Because of Ah Yao and Yao Qi's urging, the carriage hardly stopped throughout the night, until the next morning, when the horses couldn't walk anymore, they decided to rest in the forest in front of them.

Sun Nian went to look for forage for the horses, and Ah Yao and Yao Qi were reclining back to back under a big tree, Ah Yao took a green onion flatbread from the baggage, broke off half of it and handed it to Yao Qi: "You are also tired, eat something to cushion your stomach first." ”

Yao Qi took it, and A-Yao took the water bladder and put it beside the two: "I have a limited amount of silver to bring when I go out, and this way is still far away, in order to prevent anything from happening on the way, we will be frugal first, and then use the silver money to buy other food when the dry food we brought is finished." ”

Yao Qi nodded, lowered his head and took a bite on the flatbread in his hand, and said vaguely while chewing: "It's okay, my sister's baked cake is the best, sometimes I can't necessarily buy it if I want to eat it, I'm not afraid of hard work." ”

Seeing Yao Qi so considerate, Ah Yao's heart warmed, and she also lowered her head and ate half of the cake in her hand.

While eating, Sun Nian came back from feeding the horses, and just leaned under the tree to rest, A-Yao took another flatbread and handed it to him: "You are also tired and haven't eaten all night, eat some bread first and then rest." ”

Sun Nian shirked and didn't want to accept it, but Ah Yao and Yao Qi said that this was the right thing to take.

After eating the cake, Ah Yao saw that Sun Nian was really sleepy after a night's journey, so she thought about letting him lean against the tree and take a nap for a while, after all, they would walk faster if he had energy.

Now it is winter, the three of them leaned against the tree to rest, and from time to time there were gusts of cold wind, and the cold people shivered.

Sun Nian saw that he couldn't sleep peacefully like this, so he got up and said to Ah Yao: "Two ladies, it's too cold this day, I'm afraid that we will be infected with the wind chill when we rest here, so we will continue to hurry, and strive to rush to the next inn before dark, and then we will rest there for a night." In this winter, there is no good forage for the horses to eat, and when they arrive at the inn, they will also have a full meal, and they will hurry again tomorrow morning, do you think this is good? ”

A-Yao also knew that it was not a way to travel day and night like this, after all, she and Yao Qi only needed to sit in the carriage, and they could rest when they were sleepy, but Sun Nian and the horse were tired all the time, and the road ahead was still far away, so they couldn't exhaust Sun Nian before they arrived in Beijing.

So A-Yao nodded lightly: "That's fine, then let's continue to hurry first, this way will also trouble you." ”

Sun Nian smiled, but didn't say anything more.

When it was close to dusk, Ah Yao and the others finally met an inn, Sun Nian breathed a sigh of relief, turned back to Ah Yao and Yao Qi in the carriage and said, "It's just in time, let's rest here tonight." ”

Ah Yao opened the curtain and looked forward when she heard the sound, only to see that there was an inn standing in front of her, and the white pennant tied up with a long pole in front of the inn was written with the words "Baili Inn".

"In this wilderness, why did an inn suddenly pop up, would it be unsafe?" Ah Yao said with some vigilance, before leaving, Mo Yan and Wang Tianyong specially told her to be cautious when she went out, and even more careful when she encountered black shops, like those inns where no one was seen within a radius of 100 miles, it was best not to stay overnight. Now looking at the lonely inn in front of her, A-Yao inexplicably felt furious in her heart.

Sun Nian said: "The two little ladies have never been far away, many inns outside have always been like this, this is a place for pedestrians who are in a hurry to rest and stay, there are a lot of pedestrians, and there is generally no danger." ”

Ah Yao was hesitating, but she saw a fat woman in the inn coming over, looking dressed like the proprietress of the inn.

The proprietress greeted the people in the carriage with a smile: "A few little brothers are going to stay in the hotel, where are they going?" ”

Seeing that this proprietress didn't look like a wicked person, Ah Yao's heart settled down slightly, but she was still a little uneasy, and looked around again before asking, "Dare to ask, is there only one inn near here?" ”

"This is natural, there are no people in this place for dozens of miles, just our inn."

