Zhao Yuanrang couldn't talk to his sister in detail, he had to go back and listen to her bargaining with the innkeeper about the price.
"Sister, let the second uncle of the Cao family go there first."
When Mrs. Cao's youngest son heard this, he put down the salute on his shoulders and quickly followed Zhao Yuanrang without even asking.
Zhao Yuanji said: "Sister said, let's go to Liansheng Inn in front first, and then separate into several households to go to Tonglai Inn."
Mrs. Yang and others were also unambiguous, and immediately followed Zhao Yuanji. When they arrived at Liansheng Inn, they found that there were many people crowded at the door of the inn. These people were similar to them, carrying baggage and looking tired.
There was no room in Liansheng Inn, so they had no choice but to look elsewhere.
These people were thinking, and when they looked at Mrs. Yang and others, their eyes were filled with envy.
Mrs. Yang became more and more curious: "How did this child tell others?"
When Zhao Luoyang and others arrived at Liansheng Inn, Liansheng Inn was actually in chaos.
Liansheng Inn specially cleaned up the backyard in order to accommodate the relocated people. However, due to strong winds the past two days, the yard was in a mess. There were already insufficient manpower. The guy who fed the animals fell ill again, and the replacement will not be available until tomorrow.
Come.
The people living in the store complained that there was no firewood and water in the kitchen, and complained that the animals were not fed well. It was windy and rainy a few days ago, and even the bed was damp. The shopkeeper was apologizing to the man, and there were many people standing around.
A few people stretched their heads to see what was going on.
Those who are planning to stay in the hotel, please listen carefully. I hope you can get some benefits from it. Maybe some people don't want to live here, and the rent here will be less.
Just when the shopkeeper was worried, a little girl squeezed through the crowd and asked the shopkeeper directly: "Do you need someone to take care of the livestock? My brother has fed livestock for a wealthy family, and now he has to take care of seven donkeys every day. My brother
You can come and help."
The shopkeeper was a little hesitant.
The little girl pointed at the middle-aged man in the crowd and said: "My father and uncle can chop wood, and my family can also boil water. I see that there is water in your room. That doesn't matter. You can clean it up in a moment."
The people staying in the hotel did not expect that a person suddenly appeared and spoke, and they couldn't help but frown, not knowing what the little girl meant.
Zhao Luoyang didn't give the shopkeeper any time to think. He looked at the residents who complained about the shopkeeper and said, "You want firewood and hot water? They will be there soon."
After Zhao Luoyang said this, Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing came to their senses and walked forward.
Zhao Luoyang then said to the shopkeeper: "We are also staying here. I heard that a room is fifty cents per room. We will take whatever rooms you have left here. We don't need you to boil water. There is firewood in the yard. We can do it."
If you chop it yourself, there are so many of us, we can help boil water for the other residents."
"We'll move in, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
Zhao Luoyang said as he put the baggage in his hand into the shopkeeper's hand: "Here are four hundred coins. Take it first and see how many rooms you have here. If there is not enough, we will fill it in."
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the little girl didn't negotiate the price and actually offered to help.
"The villagers came here in a hurry. They don't care about those things. They just want to find a place to rest." Zhao Luoyang said, "We have many people and it's easy to work. We helped the Yamen catch bandits before and stayed in the post house.
Come on, clean up the yard when you leave."
While the shopkeeper was hesitating, Zhao Xuejing had already found the firewood and carried it to the kitchen to boil water. He looked as if he had come here often.
It seemed like all my worries were solved at once, and I had a heavy bag of money in my hand.
So be it.
Some people come to stay in the hotel to solve these troublesome problems. The shopkeeper never thought that there would be such a result. People who come and go only think that staying in the hotel is expensive and try every means to find faults and save money. But they don't know that in order to move
For people like this, it is not easy to clean up the backyard, not to mention that the government office has to come to collect money.
That's all he can do in the store.
The shopkeeper said: "We don't have that many rooms here, only eight."
Zhao Luoyang said: "I saw two side buildings next to it."
Shi Jiu knew that after Zhao Luoyang came over, he set his sights on the two side buildings early in the morning. It was impossible for the side buildings to be used as guest rooms, and the inn would not sell them to the public. If there were not many things inside, it would be no problem to accommodate a few people.
The most important thing is that it doesn’t need to be counted as money.
"You can't live there," the shopkeeper said, "it's full of debris."
"Shall we go in and pack up?" Zhao Luoyang said, "There are many of us, and the adults at home can make do with it. We will help you feed the animals, watch the fire in the kitchen, and there will be hot water at any time. We can go
We will clean it up when the time comes and prepare more fodder and firewood. After we leave, even if your family is short of manpower, you can still welcome and see off guests as usual."
Zhao Luoyang felt that the shopkeeper would agree. She had been watching for a long time and the shopkeeper kept apologizing and explaining that he was not the kind of person Tan Zheng was.
At this time, instead of negotiating the price and then bothering the shopkeeper, it is better to help solve the immediate problem and get more attention. Even if they can't reach an agreement, they can just leave and there will be no loss.
It is difficult to get benefits from others first, but it is easy to show kindness first.
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "Do you know how to feed animals?"
Zhao Luoyang said: "We bought seven donkeys when we left Ningzhou. Although the donkeys lost some weight during the long journey, they are all fine because we have people who know how to feed livestock."
"It's not difficult to make a fire or boil water," Zhao Luoyang said. "The yard will be cleaned up for you."
Anyway, the donkey cart had to move the debris in the yard before entering the yard. They saw that the stove was easy to make. Everyone boiled water and washed it very late. In the whole backyard, there was only one person besides them.
There are people living in the three rooms. It is not a troublesome thing to boil the water used by those people.
Zhao Xueli finally found an opportunity and said, "If there is anything valuable in the side building, we won't live there."
"It's nothing," the shopkeeper said, "It's just some debris. You can stay here and pack it away when you leave."
Zhao Xueli quickly said: "Don't worry, nothing inside will be damaged."
The shopkeeper looked at Zhao Luoyang again: "That's..."
Zhao Xueli said: "My daughter."
"The little girl is really good at talking," the shopkeeper said with a smile, "The two side buildings are for you to live in. You can live in the ten rooms in the yard. You can use the water here freely, but I have to pay for the firewood.
, the same applies to livestock, 10 cents per head.”
Thinking that these people had to help boil water, the shopkeeper pointed to the pile outside the kitchen: "After the firewood is used up, if you use it again, I will charge you twenty coins per bundle. I don't charge much. The woodcutter will give it to you."
This is the price."
Zhao Xueli looked at the large bundle of firewood. They would have spent an extra twenty cents. Then he looked at the people outside waiting to stay in the hotel. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
There are still six rooms in the Tonglai Inn, which should be able to accommodate everyone if they are crowded. They can sleep on the bed or on the floor. If this is not possible, the men can sleep outside.
Zhao Xueli just wanted to tell Sister Luo to take a rest. After everyone settled down, he went to inquire about the news and saw that Sister Luo had already followed the innkeeper.