After leaving Qian Kaitai's county office, Shi Qing and the others moved forward according to their original goal.
It's just that I wasted some time, and I still haven't found the inn to rest in the evening.
"Why don't you find a place where there are no insects and ants for the night?" Yun Zhi instantly regained his energy, happier than staying in a hotel.
Shi Qing turned to look at him suspiciously, "There is no place to stay at night, why are you so happy?"
Yun Zhi rubbed his nose and said vaguely, "I've always thought that I wouldn't be able to stay in an inn when I was traveling in rivers and lakes, and would sleep outdoors at night."
For this reason, he was very serious when killing chickens at home, and he was able to pluck the chicken feathers clean.
Yunzhi doesn't know how to cook other dishes, but he is particularly good at firewood roast chicken.
The servants of Yunfu can often see smoke coming from the gravel road in the small garden at night, it must be Yun Zhi squatting there roasting chicken under the moonlight, thinking that he is in the rivers and lakes.
At first, the servants were eager to carry buckets to fetch water to put out the fire, but as time went on, the number of times increased, and it was not surprising.
Today is really a chance.
Yun Zhi patted his chest and said, "I'll catch pheasants and fish for you."
Shi Qing leaned against the wall of the car to look at him, pondered for a moment, and said, "But we have a lot of dry food, dried meat, and even fried small dried fish, why don't we eat ready-made ones?"
With a blow to her soul, "Isn't it a small dried fish?"
"..."
fragrant.
Mrs. Li was very careful, and wished to bring her the cook before leaving the house. In addition, Shi Qing liked to eat in the carriage, so he prepared a lot of food.
Yun Zhi paused, "Then I'll light a fire for you."
He straightened his back and raised his eyebrows slightly, "You won't start a fire just by looking at you."
Shi Qing, Mihe and Yaqing, one master and two servants, none of them are cooks, they must not even know how to make a fire.
Shi Qing sighed softly, stretched out his hand and took out a torch from the hidden box on the wall of the car, pulled off the cover and blew lightly, and the flames lit up.
Shi Qing handed the flame to Yun Zhi, blinked his eyes, "Young man, do you think this fire is okay?"
Enough to give him a hot head.
"..."
Yun Zhi pursed his thin lips, stared straight at Shi Qing, then suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, "Then I'll find you herbs to repel mosquitoes and snake ants."
He studied medicine with his master, which is a must for beginners.
Although it is only April and May, there are many weeds in the wild, and there must be mosquitoes at night that disturb people's sleep.
Shi Qing was embarrassed to speak again, but Mihe outside heard it and raised his voice and said, "My lord, we brought mosquito repellent sachets, and the carriage and the wood used for the walls of the carriage are already anti-snake and ant-proof. Sleeping in a wagon won't get bitten."
"..."
With a sullen face, Yun Zhiqiang turned around and lifted the curtain of the car to look out.
He originally thought that it was his turn to show off his skills after traveling the rivers and lakes so that Shi Qing could see his abilities.
After a few words, Yun Zhi suddenly realized that he was useless.
Shi Qing can't use him at all.
This is not the same as he imagined walking in the rivers and lakes and sleeping in the wild.
No wonder Yaqing told him before that when he had money, he would hire a carriage to go to the rivers and lakes.
Yun Zhi's mood dropped visibly with the naked eye. After the carriage stopped, he lay on the roof of the carriage and refused to get off.
Mihe and Yaqing picked up some dry firewood to start a fire.
Shi Qing glanced sideways at the direction of the roof, and put away the fire folder that was going to be taken out.
She winked at Yaqing and Mihe, and deliberately raised her voice, "Oh, where did my fire book go?"
She fumbled left and right on the waist of the sleeve, and glanced at Yun Zhi from the corner of her eye, "If you can't find this, how can you light a fire at night?"
Mihe reacted very quickly, put his hands around his mouth and shouted in the direction of the carriage, "Young master, you didn't drop it on the road when you took it out just now, did you?"
Yaqing's voice is not loud, and her acting skills are not as good as the master and servant. Looking at the roof of the car, she squeezed her sleeve and said softly, "Then what should I do?"
Yun Zhi, who was lying on the roof of the car, paused slightly.
Like a big dog that was originally pursed into the ears of an airplane, it suddenly raised its ears.
