Good luck every time

Li Erheng is not good. He doesn't care what others think at all.

The waiter's eyes rolled around, as if he was weighing something.

As soon as he hesitated, Li Er realized that something was wrong.

"What? Did I really get it right? What's the trick here?"

The waiter hurriedly smiled.

"Ouch! Oh, sir, what are you talking about? There is no trick at all..."

"That is... that is, the room rate is not calculated based on the number of rooms, it is calculated based on... hehe... based on the number of people..."

If we calculate it based on per capita basis, the account will be different immediately.

A large bunk bed can hold ten people, a room can hold three hundred people, a middle room can hold two people, and a room can hold four hundred wen.

This middle room is almost half-decker, and even in the city, it is ridiculously expensive.

Moreover, Li Erji reasonably suspected that there would be more tricks in the upper room.

Neither he nor Li Ruyi needed such a luxurious room, so he turned around and asked the escort leader.

"What do you think?"

What can the escort leader see?

“It’s a bit expensive…”

Li Er nodded after hearing this.

"Then we'll have one middle room, and the rest will have large dormitories, twelve dormitories in total."

The waiter immediately became happy when he heard this.

"Wait!"

Seeing that he was so happy, Li Eryi pulled him back.

"How do you guys calculate meals here? Do we rent a kitchen and cook it ourselves?"

Judging from the nature of the rent here, Li Er reasonably suspected that if they ate here, it might not be the food that was eaten, but them.

The waiter smiled in a flattering manner.

"This... there is no reason to rent out the kitchen. Besides, our chefs are very skilled and the ingredients are fresh. Eating here is more..."

Li Er turned around and said to the escort leader.

"Arrange two people to cook outside. I will be guarding the things tonight. If you need anything, come find me at the carriage."

The escort leader was not surprised to hear this and immediately made arrangements.

Li Ruyi sat in the carriage and listened to Li Er's arrangements.

Xiaoman lifted the car curtain with curiosity and looked outside, but she was a little distracted and no one knew where her mind was going.

The waiter felt guilty and annoyed when listening to Li Er's arrangements.

Li Er followed the waiter into the inn and gave the waiter specific instructions before choosing a room.

"If you want money for the bedding, you can arrange for someone to take it away in advance. You don't need the teapot either..."

The waiter was unhappy.

"Sir, this hot tea is free!"

Li Er waved his hand.

"We are all rough people who are not used to drinking tea, so there is no need to bring it up."

Since I have cooked the meal myself, it is not difficult to boil some water at the same time.

The waiter's mouth twitched, and his heart was filled with stubbornness, wanting to sell something to Li Er.

But Li Er seemed to know what he was thinking.

"This big heated bed won't cost money, right?"

Waiter:......

"I'll need some money for the firewood..."

"Then we can bring our own firewood and burn it ourselves!"

Li Erda waved his hand to stop the waiter from saying anything.

Good guy, he just called him good guy.

Is staying in a hotel so pure?

"By the way, does it cost money to put the goods in your backyard? We brought fodder for the horses, so we don't need yours."

Waiter:......

"You have to pay to store goods in the backyard, but it's very..."

"Captain, leave the goods outside, feed the horses here, and arrange for someone to keep watch."

After saying that, he turned around and said to the waiter.

"We don't need twelve rooms anymore. Six will be enough."

Waiter:......

Are you still a human being if you are so stingy? Half and half of them have to take turns to keep watch, and even the house they live in has to be rotated?

The escort leader had no objection. Escorting was hard work and it was common to sleep outdoors in the winter. It was already very good to have a place to keep warm, shelter from the cold and rest.

After finding out everything, Li Er began to make arrangements.

The caravan started moving immediately and everyone quickly split into two parts.

Some of them immediately went to the inn to rest, while the others collected firewood and started a fire.

I heard that it would cost money to make a fire, so Li Erda waved his hand and said, "No need for you, we can do it ourselves."

The waiter forced himself to maintain a smile on his face, and only when he was out of Li Er's sight did he spat in his direction.

He returned to the counter angrily. The muscular shopkeeper gave him a look. He rolled his eyes in Li Er's direction and made a gesture to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's expression faded a little, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Logically speaking, Li Er and Li Ruyi should take turns to keep watch, but both of them are worried about Xiaoman staying alone in the inn, so Li Er decides to keep watch alone all night, and Li Ruyi just needs to listen for any noise, and if anything unexpected happens, he will blow the whistle.

