Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

The street on the south side is much busier than the main street and north street. It is the time when there are many people. People coming and going are carrying poles and carrying baskets, some are buying things and some are selling things.

Qingyan had a clear goal and directly bought [-] kilograms of charcoal from several stores and delivered it to that address as usual.return
She ordered some chickens and eggs, and bought some pork, such as mutton. She didn't buy too much pork, but mainly bought some fat meat and suet for cooking.

As for eating it in stew or braised pork, forget it. In ancient times, pigs were not castrated and had a strong smell. It was not delicious when stewed.

I also bought a lot of grain. I didn’t buy whole grains. There was still a lot in Chou Chou Space, so I bought two stones of white flour and one stone of millet.

Now one pound is 16 taels, and one stone is about 150 pounds.

I originally wanted to buy rice, but it’s just not available here. I can’t help it. Rice doesn’t grow here. It’s possible in Fucheng. There are merchants there who can sell it at a higher price. In the county town, no one dares to pay such a high price. goods.

Buying these is enough to eat on the way. You can wait until you get to Yunzhou City and buy more then.

Because she was holding the baby, she didn't buy some small odds and ends, and there was no shortage of them anyway. After buying these, she went straight back to the yard to wait.

Fortunately, although this yard looked like it hadn't been occupied for a while, someone still cleaned the yard. The snow was swept into a corner and piled up. Someone should come to clean it up frequently, and there were no weeds or anything like that.

But there was a lot of dust in the house, and the lock on the door was rusty. It seemed that the other party was only cleaning up the yard and not entering the house.

She and Chou Chou didn't enter the other person's house. They just used the other person's address to collect their things, and temporarily put the sleeping child into Chou Chou's space and placed it in the house with the formation.

There are three households in this alley. I don’t know if they have gone out to work or do business, but no one is home. Moreover, the end of the alley is the courtyard wall of a house, which is equivalent to a dead end.

In this way, you won't be afraid of being seen by pedestrians coming and going, and it will be easier for them to collect their things.

Chou Chou asked Chou Chou to take out a brazier and put it in the empty shed in the yard where firewood was kept. He also took out a chair to sit on. They couldn't just stand outside and wait, mainly because it was too cold.

As for the wooden house, it cannot be placed outside. It is too high. If we really put it out, it would be too obvious to see from a distance. It would be okay if the courtyard wall was higher.

Although the shed is not closed, it is much warmer than outside with four walls.

Qingyan thought that the first thing to arrive would be the food. After all, she had ordered it from the place where she went first, and since there were no customers now, it wouldn't take too long to just cook it for her.

The result was not that there were not many people in the restaurant, and the cooks were not all at work. They were all packing the side dishes for lunch, so the first things to be delivered were charcoal and grain.

Qingyan gave half of the money before, and then gave the other half after it was delivered. After settling the bills for several houses, she asked Chou Chou to put the things in the space. Just put some more in the storage bag when the contents are used up. .

When the food arrived, Qingyan collected it directly at the entrance of the courtyard without letting the waiter in, otherwise it would be too strange not to be able to enter the house.

After pouring it into their own bowls and letting Chou Chou put it into their own space, she carried the food box and returned it to the waiter. The waiter didn't say anything while waiting at the door. It's normal for some families not to let outsiders in.

On the contrary, Qingyan was a little embarrassed and gave her a piece of silver as a reward for running errands. The waiter was very surprised to see the reward. Originally, she was unwilling to come to this alley in the south. The people here were ordinary workers in the city. They will definitely not get the reward.

I didn't expect such an unexpected surprise. Even if you are a wealthy family, it would be great if you can give a reward of dozens of silver coins. This girl is so generous. She gave you five coins of silver, which is five hundred coins!
The boy took the money and left happily.

After Qingyan and Chou Chou cleaned up the traces in the yard so that no one could see it, they wrapped the child tightly and took him out, then locked the door and left.

We went back to the inn first. We had to pick up the clothes at night. After all, there were so many, so it would be quick enough if we could make them at night.

When he returned to the inn, Fang Dayou had already come back. He also went to buy food, but he didn't go to the street to the south. He bought it on the street to the north. This is a food shop with a lot of stock, so he can buy it at one time. Complete.

The same goes for meat, vegetables, eggs and charcoal. A shop must have much more inventory than a stall, so you can buy them all at once.

