Man Bao felt a little sour all of a sudden, and asked, "Then there must be some relatives?"
The stall owner said: "I haven't heard of it. Why, Lao Xiucai is really the person you are looking for?"
Seeing that the smile on Man Bao's face disappeared, Bai Shan hurriedly said: "Maybe yes, so I want to find out if there are any relatives in their family. If not, who lives in the house where their family used to live?"
"Then I don't know, young master can go to Songhua Lane and ask."
Bai Shan thanked him, and the guards who came to Shangzhou earlier came to find them, and they had already booked a hotel for them.
After eating noodles, they went to the inn to put their luggage and rest, and then asked people to inquire about Songhua Lane.
In the package that Manbao found from the mountain, there were two deeds, one for the house and one for the pavement;
There are three land deeds and two household registrations. It is also because Xia Yan's name is on Xia Xin's household registration that Manbao can know the name of his grandfather, which makes it easier to find.
Otherwise, only her mother's name may be difficult to find, because in this era, women rarely have permanent property and walk around outside.
The sun was too high, Bai Shan put on a bamboo hat and went out, and said to the sleepy Mr. Zhuang, "Sir and old man rest at home first, let's go to Songhua Lane to inquire first."
Old Zhou Tou immediately assigned Zhou Dalang and Wu Wulang and said: "You go with your sister, you have to watch out for her." Don't let the Xia family snatch her away.
Wu Wulang felt that his father was thinking too much. If there was no one in the aunt's house, no one in the Xia family would be happy to see Man Bao appear, let alone snatch him away.
But Man Bao said: "Let's inquire separately, Big Brother, you and Fifth Brother should look for this shop. This is the title deed that my little... father kept."
Zhou Dalang reached out to take it, discussed with Wu Wulang and nodded, "Then let's go."
"go Go."
Zhou Dalang and Wu Wulang were not worried about the three of them going out alone. In terms of travel experience, the three of them were much richer than the two brothers.
Because they didn't know how big Shangzhou was, the three of Man Bao took the horse with them when they went out. Dae-gil followed them with only one guard.
Five people rode through the street on horseback, asked people and went to Songhua Lane.
Along the way, the three of them looked around, condescendingly looking down at the stalls and shops on both sides of Shangzhou Street.
When we turned to Songhua Lane, there were not many people here. It was the afternoon, and there were only a few children playing in the alley, and there were basically no adults in sight.
Man Bao dismounted, looked up at the account number on the portal, and looked down, but some families did not register account numbers.
So they couldn't find it all, but generally the account numbers were regular, so they made a calculation in their hearts, went down the alley, looked back and forth between the four houses, and knocked on the door of one.
You can faintly hear chickens crowing inside this house, obviously someone lives there.
Several people heard footsteps, and the door opened after a while. Seeing that it was a woman, Bai Shan took a step back to let Man Bao go forward.
Man Bao subconsciously showed a smile, bowed first and then asked: "May I ask this sister, which one is No. 23 Songhua Lane?"
"Number 23?" She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Young lady suddenly asked, I don't know which one it is, I don't even know my number."
She walked out of the door and asked with a smile: "Young lady, is she looking for someone? I don't know what's the last name?"
"My surname is Xia," Man Bao said after a pause, "I was a scholar more than ten years ago, and their family used to live here."
"We have a family named Xia here, but there is no scholar. Do you remember wrongly?"
Bai Shan asked, "I don't know which family is named Xia?"
"No, it's the one opposite the door."
The three turned their heads to look, thanked her and decided to ask.
Man Bao was a little nervous, and after swallowing his saliva, he stepped forward, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
As a result, she only knocked once, and the door opened a crack. Only then did they realize that the door was always ajar.
The people inside the door seemed to have heard the movement, a female voice said loudly: "Come in, the door is not closed."
Man Bao pushed open the door, and he could see the entire courtyard at a glance.
There is a pole hanging on the left side of the yard, on which a lot of clothes are dried, and there is a porter next to the door. A man came out of the kitchen wiping his hands, saw the person standing at the door, and asked, "Who are you? I thought it was Mrs. Fang next door."
The three hurriedly saluted and said, "Sister-in-law, we are here to find someone."
She frowned and said, "Who are you looking for?"
The big sister at the opposite door who followed Man Bao and the others immediately raised her voice: "Sister-in-law Xia, they are here to find a scholar Xia. I said there is no scholar in our alley, but they still don't believe it. I don't know if it is from your family." relative."
Sister-in-law Xia frowned and said, "Our family doesn't have a scholar, did you find the wrong one?"
But Man Bao looked around the yard, and then looked back at her after a while, and asked, "Does this sister-in-law recognize a talented gentleman named Xia Yan?"
Sister-in-law Xia's complexion changed slightly, she subconsciously denied it, "I don't know, you are looking in the wrong place."
The three of them were not stupid, and they knew something was wrong when they saw her complexion, but Mrs. Xia didn't give them a chance to speak again, and just drove them out, "My family is cooking, you go quickly, don't disturb us..."
After all, close the door.
The neighbor sister couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law Xia, it's already this hour and you haven't had lunch yet? Don't all your children run out to play?"
"How much do you want to take care of our family's affairs? A gossiping woman who stares at other people's yards when she's full and has nothing to do..."
The elder sister of the neighbor obviously didn't expect to be scolded, she was stunned for a moment and then scolded back, "Mr. Gao, who are you talking about? I kindly showed your relatives the way. Did you really do something bad and dare not let people find you?"
The two quarreled directly, spouting saliva.
The three of Man Bao backed away in fright, squeezed to the side, and watched the two of them clasping their waists and arguing.
Bai Shan took out his handkerchief and wiped his face, then said with a look of disgust, "I want to wash my face."
After taking a look, Man Bao said, "I have to ask where is the well here."
Bai Shan nodded, turned around and said, "Let's go, go to the front and ask those children."
Bai Erlang said: "Just leave like this?"
Bai Shan said: "Otherwise, do you want to stay and quarrel with them?"
He said, "I can't beat her."
Man Bao also said: "I can't argue with you either."
Bai Erlang: "...Then don't look for it?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said: "It's been confirmed. This house, if not, must be related to the people in this house. For the rest, just go to the head of the village. You don't even know what the relationship is. How can we talk to them when our eyes are darkened?"
He said: "Let's go to the village chief first, or go to the county magistrate directly?"
If they were Bai Ding, they would naturally not think of looking for the county magistrate, but Man Bao is an official, and the two of them are also students of Chongwen Museum, so this status can still bluff people outside.