Chapter 543: Return to Beijing
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Yuesheng Jiangshang Township was moved, and stayed in a hurry to approach the restaurant.
only lived in Li Shu's house for one day, and the fireworks that the two had just lit had not yet bloomed, and Zhu Ping'an set off for the capital. Several urgings from the capital forced Zhu Ping'an to leave Gentle Township and return to Beijing.
Li Shu helped Zhu Ping'an pack up the ceremony, and his mother Chen installed a jar of pickled tender cucumbers for Zhu Ping, smoked two hares hunted by Zhu's father, and wrapped a few baked oil cakes in paper and stuffed them into Zhu Ping'an's luggage.
Zhu Ping'an went alone to return to Beijing this time, because Li Dafu missed his daughter too much, so he had to ask Li Shu to stay at home for a few more days and then send someone to send Li Shu to the Hou Mansion in the capital.
Zhu Ping'an returned to Beijing on horseback this time, and the last maritime accident made his mother Chen and Li Shu smell the color of the ship, and unanimously opposed Zhu Ping'an to take the ship again.
Of course, it is also not advisable to avoid medical treatment.
Zhu Ping'an decided to take a boat down the Yangtze River, and then take the road to Nanjing and then ride a horse to the north, whether it is modern or ancient coastal economy is more developed, located in the plain, the road is relatively flat, but along the official road to the north, the speed is also faster.
Their mothers, Chen and Li Shu, were worried that they would encounter bandits and shipwrecks again by sea, and it was much safer to take a boat in the interior, and they did not object to Zhu Ping'an taking a boat down the Yangtze River.
The reason why Zhu Ping'an wanted to go north by way of Nanjing was because of time considerations. Going straight down the Yangtze River, it will take a few days to reach Nanjing, but if you take the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal from Nanjing, it will take a long time. Recently, there has been less precipitation on the first line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, resulting in a drop in the water level of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, shallow river water, and limited waterways, but there are many ships, especially the daily grain ships, coupled with various official ships and civilian ships, the river is often congested, and the boats are naturally greatly affected; Part of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is borrowed from the original natural rivers and lakes, part of the river section is artificially excavated, most of the water flow of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is a natural river collection, the size of the water flow is different, the direction of the water flow is also different, the water is good, the boat will be slow when the water is against the water, especially now the lack of precipitation leads to the shallow water of the canal, and the place against the water even needs to pull the boat, which naturally takes time; In addition, each section of the canal is regulated by the sluice, which cuts off the water flow to increase the water level, and opens the sluice to release water when passing the ship, and the time waiting for the sluice to be opened must be calculated.
In normal times, many factors are not a problem when the water volume of the canal is large, but they have to be considered when the water volume is small recently. The weather and wind direction, the size of the water flow, the flow against the water, the traffic jam of the river, waiting for the gate to be opened, many factors add up, if you take a boat, it is indispensable to go from Yingtianfu to Shuntianfu for a month or two, in contrast, riding a horse to the north is a good choice.
Li Shu brought his third brother's beloved horse to Zhu Ping'an, which made Li Shu's third brother feel distressed for a long time.
After packing up his salute and saying goodbye to his parents, Zhu Ping'an embarked on the road back to Beijing. Li Shu took the carriage and followed Zhu Ping'an to the ten-mile long pavilion before stopping.
"Is it pretty?"
Li Shu broke a wicker outside the long pavilion and tied it to Zhu Ping'an's horse's head, tied a bow at the end, patted the horse's head with satisfaction, looked at Zhu Ping'an with a pretty face, and asked with bright red lips.
Bright eyes and bright teeth, a little powder, a smile, bewildering Yang City, fascinated Cai.
"Beautiful." Zhu Ping'an looked at Li Shu and nodded vigorously.
"That's what I'm talking about." Li Shu rolled her lovely eyes, pouted, and stretched out her slender hand to pull the bow wicker on the horse's head.
"Ahem, it's pretty too." Zhu Ping'an couldn't help coughing.
Since the "Book of Songs" in "I used to go back, the willows are still around", folding willows to say goodbye has become an indispensable part of the farewell.
"Nerd ......"
Li Shujiao snorted, her face was as charming as the moon, her eyes were shining, and she was sultry, so that Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but look at it twice.
