Imperial Uncle

I walked through the leafy flower stand, went out of the moon door, and looked at the house in front of me.

Strange and elegant two-story small building, not large, a bright hall below, there is a small retreat inside, the upper floor is divided into two halves, a bedroom inside, and a hall outside. There is also a corridor extending outwards, where there is a door open to the hall, and a circle is surrounded by wooden railings and fine bamboo curtains.

It’s just right to live by me.

Bai Rujin looked at me and said, “Brother Zhao, do you still like it?”

I said, “It’s okay, it’s just how you guys in the south build a house that is good for two floors. Sleeping upstairs can’t catch the air.”

I was going to buy a small courtyard of two or three houses. It was a single person living horizontally, but the place was too big and troublesome. I didn’t expect this place in Chengzhou. Looking at each other, each one is a small building. My two small houses, half-walled, low-walled, banana, water well, grape stand, and small courtyards can’t be found. Bai Rujin told me that there was a dead family owner in the east of the city. The son and daughter had a family property. A small house was anxious to change hands and change money. It was quite suitable for me to live and asked me if I was interested.

Standing next to Bai Rujin, the youngest son of the family, Hong Mingxin, is about forty years old, thin and lean, with a ruddy complexion, full of vitality, nothing like a hot filial piety who just died. He listened to me, and immediately laughed: “When I heard this Lord Ye came from the north side, Chengzhou is a place to the southeast. There is plenty of water and strong moisture, and the second floor is moisture-proof.”

I looked at me again and said, “It seems that Grandpa Zhao intends to live in Chengzhou?”

Bai Zhongjin said: “I do n’t know what Hong Er is. The boss Zhao is a big merchant. He also went to Korea to sell ginseng. The younger brother met Boss Zhao when he added medicines a year or two ago. I opened the new one on Changlong Street. For the shop, there is half of Boss Zhao. He estimates that he still runs around, but he has a business and buys a house.

Hong Xin kept talking for a long time. I hurriedly humbled: “The big merchants can’t afford it, just run around and bring some groceries to sell, just to make ends meet.”

Hong Channel: “As long as the house owner Zhao can see it, he will give it at the reserve price, only to be friends.” And said, “Yes, I have not consulted the name of the boss. The mother at home has been sick for a long time and is thinking of buying some The old ginseng is too strong, I’m afraid the elderly can’t bear it. I heard that although the Korean ginseng’s medicament is weak, but the **** is more peaceful, if there is any help from Boss Zhao, please keep two. “

I said, “It’s good to say that there should be a few of the goods in the lower hand, which are the best Korean red ginseng and simida. Under the last name Zhao Mingcai, the family is prosperous.”

Hong Xin praised: “The name of Boss Zhao is auspicious.” Then he began to praise me for his house. According to him, this old house was built by the elder Hung, who had just passed away, as a scholar, and the old man was good at cultivating Taoism. When he was free, he lived here and read books to avoid quiet.

Hong Xin also said that the layout of this house still has a clever idea. The first right gate bypasses the shadow wall and enters the main gate of the main courtyard. There is a small fish pond here in the main building of the main courtyard. The courtyard on the left-hand side of the kitchen where the Chaifang Maofang water well is located is called Qiuyuan because of eating Lasha and grains. Finally, there is a piece of cowardly plum tree in the back of the small building. Hong Xin said that flowers bloom in winter, which is particularly elegant and beautiful, full of winter interest.

So this little house hidden spring, summer, autumn, winter, and Hong Dao: “So, my father named it Four Seasons Garden.”

I can hear the back molars a little bit sour, but this house is very cost-effective. I added up a bit and finally bought it.

After walking around for two or three years, I finally pressed a nest.

After I bought it, I moved in and slept soundly for the first night.

Bai Rujin said to me, “Living upstairs, there is another benefit. You may know it soon, my brother.”

I was puzzled at the time, and it didn’t take long before I knew where the benefits were.

When I bought my house, it was about the end of June, shortly after I moved in, and in July, one day it was cloudy, and then it was not sunny, and the pouring rain fell down. After a few days of falling, one morning after I got up, I opened the window and saw that there was a vast ocean downstairs.

