farmer's husband

Chapter 59

Harue was startled.

"Actually, it's not necessary." She shook her head hastily, "It's not a big deal in the first place, just let it go."

"No, I can't forget it. They deliberately bullied you today, and I saw it!" Chai Dong insisted.

As soon as Chun Zhi choked, Chai Dong had already retracted his head into the quilt. "I remember this!"

This brat, why is he so small-minded?

In addition to the powerlessness in Chunzhi's heart, there is still a faint warmth welling up in her heart.

Anyway, he reacted so violently because of her!

Her man is indeed becoming more and more responsible, although now his responsibility is only reflected in words.But she believed that he would show it in action in the future!
Thinking of this, she didn't say any more, and pulled up the quilt and fell asleep.

In the next few days, the young couple still got up early and set off on their way. If they were lucky, they would ride on an ox cart and a mule cart along the way.When I was hungry on the road, I ate the pancakes I brought with me. When I was thirsty, I either went to a nearby person’s house to ask for a bowl of water to drink, or I drank a few mouthfuls of raw water from the nearby river or well.In the evening, find a village to stay overnight.

It took them seven days to eat and sleep in the open all the way, and they could be considered to have arrived at the county seat.

The county seat is indeed much larger than Shitong Town.There are a lot of people waiting in line at the gate of the county seat alone, and many of them are dressed as scholars like Chai Dong, and they should also come to take the exam.

When it was their turn, Chai Dong took out the guide and showed it to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and the two entered inside smoothly.

Being in the county town, Chun Zhi realized that the prosperity here was beyond her imagination!There are so many people coming and going on the street in front of me, and these people are much more glamorous than those in the town no matter how they are dressed or dressed!Of course, the gold and silver jewelry on the women's heads also increased significantly, and there was a bustling and prosperous scene everywhere.

After inquiring all the way, the young couple found a place near the examination room.

It's just that the inns around the examination room have already been snatched up by the students who came earlier.The prices of the few remaining rooms are also ridiculously high. For a narrow room with only one bed, the price for a day is [-] yuan!This is simply stealing money!

Although before going out, Mrs. Wang gave them the last three taels of silver left in her hand.But they will stay here for about a month. In this short period of time, they will spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation, plus the travel expenses to go back, so in fact they are still very tight, Chun Zhi and Neither of Chai Dong dared to spend freely.

It's just that even after asking several inns, there is no room that they can accept the price.The cheaper places are all Datong shops where more than a dozen people can sleep in one go. A man in Chaidong is fine, but how can a young daughter-in-law like Chunzhi squeeze around with those people?

The two of them asked all the places within a radius of one mile beside the examination room, but they couldn't find a suitable room. They were exhausted.

Tired of walking, he casually found a foot shop on the side of the road to rest, and Chai Dong lowered his face again at the steamed buns in front of him.

Chunzhi also suffered from pain. "Things in the county are expensive. In the town of my mother's parents, steamed buns cost only one penny, and in Shitong Town, they are a bit more expensive, but here they are only three pennies! They are even more expensive than my mother's embroidered purse. And this head is not as big as the one in Shitong Town. It seems that the money we have on hand must not be spent."

Why!Thinking about the price of the inn room she had just asked, she became even more worried.

She just said that she shouldn't have followed in the first place!If Chai Dong came here alone, how much trouble and money would be saved!

"It's all here, let it take its course." Chai Dong said in a deep voice.

"I know we have to let nature take its course. It's just... Anyway, now we have to settle the residence first!" Chun Zhi whispered.

If this problem is not resolved, they will not even have a place to stay tonight!Seeing that the sun was already going down, this county town was no better than the countryside they had walked all the way to, and they could just knock on the door and say a good word to someone, and they would be able to let them stay overnight.And this time they have to stay for such a long time, and they don't have the face to live in other people's homes for so long.

"Hey, are you two looking for a house?" The shop assistant had sharp ears, and upon hearing their conversation, he hurried over.

Chunzhi nodded. "Yes! Little brother, do you know where there is a suitable house here, the price is cheaper, and we can live alone as a couple?"

"Just the two of you living alone, and it's cheaper, that's not easy!" The man frowned, but then smiled again, "By the way, I remembered! Aunt Hong next door to my house has a firewood shed. After tidying up, I plan to rent it out to the students who come to take the exam. Because there are many women in their family and two children, they dare not hire too many men to live in, so I asked me to help find one or two suitable candidates. As long as the person is nice, the price is negotiable. If you think it's okay, I can help you find a way."

