Chapter 537: Face Than Mayday
Full of wine and meat, Old Man Song stared at Zhuang Rou's carriage, he was about to get on the carriage to occupy a place by getting drunk, but found that it had been occupied by Yinba.
He sighed, "Alas, people can't stand the cold when they're old, how can they sleep in this wilderness." β
"This is where I sleep, grandpa, if you come up, I can send you off tomorrow." Zhuang Rou knew that he wanted to drive himself down, and then slept in the carriage with thick cushions.
But it's impossible, don't think too much.
Old man Song was trying to teach her how to respect her elders, she could sleep by the fire, and then give up the carriage to herself, when a voice shouted to him behind her.
"Old man, the tiger skin has been laid for you." A man spread the peeled tiger skin by the fire, so that it could protect it from the cold and bake it.
The horse master kept them safe from bandits and beasts, and they naturally had to do their best for such trivial things, and the tiger skin was dried so that it could be placed on the carriage.
Tiger skins are a good thing, even in Jingzhou, which is a rare good thing.
Old man Song was about to be angry with him, but after looking at Zhuang Rou, a person who had no filial piety at all, he didn't have any hope.
Tiger skin is tiger skin, and there was no such good thing in the small cottage before.
Old man Song went to lie down on the tiger skin, probably after drinking several pots of wine, and soon fell asleep in a groggy state.
"By the way, when you arrive in Anjing County, you sell this tiger skin, exchange it for silver, deduct the money for inviting someone to escort it, and divide the rest equally, and each of you will buy some goods and bring them back to sell." Zhuang Rou got into the carriage, thought about it and turned back to explain.
This kind of intact tiger skin can be sold for at least a few hundred taels of silver, which can alleviate everyone's urgent need. In addition to being able to ask someone to escort you back, you can also buy a lot of goods.
Everyone can get at least two or three taels of silver, buy some cheap medicinal materials, and have to double them when they go back, which is completely giving money to everyone for nothing.
And the reason why Zhuang Rou did this was just thinking that when the people became rich, they would pay more taxes, and if everyone was poor, where would there be taxes.
In this life, it is a blessing to meet such a good official.
The people hurriedly threw themselves on their knees and fell to the ground, glad that they were lucky to follow, otherwise where would there be this blessing, so quickly kowtow to thank Zhuang Rou for this parental official.
"Okay, don't do these polite things, rest early and have to hurry tomorrow, don't get sick on the road." Zhuang Rou waved his hand and said, and got into the carriage amid everyone's thanks.
She leaned on the mat, and Yinba lay outside, blocking the entrance of the carriage, so that the cold wind and people could not enter, so she fell asleep.
And the people have long been accustomed to changing five people to come out to keep vigil every hour, so that everyone can sleep and not be afraid of danger.
Everyone is in high spirits today, and the night watchmen are all staring at that tiger skin, whether everyone can make a fortune in the future depends on it.
This dirty old man sleeps on it, and it hurts to think about it, but he must not be broken, what the tiger skin wants is to be complete.
Old man Song was originally a person who could sleep soundly while lying on the tip of a knife, but tonight he was wearing a fluffy tiger skin, but he couldn't sleep at all.
As long as he turned over or moved his body, he could feel that the gaze that had been staring at him became hot, and there would be a cold snort of fear.
After living for most of his life, Old Man Song has never suffered this kind of crime, he moved his body, and the people behind him immediately couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah! β
"It's okay, it's okay." When he didn't move, the man patted his chest and whispered.
Obviously, he could sleep happily after drinking wine, but now he has to be stared at by these people, and by dawn, Old Man Song's eyes were full of red bloodshots, and he didn't sleep well at all.
Finally got up to the point where he was about to set off, he just wanted to get into Zhuang Rou's carriage, but he didn't sit in the carriage, only on the edge.
"Grandpa, take a shower and change your clothes." Zhuang Rou handed him a suit of clothes, which he bought from the people for a change of clothes, although they were a little old but very clean.
The wilderness is still so exquisite!
Husband Song hugged his clothes and said speechlessly: "It's winter, where do you let the old man take a bath, is he so vicious at a young age?" β
"There's a creek over there, doesn't grandpa have martial arts? Not afraid of the cold at all. Zhuang Rou said puzzled, even she was not afraid of this kind of water, why was he too cold?
