After Emptying the Enemy’s Warehouse, He Carried Supplies To Survive the Disaster Years

Chapter 30 Snow in April

“Brother, I want a little white horse. It’s as beautiful as the clouds in the sky and can run as fast as the clouds in the sky.

From now on, wherever my brother goes, I can ride the little white horse with him, so that my brother won’t have a hard time. "Zi Luo pointed at the white clouds flying in the sky, with a longing look on his face.

"Okay, after you learn to ride a horse, my brother will take you with him wherever he goes!" Ziyu said, touching the little guy's head.

The little guy will grow up one day, and she can't always stay with him. It would be a good thing for him to be older and take him around.

Reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. At this time, Ziyu has not yet decided where to settle down, so she can only take one step at a time.

“Master, my neighbor who just tasted braised pork wants to buy an elbow to give to his family to try.” Chen Da came in happily carrying an empty plate and reported.

"Okay, take two out and sell them, and tell them to sell them at the door at noon every day."

There was a long queue outside the grain store. Everyone was holding a cloth bag and the price was written on the price sign hanging outside the grain store.

 “Haha, where is this?

 Work hard and there will be many opportunities to make money in the future! "

　　When we crossed the Baili Mountains and arrived at Xiagufu, it snowed heavily in mid-April. Ziyu shook her head and put on her sheepskin jacket, cotton boots, and even her winter hat.

Ziyu was slightly shocked. She clearly remembered that the entry fee to Yundu last year was only ten cents, how come it suddenly increased five times.

 The mule cart has very shallow ruts, and the driver is a young man wearing cotton clothes. No one will be interested in it at all.

Ziyu smiled and asked Chen Da to go and do some work. The family's expenses have been paid, and whether he can borrow chickens to lay eggs depends on his ability.

Ziyu, who is used to seeing gold and silver, really doesn't pay attention to the hundred or ten copper coins on the table.

 In this city where appearance is based on clothes, Ziyu no longer shows off as a poor boy in a low-key manner.

　　I was surprised by the price of purple jade, but I thought more deeply.

 But for poor families, it may be their monthly income, which is the source that can support the whole family.

 One liter of rice costs sixty cents, and one liter of flour costs fifty-five cents.

 Twenty taels of silver per night for an upper room, a complete set of exquisitely crafted mahogany carved furniture, burning silver charcoal, and a brand new silk quilt.

Ziyu calmly took out fifty copper coins and gave them to the soldiers guarding the gate, and then she was able to lead the mule into the city.

 The curtains of the fast-moving mule carriage were blown up by the wind, and the simple things in the carriage were sometimes hidden and visible in the eyes of passers-by.

 “To stay in a hotel, I need an upper room.”

Chen Da, who was well aware of the family's daily expenses, saw that the house was full of food after learning about Hong Feiyang's appetite. He was really afraid that one day he would be overwhelmed by food.

"okay!"

Ziyu, who was dressed in slovenly clothes, led the mule cart and went to Xiangfu Street to choose a grand inn - the Full Moon Inn.

 After a while, Chen Da came in with a handful of copper coins and placed them on a small table in the courtyard.

Even she herself did not expect to return to Yundu so soon, because when she left, she never thought she would come back.

 “Wow…I miss my brother!”

“Where are you from, beggar? This is not the place you should be.” The waiter at the door waved his hand in disgust.

Hong Feiyang clumsily wiped away more and more tears from Xiao Luo and coaxed in a loud voice.

Pedestrians coming and going were all wearing thick winter clothes and shrunk to avoid the cold wind. There was no sense of the coming of spring at all.

At the end of April, after half a month of traveling in the wind and snow, Ziyu stood at the north gate of Yundu City with emotion.

An Guohou's family was exterminated and the clothes she had collected had long been forgotten in the long river of history.

Ziyu took a hot bath comfortably in the house, put on a brand new brocade robe, tied her hair with a jade crown on her head, and hung an extraterrestrial dagger inlaid with gems on her waist.

If you hold a folding fan sprinkled with gold in your hand, you will be a proper second generation ancestor.

Ziyu didn’t expect to be able to open on the first day, and she was more confident in the marinade she prepared.

A handsome young man from a wealthy family was soon born. Coupled with his calm temperament, he was undoubtedly a prince and aristocrat despite his tender appearance.

 …

 Little man, you must keep your word and don't let your brother worry. "

 “Pah, I said I want to stay in the hotel, see clearly!” Ziyu took out a five hundred tael silver note and slapped it on the waiter’s face.

Ziyu traveled over mountains and ridges, sometimes staying in the wilderness at night, and sometimes staying in an inn.

When Chen Da thought that he had finally made some money, he happily went into the kitchen and picked out two braised elbows of the same size and brought them out.

 Sometimes when you meet someone who wants to hitchhike on the road, you will scare them away with a whip and leave quickly.

Pedestrians and vehicles on their way speed up one after another in order to find a place to stay warm and sheltered from the wind and snow as soon as possible.

“Fifty cents!” said the soldier guarding the door, shrinking his hands.

As soon as the clerk saw the words on the banknote, he immediately served Ziyu like a dog.

 The uncivilized frozen soil is completely bare. At this time of year, spring sowing in the south has already been completed, and the fields are green all around.

"Master, I will work hard. Making enough money to support my family is my biggest wish." Chen Daxin vowed.

“Tsk tsk, the price is okay! You can make half of it if you resell it.”

Xiao Luo, who had kept his mouth shut and had not cried, finally burst into tears after seeing no trace of his brother.

“Xiao Luo just promised my brother yesterday that he would be obedient, how could he forget it!

 Brother Hong, go find your brother!"

 …

 Thick snow piled up on both sides of the street where the cold wind was blowing.

Ziyu, who was dressed in weathered weather, led the mule cart and waited in line to enter the city. With sharp eyes, she noticed that more than 50% of the people leaving the city were carrying bags of food.

 Ziyu, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, invited the waiter to order four signature dishes of Man Yue Lou.

Ziyu, who was out of everyone's sight, put her backhand on the carriage, and all the goods in the carriage disappeared.

 “Brother, I want a brother!

 Almond whisk, anchovy fin, coriander and pigeon, colorful beef fillet.

The next day, the first ray of clouds appeared on the horizon. Ziyu drove a mule cart loaded with goods and disappeared from everyone's sight.

 …

But the north is in a state of depression, with bare branches hanging dry and low. Ziyu still remembers the heavy snow that fell early when she left last year.

  Excluding cost and labor, the net profit of an elbow is less than 30 yuan. For her, she disdains to do this business.

With heavy snow falling, the road surface was quickly covered with white, leaving a long series of ruts when the mule cart passed by.

Leaving only a quilt and a simple stove, pots and bowls behind, she rushed to Jiang Mansion at high speed.

Ziyu remembered that this inn used to belong to the An Guohou family, but she didn’t know which high-ranking family it belonged to now.

Little Luo pointed in the direction where his brother disappeared, crying and hiccupping. Hong Feiyang had no choice but to carry him and go to the street to look for him.

“Master, we have made money! It is enough for our family to pay for one meal.”

Because the weather is cold, there is a small charcoal stove under each dish to heat it. The porcelain plate on which the dishes are served is as white as jade, and a cup of golden bird's nest is also included.

Of course the price is also very satisfactory to the store, 288 taels of silver.

 (End of this chapter)