Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

"Wait, one hundred wen is one hundred wen!" Zhang Dahe stopped Luo Xiaoran.

Zhang Xiaohe was still unwilling to give up. "Brother, we agreed on one tael of silver a month. We will split the money equally."

Zhang Erhe, who had been silent the whole time, grabbed his brother who was calling out to him and said, "Brother, forget it. One hundred coins is not a small amount. If the stalemate continues, there will be no more one hundred coins left."

Seeing that his elder and second brothers agreed to the price, Zhang Xiaohe remained silent. He could get more than thirty cents out of the hundred cents, enough to buy two pieces of meat!

Seeing the harmony among the three rivers, Luo Xiaoran was very satisfied and said to the village chief who was still watching the internal strife among the three rivers:

"Since both parties have reached an agreement, please ask the village chief to be a witness. I will hand over a hundred coins to Sanhe, ahem, Zhang Dahe and the other three brothers. This house will be occupied by me and will expire in two months."

The village chief smiled slightly and said, "Okay."

Luo Xiaoran handed the hundred coins to the three rivers in front of the village chief. As for how they distributed it, she had no control over it.

Luo Xiaoran did not sign a document to rent the house, one reason being that she did not have paper and pen on hand.

Paper and pens were still very expensive in this dynasty. Luo Xiaoran had only bought a few books before and spent several taels of silver. Thinking that she was still on the road to escape famine, she did not buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

The second reason is that this incident was witnessed by the village chief.

In ancient times, the village chief was very powerful and could decide whether you were qualified to live in the village.

As long as Sanhe does not want to challenge the authority of the village chief, he will never default on his debt.

The rental incident ended successfully with Luo Xiaoran satisfied, the village chief pleased, and the three rivers feeling frustrated. Sprinkle flowers~~

After Luo Xiaoran saw the village chief off, she drove the carriage into this temporary residence.

Instead of moving all the items in the carriage into the house, Luo Xiaoran planned to clean up the bedroom, living room and kitchen first.

Mainly see what is missing, and buy them all when I go to the county town tomorrow to handle the settlement procedures.

The most important thing is to change the silver into loose coins. After handing over the hundred coins just now, I don’t have many copper coins left.

"We'll be living in this house for the next two months. I'm going to clean the house. Do you want to go with me?"

Luo Xiaoran squatted down and looked at Xiao Xingchen straight in the eye, hoping that he would be willing to speak one day.

Xiao Xingchen nodded, stretched out her little hand, held Luo Xiaoran's clothes, and went in together.

Seeing that he was still unwilling to speak, Luo Xiaoran suppressed the disappointment in her heart.

It's okay, it will be fine one day.

When that old fool Uncle Li comes back, Xiao Xingchen will definitely speak up. Now let’s clean up the house first.

First use a dry rag to brush the dust on the bed, table, and chair onto the ground, then wipe it with a wet rag, and finally wipe it dry with a dry rag.

Then use a broom to sweep away the dust and garbage on the ground one by one, and then take a basin of water and sprinkle it on the ground, which not only increases the humidity but also prevents dust from being raised when walking.

The quilts that had been carried out of the carriage and had traveled with them were spread out on the bed, and the pots and pans were put into the kitchen.

When doing these things, Xiao Xingchen would follow Luo Xiaoran wherever she went, step by step, like a little tail that could not be shaken off.

Although Xiao Xingchen didn't speak, he was still very clingy to Luo Xiaoran.

There were no candles, so the two of them simply cooked a pot of porridge for dinner and went to bed after eating.

The next morning, Luo Xiaoran heated up the leftover porridge from last night and had it for breakfast.

After finishing breakfast and locking the door, Luo Xiaoran drove Xiao Xingchen to the village chief's house.

Luo Xiaoran didn’t know the way from Hexi Village to the county government office, and Village Chief Zhang didn’t know how to drive a horse-drawn carriage.

Therefore, Xiao Xingchen sat alone in the carriage, while Luo Xiaoran and the village chief sat outside, one driving the carriage and the other giving directions.

The village chief sat in this luxurious carriage, watching the villagers' eyes cast here. After leaving the village, the scenery on both sides of the road quickly moved backwards with the speed of the car, and he suddenly felt a sense of high spirits.

"Mr. Luo, I am able to ride in a carriage thanks to you. Before, when I went into the city, I could only ride in an oxcart."

Luo Xiaoran whipped the horse's butt gently, "Village Chief, you are being too polite. You came to the city for my business, so of course I have to be responsible for the transportation."

At this point, Luo Xiaoran thought of something else, "To register as a resident, we only need to go to the county government office, not the prefectural government office, right?"

"Yes, our Hexi Village is under the jurisdiction of Fuyuan County. The highest prefecture is Yizhou, which is also the largest prefecture in the north. Things like settling can be handled directly in the county without going to the prefecture."

"That is to say, villagers generally don't go to the provincial capital. If there is anything they can get done in the county town."

But she clearly saw Zhao Cuilan and Uncle Niu and his group coming out of the provincial capital Yizhou yesterday, and she didn't know where they were going.

If you don't understand, just ask, "Yesterday I accidentally ran into your eldest daughter-in-law and her group coming out of the city. What a coincidence!"

The village chief nodded and said, "Yes, this is another advantage of Hexi Village that I want to talk about.

Although we are a run-down village, our geographical location is quite good. We are right in the middle of the county town and the provincial capital, and are not far away.

If we go to Fuyuan County now, we can arrive in one hour by walking.

If you take Uncle Niu's ox cart, you can save half the time.

The same is true for going to Yizhou City, which is about an hour's walk and half an hour's drive, so it is extremely convenient for us to go to the county town or the provincial capital.

Although many things can be bought and done in the county town, many things can also be done in the county town.

But when it comes to selling things and finding odd jobs, people in the capital city still pay higher prices.

My eldest daughter-in-law took my daughter with her yesterday to see if there was anyone in the city who would buy their embroidery. As for the others, they were all there to sell things or find odd jobs. "

"I see." Luo Xiaoran nodded.

I didn't expect that the village I found was a place with convenient transportation, located between the county town and the provincial capital.

There is no market in the village. If you want to buy something, you have to go to the county town at least.

However, people usually only go to county towns, because things in county towns are cheaper than in provincial cities, and economic development determines product quality and thus determines the level of prices.

After all, a horse-drawn carriage is faster than an ox-drawn carriage. It drove into the county town in the time it took to stick of incense. Luo Xiaoran followed the village chief's instructions and headed straight for the government office.

Because the village chief knew the clerk in charge, Luo Xiaoran and Xiao Xingchen's settlement went smoothly.

There was just one twist. Luo Xiaoran and Xiao Xingchen did not have their original household registration documents. Since they came here under the pretext of fleeing famine in the south, the government did not investigate further. The only difference was that the handling fee was a little higher.

In this way, Luo Xiaoran got her ID card here, a household registration document of a female household, the head of the household was Luo Xiaoran, and the member was Luo Xingchen.

The village chief was surprised when he first heard that Luo Xiaoran had established a female household.

It’s not because there were few people who established female households in this dynasty.

In fact, this dynasty was quite tolerant of women, and going shopping, opening a business, or even doing odd jobs were not criticized.

The reason for his surprise was that he had never realized that Luo Xiaoran was a girl, and he always thought that she and Xiao Xingchen were brothers.

Luo Xiaoran was dressed as a man all the way when she was fleeing from the famine. At first she didn't look like the man, but later she got better with practice and most people couldn't recognize her.