Everyone talked around the stove for more than an hour, and they didn't leave until Mr. Zhuang felt sleepy.
In a place like the post station, there is only one house within a five-mile radius, so it is always dark at night to sleep, and when the post station returns, his eyes are almost squinted.
His mother-in-law couldn't help muttering, "People in the city are weird, they don't sleep when it's dark, and they sit together and gossip."
Yicheng said: "Don't talk nonsense, I think these adults are just like what is said in the drama, they are observing the people's sentiments."
"It's just our family of five here, what's the sentiment?"
Yicheng: "...they ask a lot of things, but not much about our family. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."
His mother-in-law couldn't help muttering, "I don't understand why, by the way, do you know where they dug the mountain pepper?"
"Where did it go?"
"I just want to ask you because I don't know. I also wanted to find a broken wooden barrel for them to plant, but I took it around and didn't see where it was stored."
Yi Cheng didn't care, "Maybe I got the car, those nobles have so many cars, don't go wandering there, we can't tell if something is lost."
"I know, I just took a look at it from a distance, the mountain pepper is not small, how can I put it in the car..."
Yi Cheng has already fallen asleep soundly.
The next day, the couple got up before dawn, woke up a few children, and made breakfast for them.
After Man Bao and the others ate a bowl of noodles, they set off and continued to Xiazhou.
They didn't go fast all the way, and they would stop and rest for two days when they encountered good or interesting places.
Nie Canjun was from the Yin family, and knowing that Yin was in poor health, he had no objection when the convoy stopped to rest, but the two passers-by from Honglu Temple were anxious for a while.
But following Mr. Zhuang and his team, they climbed the mountain, visited local famous doctors, and met local officials and some people. They gradually adapted to everyone's rhythm and knew that they would go down like this, not to mention the planned five months. It is not bad to be able to return to Chang'an after five years.
Looking back, in terms of age, Mr. Zhuang is older than them; in terms of future, Bai Shan, Zhou Man, and Bai Cheng are all older than them. Time is more precious to them than the two of them.
They are not in a hurry, so there is no need for them to be in a hurry.
So I also started to wander leisurely, and occasionally discussed the collection of classics and history with Mr. Zhuang.
The two passers-by are both from Mingjing, but they also yearn for Jinshi, so some places where they don't understand can just ask for leave from Mr. Zhuang.
And Mr. Zhuang and others also wanted to learn some languages of the grassland and the Western Regions with them. For a while, the spirit of learning was particularly strong in the team.
Man Bao, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang had been preparing for this event two years earlier, so they knew some everyday expressions.
But what they learn is either Mandarin or the language of a large tribe, and they don't know as many as the two pedestrians, let alone proficient.
So they are learning languages with them recently.
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Liru was the one who learned the fastest.
Bai Shan and Man Baoyin may be regarded as people who have great knowledge and memorization, but they have to listen to a sentence several times before they can remember it and repeat it. They always have various accents when they repeat it, and they need to be corrected constantly.
But Zhou Liru learned it after listening to it twice.
Moreover, she has a very good memory for these languages. What she learned today can basically be remembered the next day, and then she can use it to talk to the two pedestrians.
By the time of Xiazhou, Zhou Liru had already memorized some of the words used in daily life, but there was still a tendency to surpass Bai Er who had prepared in advance.
Bai Er couldn't help but say to Bai Shan and Man Bao, "Look at you, you have been studying with others for more than a year, and you can't compare to her studying with others for 20 days."
Bai Shan: ...
Man Bao was not convinced: "What about you, have you caught up with my niece?"
Bai Erlang: "I didn't, that's because I never learned well, and you never learned well."
Yin Ru said, "It's still too late to learn."
Liu Huan hesitated and said, "It's too late. After Xiazhou, there is a grassland. Anyway, there are two pedestrians here, so why do we have to learn the language by ourselves?"
Everyone looked at him together, and then said: "You will know when the exchange market arrives."
The convoy slowly arrived under the city gate of Xiazhou. Man Bao lifted the curtain of the car and looked up at the tall city gate.
At this time, Xiazhou was a little different from when they left. There were more pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate, and there was a lot more popularity.
Some guards came forward with the documents. They were the imperial court's emissary team, so they entered directly from the other side of the city gate.
They were progressing slowly on this side, and the city guard who had just read the documents on the other side immediately sent someone to the government office to inform Yang Heshu.
When entering the city, Man Bao lowered the curtain and did not disturb anyone, but the city guard who read the documents kept staring at the convoy, and when the convoy was halfway through, he couldn't help but grab a person and asked, "Didn't you say that Doctor Zhou is in the team?" ? People?"
"Miss Man is in the second car, do you know our Miss Man?"
When the city guard heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "There is no one in Xiazhou City who does not recognize the doctor Zhou. Have you seen the three pockmarks on my face? The doctor Zhou has cured me."
Guard: ... I have pockmarks all over my face, what can I be proud of
The garrison was proud that he had survived the smallpox. He was from the military camp, and those who got smallpox in the military camp survived under Zhou Man's treatment.
He only left three pockmarks, much stronger than others.
Now that Physician Zhou had already passed by, he could only let go of him regretfully, and watched the convoy slowly enter the city.
After entering the city, Man Bao opened the curtain and looked outside again.
Bai Shan also looked outside, he said to Man Bao, "Xiazhou City is different from before."
Man Bao nodded, "There are a lot of smiles on their faces, and the traces of smallpox are no longer visible."
The corners of Bai Shan's mouth curled up slightly: "Brother Yang's ability is beyond doubt."
The convoy continued in the direction of the station.
The post station in Xiazhou City was near the county government office, and the convoy just walked aside when someone from the government office greeted them and said to Zhou Man, "Master Zhou, just leave the convoy to the younger ones, and we will send them to the post station. The mansion has prepared water and wine, first please gentlemen and young masters go over to rest, for these two days the adults and sons will live in the mansion first, let us adults do our best as hosts."
Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
So the six of them took Mr. Zhuang to the government office first.
The chariots and horses were directly at the side door of the backyard of the mansion. Cui Shi stood there to welcome them. She smiled and said, "Husband is still busy ahead, so he can't get away for the time being, but someone told me to treat them well." you."
She smiled and said, "I know you are coming, I have tidied up the two courtyards early, you will live in it, it will be more comfortable than the post station."
Man Bao responded with a smile, "Please trouble my sister-in-law."
Cui smiled and said she was impolite, and she asked, "How many days can you stay in Xiazhou?"
Man Bao said: "I want to see the situation in Xiazhou first."
She also wanted to know about the later health conditions of these smallpox patients, and see if the medication had any adverse effects on their bodies.
By the way, check out the situation on the grassland again.