The bandits don't want to raise him, and they don't dare to drive him away, so they definitely can't beat him. Not to mention that his name is so majestic, Shang Tianwang must be a powerful old man.
It's easy to offend people when you first arrive, use Zhuang Rou if you do good things, and use Song Rou when you leave your name.
Maybe when others heard that it was the granddaughter of King Shang Tian, they didn't even dare to seek revenge.
Old man Song didn't know what she was secretly thinking, but as an old-timer, he didn't want to walk with everyone on foot.
Although he was too lazy to do it, he still ran to the creek to take a bath, and the winter stream in the early morning was still so cold that he had goosebumps.
When he came back, he jumped into the carriage angrily and said unceremoniously: "Your female doll has a bad conscience, the old man wants big fish and meat, otherwise don't think about being my granddaughter." β
"No problem, when we get to the nearest county, we will go to the best restaurants and eat the best food." Zhuang Rou nodded and replied, spending money is a trivial matter, what she has is silver, and it is good to find a way to earn it when she doesn't have time.
"I can tell you, it's not so easy to find Lingge, you have to listen to me on the way, otherwise you won't be able to find it." Old man Song plans to eat her for a few years, as for looking for Lingge, she is a girl from the capital, who can tell her except to follow her.
Now she meets all the thieves, she has the desire to eliminate violence and peace, so let her play, really met the people in the rivers and lakes, she can't turn up the waves at all, too naΓ―ve.
Old Man Song continued: "Remember, what do I ask you to do......"
"Eat." Zhuang Rou didn't want to listen to it anymore, and directly handed over a box of dim sum, which was a good thing that Chu Xia's cook rushed to make overnight.
Old man Song's eyes lit up, and he quickly snatched the food box and stuffed it into his mouth.
The eating appearance is solemn and soft, how did this master in the rivers and lakes become like this. It seems that without a skill and cheekiness, it is not good to mix in the rivers and lakes at all.
Along the way, they encountered three more groups of bandits, both in number and in number, and let Yinba clean them up.
Although they didn't rush to the cottage like the first time, the bandits were already green and yellow, and they could only take refuge in other big bandits.
After traveling in the mountains for more than ten days, they finally arrived at the nearest county seat from Hongzhou in Jingzhou, Anqing County.
This is a town built on the hills, and the most of the local trees are there, so there are wooden houses built along both sides of the stone stairs in the city, and occasionally a few large mansions occupy the rare flat land.
The street is full of people, and there are a lot of vendors selling mountain goods, which is a lively and prosperous scene.
When Zhuang Rou entered the city, he said goodbye to the people and let them leave on their own, and the tiger skin was really given to them.
The people thanked her for the grace of the great lord of the blue sky, and went away with a tiger skin wrapped in cloth.
Although there are many high steps in Anqingcheng, there are also a lot of gentle places in the place where you enter the city, in order to facilitate the merchants who come and go, several large inns have been built, and there are several horse shops that are specially designed for merchants to stop the carriage.
As long as it is fifty wen a day, you can park the carriage here, and someone will feed the horse every day, otherwise you can't live in a beautiful place in the city, and the carriage can't go up at all.
After separating from the people, Zhuang Rou parked the carriage in the horse shop and prepared to take Old Man Song to the best inn in Anqing City to stay.
"Grandpa, is the Yunlai Inn you said really so good?" She pulled down the shield from the carriage that had been useless for a few days, and asked casually.
Old Man Song looked at her shield and was stunned, and couldn't help but praise: "Good shield, you still have such good things hidden!" β
Zhuang Rou smiled slightly, "What Xiao Qinglang sent me for self-defense, can't I give it to grandpa." β
"Dog man and woman." Old man Song muttered sourly, the young man now is really a loser.
"Surround them!"
At this moment, I suddenly saw a group of officials rushing out from behind the surrounding inns, looking like they had been in ambush for a long time, and surrounded them.
Zhuang Rou immediately looked at Old Man Song with a surprised face, "This old gentleman, we just met in Pingshui and took you on a ride, what a crime you have committed!" β
"Your grandmother's." Old man Song looked at Zhuang Rou dumbfounded, and said Okay, grandfather and good grandson!
Are the pampered chicks in the capital so bad now?