Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Under the city of Anyang.

They had camped outside Anyang City last night. They had already learned that everyone entering Anyang City would be inspected, and the entrance fee was half a tael of silver per person.

The village chief discussed with several members of the Liu family that the next city was far away, so they needed to stock up on food and water.

Five people from the village went to the city to see if they could buy some more brown rice and black flour. They heard that there was someone selling water in the city.

The two brothers Liu Shihu, who led the team, were given 20 taels of silver. Liu Shihu, Liu Shinan, the old hunter, Xu Fugui, and Yang Nianhua drove an empty ox cart and pushed two wheelbarrows filled with water bags. Everyone had a machete on their waist.

Liu Yuhan was also going to the city with his mother and grandmother. Old Lady Jiang asked Liu Daling to ask Li to keep an eye on the children.

Liu Daling...he also wanted to go into the city.

In Anyang City, all merchants kept their doors open to attract business. Although there were not many people, it was still bustling.

Liu Yuhan brought her grandmother and mother to a noodle stall and sat down to order three bowls of noodles, which tasted average.

After eating, I walked around a bit. I bought some needles and thread, as well as shoe soles and uppers. Shoes don't last long on the road, so it's always good to have a few on hand.

The three of them walked into the medicine shop, and Liu Yuhan spent ten taels to buy summer heat herbs, detoxification pills, typhoid medicine, etc. He put the medicine into the space when no one was around.

I went to the bookstore again and found that Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Names, Thousand Character Classic, and Rules for Disciples were all enlightenment books.

The Analects, Mencius, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Learning, and Policy Essays were all required for the imperial examinations. They also copied out the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic.

Liu Yuhan bought "The Rules for Disciples" and "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" for his younger siblings.

These books are not easy to understand. Without someone to teach them, it's hard to grasp their deeper meanings. Let them memorize them first. Yang Zhi was enlightened late, and he only learned the Analects. He could still explain some of the more superficial things.

If it really doesn't work, Liu Yuhan can just Baidu while learning. After all, in modern teaching, classical Chinese is just a part of the learning. However, because she studies calligraphy, she has been exposed to it more, so she can still understand simple explanations. If it doesn't work, just Baidu so as not to mislead the students.

The books were very expensive; three of them cost six taels.

Seeing Liu Yuhan's simple attire, Old Lady Jiang and Lady Liu wanted to buy her a silver hairpin, but Liu Yuhan refused. Instead, they chose three silver hairpins for her grandmother, her mother, and her own aunt. The total was six taels of silver, which was what they requested.

Liu Yuhan wanted to buy better things for them, but they were unwilling.

Liu Yuhan doesn't like wearing jewelry. She thinks it is inconvenient and cumbersome when working. The bun is very good and convenient.

She also wanted to cut her hair shorter, but in ancient times, the hair on one's body was given by one's parents and should not be damaged easily. This matter could only be discussed later and could only be done secretly.

Ask them to buy some hairpins and small items for sisters Liu Yun, Liu Yao, and Liu Xiang.

They had silver sewn into their clothes before, five taels each for adults and two taels each for children. So their nanny and mother could spend what they wanted, and if they didn't have any, Liu Yuhan would give them more.

Liu Yuhan bought a Luban lock and a nine-linked ring for Xiaosi, and a small wooden sword and a small wooden hammer for Xiaowu that were better than the ones he was using now.

Liu Yuhan asked her grandmother what she wanted to bring for her grandfather, as she really didn't know what her grandfather liked best.

Old Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "Your grandfather, just bring him some food and drink. If he has a little wine, he will be so happy that he will go crazy."

Liu Yuhan went into a restaurant and bought two pots of wine, one for his grandfather and one for his great-uncle Liu Xiaoman. Seeing that the restaurant had cooked whole chickens for sale, he generously bought 10 chickens, spending a total of one tael of silver.

When the chickens arrived, we got two for our family, two for our uncle's family, and the rest were given to other people in the village.

The three of them went to the pork stall and bought the remaining half of the pig, asking the butcher to cut it up for them. The pork cost 25 wen a jin, which cost them nearly 2 liang.

Old Mrs. Jiang was getting anxious! How could Ni'er spend so much money? Liu Yuhan whispered in her ear, "This is what we got from the village. Besides the 50 or so taels we gave to the villagers, there are still 100 taels left. We can't tell anyone else."

Old Mrs. Jiang immediately became generous and said, "Go ahead and buy it."

