Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 2, Master’s whereabouts

Author: Flying Wooden Fish

Chapter 2, Master’s whereabouts

After coming out of the bridge hole and taking a look at the surrounding environment, Jiang Yan discovered that the bridge hole where he lived was not far from the city wall of the Forty-Nine City.

These forty-nine cities were the kingdoms of the two dynasties of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Jiang Yan had heard of the theory that these forty-nine cities had nine inner and seven outer cities and four imperial cities a long time ago.

The inner city has nine gates, the outer city has seven gates, and the imperial city has four gates. The four gates of the imperial city are Tiananmen, Di'anmen, and Dong'anmen.

Xi'an Gate; the nine gates in the inner city are Zhengyang Gate (front gate), Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Fucheng Gate, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, Anding Gate, and Desheng Gate.

This city wall is much larger than the Xi'an city wall I saw before. It was the former capital, but it was a pity that it was demolished in later generations. If it were in my own time, it would be an excellent tourist attraction.

However, under the current city wall, the garbage pile is almost as large as the city wall, and it still exudes an unpleasant smell.

He raised his head and glanced at the city gate. Fortunately, his eyesight was better, so he easily saw the big characters Zhengyang Gate.

Seeing this Zhengyang Gate, Jiang Yan felt mixed emotions in his heart. Although he had thought about it before, he would not let it go. But now it seems that his previous thoughts were a bit idealistic.

What if I don’t have a reasonable way to make money? I can’t just follow my master and sell art for the rest of my life!

I should find a serious job. In my previous life, I was a bachelor's degree graduate, so finding a job shouldn't be too difficult.

However, when Jiang Yan saw his small arms and legs, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​finding a job.

Another reason why I gave up this idea is that I don’t know traditional Chinese characters!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help complaining. What kind of god had I offended by allowing me to travel to this era? Time travel means time travel. After all, you are about the same age as me! How can you become a child of about ten years old?

Living in this time of war and chaos is a problem.

This is really a dragon-slaying skill for nothing, but I am so young!

Forget it, don't think about it anymore, let's go find the master! Jiang Yan pulled on his patched clothes and strode towards the overpass.

Alas! I didn’t want to wear such rags. I had already searched in the supermarket just now. Except for some gloves and socks, there was no clothes at all.

After passing through Zhengyangmen, you will come to Qianmen Street, the busiest street in Sijiu City. I have to say that Qianmen Street is really lively.

Hutong courtyards with gray bricks and gray tiles, Beijing dialect and rhyme, and seventy-two lines that are almost extinct in later generations, and various shouts and shouts come and go, giving you a sense of life.

Sijiucheng Overpass is the most lively place in the whole Sijiucheng. There are almost all kinds of people from all walks of life here. If you don’t believe it, there are almost all entertainers, jugglers, and cross talkers, as well as fortune tellers and healers.

It's almost not far away. Especially the various snacks from Yanjing smell delicious.

After arriving at the Tianqiao, Jiang Yan did not go to find his master immediately but squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement. It must be said that the performances here were almost without any moisture. If he hadn't had three or five years, he really wouldn't have been able to perform these performances.

Looking at these performances, Jiang Yan couldn't help but think to himself that if he filmed these and put them on Douyin, it would easily exceed 10,000.

After watching for a while, Jiang Yan remembered what he was here for, so he left the crowd and walked towards the place where he and his master often perform. However, to Jiang Yan's disappointment, his master was not there at all.

Tianqiao didn't even see his master.

This time, Jiang Yan was blinded. Could his master have escaped? What would he do if he escaped?

After finding a shady place, Jiang Yan sat down directly. He was really tired from walking around all this time!

Gurgling, gurgling, his stomach made an unsatisfactory sound again. Why was he hungry again not long ago? Just now in the cafeteria, Jiang Yan found that his food intake seemed to have increased a lot. Just now he had eaten several large bowls of rice and

vegetable.

If this were done before, if I could eat one-fifth of it, I would be considered to have a big belly.

Jiang Yan probably forgot which era he lived in and what era this was here.

Although he had no money in his previous life, his food and drink were much better than now. It can also be said that he lived in heaven and on earth. Although he had no money before, he was not short of oil and water! Don't have too much supplementary food, okay?

Everyone in this era is generally short of oil and water. They rely entirely on carbohydrates to provide energy, and there are almost no non-staple foods. Therefore, people in this era only eat a few large bowls. This is really not just talk.

It's better to fill your stomach first! There are so many people here, Jiang Yan doesn't dare to take things out of the space.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan got up and walked directly to the place selling snacks.

Before I even got close to the snack stall, various hawking sounds could be heard.

"Here comes the honey cake! Aiwowo"

"The donkey is rolling around full of sugar! If it's not sweet, it doesn't cost money."

"Crispy sesame pancakes! Mawei'er."

"The peas are so yellow! They are so big."

“Stewed and grilled, deep-fried, cheap and filling.”

Smelling the aroma of food, Jiang Yan went directly to a place selling steamed buns. When he saw the bulging buns, Jiang Yan's mouth watered.

But before Jiang Yan could open his mouth, the bun seller glared at Jiang Yan and cursed: "Where did you come from to beg for food? Don't mistake me for being a businessman. Get out of here."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan was furious, but looking at the huge size of the bun seller, Jiang Yan could only leave. But he was cursing in his heart, this turtle grandson is really not a good thing.

Jiang Yan had no choice but to return to the place where he had just squatted, thinking in his mind, or else he should leave here first, find a place to fill his stomach, and squat here for his master.

"Xiao Yan, what are you doing here!" At this time, Jiang Yan felt a pat on his back. When he turned around, he saw Tian Zao standing behind him with several children.

"Sister Zao, if I don't take you like this, don't you know that there is a saying that scares people to death! If I am scared to death, don't feel guilty!"

The person who came was Tian Zao, the king of children in this area. She took a dozen of her children to earn a living on several streets in this area.

I followed the master to set up a stall here and became familiar with her.

However, Jiang Yan, who came from a later generation, knew that Tian Zao was the first heroine in the TV series "Hutong" that he had watched in later generations.

"Gugu" my stomach growled unsatisfactorily.

Hearing the growl in Jiang Yan's stomach, Tian Zao laughed a few times and randomly took out two sesame seed cakes from his bag and handed them to Jiang Yan.

"Eat it!"

Jiang Yan took the sesame sesame cake and took a bite. The sesame cake was really fragrant. While eating the sesame cake, Jiang Yan said vaguely to Tian Zao, "Thank you, Sister Zao. By the way, Sister Zao, have you seen my master?"

"I saw him yesterday afternoon, but your master seemed to be injured. I asked him about it at that time! He said it didn't matter and said he would handle it. I haven't seen him since."

"My master is injured, is it serious?" When Jiang Yan heard this, he put down the sesame seed cake in his hand and nervously held Tian Zao's hand and asked.

"I don't know, but I saw a lot of blood."

When Jiang Yan heard this, the sesame sesame cake in his hand no longer smelled good. His mind was quickly thinking about everything about his master, but as expected, Jiang Yan discovered the clue.

Ever since Jiang Yan and his master came to this Forty-Nine City, the master's whereabouts have become strange. He disappears several nights every week. When asked what he was doing, the master just touched his head and said that he was doing something to benefit the poor.

things.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan was almost certain that his master might be an underground party. Something suddenly flashed in his mind.

(End of chapter)