"Yeah." The other party responded softly, and took the cake Jin Jiuying handed him.
Jin Jiuying turned around when she heard the chewing sound coming from behind.
A little boy, looking at about seven or eight years old, had dirt on his hands and face, his clothes were patched and dirty, he didn't know how long he had been wearing, he hadn't put on shoes, and his little feet were red with cold.
"How old are you?" Jin Jiuying bent over and asked him softly.
"Seven years old." The little boy had finished eating the biscuits in her hand, still looking at the bag in her hand.
"Do you want to eat?" Jin Jiuying grabbed a few more pieces from the bag and gave him.
"Sister, can you give me some more? My grandma is sick and hasn't eaten for many days." The little boy didn't reach out to take it, but instead asked her for more.
The child's eyes were still quite clear, but his body was thinner, and his clothes were thin, and he was generally used to freezing. In such a cold day, he did not see any signs of cold trembling.
"Your grandma is sick, can you take us to see her?" Jin Jiuying immediately frowned upon hearing the child say this.
This child is very small, if only a grandmother in the family is still sick, it would be pitiful.
"Grandma doesn't like me taking people home." The child lowered his head, looking a little hesitant.
"But we can help you, this uncle is a doctor, he helped you treat your grandma." Jin Jiuying pointed to Ye Mo next to him, and regardless of whether he agreed or not, he started business for him.
"But grandma will be upset. Sister, just give me a few more biscuits." The little boy lowered his head and hesitated for a while, and then decisively rejected Jin Jiuying, as long as Jin Jiuying gave him more food.
"Okay, give it to you." Jin Jiuying handed him the bag, then turned to look at Ye Mo who was standing next to him and said, "Can you lend me some silver, and I will return it to you when I get back."
"What are you doing?" Ye Mo asked when he handed an ingot of silver to Jin Jiuying's hand.
But Jin Jiuying didn't say anything, but smiled at him, and told the little boy to go to a sewing shop.
"Shopkeeper, choose two sets of clothes for this child, not too expensive."
Jin Jiuying was afraid that the money was not enough, and she was not sure whether Ye Mo could borrow more, so she picked out a few ordinary clothes and took the child to buy a pair of shoes.
"Ye Mo, I heard that this inn collects cash by the hour?" Jin Jiuying walked to the entrance of an inn, stopped, raised her head and looked at the signboard of the inn, and asked Ye Mo.
Jin Jiuying rarely stayed in inns in the imperial city, and didn't go to the hotel much. Besides, she used to be alone. For Feiliang who walked away from the wall, the problem of accommodation was to give money if she wanted to, and just do it if she didn't want to.
But Ye Mo was different. He stayed in the imperial city for a long time, and he knew better than her some prices here.
"What are you doing?" Ye Mo looked at her strangely. Her home is in the imperial city, and it takes less than an hour to go back from here. Is it too tired to live at home and want to experience the taste of staying in an inn
"Really?" Jin Jiuying didn't tell him the reason, but chased him to answer her question.
"Yes." Ye Mo nodded.
This'Huangcheng Zhijia' is indeed charged by the hour. This is also the largest inn in the Shengyuan. The main house is large and there are many rooms, especially the owner who can do business.
He discounted the daily rate into hourly rates. If someone does not want to stay a full night, or stays in late, the next day, he will only charge three hours' worth of silver.
Of course, the hour is also assigned to check-in during the day, but there is also a drawback, that is, as long as you live in, even if you only live for a quarter of an hour, you will be counted as an hour.
But there are still many people here, and many times it is full.
Mainly for those who can count on small accounts and don't live too tightly, they naturally intend to live here.
"It looks pretty good, at least compared to some places, it's a good deal to live for a moment." Jin Jiuying listened to Ye Mo's explanation, and said with a smile.
The cleaning in the inn was also quite clean, Jin Jiuying took the child, dragged Ye Mo to accompany her, ordered a common room, let Xiao Er boil a large pot of water, and then ordered a lot of dishes.
Ye Mo didn’t know what Jin Jiuying was going to do until Xiaoer sent back the water and food, because after listening to him confirm the price of the inn, she came in without hesitation, but did not tell him any intention to come here during this period. .
"Children, come and take a shower first." Jin Jiuying asked the child to take off his dirty clothes, and then pulled him into the bathtub.
After washing him well, he put on the new clothes he bought, then packed all the food he ordered, and ordered another meal for him.
After he was full, he took his hand and said, "Can you take us to see your grandma now?"
"I'm afraid of grandma..." The little boy was still very stubborn.
"It's okay. It's fine if we don't tell her that you took us there." Jin Jiuying saw that the boy had a tiger-headed brain, and his big eyes were also very cute, even if he was born not very beautiful. With compassion.
After all, the child was still too young and ignorant, so Jin Jiuying was coaxed for a while, so he believed her and promised to take them home together.
This little boy's house is really just a house, a dilapidated house, Jin Jiuying can't find a word to describe this dilapidated house.
The house is covered with some bags and some tree bark, and the wall below is made of a few wooden boards and some thin branches.
Inside, there are four walls of family members. In addition to a wooden bed, there is a stove and a dark pot, a table, and two ceramic bowls with gaps.
Jin Jiuying couldn't figure out how there would still be such a house in this imperial city, and why didn't the government care about it
This is under the eyes of the imperial palace. If other countries come to see it, isn't it shameless today
"Who is it?"
When Jin Jiuying just stood at the door, an old voice came out of the room.
In addition to being old, this voice was a little weak, and it was the voice of a person who was dyingly ill.
Following the sound, she saw an old woman on the dilapidated bed in the room. Maybe she heard footsteps. The old woman pushed her head out and looked out at them.
The old woman's hair was all white, her sallow face was covered with wrinkles, but it did not affect the age spots crawling on those wrinkles.
"Qingqing, didn't you tell you not to bring people to the house?" Seeing someone at the door, the old woman blamed the kid who brought Jin Jiuying and them back.