Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 22 Unpredictable
Along with Jiang Tian and others, the bedding and bunks nearby are fairly clean, and there are no common lice and fleas in the other place, and it will be after a night.Slowly returning to the front of the building, Jiang Tian noticed some obvious changes.

Because the door of the small building was wide open, along with the helpers who came and went in and out, there was an unknown amount of dust, soil, peeling wall ash, rotten wood chips and other dirty things, as well as a pile of broken household items and messy objects of unknown use. , were all cleaned up in the small courtyard at the back, and they were arranged in roughly several piles in the open air.

And the old craftsman who had been waiting under the small building for a long time came forward with small steps, and said with a smile on his face to Jiang Tian who was eating breakfast food bought by the roadside:

"My proprietor, this old man has already figured it out last night. Is there any regulations for repairs, big, medium and small, for the proprietor to consider?"

"Go ahead."

Jiang Tian wiped the residue of the sesame seed pancake from his mouth and said:
"The biggest regulation is to repair the inside and outside of this place, which is guaranteed to be more glamorous than the newly built one. It's just that the old family alone can't do it, and we need to find some helpers to work together."

The old craftsman bowed his head and said;
"Forget about it."

Jiang Tian shook his head and said, "He's not extravagant enough to do a lot of construction work for a temporary residence."

"The statute of the center is to repair the outer wall in a proper way; then renovate the inner room, and add a few large sets of furniture to keep the proprietor living and comfortable."

The old craftsman continued:
"What about the smallest charter?"

Jiang Tian immediately asked;
"It's just to strengthen the unusable beams and columns, shovel the ground and lay a new layer, and then paint the wall, and then you can move in."

The old craftsman heard the words, but he was not too surprised and said:

"Probably, as long as a dozen or so large and small labors, plus the cost of materials, it will cost the proprietor four and a half small silver."

"It's so good, I'll give you five."

Jiang Tian nodded and said:

"By the way, I opened up the third floor and cleaned it up, let's get another set of simple household items!"

"The proprietor is really knowledgeable, and the old man dare not slack off."

The old craftsman couldn't help laughing honestly:
Not long after, this old craftsman with a face full of kindness and simplicity turned around several street corners and greeted many people along the way. Only then did he take a pack of thick snacks and returned to the clanging workshop inside.

I saw him passing through non-stop, full of obstructive furniture and clumsy objects, and only an old man leaning against the door in the corner; there was also the sound of sawing and chiseling one after another, and several apprentices of different ages were filling up Sweating profusely at work, and scattered sawdust and shavings in the backyard.

Finally, when he appeared at the back door of the courtyard wall, he followed the twists and turns of the alley, and after walking hundreds of steps, he stamped his feet again in front of a dilapidated door that was almost completely mottled with the moss on the wall; After counting the number, he opened the door and walked in.

And the inside is also a very dilapidated place, but it is very dark on all sides, only the walls and the cracks in the nailed-up windows, the wisps of skylight peeking out; this empty inner room can barely Take a look inside.

"what do you mean?"

Immediately, an abrupt voice sounded from the corner of the wall, but it was a thin figure leaning against the shadows and said:

"It's just a reminder to everyone."

But at this moment, the old craftsman whose eyes were not used to it because he entered the dark room due to the bright place, said in another cold tone.

"What do you want to remind, is there any fat sheep, or new fun?"

Another voice sounded from a high place, but it was a person who didn't know when he was sitting on the beam, and said frivolously.

"Shut up, listen carefully to Mr. Jiang!"

Another person standing under the window scolded:

"Then I just want to know, what is the meaning of this at the management office?"

And the fifth person sitting cross-legged on the ground in the room spoke word by word:

"What's the point of taking away the old man who didn't have a few years to live, and replacing him with a younger one? Have you noticed something secretly?"

"impossible!"

Someone immediately retorted:

"We've been looking for it for several years. I'm afraid we have torn down those places inside and out, and even the ground has been dug five feet;"

"Besides, what is Mr. Jiang's background? Could it be that there is something he can hide under his nose?"

"I seem to have heard that the one who was sent in this time is the one who made people stare at Lian Chen Guanshui."

Someone said with a strange yin and yang:
"That's shameless! What's wrong with him? Couldn't we..."

Suddenly someone gasped:
As the long-standing local snake in Tufang East District, there are only a handful of people who can make them love and hate and feel taboo; and this one can smile and take advantage of them, and turn his face on the spot without hesitation The guy who bit people and didn't have any shit afterwards was undoubtedly their nemesis and enemy in a certain sense.

"Okay, let me talk again!"