Yun Zhi sat up cross-legged, looked sideways at the three people on the ground, and lightly tapped on the roof of the car with his fingers to signal their own existence.
Shi Qing shouted, "Young Xia Yun, can you light a fire for me?"
"My lord, it's up to you."
"Um!"
The three of them looked at Yun Zhi eagerly. Yun Zhi straightened his back and felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his chest.
He jumped down from the roof of the car, raised his eyebrows proudly and looked at Shi Qing, "You still have to look at me."
Yun Zhi lifted up his clothes and squatted on the ground, and the three master and servant squatted around in a circle, watching how he lit the fire together.
Yun Zhi got two stones from nowhere, and rubbed them against the dry paper for a long time, sparks fell on the paper and ignited.
Shi Qing and Mi He Yaqing clapped together, Yun Zhi had a calm and carefree look on his face, but in fact he secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he was kind of on fire.
As the sky gradually darkened, the four gathered around the fire to eat dry food and dried meat.
The cooks in the Shifu didn't know how to make it. The cakes were still so soft after two days, and they could be eaten directly without soaking them in soup.
The dry food is okay, enough to eat, but there is not much water.
There are only three kettles in the car.
Both Mihe and Yaqing are small kettles, enough for them to drink water by themselves.
The kettle in the carriage is big enough for Liu Shiqing and Yun to use. Before sleeping in the wild, the water is poured into the teacup.
Yunzhi might be happier tonight, so without thinking too much, he picked up the kettle as a wine jug, bent one leg and sat down against the tree trunk, with one arm on his knee, and drank a couple of swigs facing the moon above his head.
It feels like a knight in the rivers and lakes.
After he finished drinking, Shi Qing, who was sitting by the fire, slowly reminded him, "Young Xia Yun, we share this pot of water."
Now that he is drinking from the pot, Shi Qing can't drink anymore.
Yun Zhi's swallowing motion froze, his eyes widened, and he instantly changed from a wanton and unrestrained knight to that cramped boy.
He looked at Shi Qing and then at the water bottle in his hand, and explained dryly, "I just took two sips."
No, not dirty.
Shi Qing patted his butt and came over and squatted beside him, "I saw it, have you finished your drink?"
"Drink, drink well."
Yun's posture of holding his legs was changed to cross-legged, one hand clenched his knees, and the other hand held the pot, and looked at Shi Qing anxiously, "How about I make you a new pot?"
He made a gesture to get up, and raised his hand to promise, "I will clean the spout for you."
Shi Qing reached out and took the kettle from his hand, and looked at him funny, "I didn't say I dislike you, why are you panicking."
After she finished speaking, she carried the pot and walked back to the fire.
Mihe is chatting with Yaqing, talking about the strange stories he heard from the old people around him when he was young, and Shiqing is very interested.
Yun Zhi stood there in a daze, his gaze fell on Shi Qing.
She was sitting on the footstool covered with a towel, holding her chin in one hand and carrying a water bottle. The bright and jumping firelight illuminated that bright and beautiful face, which was indescribably beautiful.
It wasn't until Shi Qing raised his head to take a sip from the kettle he drank from just now, that Yun Zhi looked away for an instant, his eyelashes fluttered down, and his fingers on his knees tightened unconsciously.
Obviously the person who drank the water was Shi Qing, but his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his throat was indescribably itchy.
After dinner, Shi Qing slept in the carriage, and Yun Zhi lay on the roof to watch the stars.
Ya Qing was a man, and Mihe let him sleep on the crossbar in front of the carriage, while he huddled on the edge and leaned against the carriage for the night.
Yun Zhi lightly tapped on the roof of the car under him, "Come up?"
To be honest, Shi Qing almost fell asleep.
Her biological clock is always on time, and she wants to sleep when it is time.
Hearing Yun Zhi calling her, Shi Qing slowly came out of the carriage wrapped in a cloak, "Young hero, you are so elegant."
Seeing Shi Qing leaning out, Yun Zhi showed a slight smile in his eyes, and stretched out his arms around her waist to hug her up.
The two lay side by side on the roof of the car, and he motioned her to look up, "There are so many stars."
Shi Qing responded with a nasal voice, "Yes."
This is Yunzhi's first time traveling far away, and he is indescribably happy and novel. Even if I lie like this without talking to Shi Qing, I am very satisfied.
