The daily accommodation fee for an ordinary room at the Yunlai Inn is 50 coins, and the upper room where Ji Yuan stayed cost 100 coins. Previously, the bill was paid by Lu Chengfeng and others.
Now that they're gone, Ji Yuan won't live here anymore.
Are you kidding? He already owns property in Ning'an County. Why would he waste such money
"Snapped!"
Ji Yuan suddenly clapped his hands vigorously. He suddenly remembered that Lu Chengfeng had paid for the house and he hadn't paid yet! !
"So I saved another 36 taels?"
As the saying goes, the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts. It really makes sense. Lu Chengfeng didn't even come to ask for the huge sum of 36 taels of silver. How rich must his family be!
That’s right, Ji Yuan had absolutely no intention of catching up with the carriage to repay the money. If he met him in the future and he had enough money, it would not be too late. If he didn’t meet him, well, he would just regard it as Young Master Lu repaying him for saving his life!
It was already past noon today, and according to the inn's rules, the room fee for the day had to be collected, so Ji Yuan felt at ease and stayed in the inn for another night.
Since no one is treating me to a meal, I'll just have a bowl of plain noodles in the inn to make do.
The next morning, Ji Yuan checked out at the inn counter and got his 1 tael back as expected.
I have to say that these young knights are quite good. I just don’t know if they would still be so enthusiastic if they didn’t think Ji Yuan was a strange man. Probably not.
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Although many people in Ning'an County knew that the man-eating tiger in Niu Kuishan had been killed, and the incident had been recorded in the local county annals and there was also a government notice, the fact that the nine knights were staying at the Yunlai Inn was not made public by the county government.
It can also be seen here that the county magistrate is experienced in handling matters. If everyone knew that the tiger-fighting hero was in Yunlai Inn, wouldn't the heroes be treated like monkeys? How could they rest and recuperate in peace
This is also the fundamental reason why Ning'an County has been bustling in the past few days but everyone can still enjoy the peace and quiet. Naturally, not many people know Ji Yuan.
In fact, even the contents of the official notice and the names of the nine heroes were only remembered by a very small number of people, and most people just joined in the fun to see the tiger's skin.
After leaving the inn, Ji Yuan went directly to the street market and prepared to buy some bedding and furniture. Anyway, there was a bed in the house, and he could hire someone to help clean and tidy up, so it would definitely be habitable. Even if there was not enough time, buying a quilt and cleaning the bed should be enough. Anyway, he didn't spend any money to stay in the inn.
Ning'an County was still bustling with activity. The temple fair lasted for several days and the white tiger skin for public display was still hanging outside the county government office. Ji Yuan wandered around the street with his eyes half open, like a normal person. Almost no one around him thought Ji Yuan was a blind man.
Listening to the various hawking sounds and whispers, Ji swore to heaven that he did not actively pry into other people's privacy, he was forced!
Others rely on looking to tell which store sells what, but Ji Yuan could only rely on listening. Following the sound, he arrived at the place where bed sheets and quilts were sold.
What’s interesting is that there is a cotton shop next to this store, and you can hear the “bang bang bang” sound of cotton beating inside.
A song about cotton-plucking rang in Ji Yuan's mind in an enchanting way, and it couldn't be shaken off his mind. He almost started singing it when he walked to the stall selling bedding.
"Shopkeeper, we have bedding, blankets and pillows here, right?"
As Ji Yuan asked this question, he reached out and carefully touched the blankets on the stands outside the store, judging their quality by the feel of the touch.
"Yes! Does this guest want a ready-made one or a set made for you? There is a cotton shop next to us. It will only take half a day to make new cotton, and then we will sew the quilt for you!"
The shop owners seemed to be a couple, and when they saw Ji Yuan asking the price, the hostess hurried out of the shop to greet him.
