Ye Chuqiu and the others finally arrived at Dunchuan before the sun set.
Before coming, Ye Chuqiu had already prepared for Dunchuan to be closed. But after arriving at Dunchuan, she was delighted to find that the city gate of Dunchuan was wide open. Although the official inspections were strict, Dunchuan was not closed.
city.
Ye Chuqiu noticed that there were signs of water soaking in the corners here, but the rain did not seem to affect the city. From time to time, people nearby, pushing carts or carrying burdens, hurried from the city.
Come out.
Of course, there are also many ragged people among them.
There were also many people entering the city. Ye Chuqiu observed carefully and found that people entering the city did not need money, but they had to check the road signs.
Where did Ye Chuqiu find the road guide? After leaving Lin'an Village, they became a gangster again.
Hey, this damn household registration system!
In ancient times, these emperors wanted to keep the people on the land and cultivate the fields for them so that they could collect taxes.
Without letting the people leave the land where they are, the people will have less knowledge. If they have less knowledge, they will not cause trouble. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
However, although there was no guide, Ye Chuqiu did not panic. She carefully looked at the appearance of the guide, then took out paper and a brush from the space, hid far away, and copied a few pictures.
Now she is no longer the poor person before, that is, she has no gratitude value now. Otherwise, with the backing of the system, she can make a wish to the system at any time, and the system will create a few false guides for her without any effort.
Even if she couldn't make a wish, the road guide she was copying now looked like that. At least she thought the officials at the time wouldn't be able to tell. After all, they wouldn't have thought that someone would be bold enough to copy the road guide.
After copying the road guide, Ye Chuqiu handed it to the officer. The officer looked at the road guide carefully and then asked about their purpose of coming here. Ye Chuqiu naturally would not say that he was here to escape.
He only said that he was here to seek refuge with his relatives and friends, and he easily led his family into the city.
"Oh, we finally entered the city."
After entering the city, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. No matter whether they stayed in a hotel or rented a house, they no longer had to worry about sleeping in the wilderness.
"Mom, I want to eat meat buns."
The younger Lingzhi took Chai Chunfang's hand and said coquettishly.
"Okay, Mom will buy it for you."
With the two hundred taels of silver donated by Ye Chuqiu, Chai Chunfang was now very wealthy. She didn't care about buying a few buns, so she stopped everyone, "Hey, sister-in-law, wait a minute, there is a bun seller over there, let's
Let’s buy some steamed buns to eat.”
"Okay." Ye Chuqiu agreed with a smile.
"Third brother and sister, are you treating me to a treat?" Li Youmei asked with a smile.
"Okay, I'll treat you." Chai Chunfang also agreed with a smile.
Hearing that Chai Chunfang was treating guests, the smile on Li Youmei's face suddenly became brighter. She quickly stopped the children at home and walked to the bun shop together.
When she arrived in front of the steamed bun shop, she ordered without ceremony, "Bring us two cages of meat buns."
"Two cages of meat buns, can we eat that much?" Chai Chunfang asked.
"What can't you eat? There are so many of us. I mean, brothers and sisters, you can't bear to part with it, right?" Li Youmei exclaimed.
"As long as I can eat it, I won't be reluctant to part with two steamed buns."
Chai Chunfang said something, walked to the table, and asked the waiter to wipe the table and stools again. Then she looked at Ye Chuqiu and said, "Sister-in-law, come and sit."
Ye Chuqiu came over and sat down. Because there were so many people, even though they were divided into two tables for men and women, they still surrounded the table tightly.
The waiter quickly brought the buns over, but did not put them down. Instead, he asked: "Who among the guests will pay the bill?"
"What's the rush? We've finished eating and we'll pay the bill naturally. We're afraid we'll miss your money." Li Youmei raised her voice and said with an unhappy look on her face.
"I'm sorry, because the price of our steamed buns is relatively expensive, so the shopkeeper told me to pay the bill first," the waiter replied.
"Hey, how much more expensive are these steamed buns?"
