bayedsolid Chapter 101 Suspected of being a freeloader
Chapter 101 Suspected of being a freeloader
He quickly pulled Xi aside and asked in a low voice, "Mother, do we have enough food? Those officials want to share some, they didn't bring enough dry food, and they are still hungry now."
Xi was embarrassed. "We brought the steamed buns and dumplings from yesterday. We have almost eaten them all. We dare not bring too much cooked food in this weather. We thought we would buy some more when we arrive in Fuchuan County."
"How many more?" Yun Qi asked.
"There are still seven or eight. But your sister hasn't eaten yet. I thought it would be good for anyone who gets hungry on the way."
Yun Xi approached the two of them and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mom. I've prepared some steamed buns. You can leave the steamed buns here, and I'll go get some steamed buns for them."
Yunqi and Xishi didn't expect that she had prepared anything. They were both a little surprised. When they were moving the luggage, they didn't hear her say that she had prepared anything to eat.
Yun Xi didn't care what they thought, she ran to the mule cart carrying the luggage, and then began to dig into a bundle she had prepared earlier. Using her body as a cover, she quickly took out a dozen steamed buns wrapped in oil paper from the bundle, and she gave them all to Ying Tianchen.
"Master Chen, that's all we have. Please make do with what you have. When we get to Fuchuan County, please prepare some more food."
Ying Tianchen took the steamed bun and hummed softly, then told his subordinates to get the silver.
Yun Xi didn't say generously that she didn't want money, she just stood there waiting.
The subordinate took out a few silver notes from his pocket, the smallest denomination was 50 taels. He looked at his master with an embarrassed look on his face.
"master?"
Ying Tianchen was almost crying because of his guard's stupidity. He never carried small change with him when he went out. Looking at the other guards, they all searched their bodies thoroughly but didn't find a single copper coin.
Not to mention himself, he had no habit of carrying money when going out.
Yun Xi was speechless upon seeing this. She wanted to say that she didn't mind just giving him a fifty-liang silver note.
"Why don't you give it to me later when you have copper coins?"
Ying Tianchen always felt that he was suspected of getting something for free and felt very embarrassed.
"Thank you very much for Miss Yun's kindness. Please allow us half a day. When we arrive in Fuchuan County in the evening, we will definitely present the silver and money."
Yun Xi waved her hand, "Okay, let's talk about it tonight."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Seeing the people walking away, Ying Tianchen reluctantly withdrew his gaze and looked down at the steamed bun in his hand. He wanted to share it with a few people. But thinking that the steamed bun was personally delivered by her, he turned around and put it in his small bag, and only took out one to eat slowly.
But not long after, seeing Yun Xi looking at him, he guiltily opened his bag and took out a steamed bun for each of them.
I can't let her see me eating alone, as this will leave a bad impression on her.
The team continued to move forward. Yun Xi didn't want to sit in the carriage and suffer, but when she walked out of the woods outside and saw the scorching sun, she realized that the people outside were feeling much more uncomfortable, so she hurried back into the carriage.
She asked Guo Wei to open the curtain of the carriage so that it would be more ventilated and the people inside would be more comfortable.
Yun Xi began to miss the means of transportation from her previous life.
The means of transportation in the past life were not only fast but also comfortable to sit in. They were all air-conditioned, keeping them cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
But nowadays, horse-drawn carriages don’t have air conditioning, let alone fans. No, they don’t even have fans.
Yes, a fan.
They can prepare some fans and use them to fan themselves.
She hurriedly asked her two brothers to find some big leaves.
It was not difficult to find large leaves, they were on the roadside, and soon Yun Qi and Yun Yan brought back a lot of large leaves. Yun Xi took one and fanned it, but found that the wind was not strong enough. She stacked a few leaves together and tried it, and the effect was much better.
She asked her two brothers to share the extra leaves with everyone. The tribesmen and villagers who didn't get any followed suit and picked the big leaves themselves.
The group of people were all fanning themselves with leaves, feeling much cooler. There was a hint of smile on everyone's face.
The Zhou brothers and sisters who were walking behind felt very unwilling to see them leisurely, and their mood was extremely bad.
Especially Zhou Ling, who had fallen into the water before. Although she returned to the carriage and changed into clean clothes, she did not take a shower before changing clothes, and she always felt uncomfortable.
After thinking for a while, she said, "Brother, let's walk faster. We won't go with them today. Let's go to Fuchuan County early to rest, and then go with them tomorrow."
Zhou Wenli agreed without much thought. It would be much more comfortable to walk faster and reach Fuchuan County as soon as possible to find an inn to rest, rather than traveling slowly.
He rode forward, caught up with Yunqi, and told them that they had to go first. Yunqi wished they could go faster, so he told them to just go ahead.
The Zhou brothers and sisters quickened their pace, the carriage started moving, and soon disappeared from sight.
Yun Xi and his group walked until sunset before they saw the city gate of Fuchuan County.
There are so many of them, it is impossible for all of them to enter the city.
After some discussion, they decided to send a few representatives to go shopping, while the elderly and children went into the city to find an inn to rest, and the man stayed behind to look after the luggage. Yun Yi and his group of 20 people, 16 of them stayed outside the city to help, and 4 of them took the elderly and children into the city.
Finally, Yun Huaian and Yun Yan took Xi, Li, the clan leader's wife, and Aunt Bao into the city to buy food for everyone. Yun Xi, Yun Songlin, the clan leader, and a few young women took their children into the city to find an inn to stay.
There weren't many people queuing at the city gate now. Yun Xi and his friends took two carriages, and it was soon their turn.
"Get off the car and check." The gatekeeper at the city gate shouted loudly.
Everyone got off the bus and waited for inspection. They had to show their pass and pay copper coins to enter the city.
Everyone had no objection to the pass, and they had already prepared it. But you still need copper coins to enter the city? Why is it different from Xiemu County?
They went in and out of Xiemu County and had never heard of asking for copper coins.
"Hurry up, two cents per person, six cents for a carriage. You can enter the city only after you pay, and don't block the road."
Apparently, no one was aware of this, and when they heard that copper coins were needed, everyone became hesitant. There were quite a few of them, and it would be a waste to have so many copper coins.
"Are you going to enter the city or not? If not, go aside and don't block the people behind you." The soldier guarding the gate shouted impatiently, and even started to drive away Yun Xi and his group with the spear in his hand.
Xi was not paying attention and was almost pushed down by a soldier. Yun Xi quickly supported her and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing? Didn't we say we won't enter the city?"
Yun Xi also knew that she shouldn't confront these soldiers. If it were her, she would have endured it, but she couldn't bear to see her mother being bullied. She thought that at worst she wouldn't go into the city, but she couldn't let her mother suffer this.
The gatekeeper was about to get angry when he saw someone dared to speak to them in such a tone, but when he looked up and saw Yun Xisheng's pretty face, the angry expression on his face suddenly turned into a greasy smile.
"Oh, young lady, are you going into the city? Tell us earlier, we..."
"What?"
Before Yun Yan could finish his words, he stood in front of Yun Xi and protected her behind him.
He knew at first sight that this man had bad intentions and his eyes were too presumptuous.
"Get out of the way, or don't blame me for being rude." As he said this, he was about to push Yun Yan.
"How dare you! Is this how you guard the city gate? Is this how you treat the people?" Ying Tianchen walked forward slowly, his face stern and full of oppression.