Lang is talented and beautiful, ten miles long pavilion.
However, there will be a farewell for sending you thousands of miles.
In the end, Zhu Ping'an rode a horse alone and embarked on the road to the capital, Li Shu watched Zhu Ping'an's figure disappear into the distance in the long pavilion.
"Miss, Miss, come back to your senses, my uncle is far away." The little girl with the bun covered her mouth and looked at her young lady and snickered.
"If you laugh again, you'll be given away." Li Shu said angrily.
"Miss is reluctant." The little girl with the bun spit out her pink tongue, and then said with a red face, "I'm still a girl in the room." ”
"I'm not ashamed~~" Li Shu stretched out her little hand and tapped the head of the little girl with buns.
"Giggles, my uncle is not ashamed, I saw my uncle kiss Miss." The little girl covered her mouth and blushed with shame, as if she was being kissed.
"What are you talking about?" Li Shuqiao was disgusted.
"I saw it." The little girl nodded her head affirmatively.
"You're mistaken, it's a stinky toad whispering to me in my ear." Li Shuqiao's face flew into a layer of redness.
When he set off, the wind was still sunny and the sun was shining, Zhu Ping'an rode his horse for about an hour, and saw that the dark clouds began to gather, and the sky was dark clouds in almost a few minutes, and then the raindrops with the size of beans began to fall, and suddenly it was densely rained.
Zhu Ping'an dismounted and put on a poncho, covered the salute with an oilcloth, and remounted the horse to continue walking.
At this moment, I have been on the official road, the surrounding people are sparsely populated, there is no village in sight, and there is no place to shelter from the rain, so I can only continue to walk forward and find a place with a village to shelter from the rain.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the wind is getting bigger, the rain is blown by the wind and only drills into people's clothes, the salute is good, Zhu Ping'an is wrapped in 360 degrees with oilcloth without dead ends, don't worry about getting wet, but he is a little miserable, there is a lot of rain under the poncho, and after a while Zhu Ping'an feels that his clothes are wet, and under the wind, he is still a little shivering.
Fortunately, the horse under him is worthy of being a good horse, and the speed is much faster than killing Matt's dark horse, and the speed of braving the wind and rain is not reduced.
About half an hour later, Zhu Ping'an saw a village in front of him, and a small shop not far from the roadside.
Zhu Ping'an rode to the shop, tied the horse to the stable outside the store, and entered the store with a salute.
The small shop is not big, but it is crowded with people sheltering from the rain. The small shop is very village, with simple tables, chairs and stools, and there is a fire pit for people to bake clothes, but there is no place around the fire pit at the moment. Today was originally a beautiful day, and everyone was wearing very thin, but the weather suddenly changed, the wind and rain were sudden, and the temperature dropped sharply. Although many people had dried their clothes, they were still talking and laughing, reluctant to leave, and the newcomers couldn't squeeze in.
"Is the guest officer sharpened or staying in the hotel?" The shopkeeper had a white towel on his shoulder and trotted over to ask.
"Sharpened." Zhu Ping'an put down the salute, stretched out his hand and squeezed a handful of the rain on his clothes, and it flowed a lot.
"Okay. What is the guest officer? The shopkeeper asked.
Zhu Ping'an looked at the people around the fire pit, hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and replied: "A bowl of hot soup, a meat and a vegetable, two steamed buns, and please take some meat to feed my horse." ”
The shopkeeper looked confused, "This guest officer, don't horses eat meat?" ”
"You just have to feed it." Zhu Ping'an waved his hand.
The shopkeeper had no choice but to take a little meat and go to feed Zhu Ping'an's horse in the shed outside the store, his face was curious and speechless.
Horses eat meat?
I'll rub it, I heard it right, how is it possible, this kid was kicked in the head by a donkey, right? There are even meat-eating horses?
Many people in the store heard the conversation between Zhu Ping'an and the shopkeeper, and pointed at Zhu Ping'an, either disdainful or ridiculed, but after all, they couldn't resist their curiosity, and many people followed the shopkeeper to see it.
Zhu Ping'an ignored everyone's instructions, walked to the fire pit with an indifferent face, found a vacant spot to put down the salute, removed his coat and squeezed the water with his hands, and then roasted his clothes on the fire. (To be continued.) )