Chapter 3135 Entering the city
"Of course I can," Zhou Silang thought about it and felt something was wrong. "Sanzhu, why do you keep asking Manbao?"
"My mother told me to touch Manbao when I see her to bring her good luck," he said, "She said that Manbao is the reincarnation of a fairy and the most blessed person in our village. If I touch her, I will be able to go out with you smoothly and safely in the future."
Zhou Silang: "...That makes sense, but since you call her aunt, shouldn't you call me Fourth Uncle?"
Sanzhu ignored him. He was several years older than Zhou Silang. It was okay to call him in front of others, but he didn't want to call him in private.
Mainly, their uncle-nephew relationship has been challenged.
When his son was crawling all over the ground, Zhou Silang was still the leader of the children, leading people to climb trees and dig out bird nests.
The most important thing is that Zhou Silang had bullied his son before, and he had chased him with a stick. There are many people like this in the village who are younger but older than them. It’s okay if they are well-behaved, but if they are not, when two families quarrel and fight, they will not respect the elderly and love the young.
Zhou Silang is the king of children, and Zhou Sanzhu is the youngest son of the village chief. He has been favored since childhood, so naturally he is unwilling to accept Zhou Silang as his uncle.
So even though the two of them have a good relationship now, Zhou Sanzhu never calls Silang Uncle unless they are in front of outsiders.
The two men argued all the way, and when they arrived outside Beihai County, the caravan had already stretched out for a long distance.
Zhou Silang stood up, looked forward and backward, then glanced at the setting sun in the sky, feeling a little worried. "With so many people, will we be able to get in?"
A caravan clerk standing in line next to them heard this and interrupted, "No, as long as we're in line, even if it's time to close the city gates, the county government will check and let us go."
"Yes, the last time we came, it was already dark. Because there were still several caravans ahead of us that hadn't entered yet, we were queued up at the back. The soldiers guarding the city checked our goods and let us pass."
This is one of the reasons why they are willing to come to Beihai County. It is more flexible and more convenient than Laizhou.
Moreover, most of those coming from the north and the west have to pass through Qingzhou first. If the cost of going out to sea from Qingzhou is lower, they will naturally be willing to go through Qingzhou.
Zhou Silang's eyes flashed slightly, and he thanked them with a smile. He was no longer in a hurry, so he leaned on the car and waited to enter the city, and by the way, he took a look at the size and cargo of other convoys.
Their pace into the city wasn't slow, but by the time it was their turn, the last ray of sunset had already vanished, and the figures before them were already blurry. As soon as they entered the city, people gathered around them. An elderly man called out, "Inn, inn, the cheapest inn in Beihai County. Young man, would you like a place to stay?"
Some teenagers stopped them and asked, "Do you want to eat? Do you want to eat? There's hot water and hot food in the inn..."
Zhou Silang glanced around and quickly pointed at a few ragged children squeezed outside the crowd and said, "You guys, come here."
The children's eyes lit up and they immediately squeezed forward.
Zhou Silang glanced at them and asked, "How much for the tour?"
"Wu Wen, sir, you can go anywhere you want tonight. We can show you the way," the child said happily. "There's no place in Beihai County that we don't know."
Zhou Silang smiled and asked, "Is it five cents per person, or five cents for all of you?"
"Five cents in total."
Zhou Silang waved back and said with a smile, "Let's go."
Two of the children were sent out to lead the way, while the rest stayed behind to attract customers.
When their caravan came out, Zhou Silang asked, "Where is the post station?"
When the child heard this, he immediately advised, "The room rates at the post station are expensive, the food isn't very good, and you might run into officials, and you'll have to pay formalities when you come in and out. It would be better for you to stay at another inn, or rent someone else's courtyard. It's more convenient and less expensive."
Zhou Silang thought for a moment and then asked, "Which inn do you think is good?"
The child chuckled and said, "I know there's a good Yunlai Inn. It just opened this year. The place is new, the beds are new, it's very clean, and it's cheap. I'd like to take you there. Otherwise, there are people in the city who rent out their unused yards. You can rent it for a month, ten days, or even five or three days. It's not expensive, and they even have the yard to store goods."
However, few people would choose the latter, because Beihai County is just a county they pass through, and their ultimate destination is Longchi Wharf.
If they hadn't arrived in the city late, they would have just had a meal in the city and then went to Longchi, and would not have stayed overnight.
Therefore, the most newly opened businesses in Beihai County recently are restaurants, followed by inns.
Zhou Silang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's rent a yard. How do you rent a yard?"
The child was stunned and asked, "Do you want to rent it for three days or five days?"
He hesitated and said, "The yard needs to be rented for at least three days..."
In fact, in terms of price, three days in the courtyard is cheaper than three days in the inn, but if you only stay for one night, there is no need to be greedy for that little bit of discount.
Because the price of three days in the courtyard is definitely much more expensive than one day in the inn.
So it’s not easy to rent a yard here.
Zhou Silang thought about it and felt that he would be staying in Beihai County for a long time. It would definitely not be appropriate for so many of them to stay at Manbao's place, so he said, "Tell me the price first, and I'll consider renting it for a few days."
The child was confused. Shouldn't the rental period be based on one's schedule? Why did it sound like it was based on the price they set?
But he answered quickly, obviously he had memorized it all.
Zhou Silang heard that renting a small courtyard with two entrances would only cost 800 wen a month, so he immediately said, "Then we'll rent it for a month. Which courtyard is closer to the county government office and larger? Take us to see it."
When the child heard this, he happily responded, "Okay."
Then the two children discussed it, and one continued to lead Zhou Silang and the others, while the other ran to find the boss.
When they arrived, they saw a middle-aged man holding a lantern and leading a child standing at the door. When they saw them, they came forward and asked with a smile, "How many of you would like to stay overnight?"
"Yes," Zhou Silang looked at the wide-open door behind him and asked, "Is this the yard you want to rent?"
"Yes, you can go in and take a look. The rooms and beds inside are clean. I ask my family to clean them every day."
Zhou Silang took a few people in to have a look. Seeing that the yard was decent enough to accommodate their car, he asked, "Where do you live?"
He pointed in a direction and said, "I live on another street. This yard belongs to my brother. He's now making a living in Qingzhou City, so this yard is empty. But since it's our ancestral land, it's hard to sell, so I cleaned it up and rented it out to supplement the family income."
(End of this chapter)
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