Other side, I hold supplies to help the poor side

Chapter 50
She is familiar with both purses, both of which were written by her.

There is no whole silver treasure in it, it is all broken silver, a total of 46 taels, and a total of [-] copper coins!
The actual purchasing power of the Xihu Kingdom is quite good. A penny is equivalent to a dime, and a tael of silver is 100 yuan.

Jin Jiaojiao reported all the things in the carriage to Jin Yan, only to hear Jin Yan's satisfied voice, "Our current supplies are not bad, but we are still short of food. Let's see if there is any place to buy along the way. Things, it’s not a big deal to keep the money.”

They kept on going, and did not stop until night to rest.

Jin Yan found a place with plenty of grass and put Zhaocai to graze. He took Jin Jiaojiao and built a random earthen stove, took out the salted fish and steamed them.

Then each person had a handful of pork jerky as a snack, just barely filling their stomachs.

It was the first time for Jin Jiaojiao to eat salted fish, and he still found it novel, especially the taste of steamed salted fish was really good.

It is easy to drink water after eating too much, but they are really running out of water, but Jin Yan can only decide to go to a nearby town for a stroll tomorrow, and then go back to the mountain stream.

There are really a lot of refugees here. Even after so long, the people who were seen begging for food on the side of the road earlier are still there now.

Jin Yan also just glanced at it and ignored it. If these people want to survive, they can go to the gate of the city like others, even if they rely on others to give them porridge, they can live better than they are now.

But they all have good hands and feet, but they don't know how to take two more steps to find the hope of survival.

No wonder Jiang Yan didn't let her save someone.

Soon they arrived at a town, and there were quite a few people in the town, but there were a lot less people doing business.

The doors of the shops and houses on both sides were closed tightly, and the faces of people passing by on the street were also full of sorrow. They deliberately avoided seeing her carriage coming in.

Jin Yan drove the carriage all the way along the road, looking carefully at the surrounding shops. Although it was a bad year, there were still many people in this town who persisted.

Some well-off families have stockpiled food, and maybe have their own wells, so they don't need to flee everywhere.

Jin Jiaojiao couldn't sit still in the car, so he also came out to drive together, looking at the slightly desolate street, he was suddenly surprised.

"Sister, there are so few people in this town."

"Yeah, I don't know if there is any business." Jin Yan continued to drive the carriage forward, and it took a long time before he saw a family with the door open.

She got out of the carriage and asked Jin Jiaojiao to wait in the carriage, and went in to have a look by herself.

This store used to be a restaurant. I don't know how the business was before, but now only a few people come to eat.

"Hey, this guest officer looked at the face and saw that he is not from our place. Is he here to stay or eat?" Xiaoer came over and greeted skillfully, "Our town is only doing business with our restaurant. If you go outside, you won’t even be able to eat hot food.”

Jin Yan was surprised at once, the ability to do business these days also shows that the boss behind the scene is really rich.

However, she took a closer look at the tables next door and found that the dishes they ate were all bland dishes, "My little brother, is there no other place to do business in the whole town?"

Xiao Er scratched his head in doubt, "Well, I didn't understand what the guest officer meant. Are you planning to come here to buy things?"

Before she could speak, the people at the tables over there started chatting.

"My lady, if you want to buy something right now, you have to save enough money in your hand. You see, this dish of mine costs twenty yuan. If you want to buy other things, you don't need to spend a few taels of silver. no."

Jin Yan looked at the dish in his hand, it was just a plate of ordinary stir-fried vegetables, and it was so expensive!
When I was in the capital, a pancake was only ten yuan, but here a plate of vegetables costs twenty yuan.

"Isn't it? It's not only expensive but also unavailable."

Jin Yan was also beating drums in his heart, but he was even more determined to buy things, "Please tell me the way, my little girl, I will be grateful."

The big guy saw that she looked clean, maybe it was a young lady from some household, and she shouldn't be short of money, so he casually pointed her in the direction.

After Jin Yan came out, he got into the carriage and drove away on the horse.

"Sister, have you heard anything?"

Jin Yan nodded, "There is indeed a place for business in this town. It's in the West Market over there. Let's go and see if we can buy something."

Now the money in their hands has nothing to do but spend it as soon as possible, and keeping it is depreciating. It is better to buy more food when the price is not the highest now.

And now that you have money, you can still buy things. After a long time, you may not be able to buy things even if you have money.

The West Market is indeed as those people said, there are many people doing business, but there are many people but few successful transactions. Most of the sellers are not happy.

Those who couldn't buy anything were furious, but there was nothing they could do.

Jin is afraid that there are too many people here, and others will think of them, so she has been sitting in the car and watching.

There are many things sold here, such as handkerchiefs, paper umbrellas, pearl flowers, rouge and gouache, etc., but the most popular one is food.

Jin Yan was the first to look for places that sold grain, most of which had a uniform price, [-] Wen a catty for white flour, and [-] Wen a catty for black flour.

There are only japonica rice and rough rice, and the next point is the bran. The most expensive japonica rice costs 180 renminbi a catty, while rough rice and white flour cost [-] renminbi, and bran is the cheapest, only [-] renminbi.

This price can be said to be frighteningly high, no wonder there are so many people around but few can be cruel.

This japonica rice is also a kind of rice, but the threshing technology is not very good these days, and the japonica rice does not look white and clean, but a little yellowish.

But she didn't dislike it. It was better than coarse rice. The coarse rice hadn't been completely shelled at all. It could be said to be a semi-finished product, and it made her throat feel very uncomfortable after being boiled.

What she took away from Xue's mansion was also Japonica rice, and of course she was only used to eating Japonica rice, so she bought two hundred catties of Japonica rice. If it wasn't for the fact that the boss was a bit reluctant and even wanted to drive up the price, she would have wanted to buy more.

The two hundred catties of polished round-grained rice sounded scary, but in fact it was just four big bags, and it cost her a total of 36 taels!

She didn't dare to buy all the money for rice, and she had to buy other things, and she couldn't live on rice in the future.

She bought another hundred catties of white flour at a cost of eight taels of silver, and drove away in a carriage with the last two taels of silver and eighty Wen.

They buy a lot of things, and they are watched all the way, so it is very easy for people to follow them. Of course, she was not afraid before, but now she obviously can't beat so many people.

While carefully watching his surroundings, Jin Yan bought a water bag, fire bag, and a piece of coarse cloth that was not bad. After spending all the money, he left the town in a hurry.

The two hurried all the way, fearing that someone would follow behind, and finally arrived at the mountain stream on the second night.

Now the mountain also looks desolate, and the original dense forests and thorns have long since disappeared.

She drove in the carriage carefully, and the silence in the mountain stream made her feel a little uneasy.

Zhaocai also returned to his familiar place, looking a little excited.

But Jin Yan patted his back, "Zhaocai, it's too quiet here, let's be careful."

Zhao Cai nodded with his back behind her, his eyes wide open, looking around vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)