I stood at the window and watched the water rise higher and higher again. By the early morning of the second day, water had flooded the courtyard. Bai Rujin took the two grandfathers, drifted into a courtyard with a small boat, and picked me out.

I squatted at the bow of the boat and watched the boats coming to the raft on the streets of Chengzhou. The whole city was flooded, but the people in the city seemed to take it seriously. On the second floor of the street, the store is still open. In the past, people who squatted on the side of the road to sell vegetables and grocery were sold on boats. Even the imprisonment of the prefecture is patrolling the streets of the boat.

Bai Rujin asked people to row the boat to a restaurant. A ladder was hanging on the second floor of the restaurant. The boat stopped by the ladder. As Bai Rujin stepped on the ladder, he climbed up the corridor on the second floor. Fortunately, my legs and feet are clever and I climb smoothly. As soon as I stood on the second floor corridor, a guy immediately took a dry towel and bent down to help you dry and smooth the clothes before letting you enter the hall.

The recipe was served. I took a sip of tea while holding my tea. In the corner of my eye I saw a head protruding from the window of the restaurant across the street and yelled, “Onion, come!”

Immediately a page of the boat floated over, and the boat was full of vegetables.

I have to admire: “The customs in your land are really extraordinary.”

Bai Rujin flipped through the recipe and touched the short hair on his lips: “I’m used to it.”

Chengzhou is not far from the Yangtze River, but also leans on two rivers.

After ordering two dishes each, when the meal was free, Bai Rujin looked at the endless row of boats and rafts and whispered to me: “This place in Chengzhou is flooded every summer in order to protect the river. Several other larger cities in the city often use this area as a flood relief place, and everyone is used to it. After a dozen days, Tianshui will retreat. “

Bai Rujin touched two spiced beans and said, “However, the water in previous years has not been so large. At most half of the people have been flooded. Since three years ago, the water has been particularly large.” He stretched his head forward, He lowered his voice, “Everyone said that it was the evil spirit of the downcast ghost who was pregnant with the king.”

I froze and said, “No, let’s not, what is the relationship between King Huai and this place?”

Bai Rujin’s neck stretched a bit longer, and his voice became lower and lower: “Brother Taiwan, you don’t know about it. In our Chengzhou name, there is a Cheng word, and there is a county river in the south of the city. King Huai’s words, It seems like Cheng Jun … “

I laughed twice: “This …”

Bai Rujin twisted his short beard and said, “Sometimes, you ca n’t believe this evil thing. You know, the unjust ghost is pregnant with a king. He is a bitch. As a result, three years ago, shortly after his death, The water here is extremely large. There is a Shuibo Temple outside the city that was thundered by thunder. Because of the word “跛”. Later, the Shuibo Temple could not be rebuilt, and it was waited until the emperor in the capital was sent to King Huai To repair the large tomb and do it afterwards. We changed the Shuibo Temple to the Water Temple here, and then built it again. “

I said, “That’s pretty evil.”

At this time, the dishes came up, and Bai Rujin stopped. I clipped the chopsticks and shredded pork. Bai Rujin drank a glass of wine. There was a group of state government officials floating on the boat outside the street. Bai Rujin looked over. The boat service of the ship said: “Some days ago, the flood season was approaching, and the adults of the prefecture reported to the court to ask for food. It is said that this year the court sent an amazing adult who came to control the water. I am on guard for a few days. “

I haven’t inquired much about the court for a few years, and I don’t know if the pillars in the central government have changed. I can’t help but ask, “Which is it, such a big battle?”

Bai Rujin held his wine glass and whispered, “It is said that the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yun Yu, is not big enough? Since Liu Yexiang resigned and resigned, the young officials in the court could not match Zhang Zhang and Zhang. He? Unfortunately, he is Yun Tang’s son and King Huai’s injustice. Although the fault was almost carried by Liu Yanxiang, I heard that he also had one. Otherwise, after Liu Xiang resigns, the prime minister may not be able to win today grown ups.”

I held the glass twice.

Bai Rujin shook his head: “I just don’t know if this adult will come over, will the water get bigger and bigger.”