From Meixian to Dengzhou, passing through Jinan and Yidu, it is thousands of miles away, and the road is not smooth. According to the normal speed of the carriage, the ten-day road of a thousand miles should have arrived, but because Xia Wan was pregnant, the group was naturally not in a hurry.

Lan Yi's carriage was only rented to the border of Dongping, and he only said his destination, and then rented a carriage in Jinan Mansion to continue to move forward, and reversed the carriage several times along the way. This approach did not arouse the suspicion of Xia Wan and her party, because the price of this carriage was directly proportional to the length of the journey, and Lan Yi only said that the price of such a car rental was more appropriate.

The group was not in a hurry to go, except for the rain one day, they all set off at sunrise in the morning, and if they could find the inn tea shop at noon, they would get off the bus to eat something, and then go on the road in the afternoon, and they would stay and rest when it was late.

Along the way, in addition to teaching the baby to speak, Lan Yi read books or chatted with Xia Wan and others, and after staying overnight, she was anxious to transcribe the useful content on the "Great Zhou Chronicles" for future reference. Instead of a brush, she used a carbon strip to copy it, which was faster, and she missed electronic copies or photocopying, and even wondered if she should "invent" movable type printing.

Along the way, she has gained a lot of knowledge, such as the majority of people here eat two meals a day, and only eat some snacks at noon, and ordinary traders and farmers do not eat, and an adult eats two meals a day is "one liter of rice".

Xia Wan's nurse Xia Shi told Lan Yi: "Ten thousand acres of fertile land, two liters of eclipse" is the day of the rich and noble, and "one liter of rice in the eclipse, one horse of silk in the year" is the day of ordinary people.

As for the price of this price, Lan Yi thinks that the "minimum living allowance" of the Great Zhou Dynasty mentioned by Xia Wan is still worth referencing:

The year before last, there was a heavy snowfall in Meixian County, and many poor citizens were frozen to death, and the imperial court issued an edict: "Those who can't survive on their own will be given 20 dollars a day." In other words, the minimum subsistence allowance in this era was 20 wen per person per day.

According to this standard, Lan Yi calculates the cost of living for herself and her baby: the baby is still young, and she is also growing at an age, and her daily dietary consumption should be at least 50 yuan, which is 18 yuan and 250 yuan a year. In addition, basic consumption such as "a horse of silk per year" must be used for basic consumption, and the total amount of zero and zero must add up to nearly ten times. Even if you are a farmer, you can produce your own vegetables, but this is a consumption item that costs money.

This is only the minimum standard of living, and the expenses of wealthy families are naturally greater. According to Xia Wan, although her husband is a county magistrate in Meixian County, his salary is not enough to support the expenses of Mifu, and she mostly has to subsidize it with a dowry. Fortunately, she has a rich dowry and some income every year, so she is not struggling.

"The family is big and the business is big, and it has its own difficulties. If I had a choice, I would like to be like my sister and live a simple life with only children. Every time Xia Wan talks about this, she will always feel a little lonely and helpless.

Lan Yi and Xia Wan have similar interests in poetry and literature, and they are also of the same age, and they have really become two best friends along the way. Xia Wan did not look down on Lan Yi because she was a lady of everyone and the wife of an official family, and Lan Yi had just come from modern times, so she didn't have too deep feelings about the difference between respect and inferiority, so naturally she wouldn't flatter Xia Wan, and she got along very well. Xia Wan's nurse Xia Shilian said that because of Lan Yi and the baby, her own girl would laugh all the way, and her face was a little ruddy.

Xia Wan's difficulty is that her husband married a three-room concubine, even though her status as a wife is unshakable, there are still a lot of things to compete for favor between this wife and concubine. Lan Yi has also learned that Xia Wanqing is arrogant these days, disdainful of competing for favor in the side room, and the relationship with her husband can be said to be respectful, but there is a little less affection.

Although Lan Yi is not married and has never had a boyfriend, in that era when the media network was developed, this pig ran a lot. Although she will not instill feminist ideas in Xia Wan, the way of getting along with the husband and wife has talked about some of her own ideas, which has benefited Xia Wan a lot, and the relationship with her husband has also improved greatly.

After walking unhurriedly for half a month, Lan Yi felt that she had let the carriage bump so that the bones all over her body fell apart, and the baby was even more reluctant to stay in the carriage, so she learned to shout "horse and horse" in a few days, and often had to let the six sons hold and ride the horse.

Of course, every time Liuzi rides with the baby for a period of time, Lan Yi always wants to reward him with money, which is very polite, after all, these Liuzi and others are not their own slaves, and Lan Yi should always show something after taking advantage of others. The sixth son got the reward, so he naturally treated the baby better.

Eighteen days later, Lan Yi and his entourage finally entered the boundary of Dengzhou.

At this time, it was already an April day in the world, and Lan Yi looked at the bright sunshine and scenery, and burst into tears. NND, not to mention airplanes or high-speed rail, is to take the slowest tin train, and there will be dozens of trips between the two places in 20 days!

Fortunately, after leaving the Dongping realm, there were no suspicious searchers, Lan Yi followed Xia Wan all the way, and the accommodation and other things were arranged by the domestic servants, and her household registration was not used. Therefore, when Qingshan Town is spoken, no one knows her whereabouts, and the security is much greater.

Later, Lan Yi learned that because of the delay of nearly a month, she missed the person waiting and cut off contact with the Wang family, making Steward Wang and others think that there was an accident on the road between their master and servant, and their whereabouts were unknown.

After entering Dengzhou, after passing through two counties, he arrived at Huang County, and the Beigou Village of Huang County where Lan Yi was going was about an hour's walk from the county seat, and it was not very remote. Huangxian County is only a third-tier small city in Dazhou, with a small population and a less developed economy, but the people are simple and the natural geography and climate are also good, so it can be said to be a suitable place to live.

Xia Wan's maiden family is one of the best families in Huang County, and many shops in the county are the Xia family's property. Xia Wan is the daughter of the head of the Xia family, and the husband she married is also a promising official family, so the Xia family attaches great importance to her recalling the provincial relatives this time.

"Sister, after settling down, come to Xia Mansion to see me when you are free, I am going to stay for a few days." At the time of parting, Xia Wan took Lan Yi's hand and was reluctant. Xia Wan knew that Lan Yi's livelihood was difficult, and she wanted to send some silver and silver, but she also knew that Lan Yi would not accept it, so she only gave a few precious medicinal materials as a parting, and asked Chuncao and Liuzi to send their mother and son back to their hometown to settle down.

After saying goodbye to Xia Wan, it was already early time, and Lan Yi was not in a hurry. Instead, she found a small inn not far from the south of the county to stay, and took out two taels of silver to ask her six sons to help her inquire about the situation of Wang Linshan's family in Beigou Village, so that she could know it in her heart.

Subsequently, Lan Yi took Chuncao and the baby into the guest room of the inn, and asked Xiao Er to unload the sheep cage and feed the grass. Lan Yi is more concerned about the baby's mobile thermostatic bottle, and the forage along the way is not bad, so the goat's milk production has not been affected by the hurry, which is enough for the baby and Xia Wan to drink.

The sixth son is worthy of being a powerful little guy by Xia Wan's side, and he is very neat in his work, and he inquired about the information Lan Yi wanted before dark.

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