After leaving Xiazhou City and heading north, the trees on both sides of the official road gradually decreased in less than an hour. At some point, the trees became sparse, and behind it was a grassland that could not be seen at a glance.
There are occasional clumps of trees on the grassland, but so far no large stretches of woods have been seen.
Manbao and the others have been here before. In the first lunar month, they came to the grassland to pretend to be hunting in order to collect a deer.
The official road has also become narrower, but the grass is very soft, and the carriages still use the official road, but the horses like to run to the grass on the side.
Man Bao saw it, and enthusiastically invited Bai Shan, "Let's go horseback riding together."
Bai Shan, who just wanted to sleep back into the cage, hesitated for a moment, got out of the carriage anyway, took his robbery from the guards beside him, and nodded with Man Bao after getting on the horse.
Man Bao also rode excitedly on the red steed, hit the horse and ran to the front with Bai Shan.
Seeing this, Daji rode his horse to follow, but the other guards did not follow, and still walked slowly with the convoy.
Bai Erlang was also sleepy, so he rejected Liu Huan's proposal to share a car with him and read a book together. He pulled the wooden chair out of the car, spread out the quilt inside, and took out the pillow from the belly of the car. , Put it on and go to sleep.
Although the car is wobbly and bumpy, as long as the body gets used to the swaying movement, you will find that it is actually better to sleep in the car than at home.
Bai Erlang fell asleep not long after lying down, even snoring.
The guard driving outside shook his head, only driving the carriage more steadily.
Yin Yu was also sleepy. He didn't stay up late at first, but Bai Shan and the others had a lot to write and investigate, such as how the shantang in Xiazhou City has always been operating, and how much money the yamen allocates every month. For the shantang, how to allocate it, what kind of things will be donated during the holidays, and how much the shantang spends in January...
Check all these.
Fortunately, Yang and Shu Kuanhe, they can look at any information and account books they want, and the stewards of the shantang dare not have any objections, so they can get these account books without any effort.
Otherwise, you have to spend energy to find out, which will only take more time.
But that's it, they have been staying up late for the past two days, and they didn't sleep well last night, so he is short of sleep now.
It's still a bit miraculous that he actually lacks sleep.
Yin might want to sleep, so naturally he couldn't make the bed and fold the quilt by himself, so he sat on the small stool at the door of the car. nice pillow...
Changshou said: "Young master, among other things, the Bai family really loves Mr. Bai, and I don't know what they thought, but they even knew how to pull out the chair to make a wooden couch, even though the carriage is still too short, and the legs are still not straight. "
Yin Or glanced at it and said, "It's already pretty good."
Although the interiors of the carriages at this time were different, the decorations and the furniture of the tables and chairs were mostly different, but the structure was similar.
Mostly, three benches are fixed, and the left and right sides lean against the windows and walls of the car, and there will be no additional wooden support.
But most of the benches in the middle are the same as the wooden couch at home. Not only does it have a wider sitting area, but also has a wooden backrest, and it is covered with fur and some decorations, so it is not difficult to ride in a car.
But for those who are more particular, there will be a fixed shelf behind the wooden support. There are locked drawers on the shelf, and some personal and convenient things are placed inside.
Bai Shan and the others have it in their carriage, and the two empty large grids on the top are used to put quilts. During the day, quilts are usually stuffed inside. Once the wooden boards are put down, the wooden strips will be fixed, which is very convenient. .
But the carriage of the Bai family is a little different. The wooden back of their house will be very high. Long wooden couch.
Those who are not very tall can lie down on their backs and stretch their legs. Those who are as tall as Yin or Bai Shan have to shrink their feet a little, but they are more comfortable than ordinary carriages when lying down.
Yin Or got close to Bai Shan and the others, knowing that their carriage has always been like this. Before going out, Yin Li spent a lot of money to make a carriage according to the Bai family's carriage. Not only that, because Yin Or has a title on him. , You can use a two-horse carriage, so the body is wider than others, so the wooden couch is longer.
Because Liu Huan came out in a hurry, although the carriage he sent was the best in the family, it was still not as good as theirs. Therefore, when he needed to sleep in the carriage recently, he always came here to make friends or squeeze.
Yin probably didn't mind either, anyway, the carriage was wide enough to accommodate two people.
However, it is more comfortable to be alone. After Changshou made the bed, Yin sat on it, took off his shoes and socks, and then lay down on a sideways side, with the quilt removed. He opened his eyes and looked at the shaking roof of the car for a while, and then fell asleep.
Zhou Liru was in the car with Mr. Zhuang, and he was studying for Mr. Zhuang at this time.
This is her new job. Man Bao saw that she was flipping through those medical books over and over again. She had already memorized them all, but she kept flipping through them, but she got less and less from reviewing, so she asked her to read other books for a change. brain.
It happened that Mr. Zhuang's eyesight was not very good, and he couldn't read books in the car, so she asked her to read to Mr. Zhuang.
"It's just a matter of learning a subset of classics and history with my husband."
So Zhou Liru came.
Mr. Zhuang originally wanted to catch a strong man, but seeing that Man Bao found a strong man for him, and Zhou Liru was well-behaved, he was content to half-close his eyes and listen to her reading.
"Drive—" Man Bao lowered his upper body, speeded up and overtook Bai Shan, saw a wild sheep walking and grazing on the grass from a distance, and simply chased him.
Bai Shan saw that the direction had not deviated, so he chased after him.
Spring is here, and the grassland is still cold, but the snow on the Xiazhou grassland has melted away, and when the spring breeze blows, thin grass buds emerge, and most of them can sprout in one night, and the wild sheep that have suffered from the cold all winter come out It was at the most vigilant moment when it was eating grass. When it heard the sound of horseshoes, it raised its head and took a look, then turned around and ran away.
Running across a hill, I happened to see its little friends, so I called them to scatter and run together.
Man Bao chased after him. As soon as he went up the hill, he saw the flock of sheep scattered in all directions. He let out a cry and hesitated for a moment. Isn't this really a wild sheep, not a herdsman's flock
Bai Shan has already scanned around quickly and made a judgment, "It's a flock of wild sheep, chase—"
Daji also ran behind the two of them.
Seeing them running after the sheep, their eyes swept away, and they followed helplessly.
Really, why not pick a fatter sheep, and pick a sheep that is not too big and not too fat
Haven't caught up yet...