"If it were normal, of course I wouldn't talk much nonsense with those robbers." Although Okata and Amachi were chatting, the two did not slow down at all, "But now the blizzard is coming."

"If you can't arrive at Yisu before the snowstorm arrives, it will be troublesome."

"That's why I gave the robbers a chance to leave quickly and not waste our time."

"It's a pity that my warning didn't work." A little helpless flashed across Okaba's face, "For them, we were delayed by about two incense sticks."

After saying that, Okao looked up again at the "black tide" in the western sky.

I don’t know if it was Okata’s illusion, but he always felt that the expansion speed of the “Kuri Tide” seemed to be getting faster.

"Is the 'blizzard'..." Ahmachi muttered, "It is said that the blizzards in the Ouyu area are particularly scary..."

"After all, it's the north. Okay, Ah-cho, please concentrate on your journey. It should be not far from the next inn."

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As the situation Okata observed, the expansion speed of the "Buro Tide" is indeed getting faster and faster.

Half an hour ago, the "black tide" was still shining in the west horizon.

But half an hour later, the "Kuri Tide" directly occupied the entire sky above Okaga and Amacho.

It was only around 4 pm, but it was already dark like night.

The dark clouds were pressing very low, as if they would fall to the heads of Okaga and Amachi at any time.

This scene made Okayama recall the famous ancient poem he had recited in his previous life: "The dark clouds pressed against the city and were about to destroy it."

Not long after the "black tide" composed of a large number of dark clouds occupied the entire sky, the snow began to fall.

At the beginning, there were only a few scattered snowflakes.

But gradually, the number of snow flakes falling rapidly increased, and the speed of falling rapidly increased.

Finally, more and more snow flakes fell, rolling into a mess, as if a pair of dense silver mesh was covered, and the dense snow flakes turned into a howling blizzard.

Okata's vision was covered by these dense snowflakes.

Looking up, everything around seemed to disappear into a chaotic white fog. Through the fog, goose feathers were flying heavily, and the sky and the earth merged into one color.

The cold wind blew up and fell snowflakes all over the sky, and the black scarf surrounding Okaga's neck was also churning with the wind.

Okaga and Amacho are located at the lower direction of the gust of cold winds.

The cold wind with snowflakes hit Okaga's skin, making Okaga feel the pain that was being cut by a thin knife.

Okara lifted his right hand holding the crutch up, blocking his face, blocking the cold wind's destruction of his face.

The left hand held Ahmachi's right hand tightly, led Ahmachi to step on the snow that had become thicker due to the arrival of the blizzard, and continued to walk straight forward.

While leading Ahmachi forward, Ofang specially asked himself to walk directly in front of Ahmachi, so that he could help Ahmachi block most of the oncoming snow.

Amachi, who was walking behind Okaga, let Okaga hold her. Her empty left hand tightly held her own crutch, and used the empty arm to block her face and protect her face like Okaga.

Because Amachi was walking in front of her, blocked most of the wind and snow for her, Amachi was easier than Okata.

The sudden blizzard was even bigger than Okao imagined.

If it were an ordinary person, facing such a blizzard of intensity, he would probably be unable to move forward.

Just as Okara kept rolling his eyes and looking for a place to shelter from the wind and snow, Ahmachi behind him suddenly shouted at him:

"Ayi! Look! There is a fire in front of you!"

Fire?

Okara hurriedly narrowed his eyes and tried hard to look forward.

After Okao focused all his attention and looked forward, Okao finally saw a small vague orange light in the layers of snow curtains.

"Your eyesight is too good..."

Although he had been with Amachi for quite a long time, Amachi's strong vision, which was far beyond ordinary people, still surprised Okata from time to time.

After trying hard to increase the speed a little further, Okata led Ahmachi straight towards the blurry orange flame light ahead.

After getting closer to the fire, Okabaya finally saw the appearance of the fire.

The "Five Streets" starting from Edo, each street has a large number of inns built. These inns are funded by the shogunate.

This is also one of the important reasons why Edo is so prosperous. There are inns along the way of each "five streets", which is convenient for travelers and merchants to stay and for people from all over the world and lakes to go to Edo.

