Time flies between hurried journeys.

This morning, Lin Qin told Zhu Yan that he would be able to rush to Jiangli County tomorrow. Zhu Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhu Yan has been hiding in Lin Qin's carriage for the past few days, and now that the weather is getting hotter, as a young girl, she does not dare to expose herself to the sun with those men who walk everywhere.

Moreover, in this dynasty, although the restrictions on women showing their heads are not as strict as those of the previous dynasty, Zhu Yan has not thought about what kind of life he is going to live in the future, so he refuses to let himself be rough by the sun. In her previous life, she knew a daughter of Jiangmen who married into the family of the eunuch, because she grew up outside the Saiwai, and when she grew up, her skin was completely incomparable with the beautiful lady in the capital, so she had to marry far away.

The life on the carriage is actually not easy, although Lin Qin said that she took care of Zhu Yan, but she could only help a little, she herself was often taken care of, and she had no experience in taking care of children, and these children of the rivers and lakes were informal, often saying some inexplicable things, Zhu Yan and Lin Qin sometimes couldn't talk.

Zhu Yan originally felt that she had only taken out five taels of silver, and she had to do some work to be worthy of the Lin family's caravan to take care of her.

But Shopkeeper Lin had a good impression of her, she was well-behaved and sensible, and she would not cry and make trouble for him at will, so he reciprocated and told Zhu Yan that as long as she stayed in the carriage and rested.

Zhu Yan is still young, he doesn't have much strength, and he has a good relationship with the leader of the caravan, and the men in the caravan boast that they are also a good man who helps the poor on weekdays, and they have no opinion on what Zhu Yan doesn't do.

The women who came out of the caravan, because they usually traveled from south to north, were often far away from their children, and usually saw each other only once for several months or a year or two, and they also took special care of Zhu Yan. Of course, because the thoughts of the male protagonist and the female protagonist still exist, there are not many women in the caravan. There is a lady who cooks, there are two middle-aged women in the escort team, and there are three who help, plus Lin Qin, there are only seven when they are full.

So Zhu Yan seemed to have nothing to do.

There were also fifty or sixty people in the whole caravan, and the caravan of twenty cars was densely guarded. The first car of the convoy also waved a banner with a big forest character written on it, and after walking for so many days, I didn't see any long-sighted robbery.

In the past, Zhu Yan had occasionally heard of a few cases of whose caravan had been robbed by whom, so she didn't dare to go on the road alone, and no matter how bad it was, she also had fifty taels of silver tickets hidden in the placket of her underwear. Unexpectedly, this road was calm, but it made Zhu Yan breathe a sigh of relief.

In the evening, the convoy stopped, and it was time to camp and recuperate. Just thinking about how to tell Shopkeeper Lin when he arrived in Jiangli County tomorrow, Lin Qin lifted the curtain and revealed a big smiling face.

"Xiao Yan, we'll go to Jiang Li tomorrow, why don't we go for a walk around the neighborhood today?"

Lin Qin's words spoke to Zhu Yan's heart.

Although Lin Qin once said that there is nothing fun in Jiangyang Town, it is also boring to stay in the car all day. Since she was determined not to bother the Lin family's caravan, she didn't get off the carriage much on weekdays except to solve her physical needs. At this moment, she was entangled in her heart, but there was nothing she could do after all, so she had to think that it would be better to tell the truth when the time came. At this time, Zhu Yan suddenly regretted that he had told Lin Qin about the matter at that time, and he was convicted of lying!

"What's there to do nearby?" Zhu Yan was a little puzzled.

Lin Qin smiled a little mysteriously, "Xiao Yan, you don't know, those of us who often walk outside know that there is a place outside Jiangli County that travelers have to go." ”

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I don't know why, Zhu Yan felt that Lin Qin's expression was exactly the same as what building the gentleman was going to visit.

When Zhu Yan was told by Lin Qin to bring something, Zhu Yan realized that Lin Qin was going to take her to the bath. Zhu Yan couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

In the past, when he was in Jiangyang Town, Zhu Yan rarely bathed. At this time, people will choose an auspicious day for bathing and washing their hair, in fact, ordinary people do not have the conditions to take a bath every day.

Do you want water for a bath? Do you need water to do laundry?

Zhu Yan can't pick up water alone, Grandma Zhu is sick and has no strength to carry water, and the water for eating and cooking soup before is slowly picked up by Zhu Yan alone, how can she take a bath once in two or three days? Later, it was much better to come to the Lu family, both the well he dug out and the servant service, but after all, he was not a serious master of the family, and it was okay to call the people for ten days and half a month, if he really wanted to do this every day, just wait for no food to eat, they won't serve!

The maid of the Lu family was taught by Miss Lu to be the best at watching people cook.

