Chapter 112 Inn
Two days later, everyone entered Wutong City. The city was also affected by the drought, but it was not too serious.
After the village head led everyone into the city gate, he asked everyone's opinions: "Do you plan to leave the city after buying things, or should we find an inn to stay for two days?"
Wang Daniu: "I will listen to you, Brother Lin San"
Lin clan member: "Listen to your Third Uncle"
Xu Zhiyi: "Uncle Lin, it's up to you to decide"
Doctor Li: "I'm fine with it. I'll follow you wherever you go."
The head of the village thought for a while after hearing this and said, "In that case, let's rest in the city for two days! We have been traveling for more than two months since we fled the famine! Let's relax for two days."
"Oh, everyone can go out for a walk these two days. If you don't have cotton-padded clothes and quilts, you should hurry up and prepare them. It's almost the third winter season! I'm afraid you'll have to wear cotton-padded clothes soon."
Everyone nodded to show that they understood.
Afterwards, everyone found an inn, and Xu Zhiyi booked four rooms, one for Shen Wuyou and Shen Changan, one for the two elders of the Su family with Su Mingchuan, one for Su Ze and Qin with Su Manman, and one for Xu Zhiyi with Su.
Xu Zhiyi went downstairs to ask. Because of the drought, a small amount of water was available for free in the inn. If a large amount of water was needed, one had to buy water by himself. It was five copper coins for a bucket of water. After paying the copper coins, Xu Zhiyi came up carrying a bucket of water.
Seeing Su making the bed, he secretly added some spiritual spring water from the space for Su and let her take a bath first.
Then he came to Shen Wuyou Shen Changan's room, took a wooden bucket, and put a full bucket of water out of the space.
Pulling Shen Wuyou aside, he said, "Wuyou, I'll fill the bathtub in the cubicle with water for you. Hurry up and take a bath. Call me when you're done. After I pour out the water, I'll get another bucket for Chang'an so he can take a bath, too."
Shen Wuyou heard this, his cheeks flushed and he whispered, “Okay.”
Xu Zhi suggested that he agree, then he went out and closed the door.
After Su finished taking a bath, Xu Zhiyi put the bathtub into the space, then went in and poured the bath water onto the floor in the space. After filling another bucket, he washed his hair directly in the space and took a bath.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but as I was soaking in the water, I felt like a surge of strength was flowing into my whole body. All my fatigue completely disappeared in that instant, and I even felt full of energy.
A quarter of an hour later, Xu Zhiyi came out of the space, put on his clothes, and went downstairs. He spent twenty-five copper coins to buy five buckets of water. He asked the waiter to help carry two buckets of water to each of the two rooms in the Su family, and he also carried a bucket upstairs.
Qin saw the waiter and Xu Zhiyi coming in with water, and hurried forward to help.
When pouring the water in the wooden barrel into the bathtub, he let the screen block himself, glanced at Qin who was about to get a towel and clothes, and quickly added some water from the space.
Put some in each wooden barrel, and when the Su family takes a bath later, the spiritual spring water can prevent them from noticing that something is wrong, and at the same time, it can reduce a lot of their fatigue.
Then, while Qin went next door to call Su Manman back to wash up, he quickly fetched half a bucket of water from the space and went out. He happened to meet the head of the village who was bringing everyone back with water. Seeing that the water they fetched was not full enough, he directly poured some of the water in his bucket into everyone's bucket.
Everyone was a little confused when they saw Xu Zhiyi's operation.
Village head: "Zhiyi? What are you doing? You bought the water yourself, why are you sharing it with us?"
Xu Zhiyi looked at everyone and explained, "Oh, it's like this. I was originally going to fetch water for my grandfather, but I didn't expect my uncle to come down first and fetch the water up. My mother, Chang'an Wuyou and I have all taken a bath! So I had no choice but to give the water to everyone! Hehe, you won't mind, right?"
The head of the village said: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can we despise something that doesn't cost any money? That would be too ungrateful, wouldn't it?"
Xu Zhiyi: “That’s good!”
After everyone carried the water back, Xu Zhiyi went to help Shen Changan fetch water from the space.
Xu Zhiyi had just left the room when he suddenly remembered that he had something to tell her, so he pushed the door open again and said, "Changan, soak in the water for a while longer. Maybe this water will be good for your legs."
When Shen Changan heard that Xu Zhiyi had returned, Shen Wuyou carried him to the chair next to the bathtub and sat him down. He had just taken off his shirt, and he was so scared that he quickly grabbed the clothes to cover his body.
Xu Zhiyi looked at Shen Changan, who was like a frightened little rabbit, and jokingly said, "What's wrong? Can't I see it? Am I still your wife?"
Hearing this, Shen Changan was so embarrassed that his entire face was hot, and then he took off the clothes that were blocking his body and said shyly: “Wife, look!”
When Xu Zhiyi heard what Shen Changan said, he coughed, his face turned red unconsciously, and he deliberately glanced at Shen Changan before going out: "Ahem, I'm fine! You take a shower first! I'll come back to pour water later"
After saying that, she hurried out, helped to close the door, ran back to the next room, and lay down directly on the bed. Oh, she almost exposed her potential as a female hooligan again, haha! However, although Shen Changyao's figure was a little thin, she was still quite white.
That night, everyone took a simple shower. I don’t know if it was because we hadn’t taken a shower for a long time, but after taking a shower, everyone felt that all the fatigue in their bodies disappeared!
After breakfast the next day, he planned to go to the clothing store. Xu Zhiyi thought that there seemed to be no cotton clothes in the Su family's luggage, only one piece of clothing with willow catkins sewn inside. It was estimated that they only used straw and willow catkins to keep warm in winter.
However, the original owner had been to the Su family several times in his memory, and their living conditions could not be so bad. He got the information from his aunt Qin.
It turned out that after Old Lady Su failed to persuade her daughter Su to come back from the Xu family, she fell seriously ill and emptied out all the family savings before she was able to bring her daughter back.
After Xu Zhiyi entered the clothing store, he directly selected an old cotton-padded jacket and a new cotton-padded jacket for each person in the Su family according to their approximate height. The old cotton-padded jackets could be worn outside so that they would not be too conspicuous on the road. There were also three quilts, which he had bought in Lincheng last time, so he didn't need to prepare them again this time!
All these cost a total of thirteen taels and two hundred wen. Cotton-padded clothes and quilts in ancient times were quite expensive. A new cotton-padded coat for adults usually cost one tael of silver, and an old one cost two hundred wen. The quilts weighed more than four kilograms and cost two taels of silver each.
However, it would be cheaper if you just weigh the cotton and buy the cloth and make it yourself.
The store also has second-hand cotton-padded jackets for sale. Most of them are from people in need who pawn their cotton-padded jackets at pawnshops for money, and then these garment shops recycle them and sell them.
A second-hand cotton-padded jacket would cost at least two hundred to seven hundred wen, depending on how worn it was. This could be used by poor people to buy a winter cotton-padded jacket.
After Xu Zhiyi paid the silver and picked out the things, he saw a group of people in front of him blocking his way. He couldn't see what was happening inside, but he heard a woman cursing.
"Bah, running? I'll beat you to death. If you dare to run again next time, I'll catch you. You'll be in trouble."
"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen someone teach a disobedient daughter-in-law a lesson? Pah! Don't blame me for charging you for watching the fun later!"
When the people who were watching heard this, they thought that they might get burned instead of being there to watch the fun, so they pointed and said a few words and then walked away!
After everyone left, Xu Zhiyi saw the woman who was knocked to the ground. After seeing her face clearly, he was really surprised!
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