In fact, Qian Yan had some doubts in her heart, the other party deliberately made the carriage dark, and she thought that they would rush overnight or find a place by themselves.

In that way, if a bandit comes, it is better for them to escape or flee, and they don't know why they came and stopped with them for the night.

At this moment, I saw the teenage boy get out of the carriage and jump off easily.

He arched his hand at them and said, "Under Chen Shijin, I have seen three of them, and I bothered them tonight." ”

Fang Zhengyi and Enlargement returned a salute at the same time, "Young Master Chen is polite. ”

After Chen Shijin finished speaking, he turned around and helped the old lady out of the carriage with the coachman.

Only then did she find out that the old lady was really tall, not much different from the two men, at least more than 1.7 meters.

If it weren't for the thinness, the broad shoulders and long legs would probably look very burly.

Qian Yan was embarrassed to stare at others, so she carefully observed it with her divine sense, focusing on the Adam's apple and earlobe, there was no ear piercing and no Adam's apple.

This one...... It's really hard to determine if it's a man disguised as a woman.

In case people just don't like women with earrings, like her, she didn't dare to pierce her ears for fear of pain, which is not without in ancient times.

What was more suspicious was that the old lady did not speak, but smiled and nodded at them, and walked towards the forest with the help of the boy.

Qian Yan was embarrassed to follow with her divine sense, afraid that it would be convenient for others to go, after all, after a day of carriage, it was normal to stop and go to convenience as soon as possible.

The coachman stayed, and when he saw the tarpaulin they had put up on one side, he took out a tarpaulin from the back of the carriage and followed their example and surrounded the other side.

It's just that there is no tree over there, so it can only be fixed on the stone wall, but fortunately there are cracks in the stone wall, just use a branch with an oilcloth to pierce it, and it is quite firm.

As soon as she lit the fire on the side next to the Chen family's carriage on the left, she found that the Chen Shijin family's coachman had put a few wooden planks on the wheel in front of him and put a straw mat on top of it after finishing the tarpaulin.

Qian Yan was surprised, this is the night to sleep on this?

Carriages like theirs carry a long bench that can usually be taken down as a temporary seat, or it can be placed under the front wheel to support the horse when it is unloaded from the cart.

Qian Yan didn't think of this before, she put the wheel on a stone or something, and then saw that someone else's car had this, so she asked Zhang Mancang to make one for her.

The width is longer than the two wheels, just enough to get stuck in the wheels where the car is sitting, as if adding a section of the car board in front, and when you get to the place, you can unload the horse and take the bench down, and you can pad it in front, and the height is just right.

She would sometimes build a few planks on it, which would be used as a temporary table, which was very convenient for eating or something, but she didn't expect to sleep on it.

Of course, if you sleep on it, it must be more comfortable than sleeping on the ground, after all, there is snow on the ground, and even if the snow is cleared, the ground is frozen, and it is wet when it is roasted by the fire, and it is not very useful to put things on it.

There are fires lit on both sides, and people sleep in the middle, and if they are covered tightly, they are actually not much colder than in the carriage.

What surprised her even more was that the other party not only built a bed, but also inserted two sticks in the front rut, and installed two more horizontally, made a shelf, and then put a piece of oilcloth on it.

Hey! Isn't this just a simple little tent?

Qian Yan looked at it and nodded, this method is very good, she can do it like this in the future, and when she gets to the south, when the weather is hot, she can sleep outside directly.

Of course, there was a shed in front of her carriage, and she only had to make a curtain of tarpaulin and hang it on both sides, so that she found that her carriage could become an inside and outside room.

In fact, the father and son of the Fang family also wanted to transform the carriage like this at that time, and also made a shed in front of it that could be extended out, not only to cover the horses, but also to cover it when they sat outside to catch the car.

Not only to shelter from the wind and rain, but also to block the sun, even if it is cold, it is not comfortable to be directly exposed to the sun, but the time is too tight, and the day is not finished at all, so I just do it.

The father and son of the Fang family came over after lighting the fire, and they also saw his way of operating, and their eyes lit up instantly, it was not impossible for the two of them to sleep in the car, and they had also squeezed together to make do with it before.

