After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 105 The Difficult Journey

With her new friends, Haitang's journey into the wilderness became much more interesting.

She took the opportunity to show off her riding and shooting skills and whipping skills in front of her family and outsiders. After a few more visits, no one stopped her from going out on horseback, and she gained a certain amount of trust in her ability to protect herself.

The most intuitive expression is that Ma no longer stopped her from riding on horseback.As long as the Zhou family and the Peng family let their young lady roam around outside, she would also let Haitang go and stop being verbose.As for the rest of the family?Even Ma didn't speak, so how could they be troublesome?Little Shitou wanted to go out and play with his elder sister, but unfortunately, after just a few words of yelling, his mother forced him back into the carriage.

Haijiao sometimes goes hunting with his sister. While acting as a part-time bodyguard, he can also practice his newly acquired riding and shooting skills.He does have some talent for these things. Within a few days, he was praised as a "good archer" by the soldiers of Zhou Wenjun, Peng Yuqi and Zhou Peng.

However, such a relaxing and enjoyable trip came to an end soon after entering mid-October.

It started to rain in the sky, it was dark and cold, mixed with fine snow flakes and ice particles, coupled with the biting north wind, it chilled people's bones.No matter how much gear you have to keep out the cold, anyone riding a horse in this kind of weather will quickly become a drowned rat. If you don't want to further become a frozen chicken, you must find a place to hide from the rain as soon as possible.Therefore, no matter how bumpy the carriage was, Haitang and others were forced to give up riding and hide in the carriage.

Having a carriage to protect them from wind and rain was not enough. The maids also dug out hand stoves, foot stoves and soup pots, and added hot coals and hot water to ensure that the ladies’ hands and feet would not become cold due to lack of exercise while sitting in the carriage.

Haitang didn't have a nanny or maid to serve her here, but she had ginger soup cooked by her grandmother and second aunt, and she had prepared everything in advance.After drinking the ginger soup, she hugged the stove and wrapped her sheepskin cloak tightly in her carriage to avoid the cold.Without Jin Guo as a companion, life seems a little boring.Haitang didn't want to go to her grandmother Ma's house to listen to her chatter, let alone go to her second uncle's carriage to play with Xiao Shitou, so she had no choice but to dig out her textbook and start reviewing and memorizing her lessons.

She curled up like this, and soon her brother Haijiao had no intention of playing. When he stayed at the inn or inn at night, he picked up the book again, which comforted Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai and others, and also won Zhou Zhou's favor. The butler's praises.

After leaving Ganzhou, they walked along Liangzhou, Gulang, and Zhuanglang, and then took a short rest in Lanzhou City to avoid two days of heavy rain.When the weather cleared up, they continued to set off, heading towards Chang'an along the line of Lintao, Longxi, and Qinzhou.

Before arriving in Qinzhou, they encountered the first snow this winter.The snow was so heavy that many horses slipped on their feet, two people fell, and the carriage got stuck in the mud. It took everyone a long time to get the carriage out.When the group arrived at Qinzhou Station, they were all very cold and exhausted. Even if they took a hot bath at the station, ate and drank enough, and slept all night, everyone was exhausted when they got up the next day.The rain and snow outside are getting heavier again.

They rested in Qinzhou for two days, ran some errands and watched the sky clear before leaving.

After leaving Qinzhou, a caravan separated from some individual travelers and large troops and turned south.

After arriving in Baoji, another caravan and escort team diverted to Fengxiang Mansion.At this point, Hai, Zhou and Peng have become the absolute main force of the team.They chose to stay directly at Baoji Station. As for the caravans and individual travelers who were traveling with them, they found other hotels or carriage shops to stay, and then followed them when they set off.

However, the road ahead is an official road, which is smooth, safe, and densely populated. If others do not intend to continue traveling with the three official families, they can choose to go on their own.Hai, Zhou and Peng decided to take a break in Baoji and run some errands.All three families had patients due to the continuous rain and snow. They did not want to continue to work hard and aggravate their condition, so they simply rested for two more days.In addition, all three companies have carriages that must be inspected and repaired to ensure that they will not break down easily on the next journey.

