Chapter 9: The Proclamation of the Idle Prince
Cheng Yangyang sat on the bed and looked at the half-dead pig in the corner, she originally planned to take it to the town today to sell it, but when she thought that the young man's injury needed to be repaired, she struggled again and again and gave up.
Besides, if she carried such a porcupine swaggering through Wangjia Village, I am afraid that before she left the village, this pig would no longer belong to her.
Cheng Yangyang went down the mountain, planning to go to the city to have a look, walking in Wangjia Village, and saw that many villagers were carrying cloth bags and were going to the city too.
They greeted each other, and between the words, Cheng Yangyang knew that they were going to take the rice they had distributed yesterday to the city to exchange for brown rice, so that they could eat a few more meals.
It just so happened that she didn't know how to get around the city, so now she just had to follow them.
The villagers thought that Cheng Yangyang was just coming down to find food, so they ignored her, and when they saw her follow them out of the village, everyone couldn't help but speak, "Dumb girl, where are you going? Don't get lost."
She has never left Wangjia Village since she was picked up, don't follow them out this time and you won't be able to come back.
"I'll go to the city", Cheng Yangyang responded, silently following them.
"Go to the city?" hahaha", I don't know where her words were funny, everyone laughed, "The dumb girl wants to go to the city too".
Someone even opened his mouth and laughed at her directly, "Dumb girl, it's not like you pick up food alone in the city, you have to follow the rules when you go to the city, if you pick up other people's things, you're afraid you'll be beaten."
"That's right, why don't you even bring a broken bowl, then why are you begging for food?" the other chimed in.
"You forgot, the dumb girl doesn't even have a broken bowl at home, hahaha......"
In the face of their ridicule, Cheng Yangyang shook his head slightly, his face did not change, the quality education here...... Also, a group of big men, is it really good to be such a bastard?
Seeing that Cheng Yangyang didn't pay attention to them, several people thought that she was too scared to speak, a wooden man who couldn't speak, and they lost interest without complaining a few words.
The road to the city is longer than Cheng Yangyang imagined, they have not yet walked from the morning to the sun, and this road is even more climbing and wading, which is going to the city? This is simply going into the mountains!
Cheng Yangyang followed them over another small hill, a path that could only be walked by one person, she walked at the back, and there were many cuts under her feet, she had never felt so difficult.
Fortunately, the mountain is over and it will be in town.
The town is very lively, there are people shouting and buying and selling on the roadside, but the amount of buying and selling is not large, one or two bags of rice and noodles, one or two loads of firewood, and there are chickens and ducks in their hands to solicit people everywhere.
Walk a little further inside to see the real shop, several people in Wangjia Village walked towards a shop selling rice and noodles, Cheng Yangyang was curious, and also followed.
"Shopkeeper, help us take a look, how do you change this?"
Several people took off the cloth bag on their shoulders, opened the bag and showed it to the shopkeeper in the store, who thought that these people were exchanging japonica rice for coarse grains, so they took a very perfunctory look.
But when he saw the fine rice in the bag, his eyes lit up obviously, but then he covered it up, and as usual, he made a cold offer, "two and a half catties".
"Ahh......h
"Shopkeeper, take a look, we have the best rice, can you give some more?"
"It's only two and a half pounds, do you like it!" The shopkeeper looked like he had eaten them, and his attitude was very tough.
The people of Wangjia Village knew that they couldn't afford to provoke the rich people in the city, so they were so frightened by the shopkeeper that they didn't dare to squeak anymore, but just silently handed over the bag.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to take the bag, then weighed it, poured the rice in the bag into his own bag, and then filled the broken bag with rough noodles.
This action continued many times, and it was not until the people in Wangjia Village finished changing the rough noodles that the group left the shop.
After the shopkeeper saw that the person was gone, a smug smile appeared on his face, and when he turned back to take a closer look at the rice, he accidentally saw Cheng Yangyang standing at the door.
He waved his hand disdainfully and said to Cheng Yangyang, "Let's go, stinky beggars don't have to stand here, we still have to open the door to do business!"
The clothes on her body were really torn, and even though she tried hard to tie the broken places with vines, she still looked like a beggar.
Cheng Yangyang was thinking about whether to exchange her leftover food for some money or something, but seeing such cunning and calculating by this shopkeeper, she gave up this idea and turned to leave.
In the hottest part of the day, Cheng Yangyang walked around the town despite the discomfort under her feet, and what she needed most now was information about this era.
She found that the material civilization of this era was very simple and rough, and she couldn't bear to look at it directly just from the business in the town, there were no tricks in things, and there was no novelty in the methods, monotonous and boring.
Of course, she's not the only one who finds this place boring, and there is another person who also finds it quite boring!
In the middle of the town, a notice attracts the attention of all passers-by, including Cheng Yangyang, who is passing by.
A palm-sized notice board was surrounded by people, and most of the people watching the excitement were illiterate villagers, but despite this, it couldn't stop them from watching the excitement.
"When did such an adult come to this place?"
"What my lord, that's the fourth prince of the dynasty, who came here to escape the summer."
"What's written on this?
Everyone was discussing the content of the notice in groups, and Cheng Yangyang listened to the gossip, but no one could say the content clearly, she wanted to go in and see it herself, but she couldn't squeeze in.
"You stinky beggar, what's the matter with you, get out of here", one person pushed Cheng Yangyang away and didn't let her squeeze forward.
Cheng Yangyang's thin arms and legs seemed to be unable to squeeze in, but her intuition told her that there must be something on the notice that could change her current situation, and she must read it!
"Whose money fell to the ground!"
Cheng Yangyang had an idea and shouted at the crowd.
Sure enough, when they heard that the money had fallen, everyone lowered their heads to look for it, even if they couldn't find it under their feet, then they would look for someone else's foot by the way, and if they found it, they would make money.
When everyone else was busy looking for money, Cheng Yangyang walked around to the notice board in a flexible position, regardless of the content for the time being, she saw the words "reward three taels of silver" at a glance.
"Uncle, how much pork can you buy for three taels of silver?" she didn't know how much three taels was, so she pulled the uncle next to her and asked.
The uncle also seemed to be immersed in the reward of three taels of silver, and he didn't pay attention to Cheng Yangyang's dress, and chatted with her.
"Three taels of silver is a lot, so can you buy three or four pigs, tsk, how long can you eat this......"
Three or four pigs?
Cheng Yangyang quickly converted it in his mind, and it was almost thirty or forty thousand yuan, which was not a lot.
Look at the content again, the four princes who went south to escape the summer have recently had a bad appetite due to the hot and humid weather, so they hereby solicit food from the people to cool off the heat, and if they can win the favor of the prince, they will be rewarded with three taels of silver.
Rich people are indeed rich people!