But now this is not a charcoal stove, the stove occupies a space, and the two of them can't stay in it, at least one person can't stretch his legs, and he must not be comfortable sleeping.

Originally, they wanted to leave one person to keep vigil at night and rest alone, so that they would not be too tired after changing shifts for two hours, and they had taken turns to rest during the day, so it should be no problem.

But now seeing the other party doing this, I think this is okay, as long as it is sealed with a tarpaulin, and then the door of the carriage is opened, the heat inside should be able to spread a little, plus the fires on both sides, it will not be cold.

Their current order is that the carriage of the Fang family is in the middle, the carriage of the Fang family and his father and son is on the left, and the carriage of Chen Shijin and his family is on the right.

The left side and the middle of the Fang family's carriage were blocked by oilcloths, and the two horses were put together, and they lit a fire between the right side of the Fang's carriage and the mountain wall.

There was also a small clearing between the two horses and the mountain wall, where a fire was also lit so that there was no need to worry about being stepped on by the horses.

There is also a fire on the left side of the carriage, which was not used in the first place, anyway, she is going to sleep in the carriage, isn't there another carriage now, and a fire can not only heat but also light.

In this way, there was a fire on both sides of every carriage, and even if one side leaked the wind, it was much warmer, and even if there was an oilcloth on it, it must not be sealed, otherwise the smoke of the fire would not be able to go out.

The place they chose was triangular in shape, with mountain walls on the southwest and northwest sides, which was very sheltered from the wind and did not snow, so it was completely unnecessary.

Qian Yan listened to the Fang family's father and son discussing to get some branches to come back, it turned out that they also wanted to make a bed in front of them, but they didn't have a plank, so they wanted to get some branches and come back to weave them, and then put a few more layers on top of it should be no problem.

They also brought fodder for the two horses, which would come in handy.

Seeing that the two of them were about to go out, Qian Yan quickly stopped them, they didn't have axes, where is it so easy to cut branches, you can't use a big knife, the knife is hidden just in case, it's better not to expose it.

So Tilt Yan walked directly to the back, and then pretended to be from under the car board, but in fact, she asked Chou Chou to take out a few wooden planks from the space.

This plank is still left over from the previous construction of the carriage, Zhang Mancang put it in the back box for her, let her take it, in case it is broken, you can also repair it, Qian Yan felt that it was placed outside to occupy space, so let the ugly ugly put it away, anyway, the space is very large, and it is no problem to put these things.

Fang Dayou saw the wooden plank that Qian Yan pulled out, and immediately laughed, "It's still the girl's thoughtfulness, and it's convenient to have a lot of things in this place." ”

Qian Yan also smiled and said: "I used to sleep in the wilderness a lot, and I used this wooden board to set up a temporary table in front of me, these wooden planks are left over when building the carriage, I am afraid that there are any problems in the carriage that can be repaired." ”

Fang Dayou looked at her carriage, indeed, whether it was the shed that extended out in front or the box in the back, it was necessary to keep some of it in case it broke down, and it was easier to repair it.

With this plank, it was much easier to do, and I directly followed the man's example, spread it on the wheel in front of me, and also wanted to put an oilcloth on it, but I found that they did not have a wooden stick to build a shelf.

Qian Yan looked at it and gave them an idea directly, directly tied the oilcloth to the two corners of the carriage, and then the other end was obliquely down, and the other end was tied to the wheel, such a triangular tent was set up, and there should be no problem at all to put the feet on the narrow side.

The father and son did what she said, and it looked really good, which was more convenient, and the extra oilcloth was just pulled down on both sides, covering both sides, and there was a little gap underneath, and it was not a big problem to have fires on both sides.

Qian Yan looked at the burning fire, in fact, it is not wise to start a fire when there are bandits, it is very unsafe.

Originally, people may not know where they are, but this fire is equivalent to giving them a clear goal.

But on such a cold day, it is impossible if there is no fire, their two carriages are okay, there is a charcoal stove in the carriage, and they can still make up for a night without a fire, but others can't, so they just freeze and sleep for a night, and the corpses will be stiff tomorrow morning.

