Chapter 306: Discovery of Abnormality
Ye Mingzhu looked at the old woman speechlessly. Did she say all that just to ask for money? And a hundred more coins? How could a farmhouse compare to an inn? Even if she had wanted to give, she felt uncomfortable with the other party's demands.
Uncle Yan's face was calm: "I want to see the house first. Is it worth this hundred coins?"
"It's worth it, definitely worth it." The old woman was just testing the waters, but she didn't expect the other party to actually give it to her. She immediately smiled and said, "Da Zhuang, tell your wife to clean up your room and let the distinguished guest stay."
Ye Mingzhu glanced at Uncle Yan and whispered, "Uncle Yan, be careful."
When you are out, it is better to be careful. If the other party is just greedy for money, it doesn't matter if they give the hundred coins, but they have a lot of luggage in the car, so I am afraid they will have some inappropriate thoughts.
Uncle Yan looked at the old woman and man leading the way in front and nodded slightly.
The old woman didn't hear the conversation behind her, and said to her son cheerfully, "Tell your wife to clean up quickly and let the distinguished guest stay in your room. Then ask Xiaohua to bring the bedding over and sleep with me."
The man agreed in a muffled voice and walked quickly into the house.
Ye Mingzhu did not go with them to see the house. She sat in the carriage. Ludou rolled his eyes cleverly and said, "I'll go and take a look."
Ye Yun'an reached out to stop him, but Lu Dou had already run into the house.
"Yun'an, if you want to see it, go ahead and take a look. I'll be watching the carriage here." Ye Mingzhu said to Ye Yun'an.
"I'm here with my sister," Ye Yun'an shook his head. It was already dark, and he didn't dare leave his sister here alone for fear that something might happen.
Ye Mingzhu touched Ye Yun'an's head. This brother was so considerate.
Ye Yun'an stood under the carriage and stamped her feet. Seeing that Uncle Yan and the others had not returned yet, she said unhappily, "Sister, isn't a hundred coins a bit too much for them?"
"Yes, quite a few," Ye Mingzhu nodded in agreement with Ye Yun'an. Ye Yun'an showed an indignant look on his face, and she continued.
"But there's no inn nearby, and this house is the largest one nearby. If we change to another one, not to mention whether they'll ask us for money, they might not even have a place for us to stay."
"Besides, a hundred coins isn't a lot for us right now. We can afford it, so don't dwell on it too much. Just think about it, it's getting dark, we need to eat and find a place to sleep. Since they want it and we can afford it, it doesn't matter if we give it to them."
Ye Mingzhu originally thought that the other party was asking for too much, but she was more worried about whether the other party had some problems rather than feeling sorry for the hundred coins.
Although she travels less frequently in modern times, she has heard of many people being cheated when they go out. It’s not that she is weak, but she knows that when you live under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head.
They don't have to live here, but who knows what the next family will be like? Maybe the next family will ask for more money than this one.
Besides, if a conflict really happened, there were only four of them, and no matter how powerful Uncle Yan was, he wouldn't be able to protect the three of them.
So, just spend a little money and solve the problem.
Although Ye Yun'an had been well fed and well fed in the past six months, and had grown quite a bit taller, he was still essentially the same young boy from the fishing village. He knew very little about these things, and since there were no adults in his family, there was no one to teach him these things.
Just in time, Ye Mingzhu explained these principles to him.
In short, don't worry too much about problems that can be solved with a little money, and try to avoid impending conflicts.
While Ye Yun'an was still thinking, Uncle Yan had already come out of the yard with mung beans.
Green Bean smiled and said, "Sister, grandma agreed to lend us the kitchen so we can cook. You can sleep in a separate room, and my brother, uncle and I will sleep in another."
Ye Mingzhu found it a little funny when she heard him clearly recount what happened in the yard.
"Mingzhu, after dinner, you should go to bed early. I will sleep in the carriage tonight."
Uncle Yan whispered.
Last time, they lived in a farmhouse and Uncle Yan also lived in a carriage.
It was just a precaution, but I didn't expect the other party to actually sneak onto the carriage in the middle of the night and run into Uncle Yan who had just woken up.
Not only did the other party refuse to admit his mistake, he also reached out to grab something, and was directly knocked off the carriage by Uncle Yan.
Uncle Yan woke up Ye Mingzhu and Ye Yun'an immediately, and the three of them left the village overnight.
Ye Yun'an was half asleep at the time and had no idea what had happened, but Ye Mingzhu was very clear-headed. She knew that "poor and barren lands breed unruly people."
However, she was still a little overwhelmed by the blatant robbery, so this time, when the other party asked for money, even though she was unhappy, she did not object.
The old woman did not follow them this time. The man from before followed them. He said in a muffled voice, "Give me a hundred coins, and you can live in my house and use the kitchen. Firewood is ten coins."
Ye Mingzhu knew that farmers lived frugally. Although firewood was free, it could be sold for money. Therefore, she did not think the ten cents for firewood was too expensive.
Seeing that his sister didn't say anything, Ye Yun'an listened quietly.
The man looked around and held out his hand: "Give me money."
Ye Mingzhu took out a handful of copper coins from her purse, counted them roughly, and asked Uncle Yan to hand them to the other party.
The man squatted down and began to count the copper coins.
Ye Mingzhu bypassed him and wanted to enter the yard, but the man looked up and said, "You can't enter until you finish counting."
Ye Mingzhu frowned. She just realized that the other party was a little stupid.
Next, the man's actions told her that her guess was correct.
The man grabbed the copper coins, counted them one by one and put them on the ground, putting ten in a pile. But when he put it to the fifth pile, he didn't know what went wrong, so he started to put it again. Then, the problem came back, and he started to put it again.
Ye Mingzhu was speechless. How long would he stop counting like this?
"Let's go inside first. If you have trouble counting, come back to us later."
Anyway, the money has been paid, and Ye Mingzhu doesn't want to wait here anymore.
At first the man was very persistent: "No, my mother said that the money must be counted before you can go in."
"Let me help count." Green Bean squatted down and wanted to help, but was pushed to the ground by the man.
"No need for you, I'll count it myself."
Ye Yun'an helped Green Bean up and said unhappily, "Just count by yourself, why are you pushing others?"
The man just glanced at them and then lowered his head to count the money.
Ye Yun'an wanted to argue with him, but was stopped by Ye Mingzhu. Why bother arguing with an abnormal person? It would be even more troublesome if the other party suddenly attacked and hurt people.
Lu Dou let go of Ye Yun'an's hand and ran into the yard: "I'll go call Auntie out."
As soon as the man raised his head, Green Bean had already run into the yard.
He stood up and ran after him.
Ye Yun'an pointed at the copper coins on the ground and asked, "He doesn't want the money anymore?"
Ye Mingzhu confirmed that there was indeed something wrong with the other party.
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