Xie Mulin has a lot of experience with "convenience food", and he also knows that traveling in ancient times, hoping to find a place to rest along the way, as well as clean tea and warm food supplies, is daydreaming. Therefore, when she asked Shopkeeper Mao about the situation of the official road from Huzhou to Jinling, she immediately began to prepare.

Stoves that are easy to move and use, enough charcoal matches, copper tableware and cooking utensils that are not easy to break and easy to conduct heat, folding screens for wind protection in the field, buckets with a filter layer that can quickly filter water sources such as rivers and lakes in a short time...... These are just the basics.

In addition to the normal rice, flour, oil and salt, Xie Mulin also prepared several flavors of dried meat and fish, washed and dried dried vegetables and mushrooms, salted eggs and pickles that are pickled and easy to store at home, noodles that are fried and dried in the shape of cakes, dry food rice cakes that are easy to eat and can be stored for, and several jars of home-made jam. In this cold weather, no matter how short the shelf life of these things is, it is enough for them and their group to make it to the capital. She also took it with her, and when she arrived at the Pearl Bridge mansion in the capital, when she needed to return, she ordered someone to prepare another one.

Therefore, when they arrived at the sheltered place found by the shopkeeper Mao, found the homemade earthen stove used by the Xie family caravan in the past, and began to bury the pot to cook, Xie Mulin got out of the car and took the green banana and handed the prepared things to the servant woman who cooked.

Therefore, everyone does not have to run to the stream to wash rice and cook rice in the cold weather, just need to take the stream water and filter it, boil it, and then throw the fried dough cake into the pot and roll it, and then throw the dried meat, dried vegetables and other things into it, add some sauce, and it is a bowl of hot and delicious noodle soup. Then steam the dry food rice crackers, put some jam, and eat pickles, salted eggs or something, eat hearty and delicious, and have enough nutrition, and the time spent is less than half of usual.

Even if it is not convenient to make hot food during meals, there are tea stoves and charcoal basins in each carriage, and when you heat hot tea, you can add some jam and pickles to rice crackers. Xie Mulin also specially brought a large basket of oranges, which was specially used for making snacks on the road, which also meant supplementing vitamin C.

After eating such a meal of noodle soup and rice crackers, Shopkeeper Mao said with a smile: "In the past, I was in a hurry to transport goods, but I have never eaten so satisfactorily in the wild." Where did the second girl come from? The dough is well done, and the pickles and jerky are delicious. Another day, I will also talk to the other old fellows in the caravan, so that they can also come as prepared as the second girl, and when they go south and north, they can suffer less and enjoy more blessings. ”

Xie Mulin said with a smile: "We are on a short trip, and we are all our own families, so it doesn't hurt to prepare richly, but I am afraid that the uncles and uncles in the caravan will be in a hurry, and they may not have this patience." In fact, the fried dough cake is very easy to make, and the pickles and dried meat are not difficult to make. If it can really help the uncles and uncles in our business, it will be my creation. ”

Shopkeeper Mao laughed, and ordered Liu to scoop him up with an extra bowl of delicious hot soup with dried vegetables, dried meat and mushrooms.

Xie Xianzhi was in the carriage all morning, it was really uncomfortable, and after getting out of the carriage, he walked a few steps with the support of Jiang Pu, and breathed a little, Fang felt better, but he felt cold outside.

Xie Mulin beckoned him to sit down behind a screen that blocked the wind and served him hot noodle soup. He ate half a bowl, only felt slightly sour and spicy, the taste was fresh and fragrant, and it was also appetizing, and the hot soup was eaten in his stomach, and the originally uncomfortable and cold stomach suddenly felt much better.

But he could only eat half a bowl of noodles, and Xie Mulin did not force him, and ordered Jiang Pu to pack a box of dough and pickles and send them to the carriage. When Xie Xianzhi felt hungry, boiled half a pot of boiling water and soaked it, and it would be able to eat it after a while, which was very convenient.

When you go out, of course, you can't be as particular as you are at home, and this is about the same.

Xie Mulin himself beckoned Cuijiao to eat and drink to his heart's content, and after a short walk around, he urged Xie Xianzhi to get back into the carriage. The two brothers and sisters continued to sit in a car, and after ventilating during the ride, the somewhat stuffy air in the carriage had been refreshed, and this time there was no original smell of medicine and smoke, and the smell was more pleasant than before. Xie Mulin put a few more pieces of orange peel on the side of the charcoal basin, and the fresh aroma of orange peel slowly spread in the carriage, and Xie Xianzhi's face suddenly looked a lot better.

He glanced at the orange peel a few times, and then instructed Calamus: "This orange peel is very good, and there is no need for another incense." ”

Jiang Pu hesitated a little: "Young Master, you are motion sickness, if you don't smoke the awakening incense, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it for a while." ”

Xie Xianzhi shook his head and closed his eyes in the light orange fragrance: "What kind of incense is smoked?" The orange fragrance is very pleasant. The smell was originally good, but it was in conflict with the medicinal fragrance, and it smelled more unpleasant. I've been dizzy for a long time now, maybe it's because of something. As he spoke, the warmth in the carriage came up, and he was full of food and drink, and suddenly felt sleepy.

Xie Mulin immediately commanded Calamity, put away the small table, took out the quilt, pillow and Xie Xianzhi's big coat in the storage space, made a simple bed for the latter, and urged his brother to take the motion sickness pill, and then fell asleep.

I don't know if it was really thanks to the blessing of the orange peel, or if Xie Mulin asked someone to prepare the anti-motion sickness pill according to the relevant information in the study space, Xie Xianzhi slept quite well this night. Although I woke up twice halfway, I slept peacefully for half a day intermittently, and I didn't feel dizzy anymore, and I didn't have the urge to vomit anymore. By the time the group arrived at the planned place of stay before dark, the largest inn in a rather prosperous town, Xie Xianzhi still had the appetite to eat a full dinner, and his face was not as ugly as in the morning, and everyone was pleasantly surprised.

This section of the road from Huzhou to Nanjing, was also a place where people came and went intensively, although because of the turmoil in the water and Huzhou officialdom, the road condition was not very good, but there were many merchants like Mao Shopkeeper who returned to Jinling City after the Lantern Festival. The inns and foot shops along the road have opened their doors to do business, and everything is well prepared. Shopkeeper Mao thought that this time there were two little masters with him, and he was no longer stingy with money, and spent more money on food and lodging to ensure that everyone could eat comfortably and sleep peacefully. After a night, everyone's spirits recovered well, and after getting back on the road, they quickly adapted to the road conditions.

The farther away from Huzhou City, the less the road is affected by the flood, and slowly, the official road that Xie Mulin and Xie Xian pass by pedestrians is a stable and easy to walk section. At this time, Xie Xianzhi also adapted to the bumps of the carriage, plus the three meals were stable, the nutrition was sufficient, and the sleep was also guaranteed, so although he still felt the road, and the back pain was unavoidable, he could be regarded as holding on safely and steadily, without any symptoms, not even a small cold.

Because Xie Mulin did not allow him to read and write in the carriage, when he had nothing to do, he would take out Go and pull his sister to play chess for recreation. Xie Mulin was not very interested in this aspect, and he was also dragged by him to play games or scores all day long, and he felt that his Go level had risen sharply, and he had the illusion that he might be a master.

The journey went smoothly without any illness or bad weather. On the fourth day after leaving Huzhou, they resisted the outskirts of Jinling and were about to reach the destination of their trip.