The proprietress said that when she saw A-Yao's embarrassed face, she also guessed her careful thoughts, and said with a smile, "If you go ahead is Qinan Mountain, it is easy to get lost from there at night, if you encounter a beast or something, it will be terrible, a few people will rest here for one night, and go up the mountain again tomorrow morning." ”

Yao Qi originally thought that it didn't matter if he didn't live here, but when he heard the beast, he was instantly afraid, and reached out and grabbed A-Yao's sleeve and begged: "Oh, sister, let's go back tomorrow, I'm afraid to go up the mountain at night." ”

The proprietress froze for a moment, and then laughed: "Yo, it turned out to be two little girls, they haven't been far away, I said how the two young men don't even dare to live in an inn." Don't worry, we are doing a serious business, and it is not the kind of black shop you think. ”

Ah Yao's mind was seen, and she was suddenly a little embarrassed, and hurriedly smiled: "The boss lady is too careful, I just want to be able to travel more, how can I suspect that you are a black shop." ”

"In that case, let's stay tonight." Sun Nian said and turned around to ask for Ah Yao's consent, and when he saw Ah Yao nodding in response, this time he said to the proprietress again, "Boss, my horse is hungry, do you have horse feed here?" ”

"Yes, yes, keep your horse to eat!" The proprietress said with a grin, and stretched out her hand to greet a young man sweeping the floor at the door of the inn, "Circle, come and lead the horse over to feed the fodder." ”

The guy who called the circle hurriedly came over to lead the horse when he heard the sound, Ah Yao and Yao Qi supported him to get out of the carriage, and Sun Nian followed the circle to feed the horses.

For a while, there were only three people left here, A-Yao and Yao Qi.

The proprietress smiled and stretched out her hand to help A-Yao, A-Yao was so frightened that she took a step back and dodged, the proprietress fell into the air, and took it back with a smile: "Two little ladies come with me." ”

Ah Yao nodded lightly, and followed the proprietress towards the inn in front with Yao Qi.

Ah Yao's heart was not very calm from beginning to end, and while walking cautiously, she scanned the surrounding Yiqiqi with the corner of her eye, for fear that she would accidentally miss some important information.

The proprietress didn't say anything when she saw her like this, but there was an unpredictable smile on the corner of her mouth.

Entering the inn, the space inside is not large, and there are boxy tables and chairs in the open space, all of which are not brand new and look a little shabby. Now there are no guests here, but it looks a little empty.

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl was scrubbing the tables and chairs in the room with a rag, and from time to time she dipped the rag into the wooden bucket on the floor, wiping it over and over again.

When Ah Yao and Yao Qi followed the proprietress in, the girl raised her eyes and glanced at the two of them, and bowed her head expressionlessly to do her own thing.

Directly opposite the door was a counter, and now a middle-aged man was sitting on a chair in front of the counter, his legs folded on the counter, and he was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. The man was sturdy and fat, and he looked different from the circle of guys outside and the girl who wiped the table, so he thought that he should be the shopkeeper in this inn, the husband of the proprietress.

The proprietress stepped forward and slapped the shopkeeper's legs a few times, and the shopkeeper woke up from his dream in an instant, and his legs fell off the counter, looking around with a pair of eyes: "Who, who?" ”

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, know sleep!" The proprietress pinched her waist with both hands and looked at the man in front of her angrily, "Don't you see that there are guests coming, don't you say hello yet!" ”

The shopkeeper saw Ah Yao and Yao Qi behind the proprietress at this time, a pair of sleepy eyes instantly lit up, and he stood up from the chair with a smile: "Are you two here to stay in the hotel?" ”

A-Yao nodded: "We also have a groom, and we should have two rooms." ”

"One room is one tael of silver, and two rooms are two taels of silver in total, and you will pay the silver first and then stay in the hotel." The shopkeeper smiled and stretched out his hand to A-Yao.

"What, two taels of silver?" Ah Yao looked at the man incredulously, "How can it be so expensive?" "A room for a tael of silver. That's an exaggeration. There is also an inn in Qingyuan County, although Ayao has never lived, but I heard that it is only about one hundred and fifty yuan a night, and they dare to ask for one or two silver here, which can catch up with half a month's rent for a shop.

"Expensive? In this wilderness, it takes ten days and half a month to meet a single figure, do you think it is easy for us to open a store here, a room is not much silver. The shopkeeper said and looked at Ah Yao's hesitant face, and his face gradually became impatient, "You don't even have this money, right?" You dare to go out without any money? If you can't pay, hurry away, we are in business, we don't accept beggars! ”

Yao Qi was a little unhappy when he heard this, and couldn't help but stand up and theorize: "What are you talking about, it's because your price is too expensive, you dare to ask for a tael of silver for a room, you might as well grab it!" ”

"Where did you come from, a wild boy, who is neither male nor female, still dares to spread wild in front of my uncle? Sue you, this is my territory, and the price is also up to me, you can live if you love it, if you don't love it, get out, no matter how much you talk about it, I will smoke you, do you believe it? The shopkeeper had already stretched out his hand to Yao Qi.

Ah Yao hurriedly stepped forward to block it, and said in a gentle tone: "My brother is not sensible, you forgive me, but this price is too expensive......"