flstandardbreds Chapter 136: Bun Freedom
Chapter 136: Bun Freedom
It was another morning when Su He was woken up by Liu Niang. He lay down, took two deep breaths, and started a new day.
The tribesmen’s voices are noisy, mixed with the children’s laughter, and coupled with the shouting on the streets, this is the human world.
There are already people selling breakfast on the street.
Su He didn't join everyone in eating from the big pot. She put on her clothes and went out with Miaomiao and Tiantian.
Before leaving, Su He passed by the large bunk bed next door and pretended to glance at it casually, but the group of people inside were gone.
Su He felt a little disappointed but also relieved. Forget it, now that the person is gone, she won't be bothered by it.
"Sister, there is mutton soup. I want to drink it." Su He was drooling at the sight.
"How much is a bowl?"
"This girl, 35 cents a bowl."
Su He nodded. This was not expensive. She estimated that there was not much mutton in it, so it was basically just soup.
"I want three bowls."
"Okay. The total is 105 wen."
Miaomiao and Tiantian were so excited that they quickly sat down and waited to drink the mutton soup.
"Miao Miao, pay the money."
Su Miao was stunned, "Sister, aren't you the one treating us?"
"No, you are so rich now, and you don't even think about treating your sister to a meal or something."
Su Miao frowned and argued for herself, "But I gave all my money to my sister. Where do I have money?"
Su He smiled secretly, "Okay then, I'll treat you to mutton soup, and you treat us two to white flour steamed buns. Let me make it clear first, I want to eat two, the price of steamed buns has increased recently, 4 cents each."
My sister ate two, Tiantian ate one, and she ate one. How much did four cost?
Miaomiao calculated for a long time with a heartbroken look on her face and finally gave 14 cents.
Su He raised his eyebrows and looked at the copper coin in his hand. "Not enough. You are usually very good at math."
Looking at her sister's ruthless look, Su Miao could only painfully pay another two cents, and the dinner was finally settled.
"Swindler, why are the steamed buns in this town so small?"
Su Miao spends his own money to buy the steamed buns, so he is particularly concerned about the quality of the steamed buns.
Su He almost burst out laughing. Sure enough, this little girl really cared about spending her own money. "Now flour costs 80 coins per pound. It can't be said that a steamed bun of this size costs only four coins. It's not a dishonest business."
Although Miaomiao and Tiantian are still young, they know that their family’s wheat was only sold at eight cents per pound in previous years, and two pounds of wheat and one pound of flour cost less than 20 cents.
The price increase was too outrageous. If they hadn't made some gains in the valley, even Su He would have felt bad eating it.
Now when she thought of the 20 boxes of gold in the space, she ate happily and finished a steamed bun in just three bites.
He looked at Tiantian again, held the steamed bun with both hands, took a light bite with his front teeth, chewed and swallowed it carefully, afraid that if he ate too fast, the steamed bun crumbs would fall out. Miaomiao frowned as she ate, sighing as she ate.
Her sweet freedom is gone too.
It’s okay to have steamed buns freely.
The three of them finished their meal in a hurry and went back. The people in the inn also finished their big pot meal. Everyone packed up their luggage and continued on their journey.
The next stop was a village of 800 people, Meicun. I heard there was a place specially for passing caravans to stay overnight. Zheng Da said there were two families with good relations, so their group could be divided into two groups to stay.
Another day of rapid travel, by the time everyone arrived, it was already five o'clock in the evening.
It was already dark at this time, but the lights were still on at the entrance of the village, making people unconsciously want to get closer.
Su He followed Zheng Da in the car as they approached, and found that someone was actually coming to greet them at the door.
"Uncle Hai, it's your turn to be on duty today."
Zheng Da greeted them with a big smile, thinking that he was lucky today as the first person he met was an acquaintance.
"Hahahaha, Xiao Zheng, you've brought us business again. I have 300 empty seats. They just happened to be vacated."
Su He saw that Uncle Hai was dressed very decently. Although he was still a peasant, he was wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket that was 90% new and a black hat, which made him look very energetic.
"Uncle Hai, is there any room at your relative's house? There are more than 600 of us."
Uncle Hai was stunned. He didn't expect there would be so many people today. "My relative has more than 200 seats. This, oh, it's not enough after all. There are many people on the road during this period, so there are fewer empty seats. I just vacated this seat at noon."
"Uncle Hai, please help me find another one who is as reliable as you."
Uncle Hai smiled even more happily, "Yes, it's my father-in-law's house. It was just renovated three months ago. They have two bunk beds for 50 people. It's right at the entrance of the village. If you agree, I'll take you to have a look."
Zheng Da looked at Su He. Su He certainly had no objection. In the end, Su He directly paid the money to move in.
As for the two rooms that accommodate 50 people, Su He planned to let his family live there, with one room for men and one for women.
Just as the people of Tianyuan Village moved in, it started raining that day. Sometimes it's so strange that the worse the weather, the better the business.
Su He looked at the door through the window and saw more carriages coming in.
Su He looked at this and secretly felt lucky. This was really too dangerous. They had calculated the check-in time very accurately.
"Hehua, this family has extra pickles at home, 5 cents a pound, would you like some?"
Zhou was obviously very tempted; this price was indeed a fair price in a drought year.
"Yes, but you have to look carefully before buying. Even if you want to taste the pickles, one person is enough. Besides, we are not familiar with this place after all, so there should be at least three people outside the house."
Su He didn't dare to let his guard down, as this village housed too many people.
"Lotus, the rice porridge is ready. Drink it with pickles. They also raised a few chickens. I bought one and stewed it for half an hour before drinking."
Su He responded and went over to drink the porridge first.
This big bunk bed had a window, which was now slightly opened. Su He was very close, drinking the hot porridge, listening to the family members around her talking in low voices, and listening to the sound of rain outside, the sound of passers-by driving carriages, and the noise in the distance. She felt calm and satisfied.
Two hours later, the rain was getting heavier. Su He wanted to wash her face and lie down on the kang, but suddenly she heard some noise coming from the door. It was surprising that someone was staying at the hotel at this time.
Su He walked to the window and saw that it was the group of people who lived next door to Su He in Hongxing Town.
What a bad fate.
Su He guessed that these people were retreating. They must have walked a lot further than their group, but because of the heavy rain, they had nowhere to hide and had to retreat.
But is there still room in this village?
After a while, there was a knock on the door. Liu Niang went to open the door, and the person who came was the owner's wife, Aunt Luo.
She looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry to bother you all. We have another guest who wants to stay overnight, but our village really doesn't have enough space for 60 people. Can you please make it easier for us? Please vacate a room. The guest said that he can help you pay for your accommodation. I have two jars of pickled vegetables left, so I'll give them to you. Is that okay?"
Everyone in the room looked at Su He, "Okay, you can let our family come to this room, we will pack our things ourselves."
The Zhou family and their friends didn't care. They thought it was a good thing to save some money. You know, it costs one tael of silver to stay here for one night. Everyone in the room started to pack up.
"Aunt, you guys go to sleep first. Uncle and the others will sleep on the other side. Just pile some luggage in the middle. After all, we are fleeing from famine, so we don't care about that."
Su He pretended to explain to Zhou and quietly told her some of his speculations. The uncle and nephew were in perfect harmony and did not show any expression on the surface.