Chapter 204: High-priced hot water
Zhou Qi neither admitted nor denied it, but his face was inexplicable, and his acting skills were much better than those of Wu Zhitao.
The seventh princess believed it, and seeing that he really didn't seem to see it, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned down while covering her lower abdomen, her face was slightly pale.
After passing the checkpoint, even if you enter the city, there is still some distance from the city, although it is not far, but it will probably take an hour, and the seventh princess will not have the heart to fight with Zhou Qi again, so she only leaned on the side of the car and frowned, and was silent.
The two little maids are in a hurry, how can this be good?
There is nothing on the outskirts of the city, and now they don't even have a pot, so if they don't boil some hot water, they can make a hot water bag to warm up!
Seeing that the seventh princess already had dense cold sweat on her forehead, the two little maids couldn't hold back any longer, and took the initiative to ask Zhou Qi: "...... this son"
It's a pity that before he finished speaking, he was glared back by the seventh princess with her eyes.
The little maid had no choice but to swallow the words that came to her mouth, and her face was full of burnt.
At this moment, Zhou Qi stretched his limbs and said lazily: "Stop." ”
Da Liu and Zhu Fang were still driving the horses in front, and when they heard the order, they immediately shouted, and after holding the carriage steady, they opened the curtain and asked, "Childe, what are your orders?" ”
"I'm hungry and want to eat." Zhou Qi said unintentionally.
Da Liu outside the door frowned and scratched his head, indicating that he couldn't understand his son-in-law's operation.
"Childe, in a little while, we will be in the city." All sides also tactfully reminded.
When you enter the city, you can eat whatever you want, why not build a stove here?
Zhou Qi didn't think so, and got out of the carriage with a pot, and the two guards looked at each other, also full of doubts.
Da Liu and Zhu Fang felt helpless, but their son-in-law had already let go, so they naturally complied, and they had already found some dry firewood and set up a fire in a flat place......
Only the seventh princess in the carriage was extremely angry with his behavior, this person seemed to have been born against her!?
Obviously, she is already in pain and alive, and she can go her own way when she enters the city, so she has to do this on the outskirts of the city?
The little maid's eyes lit up, and she asked quietly: "Miss, he wants to make a stove, shall I go and ask him for some hot water?" ”
Hearing this, the seventh princess was stunned.
Although she didn't want to do it too much, she finally nodded when she thought of the state of her body.
That's it, for the sake of this hot water, spare him once!
Zhou Qi set up a pot outside and poured the only half dozen mountain springs in their water bladders into it, fortunately, they could enter the city for a while, and the water would not be used, otherwise he would not be happy.
Da Liu took the dried noodles from the car and said that he was about to put them down.
Zhou Qi stopped him and said, "Don't eat this, boil some rice porridge ......"
"What's so delicious about rice porridge, it's fragrant."
Da Liu glared, but instead kicked him in the foot: "If the son wants to eat rice porridge, he will eat rice porridge, what are you doing with this ink?" ”
At this moment, the little maid jumped down with a water bladder and walked between several people with small steps.
"This son, can I ask you for some hot water?"
Zhou Qi turned his head, his mind turned, and his face was full of smiles.
"Of course, 20 taels of silver for a pot of water."
As soon as these words came out, the little maid was suddenly speechless.
twitched the corner of his mouth and felt the broken silver from his waist, and counted it was still not enough, so he asked another maid to make up for it.
This scene fell in the eyes of the people who were burning firewood, but they frowned.
I can't understand what kind of flowers my son-in-law is playing, with his capital, he lacks these 20 taels of silver?
Just after the little maid packed the water bladder, Da Liu had already taken the rice bag.
Zhou Qi spoke again: "We still have rice porridge, if your master wants it, you can also buy it." ”
The little maid cast an uncertain glance at him, and hurried to the carriage.
And the seventh princess, who was motionless in the carriage, finally covered her stomach, and the little maid also told her about begging for water.
The seventh princess was so angry that she jumped to her feet, opened the curtain and saw the pot of hot rice porridge, gritted her teeth and said, "What a villain who forgets his righteousness!" Give him 100 taels of silver for five bowls of rice porridge! ”
The little maid got the order and ran off the carriage again, and Zhou Qi happily took the silver and specially added some dried meat.
When the rice porridge was ready, he asked Da Liu to send it over.
A small pot of rice porridge quickly bottomed out, and the three of them were busy and unexpectedly harvested 120 taels, this business, done.
Da Liu was happy at this time, and sighed a few times: "Tell me, Gongzi can obviously rob, but he just gave someone a few bowls of rice porridge......"
Zhou Qi smiled and said nothing, patted his butt and was about to get up, but he was pulled down again.
"Childe, are you still hungry?"
"I'm not hungry."
The corners of Zhou Qi's mouth hooked and said, "If you are hungry, make your own order." ”
With that, he went to the carriage.
Only Zhu Fang shook his head, silently extinguished the fire and put it on the pot, and patted Da Liu's shoulder.
"Do you think our son seems to be short of these 120 taels?"
Da Liu Mingming: "Then what do you mean by Childe?" ”
But he didn't wait for an answer, and all parties had already followed in the footsteps of their sons.
"Not to make money?"
Da Liu was still in place, thinking about it for a long time, and finally didn't understand what this operation was for.
And Zhou Qi, who returned to the carriage, saw several people putting down the dishes and spoons as soon as he entered the door.
He didn't say anything, pulled the bulging money bag, and sat down as soon as the sleeve robe was put down.
This was a terrible look, and in exchange for the seventh princess, she snorted coldly: "The villain has a will!" ”
Seeing that she was going to be alive again, Zhou Qi blocked his ears a little noisily, but his mood was inexplicably better.
The carriage moved forward again, and in less than a moment it reached the city.
The scenery in the city is quite different from Qizhou, here is mostly the foot building is divided into two floors, the upstairs is overhead, the people living upstairs and the downstairs are overhead, there are relatively few shops used as shops, most of them are homestays, between the two with a colorful flag as a sign, and the street is not spacious, probably only through a carriage, if you encounter convection, you have to think about how to retreat, and then to the fork in the road to retreat......
Therefore, most of the people here are on foot, or they are riding horses alone, and there are no people who drive the carriage directly.
At the gate of the city there was a horse shop and an inn, which was used as a place for outsiders to lodge their horses and put their luggage.
Zhou Qi naturally followed the customs of the locals, and got out of the carriage when he arrived at the horse shop, Da Liu had already begun to pack his things, and the parties took the silver ticket to ask for the guest room, and even the guards on the car had jumped down, but the seventh princess was still sitting in the carriage and did not move.
He naturally knew the reason, and he didn't expose it, but he still couldn't help but be cheap.
"Girl, is this reluctant to get off the horse?"
The seventh princess wanted to stab his heart, and his clenched fists and nails were pinched into the flesh, but he still sat straight.
obviously had a smile on his face, but he gritted his teeth as he spoke: "This girl, you want to change your clothes!" ”
"Changing clothes not in the inn, in the carriage?"
Zhou Qi was still joking, and his face was full of thieves and smiles.
But after finishing speaking, he took the initiative to avoid the past, and shook his head and went to the inn with the newly collected 120 taels of silver.
Stepping on the wooden ladder and shouting to Xiao Er: "Let's have some good wine and good food!" ”
When the seventh princess changed her clothes and came out, she just saw him pay the money, and the bulging money bag was instantly empty.
Her clear eyes, like a volcano about to erupt, finally said nothing, stomped her foot on the ground, and went to her room, after all, she should not stay outside for more now.
After a while, the little maid came back from outside, secretly hid something, and slipped into the guest room.
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