Seeing Li Nian setting up camp in the distance, Li Ruyi took Xiaoman and some others to find a room in the inn.

The waiter was originally very hostile to Li Erji and his group, but when he saw Li Ruyi, his attitude became warm again.

"Girl, are you going forward with the escort agency's people?"

Li Ruyi glanced at the waiter. Her eyes seemed to have some kind of penetrating power that instantly pierced through Xiao Wai's heart.

The waiter panicked and quickly lowered his eyes to pretend to be well-behaved, but in fact he didn't want to look Li Ruyi in the eye.

Li Ruyi looked the waiter over before speaking in a low voice.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about."

The waiter quickly smiled.

"Yes, yes, yes! I was impolite, I hope you will forgive me."

He stood where he was, not daring to move closer to Li Ruyi. Li Ruyi walked past him and went to the backyard. Xiaoman followed behind Li Ruyi, also looking at the waiter with curiosity.

The waiter just raised his head, and before he could make too many expressions, he saw a mischievous little girl staring at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, full of curiosity.

Waiter:......

He almost couldn't retract the eye roll that was about to appear.

Xiaoman saw his eyes twitching and was full of curiosity. She happily went to call Li Ruyi.

“Second sister… Second sister!”

Li Ruyi was waiting in front, and Xiaoman ran over and grabbed her sleeve.

"Second sister, please be nicer to that man. He has eye problems and he had a cramp just now."

"This is the first time I've seen someone whose eyeballs can twitch!"

Li Ruyi listened to Xiaoman's words, her tone gentle yet perfunctory.

"Oh……"

"Yeah!"

Waiter:......

We went to the middle room of the inn. It was not a very good room. It was just a square room with a small kang. It was quite regular, but not big.

There are cabinets and a kang table on the kang.

The room was filled with the smell of incense. Li Ruyi looked around as he walked, and the waiter stood at the door listening to his instructions.

There aren't many people coming here usually, and now that it's winter, there are even fewer people coming and going.

Now, only Li Ruyi and his group are staying in the entire inn.

Li Ruyi reached out and touched the kang mat. Not seeing any obvious dust, he nodded.

"Well! The room is OK! Go down, I'll arrange for someone to call you if anything happens."

The waiter bowed and walked out.

After hearing everyone leave, Li Ruyi turned around and looked at Xiaoman.

Xiaoman frowned and waited for a moment before speaking.

"This incense smells wrong. I can't feel it for a short time. If I smell it for a long time, it will make my internal energy flow poorly. I..."

She sniffed hard, trying to figure out what medicinal herbs were here.

Seeing this, Li Ruyi reached out and covered her nose.

"Why are you so unguarded? What if this is just a medicine inducer, and combined with other medicines, it poisons you? If you knew there was something fishy going on, just smell it less!"

Xiaoman agreed obediently.

"Oh!"

Only then did Li Ruyi put his hand down.

She opened the door of the room, trying to ventilate the room and get rid of the smell.

Xiaoman helped her, but after the winter wind had been blowing into the house for two quarters of an hour, the smell was still the same as when they first came in.

Li Ruyi didn't waste any more energy. She closed the door and started searching the house.

Xiaoman followed her.

The two searched the house twice but couldn't find anything that emitted the smell.

Li Ruyi frowned, feeling that it was not right.

Xiaoman also scratched his face, feeling a little troubled.

"Strange, I always feel that the smell comes from here, but I can't find the source no matter how hard I look!?"

After saying this, the two sisters looked at each other.

Xiaoman gave Li Ruyi a wink, and Li Ruyi understood instantly.

The two of them walked quietly to the kang. Li Ruyi bent down and began to feel the kang wall with his fingers.

As she touched him, her expression changed slightly.

There is actually a soft patch on the wall of this kang...

Li Ruyi hesitated for a moment, then stood up without moving.

Xiaoman looked at her, somewhat puzzled.

You all know there's something fishy about this room, yet you're doing nothing?

Li Ruyi shook her head, signaling her not to alert the enemy.

Outside, the waiter had already reached the shopkeeper.

"how?"

"They are a bunch of poor fellows, but there is a girl who is pretty and worth some money. Judging from her appearance, she must be from a prominent family, so she can be a good hostage."

The shopkeeper frowned.