Li Youmei said disdainfully that with two hundred taels of silver in her pocket, she was now very wealthy.
"Sir, our meat buns cost one hundred cents each. You bought more of them. There are forty buns in these two baskets. I'll give you a discount. I'll give you three taels of silver."
"The waiter said with a smile.
"What?"
When Li Youmei heard the price, she jumped up and said, "Are you selling something or robbing? A few buns cost three taels of silver. With this much money, I can marry my son a wife."
"The guest officer's accent sounds like a foreigner, right?" the waiter asked.
"Well, what's wrong with the outsiders? Do you want to rip off your customers? Let me tell you, I'm not someone to be trifled with. There's someone on my head." Li Youmei said vigilantly and shrewdly.
"Don't worry too much, sir, we are honest businessmen."
The waiter used his eyes to signal her not to worry, and then said: "Since you are from out of town, you probably don't know that we have just experienced a flood, so food prices are extremely expensive.
Alas, the new grain has not yet arrived, and the price of grain is at its most expensive. Coupled with the waterlogging disaster, grain merchants from outside cannot come in. Isn’t this just adding insult to injury? I’m afraid you don’t know that we have very few grain merchants here.
Those who grow wheat have to climb mountains and cross rivers to transport it from thousands of miles away, which is extremely difficult."
"Okay, don't be miserable in front of us. You don't grow wheat. There are a lot of wheat growers in my hometown. This thing is only worth tens of cents a dou. Tell me, how many buns can a dou of wheat make?
Already?
Let me tell you, my relatives work in the yamen, so don’t try to kill me, otherwise I will go to the yamen to sue you later, and you will be left with nothing to eat."
She had learned this skill of pulling a tiger's skin to make a banner, and she had never seen Mr. Qi before, but when she spoke now, she felt confident.
"Sir, please don't talk nonsense. Our family really doesn't rip off customers. The price in the market today is this. If you don't believe it, you can go and find out what the price of food has gone up to now.
, a bushel of wheat costs several taels of silver.
To tell you the truth, with the current market conditions, your two cages of meat buns are enough to marry several daughters-in-law."
The waiter first complained, and then said: "If you don't believe it, go to Sanlipu in the west of the city. You can bring a few big steamed buns there and keep a bunch of people around you, waiting for you to pick a girl."
"Huh, don't let me fool you. This flood has already passed. How can someone take your daughter away so easily?" Li Youmei looked suspicious, but didn't believe it.
"Don't believe it. The flood has passed, but the flood has also washed away the things in the fields. So don't you buy grain again and plant it? Nowadays, grain is so expensive, and the price of grain seeds is even more sky-high. No
Selling sons and daughters, where does the money come from?
Although what I just said is a bit exaggerated, one tael of silver is definitely enough for you to bring back a beautiful girl with yellow flowers. Hey, if you can bring back a bushel of grain, then you will be their noble person."
The waiter said something serious, and then asked: "Do you want this bun? If so, just pay the bill. You are a rich man, so you definitely don't care about this, right?"
"Who says we don't care? I would rather starve to death than eat a few meat buns for three taels of silver."
Li Youmei said, stopping Chai Chunfang from paying, "Let's go, third brother and sister, let's go directly to our uncle's house for dinner. This black shop is so expensive, our money is falling from the sky."
Chai Chunfang was actually a little reluctant to part with it, but she couldn't help but say no, so she said to the waiter: "How about this, second brother, we only want half, one, two, and five cents?"
"You're stupid. My second brother just said that one tael of silver can be exchanged for a beautiful daughter-in-law. One tael or five dollars is enough for a daughter-in-law. In other words, for one meal, we need
Eat half of my daughter-in-law."
Li Youmei patted Chai Chunfang's hand and raised her voice, "Look at how many boys we have in our family. We don't have to ask for money to marry a wife."
"Guest~Guest~"
When the waiter heard what Li Youmei said, he looked helpless and said, "How about one tael of silver and a drawer of steamed buns?"
