Chapter 62: Opening a room and buying food
"I want two rooms, how much?"

With the Shen family members charging ahead, others didn't dare to act rashly. Shen Xiangwan glanced at them indifferently, ignored them, and walked straight to Lao Yang.

"Five, fifty taels of silver per room."

He had seen many exiled women, but it was rare to see a woman as fierce and tough as Shen Xiangwan. Old Yang was a little confused and couldn't recover.

"Fifty taels?"

Shen Xiangwan paused in taking the banknote, and Lao Yang said hurriedly: "There are only a few houses in the entire county that can provide shelter from the wind and rain. I am already considering charging you fifty taels as a bargain."

Don't blame him for ripping you off. In this situation, if you don't rip you off, you'd be a fool!

"Okay, is there anything to eat?"

The price was clearly stated and there was no fraud. Shen Xiangwan was not stupid enough to talk to him about conscience and morality, so he just handed him a silver note worth one hundred taels.

"Yes, there are, but you need to cook it yourself. I only provide the ingredients and the kitchen."

Taking the banknote, Lao Yang said with a smile.

"Well, I need fifty kilograms of flour, thirty kilograms of rice, and ten kilograms of meat if you want it. You can have whatever vegetables you want."

As she spoke, Shen Xiangwan took out another fifty-liang silver note and handed it to him. She knew that those things didn't cost that much money. In normal times, one liang of silver would be enough, but wasn't this a special period? What she should care about was not how much money she had, but whether she could buy it.

"Okay, I'll prepare it for you."

Old Yang hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out to take the banknote. His house was originally used for people to rest and there would be some food stored there. Now the situation outside is like that, if it weren't for the fact that the other party paid so readily, he really wouldn't be willing to give her so much.

"Thanks."

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief. She was not stupid. She knew from the other party's expression that if she was a little more shy or gave less money, she probably wouldn't be able to buy so much food.

The situation in Tianhe County is too bad, and other places in Binzhou are probably similar. The escorts will probably have a hard time replenishing their rations at various government offices, and they may not even have money to buy anything. If they don't want to go hungry, they have to make more preparations now. After making the food into dry food, they can secretly smuggle some of it out of the space, and they should be able to barely survive.

The rooms that Lao Yang gave them were two ordinary guest rooms, with only a bed, a table and four long benches, nothing else. Moreover, the area was not very large, only about 30 square meters.

They were all wet, so it would be best for them to take a hot bath. Shen Xiangwan gave Wei Chengyi and his brother another 100 taels of silver and asked them to get a bathtub and boil a few pots of hot water. After they left, while Zhao Yuping and her daughter were not paying attention, she took out the package of clothes and pretended to take out a few large oil paper bags from it.

"Why is there an oil paper bag?"

Zhao Yuping's voice suddenly rang out. Shen Xiangwan, who was smuggling things from the space, froze for a moment, then naturally picked up one of the oil-paper packages and said, "This contains clothes. I've heard that it will always rain on the road of exile, so everyone's clothes are wrapped in oil paper. I didn't expect it would really come in handy."

As Shen Xiangwan spoke, she opened the oil paper bag, revealing a dry plain dress inside. It was also made of fine cotton, and despite the style, it was very comfortable to wear.

"Oh, what a joke! I was just wondering how to change my clothes. Wanwan, you are so foresighted."

Picking up the clothes, Zhao Yuping was both happy and excited.

"Second sister-in-law, you are so awesome!"

Wei Ling'er, who was holding the child, also had a look of admiration on her face, and it was obvious that she had become her little fan.

"Aunt is awesome!"

The little cub was more direct, with curved eyebrows and eyes, he gave her a thumbs up. Their praise was too straightforward, Shen Xiangwan touched his nose unnaturally: "Ma, Ma Hu Hu, mother, Ling'er, you guys should change your wet clothes quickly."

"it is good."

The mother and daughter did not refuse. They found their own clothes and went to the corner to change.

"Wait a moment, Angel."

"it is good."

Shen Xiangwan did not change the cub's clothes directly, but changed herself first before helping him change, so as to avoid getting his clothes wet again.

All the dry clothes had been taken out, and a few dry towels wouldn't be a big problem either. Shen Xiangwan went all out, and when the Wei Chengyi brothers came back with the bathtub, they were already dry. Shen Xiangwan didn't give them time to wonder, and after stuffing the oil paper bag containing the clothes into their hands, he urged them to go back to the next room to change.

About another hour later, everyone had a comfortable hot bath and were completely warm. Zhao Yuping took the initiative to do the laundry, while Shen Xiangwan took Wei Linger to the kitchen.

No one had expected that a thunderstorm would make all their banknotes disappear. Some people who had some change could even go to Lao Yang to buy some cheapest steamed buns to fill their stomachs. Most people could only watch stupidly, including Mrs. Sun, the second and third wives, and the Shen family. No, to be more precise, it was Shen Yishan and others.

Ever since she saw clearly how heartless her husband was, Wang Wan'er had secretly hidden some money. Although it was little, it was enough to fill the stomachs of the mother and daughter at this time. No matter how other people in the Shen family looked at them, Wang Wan'er did not share any of it with them. She was completely heartbroken.

"smell good."

Smelling the aroma of rice and meat coming from the kitchen, everyone couldn't help but salivate and felt even hungrier.

"Old Yan, come and eat something."

Not long after, the Wei Chengyi brothers came in carrying clay pots and bowls and chopsticks respectively. The aroma of the food made everyone stare eagerly.

"We have that, too."

Yan Lang was stunned for a moment, then he stood up with his family. After seeing Wei Chengyi again, he felt much more relaxed and his mood was much higher than before.

"Yes, my wife asked us to send it over."

Wei Chengyi handed them the earthenware pot and bowls and chopsticks while speaking: "This is white noodle dumpling meat soup, made by my wife herself, just eat it."

He liked what his wife said very much. The more he spoke, the more fluent it became, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curve up a little.

"it is good."

Yan Lang obviously didn't understand his implicit boasting. He just scooped himself a full bowl of noodle dumpling soup with a spoon and put it into his mouth impatiently: "Hmm, good, delicious."

The broth was just out of the pot and was still very hot. Yan Lang was scalded and jumped all over the floor. He looked so funny.

"father!"

Isn’t it so embarrassing?
His sons held their foreheads in silence. Their father was a military man, and they knew he was not particular, but wasn't this too particular? To be his son, one really had to have a big heart.

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