There are no post stations in the desert, but there are inns, which are specially used for accommodation and supplies for passing businessmen and travelers.
The inn is right next to the road, and before their carriage arrived, a waiter greeted them enthusiastically. Seeing that there were so many people in their group, he said apologetically, "Masters, there are only three upper rooms in the inn."
Everyone: ... That's really unfortunate.
Man: "But within a hundred miles, there is only our inn."
Master You hurriedly said: "I remember that there is a small town just past your inn."
Generally, small towns are located on the edge of oases.
The man grinned and said, "Yes, there is an oasis more than a hundred miles along this road."
So now the only thing that can supply them is their inn, which is the only business.
Everyone had no choice but to choose to stay. Master You said very obediently: "It's good for me and the guys to squeeze out of the room. The adults should rest in the upper room first."
Nie Canjun thought for a while, and felt that he could neither grab a room with Zhou Man, the chief official, nor Yin or the county man. It's not good for such an old civil servant to grab a room, so he waved his hand and asked people to take the carriages and horses to occupy a good place to take care of them, while the rest went to the inn to rest.
Mr. Zhuang lives in the upper room with two pedestrians. The bed is a bit small, but there is a wooden couch in the upper room, so you can still sleep on it if you squeeze.
But Bai Shan and the others were different. The four teenagers visited the so-called lower room, which was Datong Shop, and were forced to retreat. They obediently returned to the upper room and said, "The four of us squeeze together."
Man Bao waved his hand very generously and said: "Just move the wooden couch in my room over."
Daji took the guards to move, and the servants took out their bedding, tubs and other things from the car, and took them to the room to replace them all.
Not only the guys in the store, but even Mr. You was taken aback.
Seeing how surprised they were, the steward turned his head and smiled at them, "The young masters of our family are a bit reluctant to sleep, so they have to use the quilts and pillows they are used to."
The guys reacted and took a look at them, only to realize that they were different from the merchants passing by before, and their identities seemed to be more valuable.
They smiled, and then took the quilts and tubs from their inn and took them down.
It just so happens that there are so many people living in the lower room at once, and they just need quilts.
Zhou Liru also took out the quilts of their aunt and nephew from the carriage, and Man Bao took out the daily necessities such as wooden tubs and towels and put them in the room.
This is also the case for them to stay outside, but they lived in an inn before, and the servants of the inn helped with these things.
It's pretty good to do it yourself. Manbao went up and down twice. After a little exercise, I felt that the soreness after sitting in the carriage for a day was relieved a lot.
She opened the window and looked down, and met the eyes of the people sitting outside drinking tea under the shed. Man Bao smiled politely at them, nodded and looked away, and saw the yellow sand between the sky and the earth, as if Endless yellow, and then withdrew his gaze.
She closed the window, and the people in the shed also looked back, one of them licked his lips and said: "Brother, this little lady is really good-looking, with delicate skin and tender flesh, she doesn't look like our people at all."
The other party also looked back, drank the wine in the bowl, and said: "Put away your tricks, didn't you see it, this is an official."
The other party was taken aback, but said, "Why did the officials go our way?"
He said: "The other road is full of bandits, so if the road is blocked there, we can only go this way."
The other party got excited and shouted, "Is it because of smallpox?"
Their boss didn't speak.
He said: "According to me, the smallpox has just passed, and everyone is still panicking. If we take this opportunity to attack a town or two, loot the things and leave, it will be enough for us to be rich for the rest of our lives."
Man Bao, who closed the window, turned around and went out to look for Nie Canjun. Nie Canjun was talking to Bai Shan next door.
Man Bao closed the door, turned around and said: "The people living in this inn seem to be a little different, Nie Canjun, do you want to send someone to inquire?"
Nie Canjun nodded with a sullen face, "Mr. Bai is also talking about this with the official. I also think that the people living in this inn seem to be too brave. The official will go to investigate in a while."
Man Bao nodded and said in a low voice, "Take care of our luggage."
Nie Canjun decided to spend the night and arrange twice as many people to guard the luggage.
When he backed down, Bai Shan was full of treasures, "You feel it too?"
Man Bao said: "Two times up and down, their eyes made me very unhappy."
She said: "Today we rest early and leave early the next morning."
Bai Shan responded and asked the steward to arrange the supplies.
There are so many of them who need to eat and drink on the road, even if they only prepare a lot of water for two days, but this kind of thing has always been done by the manager, but because the feeling of staying this time is not very good, Man Bao decided to go there in person Look at the prepared water.
As a result, she hadn't gone yet, the steward looked up helplessly, bowed and said, "Master, Miss Man, the water in this inn is too expensive."
Manbao is not too expensive, and said directly: "Then just buy some vegetables, and we still have rice, noodles, meat and eggs with us."
Steward: "...and water."
"Make it up."
The steward emphasized: "The water here costs money, and it's very expensive."
What they replenished along the way was raw water, and they boiled it themselves on the way, so they just went to the well to get it. Generally, the guys at the post station can arrange it for you directly, and you don’t have to worry about it yourself. How could you think that even water would cost money.
Man Bao realized later, "Oh, this is a desert, and water is expensive."
Bai Shan stared at Ke Ke, "There's not much water here, so can I still take a bath?"
Man Bao also became nervous, "Can't take a bath?"
Steward: ... Is this what we are talking about now? Aren't we talking about money
Bai Erlang also turned his head to look over, and said seriously to the manager: "Master must take a bath!"
Liu Huan: "Not bad!"
Yin who was on the side smiled and said, "Money is not a problem."
The steward breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave, when Bai Shan suddenly stopped him and said, "How much is the water?"
The steward said: "A barrel of twenty coins."
Everyone stared at each other, and even Yin Ru couldn't help being speechless, "How much do we pay for a room for one night?"
The steward: "Eighty Wen." After a pause, he added: "It doesn't count as a bath."
Bai Erlang turned his head to look at Bai Shan, "I remember we lived in a post station, and a room cost only 50 Wen, right? The post station rooms are much better than this."
Bai Shandao: "Things are rare and valuable. This is the inn on this road. Is their well separate?"