Bai Shan put down the curtain, and said to the yawning Man Bao: "You can relax now, sleep for a while, and I'll call you when I get there."
Man Bao pulled out a soft pillow from the belly of the car, "Then I'll squint for a while, remember to call me."
Bai Shan nodded, watching her fall asleep on the wooden table with a soft pillow in her arms, the carriage shook, it might feel uncomfortable at first, but when the speed is not fast, it doesn't feel bumpy, on the contrary, the shaking is more suitable for sleeping .
Man Bao quickly fell asleep.
When she was awakened, they had arrived at the post.
The post station is alone in a forest, next to the official road, and the nearby wasteland has traces of carriages and horses, which can be parked when it is leveled.
Even the stables are outside the house, a place was randomly surrounded, surrounded by wood, and some thatch was scattered on it, which is considered a stable.
Man Bao and the others walked this road when they rushed to Xiazhou before, but because they marched in a hurry, they missed the station except when they needed to change horses, so they didn't have any impression of this station at all.
This was the most dilapidated post station she had ever seen. Not only was the stable stable very perfunctory, but even the houses of the post station were a bit dilapidated.
Bai Shan stared at the roof for a long time, afraid that it would fly away when the wind blows at night.
The others just watched, but Liu Huan couldn't help but exclaimed, "Isn't this station too broken?"
Yicheng just came out of the post station to welcome him. Hearing this, he glanced at Liu Huan, then moved his eyes away, and after scanning everyone, he greeted Mr. Zhuang, "Is this lord going to stay here?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded, introduced himself first, and then introduced Man Bao, "This is the chief officer of our trip, Mr. Zhou, editor of the Chongwen Museum."
Yi Cheng was stunned, but when he came to his senses, he immediately stepped forward to pay respects, "It turns out to be Imperial Physician Zhou, please come inside quickly."
Obviously, as the only female official today, Yicheng also knows her.
Man Bao nodded and asked everyone to put the carriages and horses away, and then entered with Yicheng, "Is the room enough? If not, everyone can squeeze together."
Yi Cheng tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said: "The small station is a little run-down, and there are not many good rooms, so adults need to squeeze in. Two people can live in one room."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, "There are only five rooms on the second floor, all of which are upper rooms, so..."
Man Bao said: "Enough."
Mr. Zhuang and Nie Canjun share one room, two pedestrians share one room, Man Bao and Zhou Liru share one room, Yin He and Liu Huan can share one room, and Bai Shan and Bai Er share one room.
But fortunately, no other officials on the same road have passed by now, otherwise Bai Shan and the others must not have lived in a house, and they will have to choose a house based on quality.
Bai Shan looked up and down, and found that the tables and chairs inside were all missing arms and legs. He couldn't help being curious, "How far is it from here to the town?"
Yicheng hurriedly said: "Going down from here is Yishi County, which is about forty miles away."
"Is there no town on the road?"
Yi Cheng shook his head, "Let's not talk about towns, there isn't even a big village. If adults want to live in a village, they have to be far away from the official road."
He said with a smile: "However, very few people will stay here at Xiaguan. Most of them stop overnight in the village in front of them, and then arrive at Yishi County the next day after a day's journey."
Bai Shan then knew that they were patronizing the post station to stay and missed the news.
He glanced at Man Bao, smiled and said: "It can be seen that this is fate."
"It's fate, it's fate." Afraid of offending them, Yi Cheng bowed down again and again, and then let them rest first, and he immediately went to prepare hot water and hot rice.
God is sorry, there may not be a single guest in his small dilapidated inn for ten days and half a month, so the stove is only home-made meals and hot water.
Suddenly so many people came...
Yi Cheng was a little flustered.
Seeing his forehead sweating in the cold, Bai Shan guessed it, turned his head and said to Daji: "You get someone to help, and do what you can do yourself."
Daji agreed, turned around and went down to ask the guards to gather the carriages together and take care of them. The horses and mules also prepared food and grass to feed themselves.
There are not many people in the post station. There is one postman and two helpers, and the postcheng is very selfish and gives the places to his wife and son.
One is busy in the kitchen, and the other is supporting at the front.
Although Xiaopozhan has few customers and almost no extra income, they still receive a monthly salary from the imperial court, which is not much, but it also makes their lives better than ordinary people.
Because there was no preparation, Yicheng not only called his wife and son, but also his daughter and younger son to work, and asked them to boil water and cook.
Then he began to squat down and worry, "What are so many people eating?"
His mother-in-law hesitated for a moment and then said, "Why don't you take out all the bacon left over from the Chinese New Year at home?"
We are all grown-ups, so we can't be negligent.
Yi Cheng nodded, "That's not enough, let's kill our chickens too."
His mother-in-law was a little displeased, "I'm still young, it's only over two catties in total, and there's not much meat left without the hair."
She still wants to raise eggs.
Yicheng said in a low voice: "What do you know, this time it's a senior official. This Zhou imperial doctor is famous. She was the one who treated the epidemic that caused such a big outbreak during the Chinese New Year. Such a senior official came There are no meat and vegetables left, and when she gets angry later, she tells her superiors, can I still be a postman?"
Only then did his mother-in-law walk to the dilapidated shed behind the post station with a sad face, where their chickens were kept behind.
Man Bao and the others put their luggage in the house, and Keke told her that there was an uncollected plant behind the station, so Man Bao went to the back with his small medicine hoe.
Bai Shan followed her, muttering: "If you want to dig flowers and plants, we can go into the woods to look for them later. Now is the time when the vegetation is recovering. Maybe we can find mushrooms."
Man Bao: "It's not raining, how can there be mushrooms?"
The two of them went to the back and saw a cluster of particularly beautiful plants on the edge of the vegetable field. They said it was beautiful because it had green leaves, luxuriant branches, and bloomed very vigorously. Also well looked after.
Because of this, the two of them didn't do anything for a while.
This thing is not wild at first glance, they have to ask the owner if they want to dig it
He was squatting down to study, when he heard footsteps, when he turned around, he saw a woman approaching menacingly with a knife.
Both Man Bao and Bai Shan shrank their necks at the same time, and moved back subconsciously, a little far away from the plant, to show that they had no ill intentions towards it.
As a result, the woman who came over aggressively did not see the two squatting on the edge of the vegetable field, but went straight to the broken shed next to her.
As soon as she stepped in, the two of them heard the sound of the chicken screaming and flapping its wings in a short while.
The two quietly breathed a sigh of relief together, looked at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing, then got up and walked over to talk to the woman.