And the temperament of the old craftsman became cold again and said:

"It's not that people can't die in the Tufang. As long as we can come up with a plausible reason, even the uncles in the prison will cover up for us."

"But! There are some people who should not be born here and don't even want to touch them. You have to explain to me and try to stay away from each other!"

"Elder Jiang, you mean?"

At this time, finally a hoarse female voice said:

"The newcomer's details are troublesome?"

"All I know is that he is obviously in prison in Tufang; but the rough man who accompanied him obviously looks like someone in a prison, but he respectfully obeys everything he says."

The old craftsman said decisively without hesitation:
"God knows, from which extravagant place, it was stuffed here to avoid the limelight, or it was hidden for a while,"

"Then are we really going to retreat three feet from him for no reason?"

Some people are not reconciled to:
"No, there is no need to be so deliberate."

The old craftsman shook his head and said:

"In the face of a person of unknown origin, the best way is not to hide, but to try to make people stare at him, which is the long-term way to gain advantages and avoid disadvantages."

At the same time, Jiang Tian also moved out several large stacks of old books full of moth-eaten marks and dust among the musty sundries in this bookstore; Cheat sheets and other things found in Tufang.

Collecting things similar to the embryonic form of newspapers in this era is conducive to understanding the current situation of this era and the faint context of historical development.However, after Jiang Tian took a few glances, he couldn't help but smiled wryly; because what are these things:

"Tiangang Tu", "Stars Book", "Horse Racing Talk", "Bouqiu Yaoyao", "Cuju Book", "Polo Spectrum" and so on, all of them are full of the color and background of competitive sports at first glance. Periphery, the unofficial publications linked to;

However, if you think about the environment and atmosphere in Tufang, as well as the distribution of the corresponding groups of people; it is not so difficult to understand that it is generally popular and obsessed with such things that get rich overnight but are full of metaphysical probabilities.

However, in this age of classical feudal society, has the cultural, sports and entertainment activities of the people in the capital flourished to this point?Needless to say, it was also the fault of that senior more than a hundred years ago.

However, fortunately, after cleaning up most of the books that were really moth-eaten and rotten.Jiang Tian unexpectedly found more than a dozen serialized books called "Jinghua Tan", but they belonged to banned underground publications; they published many rumors, anecdotes and old stories of the people in the capital.

There are even some exposure and critical content full of novelty-seeking and lower-three-way elements for those in power and those in power at that time; moreover, it is a product of horizontal printing from left to right.So when I looked at it, I actually saw it was dark and fell asleep;

Even after the temporary Bieshe fell asleep, Jiang Tian actually couldn't help recalling and pondering some of the contents in his mind.Because, many of the referenced characters seem to be able to continue to today's prominent family origins.

The next day, a big car stopped in front of the small building, but someone gave away some daily household items and belongings in the former residence of Jiang Tian, ​​located in Zuoqu, Guangdeli Wenxin Lane, Wannian County. come over.

There were even a few letters and notes that had been left at home for an unknown amount of time.Of course, these letters are undisguised, with traces of roughness that have been unpacked and examined many times.

However, those personal books from the previous life, and the scribbled words in them, which are called annotations and are actually short diaries, gave Jiang Tian, ​​who still has a vague memory, some unexpected surprises and complements.

Then, in the process of sorting out these odds and ends, Jiang Tian also found a note for leaving a message; although there was no inscription on it, there were only a few numbers on it: Wen Jun was struggling, and I would like to thank you, and I look forward to the follow-up.

However, the familiar texture pattern as a sticky note made Jiang Tian involuntarily think of a name: Huajian Pai.To be honest, this is obviously one of the social relationships left by the predecessor, and a potential financial backer.

At least my predecessor, on the surface, was a teacher who also wrote some art and literature, and contributed to the literary copy "Guichuan Congyue" of a small circle in Beijing; The story, and this is the main bonus.

Therefore, after writing a few short stories before this, I paid a lot of embellishment fees in advance, and the long chapter "Hai Hunhou Lustful and Forgotten", which began to be serialized, was written after 37 chapters.

To be honest, this result made Jiang Tian a little dumbfounded.He really didn't expect that after traveling to a specious historical time and space, he would encounter a reminder?
However, as the person involved in the eye of the storm, Jiang Tian was arranged to enter Tufang, and temporarily got rid of most of the attention and troubles from the outside world; Stir up waves of vortexes and waves.

That night, a rider of soap clothes galloped into Anyifang, which originally belonged to one of the envoys of the Sixth Street of Youjinwu, but is now occupied by the continuous building patrolling the city censor;

(End of this chapter)