Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 63 The Bada Alley Team Requests to Play

Just now He Qi got into the car in a hurry, just looked at Lao Wu's back, got out of the car and got off again, just hurried to open the door, now seeing Lao Wu in a white coat and black pants, standing upright. In front of the door, with a shiny black face and cheeks drooping, he was taking money out of his pocket.

"Sir, the amount of copper coins you just gave is wrong." Old Wu walked a few steps closer while taking out the money.

After being here for so many days, He Qi knows that there is a distinction between taking a rickshaw in Beiping, which is roughly equivalent to the express car and the special car in later generations. Like Lao Wu and others who squat at the intersection of Dongjiaomin Lane to pull jobs, the same distance is generally half the price of an ordinary car. Therefore, when He Qi needs to take a car, he will walk a few steps to the street to find a car.

He Qi thought it was an underpayment, and Lao Wu took out the money to make change, so she hurriedly said: "Don't be fooled, I have walked this way back and forth many times, and it costs 45 copper coins to take a car like yours. .”

Old Wu counted fifteen copper coins, hesitated for a while, and said honestly: "Sir, you gave too much. According to the rules, I can only accept 30 copper coins from you."

He Qi looked at the copper plate in his hand, which was still warm, and then looked at the car parked on the dirt road not far away, with a clean reflection, and asked Old Wu uncertainly, "Then I paid too much before?"

After a long explanation from Old Wu, He Qi finally understood the tricks here. Drivers who can speak foreign language charged the most money for pulling carts, followed by those like Old Wu.

After Lao Wu gave the money, he didn't stay long, and pulled the car to Bada Hutong to do some work.

The Chess Hall is in the north of Xuanwai Street. You can see the Xuanwumen Archery Tower, the majestic city wall, and the protruding horse face at a glance. Go south and you will arrive at Yongdingmen. At this time, Huang Laoer’s wonton stall has not yet Withdrawal, but this street is a loess road. The climate in the north is dry in the early winter, and there are many people and vehicles, so the dust is flying all day long. Many shops along the street have to install a curtain in front of the door to keep out the dust. He Qi I didn't want to eat ashes, so I had to give up the idea, and went north to the edge of the moat, and bought two big buns for 4 copper coins.

Under the city wall of Xuanwumen, there is a large open-air coal yard. The Beijing-Hanzhou Railway passes in front of the coal yard, and there is a caravan of camels coming from Mentougou and Fangshan. Each camel carries two wicker baskets filled with coal. Winter is the busiest time for camel caravans. When it gets cold, urban residents generally use coal, and the demand is very high. Camel caravans not only transport coal, but also lime, carbon, firewood, wood, bricks, and mountain goods.

He Qi stood on the south bank of the moat river, gnawed buns, and looked at the extremely hot coal trading market under the city wall. Looking across the river, there were at least a hundred camels resting on the dry sand after unloading their goods. Set off by the giant city walls of turquoise, there is a kind of primitive magnificence.

He Qi couldn't help but think again, if such a magnificent ancient city wall in front of him is preserved for later generations, the city wall is repaired, a track is laid on it, a marathon is held around the city, or for the citizens to exercise in the morning and evening, how cool it would be. ?

Unfortunately it was all demolished.

After finishing the two big buns, He Qi turned around and prepared to go back to the chess hall, but found that she couldn't go back for the time being, and saw that Xuanwai Avenue was occupied by various petition groups, with drums and gongs blaring, banners unfurled, and the front There were a few teams of patrols clearing the way, driving away pedestrians arbitrarily, and there was a lot of flying around.

It turned out that petition groups from all walks of life took to the streets to petition. Among them, the Bada Hutong team attracted the attention of everyone and undoubtedly became the focus of the audience. A group of kiln sisters who were painted, red and green, and twitched their buttocks were posing in the street in broad daylight.

The white clouds in the sky are so white.

The two humps on the camel's back are so big.

The loess road is so soft.

He Qi and a group of passers-by were caught by flax in an instant.

Mr. Yuan's old friend, Mrs. Hua Yuanchun, hired two people to hold high a long white cloth banner, which read, "The Petition Group of the Eight Great Alleys implores Mr. Yuan to make further progress!"

Hua Yuanchun went to the battle in person, wearing a water-blue cheongsam, which set off her exquisite figure, stepped on a small high heel, and combed her hair with big waves. With enthusiasm, she took the lead and shouted: "Our Bada Hutong petition group strongly appeals to Yuan The public is enthroned as emperor!"

Afterwards, all the sisters in the kiln held a small flag, waved it, and echoed delicately.

This unprecedented and famous scene attracted ordinary people to stand by the street to watch. Among them, a group of self-righteous old-fashioned critics criticized "disgraceful! The world is declining, and morality is degrading!"

Secondly, there are the brothers of the Beggar Gang, following the Bada Hutong representative team, wearing sloppy equipment, which caused complaints from other representative teams, and they all covered their mouths and noses. He was proud of it, and everyone was alive and well, holding up broken bowls and shouting "Long live Yuan Gong."

The petitioning voices of the brothers of the beggar gang were loud and rough, which immediately overwhelmed the voices of the Bada Hutong team in front. In addition, the brothers of the beggar gang had been single for a long time. One couldn't control the temptation, and several brothers from the Beggar Brothers took the initiative in the lower body, and even made obscene expressions and movements towards Sister Yao in public.

Good guy, the sisters in the kiln didn't want to talk to each other at first, and now they became even more angry, so they cursed: "A bunch of sloppy beggars, being with you, it's really bad luck for eight lifetimes!"

When the brothers of the beggar gang heard this, they couldn't stand it, and quickly counterattacked viciously: "A bunch of stinky bastards, what right do you have to say about us? Although we look dirty on the outside, our hearts are ten thousand times purer than yours! What are you pretending to do! "

As a result, the Bada Hutong representative team and the brothers of the Beggar Gang forgot about their serious petition work, and started arguing in public, blocking the roads and turning the scene into a mess. This scene is simply too ridiculous.

He Qi felt that Mr. Yuan, who could come up with the idea of ​​inviting kiln sisters and beggar brothers to petition, must be a great talent in terms of creativity alone, and he is also a talent that has been scarce for thousands of years. One family, from ancient times to the present.

Brother Xun ran all day, and came back before dark. After spending a lot of money, he finally finalized the tea set, customized chess set, tables, chairs and benches. Over the course of a few days, these objects were sent to the chess hall one after another.

The sixth day of October, the year of Yi Mao, the rabbit, the month of Ding Hai, and the day of Ding Wei, are auspicious days for getting married, moving, moving to a new house, opening a business, and getting out of the fire. They are the auspicious days selected by Brother Xun. "Heqizheng" is listed for business today.

He Qi got up early in the morning, and before she finished washing, the Dahongmen door was knocked loudly. Only Qian Xuan could make the sound, and today she was wearing a shiny back hair and wearing a He wore sunglasses and a custom-made black gown with three red letters "Heqizheng" embroidered on the left chest.

This dress is expensive, and I ordered it from a tailor shop in early October. Each of the three people has one piece, the size is slightly different, but the style is the same. I just got it yesterday. He Qi moved quickly. After finishing her hair, she hurriedly changed Put on your clothes, and rush to the store with Qian Xuan.

Brother Xun is a light sleeper and can't fall asleep when he has something on his mind. He simply arrived at the store at dawn. By now, he has cleaned every corner of the store. Everyone is busy with their work, just waiting for the auspicious time to open and welcome guests.

"The last monthly ticket is doubled, quickly poke your little finger!" "

(End of this chapter)