I have an inn in Xianxia

Chapter 166 A Family of Three

The situation is changing every day, killing people and grabbing food at night, and officers and soldiers collecting corpses during the day.

Feeling this kind of atmosphere, Lu Cheng really suspected that those 76 days were exaggerated. According to this situation, in less than 20 days, there would be a major problem due to food.

In fact, it is not difficult to speculate that Huangdu is the most prosperous city in Zhongzhou, and its construction, trade and transportation rank first. Naturally, its food reserves are not as strong as some granary towns.

In addition, due to the war a few days ago, most of the houses collapsed, and how much grain was buried under the snow. Although many monks were able to fast, not all of them could reach this level.

As the most prosperous city, the population of the imperial capital is huge. How much food can ordinary people store in the past few days?Two days ago, some merchants made a big purchase, and some people who didn't know what happened thought they were taking a bargain and sold all the grain.

On this day, a family of three was walking on the road. It can be seen that they were dressed in rags, shivering in the snow, and their clothes had been exchanged for food yesterday.

A man and a woman were leading a boy. The child looked to be only five or six years old, and his hands were covered with cracks from the cold.

Walking on the road, grab a handful of snow water when you are thirsty, and don't care about the cold poison.

"It's all your fault. Originally, the family didn't have a lot of food. They were greedy for the few taels of silver. Now it's good. No matter how much money you have, you can't afford a bowl of rice." The woman complained.

"You still have the nerve to talk about me? If you hadn't been running around at that time, I wouldn't have had no rice left. You bought all the silver for jewelry, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hearing the jewelry, the woman's momentum weakened, and then became tough again.

"Don't pretend to me, the clothes are not warm now, you are still covering your pocket, there is a gold bracelet in it, don't you, take it out, let me change some rice noodles." The man said, he was going to touch the woman's pocket.

The woman resisted and distanced herself from her man, "You are crazy! Do you know how much I paid for this gold bracelet? Are you trading it for rice now?"

"I think it's you who are crazy! You can't even eat, and you still want to wear gold and silver!"

"Are you talking shamelessly about me? If I hadn't married you, a poor man, I might have asked you to sell rice and noodles for a little money!"

The two started to quarrel while talking, and their eyes were a little red. In this situation, everyone's heart was depressed, and they would explode at once.

The little boy burst into tears suddenly, the man gave the woman a vicious look, and went to hug the child.

"Father, I'm hungry." The child opened his mouth, and the skin of his mouth was completely dry and cracked.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Dad will take you to find something to eat." The man touched the child's head and said softly, then turned around and said something to the woman, and he will settle accounts with you later.

When the three of them came to the street, they saw the originally resplendent Xianwei Building beside them, and the gates were tightly closed at this time.

Shaking his head helplessly, he happened to see the shop opposite the Xianwei Building again. Is there an inn still open?
The man looked happy, and walked quickly with the child in his arms.

"Shopkeeper, is there anything to eat?"

"What do you want?" Lu Cheng answered him, focusing on the child, who should have grown up in the arms of his parents, but now he is suffering like this.

It's the world, it's all the world.

The man hesitated for a long time and did not speak, because he did not have a penny with him.

Lu Cheng also saw the difficulties of the family of three, and sighed, "Come in and sit down first, don't freeze the children, I'll go get you something to eat."

"Thank you shopkeeper! Thank you shopkeeper!" Hearing this, the man hurriedly thanked him, and at the same time made his child kneel down and kowtow to Lu Cheng.

"Forget it, they are all poor people." Lu Cheng stopped, not letting the child salute, and walked towards the kitchen by himself.

The child's clothes were torn, his body was cracked by the cold, and there were holes everywhere. It made people feel distressed to look at it. Lu Cheng is not a hard-hearted person. He has some abilities now, so he can help. If he doesn't care, Lu Cheng Cheng really couldn't bear it.

The man waved vigorously to the outside and called his wife to come in.

"Come on, I met a good person, willing to give us something to eat."

A family of three sat at the stone table, hungry, and kept rubbing their hands to keep warm.

Soon, a strong fragrance came out from the kitchen, which made the family of three take deep breaths.

They were already very hungry, and smelling such a fragrance, they felt refreshed as if they were about to ascend to heaven.

Lu Cheng walked out with a tray on which were placed three plates of fried rice and three bowls of egg soup.

The three members of this family were extremely hungry, and coupled with the stimulation of this aroma, they didn't even have time to say thank you, so they hurriedly picked up the plate of fried rice with eggs.

Not to mention that they are already hungry, even in normal times, they have never eaten such delicious food. At this time, this plate of fried rice with eggs is like a fairy treasure that day to them.

"Eat slowly, don't let the child eat too fast, he is still young, so it's not good for the stomach to gobble up so much."

Seeing the starving ghosts of the three of them, Lu Cheng smiled bitterly. Looking at it now, he is really in the blessing. Although he has no freedom, he doesn't have to worry about three meals. The money he earned before is enough for him to stay in the inn every day. fill your stomach.

Soon, the three plates of fried rice with eggs bottomed out, and the three of them turned their attention to the bowl of soup in front of them, and their eyes felt glistening.

They drank it in big gulps. Although it was very hot, the deliciousness made them reluctant to waste a drop. At the same time, the heat in the soup was also warming their bodies.

This was undoubtedly the winter torch, the thing that had saved their lives.

The soup and rice were all wiped out, and the family of three finally felt something in their stomachs, and they didn't pass out from starvation as before, and their steps were a little vain.

After eating, the man thanked Lu Cheng.

"You're welcome." Lu Cheng waved his hand.

The woman gave her man a hand, kept winking, and at the same time opened her mouth slightly, not knowing what to say.

The man subconsciously glanced at Lu Cheng, nodded to his wife, held the child in his arms, and sat at the table.

Lu Cheng didn't say anything to them. After all, the inside of the inn was warmer than the outside, and he didn't have any guests at the moment, so he let them stay and practice carving by himself.

In this way, time passed, and it was time for Lu Cheng to close for business.

"Three, I'm going to close the door, you go." Lu Cheng chased away the guests.

"Go? Why do you want to go?" The woman glanced at him, "It's so cold outside, we don't even have clothes to wear, and the house is mortgaged, where do you want us to live?"

The woman is very imposing and strong when she speaks.

Lu Cheng frowned, and said: "This is not my business, I am going to close the business now, you have to go out."

"No way! We're not going anywhere!" The woman shook her head and glanced at her husband.

The man also said, "Yes, we will freeze to death if we go out, and we will stay here at night."

(End of this chapter)