Rebirth of the second ex-husband

Chapter 279 Exploring the Situation
The waiter was dozing off with his head propped on one hand, but was startled by the roar, slipped his hand, and slammed his chin directly on the counter.The shop clerk rubbed his chin and was about to get angry, but when he looked up and saw a group of customers standing in front of the door, he immediately changed into a smiling face, but his chin was indeed knocked, and when he just smiled, his whole mouth hurt. The appearance of not daring to laugh made everyone happy.

After everyone was finished, the waiter wiped the table swiftly and asked, "Are you going to stay at the restaurant or eat?"

Xiao Nianyou said with a smile: "I also eat in the hotel, I wonder if there are any vacant rooms?"

The waiter in the shop opened his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, enough!" This is the best news he has heard and the most beautiful voice. Counting these people, there are quite a few of them. They are busy and don't feel tired, just afraid that there will be no customers.

"Then prepare some housing for us. By the way, shopkeeper, is this the off-season for you recently? Looks like the business is not going well!" Xiao Nianyou felt strange, and asked the question intentionally as if chatting, but actually wanted to inquire about the news.

As soon as Xiao Nianyou mentioned this, Xiao Er's smile immediately faded.

The business was good a few years ago, and his wages were also high, not to mention rewards, which were several multiples of today's.

He said aggrievedly: "To tell you the truth, ever since there was a severe drought in Yitian City, the water here has become tense, and the number of people coming to us has gradually decreased, and even the local people rarely come out..."

As he said that, he shook his head helplessly. Natural disasters cannot be changed by manpower.

Princess Linghua couldn't help but asked nervously after hearing this: "Then, have there been refugees from Yitian City recently?"

The waiter in the shop frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "It seemed that there were a lot at first, but then it became less, and there are basically no refugees recently."

Princess Linghua didn't find anything strange when she heard it, and she didn't know what to ask next. The lack of refugees meant that the situation in Yitian City was stable.

Li Mohua interjected and asked: "Shopkeeper, have you heard any news about Yitian City recently?"

The waiter in the shop did not doubt that there was him, he must be a passing businessman, inquiring about some news about Yitian City.

The shop clerk shook: "There are fewer people coming over there, so we don't know any news, it's just..."

The shop clerk frowned and hesitated, not knowing whether to say it or not.

After hearing this, Princess Linghua felt that what the shop Xiaoer said next would be very useful, so she asked with a smile, "Just what?"

The waiter scratched the back of his head and said, "It's just, just, this Yitian City is not far from the border, and over there is Mingyue Kingdom, and I just... I heard from passing merchants that there are some unusual things on the border recently..."

After listening to Princess Ling Hua, she felt that there was a lot to be said for it, even a small waiter in the shop found something abnormal at the border, it was either that those people did it too recklessly, or it was nothing at all.

But often when you don't know the truth, it seems like a dense fog. There are secrets hidden in the depths, but you can't see anything clearly, and you can't even hear it.

Everyone was silent for a long time, Xiaoer saw the solemn atmosphere, and immediately said: "I just heard about this, it's just what I heard, don't take it seriously, haha, haha."

Xiao Nianyou opened the teacup, changed the subject, and asked with interest: "What good wine and food do you have here?"

Seeing that the shop waiter finally got down to business, he became interested, and flung the white towel behind him, hanging it on his shoulder.

The waiter in the store said happily, "Soft fried tenderloin, soft fried chicken, assorted sausages, sesame butter rolls, soy asparagus, hibiscus jelly vegetables, fried liver tips, southern fried liver Guaner, fried belly kernels..."

When Xiao Nianyou heard this, it was obvious that the waiter in this shop was the one who reported the names of the dishes, so he immediately stopped: "Hey, hey, shopkeeper, why is your food either fried or deep-fried? Doesn't it have steamed or soup?"

The shop waiter was interrupted before he could give the name of the drink, and he immediately understood Xiao Nianyou's question, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, of course, but... that one is more expensive..."

"Since when is this dish counted according to the recipe?" Xiao Nianyou frowned even more, and asked in puzzlement.

The waiter in this store answered as a matter of course: "This year, Yitian City is drought, which has affected us here, and the water is also in short supply, so everything related to water is expensive!"

This is also reasonable, Xiao Nianyou didn't say anything, but said: "Money is not a problem, shopkeeper, please prepare a table of wine and food."

When the shop waiter heard that the visitor was a gentleman, his spirit immediately brightened: "That's right, I'll be here soon."

It's true that people can't just look at the clothes, look at these people dressed in ordinary clothes, but they don't expect to be rich masters, no, when it comes to the appearance and temperament of these people, they are all masters, maybe...

Forget it, it's none of his business, he's just a shop waiter, and he only cares about serving customers.

After eating in a hurry, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Everyone was tired after riding in the carriage all day.But Xiao Nianyou can't rest, he's going to fill these wooden barrels with water, Yitian City is dry, and I don't know how the situation is now, it's always good to bring more water.

