Sun Ren took out the key from his arms, hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and patted the big iron gate.
"Master Shen, are we ready to go?"
Chen Yong glanced at the sisters-in-law who were queuing to use the toilet, and walked to the iron gate.
"Wait half an hour."
We have to eat breakfast before we set off. So many people suddenly came to the post station, and we will definitely be heading in the same direction as them later.
It would be difficult for him to just take out the food in front of everyone.
A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.
The women in the Shen family all depend on him for survival, so naturally they won't betray him.
If others knew that he had this ability, they would definitely mobilize the entire family to take him down.
What's more, he has to protect these women. If any one of them is caught, he will be finished.
"......good!"
Sun Ren put his ear to the door and heard what Chen Yong said. He turned around and looked at the officials who were looking at him eagerly.
"Let's go eat first, fill up the water bags, and set off in half an hour!"
When the officers heard that Shen Yong was still inside, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, they guarded the door all night, looking at the locked door, feeling that there was someone inside, but also afraid that there was no one inside.
What if there is no one around? What will happen to the poison they took?
Fortunately, Chen Yong was still inside and was not kidnapped. Thank goodness.
.......
"Waiter, give me 21 sesame cakes, 21 steamed buns, 21 meat buns, and some side dishes."
"Also, fill all our water bags with water."
Sun Ren took out two taels of silver and handed it to the waiter who was wiping the table.
"Okay, please wait a moment, sir."
The waiter took the two taels of silver and went to make the arrangements quickly.
Liu Yi looked at the pain in his heart when he saw that he had only spent two taels of silver to buy such a small thing.
"Hey, in our town, two sesame cakes only cost one copper coin, and a meat bun only costs two copper coins."
"One ounce of silver..."
"How about I give you one or two ounces of silver and ask you to go to your town and buy five hundred meat buns?"
Sun Ren interrupted Liu Yi directly.
Of course he knew that the food at the post station was much more expensive than usual.
However, this is the situation here. There is only one post station within a radius of dozens of miles. If you don’t eat, you will go hungry.
"....." Liu Yi was stunned by the blockage and smiled awkwardly, "Well---that's not necessary, I was just saying."
“Just talking…”
It was such a hot day, and he had to run back to buy meat buns for everyone because he was sick.
He won't go even if he's offered money. What if he can't catch up with them? Once the seven days are up, he'll be finished.
"Heh~" Sun Ren sneered and glanced at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi keeps looking for trouble every day. His hateful mouth will eventually get him killed.
As he was speaking, the waiter had already placed all the food on the table, and brought a bucket of boiled water to fill the water bags of the officials one by one.
At this time, Ran Xiangyu had also packed up, opened the door and glanced at the lobby downstairs.
Looking at the bunch of smelly men downstairs, she frowned slightly.
"Nanny, let's eat inside. Let the waiter bring some food to the warehouse."
Ran Xiangyu took out a 10-liang silver ingot from her purse and handed it to Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang took the ten taels of silver and looked at Ran Xiangyu with an embarrassed look.
"Miss, I'm afraid this money is not enough."
Last night she and the eldest daughter had a simple meal of three dishes and a soup, plus bath water and something, and it cost them five taels of silver.
This does not include the food for those people in the warehouse. When the servants were packing up yesterday, they brought out a lot of food from the kitchen. The hundred or so people ate the food they brought last night.
But they had to buy more buns and steamed buns today, so they could only make do with what they had before reaching the next post station.
Ran Xiangyu frowned,
"How can it not be enough? Buns are so expensive."
"Yes, it costs two taels of silver to feed seven men with steamed buns..."
"Then let the servants cook for themselves. They all brought food and pots and pans."
Ran Xiangyu directly took back the ten taels of silver from Nanny Zhang's hand and gave her five taels of silver again.
"Nanny, go buy some more meat buns for me to eat on the way. Have the waiter bring a few buckets of water to the warehouse so everyone can fill up their water bags."
Ran Xiangyu glanced at the servant in the hall who was helping the official to fill the water bottle and said something casually.
The food at the post station is so expensive, she would not spend the money to feed the servants, it would be a waste.
".......yes!"
Nanny Zhang pinched the five taels of silver in her hand and sighed helplessly.
Just cook. The food will be better if you cook by yourself. The food in the inn is indeed too expensive.
The eldest lady was indeed injured in the robbery by the Ran family. In the past, she would spend fifty or one hundred taels of silver casually, but now she is reluctant to spend ten taels of silver on a meal.
"Tsk, these merchants only care about money and not people. They don't even give breakfast to our servants. How harsh."
When Liu Yi heard the conversation between Ran Xiangyu and Nanny Zhang, he sneered.
Zhang Tiezhu had a swollen face, stuffed a meat bun into his mouth, and muttered,
"Otherwise why are they called profiteers? Hehe, I want to be a profiteer."
If he had more silver, he wouldn't have to work so hard to escort her. He dreamed of sleeping in a pile of silver.
Sun Ren gave Liu Yi a speechless look and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
How could he not know what kind of person Liu Yi is? He is just pure jealousy.
The other officials couldn't suppress their envy when they saw Madam Zhang stuffing five taels of silver into the waiter's pocket.
"We worked so hard to come all this way, but it's not even enough for a meal."
“Comparing yourself to others is really frustrating…”
"Well, merchants only have a lot of money, but when they see us, they still have to call us 'Master'."
“That’s…”
“…”
Just as the officials were chattering excitedly, two people suddenly appeared at the entrance of the post station, and the light in the lobby dimmed instantly.
The officers turned their heads to look at the gate in confusion. Who would come to the post station so early in the morning?
"Waiter!"
Tian Liu shouted weakly with a hoarse voice, "Quick, serve the food!"
As he spoke, Tian Liu took out two taels of silver and threw it to the waiter.
It was all because of the heavenly punishment that all the money they had was taken away.
The unfinished palace is now short of everything, and Tianhong didn't even mention the matter of money when they came out to do their work.
Tian San looked even worse than Tian Liu, and his meticulously groomed hair was now a little disheveled.
The moment he dragged his heavy legs into the post station, he saw the escorting officers still eating in the kitchen, and he almost lost control of the hidden weapon in his hand.
They worked tirelessly searching for the Shen family all night, yet these officials still had the mood to eat and drink here.
The Shen family was jailbroken, didn’t that idiot already know about it?
Why are all the officers acting as if nothing happened, calm and unhurried?
Could it be that this big fool dared to lie to him?
That shouldn't be the case. He looked around the prison cells and guest rooms, but didn't see any of the Shen family members.
Tian San's sharp eyes swept towards Zhang Tiezhu.
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