He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

Lu Yan decided not to follow the prince to the military camp, and naturally she would not live in the government office. The three of them wandered around the county town, trying to find an inn.

The biggest feeling given by the entire Liaoyang County is that of emptiness. Unlike Chongming County, Chongming County in Youzhou was once prosperous and later failed, but there are traces of the people's life. But Liaoyang County really has very few people living here from beginning to end. There are only a few households in the huge county, and there are only a few necessary businesses. The distance between households is very far, making Liaoyang County seem extremely empty.

The three of them all breathed a sigh of relief as to whether they could find an inn in Liaoyang County.

Facts have proved that there really is an inn in Liaoyang County. Although the appearance looked a bit shabby, it was indeed the only one in the city, and the three of them walked in without hesitation.

There was no waiter in the inn, only an old man standing behind the counter doing nothing. It seemed that he was the boss, shopkeeper, accountant, waiter, and cook when necessary.

The inn was basically empty, so you could stay casually. Lu Yan asked for three upper rooms, one for three people, and the three of them walked upstairs to put their things together.

This inn is really old, and it seems that no one has been staying there for a while. Lu Sheng pushed open the door, choked by the cold air and the dust that seemed to be flying in the room, and coughed twice.

Lu Yan is always particular about certain things. For example, she sewed a sleeping bag out of two sheets and always took it with her when she went out. When sleeping, she spread it out on the bed and got into it before covering herself with a quilt, so that she could not touch the clothes provided by the store. bedding. Not only did she do it for herself, she also did it for everyone around her. Lu Sheng took out the sleeping bag from his luggage and put it on the bed, praising Lu Yan again in his heart.

When Lu Sheng came downstairs, Lu Yan was already chatting with the shopkeeper.

Lu Yan: "There are so few people in Liaoyang City, won't you lose money by opening this inn?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I don't open this inn just to make money."

Lu Yan was confused: "What do you mean?"

The shopkeeper’s only son joined the Northern Xinjiang Army. The shopkeeper’s wife passed away due to illness a few years ago, so he sold his belongings and the house, came to Liaozhou from his hometown, bought the land and built a house. , I plan to open an inn here, where I can stay, and my son can stay there when he comes out. It can accommodate people who have arrived in Liaozhou for the first time and have no place to stay, as well as the Northern Xinjiang Army who come out to rest.

There are basically no ordinary people in Liaozhou now. Most of them are military households. Their family members have relatives in the Northern Xinjiang Army, so they came to Liaozhou with the army. But Liaozhou is indeed a bit remote, so many people choose to settle in Youzhou.

After experiencing the snowstorm, this group of Youzhou people did not flee aimlessly to the south like others. They chose to flee back to Liaozhou again, so Liaozhou has even experienced a population increase. In short, after all these years, the inn has always had some business to do.

Lu Yan's doubts were finally answered. It turns out that this is how the few residents in Liaoyang County came.

Lu Yan wanted to go out for a walk, so she took Lu Sheng and He Wenjing out. It's still snowing in Liaozhou. It's getting a lot lighter but it hasn't stopped. Several policemen come out to sweep the snow every now and then. It's too thick and they can't sweep it away anymore.

In modern society, salt is generally used to melt snow, but in ancient times salt was very precious and could not be used for this purpose. All we could do was sweep manually with a broom, hoping that the snow would stop soon.

The three of them walked around Liaoyang County. Lu Yan's biggest feeling was that it was really easy to build this place from scratch. The land was vast and the people were sparse. They could do whatever they wanted, but there were still too few people.

There are also few people selling things. There are only a few grain and oil stores and cloth stores in the entire county. Because there are many mountains and forests here, there are also stores selling wild products. They go hunting in the woods and bring them to sell. Lu Yan bought a bag of dried mushrooms and two live pheasants from a mountain goods store. She planned to cook and eat here if it kept snowing. Judging from the state of the inn, she probably wouldn't be able to cook anything good.

Several people came back with the pheasants, and the shopkeeper quickly found a cage and kept them in the backyard.

Having already arrived at the inn, Lu Yan didn't plan to consume the food she brought. When she came back, she could just ask the shopkeeper to make whatever she wanted. The shopkeeper rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen, and soon came out with three bowls of noodle soup.

The preparation of this noodle can be considered luxurious. Each bowl contains a fried poached egg, a few plump black fungus, and two slices of unknown meat. The shopkeeper said it was roe deer meat. The noodle soup tasted a little bland, but the shopkeeper's craftsmanship was indeed much better than Lu Yan imagined. The three bowls of noodles were finished quickly by the three people.

While eating, Lu Yan told the shopkeeper how to make Yangchun noodles, adding a spoonful of lard to elevate the whole noodles to a new level. He said he had learned it and would cook it for them tomorrow.

After eating, several people went upstairs and returned to the house. There is no way to make a kang in the inn. There is only one coal stove in each room. Lu Sheng couldn't stand this. Being so close made his face hurt, and being so far away made him feel cold. He couldn't sit still for a while and went to Lu Yan's house to see how she was doing.

Lu Yan was sitting at the table writing something when she heard Lu Sheng coming and looked up at him without saying anything.

Lu Sheng came over and said, "What are you writing?"

Lu Yan responded: "I'm writing a city development plan."

Lu Sheng became curious: "Where to develop? Liaoyang? How to develop?"

Lu Yan didn't want to say more: "I'm still thinking about it. I'll tell you when I have a complete idea. What are you doing here?"

Lu Sheng pointed at the stove: "This thing is uncomfortable to bake, and it's not hot enough to sleep at night. What are you going to do?"

Lu Yan glanced at the lit coal and frowned slightly. In fact, she is a little afraid of carbon monoxide poisoning, but the current weather temperature in Liaozhou really makes it impossible to open the windows.

Lu Yan thought for a while: "In this case, don't light it when you go to bed at night and put it out. Didn't the prince give you a sleeping bag? Sleep in there. It's not cold outside on a snowy day. It must be very warm here."

Lu Sheng thought it was a good idea, so he went back to his house and rummaged through his luggage for a sleeping bag.

Lu Yan also put out the stove at night, took out her sleeping bag and got in. A sheepskin sleeping bag is made of leather on the outside and wool on the inside, so it is indeed not cold at all.

The window opened with a creak, and something white rushed in. A biting cold wind blew into the room from the window. Lu Yan was drowsily asleep. She felt a chill on her face. She reached out and touched her face. She touched something furry and was instantly frightened to wake up.