Chapter 340

Between the shops along the street, there is an alley leading inward, where there are many small hotels.

After walking in, you can see the signs of the hotels on both sides of the wall squeezing each other and riding on each other.

Every certain distance, there is a narrow small staircase to go to the second floor, which is where check-in is done, and there are small massage rooms with pink paper and colored lights on the bottom floor.

It is still early now, the sky hasn't brightened completely, and the massage rooms haven't reached opening time; the rolling shutters are down, blocking the transparent glass doors inside.

However, one of the shops attracted Li Zhuiyuan's attention.

A display window of only half a meter allows you to see a few pieces of clothing hanging inside, with four characters pasted on them—a pair is "Yao Ji," and a pair is "Tailor."

This should be considered a storefront, but it doesn't have a door, only a small window locked from the inside.

And it should be a small section partitioned off from the "Hongjie Massage" shop next door, which is already very small.

An adult male cannot walk straight inside the shop; he has to move sideways.

What attracted Li Zhuiyuan were the few pieces of clothing hanging inside.

Watching A Li wear different costumes every day makes the boy half an appraiser in this regard; he found that the workmanship and materials of the clothes here are very similar to what A Li wears on weekdays.

The clothes Grandma Liu gives to A Li are all designed by herself and then handed over to old shops outside for production, and every piece is expensive.

But if this is also an old shop, it is a bit too hidden in the city.

Next to the tailor shop, there is a small staircase going up. Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pointed:

"Let's stay here."

The hotel sign says "Yao Family Hotel."

Arriving on the second floor, behind the dilapidated counter, a man who is about fifty years old and only wearing underpants and bare-chested is sleeping.

His bed is made of a few square stools put together, and a small window is opened above his head; the snoring sound is not small, and it could be heard when going upstairs.

"Boss, boss."

Tan Wenbin woke the boss up.

The boss rubbed his eyes, yawned, and immediately entered the state, squeezing out a smile: "Stay at the hotel."

Tan Wenbin: "What else can I do if I don't stay at the hotel?"

Boss: "Want to do it? I can arrange it."

Tan Wenbin: "Stay at the hotel, do you have a standard room?"

Boss: "One room can accommodate at most two people; those with toilets, those without toilets, those with windows, those without windows—the prices are different."

Tan Wenbin: "Two rooms, with windows and toilets, must be close together, do you have them?"

Boss: "Yes, but the time is too early, you stay now..."

Tan Wenbin: "Count it as two days."

Boss: "Okay."

After a simple registration, the boss led the four of them to the room.

In the middle of the corridor, they saw an old woman leaning on a crutch.

"Mom, you're up?"

"Mm, up."

"You wait, I'll take the guests to the room first, and then I'll buy you breakfast."

"You go ahead and get busy."

The old woman was dressed simply and cleaned very neatly; a wooden hairpin was inserted between her white hair.

This hairpin, A Li had worn before.

Li Zhuiyuan can now be sure that this old woman should be the owner of the Yao Ji tailor shop downstairs, and she has a relationship with the Liu family.

A Li's clothes and accessories are not only numerous but also changed regularly, so this hairpin should have been rewarded by Grandma Liu.

This is a hairpin used by his own granddaughter; Grandma Liu could give it away, proving the closeness between this old woman and Grandma Liu.

The old woman seemed to feel something, stopped, turned around, and looked at the boy.

Her gaze was like a ruler.

Li Zhuiyuan had a feeling that he was being measured.

The old woman revealed doubt.

Li Zhuiyuan understood her doubt; in all likelihood, among the clothes Grandma Liu gave him, there were also those made by this old woman herself. She saw a kind of familiarity from his figure.

But the boy is in a growth spurt, and the changes will be quite large. His clothes are only changed seasonally, not as frequently as A Li's, so the old woman probably just felt familiar but couldn't be sure.

The old woman shook her head, stopped looking, turned around, and continued to walk forward.

Boss: "These are the two rooms, are they okay?"

The room is not big, the walls are a bit black, and the floor tiles are a bit broken, but it is cleaned very neatly.

Tan Wenbin: "Okay, let's book it for five days first, no need for anyone to come in and clean in the middle."

