Qian Yan was a little thoughtful, it seemed that it was impossible to hear useful information from passers-by.

Then I thought of the big family of more than 20 people before, they didn't seem to be going to Xingtang Mansion, but saying that they were going to Bianzhou, and they should just be passing by.

If you get to Bianzhou here, there should be two or three hundred kilometers, but some of them are gone.

Eh, no, isn't Bianzhou the birthplace of the famous Xue Juzheng of the Xue family?

She still hasn't made it clear which is the Xue Mansion in the capital that Li Hao said before, after all, these two places are considered capitals, and according to him, they should be quite powerful, I don't know if it is the same family as Xue Minghua.

And the capital he said, if it is Xingtang Mansion, it may not be, of course, it is most likely Bianzhou, which is also one of the three capitals, she may have misunderstood it before, and when she said that the capital Xue Mansion thought it was the same.

In fact, it's easy to say, isn't there a ready-made Xue family here, just ask if you don't understand, anyway, they all have the same surname, she can inquire by the way.

Tilt Yan turned to Xue Minghua and said, "I haven't asked before, is the Xue family you are in the same clan as the Xue family in Bianzhou?" ”

Xue Minghua was a little drowsy, and the two children had already fallen asleep on their stomachs in the car, although there were still some bumps, but this afternoon, after playing for a while, it was easy to get sleepy.

As soon as she heard Qian Yan ask this, she came to her senses, in fact, she also wanted to ask which branch Qian Yan came from.

"Yes, we are the same clan as the Xue family in Bianzhou, we are a side branch, we used to be in Hedong, and later migrated to Bianzhou.

Before Your Majesty was called the emperor in Weizhou, our family defected to us, originally wanted to build a meritorious career, but never thought that Your Majesty moved the capital to Los Angeles again, which was given the name Xingtang Mansion, and my uncle's grandfather was named the Tongshi Sheren, and went to Los Angeles together, and then all the way to the school of the military department, and now I don't know what the official position is.

My grandfather stayed here and became a lieutenant, and my father also took up a position under my grandfather, and then our branch lived here. ”

After a pause, he said with some doubts: "Sister, aren't you in the same clan as us?" ”

Qian Yan shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be, but it's not good to say, maybe it was before." Our ancestors moved to the Northland, and it is impossible to know which one it was.

I've been living in Youzhou since I was born, and I haven't heard my grandfather say where I moved from before. ”

She is not lying, their family is indeed in Youzhou, but it is only in the afterlife, of course, this does not need to be said too clearly.

Xue Minghua guessed in his heart: It seems that the one should have been divided very early, and it is not bad, and the family background conditions should not be bad if she can raise this woman with a full temperament.

"My sister said before that Youzhou has fallen into the hands of the Khitans, so have all your family escaped?"

She suddenly thought of what Qian Yan said before, the Khitan people have entered Yunzhou, and they can't be spared if they want to be better than Youzhou.

I choked, alas, I can't make it up......

His eyes rolled, he thought of a place, and said to her: "They are safe now, in the Yecheng General Li, our two families are world friends, and they will take care of my family." ”

Xue Minghua nodded, "That's good, hey...... This Khitan has entered the customs, and I am afraid that there will be chaos again in the future, and I don't know if the Xingtang Mansion can be stable.

I have been in Handcheng for more than ten years, my ears and eyes are closed, and I have nowhere to hear about many things, not to mention the things in the imperial city, even the capital side, which is my memory before the accident. ”

Qian Yan thought about it, inquiring about the situation here in Xue Minghua, in fact, it was not as good as knowing more about Li Hao.

At that time, because there was no way to confess her life experience, she could only let the other party guess, she had always been ambiguous when she spoke to the other party, and it was not easy to speak directly to this, so as not to arouse suspicion.

But it doesn't matter, he's going to leave anyway, he's just looking for a topic to talk about now.

Later, Xue Minghua told her some things that she knew before leaving home, at that time, the Xue family's position as an official in the court was not low, but their official position was not very high, and they did not belong to the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, but were considered magistrates.

However, there are many people studying at home, and there are connections, and it is only a matter of time before a few more officials come out.

The two of them chatted about some speculations about the capital and the imperial city, of course, they were all guessed by the two of them, and Qian Yan also guessed based on the history of the five dynasties that she had learned.

