Yun An County wasn't small. It was equivalent to the Wei City of Red Cloud City.
The next morning, when Cheng Ling and the others arrived at the County Gate, they saw a long line.
In the long line, there were farmers carrying loads, merchants doing business, scholars hurrying on their way, and other people of unknown identity. In short, it was a lively and bustling scene.
Cheng Ernii's eyes could not take it anymore. She sat in the repaired carriage and said excitedly, "Brother Ling, this place is great."
This was already the umpteenth time she had sighed with emotion.
Wang Sidun puffed out his chest proudly and said, "That's right, we're very close to the county city, how can it not be good?"
"What's the county like?" Cheng Ernii asked. Xiao Si, have you been there?"
Wang Sidun was speechless.
Great, now that the question was about to be asked, he suddenly shrank his neck and said in a weak voice, "I... I'm still young. When I grow up, I'll definitely go and take a look."
Cheng Ernii was speechless.
This guy was bad.
Cheng Dani glared at her, while Cheng Ernii giggled.
After a while, it was finally Cheng Ling's turn to enter the city.
This time, Cheng Ling was leading a carriage in front, and Wang Dazhu was walking side by side with her.
When it was the officer's turn to question him, Wang Dazhu quickly went forward to pay the entrance fee. There were a total of ten people in their group, so that was ten Wens.
Wang Dazhu had already told Cheng Ling and the others about the entrance fee, so Cheng Ling had already given Wang Dazhu her eight Wens to help pay.
The officer could tell from Wang Dazhu's accent that he was a local. He also saw that Cheng Ling and the others were dressed neatly. When his gaze landed on the two horses, he frowned slightly.
Cheng Ling immediately understood-these two horses were too eye-catching!
Seeing that the guard was about to make trouble, Cheng Ling quickly stepped forward and grabbed a handful of money.
She directly took the officer's hand and stuffed the money into his palm. She imitated Wang Dazhu's accent and said in a low voice, "It's a small business. It's not easy. Please let me pass."
The officer quietly took the money and grabbed it. He felt that it was about ten Wen and his expression relaxed. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Don't occupy the path!"
With this small twist, everyone entered the city.
After entering the city, Cheng Ernii immediately became cautious. She now knew that this city was not that friendly.
According to what they had discussed, everyone took their horses and followed Wang Dazhu to the market in the west of the city to sell the hairpin.
At this moment, Hong Guangyi came in handy. He used to be a butcher and was good at selling things, especially meat.
"Mother, you guys sell here, I'll go take a look around," Cheng Ling said.
Mu Sanniang wasn't worried about Cheng Ling anymore. Instead, she said, "Go, your second brother Hong is here to look after us, don't worry about us."
"Don't worry, Langjun, "Hong Guangyi said hurriedly. "I'll definitely protect sister-in-law and the two ladies."
Look at how messy the address was! Cheng Ling laughed.
She took a horse and left, preparing to buy some food and daily necessities, and ask the merchant for the way to the county.
After collecting them, using some of them, and giving some money to Mu Sanniang and her two sisters, Cheng Ling still had ten taels of gold and twenty taels of silver. She didn't have any copper coins left, so she was going to buy some things to exchange for some.
She also wanted to familiarize herself with the current prices. The original owner's knowledge was limited, so Cheng Ling had to figure it out herself.
Then, she realized that the grain price in Yun An County was a bit ridiculous.
Cheng Ling had asked Wang Dazhu on the way to the county. Last year, they sold summer grain at the price of eleven Wen per bucket of new grain. But now, the price of grain in the grain store was 80 Wen per bucket!
Why was he selling old grain?
Because the new grain of this summer had not yet been harvested, the best time to harvest grain would be in another ten days or half a month.
Not to mention the new and old grains, just the price difference between the sale and purchase was terrifying.
The waiter's attitude wasn't bad. Perhaps it was because Cheng Ling was particularly beautiful, but he was willing to talk to her. "Who says it's not expensive? I didn't set the price. It's hard for my family to even eat food."
As she spoke, she suddenly pointed her finger up at Cheng Ling and said in a whisper, "It's the price set by the higher-ups, the grain Chamber of Commerce... Understand? It's decided, and no one can change it."
Cheng Ling's heart suddenly trembled. Listening to the voice, she understood a little.
She cupped her fists to the waiter as a form of thanks and immediately said, "Sorry to trouble you, Brother. Please help me weigh twenty dou of rice."
One bucket of rice was about 12 catties, so 20 buckets would be 240 catties.
It wasn't that Cheng Ling didn't want to buy more, but if she bought too much, she was afraid it would be inconvenient to bring it along. She was planning to steal ten of these twenty buckets into her bag space.
Other than that, he also needed to buy some horse food.
For example, soybeans, sorghum, and wheat bran. These two days had been hard on the two horses. Cheng Ling even felt that they had become thin from hunger and fatigue.
Although horses could eat grass, they could not just eat grass! What Cheng Ling had bought was only low-level horse food.
Not to mention the high-end ones, he couldn't afford them now.
The shop assistant smiled and replied in a clear voice, "Alright!"
Cheng Ling then asked him about the grain Chamber of Commerce, and the waiter said, "The president is in the county. He's the famous Marquis of Cuojin of our great Qi. I heard that the Empress Dowager gave him this name!"
Then, he wanted to ask more, but the waiter could not answer.
When it was time to pay, Cheng Ling asked the shopkeeper again. The shopkeeper smiled but didn't say anything, so Cheng Ling knew she couldn't ask anymore.
After leaving the grain store, Cheng Ling went to the cloth store and bought two rolls of sackcloth. One roll of sackcloth was worth 200 yuan, which was the selling price of the cloth store.
In fact, there were people who used sackcloth as a currency for trade. Usually, at this time, sackcloth was worth about 180 coins per bundle.
As for the cotton cloth, there was no cotton cloth in the Qi Kingdom at the moment.
The commoners wore hemp, while the gentry wore brocade and embroidery. The difference was like heaven and earth.
Cheng Ling still wanted to buy ready-to-wear clothes, but The Cloth Shop didn't have any ready-to-wear linen. Silk and silk brocade ready-made clothes were available for sale, but they were shockingly expensive.
One set cost at least 2000 Yuan. Even if Cheng Ling could afford it, she shouldn't spend it like this, let alone be so flamboyant.
Then, Cheng Ling went to the grocery store and bought two clay pots that could be used as pots, ten rough porcelain bowls, and some miscellaneous daily necessities.
For example, soap, Bath Beans, a combfor homunculus, straw clothes, umbrellas, oilcloths, and so on.
Finally, he went to the pharmacy and bought a lot of common medicine and ten sets of lice medicine.
There was no other way. Everyone had to get rid of the lice. After all, lice were contagious!
One person removing lice was not considered removing lice, but being meddlesome. Everyone removing lice was really removing lice... Hehehe.
After leaving the pharmacy, Cheng Ling was about to head west to the market when she bumped into someone.