"Hey, these Han Chinese of the capital masters are generous!" Li Lun put the twenty wen of copper coins into his underwear pocket and patted the mouth of the bag again. "Will they come again?"
"They said that if they come back, it should be in the afternoon." Wang Meili replied lazily, "I was tossed by them all night last night and didn't sleep much. I'll go to the kang to lie down for a while!"
"Wait." Li Lun stopped Wang Meili, and he briefly said about Wang Xiuying.
Hearing that it is not for eating for nothing, but also for making money, Wang Meili has no objection: "You are in charge of the house, you have decided."
"Then it's settled," Li Lun settled down. Not only would he be a wife in vain, he could also add money to the family in the future." Up..."
Throughout the morning, Li Lun hummed the Mongolian tune he learned when he was young. He touched the copper coins on his body for a while, as if afraid of encountering a thief, and then looked at the door again, as if waiting for someone.
He has already figured it out. In just one day, he has earned one hundred and twenty wen. If the two Han people come back in the afternoon, he will have another one hundred and twenty ren, which is worth half of his money. The monthly salary is over.
After noon, Li Lun was tired of waiting. He was about to lie down on the kang when Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu came.
"Two adults, are you still living here tonight?" Li Lun hurried out of the hut.
When Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu saw Li Lun’s expression, they were secretly happy, and Xu Wenxiu said in a polite way: "Our business is not over yet. We can't go back tomorrow. We will still live here tonight."
"That's good, that's good," Li Lun smiled in his heart, with a triumphant expression, although he tried to conceal it, it still fell in the eyes of Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu, "beautiful, serve tea."
Wang Meili was about to serve tea, Xu Wenxiu hurriedly stopped: "Ma milk tea is free, I am not used to drinking it, so let's have a cup of tea!"
"Yes, yes, beautiful, good tea." Li Lun swept the table and stool with his sleeves, and let them sit down.
Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu had nothing to do in the afternoon, and Li Lun was also bored. The three of them talked about heaven and earth while Wang Meili was preparing dinner inside.
"Li Canjun, you have a woman hidden in this mansion, and no one else knows." Mu Zhiyuan said quickly, he regretted Li Lun.
"Then how do others know?" Li Lun was worrying about the possible decline in income after Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu left. He knew that the Han people had bright brains and a lot of ideas.
"You hang up the brand in front of the mansion gate, and others will understand it when you look at it." Xu Wenxiu thought of the various inns of the Han people. As long as they put up distinctive signs, the guests will be clear at a glance.
"Hang the brand? What brand?" Li Lun has been living in Mobei and has never seen a brand.
"Just call... Just call'Yihongyuan'!" Mu Zhiyuan said casually.
Xu Wenxiu swallowed the tea in his mouth and said slowly: "Brother Mu, this name is too eye-catching. As Li Canjun's identity, Master Shi would not allow it."
"What brand is that called?" Li Lun didn't understand the meaning of these Chinese characters at all. He could only rely on these two literati from the capital. Anyway, his business is mainly for Han Chinese, and Mongolians have no money at all. It’s okay to use cattle and sheep to settle accounts, but no one uses cattle and sheep to settle accounts. In fact, Chita now has a lot of boys and girls, and the Mongols do not lack women at all.
"In my opinion, it's called'Yiren Inn', which is a little cryptic. However, when Han people see this name, they will still understand its meaning." Xu Wenxiu thought of a neutral brand.
"Yiren Inn? Not bad," Mu Zhiyuan agreed, "We will write you a brand name while we are free in the afternoon, and we will hang it at the gate, so that you can count on your guests."
"Then thank you for the two adults, today's dinner is regarded as the villain's thanks to the two adults." Li Lun seemed to see the billowing copper flying in front of him, and finally all flew into his underwear pocket.
"That's not necessary. Our dinner will be paid by Chita Mansion." Mu Zhiyuan waved his hand. "Just let Wang Meili take care of us at night."
"Two adults..." Li Lun hesitated.
"Don't worry, the price will remain the same, and we will not lose you." Xu Wenxiu laughed.
"That's good, the beautiful evening will definitely serve the two adults," Li Lun smiled wryly, "Don't tell me the two adults, the villain still has a woman in his hands, do you want to send it over at night?"
"Daming officials are not as rich as businessmen. Anyway, we can only afford the price of last night. If you want to send it over, you can figure it out." Mu Zhiyuan is a little fond of the docile Wang Meili.
Li Lun secretly calculated that if one more Wang Xiuying was added, they would not give more copper. They would also have to take another Wang Xiuying. He had to vacate at night, so he smiled and brought it over: "Two adults, then we have to prepare something now. What? I don't have pen and paper here."
"I'll go back and get it. You should prepare a square plank first." Mu Zhiyuan saw that Li Lun didn't understand the meaning of a square plank. He gestured with his hand and pointed at the fired wood.
Li Lun went to prepare the plank by himself, while Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu returned to the government office and borrowed paper and pen from the teachers.
When Mu and Xu came back, Li Lun had not found the square board. Mu Zhiyuan had to write the four characters "Yiren Inn" on a piece of white paper. He instructed Li Lun to stick the white paper with rice paste. On the square plank, then hung under the eaves above the door to avoid rain and snow.
