Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 531: Find Fun for Yourself

"What do you mean? Which mansion are you from now? If you want to go back to the Minister's Mansion, just go back directly. The Marquis' Mansion does not want a servant like you who has a confused mind."

Hualei was angry. It was already very good to leave you one third, but you still thought it was too little. I took two portions for myself and Zhenzhu, and left one portion for your second wife. I was already very polite.

Mrs. Qian's face suddenly turned red. She came from the Minister's Mansion, but now she had followed Qian to the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion, so she was a member of the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion.

However, I only stayed in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion for seven or eight days before leaving. I really couldn't adapt to this change in identity.

"Uncle Yu, follow me. If they think it's too little and don't want it, then don't keep any at all." Hua Lei instructed Uncle Yu and turned back to her carriage.

Zhenzhu glanced at Mrs. Qian and said, "Think carefully about your own identity and don't get confused about the situation. If you don't want to stay in the Marquis' Mansion.

Tell your second sister-in-law as soon as possible and ask her to let you go back to the Minister's Mansion. The same goes for the rest of you." Pearl pointed to the drivers and servants who were waiting to move the goods.

Hualei and Zhenzhu got on the carriage and the convoy started again. Due to the delay, there were already many carriages ahead.

The official road went around the foot of the mountain. Because it had rained, the road was a little slippery. Hua Lei sat in the carriage and occasionally heard one or two animal calls coming from the mountain.

I heard that many skilled people went hunting in the mountains early this morning. I wonder what they got? Hualei savored the salted egg yolk and minced meat porridge she had that morning, and the fragrance lingered on her lips and teeth.

After walking for another two days, they had eaten all the pheasants, rabbits and ribs left over from hunting, and there were only two small jars of bacon left.

A lot of other food materials were also consumed in the carriage, including rice, flour, sausage, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The materials in the Pearl Belt and the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion were all used together since the first day they left Shangjing City.

At the beginning, it looked like a lot, but after so many days, a lot of supplies were used. After all, the number of people from the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion and the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion who went to Mobei was still large.

In addition, when I was taking a break and cooking on the road, I would always meet housekeepers who would come to ask me to buy cooked food. While making money, the oil, salt and seasonings were used up very quickly. At most, there was enough for five or six days.

Looking at the sun above her head, Hualei sighed slightly. She had been spending the past few days outdoors, so she didn't sleep well or eat well.

The caravan that was originally following behind them had to turn east to deliver goods to the reserved restaurant and inn, so they also parted ways with Hua Lei at the fork in the road outside the post station. It is estimated that it will take another seven or eight days to catch up with Hua Lei in the next state capital.

I don’t know whether the ships heading north by water have arrived at the dock of Leyang Prefecture. If not, I will need to go to Leyang Prefecture to purchase some food.

Rong Jin said that if everything went smoothly, it would take another 12 or 13 days for them to reach Mobei. The first group of officials from the Imperial Observatory had already arrived in Mobei two days ago.

Although the prisoners in the second group all walked, they spent much more time traveling every day than Hua Lei and the others.

Moreover, five or six days after they left Shangjing City, they stopped taking the official road and started taking shortcuts via small roads. Therefore, it didn't take much longer than Hua Lei and his group who took a detour via the official road. It would probably take them fifteen or sixteen days to reach Mobei.

The third echelon of staff was a little behind Hualei at this time. Hualei and her team had been delayed at the post station for a few days, but these staff were still on the road every day. And Hualei and her team were still the fastest group.

If they arrive in Leyang Prefecture in a few days, Hua Lei decided to find an inn and have a good rest for two days. In addition to replenishing the supplies she needed, she and Zhenzhu needed to have a good rest.

From the excitement when she just left Shangjing City to the exhaustion now, Hua Lei said that traveling in ancient times was more tiring than being a tour guide in her previous life.

No, it cannot be considered tourism, because the imperial court has regulations on the routes that officials take to Mobei. If the prefecture is more than a certain distance away from the official road, you cannot enter the prefecture. If you need to enter the prefecture under special circumstances, you must report it.

Although I had stayed in inns in provincial capitals allowed by the imperial court before, after seeing the prosperity of the capital, these relatively poor and backward provincial capitals really didn't have anything fun or interesting to see.

At most, there were some foods that Hualei had never eaten before, and she ate them this time, but there was really nothing that Hualei could not forget. The scarcity of supplies meant that even the smartest woman could not cook without rice.

So, what Hualei did was just to hurry along the official road, and what he could see was the same scenery on both sides of the official road. However, one or two days is fresh, three or four days is okay, but after five, six, seven or eight days, he is just numb.

However, reading in a carriage is not convenient. My eyes would feel uncomfortable after reading for a while. There is no mobile audio to kill time, so it is quite boring.

Plus, I really didn't need to do anything, just sit in the carriage. When eating, I just moved my mouth and showed Sister Lotus how to cook. So Hualei was even more bored.

Moreover, Rong Jin was very busy these days, because he met many of his subordinates at the post station, so they gave him a lot of information, which he has been sorting and summarizing these days.

Therefore, there was no time to play chess with her. Forget about Pearl, who was such a bad chess player. There was no other way. She still had to hurry, so Hualei could only find some fun for herself. She made a deck of cards with a harder piece of paper.

Pulling Zhenzhu and the maids and women together, we competed for the top spot, playing Landlord and scoring 100 points. We added some small prizes in between, and counted the copper coins we won day by day amid the maids and women's screams of heartache and joy.

That evening, Hualei collected the copper coins and silver dimes she had won amid Zhenzhu's screams of pain. The convoy also passed by a large village.

The village was at the foot of the mountain, with about 30 or 40 households. Many aristocratic caravans had already found farmers to stay overnight. Hualei also sent someone to ask if they could pay some money to stay overnight.

After the guard came back, he told Hualei that he had found only one villager with a few thatched houses at the end of the village, with two empty houses that could be used for the night. Almost all other villagers' houses were occupied.

As long as there is a bed, it is better than sleeping in a carriage. Although the carriage of the Marquis's Mansion was made very exquisitely, Hualei also padded it with a soft quilt, and a thin gauze was installed in the carriage to serve as a mosquito net.