The big bowl of noodles was a real big bowl, a big bowl bigger than Qi Bao'er's face. The noodles were all protruding from the mouth of the bowl. There were chopped green onions and oily stars floating in the bowl.
Qi Bao'er took a bite with her chopsticks and found that only salt was added and no other condiments were added. In her opinion, the taste was really bland.
But looking to the side, everyone in Lao Qi's family snorted so hard that they were sweating and didn't even have time to wipe it off, especially her third brother, a foodie. While eating, he puffed his lips and said: "Good time, great time."
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In less than two minutes, each one of them had sucked all the soup base clean.
Qi Baoer pushed most of his leftover bowl in front of Qi Kangan and whispered: "It's not delicious."
Qi Kang'an glanced at his face, then at his daughter, and then at his two sons who were looking at him eagerly.
Such an obvious difference?
He took the bowl and gave it half to each of his two sons. The boy ate too much, so they were lucky enough to eat the leftovers from their sister.
Ignoring the two silly sons who were cheerful, they turned around and said to the old man Qi in a low voice:
"Dad, I'll go to the city later, and I'll take Bao'er with me. I don't feel at ease on the road ahead. We should prepare more things.
I don’t know what’s going on in the Acropolis, I just know it’s cold, but just the word “cold” means that the further you go, the more expensive the cotton will be.”
"Don't be too conspicuous. It's best if you can buy it by yourself. If it doesn't work, we can't go too far. If you are too conspicuous, you will attract wolves."
Speaking of wolves, Old Man Qi thought of Yin Zai outside the door, and shouted to the waiter: "Bring me a basin of noodles, I want a big basin."
"Ah?" The waiter was a little confused, why did everyone call him?
Old man Qi pointed to the door with a little embarrassment, "My granddaughter has a dog. It's big and eats a lot."
The waiter then looked at the door and became even more confused. Not only did he raise the dog to such a big size, but he also said that these people clearly looked like refugees who were in extremely miserable condition and even gave the dog a big bowl of noodles.
Can't figure it out.
But this had nothing to do with him. He hurried in and told the boss that the basin the boss' dog needed was about the same as twenty or so bowls.
Everyone else in the tea shed was also shocked by what Old Man Qi did. Not to mention fleeing, ordinary people didn't let their dogs eat the same food as their own family members. Who had ever seen anyone feeding a dog noodles?
Old man Qi ignored what the big guys thought and turned back to talk to Qi Kangan again.
He used to care about other people's opinions, but what he experienced after he started to escape made him understand that it doesn't matter what others think, but that he can survive.
If Guaiguai hadn't been capable, he would have been asked to kneel down and beg for food. As long as he could keep his family alive, he would have no problem.
After resting for a while, Liu Yamen came over with an older man and a young man.
I introduced him first, one is his brother-in-law, and the other is his eldest son. This is a family business.
Lao Qi's family sent four brothers Qi Kang'an and Qi Bao'er.
Qi Kangan patted the still dirty clothes and apologized, but there was no room to change them.
Brother-in-law Liu said that his home was close and he could go to his house to change clothes before going to the city.
This is good.
After going to Brother-in-law Liu's house to wash up and change into clean clothes, Brother-in-law Liu and his eldest son each drove a carriage and walked down the street with Qi Kang'an and others who were also driving a carriage.
Guangyuan County is a large county. In terms of size, it is actually not much smaller than Fucheng. The streets extend in all directions and there are various shops on the left and right.
Qi Kang'an wanted to inquire about the news, so he held his daughter and sat with Brother Liu, put Qi Bao'er in the carriage, and sat outside chatting with Brother Liu.
Brother-in-law Liu was also a good talker, and soon he let the father and daughter know why Guangyuan County was in the current situation.
It turned out that Guangyuan County did not allow refugees to pass through at first, but more and more refugees gathered outside the city. Finally, a riot broke out one day. If the soldiers had not arrived in time, Guangyuan County would have been breached by the refugees that time.
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The county magistrate was frightened by this incident, and then issued an order to allow passage. Each person was paid one tael of silver to cross the city, but the refugees were not allowed to stay in the city.
As for the sideline business developed by the government officials, the county magistrate also knew about it, but turned a blind eye and did not care about it. He also ordered that prices in the city are not allowed to rise. Brother Liu guessed that this was the intention of the superiors.
As for what it means, no one knows. Maybe it’s because they really don’t want too many refugees to die.
The first stop, the grain store, the most important thing.
Sure enough, it was the real price. I didn’t mention it at all. I knew Liu’s brother-in-law and Liu’s eldest son. He saw that they were refugees and knew what kind of food they needed most. As soon as they came in, the waiter took them to the cornmeal and soybean flour stores.
, wheat bran, and chaff.
The waiter also promised: "If you buy more, we can deliver it outside the city."
This is good, this is better.
What are you thinking about? Decide quickly.
Cornmeal, soybean flour, wheat bran, bran, all needed.
White flour, rice? Each weighs several thousand kilograms.
Oh, and Xiaomi, I want this too.
Brown rice, yes, yes.
The big deal alarmed the boss, who laughed so hard when he sent them out.
The poor grain will be sent to the city gate, and the good grain will be loaded into brother-in-law Liu and Liu's eldest son's car first and taken away.
This is too full to hold other things?
It's okay, let's buy livestock and a car right away.
That's the good thing about a big county town. If you have money, you won't have to worry about not being able to buy things. When you get to Yaxing, they say they want to buy oxen to pull the cart, and they will immediately bring out five or six strong oxen for you.
Qi Kang'an went to pick out three, and then tied Xian to a bullock cart, asking Qi Kangfu and the other three to catch up, and then continued shopping.
Next stop, Buzhuang.
Brother-in-law Liu said that there is more than one Buzhuang in the county, so don’t leave them all together, spread out and look for them individually.
Brother-in-law Liu saw that Qi Kang'an and the others were responsible people and would not cause any trouble in the city, so he and Liu's eldest son simply drove the carriage full of grain and left, leaving the four brothers to buy other things themselves.
They lead the way, buy something for them, and earn a fee for running errands. They don't have to waste time following them. After they go back and unload the things in the car, they can continue to place orders.
Qi Kang'an gave each of them five taels of silver as thanks, then stood beside the carriage with Qi Bao'er in his arms and sent them off with a smile.
The father and daughter looked at each other, with a look of pride in their eyes that the plot had succeeded.
Yes, it was intentional to load the good grain into their cars first, so that they could follow later which would be a waste of time and tire their horses so that they could move on their own.
He lifted his daughter up and put it in the car, "Bao, how much money do we have left?"
"There are only more than three hundred taels left." The money came quickly, but it went away even faster.
"Let's see if there is a pawn shop and take out some things to pawn. We still need to put more money on the road."
Without a city fee or something, they wouldn't even be able to enter the city gate.
"Dad, instead of going to the pawn shop, let's go to the bank." Qi Bao'er reached into his pocket and revealed a small corner of the contents.
Yellow?
Qi Kang'an hadn't seen it clearly yet, mainly because he couldn't believe that his daughter had already put the things back.
Blinking, blinking: Girl, daddy read that right, how can we have that thing?