After walking out of the Huo Family Medicine Store, Jiang Zhi said to Er Rui Xiaoman: "You must remember that in the future you must find smart people to do things in the future. When encountering conflicts, they will find their own solutions to the problems instead of thinking about how to solve them." The problem lies with others.”
Xu Errui nodded honestly. He still couldn't recover from selling medicine.
Three large bags of medicine were sold for nearly two taels of silver. In the past, how much food would have been sold for two taels of silver.
And those medicinal materials are wild vines on the mountains, which used to be used for burning firewood.
In fact, he thought wrong. The price of medicine has risen and the price of food has gone up. If he buys food, he will only buy less than before.
Next to him, Xiao Man blinked: "Aunt Jiang, you always blamed others before..."
Jiang Zhi's face didn't change: "I only said half of what I said. If you want to make people angry or quarrel, then do the opposite and blame others for the problem, right or wrong."
"Ah! It can still be like this!"
The three of them were talking as they walked. Before they reached the inn they had arranged for, the street was cleared and the gongs were ringing, and the curfew would begin in two-quarters of an hour.
The curfew came so quickly, and the streets were filled with vendors hurriedly packing up their stalls, and pedestrians hurriedly leaving the city to go home.
After two quarters of an hour, no one is allowed to wander around.
Jiang Zhi also found the inn, and Xiang Dejin and Wu Hongmao had booked two rooms.
Several of them shared a room, and Jiang Zhi lived alone.
The inn provided meals, and Jiang Zhi took out some money to prepare some solid food.
On this day, I went out before dawn and kept running until now. I only ate some dry food on the road. Several people were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.
The meals were placed in the lobby of the inn, including a few multigrain steamed buns and a large bowl of sweet potato porridge for each person.
The food is also pretty good, including a big bowl of braised tofu, a bowl of vinegared cabbage, a bowl of palm-sized braised pork slices, and a bowl of kimchi.
This is also the food that ordinary inns can bring out now. After all, it is not a peaceful time yet.
There is no need to distinguish between men and women, everyone sits together and enjoys the hot meal of the day.
The Shao Bai is also a piece for each person, and everyone's mouth will be greasy after eating it.
Originally, Xiang Dejin and Wu Hongmao said they could just eat a bowl of kimchi porridge without spending money on such an expensive dish.
Nowadays, food is expensive and meat is even more expensive. One meal can cost hundreds of dollars.
But Jiang Zhi's concept is that when you go out, you have to deal with various problems at any time, so you need to keep yourself strong. Eating and drinking is the most basic requirement.
Accidents may happen at any time, so don’t starve to death.
We have no money now, so we have to make do. When we have more money, we can eat better.
The money is in her pocket, so of course she has the final say!
In fact, no one here really objected to Jiang Zhi's eating method of eating one meal without caring about the next.
More than half a year has passed, and Er Rui and Xiao Man have become accustomed to the saying that only when they eat well can they have physical strength.
And after more than half a year, they also clearly felt changes in their bodies.
Xiaoman's height has grown like crazy, like wheat seedlings encountering manna after a long drought. He is now half a head taller than Xu Errui.
Xu Errui is also growing taller and stronger quietly, without having to get up in the middle of the night.
Even Grandma Xiaoman has accepted this lifestyle.
Xiang Dejin and Wu Hongmao knew that the two families on the mountain stewed meat soup every day and were extra generous in their food. Now they just felt sorry that it was too expensive.
The business of the inn was not good, and there were only a few people in the lobby. Jiang Zhi's behavior attracted the attention of two people at the table next to him who were eating dried corn tortillas and drinking noodle soup.
The older man took a bite of the pancake, chewed it hard, choked and stretched his neck. He finally swallowed it and cursed: "A delicious woman doesn't save seeds. I don't want this prodigal woman to give it to me."
The young man said nothing, but glanced at the meat slices on Jiang Zhi's table, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
He didn't dare to say anything. There were four young men over there, and he couldn't compare to any of them.
