Chapter 14: Registering for Household Registration and Shopping
Zhou Yunshu went downstairs at the right time and happened to meet the person who could help people with household registration.
However, Zhou Yunshu did not take Chunque up rashly. After hearing where he was going next, she turned around and went to the clothing shop first.
Zhou Yunshu bought two sets of clothes for each family member in the clothing store, both of which were thick; in addition, she bought two sets of men's clothes for herself and Chunque, and bought a set of men's clothes made of the lowest quality material for each of them.
Of course, bedding and sheets are essential, and each person also bought three pairs of shoes.
Before leaving, Zhou Yunshu went to the fabric store next door and bought a piece of green cloth and a piece of dark blue cloth, plus twenty kilograms of cotton and some needles and thread.
After the purchase, the things were loaded into the mule cart. Zhou Yunshu asked Chunque to buy some food and replace the door curtains and window curtains on the mule cart to thicker ones.
After separating from Chunque, Zhou Yunshu found a clothing store and bought the most inconspicuous men's suit to change into. She also changed her makeup and turned herself into a thin man with sallow skin and droopy eyes before walking out of the clothing store and heading towards the dental clinic.
The person who helped people with household registration and travel permits in the inn before was from the Tongcheng pawnbroker. People in the pawnbroker are well-versed in all kinds of affairs. As long as you give them enough money, they can help you with anything.
Zhou Yunshu found the person who had helped people with household registration and travel permits in the inn before, and said that she found him through an introduction.
The broker looked Zhou Yunshu up and down without asking any more questions.
Due to the severe drought in Luzhou and Qingzhou during this period, many people asked him to handle their household registration and travel permits. It seems that the person in front of him is the same as the previous ones. They were forced by the current cannibalistic world, so they had to change their appearance.
But he doesn't feel sorry for those who come to him to handle their household registration.
It's their business if they feel pitiful, but he still has to make money.
"One price: fifty taels for household registration and twenty taels for travel permit."
Zhou Yunshu knew that the broker had been sizing her up, so she didn't agree outright. Instead, she looked at him with a pained expression, "Can't you give me a better deal?"
The dealer frowned upon hearing this and said to Zhou Yunshu with a sidelong glance, "One price, do you know what one price means?"
"I'm taking risks when I prepare these things for you, and I'll give them to you in an hour. Who else in Tongcheng can do the same as me?"
"Do you want to or not? Don't you want to..."
Zhou Yunshu grabbed the sleeve of the broker who was about to leave and said, "I want it!"
"But I'll give you thirty taels first, and then I'll give you the remaining forty taels after I'm done." Zhou Yunshu's expression at this moment was painful and cautious, but it didn't leave much impression on the broker.
After all, nine out of ten people who come to him for help have the same painful expression as Zhou Yunshu.
The broker nodded perfunctorily, took the silver from Zhou Yunshu's hand, and handed a note to Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu wrote the changed name on a piece of paper, Zhou Yunshu became Zhou Yunshu, and her daughter was Zhou Nancy.
Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen only kept their surnames, and the children were directly renamed Zhou Li, Zhou Yi and Zhou Ruo.
Not only them, Zhou Yunshu also wrote her grandmother, Wu Gui and others on the household registration, in case they happened to meet in Tongcheng, they always had to be prepared for emergencies.
After finishing, Zhou Yunshu did not wait in the pawnshop. She had too much to do. While Chunque was not around, she wanted to go and stock up on food.
With her sallow face and drooping eyes, Zhou Yunshu went to buy the most common mule cart on the market. This mule cart only had a simple shed.
Zhou Yunshu used this mule cart to buy 1,000 kilograms of flour, 500 kilograms of rice, 600 kilograms of cornmeal, 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 500 kilograms of potatoes, 100 kilograms of sweet potato flour, 100 kilograms of red dates, 100 kilograms of millet, and 50 kilograms of glutinous rice flour from five grain stores in Tongcheng.
Fortunately, it was bought from Wujia Grain Store, otherwise I would have thought that Zhou Yunshu came here to purchase goods.
