In the middle and late third month of the lunar calendar, the weather was not too hot, and they brought a lot of cured meat, and they had to pass through towns and post stations on the way, so that they could replenish food.

Along the way, there are two clever women Liu's and Liu's grandmother, although most of the time they sleep in the open air, three meals a day are almost not lacking in meat, and the meat can even be full.

It's no wonder that Liu Qinghai would feel so emotional.

It is said that Liu Baili has a flexible brain, and making money is much better than the farmers in the village, and the husband and wife also love their children, and the food at home is good in the village, but it takes four or five days to see meat.

Liu and Liu Qianli lived a lot of hard lives before they separated, at that time, the food in the family was in charge of Grandma Liu, and the family was black and hard steamed wild vegetable cakes every day, the key was not to be full, Liu Chenxing and Liu Qingshan were so hungry that they couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, even if they secretly reflected on the rations for the children, but there were always two or three days in a month that the supplies were not enough, and the two children were so hungry that they poured boiled water.

So after the separation, the husband and wife were particularly attentive to letting the children eat well.

In addition, Liu Qianli is a good hunter, and he can often get wild meat back, so they don't take it to the county to exchange money, and they are ruthless to give their children at least meat every day.

At this time, unlike modern health, it is better to pay attention to vegetarianism than meat, and the common people think that meat is the best food.

For example, as long as they cook, even if they are in the wild, the couple will inevitably cook a full meal of meat dishes.

A group of six of them rushed with good food and drink, probably eating well, and the spirit of the people was also very good, Liu and Liu Qianli were afraid that Liu Chenxing would miss the day of returning to Beijing, so they boiled porridge before dawn every day, and everyone ate it and hurried on the road.

For cooking at noon, build two or three fires and let the food cook together, so that lunch comes quickly and you can save some time to hurry.

When it was time to rest in the evening, they continued to walk until it was completely dark, and if the stars and moon were shining on this day, and the road was flat, they would even walk with the stars and the moon.

With such a compact journey, even if the ox cart went slowly, it still took a month to reach Luoyang.

People love flowers, and peonies are especially prosperous.

Luoyang peony is the best in the world.

Before the empress ascended the throne, when she was the queen and the queen mother, she often moved to Luoyang to enjoy the flowers, so Luoyang also built a larger Ming Palace and a slightly smaller palace to welcome the holy driver.

The road from Chang'an to Luoyang is a very flat official road, there is an official post every ten miles, and there are many private hotels in the middle, and it is very convenient for the two cities to travel back and forth.

After the empress ascended the throne, she first sat on the throne wholeheartedly, and then made great efforts, only moved to Luoyang to enjoy the flowers once in ten years, but the dignitaries of Chang'an City often came and went to Luoyang to enjoy the flowers, and in Luoyang have purchased property, many ladies and nobles in the peony flowers are in full bloom, will go to Luoyang to live for a period of time, plus Luoyang is also the end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, daily round-trip passenger ships and cargo ships continue, its city is prosperous, can be the country's famous big city.

It only took a month to arrive in Luoyang, and now there are still ten days to spare, so there is no hurry to hurry.

Now it is the peony flowering period in Luoyang, how can there be a way through Luoyang, not to appreciate the peony.

Grandma Liu is a delicate woman in her bones, and Liu's is a poetic woman, both mother and daughter have heard of the fame of Luoyang peony, and their hearts have long been yearning.

Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi's "Appreciating Peony" contains: "Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom." ”

Like the Golden Week of modern tourism, when the peony flowers bloom in Luoyang, its grand occasion sensations the whole city, the people of Luoyang fall into the city to enjoy the flowers, not to mention, the people of the surrounding towns also come one after another, and there are literati and visitors from thousands of miles away.

People from all over the world are gathered in Luoyang at this time, and as soon as there are more people, everything is pushed up, and Luoyang's accommodation fee is the first to bear the brunt of more than doubled, and it is difficult to find a room.

The poor family is rich, thinking of the cost of traveling along the way, Liu and Grandma Liu asked any single hostel for more than 800 to 1,000 yuan, except for the staggering.

Ask again about the maximum number of people living in each single room, the six of them have three rooms, wouldn't it cost three times to stay one night, which will put them in the countryside, and a farmer with a strong man can't earn three times a month, so he immediately pulled Liu Chenxing away.

Liu's thought that his own savings were one hundred and twenty yuan, and he had some confidence to go to Chang'an, but along the way to supply ingredients, and Liu Chenxing was not officially awarded an official position, the official post on the road could not live, and he had to spend his own money to live in a private hostel.

Thinking about it this way, where do you still have the heart to enjoy the peony flowers, I stood on the Luoyang Street shoulder to shoulder, and said: "The accommodation in the city is too expensive, just to enjoy the flowers with three runs is really unnecessary, it is also afternoon, let's hurry out of the city, and wait until tomorrow morning to enter the city to enjoy the flowers." ”

The older generation is always worried about money, and Grandma Liu is the first to echo it.

Although Liu Qianli has the heart to grit his teeth to meet the wishes of his wife and daughter, but on the way to this journey, he spent nearly ten yuan of money, and his children don't want them to be husband and wife.

They are worthy of being a family, which is the same as when their brother and sister first came to Luoyang.

When I went to Beijing to take the exam, I didn't wronged myself along the way, and I was a big deal, but I passed through Luoyang and saw the price level in Luoyang, which scared the two brothers and sisters to quickly separate from everyone and chose to stay in a farmhouse all the way to Chang'an.

However, this time is different from the past, he has the ability to afford the expenses of his family, and working hard to earn money is for a better life, which is also his goal, Liu Chenxing said: "Working hard to earn money is to live a better life." If you just earn money and don't spend it, life will still be miserable haha, Ah Xing will lose the fun of making money. Besides, we haven't stayed in the hostel for four days, and we should have stayed in the hostel today, and if we don't change our clothes, people will stink. ”

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