"Chai Fang!" Chun Zhi couldn't help but whispered in frustration.

What's more, there are children in that family, so I'm afraid that the noisy ones will disturb Chai Dong's reading!

The guy just laughed. "Little lady, don't dislike the badness of the firewood house. You must know that there are many people who come to the county every year to take the exam, and even the firewood house is full of people scrambling for it. If you don't believe it, come back later and ask, this firewood house The room must have been snapped up a long time ago!"

That's true.There are so many people who come here to take the exam, and there must be a lot of people who are short of money. Few people can afford to live in the inn.It would be nice to find a woodshed to make do with for a few days.

In this place, of course, everything cannot be compared with home.

However, all of this depends on Chai Dong's intentions, after all, he is the one who will take the exam.

Chun Zhi immediately looked up at Chai Dong.

Chai Dong frowned slightly, but still nodded. "Then go and have a look!"

"Okay!" The man nodded quickly, and happily went out to report the news.

After they finished eating the two big steamed buns on the table, the waiter led a woman over forty years old.

"This is Mrs. Hong." The man introduced them.

Chun Zhi and Chai Dong hurriedly got up to greet her, and introduced themselves.Aunt Hong looked at the two of them and nodded with satisfaction: "It's really rare for a daughter-in-law to accompany her husband to take the exam. But you two are people who know etiquette, so you shouldn't be those cunning villains. If possible, I will take the exam." I am willing to rent the firewood house to you young couple, let's discuss the price slowly, it is not a problem."

Chunzhi saw that although Aunt Hong was thick and thick, she had kind eyes and kind eyes, and was quick to talk. She seemed easy to get along with, and she was also quietly relieved.

"In this case, let's go and see the house!" She nodded quickly.

The two of them followed Mrs. Hong to her home. Sure enough, her home was not far from the examination room, only about a mile away.It's just that her house is in a small alley, and it takes a little time to get out of it and walk to the main road.

Aunt Hong's family is not big, with three rooms, a kitchen and a firewood shed.The three houses were full of people, including her son, daughter-in-law, two daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter.The firewood room that was originally used for stacking firewood was temporarily cleared out, and a bed was simply built out of wooden planks inside, with bedding on top and the work was done.

Of course, the firewood house is not big. When Chunzhi, Chaidong, Aunt Hong and her grandchildren came in together, it seemed crowded inside.

However, Aunt Hong's asking price was not high. "I think you young couple are nice people. If you two think this place is good, I won't say too much. Twenty big coins a day! If you eat at my house, each person will get ten copper coins a day. There are meals and vegetables. Vegetables There are still a few mouthfuls of meat in it, so you can eat until you are full!"

If at other times, a firewood house was asking for twenty yuan, Chunzhi would definitely follow Wang's scolding and raise the price.But at this moment, a place where the couple can live alone, and it's still relatively clean, is only this price, and they really want to thank God!

However, even if they only live for a month, the rent plus food costs will cost more than one or two taels of silver.

Harue finally realized the pain Wang felt before.

This is white money!Now that she just spent more than one tael, she felt so distressed. That time she spent two taels of money on Wang's, so it's no wonder that Wang would talk to her several times every day.

It's just that they have already reached this point, and they have to spend money to earn money.

Chun Zhi looked up at Chai Dong, and saw him nodding to her.

Chun Zhi immediately turned around. "This house is fine, but if you can set up another desk for my husband by the window, we'll settle it! You can also pay half of the rent first, what do you think?"

"Okay, no problem!" Aunt Hong nodded hurriedly, and went out to greet her son to set up a desk for Chai Dong.

Chai Dong thought she would just talk to Aunt Hong about booking a house, but he didn't expect her to take the opportunity to make a request?He raised his eyebrows immediately, and looked at Chun Zhi with surprise in his eyes.

Chun Zhi smiled at him. "Anyway, so much money has been spent, we have to get more benefits for ourselves, otherwise it's not a loss?"

After a pause, she stuck out her tongue again. "Am I becoming more and more like my mother? I'm petty and fussy, and I can't get on the stage."

"No, you're fine like this." Chai Dong immediately shook his head.

(End of this chapter)