Boss: "Good, I've noted it down."

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the window; this is exactly at the corner of the outer street, and the view is very open.

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan, what should we do next?"

The wave of Pan Zi and the others connected to Chen Xiyuan, which can be considered continued.

The wave of Sun Caijuan at Lin Shu You's place currently has no clues, and it is unknown whether it is true or false.

The main wave, that is, Zhao Yi's place, has not sent any contact to himself.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Just finished eating, let everyone rest for a while; even if we don't go looking for trouble, trouble should come looking for us soon."

Tan Wenbin: "Good, I'll go notify them right away."

After notifying them, Tan Wenbin lay down on the spring bed and stretched his body comfortably.

In every wave in the past, everyone was racing against time to seize the opportunity under Brother Xiaoyuan's leadership; this time, it was truly leisurely.

As the sun rose, the downstairs also gradually became lively.

Massage rooms generally start business in the afternoon, and the golden time is from after dinner until late at night, but most people are up by this time.

Although he couldn't see, Li Zhuiyuan could hear the sounds from the Yao Ji tailor shop downstairs.

Many women took their clothes to find the old woman for mending.

The old woman's hands were very skillful, her needlework was fast and steady, and she mended clothes and pants very quickly. She would also chat with these women of different ages in a loving voice, occasionally bursting into hearty laughter.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked toward the northeast direction, where there was a mass of strange dark clouds in the sky, stirring up the Feng Shui weather.

Li Zhuiyuan:

"Time to get up."

The location is in the suburbs of Luoyang City. Tan Wenbin drove the crowd over, and when they were about to reach the destination, the car stopped, and everyone got off.

Such an obvious big movement would certainly not only attract their group, so there was no need to rush forward with all their might.

Walking forward, approaching slowly, at the corner of the road, they saw a big billboard; below was an advertisement for alcohol, and above was "Welcome to the Luoyang Ancient Tomb Museum."

Lin Shu You: "Is this museum really the literal meaning?"

Tan Wenbin: "I once read a brochure introducing it; it seems to be digging out the tombs, transporting the materials over, and rebuilding them into the museum one-to-one."

Lin Shu You: "That means more than one tomb?"

Tan Wenbin: "There are many tombs inside, and you can even drill in and out of the tomb chambers one by one while visiting."

Lin Shu You: "That sounds really interesting; I envy the elementary school students here for having such a good place for a spring outing."

There is a downhill road at the entrance of the museum, with commercial streets on both sides, but the commercial atmosphere is not strong, there are few shops, and even fewer are open, and they sell some local snacks.

Obviously, the popularity of this museum is not high, and the number of tourists is even more sparse.

Runsheng's gaze fell on a small stall nearby. What was sold on the stall were souvenirs like copper coins. What Runsheng took a fancy to was a set of shovels, palm-sized, placed in a plastic bag, looking like small toys.

After Tan Wenbin bargained, he spent money to buy them and handed them to Runsheng, saying:

"Since we're here, take them back as a souvenir."

Runsheng touched them and said: "I thought they were plastic."

Tan Wenbin: "Plastic doesn't feel good."

Runsheng: "But plastic is better to burn."

Tan Wenbin: "Are you trying to burn a set of Luoyang shovels for Mengmeng so she can dig them out from the underworld herself?"

Runsheng: "Just want to tell her where we went again."

Tan Wenbin was about to say something more, when suddenly his expression froze, saying:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, she is here too."

The special weather here doesn't avoid people at all, so it's very normal for Chen Xiyuan to be attracted here.

The two sides are now separated by quite a long distance; Li Zhuiyuan and the others are still on the street below, while Chen Xiyuan is already at the ticket gate above.

Tan Wenbin: "Why do I feel that she, like us, is also waiting for things to find her?"

Lin Shu You: "Should be because she is strong and has confidence."

Tan Wenbin patted Lin Shu You on the shoulder: "A You, you have improved."

Lin Shu You: "Ah?"

Tan Wenbin: "Nothing."

They couldn't stare at her for too long from a distance, so Tan Wenbin shifted his gaze away, waited for a few breaths, and then turned his head to look again.

"Eh, where did the person go?"