After dinner, Li Lunkui patrolled and refused to leave the hut.
Xu Wenxiu smiled: "Li Junjun is waiting for copper coins?"
Li Lun chuckled, "It's still the old rule. Pay the copper first, and I will go outside the city after receiving the copper."
Xu Wenxiu took out one hundred copper coins and handed them to Li Lun, "Li joined the army, if we have the opportunity to come to Chita next time, we are old acquaintances... It doesn’t matter if I don’t come, if my friend comes to Chita, I will also introduce them to the Yiren Inn. Li Canjun should receive them well."
"That is, that is." Li Lun returned happily after receiving Xu Wenxiu's copper coin.
When they arrived at Wang Xiuying's tent, the children had not yet gone to the kang.
Li Juanfei ran over, "Daddy is back, we want to go home!"
"His uncle..." Wang Xiuying looked at Li Lun's eyes and felt a little lost. Her face was full of different question marks.
Li Lun smiled and glanced at Wang Xiuying, and then said to Li Juan, "Juan'er, let's not go back, this is also our home."
"Isn't this my aunt's house?" The little girl thought that his dad had drunk too much milk, she just sniffed his dad's mouth, "Daddy didn't drink milk too!"
"Daddy accompanies the guests to dinner at night, indeed, he did not drank mare kumiss." Li Lun kissed Li Juan on the cheek, "but this will indeed be our home in the future."
"Daddy, where's the aunt? And sister Wen'er, where do they live?" Li Juan obviously didn't understand what Li Lun meant.
Wang Xiuying, who understood Li Lun's meaning, had long been hiding away, but she was not far away. She had been eavesdropping on the conversation between Li Lun and Li Juan.
"Your aunt also lives here... From now on, she will be your second mother, and sister Wen'er, your own sister," Li Lun worried that Li Juan would not understand, "Juan'er, the second mother is also our family member. This is of course our home."
"Ao, is it that Dad is going to marry Erniang?" Li Juan pondered for a while and finally understood.
"Juan'er is so sensible!" Li Lun exclaimed, "In the future, when your mother is in the city, we will live here at Erniang. Erniang will cook for us, and Erniang will make new for us. clothes."
"Oh!" Li Juan answered, and she nodded vigorously.
At this moment, Li Yong rubbed his eyes and squeezed over: "Daddy, I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep on the kang."
"Okay, okay, Yonger will sleep on Erniang's Kang!"
The three children made one, Li Lun and Wang Xiuying made one, and there were human legs everywhere on the kang.
Wang Xiuying has been married once. According to Mongolian customs, no etiquette is required. Moreover, she and Li Lun were married in fact last night. As long as Wang Meili did not object, she would officially become Li Juan's second mother.
Li Lun got on the hot kang and his hands became restless. What Wang Meili had lost from the Han people, he wanted to find back from Wang Xiuying.
Wang Xiuying held Li Lun's strange hands, "Li Lun, what happened to us, did you talk to the beautiful sister?"
"Say, don't worry, she has no objection, as long as I agree, you will be officially passed tonight." Li Lun took out his hand and began to move around Wang Xiuying again.
Wang Xiuying blushed. Fortunately, the mutton lamp had been extinguished. They could only hear the voice but could not see each other's faces. She pressed Li Lun's hands on her mulberries, "Li Lun, wait a minute, child We are not asleep yet!"
"It's okay, the children already know that you are Erniang. Tomorrow morning, I will ask Li Juan and Li Yong to change their terms and officially call you Erniang. You also let Wen'er call me daddy."
"Yeah!" Wang Xiuying responded in a low voice. Since Li Lun wanted it, she gave up resistance.
For people living outside Guan, in winter, the whole family is a big Kang. It is common for several generations to act at the same time. Children will also know a little bit obscurely, so they usually mature early. Men are married at the age of twelve or thirteen. It is also common to marry at the age of one or two.
After eating breakfast, even if Li Lun and Wang Xiuying formally join the family, the children naturally have to recognize their relatives and change to a new name.
Originally, Wang Meili was going to attend such an important occasion, but the Mongols are different from the Han people. They don't pay much attention to these identity matters. Moreover, Wang Meili is still serving the Han people in the city, and I don't know if he has gotten up.
Li Lun learned the habits of the Han people. He and Wang Xiuying sat side by side in chairs, and the children stepped forward in order of age.
Li Juan and Li Yong both call Li Lun "Daddy" and Wang Xiuying as "Er Niang", while Li Wen calls Li Lun "Daddy" and Wang Xiuying as "Mother".
Li Lun and Wang Xiuying gave each child a penny, but now Chita Mansion has no place to spend the copper coins. Wang Xiuying uses a thin thread to wear the copper coins and hang them around the children’s necks for temporary use as a collar. .
When Li Lun arrived at the Yiren Inn, Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu had already left, but they left a tip of thirty wen.
Li Lun was overjoyed. The night before yesterday, the mother-in-law earned him 120 wen. Last night, the mother-in-law was even better. I don’t know what method she used to earn him ten wen, reaching 130 wen.
But after Mu Zhiyuan and Xu Wenxiu left Chita with their entourage, the Yiren Inn went deserted until two passing soldiers discovered it by accident.