Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Qin Luosheng did not stay for another day. The next day, he packed up his things and headed north.

After traveling several times from north to south, Qin Luoqi no longer felt unfamiliar. Instead, she felt extremely familiar along the way. Her biggest ideal now, which she needed to realize as soon as possible, was to ensure that everyone could read and write, have enough food and clothing.

Arriving in Pingshan County, Luo Yu went to find a brokerage firm and sold the horse and carriage she had bought earlier. With her eloquence, she actually earned two taels of silver.

Luo Yu took the two taels of silver and stayed overnight there, preparing to take a boat to Lezhu County early in the morning. Luo Yu thought along the way, he would stop by Liangzhou to see how the Fang family was doing. After their last separation, who knew they would be so far apart, and it would be very difficult to see each other again.

Since there was no major flood last year, Pingshan County has regained its prosperity of previous years. In addition, with a large wharf close to Wanjiang River, it has developed very rapidly. Luo Yu found the best inn in the county to stay in. Thinking that he had stayed here for a few days before, the time passed by in a flash, and it seemed like a lifetime ago.

She carried all her belongings in a backpack. Fortunately, these backpacks had already become popular in the market among ordinary people, and no one would doubt her uniqueness.

Early in the morning, she bought a few large meat buns and some pancakes. In this weather, they could be kept for two days, so she decided to save as much as possible. When she boarded the boat, she found that most of the men on board were businessmen.

Although she dressed as a man, anyone with a discerning eye could tell she was a woman.

When the boat was about to leave, someone came up at the last moment. Luo Yu was standing on the deck looking at the turbulent river. He took a quick glance and found that the man was dressed tightly, with a half mask on the upper half of his face, leaving only two eyes and a mouth exposed, which looked strange.

There are more than twenty rooms on this ship. If you stay in one room alone, it will cost two taels of silver per night. A double room will cost one tael of silver per night, and a quadruple room will cost five hundred wen per night.

Luo Yu thought that she was a woman, so she gritted her teeth and lived in a single room for two taels of silver.

The room next door was said to be the best single room, and it cost five taels of silver to stay in for one night. When Qin Luoqie walked into the small room, she saw the man who had just boarded the boat last was staying next door. When he saw her, he immediately turned his head to the side and went into the room and closed the door.

Luo Yu vaguely felt that something was wrong. During the past few days of staying at the inn, she always felt that the person living in the next room was acting suspiciously. Could it be that the same person had been living next door to her these days?

After she entered the house, she muttered, "Logically, Su Xiaoxiao doesn't have any enemies, right? Could it be that Mr. Deng is here to take me back and get married again?"

The room was very small, with only a small bed and a small table. Qin Luoqi put his bag on the table, lay down and took a nap for a while, but he still felt uneasy, so he quietly got up from the bed and decided to find out who lived next door.

She tiptoed out of the house and saw that the door next door was locked. She pushed it gently and it was locked. A grown man was locking the door from inside. There must be something fishy going on.

She just stood outside and waited, not believing that the man would not come out for some fresh air.

After a while, there was a noise of some people coming from a guest room on the ship. Most of the people on this ship were businessmen who were knowledgeable and experienced. When Qin Luoluo, who was disguised as a man, went in to see what these people were doing, they did not find it strange.

When Qin Luoqi saw these people playing cards, she almost laughed out loud. It seemed that the things she promoted were really effective during such a boring journey.

"So you're playing three-player cards?"

A man turned around to look at her and said in surprise: "You know this card too?"

"I heard that this card game was passed down by a girl. I happened to meet that girl once, so I not only know how to play with three players, but also some of the two-player and four-player games."

"Girls actually know how to play?"

"Since there are so many of you, I can teach you various multiplayer games, including classic upgrades, drawing joker cards, and twenty-four. I see that you are all businessmen, so your math should be pretty good. Twenty-four is especially suitable for everyone to play."

"How do you play this twenty-four?"

Luo Yu touched his chin and said with a smile: "I wonder if you are all proficient in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? If you are, this game is extremely simple. It's just a competition of who can do mental arithmetic faster."

Several businessmen who travelled all year round to buy goods wondered what difficulty this was. However, they thought this poker method was indeed interesting, as it was actually related to arithmetic.

Luo Yu took the cards handed to her by a young man, and an elder made room for her to sit down.

Luo Yu sat down gracefully, skillfully shuffling the cards back and forth in her hands. The cards in her hand were shuffled like flowing water. The onlookers exclaimed in amazement, it seemed that this girl was indeed an old hand.

"I'll randomly draw four numbers from the cards. Whoever adds, subtracts, multiplys, or divides them and the result is 24 wins. We're not going to play big. How about one penny per round? The loser gives the winner a penny."

Those who can travel far and wide can afford this little money, and they all nodded in agreement: "Okay, it's just a penny, let's try something new."

"Then let me explain how to play. The Ace represents 1, the Jack represents 11, the Queen represents 12, and the King represents 13. The two jokers are not needed for now. I'll show you how to play."

After Luo Yu finished speaking, he casually drew four cards and arranged them on the table: 7, 3, 9, and 12.

She smiled gently at everyone, playing with the other cards in her hand, and said slowly: "Can everyone calculate how these four numbers make 24?"

Everyone looked at the numbers and started to calculate hard.

I waited for a long time, but no one figured it out.

Luo Yu glanced at the eight people in the room. Three of them should have come out together to deliver goods, and the other five didn't seem familiar to her. She probably came here like her, attracted by the noise of the three of them playing cards.

Although this one cent is not much, eight people will earn eight cents. With the speed at which she answers questions, it will be no problem for her to earn 400 cents in an hour. She can kill time and make money at the same time. Why not?

Luo Yu was very proud. This time, it was based on strength. Compared with the last number-writing game, it shouldn't be considered a scam. This time, they would definitely lose with a sense of conviction.

Finally someone responded: "I know how to calculate 24."

他顿了顿，答道,“先用12减去7得到数字5，再用5乘以3得到15，15加9便可以得出24。”

Luo Yu gave a thumbs-up, his face beaming with joy: "That's right, young master, you are truly amazing."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, but this number card game is really interesting, girl."

"Sir, just call me Su Xiaoxiao."

"Miss Su, my surname is Wu, Wu Qiancheng."

When the others heard the answer, they silently calculated it in their heads, and it was indeed 24. It seemed that these four random cards could add up to the number 24, which was really strange.

Qin Luoqi was afraid that others would suspect that she was playing tricks, so she asked everyone to take turns dealing cards. Everyone could deal cards according to their own interests, so that they could better participate in the atmosphere of the game.

First, Master Wu dealt the cards. He liked to draw cards from the bottom, and the numbers arranged on the table were 6, 8, 13, and 11.