Jiang Zhi didn't care what others said. Several people devoured the food and ate all the food. After finishing the white-burned bottom of the bowl, not even the kimchi was left.
Xiang Dejin wiped his mouth, threw down the bowl and went back to his room to rest. He just staggered while walking and accidentally bumped into the elderly man.
The dry tortilla with several holes torn in the old man's hand fell to the ground with a "pop".
Xiang Dejin grinned and walked away.
On the other side, Jiang Zhi also returned to the room accompanied by Er Rui Xiaoman.
After one night, the accommodation fee was paid the next day, and then there was breakfast, and half of the one tael of silver was used.
Errui Xiaoman, who had been indifferent yesterday, suddenly felt so distressed that he beat his chest, regretting why he was so greedy for that meat.
The two of them worked for a few days, but still only earned a little more than one tael of silver for high-priced labor. After one sleep and two meals, it was almost gone.
Jiang Zhi also felt it was expensive, but he didn't regret it. The feeling of being taken care of was just different.
Money is like running water, you can earn it back no matter how you spend it.
Before going home, a few people strolled on the street.
Jiang Zhi and his group stopped in front of a cosmetics shop: "It's a rare occasion for us to go into the city, let's bring something for our family!
Er Rui, Xiao Man, I will give each of you one hundred coins, and you can make your own arrangements. "
Xu Errui and Xu Xiaoman still have 80 wages for a day of sleeping outside, so they should pay them now.
The two of them were not used to using money yet, so they were stunned as they held a small bunch of copper coins.
Jiang Zhi doesn't care how they want to use it. In her heart, everyone has to have their own thoughts. If you can't manage a small amount of money well, it will be even harder to arrange a big money.
Leaving the two children behind, she took Xiang Dejin and Wu Hongmao for a brief tour of Pingchuan County.
Zhang Zheng said that Pingchuan County has a population of 130,000.
According to ancient standards, a population of 100,000 was considered a top-class county, and it was considered a wealthy county. However, now that there are twists and turns, the population may drop to 100,000.
Excluding the county government offices, the city has a permanent civilian population of about 20,000 to 30,000 people. It is considered a large and prosperous county town. Xu Errui and Xiaoman were overwhelmed by the sight.
But in Jiang Zhi's eyes, it was very shabby.
Except for the road outside the county government office, which is paved with bluestones, the other streets are mostly dirt.
All the shops are gathered at a crossroads. There are dozens of them. There are some workshops in other streets and alleys, which is the level of a modern township market.
The refugees had just been expelled, but traces of their detention still remain everywhere.
Well, there was feces and urine in the corners, as well as torn-down courtyard walls and burned houses.
The rich people had fled, leaving the house with its door open. It must have been looted inside, and it would cost a lot of money to repair it.
At this time, Xiang Dejin also talked about the battle they had outside Yuzhou Prefecture: "Yuzhou Prefecture closed the city gates in advance, and there were waterways and docks. It was a tough battle. Later, when the city was opened, a lot of damage was done inside. "
Because these wars were internal conflicts among the princes, Jiang Zhi, who knew the changes over thousands of years and had memorized several thick history books, felt that there was nothing right or wrong to talk about, nor did he ask any questions.
As long as the feudal dynasty system is not changed, no matter who becomes the emperor, there will be some initial changes, which are the same for ordinary people.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were still few people entering the city in the morning, the shop assistants in each store took off door panels and were busy cleaning the streets in front of them.
Jiang Zhi walked into a tung oil shop. The owner had just put out oil barrels and the oil residue pressed the day before.
"Shopkeeper, are you collecting tung seeds?" Jiang Zhi said.
The man placing the buckets saw a customer and said quickly: "I'll accept it. Now the tung seeds are eight cents per catty. We will accept them as long as they are tung seeds."
Now that the refugees are scattered, no one is picking up tung seeds, and the price of tung oil is rising again.