Zhou Wenjun had an uncle who was an official in Baoji, and her aunt sent someone to take her home early.Peng Yuqi was left in the inn. With her best friend away, she began to feel depressed again. She was not even in the mood to eat the lunch that the girl brought.

After Haitang heard about it, she asked her grandmother for some snacks after the meal and took her to visit her: "Sister Peng, why are you in a bad mood again? Although Sister Wenjun has left temporarily, she will soon After returning, we will continue to go to Chang'an together!"

Peng Yuqi said gloomily: "Who is unhappy about this kind of thing? Wenjun hasn't seen her aunt in several years. It's rare to pass by Baoji, so it's human nature to stay for two days. If I hadn't been a person of great filial piety, I would have been afraid of collision. When Wenjun asked me to come with him, I followed him."

Haitang was a little curious: "Then why is Sister Peng unhappy?"

Peng Yuqi said: "My uncle was serving as governor of Qianhu in Fengxiang. Tuo Wenjun's uncle sent a message and asked me to wait for him at the post station. He said that he had taken leave and wanted to escort me all the way to Chang'an. He was afraid that I There was no one to take care of me on the road... I have walked nearly two thousand miles safely, do I need him to worry about me?!"

Haitang blinked: "Sister Peng, you seem...not to like your uncle very much? But aren't you about to go to his house?" Don't you feel uncomfortable about going if you don't like it?

Peng Yuqi and Haitang traveled nearly two thousand miles, and over the past month they had already formed a deep friendship. She spoke with less worry and told her directly: "I never found my grandma and uncle annoying before, and I would write to them every year." Here's a gift! But this year my mother passed away, and my uncle took time off to attend the funeral. After entering the house, he didn't tell me to go to my mother's body to offer incense and cry, but then directly asked my father to marry the aunt in the next room. My father refused, and they They also mentioned my marriage to my cousin. My father said that there was no reason to talk about marriage in Re Xiaoli, so he declined. They then changed their story and said that they were afraid that I would lose my education in Ganzhou and wanted to take me back to Chang'an. In fact, they were not afraid of me. After my mother died, my father and I separated from the Jin family. My uncle and the others lost support in the officialdom, so they had to get married again. My mother had refused before she was alive, saying that my cousin and I were not compatible. Her bones were still cold. , grandma and uncle come and go like this, what do they think she is? And what do they think I am?!"

Haitang suddenly understood and said hurriedly: "Since your mother meant this before she was alive, she has her own reasons. You should be obedient. But since your father doesn't intend to marry you back to your uncle's family, why did he let you go to Chang'an to follow your grandmother? How about spending time?"

Peng Yuqi flattened her lips: "My father had made up his mind at first, but my uncle wrote a letter saying that grandma was sad for my mother's death and missed me, so she fell ill... My father still remembered When he was penniless in the past, my grandmother was so kind to him, and thinking that my mother was the most filial to my grandmother during her lifetime, she asked me to go back to visit my relatives. I can't let my grandmother get sick all the time..."

Peng Tongzhi's family was in decline when he was young, but the Yue family, who had been engaged for many years, did not break the engagement. When he became prominent in the army, he still married off his beloved daughter as promised, which made him very grateful. 20 years have passed. Peng Tongzhi has already moved to the second rank, commanding Tongzhi. He is no longer under Wu Xiamen, but the Jin family is tepid. The current head of the family is only a guard and governor from the fifth rank, and he still relies on his brother-in-law. Just came up.Now that her sister has passed away, leaving only an only daughter, the Jin family is afraid that Peng Tongzhi will continue to have children and be separated from them, so they can only hold on to Peng Yuqi.

Both Peng Tongzhi and Peng Yuqi were well aware of the Jin family's thoughts, but because they were worried about Grandma Jin's illness, the former still sent his daughter over.

(End of this chapter)