Qi Kang'an and others only came back in the middle of the night, and it was only thanks to the fact that old man Qi and the Yatou were "brothers" that they were able to successfully transport the grain back to the inn.
The city gate was unlocked at six o'clock in the evening. A group of people pushing a cart was so eye-catching. When they arrived at the city gate, they not only attracted the sideways glances of the government officials on the city wall, but also attracted the attention of the surrounding refugees.
As soon as the motorcade stopped, a group of refugees slowly gathered around.
Fortunately, the Yatou happened to be guarding the city gate at night. When he saw that Qi Kang'an recognized the person, this was his brother's eldest son, so he quickly opened the city gate to let them in.
Otherwise, it won't matter if you have a pile of grain, so many refugees outside the city, and a guy in your hand, hehehe.
The Yatou was very generous and personally escorted him to the inn, handing over the people and food to Old Man Qi himself.
But the old man Qi was really moved and gave the Yatou some money to express his gratitude.
The Yatou was naturally rude and talked to old man Qi for a while before leaving.
This scene shocked Qi Kang'an. He left for a day, but his father had actually successfully penetrated into the "enemy".
Did Gao Da on the side see the scene of old man Qi handing over the money? He exclaimed: "How can we talk about people who are all evil-minded? I think this Yamen is quite good."
Old man Qi and Qi Bao'er glared at him with deadly fish eyes in sync. You know what, thirty or forty taels of silver are gone?
Old man Qi thought to himself: If someone gave him thirty or forty taels, he would do better. He could carry people back from the city gate.
There is a pile of corn cobs in the backyard of the inn. No matter how many people there are now, just looking at these corns, everyone feels more hopeful for the road ahead.
Tears appeared in many people's eyes. Even Qi Kaishan's eyes were wet and red. With his only remaining hand, he patted the old man Qi's shoulder and choked him to the point of speechlessness.
Old man Qi glanced at him speechlessly, "You are so excited when you are so excited. Why did you beat him?"
He turned around and shouted to everyone: "Anzi told me just now that there are a total of 12,300 kilograms of corn cobs here, and our family paid for them first.
You all need to report how much you want to Taizi and divide them as soon as possible. We don't have time to grind them into powder, so we should take off the grains as soon as possible.
We decided to go north, so we don’t want to stay here any longer and leave as soon as possible, right?”
Gao Dayou immediately responded to the call, "Uncle Lu's words are correct. We have looked at the villages around us. This place is poorer than ours, and there is nothing for us to collect. It costs money to stay in an inn here, so why not hurry up?"
Let’s go.”
Lianba also said: "Yes, the room rate here is too expensive."
He and the Gao family lived in the same room on the second floor, and the six hundred cash per night was divided per person. There were four in his family and six in the Gao family, so ten people each cost six hundred cash per night.
In the past, when he and Brother An went out to work, they could only earn up to 18 cents a day, and the rabbits he brought only cost 8 to 12 cents each.
Thinking of that, and looking at the more than 200 yuan spent every night, it feels as if there is a hand rubbing inside.
There was no one present who was not as upset as Lian Ba because of the room fee. Even if the room in Datong bungalow was twenty cents per person per day, it was too expensive for them.
There was a table borrowed from the shopkeeper in the corner, and Qi Kangtai had already set it up on it with pen and paper.
If you can make a decision, go directly to report it. If you can't decide on your own, go back to the inn to discuss it with your family.
To say that the shopkeeper here is not that bad, they borrowed a large scale and confiscated the rent, and even took the initiative to bring a large frame that matched the scale for them to weigh corn.
Even though Li Qin is famous, she has the illusion that her boss is so kind and generous.
The four men changed their weights and weighed them, praying for health and blessings, counting the pounds, and reporting the numbers to Qi Kangtai to count the money. With their cooperation, in less than an hour, tens of thousands of pounds of corn were divided into the sacks of each of the fifty-nine households.
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Don’t think that more than 13,000 kilograms is a lot. The corn cobs here don’t look very good. One kilogram of dried corn cobs only yields about three or four taels of corn, and the cobs are big enough to take up six or seven ounces.
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Corn cobs are also a good thing. They can be chopped into small pieces and ground into powder, which can be eaten by livestock. It can also be used as rations when people are really short of food.
Many of them add corn cob residue to the steamed buns they make.
Everyone was reluctant to buy food this time, and bought as much as they could. After all the villagers bought more than 13,000 kilograms of corn cobs, only two thousand kilograms were left for Lao Qi's family and Qiwen Fang.
Family division.
This is all because the villagers are too embarrassed to do it, otherwise the guys won’t get enough points.
A family weighs a thousand kilograms, but only ten sacks.
That night, none of the old men, women, wives, girls, and children in Qijia Village went back to rest. They were all sitting in the backyard grinding corn.
The men have to rest and prepare to leave tomorrow, so they will have to work hard to push the cart tomorrow.
Qi Kang'an was not idle either and went to find the shopkeeper who was dozing off.
"The carriage?" The shopkeeper squinted and rubbed his eyes, unable to react for a moment.
Qi Kang'an asked again, "Does the shopkeeper know where I can buy a carriage?"
Oops, buy a carriage!
The shopkeeper suddenly woke up and said, "Yes, yes, sir, what price do you want?"
Praying for Kang'an: "???"
Is there any price?
"How is everything going? We need a road that can lead us to Hefeng Town."
The shopkeeper slapped his thigh and his smile widened, "That's the biggest one. Sir, you need it now." He pointed in the direction of the backyard.
"Or do you want to come and sit for the old lady, madam, young master and ladies tomorrow morning?"
"It will be done tomorrow morning, but what about the carriage and what's the price?"
"I guarantee that you will be satisfied with the carriage. Although it is definitely not as good-looking as your previous one, it is solid and sturdy."
Isn't the carriage used for escape just to be strong and durable?
"Can I take a look first?"
"It's done, it's done, you have to take a look before buying it."
The shopkeeper turned around and immediately called to his nephew who was sleeping on the table, "Takako, Takako, wake up quickly."
The waiter woke up with a start. There were sleeve patterns on one side of his face, and his eyes looked at them in confusion.
The shopkeeper slapped the counter and shouted: "Go and call your dad quickly and bring all the carriages in the house for the distinguished guests to take a look at."
Qi Kang'an: "..."
This is really a way for the whole family to work together to make money.
As the one who was beaten, he was not in a very good mood at the moment.
The waiter was so excited that he jumped up and ran out without making a sound.
The shopkeeper was very generous this time. He personally packed a plate of peanuts and made a pot of hot tea. Qi Kang'an drank some tea and waited slowly with the peanuts.
In less than half an hour, three people struggled to pull three carriages to the door of the inn.
There is no difference in the appearance of the three-horse carriage, except that it is divided into three levels of size: large, medium and small.
The shopkeeper said it was true that it didn't look good, he was very honest.
There are no patterns or special features, and the shape is just a bit like that. Once you follow it, the whole village can eat at it.