On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 26 Taken advantage of

The queue at the front began to move slowly, and the guards were watching. Everyone lined up consciously and began to wait for a long time.

The female relatives sitting in the carriage had no free time. Mrs. Xiao and the others were busy collecting soles and making shoes.

Nowadays I either walk or run every day, and the most expensive thing is shoes.

Xiao Youfu was bored with waiting, so he simply called Xiao Dalang to drive for him. He took the opportunity to go to the front and back to chat with someone and inquire about the news.

Fortunately, it was summer, and it was dark late. By the time it was their turn, it was already midnight, and a row of torches were lit at the city gate, which was still very bright.

Xiao Youfu and Mr. Wu took the household registration and handed it to the checking officer.

When Mr. Wu handed over the household registration, he also took advantage of the situation and stuffed two taels of silver ingots into the palm of the clerk. He said with a smile: "It's so late, thank you for taking the trouble to check the household registration. This is our little thought. Please have a cup of hot tea." , please give us a few words."

The clerk smoothly put the money into his sleeve pocket, and his face as a married woman was now much kinder.

For petty officials like them, their monthly salary is only three taels of silver. If they want to live a good life, they rely on the benefits they receive from working for them.

Especially now that the world is not peaceful, he wants to collect more money. Unfortunately, there are too many people waiting outside, and he can't refuse to let in just to get a fee.

Of course, there are a few people who have eyes and know how to take advantage of the opportunity to give him some favors.

The clerk said to the officer next to him: "A Bin, you and Zirong go and count. There are nine people in the Wu family and twelve people in the Xiao family."

When the police officers left, he handed the household registration to them: "After entering, you can find the old man. If you need anything, just tell him."

Xiao Youfu also clasped his fists with a grateful look on his face: "Thank you for your advice, sir!"

After the inspection was completed and the fee to enter the city was paid, they entered the county smoothly.

There were also a dozen idle men talking together inside. When he saw them coming in, a young man came up and asked, "What price inn do you want to stay in?"

Xiao Youfu looked around and said with a smile: "Brother, what price is there for an inn? We don't have much money. Is there any place where we can stay for free?"

He deliberately did not talk about Lao Miao first, just because he was afraid that they would work together to rip off customers, and he was afraid that he and others would be taken advantage of.

The young man was asked a lot, and he spoke fluently: "Just wait for the free ones. When there are more people going, someone will take you to the north. They don't cost money there, but they are a bit remote."

"The price of the Datongpu Inn is fifty cents per person per day, and tea is not provided. The better guest rooms are five cents per day, and there are also small courtyards, which are one or two cents per day. If you want hot water, you have to pay extra..."

Even though they were prepared, they were still shocked by the price.

In the past, it only cost ten cents per person to live in Datongpu, but now it costs fifty cents, a five-fold increase.

It is conceivable that other prices will definitely rise even more outrageously.

After Xiao Youfu inquired about it, he smiled and said: "The official in front of me asked us to come in to find Lao Miao, please help me introduce him to us."

When the young man heard this, he glanced at him in surprise, and then shouted over there: "Master Miao, Master Zhao asked you to help settle the guests!"

When a thin middle-aged man in the middle of the crowd heard this, he stood up and came over, smiling and saying, "Will you guys follow me?"

Then he asked: "How many days do you plan to stay? If you plan to stay for three to five days, it is more quiet and affordable to rent a small courtyard. If you only stay for one night, then you can make do with it in an inn."

Mr. Wu smiled and clasped his fists: "We want to repair it for a few days. Brother Miao, how can I rent the small yard?"

Lao Miao said with a kind face: "Since Mr. Zhao asked you to come to me, I definitely can't fool you. The small courtyard in Erjin costs 20 taels of silver for three days, is it affordable enough?" "It's affordable enough, please help Brother Miao to lead us there!" "Hearing his words, the two families who originally thought they would be brutally slaughtered secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lao Miao was sitting on the shaft of the carriage in front. Xiao Youfu wanted to find out more information from him, so he also went back to the carriage.

Xiao Xiao sat on his mule cart and poked his head out to look around. Using the light of the wind lantern, he found that the street was quite spacious. As far as the eye could see, it was mostly dark. Occasionally, he could see a few bright spots. place.

She retracted her head, leaned on Xiao Lian's shoulder and whispered: "We can take a good bath today, and finally have a peaceful sleep tomorrow."

Along the way, the mother and daughter simply slept on the mule cart at night. It was a bit crowded and they did not dare to move around. They often heard wolves howling, making their sleep uneasy.

Xiao Lian rarely pushed her away, but was worried: "I didn't expect money to be so expensive. It only costs 2 taels for a three-day stay. This shows that the prices here must have risen sharply."

Then he asked Ms. Liu who was sitting opposite: "Mom, we still have fifty or sixty kilograms of food left, right? We don't need to buy too much tomorrow, right? Anyway, people have said, go over here and walk ten more kilograms." The next day, we will be in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"

Mrs. Liu and her daughter explained in a low voice: "Master Wu's sister is over there in Wushang. It still takes about ten days to walk from Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"It hasn't rained in the past half month, so it's suitable for traveling. If it rains, it will delay the day again. No matter what, we have to prepare more food to be prepared."

After saying that, he said gently: "Okay, you don't have to worry about this. You all have money. Go buy something you like on the street tomorrow."

Their money was collected from the inn more than ten days ago.

Xiao Youfu was not stingy with his daughters, letting each of them leave two taels of silver.

Moreover, Xiao Xiao felt insecure at the time and secretly left an extra two taels of silver. Now she has the most private money among the sisters. When she heard Liu's words, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva: "Let's go buy meat tomorrow. Buy braised meat to eat at Dada Ya Festival.”

In fact, what she wanted most was to go to a restaurant and have a big meal.

It makes her sad to think about it. In the novels she read before, other people were not dressed as princesses, but as housekeepers. No matter how bad they were, they were still ladies from merchant families.

Even a girl from a poor family dressed as a top-notch family can escape from the top-notch ones, with various opportunities coming her way, and she will soon become rich and well-off.

As for me, I was hit by the epidemic. I finally managed to save my life, but in the end I had to flee again.

Let alone eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, it is not easy to even eat a meal of rice.

Although it is not necessary to eat chaffy vegetables, the life is really rough.

It's a pity that I'm hungry for meat and rice now. I'm really embarrassing to my fellow time travellers.

The only thing that makes her happy is that she doesn't have the best.

Besides, with a father like Xiao Youfu, even if the family has the best, they will probably be beaten into obedience.

When Xiao Youfu heard what his youngest daughter said, he gave her another tael of silver: "You can buy whatever you want to eat."

After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the place.

The Xiao family lived in the front, the Wu family lived in the backyard, and the three Xiao sisters were also assigned a room.

Xiao Xiao went in and lit the oil lamp and took a look. There was a bed inside, covered with a straw mat, and a small table: "This is really simple, not even a stool."

(End of this chapter)