The driver was a forty-year-old middle-aged man. He greeted the two of them with a friendly face.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
He didn't seem surprised by the dirt on their bodies, "Did you two just encounter something bad?"
Bad things? So can a sandstorm.
Jiang Yue nodded but said nothing.
The other party saw that the man driving the carriage did not speak, but the young lady reacted, seemingly even more surprised than before.
Then he adjusted his expression and lamented the natural and man-made disasters and how difficult life was.
Jiang Yue and the other two didn't answer, which obviously made him embarrassed.
He said gently, "It's hard for you to be like this. There's still a long way to go before the next city. If we continue going forward, it would be nice to have an inn where we can take a rest."
Jiang Yue asked, "Are you from the inn?"
The promotion is so obvious, are you afraid that others won’t know?
The man shook his head and said, "I'm just their guest, not a guy inside."
He didn't say much and acted like he was just casually recommending a good inn.
Seeing the carriage rushing in front of them, Jiang Young gently patted the mule's butt, "Look at Brother Ma, he's so majestic and so fast."
The mule neighed and snorted.
I don't think you are poor, but you think I am slow.
Jiang Nian narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully, "Yueyue, this person's smile is too fake."
"Yes." He was much worse than a modern salesman, and his words were blunt and unprofessional at all.
"Then why should we go there even though we know there's a problem?"
"Why should we ask for trouble? If we don't come in, is it possible that we can forcefully solicit customers?"
If you forcefully solicit customers, you are not doing business, you are becoming a bandit.
That's what they say, but they are walking the same road, and meeting each other is an inevitable result.
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Lao He drove a carriage to the Homecoming Inn.
The innkeeper sat lazily on the threshold, his eyes slightly raised, "Old He, are you passing by again?"
"Yes, I went to Yuncheng and took a look. There are a lot of refugees there."
The man yawned, "What's the use of having so many over there? They've all been detained by the town. Damn it, sooner or later they will be collected!"
Lao He was in a hurry to go back and didn't talk to him, "I just saw a pair of little mandarin ducks on the road. Did you guys play a game? I lured them here, don't forget to keep accounts for me!"
After saying that, he didn't get off the carriage and walked forward.
"Bah, bah -" The rear of the carriage stirred up a lot of dust, and the man turned around and shouted inside, "Lao Wu! Are you digging a hole again?"
A little man came out and scratched his head, "I didn't dig it! No one has come here for a while, they are all beggars who can't squeeze out the oil, so I was lazy."
"What's wrong?"
The guy stood up, looked into the distance, raised his lips, and said, "A guest is coming."
Lao Wu's expression changed instantly, "Oh? How did you come here?"
"Don't worry about where he came from. Once he comes, he won't be able to leave!"
There is no coming back, this is called returning home.
Jiang Nian was getting a little bored while driving. He looked at the corner of the inn that was gradually revealed in front of him.
"It seems bigger and newer than the inns in small towns."
Jiang Yue looked sad, "I already have a shadow of the inn now."
But there is really no way. In ancient times, apart from tea sheds, the only places to rest were inns.
Inns used to rip off customers, but now inns rip off people.
Passing by the inn, she looked up and returned to the inn. Which home should she return to? Hometown?
A smiling guy at the door waved to them. His smile seemed much more sincere than that of the shill.
"Does the guest want to come in and have a rest? There is no resting place ahead."
Jiang Yue glanced at him and said, "No need."
The guy's smile didn't diminish, but the corners of his mouth widened even wider. As if he was sure they would come back.
Jiang Nian was vigilant and paid attention in all directions. But everything seemed calm and nothing happened.
At this moment, the mule's front legs gave way, and the car rolled over due to inertia. Jiang Nian hugged her and jumped out of the car at the critical moment.
With a "bang", the mule fell to the ground and neighed.
The two were fine, but the mule cart fell apart.
Jiang Nian untied the mule's rope. Jiang Yue checked back and forth distressedly. The mule's front leg was injured and bleeding, but fortunately it was not broken.
Jiang Nian looked at the ground. There were traces of digging holes, but they were all small holes and covered with soil. He was driving so fast that he couldn't see them clearly.
I have to say that this method is not clever, but it is effective enough.
Those stopped were all people with cars.
Jiang Yue's anger surged, and she looked back at the inn. She must make them pay the price.
The guy was sitting on the threshold, looking at the overturned car in the distance, and said to himself, "I told you to come in and have a rest, so why bother asking for trouble?"
Jiang Yue and the two walked back slowly with their mules. The waiter smiled and said, "Ten pancakes per room."
She took out a bag of beans from Jiang Nian's backpack, threw it into his arms, raised her chin, and said in an arrogant tone, "That's all, do you want it?"
The waiter's attitude remained unchanged and he took the beans, "Thank you for the reward. Of course I want it."
Lead the mule to the backyard shed.
The boy said: "A bucket of water costs ten taels of silver."
Jiang Yue looked at the locked well, sneered, then took out a can of water and two steamed buns from the backpack, placed them in front of the mule, and touched its head.
"Be good, eat quickly. Although you are a beast, you are different from other beasts. You are a good beast..."
Her mouth was like a beast, and she succeeded in making the guy's face change. He gritted his teeth and watched the mule eating steamed buns and drinking water. His stomach felt sour. He couldn't live as well as a beast!
Damn it!
The boy's eyes began to change. Jiang Nian stood next to Jiang Yue and looked down at the boy.
He realized he should calm down and put on a smile again.
"Guests please come upstairs."
The two of them arrived upstairs. This inn is indeed much better than the ones in small towns. It is fully equipped with tables, chairs and beds, and it is also coated with tung oil.
The boss behind it is not short of money.
Jiangyue's window faces the official road.
"This room won't work. I want to change to one that can see the backyard. My mule was injured by an animal, so I need to watch it carefully."
The guy lowered his head and endured, "Okay, I'll give you another room."
The man took them around a corner.
Jiang Yue opened the window, facing the backyard, and could see the condition of the mule clearly. So he nodded in agreement.
"It's noon, do you two guests want to eat?"
"Need not."
"You two are so busy, could you please use some water?"
"Need not."
After being rejected several times in a row, the guy's expression cracked, and he squeezed the rag in his hand tightly.
Jiang Nian invited him out of the room and closed the door mercilessly.
"boom!"
The guy snorted coldly, turned around and went downstairs, "Okay, the more arrogant you are, the richer you will be."
We've all entered the inn, can we still let you escape?
