Chapter 9: New Home

"Oh, that's right!" The previous idea suddenly reminded me.

Although I don't speak English very well, I have passed CET-4. Even if I have almost forgotten it, the basic dialogue is still barely enough.

I remember that in the Ming Dynasty, many foreign businessmen and missionaries came to China to trade and preach. If they could meet one or two, even if they were a translator, and Cao Muwen knew that in the Ming Dynasty, due to the economic development, foreign trade had exceeded for a long time.

Chinese tea, silk and porcelain are all luxury goods that can only be enjoyed by the aristocracy and the rich in Europe.

So at that time, Europeans admired this oriental power very much, so the foreigners who came to China in the Ming Dynasty were still very disciplined.

Unlike a foreigner in the later Qing Dynasty, he came to China to rob.

Even if there are some lawbreakers, they will be punished in time.

is not as weak and incompetent as the Qing government.

Cao Muwen thought that the thing that "targeting a translator and killing a translator" should not happen to him.

However, I haven't seen a foreigner on Beijing Street for a few days. It seems that even if foreigners have come to China to trade and preach, most of them are in the southeast coast.

It's true that foreign people can't solve the poverty.

The night was as cold as water. Cao Muwen tossing and turning in the side room was worried.

It has been many days since I came here, and I have tried my best to live here, but so far I haven't made a penny.

Now I rely on the help of others to eat and live, and my heart is even more troubled, so I simply don't sleep.

Humph, this bed is small and hard. After sleeping for several days, I feel that my waist is sore. It's not as good as the broken bed brought by the house I originally rented! It's almost June outside the house.

The sound of "knowing, knowing" came from the grass in the yard. The moon was bright and shining in the yard, with a sense of freedom and tranquility.

Looking up, Cao Muwen felt a little shocked. The stars in the sky hung in the sky, and a crescent moon shined in it.

Cao Muwen hasn't seen this starry sky for many years, and he can't even remember it.

I just vaguely remember the scene when Grandma took herself to the open space of the community to enjoy the cool after dinner in her childhood.

When I was a child, I gave myself to my grandparents because my parents were busy with work.

Those years seemed to be my warmest and most comfortable years in the past 20 years.

Always on that midsummer night, grandma took a Maza in one hand, and then handed him the fan in her hand, freeing up her big hands to hold her little hands.

The two slowly walked on the open space of the community. At that time, there were already many adults and children.

Parents sat together, chatting and talking about work, while the children were fooling around and spending one warm and peaceful night after another.

That is also a star in the sky. Sometimes, he will lean sideways on his grandmother and ask him to tell him about the stars in the sky, the North Star, the Big Dipper, and the Midsummer Triangle.

And the most classic cowherd and weaver girl.

The good times are beautiful because they are gone forever. Coming here has nothing to do with the original one.

If it comes, it will be safe.

Cao Muwen thought that no matter where and in what era, people only hope that their lives can be better and more wonderful, and so is Wei Manliang.

In the night sky, there are no bright lights, no brilliant lights competing with the starry sky, and no people's voices. The noise of the city, only the sound of summer insects, and the quiet summer night reflected by the moonlight.

On the night sky that is not covered by dirty air, the midsummer triangle just formed a similar equilateral triangle, emitting bright starlight, and the cowherd was carrying a son and a woman on his shoulder, chasing the weaver girl on the other side of the galaxy, and lined up in a straight line.

In this quiet courtyard, a man looked up at the starry sky, and his eyes seemed to be full of tears.

In the past few days, Cao Muwen has also earned two or three cents.

Although I didn't care a few days ago, I was a little anxious in recent days.

Because the day before yesterday, when he saw Wei Manliang looked at him and seemed to have something to say, he asked him, but he hesitated to say that it was not important. It's okay to talk about it in a few days. Cao Muwen saw his embarrassed face and guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

It should be that the day of my daughter-in-law's return to visit her relatives is coming, and I still have nothing and haven't earned much money.

Wei Manliang didn't want Cao Muwen to move out. He was kind and simple, but he felt that it was really inconvenient for two men at home when his daughter-in-law came back. A few days ago, he had found an empty house that was being rented in the county. He thought that he could ask Brother Cao to rent it and move there. If he couldn't afford it, You can help him pay the rent.

Cao Muwen is not secretly anxious, thinking about what he is good at every day.

But all day long, there is no clue, and there is no foreigner. It seems that what he has learned in ancient times in his life is useless.

At this time, Cao Muwen saw Wei Manliang coming out of the house and made up his mind, "I can't disturb the life of the couple."

It's better to take the initiative to say it.

Then move forward quickly.

"Brother Wei, I have something to tell you."

Wei Manliang was stunned, because he came out to tell Cao Muwen that he had found a rental house.

"Brother Wei, I have been in your house for many days and caused you so much trouble. I'm sorry that I don't want to be here anymore. I'll find a place to move out in the next few days."