A green light flashed in front of my eyes, one or two.
Yun Zhi's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to catch the light.
"Shiqing, look at the fireflies."
He clenched his fingers and looked sideways.
Shi Qing shrunk his dangling legs and fell asleep on his side.
The two were so close that when Yun Zhi turned to look at her, the tip of his nose barely touched her forehead.
Yunzhi's heart skipped a beat.
He looked down at her, his breath was hot, and he couldn't help but slowly approach her.
With his mind elsewhere, he unconsciously let go of his fingers, and the firefly that was supposed to be seen by Shi Qing was let go.
Yun Zhi didn't notice it at all, until when his lips were about to stick to Shi Qing's forehead, fireflies flew by in front of his eyes, Yun Zhi paused slightly, his eyes trembled, and then he realized what he wanted to do, and stopped abruptly.
His eyes flickered, he swallowed his saliva and sat up in a panic.
The surrounding environment was extremely quiet at night, only the beating heart in Yun Shaoxia's chest was the loudest.
Yun Zhi couldn't believe it, he almost took advantage of Shi Qing's sleep just now, and made light of her.
Although Shi Qing has been honest and upright and frivolous to him many times...
Yun Zhi pinched his forehead with one hand, covered his face with his palm, and gently pulled his robe between his legs with the other hand, quietly turning his ears red in the quiet moonlight.
Yun Zhi sat for a while, and when the heat subsided, he carefully carried Shi Qing back to sleep in the carriage, while he was lying on the roof of the carriage covered with a coat.
It was because he was afraid of the situation just now, and also because he was afraid that he would not have time to react to something that happened at night.
Shi Qing sleeps in the carriage, Ya Qing and Mi sleep together on the crossbar.
Yun Zhi looked up at the stars in the sky with his arms on his pillow and his legs crossed, feeling indescribably at ease and at ease in his heart.
If there is a chance, it would be great to show Shi Qing to my parents.
I just don’t know if I can go back and when.
The fortune teller only said that he was sixteen years old, but he didn't say when he would pass.
Yun Zhi thought about it carefully, and it seems that the current life is not too difficult.
Maybe it was the first time to sleep in the carriage, or maybe he thought a lot before going to bed, Yunzhi didn't sleep very peacefully at night.
He dreamed of Liu Yueming.
Not a continuation of the previous dream, but a completely different dream.
In the dream, he was standing on the edge of the cliff with Liu Yueming. He had just helped the other party drive away the pursuer, but the other party smiled at him, and then stretched out his hand and punched him off the cliff behind him.
The gentle and refined man who usually needs his protection, when he strikes at him, his palms are stern, not the strength he showed in the past.
Yun Zhi woke up from the dream in an instant, only to realize that he fell asleep and almost rolled off the roof of the car.
He frowned and let out a sigh of relief, always feeling that his chest was heavy.
The dream just now had no cause and effect, only a short image without sound.
The only thing I can remember is my surprised and unbelievable mood at that time, and the smile on the corner of the other party's mouth.
Full of trust, crushed by someone's palm.
The sky suddenly appeared in the distance, and the sky gradually brightened.
Mihe has already woken up, squatting on the ground to rekindle the fire that was extinguished in the middle of the night with a torch, and eat the cake in a different way, roasting it.
Yun Zhi sat on the roof of the car and looked at her blankly.
Isn't the fire pocket lost
Mihe didn't expect that Yun Zhi didn't sleep in the car last night but slept on the roof of the car. He suddenly got up and saw him from the side, and screamed in fright, patting his chest and shouting, "Master."
Seeing Yun Zhi's gaze on his hand, Mi He hurriedly hid the fire bag behind him, and said with a dry smile, "It's time to eat and hurry."
Yun Zhi nodded his head.
He got off the roof of the car and walked to the place where there was the sound of water in the distance.
When Mihe shouted to Shiqing to get up, she whispered bitterly to her, "The lord found out that we lied to him about losing the ticket."
Shi Qing was startled.
It was time for dinner that Yunzhi came back.
Shi Qing tilted his head to look at him, "Young Xia Yun?"
Yun Zhi looked at her suspiciously, thinking that she wanted to eat the cake in his hand, so he handed it to her, "Here."
"I have." Shi Qing pointed to the fire, "Surprise is not surprise, surprise is not surprise, I found the fire pocket again."
