A poor family counterattacks, she is beautiful and sassy on the way to the imperial examination

Chapter 64 Chapter 64

There was no need for Ling Yun and Ling Feng to say anything about the distribution of the carriages, the men naturally let An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao take the carriage that was elegantly carved and clean inside.

The three of them jumped into the dilapidated somewhat leaky carriage.

Runsong stuffed the oilcloth he was wearing into a hole on the roof of the carriage, and the three men found a relatively dry place to sit down.

Apart from the simple Gu Fangmiao and An Jinchen who didn't think too much, the other three could more or less see the abrupt appearance of the two carriages.

The rain outside continued to pat on the roof of the carriage with a thud thud thump.

Even the sound of such heavy rain did not block the sound. When An Chuxia and the others passed by the street, they heard bursts of loud and piercing piano sounds from an inn building.

Mu Tan, who was sitting in the dilapidated carriage, heard the sound, turned and pushed open the creaking carriage window.

All I saw was a window facing the street on the third floor of an inn, from where the sound of the piano passed through the countless rain lines and rippling on the street.

An inexplicable light flashed in Mu Tan Ruifeng's eyes, and then it slowly disappeared, and he twitched the corners of his pretty mouth, thinking, "It's just this piano skill that hasn't improved at all, yet dares to play the phoenix tail.

Really, as always, ignorant of self-knowledge. "

Runsong and An Jinchen only thought that Mu Tan was curious about who played such an ugly piano sound, and they didn't think there was anything unusual about his behavior.

An Chuxia also opened the car window and looked up at the place where the noise was coming from, when the sound of the piano suddenly stopped.

Through the dense rain curtain, An Chuxia vaguely saw a man in black brocade clothes standing in front of the open window as if he was looking at her.

It wasn't until the carriage turned a corner into another street that the feeling of being stared at disappeared.

In the carriage that Ling Feng was driving, An Jinchen saw that Runsong's clothes were all soaked by the rain, as was half of himself and Mu Tan.

He took out a change of clothes wrapped in oilcloth to save money from the bag, and handed them to Mu Tan and Runsong, "Hurry up and change the wet clothes, and be careful not to catch a cold."

There is nothing to be shy about a few people in a car, so I took off the wet clothes on my body, picked up the clothes I brought, and changed into them.

Ling Feng, who was driving the carriage outside, drove the carriage out of the city against the raindrops slapping on his face. The soldiers watching the city gate only stretched their heads for a glance, and then retreated into the gate tower.

After leaving the city, even if they took the official road, it was not easy to walk. Fortunately, Lan Xuanjiu asked his subordinates to pick a dilapidated carriage for the three men who were an eyesore.

But although the carriage was broken, it was very strong.

Even on such a muddy road, the carriage did not loosen at all, and the two strong horses were also galloping in the heavy rain like flying.

Until noon, An Chuxia and the others ate a simple lunch on the carriage with a small stove and Ling Yun and Ling Feng who were driving the carriage.

The rain in the afternoon is getting lighter.

An Chuxia, who was leaning on the carriage, took out a piece of clothing from the luggage, and covered it for Gu Fangmiao who was already asleep on her lap.

I also leaned on the carriage, closed my eyes and meditated.

Until there was a roar of horses, the carriage shook violently. In order to support Gu Fangmiao who almost fell from her legs, An Chuxia slammed her head heavily on the carriage.

"hiss…"

Gu Fangmiao, who was awakened, opened her eyes and saw An Chuxia who was covering her forehead, and hurriedly heard, "Sister An, what's wrong with you?!"

She wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by An Chuxia.

"It's okay, I just touched it by accident!"

Gu Fangmiao worried and stepped forward to pull her hand away, only to see that her forehead was a little red and swollen.

Thinking of An Chuxia holding her head when she woke up, Gu Fangmiao's eyes were red with self-blame. If it wasn't for her, Sister An would probably not kowtow on her forehead.

"Sister An, it's my fault, I will never snooze in the future!"

How could An Chuxia blame her for this, "It's okay, just knocked on it, and it will be fine soon."

An Chuxia pushed open the door of the carriage, only to see that it was already drizzling outside.

The two coachmen and the elder brother stood in front of the horse, looking at the road blocked by the mudslide from the mountain.

An Chuxia also looked at the scene in front of her in a dumbfounded manner.

She even wondered if it was God who didn't want her to take the imperial examination.

Gu Fangmiao stared blankly at all this and almost cried, the little girl said pitifully with tears in her eyes: "Sister An, can we still have time to take the provincial exam?

If I go back without even passing the provincial exam, will my grandparents be disappointed? "

An Chuxia regained her composure, and patted Gu Fangmiao's head comfortingly, "Don't worry, we will catch up."

An Chuxia took the umbrella and opened it, jumped off the carriage, turned her head to Gu Fangmiao who was about to come down, and said softly, "It's still raining outside, don't come down, I'll go and have a look~"

An Jinchen, Mu Tan, and Run Song were discussing something with Ling Yun Lingfeng who was pretending to be a coachman.

An Chuxia held an umbrella and walked up to them stepping on the mud under her feet.

I heard the middle-aged black-faced man driving the car say that it might take three or four days to get to the provincial capital by detour.

An Chuxia frowned heartily. If that was the case, the provincial examination had already started, and it would be too late for them to reach the provincial capital.

The white sky, the thin drizzle, is almost in the evening.

An Chuxia tightly held the umbrella in her hand, looked into the distance, and saw a village looming at the end of a winding path under the official road.

She pressed her pale pink lips tightly, squinted her eyes, and a gleam of wisdom flashed in her eyes. She turned her head and said to the few people who were still discussing: "It's getting late, and it's not advisable to take a detour."

An Chuxia raised her finger and pointed in the direction of the village, "Let's go there first and ask the local villagers if there is any path that bypasses this section of the official road.

If not, then we~"

Everyone understands what An Chuxia didn't finish. It is much longer to travel by land than by water, and the ancient roads are not easy to travel.

Especially the road that has just rained is even more difficult.

If there is no shortcut to bypass this blocked official road, then I'm afraid they really won't be able to catch up with this year's provincial examination.

Everyone had no better way, they could only listen to what An Chuxia said, and drove the carriage to the village to find a family to ask for directions.

Runsong and An Jinchen knocked on the door and went up to ask, not to mention the villagers who lived here all the year round, how could there be anyone who didn't know a few trails.

At first, although the family was willing to take them to take the small road around the official road, but it was already late, they only said that the small road was difficult to walk after dark and might be dangerous, and they only wanted to take them on the small road during the day tomorrow.

After calculating the itinerary, An Chuxia and the others knew that they would not be able to make it to the provincial capital in the daytime tomorrow.

Gu Fangmiao choked up in anxiety, and An Chuxia frowned tightly. For a hard-working scholar, the importance of the imperial examination is self-evident.

An Jinchen also got angry and grabbed his hair.

Mu Tan looked at An Chuxia beside her, the pity in her phoenix eyes overflowed.

When Run Song saw that the round little girl was haggard and weeping now, she felt distressed and wanted to hold her in his arms and comfort her carefully.

It's just that he still has a sliver of reason, knowing that with his current status, such behavior will only scare Gu Fangmiao.

An Chuxia shifted her gaze to this small farmyard. There are a lot of adults and children inside, noisy and crowded.

She narrowed her peach blossom eyes, and her eyes became clear in a flash, then took out something from her sleeve pocket, stretched out her palms in front of this family~
(End of this chapter)