店钱

wǒ pǎo dào guì shang fù le diàn qian gào sù nǚ zhǎng guì wǒ zài yī sōu xiǎo tǐng shang yǐ jīng dìng le cāng wèi

我跑到柜上，付了店钱，告诉女掌柜我在一艘小艇上已经定了舱位。

I came to the bar, and paid my reckoning, telling my landlady I had gotten my passage by sea in a wherry.