Ying Qingci looked over subconsciously and saw the waiter suddenly appeared here.
"Aunt...girl?"
The waiter didn't expect to see Ying Qingci here. Didn't she leave just now? How would it appear here?
"Well, why are you back?"
Ying Qingci spoke without changing her expression.
"Ah? That's it. Our shopkeeper remembered that no one was watching here and was worried that your things would be lost, so he specially asked me to come over here and watch until you pick up the goods before leaving."
Ying Qingci didn't expect it to be because of this, nor did she expect Luo Qi to be so enthusiastic, but he accepted his kindness.
"Thank you shopkeeper for me. I just hired people to transport the food away, but they took another route."
"That's right."
The waiter scratched the back of his head and smiled honestly, "You're welcome, you are a customer, and it is our duty to help customers take care of their finances."
"No matter what, thank you shopkeeper for me. If there is a chance, I hope we can meet again."
After saying that, Ying Qingci turned around and left.
The waiter went back to the food store confused, and Luo Qi was startled when he saw him coming back so quickly.
"Why are you back so soon?"
"Shopkeeper, I met Miss Ying when I went there just now. She had already hired someone to take away eight things."
It was taken?
A flash of doubt flashed through Luo Qi's mind. It was so fast. Why was it placed in the warehouse? However, that was someone else's business after all, and he didn't want to ask too much.
"That's okay, let's continue looking at the store."
"The shopkeeper." Seeing that Luo Qi was about to leave, the waiter suddenly remembered something and stopped him quickly. "Miss Ying asked me to thank her for her, and also said that I hope to have a chance to see you again."
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, Luo Qi turned around and went upstairs.
Goodbye? He was looking forward to it, after all, it was the first time in so many years that he saw such a pleasing little girl.
On the other side, after Ying Qingci left, she went to another alley.
In addition to food, she also has to buy a lot of things. After all, they don't know when they will find a place to stay. Things like clothes, firewood, rice, oil, and salt are all indispensable.
She first went to a ready-made clothing store. They now spend a lot of time on the road every day. Even if they have cloth, they will not have extra time to sew clothes, which is far less convenient than ready-made clothes.
As soon as she walked into the clothing store, the shopkeeper came out of the inner room. When he saw her dress, he didn't dislike it, but looked at her kindly.
"Girl, what do you want to buy?"
Ying Qingci said nothing, but her eyes fell on the wooden cabinet not far away.
Following her line of sight, the shopkeeper immediately spoke with a smile.
"Girl, you have a good eye. Those are a batch of good products that just arrived in our store not long ago. They are all made of fine brocade silk and satin. However, the price is a bit expensive."
"What about this?"
Ying Qingci pointed at the clothes not far away, which were ordinary common clothes.
Observed with the naked eye, the appearance is quite satisfactory. It should not abrade the skin when worn on the body.
If they dress too flashy now, they may attract a lot of people's attention. After all, they still have to escape, and it would be bad to attract the attention of others.
Did you hear Ying Qingci's words? The shopkeeper was not angry at all, and still looked at her with a gentle tone and spoke.
"These are relatively plain linen and coarse clothes. They cost 500 yuan each."
Five hundred coins is really not cheap, and can buy several kilograms of white flour.
"Bring me seven pieces, including one for a three-year-old child, one for a middle-aged man, one for a middle-aged woman, and two for old people..."
Ying Qingci stated her requests one by one, and the shopkeeper listened patiently.
"By the way, give me seven more pairs of boots of the same size. They should be more durable."
"okay!"
The shopkeeper responded with a smile on her face. Judging from her appearance, the shopkeeper also guessed that she was a refugee fleeing famine. Although the county government prohibited the entry of refugees, it did not rule out that there were other ways.
"Girl, the total is three taels of silver and seven cents. I will give the girl zero for the remaining few coins."
Clothes for children are smaller and not as expensive as those for adults.
Ying Qingci paid the money readily, walked to a corner, put all the things in the space, and then went to the place selling pork on the corner.
"Boss, how much does pork cost per pound?"
"Twenty cents!"
"Give me ten pounds."
Compared with before the drought, the price of pork has also increased, but not as much as that of grain.
"Okay, ten pounds!"
The boss was very cheerful and quickly cut off ten pounds of her flesh.
"Girl, here you go, ten pounds of meat!"
Ying Qingci took a look and saw that the boss was very honest. The meat was very fat and looked like it was leaking oil. You know, under normal circumstances, fat meat is much more expensive than lean meat.
"Boss, give me another ten pounds of lean meat."
After thinking about it, ten kilograms of meat shouldn't be enough for their family to eat for a long time, so they might as well buy twenty kilograms, which can be kept fresh in the space and won't spoil.
"Girl, if you buy so much meat, if you don't finish it, it will go bad!"
The boss thought that Ying Qingci, a girl from a certain family, didn't know what to do when she went out to buy things. If she bought too much, she might be scolded by her family.
"Don't worry, boss, we have a large family and we will definitely not let the meat go bad!"
"That's good!" The boss raised and lowered his knife neatly to cut the meat, and he cut off a large piece of lean meat, no more, no less.
"Come on, girl, your meat!"
"thank you boss!"
"You're welcome!"
After buying the meat, Ying Qingci went to buy condiments such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and stored them all in a corner of her own space.
After a search, she actually spent seven or eight hundred and seventy-eight taels of the fifty taels of silver, and now there is not much left.
After taking a look at the sky, it was time to go back.
When she reached the intersection, Ying Qingci saw a place selling snacks. Thinking of her younger brother, she walked over.
"Boss, how do you sell this sweet cake?"
"Three pennies a piece."
The boss is a middle-aged woman, and the clothes she wears are also washed and washed again and again, and they are a little white. I think she is a very diligent and thrifty person.
The pastry was very small, one piece was about the size of her two fingers, and it cost three pennies, presumably because of rising prices.
"Give me a pound."
"Okay, wait a moment!"
This was the first time the woman met such a big customer today. After hearing her words, she immediately beamed.
A pound of sweet cake cost thirty cash, but Ying Qingci didn't feel bad at all. It made Ying Qinghao happy, and thirty cash was worth it.