The Aozhou street that Okaga and Amachi are walking now has 27 inns along the way. The inns in front of them should be one of the 27 inns.

A large plaque is hung at the gate of this inn, with three large Chinese characters painted on it: Xintiansu.

Okara opened the gate of the inn as fast as possible, then led Ahcho into the inn and then closed the gate.

After closing the door and isolating all the wind and snow outside the house, Okabaya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

There is a counter opposite the gate of Yisu.

Behind the counter, there is a famous old man who is about 50 years old and has half white hair.

After Ogata and his two broke into the inn, the old man immediately cast a look of surprise on Ogata and Amachi.

"Two...will you guys stay here tonight?" the old man asked.

This old man has a very heavy accent.

Since entering the territory of the Muao area a few days ago, Okara has always met people with this accent, which should be the accent of the Muao area.

"Yes." Okata took off the hat on his head, and nodded while shaking off the snow accumulated on the hat, "Do you have any available room? I want a room for two people to live in."

"Of course there is a room." The old man smiled bitterly, "It should be the only two of you who stayed here tonight, there are so many rooms."

"Only two of us?" Ahmachi looked surprised.

"Yes." The old man walked out from behind the counter with a wry smile, "But this is common. Come with me, I'll take you to your room."

The old man led Okaga and Amacho to the second floor and took them to a paper-slide door located deep in the second floor.

After the old man pulled the paper door, Okabaya simply looked at his room with Ahmachi tonight.

Overall, the room is pretty good.

Spacious enough, clean enough, without any odor.

Two clean beds were neatly stacked on one corner of the room.

"This is the double room in our store." The old man introduced, "Stay 400 yuan a night."

400 pm per night is a very reasonable price.

Such a clean double room is basically at this price.

"I provide meals and bathrooms," the old man continued, "Do you need meals and bathrooms?"

"How much does it cost to stay in this room for one night, have a supper, and then take a bath?" asked Oba.

"What do you two want to eat?" the old man asked, "We offer different meals here, and different meals have different prices."

Okabata: "What food do you sell here?"

The old man pondered for a moment and said:

"I heard from you two accents, are you from Kansai?"

"Uchiko is indeed from Kansai." Okata smiled, "But Yushi was actually from Izumo. Yushi was just staying with Uchiko for a long time, and his accent turned into a Kansai accent without realizing it."

"That's true, that's really rude." The old man with awkward face bowed to Okama and apologized.

Okata waved his hand: "It's okay. No need to apologize."

After Xiang Yufang simply apologized, the old man cleared his throat and then continued:

"If both of you are outsiders, I recommend you to taste our Muao specialty food."

“We have 3 specialty delicacies that sell our Muao: bowl of soba noodles, bamboo leaf fish board and edamame stuffed mochi.”

"Since it's rare to come to Muao, why not just take this opportunity to taste our Muao's specialty food. What do the two of them think?"

The old man's proposal made Soya feel a little moved.

Since entering the Muao area along the streets of Oshu, Okabaya has not eaten Muao's local delicacies.

Okata turned his head and just cast an inquiring look at Amachi, his eyes were a little excited, and Amachi, who had the light of anticipation, nodded immediately.

"Then let's try Muro's local food." Okabaya said to the old man, "How much does it cost to stay in this room for one night, two people have a supper and take a shower?"

"The accommodation fee is 400 yuan, and the dinner for two people is 70 yuan. The price of the bathroom here is 10 yuan for 1 person, and 20 yuan for 2 people, so the total is 490 yuan."

"Is the bathroom here the kind that you bathe in a half-person-high bathtub?" Oba asked.

“That’s right.”

"If we take a bath in the same bathtub, can the bath be cheaper?" Okabaya asked seriously.

The old man raised his eyebrows and looked at Okata and Amacho involuntarily becoming more strange.

"If you two plan to take a bath in the same bathtub, then you will have a total of 10 cents for the money, and the accommodation fee plus the meal and bathing money will be 480 cents."
To be continued...