"No need, just buy a ready-made one. This one in my hand is it, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you can feel that piece! It's all there! Uh, it only costs 150 copper coins. Look at the fabric, it's all woven by Xiu'erfang in the county. It's very comfortable to sleep on!"
150 wen? I don't trust you! When I came here just now, I heard you and your husband whispering in the store that you can make a profit with just 120 wen. You cheated me out of 30 wen
Ji Yuan frowned.
"What about the new one?"
"New ones are a little more expensive, plus the cotton-fluffing master's wages, about 180 wen."
Okay, I guess it’s more expensive.
"How about this, Madam? I plan to buy three sets of bedding, two pillows and two blankets, for a total of 450 coins."
When the proprietress heard the price quoted by the slightly thin customer, she was stunned for a moment. It was just the minimum price for selling the goods.
"How about it? If you sell it, please send it to my mansion for me, and I can add 20 coins to my wages. It's just in the south of the city, not too far away."
Perhaps thinking she had met an expert, the proprietress agreed without much hesitation. Ji Yuan gave a deposit and asked the store to deliver the goods to her door in two hours.
After Ji Yuan left, the proprietress walked back into the store with a small note left by Ji Yuan.
"Boss, isn't it strange? This man not only has such an accurate price, but also chooses good mattresses, but he always seems to speak with his eyes closed. Here, this is the place he wants to send it to. Look at what is written on it."
The woman was illiterate, so she handed the note to her husband.
"Why do you care so much? After all, this is the first business we opened this morning."
The male shop owner took the note from the woman's hand and looked at the paper. The handwriting was so neat and powerful that it could be seen through the back of the paper. Even with his limited literary knowledge, he felt that the handwriting was good.
"Hiss... Tianniufang East Corner Ju'an Pavilion..."
"Oh my... isn't that the Ju'an Pavilion?"
The woman asked anxiously.
"There are still a few Ju'an Xiaoge and Tianniufang! Can this place still be sold?"
The male shop owner's face didn't look very good either.
. . .
Ji Yuan walked around the market and bought various household items, including bedding and blankets, towels, washbasins, and some simple furniture, such as washbasin racks, wardrobes, brooms, mops, etc. Ji Yuan even found a stone tool site and asked the master craftsmen to deliver a stone table and four stone benches, which he planned to place under the jujube tree in the yard.
Of course, I didn’t forget to hire a few people to clean the house.
In addition, Ji Yuan did not forget his previous idea. He specially found a good clothing store and bought a few sets of clothes, basically plagiarizing the style of the third owner of the village.
But Ji Yuan was even more showy and gave himself a short bun in the clothing store, and inserted a jade hairpin bought for two hundred coins. In addition, he had bangs on his forehead, sideburns on both sides, and not-so-short hair on his back. This style was totally out of place according to the common sense here, but it was surprisingly harmonious and refined.
It's true that clothes make the man, and Buddhas rely on gold. Although I'm not as handsome as Luo Feng, but I'm a beggar and I'm actually not bad. Not to mention that I'm elegant, but Ji Yuan now looks upright and extraordinary overall.
According to Ji Yuan's understanding, I am now a role model for costume shows!
Everything was almost ready, so Ji Yuan went to his house to welcome the "decoration team". The road that he had only walked once was very clear in his mind, so he didn't even need to find someone to lead the way.
Ji Yuan was quite satisfied with the name Ju'an Xiaoge and had no plans to change it.
He opened the copper lock and pushed open the door. The jujube tree in the yard was still swaying in the wind, but this time there was only one person, and there was no broker chattering beside him to interfere with him. Ji Yuan felt an indescribable sense of strangeness when he walked into the yard.
"Is Mr. Ji here?"
There were shouts coming from the door, and judging by the footsteps, there was more than one person.
Ji Yuan had originally scheduled the time to come after 3 p.m., but he didn't expect that by noon, as the clocks in various parts of the county indicated, some merchants had already arrived with their goods. Fortunately, he came back a little earlier, otherwise they would have had to wait here.