"..."
Yun Zhi stared at her with an expression of "who are you lying to?"
Shi Qing smiled, and sat next to him, "Aren't you angry? Then why don't you look so good?"
She gnawed on the cake and looked at him.
Yun Zhi paused, and said softly to her, "I dreamed about what you said that day, being betrayed by a friend."
Shi Qing coughed and almost got stuck in the pancake, "I can't, it's just a piece of fire."
Wasn't she trying to coax him? How could she put it so seriously.
"It's not you." Yun Zhi looked sideways at her, "It's Liu Yueming."
Yun Zhi didn't know why he dreamed of this, since he and Liu Yueming got along well in the previous dream.
Although the other party always wanted to find out the location of his home, it was not to the point of turning his face.
Why did the dream suddenly change last night
Shi Qing looked at him sideways, gnawed on the cake, and looked at him from beginning to end.
Could it be that the starting point is to counterattack the mainstream hero!
How many blows would it take for the innocent young man who held the sword without the sheath to become a hard-hearted and ruthless hero
"Then why aren't you angry when you found out that the three of us teamed up to lie to you this morning?" Shi Qing asked him.
It's okay if it's normal, but when the dream and reality overlap, it's the most emotionally unstable time.
Yun Zhi was very clear about it, "You are not him, besides, it's just a dream."
He broke the cake and passed it to his mouth, saying vaguely, "You are different from him."
After being slapped by Liu Yueming, Yun Zhi just felt dazed and puzzled. If he was slapped by Shi Qing, he felt that he must not be in this mood.
Yun Zhi chewed the cake and thought, if he still dreams of Liu Yueming next time, he should ask him why he did this.
After eating, the fire was extinguished, and several people continued to move forward.
Ya Qing looked at the road ahead, and asked nervously in a low voice, "We won't encounter robbers in front of us, will we?"
He was the most timid of the four, and he rarely had the opportunity to leave the mansion. It was the first time he experienced that kind of shouting and killing, and he was very frightened.
Had a nightmare last night.
Mihe is not afraid, "With the little master here, even if we encounter robbers, the other party is afraid of us!"
"Based on the lord's skill and the little master's ability, we may not be able to tell who will rob whom."
Shi Qing gnawed melon seeds to signal honey, "Low-key and low-key."
It might be that the robbers on the road heard the wind, and Shi Qing walked so smoothly that he didn't even meet a small thief.
After driving for less than half a month, it can be regarded as approaching the place.
"Are we going directly to the county government office?" Mihe asked after the court.
Shi Qing has been riding in a carriage for a while, and has long been tired of sitting, "No hurry, find a place to rest first, change clothes and inquire about the local situation."
This is called an unannounced visit.
Mihe and Yaqing find an inn to stop and feed the horses, while Shiqing takes Yunzhi to buy clothes.
"I think the suit I'm wearing is pretty good." Yun Zhi wondered, "Why do you need to change clothes?"
"Let's go to the river embankment to have a look later. Wearing this dress is too conspicuous. At first glance, it looks like a rich man from the capital."
The materials of the clothes on both of them were of high quality. Although they couldn't iron them on the road and they looked a little wrinkled, even if they sent them to the pawn shop, they could be pawned for some money.
Shi Qing picked out a moderately large ready-made clothing store, and led Yun Zhi over there.
The waiter who sells clothes in the shop is not in a good mood at first, he can't help but roll his eyes several times as he looks at the customers in the shop with a grumbling face.
"If you don't buy it, don't touch it. Who knows if you have washed your hands."
Xiao Er impatiently said to a couple in their forties and fifties who were choosing clothes, "I don't have money to buy any clothes."
The old wife who had earned some money and wanted to change her husband's clothes turned red with embarrassment when she heard this.
The woman wanted to say a few words, but the man grabbed her arm and shook her head, "Forget it, let's go to another store."
Xiaoer sarcastically said, "I don't think you can afford it anywhere."
Shi Qing didn't intend to come in at first, but happened to listen to it, and then he became curious.
She would like to see what kind of rich and powerful shop can raise such a young girl with eyes above the top.
It was Babaoge, the largest jewelry store in the capital, not to mention the mistress in it, even the manager Xu in it was polite to her.
Now that it's only a small county town, Xiaoer just kicks his nose and face like this