#21 - Chapter 21 Check-in
Cheng Feng was cautious all the way. The nearly one hundred taels of silver in his baggage made him feel uneasy as he looked at the road with no village in front and no store in the back.
Fortunately, he arrived safely all the way.
Today, as soon as he entered the city, the people on the street were discussing the same thing: the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty attacking the rebel organization a few months ago.
But they were defeated by the rebels.
A large number of people began to flee from the east to the north and south.
Cheng Feng could only complain, "Rebellion? A sign of the country's impending doom!"
He couldn't let those around him hear this.
It was just Cheng Feng entertaining himself.
What did the fall of the Great Zhou have to do with him, Cheng Feng?
Once inside the city, Cheng Feng was no longer flustered.
He slowly walked towards the brokerage.
He took out the receipt and paid the silver.
This couldn't be completed in a short time. The shopkeeper still needed to take the terms and receipts to the government for stamping.
Once the seal was stamped, the matter was settled.
Cheng Feng sat in the hall with Zhang Cai'er, talking and waiting for the shop assistant to go and get the stamp.
Zhang Cai'er couldn't be considered Cheng Feng's person yet.
Therefore, they could only sit face to face, drinking tea and chatting.
"What can Cai'er do?" Cheng Feng asked the same old question.
"This servant can wash clothes and cook. I'm best at needlework," Zhang Cai'er also knew that this was her master. Her life and death depended entirely on Cheng Feng's words. She answered every question Cheng Feng asked.
Cheng Feng asked, "Have you ever read a book?"
"No, my family is poor, and I haven't had the opportunity to learn to read," the voluptuous Zhang Cai'er lowered her head and whispered.
Cheng Feng was thinking that if Zhang Cai'er could read, she could teach him a little. As expected, it was just wishful thinking.
He was overthinking it.
Cheng Feng wasn't discouraged, he was just asking.
It would be better if she could, but it wouldn't be a loss if she couldn't.
"My family is also poor, and I didn't have the opportunity to learn to read, but recently my family has improved a bit, and I've taken out the surplus money to settle down as a farmer in the city," Cheng Feng's tone was gentle.
Thinking that he might get his first blood tonight, Cheng Feng was excited and hoped that the shop assistant would return quickly.
Zhang Cai'er had an ordinary face, nothing outstanding, but her voluptuous figure was what Cheng Feng liked most.
It was all about food and sex, and Cheng Feng admitted it without reservation.
After chatting about Zhang Cai'er's family situation for a while, the shop assistant returned.
It was said that those who did this kind of business had the background of local wealthy families and were familiar with the government.
After confirming that everything was correct, Cheng Feng put away the receipt.
The shop assistant also unlocked Zhang Cai'er's shackles.
From then on, Zhang Cai'er completely belonged to Cheng Feng.
Zhang Cai'er watched the shackles go away and looked at Cheng Feng's face in the distance.
She felt happy and apprehensive at the same time.
If the other party had some special hobbies, she might have just left the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth.
But at least there was some hope. She could only hope that Cheng Feng would treat her well!
Seeing that it was still early, Cheng Feng asked Zhang Cai'er, who was following behind him, "Are you familiar with the South City?"
Zhang Cai'er shook her head, "My home is in the North District, quite far away. I don't usually come to the South District."
Cheng Feng understood. After all, they were in the same county, and a radius of dozens of miles was neither big nor small.
Sometimes, once you put down roots, it's for a lifetime.
If you don't have the opportunity, you won't step out of your living range.
That's good, it saves trouble.
Cheng Feng wouldn't mistreat his woman in daily life.
Cheng Feng came to the cloth shop and turned to ask the woman behind him,
"What color do you like?"
Zhang Cai'er was a little confused by Cheng Feng's question. After Cheng Feng asked again, she quickly replied, "There's no need to spend so much."
Cheng Feng muttered, the money for buying clothes wasn't something he couldn't afford.
His tone couldn't help but become a little heavy, "Answer whatever I ask you."
Zhang Cai'er was frightened by Cheng Feng's heavy tone, "Green is fine."
Cheng Feng was speechless, how could you like green?
Looking at the plump girl in front of him, "Change to another color, is there another one?"
Zhang Cai'er secretly remembered that this man didn't like green.
"Then red and yellow," seeing that the man next to her was about to get angry again, Zhang Cai'er quickly said.
Looking at the timid girl in front of him, like a rabbit, Cheng Feng felt a sense of bullying the weak, which was slightly satisfying.
But she was already nineteen years old.
He himself wouldn't be an adult until the New Year!
Oh, he bought her, so that's not important anymore.
He would have to bully her properly in the future, hehe.
Cheng Feng directly made the decision and pointed to the girl behind him, "Shopkeeper, according to this figure, one set of red cloth, one set of yellow cloth, and then take a set of purple cloth and white cloth. For my figure, two sets of black cloth."
In Cheng Feng's impression, girls should have slightly more clothes, which may be influenced by his previous life.
But now Cheng Feng had a lot of money in hand, and he didn't care about the small amount. He definitely had to buy all the daily necessities. Wearing them at night was also for him to see, so he wouldn't suffer.
He usually had to practice martial arts, and his clothes needed to be washed more often. He brought two sets from home, and he should be about right to replenish two more sets.
After he learned to read, she could also make clothes at home when she had nothing to do, so she wouldn't be idle.
Washing clothes and cooking were also called Zhang Cai'er.
She was both a nanny and a bed-warming maid.
And he didn't have to pay her wages.
What was wrong with buying a few sets of clothes? He was the one who benefited at night.
Cheng Feng laughed in his heart, as expected of himself!
Zhang Cai'er saw Cheng Feng buying so much cloth for her, and the tension in her heart disappeared. It seemed that this person was not bad.
Looking at Zhang Cai'er's gray clothes, it was unlucky, and they would be thrown away after it was over.
He also asked the shopkeeper to get Zhang Cai'er a ready-made set of gray clothes before stopping.
In the morning, he took ninety-five taels of silver, made up forty-seven taels, and had forty-eight taels left.
Buying clothes and cloth cost two taels, leaving forty-six taels.
Cheng Feng had a bottom line in his heart and felt extremely secure.
There were still fifty taels outside the city as a base.
Moving was indeed the most tiring thing.
Both of them were covered in sweat.
Looking at these things, Zhang Cai'er also understood Cheng Feng's plan. This was a person who wanted to live a life.
She felt more relaxed in her heart. The setting sun was setting.
Cheng Feng saw that Zhang Cai'er was still preparing to clean inside and out and immediately stopped her.
"Clean the main room first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow. After cleaning, let's go out for a meal," Cheng Feng arranged.
Zhang Cai'er didn't refuse, and couldn't refuse the words of the man who was about to be her man.
She was still thinking about cooking at home, but Cheng Feng refused because he saw that they were both very tired.
The two of them washed their faces and went out.
They found a small stall outside, two small dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and two bowls of plain noodles.
This saved the time of cleaning the kitchen and bathroom.
They went home to boil water for a bath.
The newly bought firewood was burning, shining on Zhang Cai'er's face.
Zhang Cai'er also knew that the man was impatient.
She silently followed the man's arrangements.
