Chapter 427: Doing Business
The stall owner selling sea fish was a strange man with a chubby body and a small, almost triangular head. At this moment, he seemed to feel their fingers and pointed at them. He turned his head and looked at them curiously with a pair of overly large eyes. He suddenly grinned and showed a mouthful of yellowish teeth.
This scene was a little horrible, and Wen Bingyan's hand holding the curtain trembled slightly, hurriedly blocking the gaze of the outside world. Even so, when she recalled it, she always felt a little scared in her heart.
And in fact, she also vaguely noticed one thing, that is, since the caravan entered this small town, it seemed that everyone in the town would look at it with curious eyes. Although she didn't keep staring at it, it also made people feel a little rude.
Although it can be explained that the trade routes here are blocked, so few outsiders come in. It seems natural to be curious if they come once, but she always feels that there is another special meaning behind those eyes, which makes her dare not think about it carefully.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Wen Bingyan gave an order to find an inn to rest for a night and wait until tomorrow morning to continue the trip.
What she didn't say was that if it went well, maybe she could return tomorrow, but if it didn't go well, although she would return, there should be one person missing.
After walking around this strange town for a while, I accidentally found that most of the shops here are shops, there seemed to be no inns, and even the houses where the people live were rarely seen, just as all the residents here came here just to shop and buy things, which made everyone feel a little weird.
After a long time, I finally found an inn with a door open. The person in charge of watching the store was a proprietress who was dressed in a bit charming and charming manner.
The business was deserted at this moment. The tables and chairs in the lobby were stacked with brand new ones, and no guest was seen. The boss was in the kitchen and didn't know what he was busy with. It was not until a guard shouted that he stuck his head out and looked at it. He seemed a little surprised to see so many guests, and then greeted him with a smile.
"Do you want to be the best or stay?"
The boss lady who seemed to be a little old but still charming said as she gave a charming look to the young men who were full of energy, making them turn their eyes a little red and embarrassedly. She felt it was quite interesting and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckled.
"We want to stay for one night." Wen Bingyan stood up as the chief clerk and asked in confusion, "Boss, why are you the only one inn in this town?"
"Because, there are too few people here, and my inn is only open when I have nothing to do..." The boss lady arranged for them, and seemed to chuckled meaningfully, and then asked curiously again, "All the guests are from outside, right? Are you here to do something?"
“Too few people?”
Wen Bingyan frowned slightly, feeling a little strange in her heart. As she walked along the way, there were clearly many passersby passing by, and there were even more people in some shops that needed to queue. It was impossible for everyone to leave in the morning and evening, so they didn’t need accommodation, right?
Although I felt strange in my heart, I still replied: "We are a caravan, and we have to do business by passing by."
"Cargoyle?" The boss lady was slightly stunned, and then chuckled again, "I'm going to hide it from the girl. Most of the passers-by here are here to do business."
This was expected by Wen Bingyan. After all, there are shops everywhere outside, and the business is also very good. It is much lively than Qingyang City. It must be a place with quite developed business.
It's just strange that why is this kind of inconsistency happening under such remote and harsh environmental conditions?
In response, she also asked the boss's wife about the specific situation here, but she did not get the other party's answer. Once the specific situation here was involved, the boss's wife just smiled and did not answer, which made people even more strange.
After everyone's accommodation rooms were arranged, the proprietress suddenly reminded her softly, "Although this place is safer, there are many people and many people, and I don't know which monsters and monsters are hidden in the shadows. It is best for guests not to go out at night. It is best to leave as soon as possible tomorrow morning and not to stay here for a long time."
"Why?" Wen Bingyan couldn't help but ask curiously.
But the boss's wife just shook her head and walked downstairs slowly without answering.
The other party's strange attitude and the styles of this small town and other towns inevitably made Wen Bingyan feel some strange associations, as if there was a gloomy and weird atmosphere everywhere.
In fact, it was not just her, but others also had similar doubts. For example, while waiting for dinner, the worried little maid couldn't help but whisper to her: "Miss... This place looks very strange. Could this boss run a black shop, so no one dared to come to her?"
"Will she use medicine to make us fascinated by our meals, and then take away all the money, and then make us chéngrén meat buns and so on..."
The little maid really likes to think randomly and scare herself. As she talks, her face turns pale and trembles all over, and she is scared by herself. However, it is not the first time Wen Bingyan goes out for business, and she will not trust others easily, especially because it is strange everywhere here, so she will naturally be wary of such things.
However, it seems that they were really worried, because the food served by the boss lady was all home-cooked and the taste was quite good. After the experienced people tried it, they did not find any problems. This proves that this place is indeed just an ordinary inn with a poor business.
Soon, this inn, which seemed to have not been in business for a long time, became lively. After several days of hard work, many guards finally had the opportunity to take a break and eat a bite of hot dishes. Although they did not drink too much wine due to safety considerations, it was still possible to help them entertain themselves.
For a moment, the sound of drinking, eating, and laughing filled the lobby of the inn, and there were also people urging the boss to serve the dishes quickly and warm the wine.
When Wen Bingyan was eating, he saw the fast but orderly steps handle everything very properly, and even had the leisure to tease the guests for a few words, and suddenly remembered a question.
"So many meals, wine and meat... are all made by the boss's wife himself?"
Since entering the inn, I have never seen other guys. She was doing the reception or serving dishes by herself. Even so, the dishes ordered by everyone still came up quickly without any delay.
"This inn... is indeed very strange." Wen Bingyan shook her head slightly, not intending to continue exploring.
She vaguely felt that if she delved deeply, she would not have any results.
Chapter completed!