In Old Man Qi's room, everyone gathered around to calculate an account before going to bed.
They calculated it based on ten days first.
Just the two upper rooms are sixty taels, the standard rooms on the second floor are six, each room is six hundred taels, and ten days are thirty-six taels.
There are two large Datong shops on the first floor. Datong shops do not calculate the price by room, but by head. One person is twenty cents per night. Qi Kangtai went to count the number of people, and there were 377 people in total.
One day is 7,540 fen, and ten days is 75 taels and 400 fen.
Thirty plus thirty-six plus seventy-five and four hundred cents, the total housing expenses for these ten days alone are one hundred, forty-one and four hundred cents.
More than one hundred and forty taels of silver, which most people in the village had never seen before.
When Qi Kangan and the others heard this number, they felt so distressed that the soles of their feet ached.
This is just the accommodation fee, they have other urgent things to do.
Does it cost money to ask for information?
Based on what they saw in Beiyang Town, they probably didn't want to find out anything without spending some money.
Naturally, the Laoqi family cannot afford all this money themselves. They can contribute more than everyone else. But it is their family members who are doing the errands, and they have to pay back all the money. What happens next? Does the Laoqi family take the lead in everything?
Is it a matter of course to do it?
Who knows what the price of grain will be?
Qi Kang'an said: "Tomorrow, the fourth brother will go with Dayou and Lianba, and each household will collect some. Master Shan has to come forward for this matter, and the money will be put on him. We will tell him how much we have spent."
Originally it would be best for the old man to come forward, but isn't the old man demented? You have to give him a rope to tie the cart to the car on the way, otherwise he will definitely run away without a trace.
He did remember to go home, but Master Kaishan was standing in front of him and he no longer recognized that it was his son. Every time he ran into the refugee pile, his son had to go to get him back.
It was so good that he almost became his old man.
Qi Kang'an didn't know that he was complaining in his heart, but the old man upstairs went to Qi Bao'er's house again.
"Bao'er, Bao'er, are you there?" There was a loud bang on the door.
Ye Sanni stopped spreading the quilt and looked at Mrs. Tian helplessly, "Mom, it's the old man again."
This word "you" is very soulful.
The old man's symptoms of dementia are getting more and more serious now. He doesn't recognize anyone except Qi Bao'er. Ye Sanni seriously suspects that he doesn't remember her daughter, but the only chubby girl in the village.
Going into the mountain and walking out of the narrow cliff paths on both sides was fine, at least you didn't run around.
He remembered that he had to eat and drink when he was hungry. He prayed that Kaishan and the others would let him ride on the cart so that he would not be left behind.
Maybe it was the sudden rainstorm that reminded the old man of what happened when Qi Baoer was born, and he had to go home.
At first, I just muttered, 'The Fuwa has arrived in our Qijia Village. We must go back quickly, set up an offering table to worship the gods, and give the Fuwa a genealogy.' Later, I went around looking for Qi Kaishan and Qiwen Fang, asking them to take him home.
Sometimes when I stop to rest, I miss someone by mistake. He has already mixed in with the refugees and calls for someone. No matter who calls the old man, it is useless. He remembers the name but does not recognize you.
Only Qi Bao'er went, but the fat boy didn't say anything, and the old man followed him back obediently.
From then on, there was a lot of trouble in Lao Qi's family.
I don’t know why, but the demented old man is very energetic. Even though he is so tired that he can hardly breathe, he can still run around.
After being picked up from the refugee pile by Qi Baoer several times, he no longer went to the refugee pile to find his children and grandchildren. As soon as the team stopped, he went directly to Lao Qi's house with his abduct.
"Bao'er, are you going to sleep? That kid Wenshou is unfilial and he won't allow me to come to you."
There was a chair next to him, but the little old man refused to sit on it. He squatted on the ground and complained about his grievances with an accusatory look on his face.
Qi Bao'er sat cross-legged opposite him, her face showed neither helplessness nor impatience, she was already numb.
"Master Wen Shou is unfilial, but the one who stopped you was the Fourth Master, your biological son. He is filial."
If they were really unfilial, let alone dementia, they would have been abandoned long ago in their current situation.
"Bao'er, I'm hungry."
Qi Kangshun, who was standing at the side to avoid suspicion at the door, heard this and quickly took a piece of cake and ran in.
But the old man refused to eat. He pushed his eldest grandson in disapproval and looked at Qi Bao'er pitifully.
This is the most helpless thing about Lao Qi's family. Now that their family is hungry, they will run to his house instead of eating other people's food. This is already the second time.
The first one is Qi Wuyou. They have already taken him in. Can they not take in this old man too?
Qi Kangshun was very embarrassed. He didn't know how to face the people of Lao Qi's family because of this incident.
But he is his own grandfather, so they can't ignore him.
Except for his eldest grandson's milk baby, everyone else had food all over their bodies. When the grandfather cried out that he was hungry, he quickly brought it to him. If he had to eat something from Lao Qi's house, they would either pass it on or eat it.
They will pay for it later.
At this time, Qi Kangshun gave the cake to Qi Bao'er. Qi Bao'er got used to it after just a day and a half, and then gave it to the old man.
The old man looked at the cake and was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't tell what he was dissatisfied with, so he felt something was wrong.
However, he still took it and ate it. While eating, he made a surprising statement: "Bao'er, I want to sleep here at night."
"No." Mrs. Tian shouted out first.
He turned to Qi Kangshun and sternly refused: "Everything else is fine, there is no need to discuss this matter. It's getting late, Kangshun, please take the old man back to rest quickly."
What are the women in their house thinking about when they sleep here?
Qi Kangshun, Qi Kangshun himself wouldn’t want to, so he hurried forward, picked up the old man and left.
"Aunt, I'm taking my grandfather back first. I'm sorry to disturb you."
Everyone in the room, including Qi Bao'er, breathed a sigh of relief. When the old man is in this situation, there is really nothing you can do against him.
A peaceful night passed, and it was rare to be able to sleep peacefully. Many people overslept the next day.
The Datong Shop was okay. If someone got up and made a noise, everyone would get up too. In the standard room and the upper room upstairs, there were still people walking out of the room at eight or nine o'clock, rubbing their eyes and feeling confused.
Erlang Mi stared and just sat up, he was given a slap by his biological mother, "I thought you had gone out with Bao'er and the others, but it turned out that you were still sleeping in, why don't you start messing around."
"Huh? Bao'er went out so early?" Bu Yixiang got up the latest?
"Well, she took Daliang and said she wanted to go for a walk on the street."
Li Qin knew that Qi Baoer had gone to exchange money, but Erlang was still young in her eyes, so she was not prepared to tell him about such a thing.
Li Qin was not as patient as Ye Sanni, so she picked up Erlang's coat and threw it at him.
"Get up, your grandma borrowed the kitchen from the shopkeeper. The kitchen is big enough. We've made all the white flour. You go down and help knead the dough."