pastoral wedding

Chapter 157 Meeting Chuyuan on the Road
When Su Jin passed by the yard, she heard two maids talking, and she actually heard that they were talking about the third girl from the Chu family. My God, there are many third girls from the Chu family in the capital, but they can do what the two maids said. There are really not many such things, probably Chu Yuan.

She immediately felt that this matter was quite fun, and then turned back to the kitchen, telling the proprietress that she was afraid that they would not know how to steam the cakes, so she should just wait for them to steam them and send them over.The proprietress was naturally embarrassed, but Su Jin insisted, so she reluctantly agreed.

Liuli made steamed dumplings and kidney bean rolls. Su Jin looked at Liuli who was staring at the fire, and thought that Liuli was a wise person. If Dahe and Xiaohe saw her doing this, they would definitely ask questions, but she didn't ask anything. , I couldn't help admiring Liuli very much in my heart, but I also took the initiative to tell her, "I guess that Jingui girl who lives opposite us should be my second sister's sister-in-law, the third girl of the Chu family, look at her like this." She's going to get married, and she's going to marry in a border town, my second sister is good at using this trick, if Chu Yuan's girl is married close to them, she will definitely cause trouble."

Liuli laughed, "Miss, do you want to watch a good show?"

"I'm not that boring, I just want to make sure it's her, and then I want to see what the groom looks like, Chu Yuan's girl is pretty handsome, my second sister won't find her a big and thick guy The man is married, so I guess this person is not ugly." As soon as Su Jin finished the analysis, Liu Li turned the pot, set aside a portion of the steamed dumplings and kidney bean rolls for Su Jin, and then put the rest in the plate.Satisfied with this, Su Jin squeezed a steamed dumpling and stuffed it into Liuli's mouth with a smile. After eating one herself, she picked up the plate of kidney bean rolls and followed Liuli to send it to Chu Yuan.

Seeing that they were here to deliver pastries, the maid guarding the gate let them in without too much questioning.After entering, the two realized that the room was bigger than the one they lived in, and it was cleaned up, even the bedding was new.A woman in a red wedding dress was sitting on a chair with her back facing the door, as if she was angry. Standing beside her was a tall man with thick black eyebrows and a tall figure. To describe it, but the person is not ugly, on the contrary, he is full of heroism.Sure enough, they were people from border towns, such as Suzaku City. Although they were also towns in the north, such people were rare, let alone Jianghang, where tall people were rare in the south.

Seeing them two teenagers coming to deliver pastries, the man stared at them a few more times, and then asked who they were from the store. Su Jin only said that they were relatives of the store, and the shopkeeper was forced to do nothing so he asked them to make pastries for delivery. .The man nodded, and turned his head to look at the woman in the wedding dress, with dissatisfaction and helplessness in his eyes.

"Don't you want to eat cakes? Come over and have a taste, and I just want to thank these two. They are just relatives of the store, and they shouldn't serve you." The man raised his eyebrows and said to the woman.

The woman muttered something and the people behind couldn't hear clearly, but everyone could hear the reluctance in her tone, but she still turned around and pouted to thank Su Jin and Liuli. I couldn't help laughing, it really is Chu Yuan, it seems that the second sister really found someone for her who can suppress her, with Chu Yuan's temperament, if no one cares about her, she must be able to turn the world upside down .

Early the next morning, the rain still didn't stop, but it was much lighter than last night. It was just a drizzle like silk, and even the wind was much softer.Before Su Jin and Liuli got up, Chu Yuan and his party asked the shopkeeper for the direction to Chu River, asked the shopkeeper to prepare some food and set off.

Chuhe is a town in the northern frontier of Daxing State. Because it is a frontier fortress, its economy and trade are particularly developed, and it communicates with the connected Beijue State. The principle of good-neighborly and friendly exchanges has never occurred in decades, mainly because the first emperor married his eldest daughter to Beijue Kingdom as the queen, and the current emperor of Beijue Kingdom is the nephew of the current emperor of Daxing Kingdom, so In recent years, there will not be any major wars and disputes between the two countries.

That night, Su Jin tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She knew the bed, alas, this problem is simply a disaster for people who are going to travel far away, and she was worried about what it would be like for her parents to wake up early and find out that she had run away from home. I'm so pissed off, alas!Don't think about it, since they have already come out, what's the use of thinking about these, at worst, I will honestly apologize to them when I go back!

Su Jin rubbed her messy hair and sat up, looking at the room in a daze for a while, until Liuli came to call, she rubbed her eyes and got dressed.The breakfast is very simple. It is the noodle cake baked by the proprietress herself, as well as fried garlic eggs, fried pork with beans, and a small pot of pumpkin porridge. When eating in the house, I leaned over to eat with the store owner, and ate their own pickled pickles by the way.

