Chapter 502: Avoiding the City
It was two days earlier than expected, but because they bought a carriage outside the village halfway, and then the three of them drove the carriage all the way around the official road outside the city, and did not enter the city again.
The road was basically walking, except for the occasional stop to let the horse rest, so although it was a long detour, it was basically in a hurry, but it arrived earlier than the previous budget.
As for why he suddenly changed his plan to take a carriage instead, it was because of the words of those two big men.
"Hey, in order to repair this house, I have to be trapped in this city for half a month and can't go home!"
"Okay, if you stay in the village and do odd jobs, will you be able to get such a high salary? After we finish this order, we will get more wages than we can earn in a year! We'll see if we can find any other business tomorrow. ”
"I look at the hanging, as soon as the gate of this city is closed, the stones outside can't be brought in, which family will find someone to repair the house at this time? Besides, just living here will cost us a few pennies a day. If you are still outside the city, which village is not just to go to? ”
Mu Zi's heart moved when she heard this, and she asked Xue Sandao, "Only the city gate is closed, but the villages and towns outside can still move around freely?" ”
Xue San frowned, nodded and said, "Yes, during the Southern Xinjiang Ten Thousand Flowers Festival, only the city is closed, and the larger towns are also closed, and most of the small villages live together, there are no walls, and naturally there is no so-called gate." ”
Mu Zi nodded, and she asked suspiciously, "Then can we walk along the outside of the city and not enter the city?" ”
Xue San's face was embarrassed, "The terroir of southern Xinjiang is different from that of Dajin, there are mostly forests outside the town, which is difficult to walk, only the official road is neater, but if you walk along the official road to avoid the city, this road will be several times farther." ”
"Although it is a little farther away, we will ride horses or carriages day and night, and I think we will reach Lizhi Dadu in advance. Moreover, it is not easy to arouse suspicion when walking outside. Mu Zi said.
Mu Zi said this, and Xue San naturally didn't have any opinions, "Then, let's wait until we get out of this city tonight and go to the nearby village to see if there are any suitable horses or carriages!" ”
So, ignoring the hood on the face of the old man in Guigu, Mu Zi and Xue San decided to change their plan so smoothly.
In the end, Xue San went to the village to buy horses, but the peasant families were generally more donkeys or oxen, and such precious things as horses were rare, and in the end Xue San only bought a horse and a carriage.
"Two horses on wheels, let's go at once." Mu Zi looked at the two ordinary horses in front of him and touched their necks.
Even if a horse is not a good horse, it can save a lot of energy.
"It's finally here...... This carriage has no shock absorption effect at all, I ...... old bones" The old man of Guigu got out of the carriage tremblingly, rubbing his buttocks.
"If it's still early today, let's go over there and take shelter, and then go into the city when it's dark." Xue San looked at the city walls of Lizhi Dadu.
However, on the 10th, they rushed from the border city in the north of Dajin to the central part of southern Xinjiang. Xue San felt that even if he sent secret letters to perform any tasks on weekdays, it was just this speed.
"These two horses, let them go back on their own, whoever picks them up will be considered lucky!" The old man in Guigu rubbed his buttocks with one hand and supported his waist with the other, feeling that he had finally arrived at his destination, and he finally didn't have to rush anymore. In the past ten days, he only felt that he had lost a whole circle.
(To be continued.) )