After eating, Xiao Nianyou walked on the street in front of the inn in the afterglow of the setting sun, thinking while walking: "I just heard from the shop owner that there is a shortage of water here in Tianyi Town. I originally wanted to go to a place with residents. Just get some water somewhere, now it seems..."

Thinking of this, Xiao Nianyou couldn't help sighing: "Let's go and have a look first..."

In Liuli country, almost every household has a well, but that being said, there are as many wells as there are households in Liuli country. In normal times, Xiao Nianyou only needs to find a place with residents, politely say a few nice words to the other party, and pretend A few buckets of water are still fine.

But now... he sighed silently.

This small town is not big. After walking for a long time, there is a wooden bridge. Standing on the bridge, a "small stream" flows slowly.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a "trickle stream". Although the river is not small, there is not much water. You can see black mud on the wide river bottom, and the only water is only Just enough to move forward.

When Xiao Nianyou saw this scene, his heart tightened. If the river is less water, the well water must also be less.

After crossing this bridge, there is a village on the opposite side, from a distance, Xiao Nianyou saw an old lady washing vegetables by the well.

Xiao Nianyou walked over to say hello: "Grandma, excuse me, I'm a businessman passing by, I want to ask for a drink of saliva, I wonder if I can help you?"

That grandma was wearing dark blue cloth clothes and a white turban on her head. She originally wanted to talk to Xiao Nianyou, but when she heard the word "water", she hesitated again.

But Xiao Nianyou had already walked up to him with a smile on his face: "Grandma!"

This time, Grandma couldn't hide anymore, so she had to turn her face away.

"Grandma, I'm a merchant passing by and I want to ask for a bowl of water." Xiao Nianyou said again.

Grandma looked at Xiao Nianyou's attire up and down, although she was not wearing silk or satin, but it was not homemade clothes either, she still had something to do with it, Grandma thought for a while and thought: "Drinking water is also fine, but everyone will be tight now, So this water can’t be drunk in vain.”

"It's natural," Xiao Nianyou nodded repeatedly, expressing agreement, "Look at Grandma, I went to Yitian City to do business, so I needed a lot of water, so I bought it all at Grandma's house, what's the price...? "Xiao Nianyou deliberately stopped talking.

When this granny heard that there was money to be made, how could she not be unhappy? To be honest, although they lack water here, it has not reached the point where there is no water for use, nor has it reached the point where they have to buy water and sell water, so Xiao Nianyou When the price was asked, the granny was dumbfounded, but this granny was more shrewd, and immediately said: "How much do you say?"

Xiao Nianyou glanced at Grandma with his eyes, and he knew what she was thinking: "The price of this water, I usually buy ten buckets of water for one penny and silver, now it seems that I have a relationship with Grandma, and the water here is relatively scarce , what do you think of a tael of silver?"

That grandma was not very happy when she first heard about a penny, and thought it was too little. Now that she heard that it was a tael of silver, she immediately smiled and said, "This makes me wonder, is it just your bucket?"

Xiao Nianyou said loudly: "I will call someone to fetch water later, but Grandma, I think the water shortage here is relatively short, where do you usually get water from?"

Grandma was in a good mood, and the chatterbox opened up: "No, this drought has been going on for some time. Seeing that it doesn't rain no matter what, and seeing that the water in the river is getting less and less every day, why don't people worry? Fortunately, every family in our family There is a well, this well, although the water level is also dropping, there is still some, but just like this, we have to save a little, I am afraid that it will not rain in this day, how can it go on like this!"

Xiao Nianyou probably knew the whole story, so he left a tael of silver and said, "Grandma, I'll give you the money first, and I'll send someone over to get the water."

Grandma held the money in her hand, and was very happy in her heart, so she actually made a deal with her.

It wasn't until Xiao Nianyou left that Grandma remembered and greeted from a distance: "Hey, water, I haven't drunk the water yet."

Xiao Nianyou didn't even look at his head, he just stretched out his hand and waved it.

The grandma looked at the silver in her hand, and then looked at Xiao Nianyou, feeling very strange, but the thickness of the silver made her very satisfied, and today she can add some extra meat to the children in the family.

At night, there is silence inside and outside the Yuelai Inn, only the sound of the wind blowing back and forth.

Jin Mo sat in front of the table, picking out the candles on the table boredly.

While tidying up the bedding, Liang Chu said, "Hey, what are you thinking about? I see that you have been out of your mind for the past two days. Don't let someone take you to ride a horse, and you will lose your heart."

When Jin Mo heard what Liang Chu had said, she blushed involuntarily: "What are you talking about, Kong Xiashi just took care of me because I don't know how to ride a horse!"

As soon as he mentioned "Kong Xiashi", Liang Chu laughed: "Yo! Yo! 'Kong Xiashi', he's called a chivalrous man anytime. I think it's more like an arrogant narcissist."

Jin Mo was even more embarrassed by what Liang Chu said, and he didn't want to argue with her about the name, so he simply said: "If you talk nonsense, I will ignore you."

After speaking, Jin Mo turned to the window and sat down, looking out of the window, really ignoring Liang Chu.

(End of this chapter)