Ding Hao, Xue Liang, and Feng Dazhang were in the same room. They asked for hot water to burn their feet at night before going to bed on the kang. The whole inn was full today, so the kang was really hot. As soon as I lay down on it, my tired body was scorching with heat.
The heat was ironing into the seams of his bones, which was very relieving. But when it came time to go to bed, Ding Hao even felt like crying.
It turns out that Feng Da Zhang Whip’s snoring is really too loud. In fact, Xi Zhuer also snores, but compared with Feng Da Zhang Whip, it is really nothing. Feng Da Zhang Whip’s snoring is not only shocking.
Ding Hao was crying like ghosts and gods, and his snoring sounded like a song. Each snoring was not in the same tune. It was high and low, thick and thin. This made Ding Hao’s original plan of falling asleep when he got tired of the snoring disappear.
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He has to travel early tomorrow morning, so it's not possible to stare like this all night long. Ding Hao sat up worriedly. As soon as he moved, a shy Zhu'er beside him whispered: "What, you can't sleep either?"
Ding Hao was startled: "You haven't slept yet?"
The two of them were quiet for a while, and both laughed. After a while, Xizhu'er whispered: "How about I wake up Uncle Feng? Let him change his position, maybe the noise can be less."
"No, Uncle Feng is working very hard, so don't call him." Ding Hao said, and started to get dressed. Xizhu'er asked quietly: "What are you doing?"
Ding Hao said: "I really can't sleep due to such a big commotion. I'll go out and look around to see if I can find a place to sleep."
Ding Hao carried his bedding and walked out of the house. It was still quite warm on the kang, but when he left the house, it was so cold in the middle of the night that there was no place to sleep. Ding Hao walked around in the small courtyard for a while holding his bedding. He saw people coming from the restaurant in front.
There were many stools in the aisle in the middle of the guest room at the back. Ding Hao thought to himself: "How about I put the stools together and make it here for the whole night? No, if someone comes in and out at night, he sees someone lying upright.
Why don't you scare people here? Besides, it's too cold here, and you'll get frostbite after just one night."
In desperation, Ding Hao carried his bedding and walked back. When he reached the corridor, a figure suddenly emerged. When the two of them met, they were startled. Looking carefully through the red lantern on the corridor, he saw that the man was eating.
The young man with peach blossom eyes that I saw.
The man said: "Hey, what are you doing in the middle of the night? You scared me."
Ding Hao smiled dryly and said: "The guy in the same room snores too loudly. I can't sleep. What about you?"
The man chuckled and said, "You are quite particular. Why don't you just rip off the corner of your quilt and put some cotton to stuff your ears? It's just a night away from home. I think the house smells bad.
I ran out to use the bathroom. It’s so cold here that my butt is almost frozen. I have to go back inside quickly to warm up. See you tomorrow.”
"See you tomorrow." After the two said hello, the man left in a flash. Ding Hao returned to the room, followed his method and quietly tore open the corners of the quilt, pulled out two small balls of cotton and stuffed them into his ears, snoring.
Sure enough, it was smaller, at least it wasn't so intolerable. He quickly told Xi Zhu'er this method, and the two of them reluctantly managed to get over it.
As soon as it dawned, Feng Dazhangbian got up in high spirits. He also called up Ding Hao and Xue Liang, and asked with great concern: "Did you sleep well last night?"
The two of them yawned and got up, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but said in their mouths: "It's okay, the kang is warm and quite comfortable, but it's just that I went out and slept... not too solidly."
"Haha, you'll be fine if you get used to it. The owner of this shop is a kind person, otherwise I would have chosen his hotel to stay. As long as the stay is comfortable, get up quickly, pack up and eat quickly, we still have to be on our way."
Washing up in ancient times was more troublesome than in modern times, because men also had to comb and tie their hair. There was already soap in this era, which was made of goat oil and plant ash. It had a good cleaning effect, but it was too rough, had a bad feel, and had no fragrance, so
Only ordinary people use it to wash their faces, and poorer people simply use rice water.
Wealthier families still use detergents made of saponins, algae beans, or fat beads. Fat beads are also a kind of plant seeds, which are fattier than saponins and algae beans, so when they are made into a paste, they are called soap, which is similar to soap.
The soap used in modern times has the same name. The more advanced soap is a liquid made from peas and vanilla, which is a cleaning product for wealthy people.
There are also toothbrushes. It is said that they were passed down from the Tatars in the north. However, once they arrived in the Central Plains, the craftsmanship was more refined than the Tatars. The style of the toothbrush is very similar to that of modern toothbrushes, except that the brush is not made of nylon, but
There are now dozens of kinds of tooth powders for brushing your teeth. They are all made from various Chinese herbal medicines. Each has different effects of cleaning teeth, freshening fragrance, and solidifying teeth. However, Feng Dazhangbian, Ding Hao and the others cannot afford it.
They all brushed their teeth with toothbrushes dipped in green salt foam.
