San'in Castle is the most prosperous city that Geng Qiu has seen since he came to this era. It is equivalent to the county seat of his former hometown, with a large population and all kinds of transactions, but relatively speaking, the price is slightly more expensive. It's a pity that the two of them only have twenty taels of silver in their hands, and they don't dare to buy anything.

According to Geng Qiu's thoughts, he would rather find a way to settle down in this place, after all, it is much more comfortable to live here. However, in ancient times, population management was much stricter than in modern times, and they had to rush to their destination, Heiyan Village, within a limited time. So Ah Hao only plans to recuperate here and supplement some necessities, such as the polished rice that Ah Niu wants to eat, some grain that they eat themselves, etc. They didn't dare to buy too many of these things, so they only spent one or two taels of silver to buy ten catties of polished rice and some coarse grains.

From San'in Castle to their destination, Black Rock Village. It is said that there are still 300 miles to go, and the two with their children basically get up early in the morning and rest at sunset. But at noon, you still have to find a place to rest and cook porridge for Ah Niu to eat. Ah Niu is now more than three months old. Without milk powder, he had to drink rice soup and slowly transition to eating gruel. This kid has a lot of food, maybe he just drinks rice porridge, and his nutrition is not very good, so he eats a lot of every meal, and he has to eat one meal in the middle of the night. In this way, it took the three of them five days to reach a small town called Xiangyang. It's a short walk from their destination, Black Rock Village. It is also a market for people from Black Rock Village.

Looking at such a dilapidated Xiangyang Town, a place that is not prosperous at all, Geng Qiu sighed, this place is not much better than the small market under Xiaobang Village, which shows what Heiyan Village looks like more and more north.

"Ah Hao, should we stay in Xiangyang?" Geng Qiu thought about it for a long time and felt that it was not a good choice to go to Black Rock Village. It's still a small town, and it's all so dilapidated, that small mountain village can't even think about it.

"What, this place is not good, and our household registration is in Heiyan Village, we have to go and settle the household registration first, and we have to get Ah Niu's household registration up." Ah Hao said puzzled.

"Oh." Thinking of the question of household registration, Geng Qiu stopped talking. Although the days of coming to this dynasty are not long, but through Guò's understanding of this time, he knows that the household registration here is more troublesome than □□, and the road guide they carry in their hands has a time limit, and they must arrive and settle down within the specified time, otherwise it will expire. If it expires, it will be reissued, and the procedures are estimated to be more troublesome. In order not to let the family of three have no household registration, Geng Qiu had to agree to go to Heiyan Village first.

There are few and expensive things in Xiangyang Town, but fortunately, the price of polished rice is not too high, probably because there are few people who buy it. When the shopkeeper saw someone buying polished rice, they were eager to let them buy it all. Geng Qiu bargained with the shopkeeper for a long time, and spent four taels of silver to buy fifteen catties of polished rice, twenty catties of brown rice, twenty catties of coarse noodles, three catties of oil, six catties of salt, two catties of sugar, five packs of snacks, two packs of candy, a few rough candles, two pieces of cheesecloth, and a packet of tooth powder for brushing his teeth (he had used this thing for a while, and now he missed modern toothpaste and toothbrushes so much).

Of these, the most expensive is polished rice, and sugar, oil, and salt are also expensive. And salt is still available in limited quantities, and a person can only buy up to ten catties at a time. Because salt was very strict in ancient times. In this town, there are only two people who buy salt, one of which is a franchise store, and there are more varieties of salt, most of which are of good quality, and generally look like a wealthy family. And this one is the equivalent of a grocery store, selling everything, but the quality of the salt is a little worse. Generally for ordinary people. Geng Qiu doesn't care much about salt, after all, modern people can purify coarse salt, and the method is not too simple. So they all buy ordinary goods and process them themselves.

I did a business of four taels of silver, and the shopkeeper was in a good mood, obviously Geng Qiu and A Hao were outsiders, and they didn't know much about local prices, so he calculated a little more, so he was afraid that there would be less of this big customer in the future, and he also specially sent an iron spatula and a large and two small sand cans to them as favors. Two small cans can hold sugar and salt, and a large jar can hold polished rice. Farmers use earthen pots to store these things. In fact, this can is not worth much, and the iron pot shovel is still a favor. But when it was time to pay the bill, Ah Hao suddenly said, "Do we want a teapot?" ”

Because it's hot, I drink a lot of water, and it's too troublesome to always boil water to drink, so it's necessary to have a teapot for cold boiled water. The two mineral water bottles contained too little water, and they were also eye-catching when they were taken out. Although they have long put on the thermos cup and bottle, they just made a cover out of cloth to put it on, so that people don't see what it is, for fear of causing trouble, after all, this is not a local thing.

