Chapter 762: Sitting on the ground and raising the price
Qiao Yuyan, a seasoned pretender, couldn't pretend to be anything like it. She could only nod and said: "My sister at home was ill, so I came here instead. When I came in for the first time, I didn't expect that the city was closed."
Although her face is now smeared with ash and she looks disgraced, and she is dressed very plainly, she does look like a village girl.
But where the facial features are placed, the temperament cultivated in daily life cannot be concealed.
With such a little girl standing so timidly, the two uncles couldn't help but feel pity, "Oh! Then you are also unlucky. To be honest, we don't know what to do at night."
It's not like I haven't encountered it before. There is a ruined temple to the south of the city. The abbot in the temple is pretty good. Usually, people like us who come to the courtyard where tables and chairs are piled outside the temple are willing to make do with it for a night.
But now, the government has said that it wants to take the details of Heifeng Village, and there is a high probability that they will still go to that place to search at night, which will cost at least two more bucks."
Qiao Yuyan heard this and said: "To be honest, what I'm afraid of now is that I won't be able to go back, and they won't catch me in jail!".z.br
As he said this, he started to cry, "I sold it for two yuan this morning. It's the worst I can do without it. You have to let me go home!"
"Hey, little girl, don't cry!" The first uncle seemed to be a little unbearable when he saw her crying, "Don't worry! We have seen many such things. It sounds nice, but in fact it's all about
money.
If you are willing to give up a few coins and give them to them, then it will be fine."
Qiao Yuyan was delighted when she heard this, "Are you serious?"
As she spoke, she took out a broken purse from her sleeve and poured out a few copper coins. "Is this enough?"
When the two uncles saw it, they quickly said: "You kid, put it away quickly."
Qiao Yuyan glanced around and asked doubtfully, "What?"
"You've been standing here for so long this morning. How many people have been watching you? This is a place where you can make money right now. Don't let people keep an eye on you."
Qiao Yuyan nodded quickly, smiled gratefully at them, and then took her purse back, "My sister was worried that I wouldn't be able to come back when I went to the city for the first time, so she specially asked me to bring some money with me, saying that it would be in case anything happened.
No matter what happens, having money is better than having no money."
The uncle then took a look at her basket and said, "I can't blame your sister for giving you money. Even if you sell all the vegetables in your basket, you won't even get two cents. It's not even enough to cover the city tax."
Another uncle said: "Since you have money, use the money to buy other people a city tax. Now that you leave the city, it will be over. Why are you still writing here?"
Qiao Yuyan was stunned, "Buy city tax? Where can I buy it?"
"Hey, this is indeed your first time in the city!" One of the uncles said with a smile, "You go out to the street and find Lion Alley. There is another shop with a high counter inside. You go up and explain directly that they sell it to you.
It’s yours. It’s just more expensive than what you got from the government in the morning. It costs ten cents a piece. While it’s still early, you buy it and go home. It’s better than being a girl like you and being detained here.
Already."
Qiao Yuyan was overjoyed, and immediately took out the two cents and stuffed them into their hands, "Thank you two uncles, I'll go now."
She was resolute, and the two uncles didn't push it back after all, so they smiled and said, "You'll know these things next time you go to the city! It's hard for a girl like you to dare to move out like this."
Qiao Yuyan immediately carried the small basket and went in the direction they told her. After walking for nearly two quarters of an hour, she finally arrived at the so-called Lion Alley.
Sure enough, as they said, there is a shop with high threshold.
But now there was a long queue in front of the shop, obviously because of the sudden closure of the city, they came to buy city tax.
Qiao Yuyan had a bad feeling in her heart. She looked around and saw that everyone looked very anxious.
But right now, there is no better way. I can only go to the back and queue up.
Then I heard the person in front whispering: "Isn't this just raising prices? When I went to the city in the morning, I only needed eight cents to buy it from the government, but when I got here, it turned into ten cents. I wasted money with nothing." not enough
, now the price has been directly increased to fifteen cents, which is really too cruel."
Qiao Yuyan listened carefully and scolded the shop owner for taking the opportunity to increase the price.
Fortunately, when she sneaked out of the inn, she touched Shen Jing's salute and brought out some money.
It was a pity that she had several banknotes, and she exchanged the broken silver for copper plates in the morning, but she didn't dare to exchange too much.
There are probably dozens of pennies left at the moment, but these fifteen pennies are quite affordable.
Qiao Yuyan looked at the long queue in front of her. There seemed to be about thirty or forty people.
Most of them were wearing dusty coarse clothes, and most of them were patched. They were obviously from poor families, but they were being exploited here.
It turns out that this is the way of the world.
Before this, she had never even touched a copper plate!
In the past, when I went out to buy small things, I had to pay the waiter in front of me. Many times, the maids would just throw in a piece of silver and settle the matter.
Thinking of what the two uncles just said, I don't know if they can find a place to stay tonight.
Is this Jiangnan?
The deserted streets she saw in Jiangzhou City some time ago turned out to be in very good condition, and the suffering inside could not be seen in the market.
When we got down here, it turned out to be like this.
Thinking about the prosperity of the capital, these are simply two worlds.
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help but feel a little sad. She didn't know what Wen Tingyuan really wanted to do when he came to Jiangnan this time, but it was obvious that he was thinking about Jiangnan now.
This place will definitely return to the planning of the imperial court. By then, I hope these ordinary people can live a relatively prosperous life!
Probably seeing such suffering in people's livelihood, Qiao Yuyan forgot about her current difficulties.
Compared to these people, her current situation is really nothing.
And she believes that her disguise is pretty good at the moment, and she won't be discovered by Shen Jing and others, as long as she successfully leaves the county.
Her mind was in turmoil, sometimes with the fireworks she had seen as a child, and sometimes with the current suffering in the world, making her seem to be in a magical and unreal world.
"This is how to do ah!"
I was thinking about something in my mind when I suddenly heard the cry of a woman in front of me.
When she came back to her senses, she found that the people in front of her were making a fuss.
"This is too much! Where can this be!"
Someone was yelling and cursing, and then the waiter in the shop said: "There is no other way, only these ten are left, twenty cents each, buy it or not!"