Now the imperial city should also be more chaotic, after all, Shi Jingtang will soon be the emperor in Taiyuan, and I want to know that it is impossible for the imperial city to get no news at all.

The Khitans have already entered the customs, and this action is not small.

But no matter how chaotic it is, it has nothing to do with her, she is a temporary passerby, and worrying about the country and the people is not something she needs to do.

It's not good to say too much to Xue Minghua, although she doesn't give people the image of a boudoir woman, but even if she is a chivalrous woman who likes to act chivalrous, it is impossible to know too much about national affairs, which is too unreasonable.

With her back to the carport, she quietly took out her watch from her pocket and glanced at it, it was already 3:40, it was still very hot, and the sun was not as poisonous as before, but there was still no wind, and it felt a little stuffy.

It can't be raining, is it?

Before she could say anything, she heard Xue Minghua say: "Sister, it looks a little wrong this day, it is estimated that it is going to rain, if you can find a place to shelter from the rain, it is better to avoid it first."

The rain here will pass for a while, and it won't be too long, and it's not too late to hit the road again. ”

Tilt Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll look at both sides of the road, if there are people or temples or the like, let's go in and take avoidance." ”

Although their shed looks very good, it can only block the sun, but not the rain. The drizzle is fine, but if it rains moderately and heavily, the quilt inside will be wet.

Qian Yan regretted a little, when she went to the grocery store, she saw tung oil paper, which is the kind used to make umbrellas, and she looked at it curiously, why didn't she think about buying one.

If you have tung oil paper, cover it one by one on the shed now, and you won't be afraid of it even if it rains.

Although the day has not yet been cloudy, the sun seems to be covered with a layer of mist, and it is indeed the appearance of a storm coming.

Let the little donkey continue to pick up speed, observing both sides.

They may have been on the official road, and there were not many villages they passed along the way, either wasteland or woods.

This side is not like the later generations, the villages are eager to be built on the side of the road, most of them are not close to the official road, only those towns with shops, will be closer.

If you want to find some villages, in fact, it is easy to say, just see if there is a fork in the road next to it, just like the Qiaotou village they passed by before, follow the fork in the road, there will definitely be a village.

It's just that the distance is not necessarily, like they walked from Qiaotou Village to the official road before, but after walking for most of the day, they were about to catch up with the capital from here.

Although they were walking and stopping all the way at that time, often looking for food in the fields to find out if there was any confiscated grain, it was indeed not close, and with the time to find the village, they might as well speed up and hurry to the capital.

After walking for a while, she didn't see the building, Qian Yan thought about it and asked Chouchou, "Do you have any tarpaulins and plastic sheets in your space?" Or that kind of waterproof canvas is OK, I really can't find a place to shelter from the rain, let's cover the carport a little.

Anyway, Xue Minghua is in the car, and he can't see outside, and when the rain stops, you can just put it away quietly. Mainly those two thick quilts, if it rains, it's a pity. ”

The ugly ugly obediently rummaged through the space and said: "There are no canvas oilcloths, but there are a few pieces of plastic sheeting, which I use to spread on the ground and put them to eat, but that thing is a little too eye-catching, it's that kind of transparent plastic sheet." ”

Qian Yan's eyes lit up, "It's good to be transparent, you're stupid, isn't it even more invisible." ”

Ugly rolled his eyes, "Am I stupid or are you stupid?" Transparent reflection, when the time comes to touch someone, it will immediately make people see it! ”

"Really, what can I do?" ”

Chouchou thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, we will put a layer of plastic sheeting in the middle and put a straw mat on it, then you won't be able to see it outside and inside." ”

This time it was her turn to roll her eyes, "Where did we get the straw mat?" You don't want me to make it up temporarily, I also have to have that time, a straw mat as big as a carport, it will take an afternoon, and we will all rush to the capital at that time. ”

The ugly and ugly tone was a little embarrassed: "You don't know this, right~ I secretly took one of the mats I made on the road before." ”

"When did you collect it? There are a few mats, haven't others noticed them? Qian Yan said suspiciously.

Ugly and proudly said: "Hehe~ It's when you were refining salt before, we made a lot of straw mats together, didn't you throw a lot of them when you left, I think that thing is very good, it's soft, and it's just right to put some things on it that are afraid of bumping, so I just took one in and put those snacks on it." ”

As soon as she heard this, she was happy, and praised the ugly, "I still have you, you are worthy of being an ancient divine beast, you are reliable, your collecting habit is really good, quite prescient?" Then you take out that straw mat in a moment, and I think about where to put it......