"Poor guy? Not necessarily! Can't you see that those people are hired escorts from the escort agency? So many escorts cost a lot of money. If they can't make three to five thousand taels this time, I'm afraid they can't even get back their capital!"

The waiter thought about it and it made sense, but he really couldn't figure out how Li Ercheng, who was so stingy, could come up with the money to purchase the goods.

"This... But that person is too stingy. Apart from the accommodation, he didn't spend a penny. He even asked if he needed money for the tea and firewood in the room."

“It doesn’t cost a penny more.”

The shopkeeper stroked the goatee on his chin and wanted to slap the waiter in the face.

"That means he used all his money to buy goods, and he doesn't have much cash on him!"

"There are just too many escorts here, and I don't know if this shipment is worth stealing."

The waiter showed a look of disgust.

"This person is really a maggot. He doesn't bite people but makes people sick. There are so many people living outside. We can't kill them even if we try to poison them."

The shopkeeper is thinking about it.

"Since they are so stingy, let's see if we can take advantage of it. You and Fatty go get them two buckets of hot water and tell them it's free. See if that stingy guy wants it."

The waiter nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, then let's use the drugs we usually use?"

The shopkeeper waved his hand.

"No, don't do that for now! This is our first time delivering something, those people will definitely be very wary. Even if that stingy guy wants it, the escorts around him will persuade him."

"Let's send him some goodies first to make him relax his guard, and then we can give him a fatal blow when we find an opportunity."

The waiter suddenly understood and gave a thumbs up to praise the shopkeeper.

"High!"

The shopkeeper was a little proud and waved his hand, telling the waiter to get ready quickly.

Two buckets of hot water were quickly prepared, and the waiter and a tall, fat man in the kitchen each carried a bucket out.

Before leaving, he gave the shopkeeper a knowing smile, and the shopkeeper nodded.

Li Ershi has already arranged for people to collect a lot of firewood.

In fact, not all the people he brought with him were bodyguards. Some of them were laborers recruited from outside by Li Ruyi who knew some fighting skills.

These people also do odd jobs, but because they know some martial arts, they can follow the caravan on long trips and often earn more money.

But this money is earned by risking one's life. Other laborers may not earn any money at most, but they may lose their lives on the way.

Life is hard. Although everyone knows that this is a job that requires little effort, once the money is in place, people will still come forward to do it.

The bodyguards don't like to do hard labor when they go out. Things like collecting firewood, making fire and cooking are mostly done by the coolies.

These are also the people under Li Er's command.

The escorts have already gathered together, and are arranged by the escort leader to either rest or wait to be served by coolies.

This was also agreed upon before coming here. Li Ruyi had already paid the full amount of money, so naturally no one would make trouble.

Just as everyone was moving in an orderly manner, the waiter and the tall, fat man came over carrying hot water.

Hot steam rose from the bucket, as if smoke was enveloping the two of them.

Li Er heard the noise, looked back and frowned slightly.

The waiter greeted him warmly.

"Sir, this is the free hot water from our store. Let's drink some to warm ourselves up!"

Li Er didn't show any of the joy he had imagined.

There was even a hint of disgust.

This is something that only people who don't know how to do things can do.

If Li Er were to do this, he would definitely cut in some ginger and bring the bowl over.

Ginger soup in winter is more attractive than hot water.

Moreover, he would drink a bowl himself first to let the other party know, so that they would be at ease and it would be easier for him to act later.

Even if the other party really has doubts and does not accept his good intentions, his attitude will definitely be much softer.

But what is this now?

"Thank you for your kindness, little brother. It's just that we are out and about, so it's hard for us to accept it. If he asks for money tomorrow morning, we won't be able to explain it to him!"

Waiter:......

This stingy guy is not only stingy, but also very cautious.

Li Er's cautiousness and angles confirmed his reputation as a "stingy person".

Most people can't find this kind of worry angle.

"Our inn has always been fair to everyone. Those who want money will pay, and those who don't want money don't want money. There is no need to worry, sir."

The waiter's words sounded a little unconfident.

I always feel that it sounds unpleasant no matter how I listen to it.

Li Ershi gave a polite smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"I appreciate your kindness. I just judged you by my own standards. I hope you can forgive me. But please don't use hot water. We will be making ginger soup later, which does not require hot water."

The waiter was a little anxious and wanted to persuade him, but before he opened his mouth, the man who came with him became extremely impatient.

"If you don't want it, then don't waste your words on him! I think you should just go back and soak your feet in the hot water!"