The lady of the main family nodded and did not answer, Xia Qiyue hurriedly gave the water to the two children to drink, and then made her eyes so that her younger brothers and sisters also drank it, and she drank another cup of water in one gulp.

In fact, at the end of this day, in order to save water, they didn't drink much water, and their mouths were very dry.

The two children drank the water, with a satisfied little expression, squinted their eyes, and swallowed slowly.

Xia Qiyue didn't let the lady of the main family wait too long, and looked at her and opened her mouth.

"Madam, this is the situation in our situation, it is really that the child needs money to see a doctor..."Xia Qiyue said this, and looked at the two little guys who looked satisfied after drinking the water, where does this look like a sick?

However, the lady of the main family didn't think so, she looked at Xia Qiyue with sympathy in her eyes, thinking that she still had an infant baby.

After all, Ke'er and Xuan'er are already three years old, and it is normal to have a younger brother or sister below.

"In this current famine, I really can't help it, so I took out the life-saving rations in exchange for money..."

"Okay, Cui'er, go get the silver!"

The lady of the main family was a kind-hearted person, and when she heard Xia Qiyue's words, she hurriedly asked the girl to go and get the silver.

Forty-eight catties of wheat, Xia Qiyue thought that it would be good to sell it for several times the price, but she didn't expect that the lady of the main family directly put two taels of silver in her hand.

"It's... And much more! Xia Qiyue whispered, she really didn't want to pay it back, but these two taels of silver were almost ten times higher than the usual price, and she was ashamed of it.

"Big sister, you just take it, you don't know how much the wheat you sent has solved our urgent needs, the old lady in the house has a bad stomach, and she can't eat too rough food, and now the grain store can't buy this fine grain, watching the old lady lose weight day by day... Alas, this drought has caused a lot of trouble, and now all this draft has to be bought..."

Xia Qiyue's eyes lit up, buy water? Is there such a good thing?

"What do you mean, ma'am? Is there still a seller of water in this city? Xia Qiyue asked excitedly.

The lady of the main family didn't seem to expect her to ask like this, she was surprised for a moment, and then said, "Yes, the county commander has fenced the river and let people guard it, and this catty of water has been sold to the height of ten copper plates, eldest sister, you just entered the city, otherwise this matter is not a secret." ”

"Ten copper plates for a pound of water?" It's messy in the wind in summer and July, and ten copper plates for a pound of water? Then she feels that it is not too much for her to sell wheat at ten times the price, after all, her wheat is produced in the space, it is the best of the best, and the wheat fragrance is particularly strong and nutritious.

After coming out of the back door of this big family, Xia Qiyue held a huge amount of money in his hand, and went to the inn with two children on his back and his younger siblings.

Although it is a year of famine, the security of this county town is surprisingly good, there are many refugees on the street, and there are many people coming and going, but the officials come out to patrol from time to time, no one dares to rob, and no one stays in the city and does not go out.

Because there is a sign in the hand, there is a date on it, and the time limit for entering the city is one day, and if the hand is not the current date, then he will be driven out of the city.

Xia Qiyue soon saw the Ruyi Inn on the street, and she walked in without hesitation.

The shopkeeper sat weakly in the hall to greet customers, and when he saw Xia Qiyue and them coming in, he didn't raise his eyelids, and his lips were dry.

"Is it objectively a hotel? If it's a top-notch, please go elsewhere, our store is not available! ”

Of course Xia Qiyue knew, she walked forward slowly, "We live in the hotel!" A medium room is enough, how much silver is a night? ”

When the shopkeeper heard that he was staying in the store, he stood up, "A medium room costs 200 copper plates for a night, and meals are not served, if water is objectively needed, a liter of water costs 50 copper plates!" Excuse me, objective, do you want to live? ”

Xia Qiyue also heard that a pound of water costs ten copper plates, and two pounds here costs fifty copper plates, which is too dark, and the middle room costs two hundred copper plates, which is all caught up with the grab, and then look at the conditions of this inn, at most, forty or fifty copper plates will be up to the sky.

However, she knew that at this time, everything should be expensive, and even if she went out to find another one, it would definitely be a similar situation.

So I nodded and asked for a medium room, as for the water, forget it, she still has a little water on her, eat some steamed bread and dry food first, and don't cook porridge first.

Seeing the two taels of silver, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, he bit some with his teeth, and then immediately changed his face, and smiled and gave Xia Qiyue change, there is no silver, it is all copper plates, 1,800 copper plates, that is, eighteen hanging coins.

The shopkeeper had already stood up to pick up the luggage in her hand, Xia Qiyue didn't let it, saluted and carried it by himself, and followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.

The room that the shopkeeper took them to was neither big nor small, there was a bed, a soft couch by the window, a table of eight immortals, a dresser, a wardrobe, and a large bathtub behind the screen.

There are a lot of homes, but this bed is still a little not enough to sleep, but fortunately, there is a soft couch next to the bed, and now the weather is hot, you can sleep.

Xia Qiyue walked in, looked up and down, left and right for a while, and then put the two children down, and closed the door after letting the luggage go to the younger siblings.

But the shopkeeper still stood there and didn't move, Xia Qiyue looked over with some puzzlement, and the shopkeeper immediately smiled and spoke.

"Objective, there is some private water here, which can be cheaper for you, absolutely clean, you see, do you want it?"

Xia Qiyue raised her eyebrows, "Cheap?" How much? ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he felt that there was a door, and immediately came to his senses, and began to brag about how good and clean the water in his hand was, and he almost said that it was poplar nectar.

"So that's all that, how much silver?" Xia Qiyue is a little impatient, she has something to do in a while, and she can't delay the time here.

"Thirty copper plates a liter, that's cheap enough, right? There are only two liters of water, and if you don't want it, there really is nothing cheaper than this! ”

Xia Qiyue disagreed, "I've heard that the county magistrate is also selling water, and a liter of water is only twenty copper plates, do you still think your water is cheap?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled, "Objectively, you don't know, the county magistrate sells water over there, but if you want to buy water, you have to buy more than five liters, otherwise it won't be sold to you!" If you don't have enough money in your hand, you really can't drink water, I'm different, girl, you want half a liter of water or half a pound of water, the small ones can be sold! ”

Xia Qiyue understood it and had a better understanding of these operations in the city.

They also engage in wholesale sales, ten catties of water at a time, and the money in their hands is not enough, and it is still difficult to drink water.

One hundred copper plates is an astronomical amount for the famine escapers, at least she didn't have a copper plate on her body before.

"Objective... Do you want this water? Your child's mouth is dry, I see that you don't have any water in this salute, buy some to quench your children's thirst! ”

The main store Xiao Er was in a hurry to go to the county order to buy water, he didn't have so many copper plates in his hands, only by selling the water in his hand could he get together enough for a hundred copper plates to buy water, and he would be thirsty if he didn't buy water.

But after drinking the water in front of him, he has no money to buy water again, he just makes a difference so that he will not die of thirst, in fact, he can't make extra money.