Ding Hao was bending over to brush his teeth in the yard. Miss Ding walked in neatly. She was carrying a riding crop and was still dressed as a man. When she saw Ding Hao, she showed a faint smile and said: "Dai, Feng Dazhang whipped up
What?"
Ding Hao quickly rinsed his mouth, stood up and said: "Get up, we are going to have some food and then go to find the eldest lady right away."
Ding Yuluo said: "I have never taken so many people with me when I went out before, and Deacon Liu and the others didn't have much experience. Thanks to Feng Da Zhang Whip, I had too many things to settle last night, but I ignored Mr. Feng. Isn't that right?
I came to see him early in the morning, and the old man needed to give me more guidance along the way."
While the two were talking, a door opened with a clang, and a young man hurriedly snatched it out. There were five bright red fingerprints on the left side of his face. He opened his mouth and shouted: "Shop, shop, hurry up."
Come out, my master’s things have been lost.”
Many people in the yard were washing up. When they heard the sound, they all looked at him in shock. They saw this man wearing small clothes, not fully dressed, with a look of panic. Then another man walked out of the room. This man had a big face and big ears.
The man with heavy eyebrows was the middle-aged man who dined in the restaurant last night. His clothes were not neatly dressed, his arms were crossed, and there was a dark cloud on his face that seemed to be unable to be blown away by the strong wind.
After hearing the news, the shopkeeper hurried over and asked hurriedly: "Sir, what did you lose..."
Before he could finish speaking, the young man grabbed him by the collar and shouted angrily: "Look, your store is quite clean, but why are there so many prostitutes? My master's important belongings are missing. As a person,
The shop owner has nothing to do with it."
The shopkeeper's surname was Qiu, and his name was Qiu Laoshi. He was indeed a loyal and honest man. Hearing this, he immediately panicked and quickly said: "Hey, young guest, please don't talk nonsense. This is a small shop.
, a small business, just to provide a place to eat and sleep for guests traveling from north to south. You have to take care of your own things. It has only been one night and you said that your things were lost. What do you have?
I, the store owner, don’t know what is missing, and I can’t bear the responsibility..."
"Hey, you left everything behind, there's no way, you can't get it back, you old guy has to go to jail!"
As he was talking here, Feng Dazhangbian came out of the house. Ding Yuluo glanced at the master and servant who were arguing with the shop owner casually, met Feng Dazhangbian, clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Feng, these days
Thank you for your hard work. After breakfast later, I still have to ask the old man to help organize things. The sooner we get on the road, the better."
"Haha, Lao Feng only eats this bowl of rice. It's not hard work. The boss has an order. Just call someone to inform him. How dare you work on your job? I will go and arrange it in a moment."
"Stop!" The middle-aged man suddenly spoke in a sinister tone. Looking at his eyes, there was a hint of redness in his eyes: "Who dares to leave before my things are found? Everyone in this store will leave them for me.
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Butler Liu, who was following Ding Yuluo, heard this and sneered: "You lost something and did you do this to us? You are not allowed to leave even if you say you are not allowed to leave? What a god's fart, such a big air, you missed the important event of our family, and you are not allowed to leave."
If you cut the meat into pieces and sell it, you won't be able to get your money back."
The middle-aged man was so angry that before he could say anything, the boy who was waiting for him had already stepped forward to greet him, pointed at Liu Shiyi and shouted: "How presumptuous! You are so brave! My master is the Linqing County Lieutenant, and he took office."
, but someone took away the official seal in this thief's shop. What a big deal is this? No matter how important your matter is, is it bigger than my master? Until the official seal is recovered, everyone will be involved. Give it to me one by one.
Stay there honestly, anyone who dares to leave is guilty of committing a crime."
When Ding Yuluo heard this, he almost broke out in a sweat. The county captain was an official second only to the county magistrate of a county. He was a local official in charge of judicial security and criminal proceedings in a county. What if he lost his official seal?
Come on? It is true that the Ding family is powerful, and local officials also give face, but this does not mean that they can be superior to local officials? Since the other party is the Linqing County Lieutenant, it is probably impossible to forcefully leave. If this official seal is temporarily
I couldn't find it for a long time. Could it be that the Ding family's grain team was trapped in Qingshui Town?
The county lieutenant was really anxious. Originally, losing the official seal was a big deal, and it was not something that should be publicized. He was also looking forward to settling the matter quietly, but he didn't expect that the boy didn't know the benefits and went public with it.
Come on. There is no way to hide this. It is certain that he will lose face before he takes office. But it is about his own future, and he can't worry about it so much at this time. He immediately calmed down and said solemnly: "Liu
Xiao, take my letter and summon the village chiefs of this town and ask them to bring some people here to maintain order. Then rush to Linqing County and report the situation to the county magistrate and ask him to send a capital officer.
I'm leading a team of detectives here to arrest the thief and investigate the case."
The boy next to the county captain agreed and ran out as fast as he could. After a while, the local chief Baozheng, the household head, the village clerk and other small officials heard that the county captain had lost his official seal here, so they
As if his butt was on fire, he led a group of people who had been summoned in a hurry and ran towards here, surrounding Changfeng Tavern with water.