"Okay, the old man will send another earthen teapot to the two of you." When the shopkeeper heard this, he answered it quickly, and directly asked the junior apprentice to bring a medium-sized earthen teapot over. This thing is not worth anything at all, and he doesn't care if he sends ten more.

Geng Qiu saw that he was so easy to speak, and suddenly understood that he was treated as a fat sheep, and he remembered the meaning of three taels of silver to the people of Xiaobang Village, and knew that four taels of silver should be a lot. So he unhurriedly pinched the money bag in his hand and said, "Ah Hao, aren't we still short of a bathtub?" ”

He had seen the big bathtub a long time ago, but he thought that this thing was too big to take, but now he felt that this thing was something that the owner of this store could afford. So Geng Qiu pointed directly at the medium-sized bathtub. You know, the two of them didn't take a shower at all along the way, basically boiling some hot water and scrubbing their bodies. It is impossible to bathe well when sleeping in the wild. Both of them are people who like to be clean, and they have to scrub their bodies every day, but when they saw the big bath, Geng Qiu suddenly felt uncomfortable on his body, and he really wanted to take a good bath.

"Ouch, I can't afford this big bath." The shopkeeper shouted.

"It's really not good, a business of four taels of silver." Geng Qiu said with a smile.

After a while, the shopkeeper finally gritted his teeth and said with a painful face: "Okay, okay, just treat it as a little old man who has done business for nothing, and such a big bathtub can hurt me to death." ”

Geng Qiu and Ah Hao both laughed, and finally spared the shopkeeper's bundle of straw rope and helped tie all the things to the mule's back, as for this bathtub, to be honest, it was really difficult to do, and in the end it could only be tied under the mule's belly, which made the mule round and round up, and provoked several people to watch the excitement.

Because of the large number of things they bought, they got late, and within two hours of leaving Xiangyang Town, it was dark. Anyway, now that the weather is warmer, sleeping in the open is not a problem. The two gathered some firewood and grass on the spot, and lit a fire by the river to cook on the fire.

Xiao Hei and Xiao Ash unloaded a lot of things and easily grazed around, Ah Hao sat and played with Ah Niu in his arms, Geng Qiu quickly cooked a pot of rice porridge and fried a green vegetable, when passing by a vegetable field, he exchanged a few pieces of dim sum and an old woman for two handfuls of green vegetables, three cucumbers, and a handful of shallots. A big bowl of green vegetables, with fragrant rice porridge, the two of them ate quickly.

"I can't imagine that the most ordinary vegetables are so delicious. Brother Qiu, you are good at cooking. Ah Hao said with a smile.

"Alas, it's not because you eat less, if you eat every day, I won't stretch your chopsticks if I keep them." Geng Qiu said that he had long known that Ah Hao's background should be very good, and it could be seen from the things he brought that the clothes didn't look good, but they were actually good cotton, not cloth that ordinary civilians could afford to wear. And the last time I bought ready-to-wear in Shanyin City, Ah Hao also subconsciously went to see the clothes made of good fabrics, but he didn't have enough money in his hands, so he only dared to buy low-end goods. The details of his usual life, in fact, can also be seen that Ah Hao should have lived a good life since he was a child, and I don't know what the reason was for him to give birth alone in the barren mountains and mountains? Geng Qiu didn't dare to ask......

In Shanyin City, Geng Qiu also took Ah Hao to see the doctor, but the doctor couldn't say anything, so he only prescribed a prescription for postpartum recuperation, grabbed five doses of medicine, and took it for half a month. This medicine is also very ordinary, it didn't cost a few dollars, and the doctor said that Ah Hao's physical foundation is very good, and there is not much deficit. However, the doctor also said that Ah Hao should pay attention to pregnancy in the future, it is estimated that it is difficult to conceive, and it is easy to slip the fetus. After all, Ah Hao's firstborn production was not very smooth, if it weren't for Geng Qiu's mistake, he brought sugar, chocolate, and eggs to Ah Hao's body. Ah Hao's body is estimated to be about to fall into trouble.

However, Geng Qiu didn't tell Ah Hao about this, and Ah Hao would only be more uncomfortable if he knew about this kind of thing. What's more, Geng Qiu didn't care about whether Ah Hao could have children in the future, after all, although they are now a couple of people in name, the relationship between the two is actually very pure. It's just a partnership. Although Ah Hao is very close to Geng Qiu, Geng Qiu feels that most of the time this closeness is like relatives and friends, not like the feeling between husband and wife. And he can't do it himself, he really beats Ah Hao as his partner. So when it comes to having a child, I'm really not in a hurry at all.