Chapter 399 Please Report the Number
He has a high nose bridge and smooth features. He is a very good-looking young man.
He was a little darker and rougher, and it was obvious that he had been running around in the sun for many years. However, his dark and rough skin was different from that of a farmer. As for the specific difference, Shen Qing thought it was because he was good-looking.
Well, it turns out that being good-looking is also an advantage. She is such a superficial and vulgar person.
"Prince Wang? I see your clothes are all wet. Second brother, go to the bathroom and boil some water. Then you can wash up and change into clean clothes.
Mengzi, go light the fire and boil a big pot of ginger water to ward off the cold for the guests."
Her family is large and hardworking, and she has stockpiled a lot of firewood in her spare time these days. Only ginger is worth a few cents, but a piece of ginger cut into slices can be used to make a large pot of ginger water. These days, a cold can really take a life, so she is willing to spend a few cents.
Ling Yi was surprised, but he didn't show it on his face. His expression was slightly moved, and he bowed his hands in gratitude and said, "Thank you very much. Also, we were in a hurry to get here, so could I ask if there is any food available? Madam Shen, please also give us a price."
The money she paid was the money, but the friendship she embraced was the friendship.
They met by chance, but she was willing to take them in. She didn't bother to boil hot water for them and even took the initiative to make ginger water. These people are kind-hearted.
Shen Qing originally wanted to say no, but there were so many of them that drinking some ginger soup and taking a hot bath were not expensive. As for accommodation, it was barely worth the cost, but eating was different, so he had to ask clearly first.
"Do you have any standards for eating?"
Ying Yi was about to speak when Ling Yi said, "It doesn't have to be too good. One or two kinds of meat, two or three dishes, and enough rice and flour to fill you up will be enough.
As for the horses, is there any fodder? If there is no vegetables, that's fine too, we'll pay for it."
For farmers, meat and rice and flour must be precious foods, and it is definitely a big deal whether they can take them out or not, especially since they are a group of seven people, all of whom are men in their prime and can eat;
Because of this, they did not choose the poor farmers' homes on both sides of the official road. After all, there was not enough room for seven people and seven horses to live, not even to shelter from the rain.
After traveling day and night for more than ten days, both the men and the horses were exhausted and needed food and a place to rest.
Shen Qing frowned. Accommodation, fodder, food, especially the meat and refined rice and flour, for seven people. She turned sideways and muttered to the people next to her, "What do you think is a reasonable price?"
"Auntie, the inn in the city also provides hot water and ordinary fodder when you stay. It's all included in the room rate. If you add refined feed like beans, you will have to pay extra. Let's ask them later if they will add it."
"We haven't lived in the capital before. A large bunk bed in other cities is very cheap, but ours is definitely better than a large bunk bed! We should also ask how many rooms they live in. But there are only seven of them in total. If we squeeze together, we can squeeze into a large kang."
"What's a good price for food? And we need meat? The key is that we've already eaten all the fresh meat for lunch, so we only have dried meat and lard. How should we bid? If we bid too high, will people think we're mean?"
Liu Cuihua shook her head and said, "No, no, they didn't rely on this to make a fortune. Shen Qing meant well and they couldn't let things get embarrassing later."
Shen Qing nodded and said that it would definitely not work if it was too expensive.
"But we can't pay them back. That's meat and flour and rice. If we don't accept the money, what if they refuse to leave and want to stay?" Xu Lin said in a low voice.
Yang Mu followed up, "Yes, I'll have to trouble you to cook for them later. It'll be tiring, so the wages have to be included in it."
Liu Cuihua waved her hands hurriedly: "No, I don't need wages, I just cook for a few people. It's not easy for people to run around outside on a rainy night, why should I ask for wages?
Shen Qing, please calculate the cost. I think as long as we don't lose money or even lose money, it will be fine."
Shen Qing also thought so. He would not suffer any loss, but he would not make money from them either, so as to be true to his conscience.
She summarized everyone's opinions and asked, "We have donkeys and have some fodder stored, but it's all fresh wild grass. Do your horses need additional beans?"
Yingyi really wanted to join, but seeing that although the people in front of him lived in the farm, they were dressed like farmers, and the farm was covered in lime and looked tattered, he thought they were not rich either.
Beans should be their staple food. Forget it. We have to go to the capital tomorrow. I will give the war horses some good nourishment then. There is no rush tonight.
He looked at his master, who shook his head and said hurriedly, "No, ordinary fodder will do."
Shen Qing and his group breathed a sigh of relief.
No need to count the money.
Shadow 1: .....As expected, it must be very hard for farmers to give beans to livestock.
"Then how many rooms do you seven need?" Shen Qing continued to ask.
With previous experience, Yingyi quickly replied: "We need three rooms, preferably connected together."
The master lived alone in the middle, and the six of them had a room each, with three people in each room.
Shen Qingchao looked at both sides and whispered, "Then let's vacate the west wing? There are three rooms connected together.
Jiang Xiangbei, who lived in the west wing, whispered, "Okay, business people always bring a lot of goods and money. Living together means we can look after each other. I understand."
It was the same for them when they went out. If the rooms were too far apart, they would rather squeeze together than be too far apart. It was just that it was really uncomfortable to be crowded with so many people. Now that they met people like them, they would do convenience to others and themselves.
Shen Qing had an idea in mind, and finally asked: "We have more than 80 dumplings left from our dinner, stuffed with lard residue and vegetables. It's not enough for the seven of you. Let's cook another pot of lard residue noodle soup.
This is the quickest way to eat right now. We don't have any fresh pork, so the only meat options are lard and bacon. Do you think it's okay?"
Ying Yi and the others all looked at Ling Yi.
They didn't care, but even though their master lived in a cold and miserable borderland, he was still as precious as gold and jade. How could he eat lard residue?
Smoked meat is fine, after all, dried meat is often eaten at the border.
"bacon....."
"Can."
Yingyi and the other six looked at their master in surprise, and then realized that their master was lowering the price for them.
They had originally planned to ride at full speed without stopping and get into the city before the hour of Xu, but they never expected that the rain would get heavier in the evening, and they could not move forward or backward, so they could only take a gamble to hurry on.
But it was still too late. It had been almost six hours since they had breakfast and they hadn't eaten a single grain of rice, yet they had been running all the way. The master was afraid that they couldn't hold on, so he made them eat whatever they wanted quickly.
These incompetent servants not only fail to share the worries of their masters, but also cause their masters to suffer as well.
He took out his purse from his bosom and asked Shen Qing, "Could you please tell me the number, Madam Shen?"
Shen Qing discussed with the people around him and decided on the amount of silver.
The expressions of Yingyi and the other six people were slightly serious. The other party had been discussing repeatedly. Could it be that they were going to ask for an exorbitant price?
But it was normal. It was a rainy night outside the capital, and there were many of them with nowhere to go. Even if they were charged more than ten or twenty taels, they had no choice but to pay with a pinch of salt.
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