Chapter 320: Returning Home (1)
Today's weather is gloomy, but the day that I have already decided to go home has not been rescheduled due to the change in weather.
Early in the morning, Li Mingren came with his children to see him off. Although I really want Yunlan to wait for the weather to clear up two days before leaving, I am worried that I will encounter a cooling on the way if I leave two days late. In the end, a thousand words come together in one sentence: "Take care of yourself on the road."
"Well, we're ready to go, and we're going to rush to Youzhou to join the second brother."
Li Mingyi went to Youzhou City to buy a restaurant before, and Zhao Yunlan went to the letter to Mingyi so that Mingyi didn't have to run back and forth, just wait for everyone in Fucheng.
The father and son watched the carriage drift away, and did not turn away until they could see anything clearly. Ruiwen looked a little lost, but he didn't cry, Qing'er had already been handed over to Mama Cui to hold, and she didn't know what it meant to be separated at the moment. I thought that my mother would go out in a carriage as usual and would come back in the evening.
After the carriage traveled for two hours, Zhao Yunlan poked her head out and looked at the sky, and she had already walked out of the sky shrouded in dark clouds.
"Li Hua, go and tell the third master and them, let's go overnight tonight, don't stop in Changhe County."
"Yes, ma'am." Li Hua sped up the carriage and caught up with the carriage in front.
This time home, there were four carriages in total. Two at home and two more rented. Zhao Yunlan brought Chunxiang and two other little maids with her, and the three brothers of the Li family didn't bring the little maid when they came, so they went back alone, and the carriage was arranged for the three brothers to ride in the same car. Although the wife is peaceful now, she still brought the guards back for safety.
Each car was equipped with three guards to take turns to drive the carriage, the third and fourth were in the first carriage, and the last two cars were loaded with some luggage to take home, specialties from the Northland, and things that Caixia and her party brought to the family. In addition to the guards in the cart loaded with goods, there were also two small servants left in the carriage to guard the luggage.
Li Mingli got the signal, so he asked the coachman to speed up, and since he didn't stay overnight in the next county, he hurried to Youzhou City.
All the way out of Shiyang County, through Changhe County, the weather gradually turned cloudy, and when you arrived in Youzhou, dark clouds have covered the sky with a thick layer.
The car in front slowed down, waiting for Zhao Yunlan's car to catch up. Li Mingli leaned out and said loudly:
"Sister-in-law, there are still two hours to go to Youzhou."
Chunxiang lifted the curtain of the car, and Zhao Yunlan responded: "Well, it looks like it's going to rain."
"Shall we go faster, then?"
"No, the road ahead is wide, and it won't be too difficult to walk on a rainy day. It's just this speed, the main reason is that the horse has been running for so long, and if it speeds up again, I'm afraid it won't be able to bear it, but it's not safe."
Li Mingli: "Okay."
Putting down the curtain, Zhao Yunlan couldn't help but stretch her waist, and took a break halfway, sitting with a sore body, Chunxiang saw that she wanted to help Zhao Yunlan massage.
"No, you're tired all the way. It's almost there, and I can still hold on."
Chunxiang nodded, and motioned to the little maid next to her to take another cushion to raise the lady.
In Shiyang County, Li Mingren was handling official business in the county office, and from time to time he wandered and wondered if Yunlan was safe on the road.
"Adult, adult~" Chen Yiqing had already called Li Mingren for the fourth time, and he only felt helpless in his heart. Fortunately, today I am dealing with some miscellaneous things.
"Huh? Yes! Go on, I'll listen." Li Mingren came back to his senses.
Cao Yingfa pressed the back of Chen Yiqing's hand and said, "Your Excellency might as well go back and rest today, there are some miscellaneous things left.
Lao Chen and I can handle it well, today is just to keep an eye on them to repair the county government, and there is nothing else to do."
After finishing the work in the fields, the "peasant helpers" were arranged to do the work of repairing the county government, and Li Mingren thought that he would invite workers to repair the county government, so it was better to let these people do it, and the wages saved would be used as food expenses for these people.
Li Mingren looked at the two people in front of him, and also felt that he was not in a good state today, so he had to nod his head.
When I got home, I saw Raven and his sister sitting on a small stool, looking at the light rain falling outside the window.
When she got up early this morning, Xiao Qing'er didn't find her mother, and cried for a while until Ruiwen came over and coaxed her for almost a quarter of an hour
He slowly stopped crying, but he didn't dare to mention his mother again.
Mama Cui was anxious on the side, the first time she saw the young lady crying for so long, she was worried that she would hurt her eyes by crying, so she split her throat.
"Dad, you're done so early today?" Raven was a little surprised to see his father come back at this time.
"Well, what are you two doing sitting here?" Li Mingren took two steps and hugged his little girl.
Seeing that Qing'er's eyes were still a little red, she knew that she had cried, and she didn't dare to mention Zhao Yunlan's departure from home.
Raven is also well-behaved, and only said that he would take his sister to see the rainy day.
The father and son sat in front of the window in a row, each thinking of the same person.
Zhao Yunlan's side, there is still half an hour to enter Youzhou City, and the raindrops are beginning to fall.
"Good thing it's coming." Zhao Yunlan had to rejoice.
"Li Hua, enter Youzhou City in a while, find an inn to unload the carriage first, and let the horses rest well."
Outside the car, Li Hua had already put on his coat and responded:
"The little one knows, the second master should have also found an inn."
"Yes." Zhao Yunlan rushed all the way, forgetting that there was still Mingyi.
Seeing the last bit of the journey, Li Mingli couldn't help but let the driver speed up a little, and with the wind blowing, the rain became heavier and heavier, and from time to time a trace of wind poured into the carriage.
"Ah, I'm finally going into town!" In the lead carriage, Wise shouted, his voice tinged with excitement.
The guards at the city gate checked the carriage and let it go, and the carriage slowly drove in, and Li Mingli had already leaned out to see.
"Second brother!" Li Mingli waved his hand.
Li Mingyi ran forward and got into the carriage:
"I've booked a room, let's go rest for a while."
guessed that his sister-in-law would come to Youzhou in a hurry, and Li Mingyi was prepared early. On this return trip, the three brothers stopped fighting, after all, they had to rush home to get busy with business, and the farther back they went, the colder the weather became, so they didn't dare to delay on the road.
When the carriage arrived at the inn, everyone hurriedly got off the carriage and moved their muscles.
Li Mingyi came to Zhao Yunlan and said, "Sister-in-law, go upstairs to rest first, and the second child will bring food up in a while, and I will arrange the carriage."
Zhao Yunlan nodded, didn't say any more polite nonsense, and went upstairs to rest in a hurry.
After a brief freshening up and a change of clean clothes, the meal was already on the table.
"Eat with me, so many dishes. There's no one else in this room, so I don't care about that." Zhao Yunlan beckoned Chunxiang and the three maids to eat together.
The two little girls are still a little submissive, Chunxiang has been by Zhao Yunlan's side for a long time and already understands her wife's temper, so she said that if she shouts to eat together, don't shirk it again, so as not to get upset back and forth.
Chunxiang took the lead in sitting down, beckoning the two little girls to sit down as well.
"Feel free, eat and rest." Zhao Yunlan spoke.
The three responded, "Yes."
The four masters and servants finally had a hearty meal.
The three brothers Li Mingyi lived in the same room, and the three brothers also ordered a table of food and a pot of wine.
"It's nice to have a glass of wine on a rainy day." Mingli looked out the window.
Li Mingyi: "After eating, I'll find a few people to paste the carriage again, so as not to encounter wind and rain on the road, so you two can rest upstairs."
"Okay, second brother."
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