Fang Dayou was in the lobby receiving the goods. When he saw Qingyan coming back with the child in her arms, he quickly got up and took the child over.

"Have you ordered the clothes? Can you do it today?"

Qingyan nodded, "It's settled. It's said to be done in the evening. Just pick it up then. I see that the cotton is new this year. I made three sets of clothes for the child to wear.

I also made a quilt, using six pounds of cotton, but I don’t know if it is thick enough. "

Fang Dayou: "Cotton is not cheap. I will give you as much money as you spent. This child will be my nephew from now on. I can't let you spend money all the time."

Qingyan glared at him and said: "What are you talking about? I like this kid too. Even if he is your brother's son in the future, you have to call me aunt. He is also my nephew. Spending a few dollars on my nephew is nothing. .

Please stop being an outsider with me. This child is also destined to me. He can be a relative in the future. Okay, another delivery person is here. You go and do it. I will take the child up and clean it up first. He has been there all morning. Nothing to eat. "

When Fang Da heard this, he quickly handed the child to her and watched her go upstairs before turning around to hand over the goods to the clerk at the door.

Qingyan fed the baby, put away the urine, and put her to sleep again for Yuanbao to watch. When she went downstairs, Fang Zhengyi came back and was sitting at the table in the lobby talking to Fang Dayou.

"Miss Yang, you're down."

The two stood up and said to Qingyan.

Qingyan nodded: "Uncle Fang, how about you coming back? Can you do both the chimney and the sled?"

Fang Zhengyi smiled and nodded, "It can be done. I even brought someone over to take a look. The chimney can be taken out this afternoon, and the sleds can only be installed at night. The car must be driven there by then.

I have also bought a charcoal stove. The chimney is similar to the mouth of the charcoal stove. The length is the same as yours, but the outlet must be covered with mud. I guess you have to wait until it dries, otherwise it will fall off easily..."

"That's good. It seems we can cross that small Long Mountain before it snows again. It will be safer this way."

Fang Da nodded, "Actually, if we are not going to Yunzhou, it would be closer to Yongzhou, which is a few dozen miles south of Xiaolongshan. I heard that it is also very prosperous, but I have never been there. I will definitely go there if I have time in the future. Go check it out.”

Qingyan determined the direction in her mind. Yongzhou should be Shaanxi Province in later generations, so the direction they were walking now should be to the northeast.

It seems that when she reaches Yunzhou, she will have to change direction and go south. It's hard to say it now. After all, she is talking about going back to Youzhou.Hey~ No wonder it’s getting colder and colder, so she said that she shouldn’t go south. Sure enough, in ancient times, it was easy to get confused without a navigation system.

Fortunately, after passing Xiaolongshan and walking northeast for five or six days, we will reach Yunzhou Fucheng, so it shouldn't take too long.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Fang Dayou and Qingyan went to pick up the clothes and quilts. She had to hold the baby in her arms, so it was difficult to get them.

After getting the clothes, they went directly to the backyard. They could put them directly in the carriage, their carriages could be locked, and there were night watchmen behind them, so they didn't have to worry about losing them.

Fang Zhengyi has returned from installing the sleds and is installing the charcoal stove and chimney himself.

Qingyan stepped forward and looked at the chimney exit. It should have been opened at the carpenter's shop. It was quite neat, but the mud was not very good. The mud here was a little loose and not as useful as the clay she found.

It's okay to make do with it, but it's prone to cracks and will probably fall off piece by piece.

Qingyan thought for a while and said, "How about mixing some glutinous rice soup into the mud. This will make it more sticky and should last longer."

Fang Zhengyi's eyes lit up, "This is a way, I'm worried that the mud won't hold up, so I'm going to buy some glutinous rice.

Qingyan stopped him: "No, I have it here, and I have a clay pot in the car. Just boil it here. I'm just trying to see if the charcoal stove and chimney work well."

The father and son nodded, one took some charcoal from the back and lit it, and the other went to fetch water.

Qingyan used the carriage to cover herself and took out half a kilogram of glutinous rice, which was enough to boil a clay pot.

Because they had prepared a lot of things this time, they put relatively light charcoal on the roofs of the two carriages. There was no other way, so Fang Dayou bought another three hundred kilograms of charcoal, which was placed on the roofs of the two carriages. It's piled high.

They are all packed in sacks, stacked on the roof of the car and tied with hemp rope, so there is no fear of them falling off.

