Chapter 85 Inquiry
Accommodation? Su Jiuyue never slept over outside, not to mention in the suburb. Where could they stay?
Liu Cuihua was interested in the accommodation he mentioned.Yongzhou city was in the north of Xia Yang Village. They felt fine because the night wasn't coming yet, which must be very torturing.
"Accommodation? Is your home nearby?"
Along the trip they saw some villages nearby and some people rest there.
The man shook his head, "Villages are far from here. We made a tent nearby which costs only five bronze coins for each person. Do you want to sleep there?"
"Tent?" Liu Cuihua hesitated.
But the man continued: "There is a bonfire over there, you can go and have a look, which doesn't cost money, right? You don't have to worry about us being liars. You see, although the city gate is closed, there are still soldiers stationed around here! Who dares to mess around? Otherwise, these people dare not to come out and sell food !"
Su Jiuyue was curious about this. Now it's right on the turbulent period. Household hid food like treasures, how could they dare to openly sell it outside? Moreover, It's still outside the city where there were so many people and it hadn't been robbed yet.
Hearing his explanation, Su Jiuyue finally understood.
Liu Cuihua also inclined to have a look after hearing his words.
"Then why don't we go and have a look?"
The man was delighted too, "That's right! Having a look doesn't waste your money! Come on, sister, let me help you hold the bowl."
It didn't take a long time and they saw a bonfire around which there were bustling with a lot of people sitting.
The man pointed to that direction, "Look, that's it. There are all women guests. Don't feel awkward."
When they walked to the bonfire, the tent came into sight.
It's a big tent which all of them had to squeeze in.
Su Jiuyue suddenly understood why he just charged each person five coins. Probably there would be thirty to forty people squeezing in a tent.
Seeing that there were so many people, Liu Cuihua was relieved. After all, they two had to be more careful when they were outside.
She took out the purse, poured out all the money in it in front of the man, counted ten bronze coins and handed it to him, before putting the remaining five or six copper coins back into the purse.
She turned to talk to Su Jiuyue, "We must find your brothers tomorrow because we're going to run out of money."
Su Jiuyue knew that Liu Cuihua still hid some money. What she did right now was to dispel the man's evil ideas by telling them they were running out of money.
Su Jiuyue accordingly frowned, "Mum, why don't we quit living here? Otherwise, what should we do if we can't find brothers?"
The man was a villager called Xu Changsheng who lived outside the Yongzhou city. He earned a lot on the tent these days and suddenly became anxious after hearing what they said.
"Sister, are you looking for someone? Who? I can inquire for you. We've been staying around. Let me help you which is even better than you do it by yourself."
What he said inspired Liu Cuihua. That's right. It was more convenient for these locals to look for people than they do.
If they had been doing business here, it's not impossible for them to meet Da Cheng and Er Cheng.
"Alas! We came to find my two sons. A few days ago, I let my sons come here to sell the home-grown vegetables because we need money to feed the whole family. But they have been gone for a few days without letters. I'm worried, so I thought of coming over to have a look."