This meal reminded Su Jin of the time when her family was poor. At that time, the steamed stuffed bun shop didn’t make much money. It was only ten or eight taels of silver every month. Every morning, the family sat around and ate together. Eggs, parents were never willing to eat a bite, and left them for the three sisters to eat. The eldest sister and second sister just picked up a chopstick, saving it for myself and Brother Shuo, so I didn't want to eat it, so I just took the plate away. Bring it to Brother Shuo and let him eat it.

Although I lived poorly at that time, the whole family was there. The eldest sister and the second sister were not married, so they felt very happy. Besides, my father and mother did not starve themselves, and occasionally they would each stuff an egg.

Su Jin was thinking about something while eating, and when she looked up by chance, she saw the shopkeeper's youngest son looking eagerly at the eggs on the plate, and hurriedly gave him the biggest piece on the plate. Smiled, the child is still young, when he grows up, we should give him as much nutritious food as possible.

Before leaving, the shopkeeper had already fed their horses enough, and handed them a kit, saying that it was given by those people last night, saying that it was to thank them for the meals and snacks they made.Su Jin didn't even look at it, and threw it on the carriage. She didn't open it until she woke up after sleeping in the carriage and saw it. It was ten taels of silver, so she laughed. The man Chu Yuan married was also very interesting. , I think it will be very lively for the two of them to marry Chu Yuan.

The two of them were not in a hurry and walked forward slowly. At any rate, they arrived at the next town before dark, called Huaihua Town. As the name suggests, there are many pagoda trees in this town, and the surrounding area is covered by woods. There are also pagoda trees planted in front of every household in the village. The flowers on the pagoda trees are in full bloom at the end of April and early May, and the whole town is full of the fragrance of pagoda flowers. When the Sophora japonica cake came, I thought it was not tasty at the time, but now I am so greedy.

Liuli knew her idea and laughed at her. At first she felt that she should not be too casual as a maid, but after staying in the Su family for a long time, and seeing Dahe and Xiaohe like this again, she knew that her new master was not A narrow-minded person, he slowly and occasionally quarreled with her as a joke.But in my heart, Su Jin is my savior, not just a simple master, so no matter what she wants, I will help her do it, no matter what she wants me to do, I will do it seriously.

She drove the carriage to an inn, but it was useless for Su Jin to get out of the carriage. She went directly to ask if it was possible to make Sophora japonica cakes here. After getting a positive answer, she asked the master to get out of the carriage. Take it down, hand over the carriage to Xiaoer to lead to the backyard, and then go into the room to rest and wait for dinner. Although it is only noon, if you hurry, you can still rush to the next town, but Su Zhen likes Huaihua Town, so she simply Stay here for a day, take a stroll around and look around, and leave tomorrow.Anyway, she was not in a hurry, and she was here to visit the mountains and rivers.

After lunch, walk along the road in front of the inn. There are pagoda trees on the left and right sides of the road. I broke off a branch and put it in my mouth. It's sweet.Facing the afternoon sun, walking under the locust tree, I feel very comfortable.Su Jin felt that it was really the right time for her to come out this time. Walking around and looking around can really broaden people's horizons. If a person lives in one place all the time, his heart will gradually dry up, and life will no longer be new. to speak of.

The two masters and servants were walking when they saw a lot of people coming out in front of them. These people were all wrapped in red scarves, carrying several carts of goods and walking out of a large yard one by one. After a closer look, there were four characters written on it, Mighty Escort Bureau. I knew in my heart that this was the Escort Bureau sending out the darts.There are also escort bureaus in Suzaku City, and even in Qingshi Town, but Su Jin has never seen these people serve escorts, and when he saw them today, he remembered that he said he wanted to open a post office.Chu Luo wrote back to her a few days ago, asking her to draw up a specific plan, but how could she know what to do with such a huge amount of work, and it would be a good idea to go out now. good chance.

As soon as she had an idea, she turned around immediately, and didn't care about admiring the pagoda tree, hurried back to the inn, and asked Xiaoer, "Brother Xiaoer, I have a letter that I want to send home, I don't know what to do?"

The little girl smiled and said, "Guest officer, didn't you see a mighty bodyguard over there when you went out just now? Just send the letter over there."

"What do you usually do if you want to send things abroad? Is it also an escort agency?"

Xiao Er shook his head, "Entrusting the Escort Agency costs money. Last time, the Entrusting Escort Agency of our shopkeeper sent a letter to my hometown asking for two taels of silver. We ordinary people, where there is money to waste, we entrust acquaintances Take it with you, but it is often lost, or it can’t reach the place.”

Su Jin nodded, went back to the room and quickly wrote a letter, and then took Liuli to the mighty bodyguard bureau at the end of the locust tree. The receptionist was also a thick and big man, who looked a little scary at first glance. "Are you here to support darts?" The voice was also very ear-shattering.

Su Jin rubbed her ears, and took out the letter from her sleeve, "I want to send this letter to Suzaku City, which is not far from here. I wonder if I can send it there?"

"Suzaku City?" The man nodded, "We just left for the escort, and it was to go to Suzaku City, you just give me the letter and the money, and I'll send someone on horseback to deliver the letter immediately .”