The food was placed at the back of the carriage and inside the carriage. Fortunately, now that there were sleds, it was no problem for one horse to pull several hundred kilograms of weight, which was much easier than before.

If it had been a bit of a struggle before, the carriage alone weighed several hundred kilograms, and with so many things on it, it would probably sink into the snow.

The carriage of the Fang family and his son was different from Qingyan's. She carried a wooden box directly on the back. Food and other things could be placed inside or tied to the box.

There is an extra shelf at the back of their carriage. The food is placed on the shelf. You cannot put too much. If you put too much, it will easily overturn the carriage.

Therefore, more space must be placed inside the carriage. This way, the space inside the carriage will be much smaller. Now that a charcoal stove is added, people will not be able to lie down. Of course, they can still stretch their legs while sitting, and their upper body can lean on it. In terms of food, rest is still no problem.

Qingyan thought that the things on the surface could not be moved. When they were on the road, the food she put in the boxes and carriages could be put into storage bags to reduce the weight of the big bear.

Although Big Bear is much stronger than ordinary horses, after all, it eats well and drinks well, and Chou Chou often grooms its meridians, so it is already a real thousand-mile horse.

When they go up the mountain tomorrow, Chou Chou can still use his spiritual consciousness to help push the cart. This way, both cars will be much more relaxed, and the Fang family and his son probably won't find out. After all, the sleds are installed, so it's not a big problem with this cover.

By the time they finished remodeling the carriage and loaded the grain into it, it was almost nine or ten o'clock in the evening. They locked the carriage door and returned to the inn lobby. They had a casual bowl of noodles and then went upstairs to rest.

Qingyan took the child into Chou Chou Space to take a bath, and put him into today's new clothes. The child finally became more active without being wrapped up, and kept stretching his little arms and legs on the bed.

Over the past few days, Qingyan fed him milk every two or three hours, plus some complementary foods, such as apple puree and peach puree scraped with a spoon. The child obviously gained weight.

Although it still can't keep up with the normal weight of children of three to four months in later generations, it is indeed much better than before. Before, I was really skin and bones, with a big head and a big belly, like a little ET.

Now I can at least feel some meat. Of course, the ribs and other things are still quite obvious. After all, it has only been a few days. It is impossible to make the child's body chubby so quickly. It has to be a month or two later.

She also told the Fang family and his son that the child could make do with it on the way. When he got to Yunzhou Fucheng, if possible, it would be better to feed him milk. She also told them that goat milk would be fine, and that it would be boiled and sterilized at high temperature. You can feed the child.

This is not difficult. There are more sheep in Yunzhou, so it is easy to find a milk-producing ewe.

To be honest, she has developed feelings for this child in the past few days. The main reason is that this child is so easy to take care of. He eats and sleeps, eats while sleeping, and does not make trouble when he wakes up. He just opens his eyes and looks around. As long as he sees People just grin at you. Who wouldn’t like such a cute baby?

Moreover, this child is skinny, but very good-looking, with big, watery eyes, a tall nose, and a small cherry mouth. You can tell at a glance that his parents have good genes.

Come to think of it, the exiled people are not ordinary people. Even if the men from wealthy families are not good-looking, the wives they marry will not be difficult to see.

When I helped the mother bury the child, although the woman was already thin and disfigured, it could be seen that her facial features were still quite delicate. The child probably followed the mother.

Alas, I hope he can live well in Mr. Fang’s house in the future.

I asked Chou Chou about the situation in those places as usual, and found out that it was still the same. There was nothing special, so I hugged the child and slept with Yuan Bao.

Today, because she was busy outside all day, Yuan Bao was fed by Chou Chou, so she didn't have to get food for it when she came back.

As for Yuan Bao going to the toilet, that would be more convenient. Chou Chou can just use his spiritual consciousness to take it outside to a place where no one is around, and then bring it back after going to the toilet.

So it is very convenient to have Chou Chou.

After waking up early the next morning and eating, they hit the road again. As soon as they arrived at the east city gate, they ran into the ox cart team that had been traveling with them before.

The other party was obviously surprised to see them. After all, they hadn't run into each other since they left early. They thought they wouldn't run into them, but they didn't expect them to catch up again.

The two parties nodded and said hello but did not speak. After all, they were not familiar with each other. They just passed by together before. Of course, they would travel together again later.

(End of this chapter)