Chapter 10 The Carriage
Father Chen slapped a sycophant and gave him some silver, although he refused, he was still persuaded by Father Chen, after all, it is rare to have a servant who is good to talk to, and he must be good friends.
After Xu Yuan left, several people studied around this big burden, and after opening it, they found that there were many things, pots and pans, grain, rice and noodles.
Of course, there are also quite a few dry food flatbreads and the like.
In fact, the officials actually didn't care about the fact that the prisoners cooked by themselves on the way to exile, because the prisoners cooked by themselves, and the officials were very able to find opportunities to eat and drink.
Moreover, the prisoners can save a lot of food by finding their own ingredients to cook, after all, in order to prevent the prisoners from starving to death, the court will also arrange their food and drink on the way to exile.
Although it was only steamed bread and coarse grains and pancakes, there were also several carriages, and if the prisoners did not eat them, the officials could secretly sell them, and they would share the money for themselves.
So, they don't care about the prisoners cooking their own meals.
Father Chen checked it, and in addition to the basic firewood, rice, oil, and salt, the other burdens were steamed buns, baked cakes, and even preserved fruits.
On top of that, there's also jerky.
And don't look at the same pancakes, but these are made of fine noodles, the taste is different, and there are various fillings.
Without Chen Yuan's instructions, the people have already taken the initiative to pick up pots and pans, make a fire to cook, and the steamed buns and baked cakes are already cold, and they must be served with hot soup to eat.
Of course, it is also because they have a large number of people, and this little food is simply not enough for so many people to eat a few meals, so they can only save a little, after all, the road to exile is very long.
The owners can eat steamed buns to their heart's content, but they, the subordinates, can only drink more hot soup to fill their stomachs.
Fortunately, Chen's father is not the kind of harsh person, so let his subordinates cook some rice porridge to fill their stomachs, so that they will not starve to death.
Chen Xue did not interfere in cooking, but instead sat in a circle with Fluttershy and Chen's mother, secretly eating pastries.
After all, they really couldn't eat the steamed buns and baked cakes, so in order not to force themselves, Chen Xue began to move things from the space.
Anyway, they were in a circle, and everyone saw that the servants brought them food, but they didn't know what it was, so even if they were seen eating, they didn't have to worry about being exposed.
"Girl, you eat first!"
Seeing a few pieces of pastry wrapped in a handkerchief, Fluttershy doesn't do anything, instead planning to wait for Chen Xue to eat it first, lest she eat it and the girl will go hungry.
"Don't worry, it's more."
Chen Xue was a little moved when she saw her expression of thinking about herself, and touched her head with her little hand.
Then, as if she had changed her mind, she took out a few more pastries from behind her, and not only that, but she also took out grapes and other fruits.
If you put up a barbecue grill, it's like an outing.
By the time the next person had cooked and let them go to eat, the three of them had already eaten.
However, they didn't say that, and still pretended not to eat, and each took a bun to eat.
Father Chen was wondering why the three of them only ate one bun so tacitly, and just wanted to ask, the daughter who looked at it gave him a look, and then thought of her magical means, so he didn't say more.
After he was full, he asked his subordinates to eat the remaining rice porridge buns.
"Dangdang!"
At this time, the officials had already beaten gongs and drums, meaning to set off, and everyone hurriedly packed up their things and prepared to continue their journey.
"No way!"
Father Chen suddenly frowned, "If we go like this, we will fall if we can't finish thousands of miles." ”
It doesn't matter if he's tired, his wife and daughter can't be tired, so he has to find a carriage, no, the carriage definitely won't work, and the donkey cart can also be.
Thinking of this, he discussed with his wife and daughter, Chen Xue nodded, she had already had this idea.
"Dad, you have this silver, you definitely need it."
Father Chen took the silver taels, and then found Xu Tian, the official just now, and after a few words with him, he patted his head.
"It's my mistake, how can I forget this stubble, Lord Chen, don't worry, leave it to me!"
It is not out of the capital yet, there are people everywhere, and there happens to be a village nearby, so Xu Tian spent money to buy an old carriage.
The Chen family didn't expect Xu Tian to be so efficient, and he really got a carriage, which made them so happy that they finally didn't have to walk.
Although they had only been walking for less than two hours, they felt like they had walked for a century.
Seeing that Xu Tian brought a carriage to the Chen family, Zhao Guang was suddenly anxious, he also thought that the Chen family couldn't stand the torture and died of exhaustion, and with the carriage, how could his goal be achieved.
"Xu Tian, what are you doing!"
"Don't you know that these people are criminals? Who let them ride in the carriage! ”
Xu Tian was already burdened with the entrustment of several adults to take care of Lord Chen, and he also admired Lord Chen very much, so when he heard Zhao Guang's words, he replied unceremoniously.
"What happened to the prisoner? Who said that prisoners can't ride in carriages, and who stipulates it? ”
"Didn't you arrange for carriages for prisoners to sit in? Why, you can do it, but I can't? ”
"You ......"
Zhao Guang's face was very ugly, he had indeed done this before, after all, it was ordered from above, and the main thing was to give too much.
"What to quarrel with, what to quarrel with!"
At this time, the captain of the official came over, and Zhao Guang hurriedly ran over to complain.
The captain glanced at Xu Tian and then at Chen Yuan, then turned around and left, "Continue on your way, if you delay the time, see how many lives you still have to cut." ”
Obviously, he did not express any opinion on the matter of the Chen family riding in the carriage.
After all, they didn't do anything, and there were no rules in the first place.
Besides, although some people above asked them to stumble on Chen Yuan, several adults also sent him letters one after another to ask him to take care of Chen Yuan.
On the one hand, let him stumble, and on the other hand, let him take care of it.
What could he do?
Both sides can't afford to offend, so they can only take the money, turn a blind eye, and don't care about anything, anyway, it's impossible for outsiders to know what happened on the road of exile.
Zhao Guang saw that the captain didn't care, his face turned black into the bottom of the pot, and he left angrily, and immediately, a ruthless color flashed in his eyes, "It seems that you still have to do it yourself." ”
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Chen Xue and the others ignored the departing Zhao Guang, and came to Xu Tian one after another to express their gratitude.
was praised by Lord Chen, and his daughter said that the little brother was so powerful, he was praised to the sky, and the whole person was fluttering.
Seeing this, the other prisoners came to Xu Tian one after another and asked him to help find a carriage and money, and they were not short of money.
Hehe!
Xu Tian sneered, I'm sorry, I'm not short of money.
Seeing Xu Tian throw his sleeves and leave, everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't understand why they helped Chen Yuan, and he was unwilling to help when he and others gave him money.
Could it be that it's because I gave the money?
In desperation, they had no choice but to ask other officials for help.