I haven't seen my old friend for a long time, and I'm still young when I return.
Zhou Yi After some calculations, Lao Bai has been dead for 1,630 years, and even the tomb has been moved away from the capital.
"Then you become a waiter!"
"Hey, thank you shopkeeper for taking me in."
Bai Shiyu had no choice but to agree, always feeling like he was being looked at completely, and feeling weak in his heart, he rubbed his hands and stamped his feet.
Yang Li's eyes were widened, and he looked at Bai Shiyu with a hint of hatred, as if he owed a lot of money.
Bai Shiyu avoided Zhou Yi's strange gaze and said, "You little kid, is it wrong for me to help you with your work?"
"Obviously I came first!"
Yang Li had a cry in his voice. He almost jumped for joy when he heard that he could come to the pub every day. Besides being a newsboy, he had a stable job. In the future, he could sell peanuts to support his family.
With the promotion of new looms, the demand for cotton, linen and wool has grown day by day, inevitably causing countless people to lose their land.
In order to eat, the helpless peasants had no choice but to work in the city's workshops. Otherwise, they would not only starve and freeze to death, but also violate the laws of the court.
For the sake of local stability and sufficient labor force in the workshops, the imperial court legally stipulated that refugees were guilty. If they did not have a stable job for a month, they would be taken to the mines to dig coal by the guards.
The low income of the workshop and the extremely high unemployment rate make every job that can steadily earn copper coins precious!
Bai Shiyu suddenly understood, with sympathy and apology in his eyes, and said, "Don't worry, I am a waiter, not a handyman. I have to clean up and take away those peanut shells."
"Really?"
Yang Li cried out in surprise, patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely clean it up. I worked at Wang's Cloth Shop to clean the machines a few years ago. I worked hard and wiped them clean."
Bai Shiyu smiled and said, "The roasted peanuts taste average. I will teach you how to make secret fennel beans."
"Thank you, Brother Bai!"
Yang Li kept bowing to thank him. Hearing someone buying peanuts, he quickly carried a big basin over.
Bai Shiyu rubbed his hands and said, "Shopkeeper, I will be your waiter from now on. How will the accommodation and wages be calculated?"
"There are several rooms in the backyard, except for the master bedroom, you can choose from them."
Zhou Yi said, "As for the salary, it will be based on two taels per month at first. If you do well, the salary will increase. There will be a bonus at the end of the year."
Since Bai Shiyu came to visit pretending to be poor, Zhou Yi did not deliberately expose the disguise, but planned to let him work.
Bai Shiyu did his homework before coming here, and imitated the waiter's tone and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper, we will definitely satisfy the customer. Then I will go to work now?"
Zhou Yi nodded slightly and said again.
"Go change into clean clothes first!"
night.
The last wave of guests left.
Yang Li cleans the garbage, Bai Shiyu arranges the tables and chairs, and Zhou Yi reads the notebook leisurely.
"Shopkeeper, Brother Bai, see you tomorrow."
Yang Li After finishing his work, he waved goodbye cheerfully, full of energy as if he didn't have any hardship.
Perhaps a few hundred years later, Yang Li will become the backdrop of history, used to prove that the workshops are desperately squeezing the people. Of course, this is indeed the case. However, the current Yang Li does not have this awareness, and will only endure when faced with oppression, and is excited to earn a few more copper coins every day!
Bai Shiyu packed up the tables, chairs, doors and windows, and said, "Shopkeeper, I'm tired after a long day. I'm going to sleep first."
He has mastered martial arts so he won't be tired from just running the hall. However, he always felt Shopkeeper Sun looking at him secretly, his arms trembled and his spine trembled.
Zhou Yi closed the storybook and said with a smile, "Today is a good day, why not go to Pleasure Quarter to listen to music together?"
Bai Shiyu asked in confusion, "What day is it today?"
"Twentieth birthday."
Zhou Yi This year happens to be 1,700 years old, and I reunite with my old friends, so it's time to celebrate.