In this way, you tie it to the bottom of the donkey cart so that I can pretend to get it back from there, and Xue Minghua will not suspect it. ”

Ugly and ugly nodded, "No problem, I'll get it out in a while, tie it under the car with hemp rope, and when the time comes, you can pull it out from underneath, pretend to add a layer of grass mat to the shed to cover it, and I'll put the plastic sheet in the middle for you." ”

When the matter was resolved, Qian Yan was in a good mood instantly, so that she didn't have to rush to find a place to shelter from the rain.

As soon as the two finished discussing, a gust of wind blew, and Qian Yan was blinded by the sand, so she hurriedly raised her hand to cover her eyes, turned her head, rubbed her eyes, and kneaded the sand out.

Then he pretended to say, "It's broken!" The wind is blowing, this is really rain is coming, in this wilderness, we can't find a place to shelter from the rain, so I just put this shed in the extra layer, if the rain is not very heavy, it should be no problem. ”

When Xue Minghua heard this, he said, "Then I'll go down to help you." ”

Tianyan waved her hand, "No, no, your legs are inconvenient, I'll do it myself." There is also a straw mat under my car, which was originally intended to be used to sit on the ground when I was parked and rested, but now I will put it on top of the shed first, and then cover it, and one more layer should be able to block some rain. ”

Xue Minghua said with a look of shame: "I really can't help at all, so I'm left with a drag." ”

Qian Yan smiled at her and said, "Don't say that, you are injured, this is not a special situation, if you are not injured, I will definitely let you help." ”

As he spoke, he drove the donkey cart to the open space next to it, and he definitely couldn't toss the cart shed in the middle of the road, not to mention that it was even more dazzling to block the road.

I turned the car half a circle and stopped at the back, the wind was southerly, and the back of the car was covered by a straw mat, so as to save blowing sand into the car.

Qian Yan looked inside, the two children were still sleeping soundly, they didn't wake up, they didn't let Xue Minghua wake up the children, and the little leopard also slept on his back in Huan'er's arms.

Angrily poked its fat belly with his fingers, and the little leopard was woken up by her, opened his eyes in a daze, saw that it was her, turned over and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

She slapped her ass angrily before jumping out of the car.

Xue Minghua looked at her movements funny, this girl is really a child.

Tilt Yan bent down directly on the side of the car and pulled out the grass mat under the car, shaking off the dust on it.

Not long after this was tied, there was a layer of soil, mainly the official road is the dirt road, and the climate here is dry, the dust can be imagined, just like a while, there is a layer on it.

After shaking it off, he said to Chouchou: "Okay, you can get the plastic sheet on first, and then I'll put this mat on it, by the way, the plastic sheet is not bigger than this shed, and you can see it when the time comes." ”

Ugly said: "Don't worry, I picked a small piece and vacated it, a little smaller than the straw mat, put it in the middle just right, you put on this straw mat itself has another layer, and the top is an arched shed, and it can't hold water, it will soon flow down, and it shouldn't be easy to seep down." ”

As he spoke, he put the plastic sheet on it with his divine sense, and put it very upright, and there was no sound yet, and she sighed when she looked at it.

This divine sense is really useful, and the plastic sheet is really just right when placed on it, and the two sides are less than ten centimeters, and the straw mat is completely covered as soon as it is placed.

Moreover, the reed mat itself is a little wider than the donkey cart, and the plastic sheet is not in the way if it is not covered by a little bit.

Tilting Yan put the straw mat like a net, half-turned around and borrowed strength, and threw it up while turning around, and threw it directly on top of the shed.

looked left and right, nodded, yes, his kung fu is also good, and it was set up all at once.

Take out the fine hemp rope, which is left over from the previous purchase to make the shed, and use it to secure the four corners of the mat.

This is relatively easy, just thread the thin hemp rope through the straw mat and tie it to the car.

At this time, the wind gradually became stronger, and the loess on the ground was swept into the rhythm of a sandstorm.

The shed was blown up, and Qian Yan hurriedly tied a few more thin hemp ropes, so as not to tear off the carport.

Fortunately, the gusts of wind were only four or five levels, and they were not big enough to lift the shed, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)