"Huh, unless you take us to the Sanlipu store in the west of the city you mentioned tomorrow, we won't buy it." Li Youmei raised her chin and said.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there tomorrow, okay?"
The waiter really wanted to sell the buns, after all, the buns were now considered to have a price but no market.
Rich families are not short of food, and poor people cannot afford it.
The meat buns I made this morning have been hot on the stove for a long time, and no one has come to buy them. It's a rare big customer, so it doesn't hurt to accompany her.
"Hmph, don't try to lie to me. I'm telling you, I'll come over tomorrow. If you regret it, I'll destroy your business."
Li Youmei stretched out her hand and pointed at her son and nephew, "As you can see, we have a lot of boys in our family. If we sit in front of your house, you won't be able to do business anymore."
"Don't worry, sir. Since I promised, I will never break my promise again. I'll go tell the shopkeeper right now, okay?"
"Go." Li Youmei waved and said, and the waiter walked up to the shopkeeper, muttered a few words, and then walked over again, "The shopkeeper agreed and allowed me half a day off. If you come over tomorrow, I will definitely accompany you."
"Hmph, that's pretty much it. Third brother and sister, give me the money."
Li Youmei got the waiter's approval and sat down.
Chai Chunfang paid the money, and after the waiter left, she took two buns and placed them in front of Ye Chuqiu, and asked Li Youmei, "Second sister-in-law, are you really planning to go?"
"Of course I have to go. We still have two boys at home."
As she spoke, Li Youmei picked up a meat bun and said while eating: "If you can get a daughter-in-law for just one tael of silver, that would be a great thing. It just so happens that whether we live in the city and open a shop in the future,
If you still live in the countryside, don’t you need manpower? It’s not a loss to buy two wives.”
After saying that, she had finished eating the meat buns in her mouth. Li Youmei wanted to get more, but Chai Chunfang said: "Second sister-in-law, we just bought a drawer of twenty buns, and the children haven't eaten them yet.
.”
"Oh, I only ate two, and you gave two to my sister-in-law."
Li Youmei said and took another one. Chai Chunfang had no choice but to take one for the Ganoderma lucidum sitting next to her, but she didn't take it for herself.
Twenty meat buns, just one for each person. Li Dani’s Niuniu was still nursing, so she didn’t need to eat. There was just one more bun, so she thought that Ye Chuqiu was the oldest, so let her eat two.
In the end, she didn't expect Li Youmei to eat two, too. How could she have forgotten that she, the second sister-in-law, loves to take advantage of others, and she also loves face, so she can't be less than others.
"Chunfang, one is enough for me, you can eat this."
Ye Chuqiu only ate one meat bun, and the remaining one was returned to Chai Chunfang.
"Sister-in-law, it's okay, I'm not hungry." Chai Chunfang said quickly.
"It's okay, let's eat. This is just food and snacks. We had such a hard time on the road and finally got into the city. Can I still treat you badly?"
Ye Chuqiu said: "I will take you to Master Qi later and ask him to treat us to a good meal."
"Really?" Chai Chunfang asked, "We're not very familiar with him, and he belongs to the great master. Will he invite us to dinner?"
"Don't worry, he will definitely invite me. I'm familiar with him." Ye Chuqiu said.
When she comes to a new place, it's rare to find an acquaintance. Why is she so stubborn and insists on staying away from others? Just get close and build a relationship.
Once you have a relationship, life will be easier in the future.
"Oh, it's just some people. After eating two such big meat buns, I don't know if she can still eat dinner. When the time comes, the big fish, big meat, and hot meals will not be better than these steamed meat buns.
Eat." Ye Chuqiu glanced at Li Youmei and said deliberately.
Li Youmei didn't say anything, but when she thought of the big fish and meat in Ye Chuqiu's mouth, the picture of roasted chicken, roasted duck, roasted goose and stewed elbows suddenly appeared in her eyes. When she thought of so many delicious foods, she felt a little regretful.
Oops, the half-eaten meat bun in her hand no longer tastes good.
But it was money, and she didn't dare to waste it, so she swallowed it with grief and anger.