Su Jin nodded, and asked while taking out two taels of silver: "Do we usually send a lot of things to Suzaku City? I don't know when you will send darts there next time?"

The man took the silver and put it in his arms, and stuffed the letter into his arms, "Not a lot. Is it close or far from Suzaku City? A personal letter like yours." After finishing speaking, he ignored them, strode to the door, pulled a horse and turned over to catch up with the previous escort team.

It seems that there is still business to do here, Su Jin pondered for a while, then turned and walked out, Liuli followed her closely, and she also knew that her girl should not be disturbed when she was thinking, so she followed silently.It wasn't until he returned to his room at the inn that Su Jin slammed the table, "You'll know if you try it?"

Liuli was taken aback by her, and naturally she didn't know what she meant just by hearing this sentence.Su Jin smiled, and ordered: "Liu Li, you go tell the innkeeper, and tell him to release the news. If there are letters in Huaihua Town that send letters to the direction of Suzaku City, they will be sent to the inn, and we will deliver them for free." one trip."

"Girl, what do you mean going to Suzaku City? Are the villages along the way also acceptable?" Liuli asked after thinking for a while.

"Of course it's possible, but remember to tell the shopkeeper that we don't send large and valuable items, only letters, and let those who come to deliver letters write down the recipient's name and address clearly." Su Jin warned.

Liuli responded, and Su Jin took a piece of paper and wrote and drew at the table, thinking that he would write down all the villages he passed by on the way here, but it was only more than a day's journey from Suzaku City to here. The villages we passed were also limited, but there were only seven or eight of them, and some of them were gathered together, which was also beneficial, that is, we only needed to find a village in charge of distributing letters among them.

In the evening, the shopkeeper came to the door in person, "Young master, I heard that you are going to help everyone deliver letters to Suzaku City for free? This is what you sent after sending out a message today. There are two big packages in total. There are still some Many people haven’t heard the news, and if it takes longer, there will definitely be more people.” After she finished speaking, she stood still, Su Jin looked up at him, and said, “I’ll give you the money, when you pay the bill Not less."

The shopkeeper responded with a smile, but still refused to leave, just looked at the two packs of letters with a smile, Su Jin looked at the letters on the ground, then looked at him, and smiled, "The shopkeeper intends to do me this favor." ?”

"Young master, I want to take on this job. As you can see, several inns have been opened in the town during this time. My business here is sluggish. If you don't mind, can you let me do this job?" Do?"

Someone was willing to take the initiative to take over the job, so Su Jin was naturally happy. She was originally thinking of asking him to borrow some people, so wouldn't it be just right.

"Alright, since the shopkeeper doesn't despise this trivial work, you can do as you like, but I want the shopkeeper to go this trip in person. There are seven or eight villages along the way from Huaihua Town to Suzaku City. If there are a few If there is a letter from a village, the shopkeeper will talk to the people in the village to see if there is anyone who is willing to take on the job. If there is, he will set up an agency there. Just send the letter there." Su Jin said after deliberation.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper praised Su Jin admiringly, and asked a very crucial question, "How should the agent's remuneration be calculated?"

"The money is calculated on a piece-by-case basis. As long as the letters sent over there can be delivered to the exact people, I will give five cents for each letter, and tell them not to think too little. If there is more than five cents per letter, the reward will naturally be considerable. , and how easy it is to make money, it’s just running errands to deliver letters.” In fact, Su Jin wanted to set a lower salary, but she was just starting now, and she was afraid that there were not many letters to and from. Less, I am afraid that those people will not do it, so I set the price higher first, and then increase or decrease as appropriate after the volume is gradually increased. Even if those people are irrelevant, there will be others who want to do it.

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded and said yes, saying that he would leave early tomorrow morning, Su Jin said with a smile: "I also have a letter here, the shopkeeper helped me send it to Suji Restaurant in Suzaku City and handed it to the shopkeeper over there. I will wait here for your return, and if you do well, the money will naturally be given to you."

Naturally, the shopkeeper repeatedly said yes, seeing that Su Jin was a little tired, he resigned very consciously and left, and went back to pack his luggage.He set off early the next morning with a few buddies, and as soon as he left, Su Jin also left with Liuli. It wasn't that she wanted to give up the hard work here, but that she was already giving her father It was very clear in the letter, asking him to send Jiang Run to take charge of these matters.Jiang Run has been working with Liu Yi for a long time, and has been working alone as a shopkeeper in Zhuquecheng for several months. There was a lot more in the past, so I left it to him to rest assured, and I have already written everything I can think of in the letter, even thinking about how to calculate the money for the sender, as long as Jiang Run follows what she wrote Come and do it, it's not difficult.

Before leaving Huaihua Town, Su Jin asked Liuli to hire a coachman. It is not good to let Liuli drive the carriage all the time, the young girl is old in the sun and rain, not to mention that Liuli has no one outside. Someone talked with her, it was very boring, the most important thing is that the coachman knew the way, Liuli didn't know the way at all, and they all walked along the way by asking.

(End of this chapter)