A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 111: Stop or Stay in a Hotel

Zhang Cheng tied the carriage to a tree by the roadside, then found a nearby noodle stall and sat down.

"Boss, give me three bowls of meat noodles, and an egg for each bowl. Please give us a pot of tea first, as we are a little thirsty."

"Okay, the three guests, please take a seat first. I'll serve you tea right away."

After saying that, the noodle stall owner served each of the three people a bowl of tea.

"Have some tea first, and wait a moment. The noodles will be here soon."

After saying that, the proprietress walked away.

Zhang Yunyue and the other two drank the tea and finally felt their throats relieved. They had not drunk any water since they left home.

After waiting for a while, the noodle stall owner brought the noodles.

The three of them mixed the noodles and started eating.

Zhang Xingyun took a bite and said: "Yueyue, when there was no chili oil at home, I thought noodles were delicious. At that time, I thought about how nice it would be to eat meat buns with noodles in town. It must be very delicious.

But since we have chili oil at home, I feel that if I don’t add some chili oil to the noodles, the noodles will have no taste. This is the feeling I have when I eat this noodle now. Something is missing, it’s too light and tasteless.”

Zhang Cheng also nodded: "I feel the same way. I still like to eat noodles with chili oil."

"It's okay. When the Four Seasons Food Store in our county opens, we can eat noodles with oil and chili peppers. When you go back, go to the town. Our food store has many varieties of noodles and they are all delicious."

Zhang Xingyun: "Yeah, when you go back, you can go to the town to eat some noodles before going back to the village. I went there when it opened, but I haven't been there since."

After the three of them finished their meal, they paid for the noodles.

Zhang Cheng led the carriage, and Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun followed beside him, walking towards the city gate.

After paying the entrance fee, the three entered the county town.

Zhang Yunyue walked to Zhang Cheng's side:

"Uncle, let's go find an inn first and leave the carriage there. Then we can go out and have a look around to see which places in the county are more lively and have more people, suitable for opening a shop. After we find out clearly, we can ask the innkeeper where the pawnshop is in the county."

"Yeah, I was thinking of finding an inn first so we can rest. It's noon now, when the sun is at its brightest. It's going to be hot and sunny outside."

The three of them drove the carriage around to see if there was an inn.

Zhang Xingyun pointed to the banner in front of him that said Tongren Inn. "Second Uncle, Yueyue, there is an inn in front."

Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yunyue looked in the direction of Zhang Xingyun's finger. On the cloth banner was written "Tongren Inn", and the banner fluttered in the wind.

"Hey, it's the inn, let's go take a look."

Zhang Cheng led the carriage towards Tongren Inn, and Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun also followed Zhang Cheng.

When they arrived at Tongren Inn, the three people took out the packages from the carriage and carried them on their backs.

The waiter at the door of Tongren Inn saw Zhang Cheng and his two companions pulling the carriage, and immediately walked forward with a smile on his face.

"Three guests, are you here for a quick meal or to stay overnight?"

Zhang Cheng responded: "Stay in the hotel, three people."

"Okay, sir, please come in. You can leave the carriage to us. I will take it to the backyard for you. We will also feed the horses. Please rest assured, sir."

When Zhang Cheng heard the waiter say this, he handed the horse rein in his hand to the waiter.

The waiter took the reins and called out to the inn, "Three guests, please stay at the inn."

Then he led the carriage to the backyard.

Zhang Cheng and the other two walked into the inn, and a waiter came forward and led them to the inn counter.

The innkeeper stood at the counter, looked at the three people, and asked:

"My three guests, I am the shopkeeper of this store, my last name is Li. Let me tell you first, we have inferior rooms, middle rooms, and superior rooms. The inferior rooms have dormitories. May I ask what kind of room you would like, and how many rooms do you want?"

"Manager Li, we only need two medium-sized rooms for three nights. If we need to stay longer, we will pay later."

Zhang Cheng thought that if he could find a shop within three days, he could live in the backyard of the shop. If he couldn't find one by then, he could talk about extending his stay there later.

"Okay, sir, a medium-sized room is 100 wen per night, and two rooms for three nights is 600 wen in total."

Zhang Cheng took out the silver and gave it to Manager Li.

Shopkeeper Li took the silver and called a waiter: "Xiao Liu, show the three guests the way. There are two medium-sized rooms, Room 1 and Room 2."

Xiaoliu responded, "Okay, boss, the three guests please follow me." Then he raised his hand to signal the three to follow.

Xiaoliu led the three people up to the second floor and stopped in front of Room No. 1 with the word "Di" written on it.

"My three guests, this is Room 1, and next to it is Room 2. Do you need anything else? If not, I will go down first and not disturb you to rest."

Zhang Cheng stopped the waiter and said, "Please bring us some water so we can wash up. Thank you."

"Okay, please wait a moment, sir." Xiao Liu said, and walked downstairs.

"Yueyue, you stay in this room at the back. Xiaoyun and I will stay in the room next to you. Call us if you need anything. Let's rest for an hour first and then go out for a walk."

"Okay, got it, Uncle, you guys go in and put down your packages first."

"Okay, you go in first and close the door, then we'll go back."

Seeing this, Zhang Yunyue had no choice but to go into the house and lock the door. Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun also walked to the room next to Zhang Yunyue and locked the door after entering.

After a while, Xiaoliu brought water to each of the two rooms.

After washing up, Zhang Yunyue, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun lay down on the bed to rest.

After resting for an hour, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun got up first, tidied up, left the room and locked the door.

When he walked to Zhang Yunyue's room and saw that the door was not locked, he knocked on it: "Yueyue, are you up?"

"Uncle, get up. I'm cleaning up. Wait for a while."

"It's okay, take your time, Xiaoyun and I will wait for you downstairs."

"it is good."

After saying that, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun went downstairs and sat in the lobby waiting for Zhang Yunyue.

Half a minute later, Zhang Yunyue came down from the second floor and saw his second uncle and eldest brother sitting in the lobby, so he walked towards them.

"Uncle, brother, I'm done packing. Let's go now."

"Okay, let's go." After saying that, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun got up and went out.

In the afternoon, Zhang Cheng and his two companions walked around the entire county town. The county town is divided into four parts: east, west, south and north, which are distributed similarly to Sanhe Town.

I finally have a general understanding of the county town. The last time I came to the county town to buy spices, Xinglin Street belongs to the East City.

There is a main street in the county town, connecting the east and west cities. There are many shops on both sides of the main street, including clothes shops, restaurants, inns, rouge shops, small restaurants, etc. It is even more lively than the town.

There are many more things sold on both sides of the street than in town, and it is still bustling with people even in the afternoon.