Since everyone else is on fire, it's not bad for them, so it's better to follow the crowd, if it's really discovered, no one can hide from it.

Of course, this kind of thing will not happen, and the ugly and ugly have already said that they will deal with those bandits, so there is no need to worry about this.

However, Qian Yan now also figured out why Chen Shijin wanted them to be with them, instead of finding a place where no one was around, it was estimated that she saw someone else making a fire, and only then did she know that she had made the carriage black, and she had done useless work at all.

On such a cold day, it is impossible to stay in the dark.

When Chen Shijin helped the old lady back, the coachman not only set up the place where he slept at night, but also lit the fire, and set up a pot on it, in which snow water was boiling.

There is snow in this mountain, and there is no water source at all, but fortunately, as long as you pull the upper layer apart, the snow inside is clean, and you can drink it if you burn it.

Their fire is also charcoal, and it is not easy to find firewood in this wilderness, so most of them will carry charcoal on the road.

Of course, not everyone is like this, for example, there are no people in the cart of ox carts, and their carts pull so many people, plus those people's luggage, there must be no way to pull charcoal and other things.

So they had to look for dead branches buried in the snow nearby, and then they lit two large fires, which were lit, but they were choked by the billowing black smoke.

There is no way to do it, if you want to be warm, you can only endure it, but fortunately, when the fire burns and the moisture in the firewood is dry, the smoke will become a lot smaller, otherwise this night is really uncomfortable.

Those people ate dry food with them, that is, flatbread and steamed buns, which were roasted on the fire and then eaten with some hot water.

Qian Yan also looked at the caravan with her divine sense, those coachmen and dart masters were not much better, they were all around the fire to roast some dry food to eat, the difference was to bring some braised meat and pickles, so that the food would not be tasteless.

Qian Yan discussed it with the Fang family's father and son, they don't cook alone, if they stew meat or something outside, the fragrance wafting out is a little too annoying.

They are not afraid that others will come to find trouble, but more is better than less, and they still have children, so there is no need to conflict with these ordinary people.

It's just that people don't come, and it's really a bit inauthentic, people are hard to gnaw on dry food, and they eat big fish and meat here, so they just make do with it.

I boiled porridge on the stove, heated the steamed buns, and ate them directly with meat sauce and pickles, which was much better than those people ate.

They did not eat outside around the fire, but each of them ate in the carriage, which was much warmer than outside, and did not suffer outside.

When Chen Shijin came back, he saw that there was already a fire outside, and he thought that they were going to come out to cook after cleaning up, but no one came out, and he felt a little strange.

Thinking they don't eat dinner? Until I smelled the scent of rice porridge wafting from the carriage.

He subconsciously swallowed his saliva, thinking that people would really enjoy it, not only installing a carbon stove in the carriage, but also cooking in it.

In fact, he had found some clues before, after all, he had been walking behind the other party's car, and he occasionally came out to sit with Uncle Gui for a while to talk.

He also looked at the carriage in front of them, and he noticed that there was a round iron cylinder sticking out of the right side of the carriage, and at first he didn't know what it was for, but then there was occasional smoke coming out of it, and then he realized that it must be a chimney.

Especially when the temperature inside the compartment is high and the temperature outside is low, there will be a cloud of white hot gas, which is still obvious.

At first, he was still researching how the other party put the stove in the wooden carriage, wasn't he afraid of fire? I also thought that if I had a chance, I would take a look and get one myself in the next town, it was too cold in their carriage, not much better than outside.

They still have to travel a long way, and they can't stand it even if they are covered by a quilt in the carriage all the time.

Just thought about chatting with each other when they were cooking outside for a while, and asked by the way after they were cooked, but they didn't come out to do it at all, and he was embarrassed to run to knock on someone's door, it was late, and there was a woman next to him, so he could only wait for tomorrow morning to see.

She didn't know what was going on outside, she was breastfeeding her baby while listening to the voice of Ugly, who said that there was no one in the place where the hunters lived......

(End of chapter)