After dressing as a superb old woman, I am bound to the power system

"Guests are really discerning. I can guarantee that my boat is the largest on this river. It will definitely transport you across the river safely!"

As the shopkeeper said this, he stood up and led Duan Mingjing to take a look at the Wang family's boat parked at the mouth of the river.

It's really big.

Duan Mingjing estimated that one carriage could be crammed into the bow and stern of the ship, but three carriages would not be possible and would require an extra trip.

"Then how do you calculate the shipping fee?" Duan Mingjing asked.

The shopkeeper picked up the abacus on the cabinet and crackled it, "Our boat is charged per person, two hundred cents per person, and items that are not human are charged per catty, and one catty is ten cents. I see your carriage

There’s a lot of stuff. There’s also the shipping fee, which costs three taels of silver per shipment. If you can’t finish the shipment in one trip, you’ll have to ship it twice.”

"How about I give you a discount and put it all together and make twenty taels?" the shopkeeper said with a smile, and his service attitude seemed to be much better than before.

Duan Mingjing thought he heard wrongly, twenty taels?

What the hell?

When he was eating, drinking and having fun in the capital, it only cost fifteen taels to rent a boat for one night, and it only cost twenty taels at dawn.

Although the cost of food and drink is not included.

Now this boat costs twenty taels of silver to take their family across the river? That's half an hour's worth of time!

Why don't you go and grab it!

Duan Mingjing was so angry that his teeth itched! He glared at the fat shopkeeper in front of him, and walked angrily to Qiao Lan, "Mom, this shopkeeper is asking for an exorbitant price! He said that it will cost us twenty taels of silver for all of us to cross the river!"

Twenty taels?

So many?

The fat shopkeeper was not in a hurry and looked at the Duan family with kind eyes.

When Qiao Lan came to the river mouth, she looked around and saw that there were small boats all around.

The river is not too turbulent, so transporting people across is relatively easy, but transporting a carriage with so much food on board is probably not easy.

The Duan family doesn't have much food, so it's hard to avoid attracting attention when it's displayed in plain sight.

But sending a group of them there would cost twenty taels of silver, which was too expensive!

Qiao Lan immediately gave up the idea of ​​paying!

[Ding dong! It has been detected that the host is facing difficulties, and the system is about to release a random task.

It doesn’t matter if the boat ride is too expensive!

As long as you don’t spend a penny, the money will not be less!

Ask the host to lead a family across the river successfully every day without spending a penny on the team or accepting financial assistance!

The mission lasts for 2 days, and the mission reward is forty taels of silver! Forty mission points!]

Qiao Lan:......

Qiao Lan was speechless when she heard this task. What does it mean to cross the river without spending a penny? Is there such a thing as pie in the sky?

"This task of yours is too harsh!" Qiao Lan complained.

[I believe that the host has discovered that all the tasks in the system are set according to the surrounding situation! There may be an opportunity to take a free boat ride waiting for the host, the host should not miss it! 】

The tone of the system is a little excited.

Qiao Lan thought about it carefully, and it did make sense.

The system will not issue tasks to her that she cannot complete at all, but will tell her information that may be hidden in the form of tasks.

Twenty taels of silver was something Duan's family couldn't afford, but it was easy for He Fang.

He Fang called Chen Shu and whispered a few words.

Chen Shu came over with a smile, "Old lady! My master asked me to pass a message to you..."

"It's Manager Chen! What's wrong?" Qiao Lan responded politely.

"My master said that before, old lady, you built a bridge for us to cross, and my master was kind to the old lady! How about this time, let us pay you the money to take you across the river!" Chen Shu said with a polite smile.

They have no shortage of silver. Twenty taels of silver is a small thing for them.

If you can escape with a carriage and have enough food when you are fleeing, you will have more or less money on you.

The Duan family can afford twenty taels of silver, but they are running for their lives now.

If the situation is urgent, Qiao Lan will definitely give money to let her family leave first. But judging from the information revealed by the system, it is very safe here.

At least when I entered the city, I didn't see anyone escaping with their families and their families like them.

Qiao Lan suspected that the traffic in ancient times was so congested that the news from the capital had not yet reached here, and the local officials here did not know that the capital was in chaos.

In addition, they came through the woods and rarely saw other people who were fleeing with them.

The Wang family felt that they were from out of town and could take advantage of them.

The Zhuo River is extremely spacious, and the only way to cross it is by boat.

"Let's find a place to rest first, and then we can inquire more! Chen'er, go find a slightly more spacious yard!" Qiao Lan ordered.

Because Qiao Lan gave him a small amount of money this time, Duan Mingchen found a courtyard that was much better than before. There were five side rooms, two small courtyards, a kitchen and a hall, and there was a well in the courtyard.

It is convenient to fetch water, open the door to the street, and it is also convenient to buy things.

What's more important is that renting this yard for two days only costs sixty cents.

There is a huge difference between sixty Wen and twenty Liang.

A group of people bustled into the yard, unloaded things, cleaned up the house, fetched water for cooking, and cooked tea and steamed rice.

Qiao Lan took some money from the box and gave a little to each of Wang and Duan Mingjing.

Qiao Lan gave Wang the money to buy some practical things that she would need to live here for a few days.

The message was given to Duan Mingjing with the intention of asking him to inquire about the news.

A group of people came out to escape. They hadn't taken a shower for a long time. They were dirty and needed a good wash!

Considering the large number of people, Duan Mingchen rented a courtyard with three stoves.

There are two stoves in the kitchen, one for cooking rice and one for cooking.

There is also a stove that cannot be called a stove. It is a small platform built and placed in a side room inside to boil water for the owner of the house.

There happened to be a large bathtub next to the small stove, with very few furniture and ornaments.

In Qiao Lan's opinion, this place is just for them to take a bath!

He immediately found a room and asked someone to boil water for a bath.

The town is no better than the old forests in the mountains, and it is difficult to cut firewood. Farmers in the mountains mostly chop the firewood and bring it to sell. A bundle of firewood costs a penny.

The Duan family bought six large bundles of firewood to boil water and cook food.

The woman bathed the child first, then herself, and then the man.

Some are in the bathtub, and some use the bucket directly.

Not only did I take a shower, I also washed my hair.

There is also soap these days, which is made from pig pancreas mixed with plant ash. It is called pancreatic soap, and it is expensive.

The Duan family couldn't afford it, so they could only buy bean pods pounded into paste, and wash their hair with water soaked in the bean pods before taking a bath.

Qiao Lan is generally satisfied with taking a bath!

I haven't washed in so many days, and it's rare to take a hot bath! The white dirt that was rubbed out all over the bathtub almost made Qiao Lan cry while washing. She had never been so dirty in her life.

Fortunately, no lice!

If she really got lice, she would scream!

Duan Mingjing cleaned up, changed into bright clothes, didn't eat anything, and went out with his mother's mission.

Qiao Lan entrusted Duan Mingjing with an important task, to go out and inquire about the Wang family!