Chapter 1069 Tea Stall
Sun Shan and his companions took the map and walked around everywhere.
I originally wanted to ask the local Wang Jiaxing to lead the way, but who knew that he was a nerd who usually did nothing but read. He had never walked far, let alone lead the way.
As for finding a yamen runner to lead the way, Sun Shan never even thought about it.
The yamen runners are experienced guys. They may lead you to a shady place on purpose even if they lead you openly. You can't trust them at all. It's better for you to wander around on your own.
Sun Shan looked at the map and walked from morning to noon, then found a tea stall to rest.
At important post stations or on the edge of town, nearby villagers would come and set up stalls.
Sun Shan looked at the sky and felt his stomach growling with hunger, so he stopped at a tea stall.
When the old man at the tea stall saw a customer coming, he hurried to greet him.
He walked straight towards Wang Jiaxing, and it was obvious that he was the master of this group of people. He was wearing a long gown and looked very handsome. Who else could he be but the master?
The old man asked with a big smile: "Sir, would you like some tea? Please come in."
Finally a customer comes to visit, no, more than ten customers come to visit, and we have to greet them warmly.
Whether we can have thick rice tonight depends on them.
Wang Jiaxing smiled awkwardly, pointed at Sun Shan and said, "This is our master."
When he was away from home, Sun Shan decided to "go incognito", so he called himself Master Sun.
In fact, since he is so young, he should be called Young Master Sun, but everyone around him is used to calling him Master. If they suddenly change the name to Young Master, they may not be used to it.
The old man at the tea stall was stunned for a moment, then he immediately turned around, changed his position smoothly, licked his face, and said flatteringly: "Master, please go this way."
Emma, why are the servants dressed so well, but the master is only wearing shorts?
This is unscientific.
It caused me to look at the wrong target and choose the wrong person.
I hope the gentleman in front of me is a broad-minded person and will not mind his lack of vision.
If he cared about it, he did before getting married. After getting married, Sun Shan simply let his appearance be and didn't mind at all.
He smiled, nodded, said nothing, and found a place to sit.
In fact, it’s not that Sun Shan doesn’t want to speak, but he has just learned the local dialect and doesn’t know many words, so he simply doesn’t speak.
Gui Ge'er and the others spoke Yuanlu dialect even worse than Sun Shan, and had no idea that the tea stall owner had called the wrong person.
Seeing Sun Shan smile, they also smiled and sat quietly in front, behind, and around Sun Shan, taking good care of him.
The old man at the tea stall was amazed when he saw so many people surrounding Sun Shan.
Emma, you can't judge a book by its cover. I never thought that the ugliest and shortest person in the whole team turned out to be the master.
Emma, next time you must not be overly enthusiastic before you are sure who the master is, so as not to upset the master who spends money.
Sun Shan said to Wang Jiaxing, "Ask the stall owner to bring some tea and hot food if there is any."
Wang Jiaxing conveyed Sun Shan's meaning to the stall owner, who was stunned because it turned out that the old man could not speak the local dialect.
So I'm not angry, it's just because I don't understand what I'm saying.
Fortunately, fortunately, otherwise the big deal would have slipped away.
The old stall owner looked at Sun Shan with a smile and actually spoke to Wang Jiaxing: "Sir, I will go and make some tea right away. Please wait. I have rice porridge and steamed buns here. Do you want them or..."
Sun Shan asked for rice porridge. He never liked steamed buns. The other men asked for steamed buns because they filled their stomachs.
Soon, the stall owner served tea and very considerately gave Sun Shan some pickles and dried radish with rice porridge.
Sun Shan nodded, and while eating, he asked in his not-so-fluent local dialect, "Old man, do you live nearby?"
The stall owner was stunned again. He thought Sun Shan didn't understand the local dialect, but it turned out that he did and could speak it.
Although not very standard.
The stall owner still smiled flatteringly and nodded: "Yes, sir, my family lives nearby, and I set up a stall here to make a living."
If you can set up a stall here, there must be someone backing you up.
Otherwise, thugs will come here from time to time, how can we do business?
Sun Shan smiled and continued to ask, "Old man, are there many guests coming and going here?"
The stall owner shook his head and said, "Not much, especially now, everyone is busy farming."
After a pause, he continued, "Today there happened to be a market nearby, so I came out to set up a stall. If it were normal times, there would be no business at all."
Some people who live far away have to rest here before continuing on their journey. Some people who come here to do business also come here to rest before continuing on their journey.
But now it's the spring farming season, and he wouldn't come out to set up a stall if there wasn't a market.
Sun Shan asked again, "Old man, don't you need to plant rice?"
The stall owner shook his head and said, "I don't have much land, and I have already planted it. My children are helping the Wang family plant rice."
Afraid that Sun Shan didn't know which Wang family it was, he said, "County Magistrate Wang, do you know? It's his family."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Shan and Wang Jiaxing looked at each other.
Wang Jiaxing tried to cover up his embarrassment with a cough, and explained in a low voice: "Master, this place is not far from the county town. Haha, my uncle has land nearby."
After becoming rich, the Wang family has been committed to buying fields, land and houses.
These fixed assets are safer than doing business.
All eggs cannot be put in one basket, so the Wang family naturally tried every means to acquire more assets.
Wang Jiaxing also benefited because he was a member of the same family as the Wang family.
At least when it comes to studying, Old Master Wang is still willing to cultivate the young talents in the clan.
Sun Shan smiled and nodded without saying anything, then said to the stall owner, "County Magistrate Wang, I know."
The stall owner said cheerfully, "In Yuanlu, everyone knows County Magistrate Wang. Haha. Sir, are you from another place? So you also know County Magistrate Wang."
Could it be that County Magistrate Wang’s fame has spread beyond Yuanlu County?
I wonder if this gentleman in front of me knows that the Wang family became rich by relying on their concubines?
Although the stall owner wanted to chat about this gossip with Sun Shan, he was afraid that the Wang family might know and beat him up.
Everyone knows that the Wang family hates it most when people say that their daughter is a concubine.
Humph, you are clearly a concubine, but you won’t let anyone say anything. You are really both powerful and insolent!
Sun Shan then asked the stall owner how much it would cost to work at Wang's house? Was all the land around Wang's house the land? Besides farming, what else did they grow here?
For example, do you grow tea, oranges, or even flowers or herbs?
Sun Shan asked a bunch of questions in a random manner, and secretly memorized the key points in his mind. He would review them in the evening and write in his diary.
Of course, many of these questions required Wang Jiaxing to translate, as Sun Shan's local dialect was still very limited.
I still couldn't understand a lot of what the stall owner said.
After drinking tea, Sun Shan continued walking forward.
The stall owner was delighted to see this group of people eating up all the tea, rice porridge and steamed buns.
He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Have a safe journey, sir. Come sit here again next time."
It was not until Sun Shan and his group left that the stall owner realized that he had not asked Sun Shan where he was from or where he was going.
During the entire conversation, Sun Shan asked questions and he answered them.
This master seems to be checking the family's assets.
The stall owner's face changed, and then returned to normal. He probably didn't say anything he shouldn't have said just now, luckily!