In the Lu family, Zhu Yan also took a bath twice, and in the past few days, because she had to travel every day, Zhu Yan did not know the geographical distribution, and she did not want to trouble the Lin family caravan to stop for her. It's already embarrassing to trouble people with her. On weekdays, the caravan's water use is also very economical, because if any water source is cut off on the next journey, the whole caravan will have no water. It's better to plan ahead.

There are more people in the caravan, so they don't care about the dust on their bodies, Zhu Yan herself is not a daughter who can't endure hardships, and she knows that the Lin family caravan has no obligation to bathe her. If people can't see their own situation clearly, they can't blame others for their losses in the future.

So, from Jiangyang Town to now, Zhu Yan has not taken a bath. At this moment, Lin Qin meant to take her to take a bath, and she was happy from the bottom of her heart.

The two got down from the carriage together, Lin Qin said hello to the shopkeeper Lin, and Zhu Yan followed Lin Qin in the direction she led the way.

Zhu Yan turned his head and glanced at the caravan that was still forming a circle around the carriage, building temporary fortifications, and stationing tents, and said to Lin Qin with some embarrassment: "Sister Qin, isn't it good for us to sneak away and bathe like this?" ”

Lin Qin nodded her forehead and couldn't help laughing: "You little girl, why do you want to do so much!" Haven't you been following me all the time, I said hello to Shopkeeper Lin! ”

"I just don't think I can help much!"

Lin Qin touched her hair and said, "You're still young, let's just do these things as adults." Don't worry, Shopkeeper Lin has arranged it, and they can go later. It's safe around here, so we'll just let the two of us out first. ”

Zhu Yan nodded.

Lin Qin seemed to be familiar with this bath, and Zhu Yan followed her footsteps, but she quickly arrived at the place.

Zhu Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the big lake in front of him.

It turns out that this is the place that Lin Qin has to go to, this open-air, how to take a bath?

Especially in the summer, it's getting dark late, no wonder those people have to wait to wash. Zhu Yan originally thought that he would see a mountain villa, with a special compartment for bathing!

It's just weird to think that it's a lonely mountain village in a deserted suburb outside the county.

"Sister Qin, we won't just bathe here, what if someone comes here?" Zhu Yan felt that she was still young, and it was probably nothing to be looked at, but Lin Qin was a seventeen-year-old girl!

Lin Qin smiled and said, "Of course it's not right here, come with me!" ”

After speaking, he took Zhu Yan around a bend and walked along the shore of the lake for half a tea time, behind a pile of rocks, there was a natural barrier, two large stones blocked the way ahead, but the sound of gold and jade colliding water could be heard from behind the stones. Listening to this sound, maybe it's a waterfall, it's just too mysterious. She didn't think that the source of the big lake she had seen before was still a waterfall.

The stones are covered with moss, and there are some vines that have taken root in the rocks for unknown reasons.

After walking for so long, this piece is no longer the smooth road before, and from a distance, it is the continuous green hills. The vicinity of Gangli County is mountainous, so many caravans are blocked by the mountains, making Gangli County never as prosperous as Gangdong County.

Zhu Yan heard that in fact, there are many mountains in Jiangdong County, but there are more literati and ink writers there, and there are often poems and songs praising those mountains, and there are many rich people there, who are willing to spend money to make a pavilion and set up a monument on the mountain, and give a good name, etc., making those mountains and rivers into many excellent places for amusement and enjoyment.

Jiangli County is not good, the great famine of that year, some rich people have gone away and migrated far away, and the really talented have long been recommended by the governor of Jiangli County to win glory for the county. And the essays written by those who are not very literary are not looked at by those talented people in Jiangdong at all. Naturally, no one will come to see the mountains and rivers.

During the years of the Great Famine, the people had nothing to eat, and they scavenged all the leaves and leaves that could be eaten on the mountain, and for 50 years, they really couldn't recover.

Moreover, I don't know why, there may be a problem with the water source in Jiangli County, I heard that in the past ten years, the wells in several villages have dried up. Although it has not yet attracted the attention of Shangguan, as a businessman walking around, he still knows this news.

Therefore, although Jiangli County has mountains and water, it is really poor mountains and little water. Zhu Yan couldn't refute Lin Qin's words.

Lin Qin divided the vines blocking the way to both sides, and it turned out that there was a gap between the stones that was just enough for people to pass through Guò. She bent over and shouted at the other end, "Xiao Yan, come over quickly." ”

Zhu Yan thought secretly, no wonder you have to come out so early, it's not easy to find this place alone, right? She hesitated for a moment, but heard Lin Qin urging over there, so she had to walk slowly to that end.

She hesitated because she was afraid of snakes, and really, summer was the time when snakes were active, especially in such an overgrown place. I really don't know how Lin Qin found here.

But fortunately, because Zhu Yan is thinner than Lin Qin, Zhu Yan can still walk over easily.