I also bought four big meat buns for each of my father and his family who were coming to the city, a total of 20 buns, each costing 4 wen, so I spent 80 wen.

I found several bun shops, packed up the buns and steamed buns, and put them in the space where there was no one.

Liu Yuhan and the others all wore face scarves and didn't care too much about other people's opinions.

Seeing that my grandmother and mother's backpacks were full, I went to find my father and the others first.

They rushed to the rice shop street and saw Liu Shinan and the other four. Xu Fugui was worried about the ox cart guarding the city gate. This was the only ox cart in their village, what would they do if it was lost?

As for why Liu Shinan and the others took so long, it was of course because Yang Nianhua followed them. They went from one rice shop to another to ask about the price. In the end, they compared prices from three different shops and decided to buy from the one with the best discount.

They only buy the cheapest brown rice and black flour. Brown rice had previously risen to 25 wen in Shitou Town, but now it's 30 wen per jin, and black flour 32 wen per jin. It's more than five or six times higher than in previous years!

There was no other way to buy, so they spent 15 taels of silver to buy 300 catties of brown rice and nearly 200 catties of black flour. Four people pushed a wheelbarrow and first pulled the grain to the ox cart at the city gate.

Liu Shinan took his mother and wife's backpacks and put them on the oxcart first. Liu Yuhan gave them some buns and told them to eat them when they got to the city gate.

They put the food on the oxcart and covered it with rags. They ate the sweet meat buns and were very satisfied.

They only ate one of the four meat buns. They wrapped the rest and put them in their arms, ready to take them back for their family. Liu Shinan ate it all and asked his eldest brother to finish his own, but his brother-in-law didn't care.

Xu Fugui, the old hunter, Yang Nianhua...

Liu Shihu, the old hunter, also stayed behind to guard the place with Xu Fugui.

Liu Shinan and Yang Nianhua also needed to buy water, so they pushed a wheelbarrow to meet up with Liu Yuhan and the others. They went to the place they had previously arranged to buy water.

There is water in Liu Yuhan's space, but where can he find a hidden place?

The group walked towards the south of the city, where they saw several deep wells managed by the county government. They should be groundwater or something, as there was no shortage of water in that area.

The county government officials controlled the water sales, and even said that this was to prevent riots, and the money earned was used to treat the victims. I really don’t know how to put it... Treat the victims? Why didn’t we see any food or porridge distributed at the city gates?

After hearing this, Old Lady Jiang scolded them.

He is truly a good public servant of the people, and he goes wherever there is money.

There were many people lining up to buy water. A large wooden spoon could fill a water bag. The price was 30 wen each, which was an exorbitant price!

There were more than 400 people in their famine-stricken group, and they had taken about 200 water bags from their wheelbarrows. The remaining five taels of silver were still a little short.

Looking at such a long line, Liu Yuhan asked her father to trick her uncle away, and she, her mother and grandmother went to find a place to get water.

Yang Nianhua was dragged away like this. He suddenly realized that he didn't understand this younger brother at all. Not only did he not leave any buns for his family when he ate them, but now he actually left three women behind!

Yang Nianhua decided to go back and talk to his wife and let her have a good chat with his younger brother.

Liu Yuhan took his mother and grandmother to a remote alley. There was a dilapidated door in the alley. When they pushed the door open, there was no one inside, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

The three of them checked inside to make sure no one was there. Liu was guarding the door, while Liu Yuhan was in a room. He brought two wheelbarrows into the space and began pouring water non-stop, filling up all 200 water bags.

He also took the smaller of the two water jars taken from the bandits, cleaned it, filled it with water, and made space for it.

Liu was pushing a wheelbarrow with a water tank slowly. Liu Yuhan had covered the water tank with a wooden lid and a piece of gray cloth on top.

Liu Yuhan and her grandmother were pushing a wheelbarrow filled with water bags. It was quite heavy.

I went to the place where I had agreed to meet Liu Shinan, and sure enough, I saw him and Yang Nianhua coming over.

Yang Nianhua always felt that it was not appropriate and insisted on coming to find his mother-in-law and the others. Liu Shinan saw that it was almost time and followed them.

Before Yang Nianhua could even wonder why they had bought the water so quickly, her mother-in-law told her to push the cart.

The group met up with a few people at the city gate.

When they walked out of the city gate, they didn't stop when they saw the villagers. They asked the village chief to tell people to follow them. Didn't they see that a group of people at the city gate were eyeing the things in their car?

They stopped to rest in the woods beside the official road ten miles away from the city gate.