At this time, Zhou Yunshu was also extremely grateful that there was no surveillance in this era, otherwise she would definitely attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.
The price of grain in Tongcheng is similar to that in the capital, but Zhou Yunshu has a hunch that the further south you go, the more expensive the grain will become, and there may even be a limit on the quantity.
So she must stock up more food now while there is no purchase limit on food.
After buying the food, Zhou Yunshu bought another 20 kilograms of salt. Salt was really hard to buy, so she bought it from four stores.
But she was lucky. After she came out, she met a salt contraband seller and bought all the remaining 50 kilograms from the merchant.
In addition, Zhou Yunshu bought various seasonings that could last for two or three months. She bought 100 kilograms each of bacon and sausage, 50 kilograms of dried vegetables, 20 kilograms each of dried tofu, dried shrimp, and salted fish, and 50 salted duck eggs.
The things Zhou Yunshu bought can all be kept. After all, Zhou Yunshu's space cannot keep things fresh. Things like fresh meat will go bad within two days.
After the purchase, less than one tael of the one hundred taels of silver was left.
Zhou Yunshu did not keep this little money. She saw someone selling chicks and bought a dozen of them and threw them into the space.
It’s a pity that I didn’t see any ducks, geese or anything like that for sale, otherwise Zhou Yunshu would have wanted to buy some and throw them into the space.
It took almost an hour to buy all these things. Although Zhou Yunshu still had some medicinal herbs and some trivial things to buy, she could only do that after getting the household registration and travel permit. After all, these things were the most important.
It was getting dark at this time, and Zhou Yunshu parked the mule cart in a more secluded location and rushed to the pawnshop.
The broker was a relatively trustworthy person. After handing over the household registration and travel permit to Zhou Yunshu, he took the remaining 40 taels of silver and left without saying a word.
Zhou Yunshu got the things, drove the mule cart to a secluded corner to change her makeup and clothes, and then returned to the inn.
As soon as she arrived at the door, Zhou Yunshu saw Chunque waiting there. Chunque breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her daughter coming back. She was afraid that her daughter might encounter some accident.
"Gu... Sanlang, you bought another mule cart."
"Well, I also bought some food. Have you moved the clothes and mattress into the room?"
Chunque nodded, "It's all done."
Zhou Yunshu handed the mule cart to the inn's waiter, and gave the three large bones she had bought on the road to the innkeeper, asking him to stew some bone soup for her and cook some noodles and send them upstairs.
Zhou Yunshu didn't want to miss the opportunity to replenish nutrition. Who knows when she will be able to have a good meal after escaping from the wilderness.
In addition, Zhou Yunshu ordered a serving of the inn's signature braised meat and asked him to prepare it and send it to the room.
When Zhou Yunshu and Chunque returned to the room, the children had already woken up. Fang Huiwen washed everyone's clothes and hung them out to dry by the bed, while Li Jialan looked after the children.
Seeing Zhou Yunshu return safely, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen both breathed a sigh of relief.
Unknowingly, Zhou Yunshu has become the pillar of support among them. With her around, they feel more at ease.
In the evening, Zhou Yunshu ate two full bowls of pork bone soup noodles with braised pork.
She touched her belly. Although she had been running around, she knew that the baby in her belly was fine.
They are well-behaved, strong and sensible.
At night, Zhou Yunshu slept soundly with Xixi in her arms and slept until dawn. When she woke up, Xixi was sitting beside her obediently playing with the nine-ring puzzle set that she had bought for the children yesterday.
"Good morning, honey."
Zhou Yunshu sat up and kissed her daughter's little face. Xixi smiled widely and leaned close to Zhou Yunshu affectionately.
"Daddy, grandma came twice." Xixi still remembered that her mother had become daddy. She stretched out her finger and said to Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu stretched lazily and said, "Let's go see what grandma wants us to do."
Zhou Yunshu took Xixi to wash and change clothes, and then put on makeup again before going to Li Jialan and the others' room.
As soon as the door opened, Zhou Yunshu saw Li Jialan pacing back and forth in the room.
Her face was pale and she looked terrified. If you didn't know her, you would think she was being hunted by her enemies.
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