Chapter 231: Departure
"Shu'er, of course I want you to go with me. It's just that the shop is busy, and I'm afraid of delaying your business."
This is Xue Zhi'an's heart disease, and the family now has a rouge gouache shop, and there are already fifty workers in the workshop. There is also a ready-to-wear shop, and the embroidery workshop is also in charge of Shu'er, although it has been recruited, but the embroidery of the embroidery lady still needs to be checked by her personally......
The Zhang family and the Li family were full of sadness, not because Xue Zhi'an was going to Fucheng to participate in the government test, but because Ye Shu'er, the pillar, was now going to travel far away, and they had to decide everything in the family.
Zhang opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but swallowed the words back.
"Mother, don't worry. I'll take care of Zhi'an on the way, and I don't feel at ease if he goes alone."
"He's a big man, why do you still need to take care of him? Naturally, he has to take good care of you."
Zhang was very dissatisfied, if his daughter-in-law left, wouldn't it take a month or two to see each other again, and he couldn't help but feel sour when he thought of this.
Xue Zhi'an felt that his status was not as good as the calf at home, and the calf was still loved and loved, and someone fed the vegetables.
"Mother, it's me who wants to take the government exam, not ......."
Before the words fell, Zhang slapped his back fiercely and said, "It's the same outside, don't let your daughter-in-law be wronged, protect her well, and come back unharmed."
Zhang couldn't cry, he couldn't stand this sadness of parting when he was old.
Ye Shu'er hugged Zhang and gently patted her on the back, so that she didn't have to worry.
Song took her hand, his eyes full of reluctance.
"Shu'er, you have to take care of yourself outside, don't wronged yourself."
Ye Shu'er smiled and patted the back of her sister-in-law's hand, "Sister-in-law, you too." Now that the home is not the same as before, you don't need to be wronged by what you should eat and use. Just let the big brother buy it for you."
Song invested 100 taels of silver in the rouge shop, although it was not much, but there was a lot of money in the dividends every quarter.
"I know that by the time you come back, I'll be giving birth too. You don't have to worry about the things in the shop, we will watch it for you, and if there is anything important, I will write to you."
Ye Shu'er nodded.
Seeing that the caravan was about to depart, Li reminded, "Shu'er, Zhi'an. The people of the caravan have come to urge, so hurry up!"
Xue Zhi'an took Ye Shu'er's hand and got into the carriage together.
Before leaving, Ye Shuer lifted the curtain and waved goodbye to her family.
Du Yuanbao's carriage was the one in front, and his mother and father began to cry early this morning, and his head was still "buzzing".
He just went to Fucheng to take the exam, and didn't he go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, so he didn't need to cry like this?
"Let's go—"
The caravan officially departed, and after the whole procession, hung a flag with an exclusive logo, set off all the way to the east.
Ye Shuer finally experienced the excitement of an outing when she was a child, although she was a little unaccustomed to riding in a carriage, but fortunately, she brought soothing incense and peppermint oil to refresh her mind.
"Zhi'an, bring me that baggage."
Xue Zhi'an opened the lid of the drawer and took out a beige bag from it, which looked bulging, and he didn't know what it contained.
"Why is it so heavy?"
Ye Shu'er put the package on her lap, which was a special snack. There are not only spicy jerky, but also shortbread, dried fruits, and cooking cakes...... It's all food.
She took out a few pieces of jerky and put them in her hand, "This is a special jerky I asked my mother to give us for tooth sacrifice."
It will take at least half a month on this journey, and it will be too difficult to sit like this dry. She even brought leaf cards, dice, and other things to pass the time, and if it weren't for the small space in the carriage, she even wanted to carry the things that threw pots into the carriage.
Xue Zhi'an looked at the jerky in his hand, the color was good, he took a bite, the spicy aroma mixed with the taste of pork roasting, and the chewy taste couldn't help but amaze:
"It's delicious!"
Ye Shu'er packed the rest, "It doesn't seem good for us to eat such delicious dried meat alone, why don't you get some for Yuanbao?"
Xue Zhi'an raised his eyebrows, "Why did you give it to him? He doesn't lack these things."
The Du family is rich and rich, and he must not look down on this kind of jerky.
"Who says I don't lack anything? Xue Zhi'an, do you still have a conscience? I didn't say anything, so you refused for me?" He gritted his teeth and flew the cooking cake in his hand into Xue Zhi'an's arms.
Xue Zhi'an grabbed the cooking cake, which almost didn't stick to his face, "Believe it or not, I blasted you out?"
Du Yuanbao didn't care, he put away the jerky by himself, "If there is anything delicious in the future, you have to think about me, Shu'er, don't listen to him, keep it for me."
"How can you be as thick as a wall?"
Du Yuanbao didn't care what he said, got the delicious dried meat and left happily, and returned to his carriage.
Towards dusk, the caravan found a temporary place to rest, at the foot of a hill.
The caravan consisted of more than a dozen people, selling furs and porcelain. The leader was a big brother in his forties who had traveled from south to north for many years, with a face full of beards, and a rough voice when he spoke, like a mountain bandit rather than a businessman.
"Brothers have worked hard, add dinner tonight!" He held a wine glass in his hand and a roast leg of lamb in his hand.
"Thank you, big brother!"
A few younger brothers helped to roast a piece of mutton, this sheep was cooked in the morning, or fresh, and after the barbecue, it became a big meal in everyone's mouth.
Ye Shu'er watched them eat mutton in a big gulp, and tears of envy flowed down from the corners of her mouth, "I want to eat it too."
Xue Zhi'an and Du Yuanbao squatted on the ground together, watching them eat roast mutton and drink fine wine, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Liu Sandao saw a few of them watching him eat mutton, and felt a little unkind, "If you want to eat, then exchange it for something else."
Ye Shuer rubbed her little hands, she finally had a chance.
She took out the prepared spicy jerky, "This is jerky, it's delicious, is it okay to exchange this for this?"
Liu Sandao hesitated a little, took it and tasted it, "It's really good, this jerky is very chewy, and it tastes good."
"Of course, this is a lot of trouble to do, and it takes a lot of time to dry and smoke."
"Do you still have that?" If I want it, I still have a lot of mutton, do you want it?"
Ye Shu'er shook her head, she just wanted to try it, but she didn't mean to replace all the jerky with mutton. Although there are still a lot of hidden in the space, the most important thing to do when I go to Fucheng this time is to take out the herbs, vegetables and fruits in the space and sell them to see how the prices in Fucheng are.