones, a compilation of contemporary articles, a "Selected Works of Ci Chens of the Hanyuan Dynasty", and Zhu Xi's annotations on the Four Books and Five Classics, which are mainstream scientific studies.
Studying in ancient times did cost money. Although most of it was second-hand goods, it cost Xie Yu more than one hundred taels of silver, so it was hard to negotiate the price.
Finally, the bookstore manager saw that Xie Yu had bought too much, so he gave him a small discount and gave him a few pieces of low-quality bamboo paper for practicing calligraphy.
Finally, he asked the waiter to call a carriage for Xie Yu. According to Xie Yu, the waiter asked the horseman to take him to Ningrong Street in Ningrong Second Mansion.
This horseman inherited the tradition of taxi drivers, and Xie Yu said he wanted to pay more.
The stable boy immediately became a talkative guide. Xie Yu first asked him to lead him to purchase some suitable clothes, bedding and other daily necessities.
This stable boy drives his carriage through the streets all year round, so he naturally knows where there are discounts. Although they don't know how big the discounts are here, neither of them thinks that they have suffered a loss.
Afterwards, the stable boy told himself about Ningrong Street.
This Ningrong Street is naturally centered on Rongning Second Mansion. The back door is nicknamed Ningrongli, the west of Rongguo Mansion is called Xingrongli, and the east of Ningguo Mansion is called Changningli.
Ningrongli is mostly a branch of the Jia family, Xingrongli is headed by in-laws from Zunrong Mansion, and Changningli is dominated by in-laws from Ningfu.
Outside the front door is Ningrong Street. Ningrong Street is adjacent to Ningrong Lane. To the south of Ningrong Lane is Fenggong City. There is also a newly built Ningrong back lane in the south of Fenggong City.
Although the names are all "alley" and "li", in fact, there are alleys within alleys, alleys leading to alleys, and hundreds of families live in each.
There are all kinds of people gathered together in one place. I am afraid that there are not more than three or four thousand people taking shelter here. Most of them have some relationship with the Jia family and rely on the Jia family's fortune to make a living.
Xie Yu's target was the back alley of Ningrong Street, or speaking of Ningrong Back Street, it was mostly a place where the Jia family's descendants and ordinary people lived together.
The purpose of choosing this place is of course the experience of a time traveler, so it cannot be too far away from the protagonist.
Only by relying on the plot can we make a rough plan.
After asking a random person, I knew where Jia Yun's house was on the back porch.
In the confusion of the horseherd, Xie Yu paid him the fare plus a reward, asked him to help him unload all his luggage, and let him leave.
"Bang...bang...bang..."
Knock on the door….
A middle-aged woman with a tired look came out and said, "You are..."
Xie Yu said respectfully: "Is this Uncle Yun's house? Xiao Ke went to Beijing to study in order to gain fame, and he wanted to live in a room for a long time. I heard that there is a vacant room in Uncle Yun's house, but I don't know..."
Before she finished speaking, Yun Mu saw the silver beans weighing in Xie Yu's hand and swallowed.
You said it was a sad New Year, and the family was almost running out of food. Her family, Yun'er, was borrowing money to celebrate the New Year!
Yun Mu would naturally welcome scholars like Xie Yu who came to rent a house, but...
Although Xie Yu suddenly appeared, Yun Mu was a little hesitant!
But looking at Xie Yu's large and small bags piled together, there are so many books, especially many of them old books. He has read them all, so he should be a "standard" scholar.
For scholars, in ancient society, there was a natural sense of trust in the hearts of ordinary people, just like college students in later generations.
So this middle-aged woman, while helping Xie Yu carry her luggage, also enthusiastically asked Xie Yu if he wanted some food.
Xie Yu naturally nodded in agreement!
Jia Yun, who had gone out to borrow rice but failed to meet, came back a little frustrated, thinking about going to her uncle's house tomorrow. Although it was shameful, it was better than nothing!
Naturally, I saw Xie Yu, who was limping and dressed as a scholar, renting a house at his house.
(The new year has begun. Sister Lin fell from the sky. After hesitating for a long time, I hope that the new year will have a new beginning from this classic book "A Dream of Red Mansions". What I wrote may disappoint everyone.
Chapter completed!