Wei Manliang didn't expect that he proposed to leave and didn't think much about it, so he told him that he had found a rental house for Cao Muwen.

As soon as Cao Muwen heard this, he felt guilty and said to himself, "Cao Muwen, Cao Muwen, look at what level you have done. Even the place where you live has to be helped by others and pay you for the house."

When I thought about it, my face turned a little red.

I'm busy: "Brother Wei, look, I've been living here for free for so many days, and I haven't helped anything. Now I want you to help me find a place to live. What should I do?" Brother Cao, don't say that. At least I will write a lot of words. My mother-in-law can show her when she comes back! Even if I borrow you this month's house money, it won't be too late when you have money!" Cao Muwen was grateful after hearing this. People said this, saying that it was "borrowed" and did not hurt his face.

I have to accept it for the time being.

Then he agreed with Wei Manliang, and Wei Manliang was also happy to see him agree.

Although this Xiaojing Village is called a village, it is more than ten times larger than ordinary villages. It is almost as the governance of ordinary states and counties, and the population is also very complicated.

Because it is the county seat of Daxing County.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing was called Shuntianfu, and the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu ruled 19 counties in five prefectures.

namely, Tong, Ji, Zhuo, Ba, Changping five prefectures and Daxing, Wanping, Liangxiang, Fangshan, Dong'an, Gu'an, Yongqing, Baoding, Dacheng, Wen'an, Wuqing, Xianghe, Baodi, Ninghe, Sanhe, Pinggu, Shunyi, Miyun and Huairou 19 counties, also known as Shuntianfu 24 prefectures.

The jurisdiction of Shuntianfu is divided into four halls.

The officers of these four halls are called Tongzhi, and the East Road Department is stationed in Zhangjiawan, which is in charge of Tongzhou, Jizhou, Sanhe, Wuqing, Baodi, Ninghe and Xianghe; the South Road Department is located in Huangcun, which is in charge of Bazhou, Baoding, Wen'an, Dacheng, Gu'an, Yongqing and Dong'an; the North Road Department is located in Gonghua City, Shahe Town, and is in charge of Changpingzhou, Shunyi, Huairou, Miyun and Pinggu; and the West Road Hall of Gongji City of Lugou Bridge is in charge of the remaining four counties, including Daxing.

However, because Daxing County and Wanping County are close to the city wall of the capital, it is also known as Beijing County, which is the richest of the 24 prefectures.

Although the sparrow is small and complete, the county government is on the east side of the county, and the streets in the west are full of shops, such as tea shops, steamed bun shops, blacksmith shops, restaurants, inns and so on.

Wei Manliang's home is on the east side of the county, and the house found for Cao Muwen is not far from the south.

Now that it has been decided, Cao Muwen plans to move there as soon as possible.

The next day, they told Wei Manliang, and the two went to see the house together. After negotiating the price with the owner, they made a contract and paid for the house.

Cao Muwen is a tenant here.

Cao Muwen's new home is a two-row tile house in an alley. The partition wall in the middle is opened and the door curtain is used as a large room. Cao Muwen estimated that it is about 20 to 30 square meters; it is not much different from the original rented house.

It's a kind of fate.

Cao Muwen thought so in his heart.

There are all kinds of cooking stoves, pots and pans in the room.

** There is also a quilt, although it is a little old.

But it's summer now, so it's useless.

I didn't have anything in the first place, and it was easy to move. With the door lock key, Wei Manliang gave him some pen, ink, paper and inkstone, saying that scholars could not do without this. Cao Muwen was so kind that he had to take it, and repeatedly said that as long as Brother Wei had time, he could teach him to write at any time.

Wei Manliang suddenly smiled, and Cao Muwen suddenly thought, "My daughter-in-law will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The couple haven't seen each other for a few days. I haven't communicated with my daughter-in-law much these days. Why are you doing in front of the big light bulb when I have nothing to do?"

After understanding, he hurriedly continued, "If my sister-in-law comes back, my brother will definitely visit my eldest brother and sister-in-law."

"Hey, Brother Cao, you're out."

Wei Manliang's simple face showed a trace of Cao Muwen's intention to visit his neighbors first. After all, "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors", and he has no distant relatives now.

Cao Wei went out together, and Wei Manliang had nothing to do, so they went together.

However, he didn't expect that his first formal job came because of this. Although this job was not very popular, of course he didn't care.

The left side of the row of tile house where Cao Muwen lived is also an empty house to be rented, and on the right side, I heard from the owner that a single old man lived there, and there was no one else.

Cao Muwen thought, "A single young man and a single old man can just come together. It's easy to talk later."

But I'm poor now, and I don't have any gifts to give.

If you think about it carefully, just come to the door with this mouth and send him some sweet words. If he has anything to brag about, he will pat the horse fiercely. The old man likes to listen to good words. If the old man is comfortable and can't make trouble, he still leave himself to eat?!" Cao Muwen thought as he walked.

In a blink of an eye, the two went out of the door and came to the old man's door.