Bai Shiyu's face turned red. "I have never been to Pleasure Quarter..."
Zhou Yi asked casually, "Full Moon Pavilion's oiran, how about girl Qing Qing?"
"Too thin, can't compare to Miao Yu of the Spring Breeze Pavilion... cough cough."
Bai Shiyu coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, and quickly explained, "It's all rumors, hearsay!"
Zhou Yi also said with a smile.
"Then we should go take a look and verify the authenticity of the rumors!"
About half an hour.
Spring Breeze Pavilion.
Zhou Yi stood at the door and was amazed that such a big change had occurred after only two hundred years.
The girls were wearing strange-looking clothes with quite novel shapes, including silk, leather, cat ears, and fox tails. They were posing for passers-by, which was incompatible with the gowns and coats on the street.
"This is really..."
Zhou Yi never expected that, just by gently pushing the wheel of history, such a chaotic and mixed scene would appear.
Bai Shiyu said, "I heard that these clothes are made by literati. Every once in a while, Spring Breeze Pavilion will have a competition on new clothes. That's the real deal... tsk tsk!"
"The scholars are so thoughtful, and ordinary people can't match it!"
Zhou Yi has been out of quarantine for a year and heard many rumors in the pub.
The times are changing rapidly, and the old scholars who still stick to the Four Books and Five Classics clearly feel that what they have learned is useless and are being abandoned by the times.
The answers cannot be found in the sages and classics that are regarded as the standard. These people can only change and explore on their own in confusion. Radicals are indispensable among them, and some of their ideas are even more intense than the new Lineage.
Easy hair and easy service is just one of them.
Some scholars became desperate and burned books on the street, with disheveled hair, and vowed to become new sages!
"Not to mention other things, these new clothes are very disturbing."
Zhou Yi stepped in and walked in. Because he came late, the private rooms on the second floor were full, so he had to spread out the tables in the lobby.
The interior decoration of the Spring Breeze Pavilion has not changed much. Look carefully at the details. In order to deliberately highlight the ancient meaning and inheritance, there are words left by celebrities who have been here in history.
Zhou Yi glanced at the signature, and found that there were many people he knew, and even old friends whom he had a good conversation with back then.
After all, Spring Breeze Pavilion has been a regular customer for hundreds of years, so he can't celebrate continuously when he comes, and Golden Core True Lord can't bear it either. He just exchanges his experiences with interesting people when he meets them.
"These guys are all libertines, and with just a few strokes of writing, they are qualified to hang on the wall!"
Celebrity calligraphy and painting show that Spring Breeze Pavilion has been passed down for thousands of years and has a profound heritage. The old and wealthy people are most fond of this trick, so that in the intertwining of the old and new eras, not only have they not been surpassed by their peers, but they have remained fresh for a long time.
Bai Shiyu was still coy at first, but after three cups and two cups, he showed his true colors and helped the girl feel her bones very familiarly.
Zhou Yi summoned the madam, gave a few redemption tickets, and ordered a new song to be played on the stage.
The harp and harp are singing in harmony, and the music is melodious.
Zhou Yi suddenly asked, "Xiaobai, how do you like this music?"
"The figure is too poorly maintained and the voice is too vulgar. I can barely listen to it, but the music is a bit old."
Bai Shiyu commented very professionally and was obviously a regular customer of Pleasure Quarter: "This year's Oiran is a bit bad. I heard that Zhao Family Commerce spent money to promote new fabrics. It is not worthy of the name."
"Yeah, not bad."
Zhou Yi nodded slightly, relaxed a little, and changed the topic without leaving a trace.
Back then, Lao Bai liked this song the most. He would play it every time he listened to it. He said that he would never forget it even after thousands of reincarnations.
"From this point of view, they are probably just similar flowers. The theory of reincarnation is still false. This is not bad. It is not risky to meet an old friend. Otherwise, I should consider running away..."
My head hurts. I owe you an update.
Go to bed first and adjust your schedule. If you don't go to work tomorrow, you'll have to take time off to make up for today's work.