Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

A day later, Zhang Xixi and her group arrived in Fuzhou.

Because it was almost dark when they entered Fuzhou, Zhang Xixi and her group found an inn to stay at.

Zhou Yuhao booked a superior room for Zhang Xixi and the others to rest, while he went out to buy some food.

"Come over and eat!"

"it is good!"

The three of them ate dinner together and then went to bed.

The next day they found out that there was an auction house in the area that sold a lot of things, including calligraphy, paintings and jewelry.

It happened to be held in the afternoon at the Jiuquan Teahouse. As long as you showed a 1,000 tael silver note and verified its authenticity, you could enter.

After lunch, Zhang Xixi and the others went to the Jiuquan Teahouse.

Looking at the dilapidated three-story building in front of her, Zhang Xixi asked in confusion, "Is this a teahouse?"

Zhou Yuhao looked at the toppling signboard and said, "This looks like the Jiuquan Teahouse."

"There's someone at the door, let's go ask!"

Zhou Yuhao nodded and walked forward.

"Young man, is this the Jiuquan Teahouse?"

"Yes, our distinguished guest is here to attend the auction."

Zhou Yuhao and the others nodded.

"Please come in, everyone!"

As we walked, I explained the rules of the auction.

This auction is held once a month, always in the middle of the month. Anyone with more than 1,000 taels of silver can enter, and those with more than 5,000 taels of silver can enter a private room.

The auction is conducted blindly. The items are displayed first, and then each person writes their price on a piece of paper. The item is sold to the person who bids the highest price.

This way, it's unknown who won the bid, thus ensuring the safety of the buyer and preventing someone from killing and stealing the item.

This method is not bad; it allows for the free auctioning of items.

Once inside, Zhang Xixi was truly amazed by the magnificent decorations!

So, the dilapidated exterior was just a cover?

It's truly a case of gold and jade inside, but rotten cotton on the outside!

When it was time to check the tickets, Zhang Xixi took out five 1,000-tael silver notes from her storage bag and handed them to the person in charge, and then booked a private room.

"Sir, this is the room number for your private room. Please follow me this way."

A waiter led Zhang Xixi and the others upstairs to a room with the character "moon" written on the door.

This room offers a view of the auction stage below.

"Distinguished guests, please have a seat!"

"Call me if there's going to be an auction later!" the servant said before leaving.

When Zhang Xixi and the others entered the room, they saw several chairs by the window, with some food on a small table next to them.

Sitting in the chair, you can clearly see the scene below; the position is pretty good.

Zhang Xixi and the others sat down and looked around, very curious as it was their first time there.

An hour later, the auction began.

The first item on display was a vase. Zhang Xixi didn't see anything special about it, but she was surprised that so many people wanted to take pictures of it.

One by one, the auction items were put up for auction. In the end, Zhang Xixi, with the help of the system's appraisal of rare treasures, bought a calligraphy copybook by a great Confucian scholar from the previous dynasty, a stone, and finally a luminous pearl.

It cost a total of three thousand taels of silver, which, according to the system's assessment, should be quite valuable.

Because she simply couldn't distinguish between good and bad things, and she couldn't tell the difference between real and fake.

After leaving the Jiuquan teahouse, it was already time for dinner.

This time they found a high-end restaurant, which is said to have delicious drunken duck.

I'm planning to try it today.

When they arrived at the restaurant, they ordered a plate of drunken duck and several vegetarian dishes.

Zhang Xixi picked up a piece of duck meat from the plate and took a bite. It tasted great and left a lingering aftertaste.

"Mom, how is it?" Da Bao asked, holding chopsticks and looking at the duck Q1.

"It's delicious! You guys should try some!"

After Zhang Xixi finished speaking, she put a piece on each of their plates.

The three of them quickly finished the plate of drunken duck.

"Mom, I want more!"

Zhou Yuhao stood up and said, "Okay, I'll ask the waiter to bring another plate."

Actually, he wanted to eat some more.

Zhou Yuhao went to the waiter and ordered another plate of drunken duck, which was the last plate left in the restaurant.

After eating two plates of drunken duck, Zhang Xixi's face turned red. She patted her burning face, wondering if she was drunk.

Suddenly, Da Bao's head slumped onto the table, but Zhou Yuhao quickly caught him.

"Dabao, what's wrong!"

Zhang Xixi also stood over and asked.

Da Bao even looked up at Zhang Xixi, "Mom, hehe!"

"Looks like he's drunk. Let's go to the clinic to get him checked out!"

Zhou Yuhao picked up Dabao and walked outside, with Zhang Xixi following behind. They went downstairs and paid the bill.

Fortunately, there's a clinic about 200 meters to the left after you go out.

They quickly carried Da Bao inside.

Zhou Yuhao kept calling out as he walked, "Doctor, doctor, please take a look at my child!"

An elderly doctor immediately came over and told him to put the child on the bed inside.

Then he asked a few questions and took her pulse.

"You're a little drunk, but it's okay. Just drink some hangover soup when you get home and you'll be fine!"

"It's good that you're alright!" Zhang Xixi was terrified.

However, we should eat less of this drunken duck in the future, especially for children.

It tastes good, but there was a bit too much alcohol in it, and it's too strong. That's why she's almost drunk.

Back at the inn, Zhang Xixi asked Zhou Yuhao to put Dabao on the larger bed inside.

She then took out a small water pouch, several cups, and a teapot from her storage bag.

The water pouch contained the spiritual spring water she had bought before setting off. She found a cup, poured a cup of water for Zhou Yuhao, and asked her to feed it to Dabao.

"Give Da Bao another cup of this water later, it's in the teapot outside!"

"it is good!"

Zhou Yuhao didn't intend to pry into the effects of the water, because he soon discovered that his wife had a secret after returning home.

Neither the potions that could increase production nor the pills they took out were ordinary items.

Although my wife said it was given to her by her master, that master has never appeared in the past few years.

He figured these were probably his wife's magical tricks, so he secretly helped her perfect her lies as quickly as possible.

Then he went out and brewed the hangover remedies he had bought.

However, she felt she probably wouldn't need it anymore; the spiritual spring water could gradually alleviate her drunkenness, and she would probably be fine in a little while.

After the medicine was brewed, Da Bao's face was no longer red, and his breathing returned to normal.

Zhang Xixi looked at Da Bao and asked, "Do we still need to feed him the hangover soup?"

Zhou Yuhao touched Da Bao's forehead before saying, "No need. All medicine has side effects, so it's better to take less medicine!"

Zhang Xixi nodded and moved a chair over to sit on the edge of the bed.

The couple stayed by their child's side until he woke up and was alright before they went to rest.

It was already past midnight, and the night watchman had struck the gong several times.

The next day, even when the sun was high in the sky, the family still didn't get up.