NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 19 Book a small courtyard
After bypassing Ningyuan County, Ling Xiaoxiao took the lead and led the way. The road to Jiangnan needs to go southeast from Lianzhou Prefecture. It needs to pass through Ganzhou Prefecture and then turn to Jiangnan to enter Shuzhou, and then take the bus from Shuzhou. The boat went all the way along the Ming River to Jiangnan and other places. Jiangnan and other places are vast. Although Ling Xiaoxiao and the others were heading to Jiangnan, they actually had no specific goal. They were planning to decide where to settle after arriving in Jiangnan.
Because this place is located in northern Xinjiang, spring comes late. It should have warmed up in the south of the Yangtze River at this time. On the way to Ganzhou, the weather was pretty good and very warm during the day, but at night But it was very cold. Fortunately, Ling Xiaoxiao was well prepared. She looked at the map stolen from the county government office every day and calculated the day's journey. Finally, she walked every day for the first five or six days. You can rush to a small town or county to stay, which is better than sleeping in the wild.
After the novelty of riding horses over the past few days, Zhou Yunniang and Ling Wuya basically stayed in the carriage. They really couldn't stand the pain between their thighs being rubbed every day.
Ling Xiaoxiao was fine, and Ling Sanlang's thigh was also bruised, but he thought he was a man and this injury was nothing, so he didn't say that he was also injured and continued to ride horses every day.
It's not that Ling Xiaoxiao didn't know that Ling Sanlang was injured, but she also thought so. As a boy, he would also be the backbone of the Ling family in the future. It was okay to suffer from this, so she pretended not to know, just to see if he could persist. how long.
"Sister, look, the one ahead should be Linquan County."
After hearing Ling Sanlang's words, Ling Xiaoxiao looked up at the city wall not far away, nodded and smiled.
"Well, that's Linquan County. It's already past noon. If we continue walking forward, I'm afraid we'll miss the hostel. We'll stay in Linquan County for one night today. We happen to have some food and need to buy some more. ”
Ling Erzhuang drove the carriage up and looked at the city wall not far away, "No, you and your sister like to eat peach cakes. I remember there aren't many of them. I really need to buy some, but Erya , do we have enough money?"
Ling Xiaoxiao laughed when he heard this and said, "Dad, don't worry about money. I want to buy land when our family arrives in Jiangnan. How can we do it if we don't prepare enough! You know, I got a lot of banknotes in that cottage." , and it’s all accepted nationwide, so you don’t have to worry about not having enough money.”
Ling Xiaoxiao actually didn't intend to tell her that she had a lot of money at first, but every time she spent money, Ling Erzhuang and Zhou Yunniang blocked her. Later, in order to spend money freely in the future, Ling Xiaoxiao had to lie to them and say that she was They found a lot of banknotes in the cottage, which gave them the idea of stopping them from spending money.
After hearing Ling Xiaoxiao say that there is a lot of money, Ling Erzhuang no longer stopped him and said happily.
"Okay, since we Erya said we don't have to worry about money, let's go to the city!"
The family rode horses and drove the carriage to the city gate. The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate looked at the household registration card that Ling Xiaoxiao took out, and frowned and said, "Only the household registration card is not enough. We also need road guides. Your road guides." Woolen cloth?"
Ling Xiaoxiao moved her hand hidden in her sleeve, and a piece of silver worth about twenty taels fell into her palm. She stretched out her hand and put it on the hand of the officer guarding the city gate, and said softly.
"So that the officials know that we are from Shifeng Town, Qingyuan County, Lianzhou Prefecture. Last year, the Beirong people invaded, so we had to escape from our house. We were separated from our family not long ago, and our grandparents can't be found. The road leads to For them, this is all they can do now, I hope the official can do it for his own convenience."
When the broken silver fell into the hands of the city guards, they already knew it. When they heard what Ling Xiaoxiao said, they believed it. It was mainly because of the invasion of Lianzhou Mansion by the Beirong people last year. Although they were here It was nothing, but they still knew about such a big thing. After thinking about it, he said kindly to the little bit of money in his hand.
"Okay, if that's the case, then you can go in, but you still need to go to the county office and reopen the roads to avoid encountering difficulties when you go to other cities in the future."
Ling Xiaoxiao quickly raised his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Guan. After we settle down in the city, we will go to the county government office to handle the road diversion. Thank you, Mr. Guan."
The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate waved their hands indifferently, "Go ahead. It's fate that we met. I'll help whoever I can. It's just a matter of words."
Ling Xiaoxiao then took the horse and led the family into Linquan County. After asking around, they found an inn with a good reputation, Xiankelai Inn. The waiter was standing at the door in a daze when he saw Ling Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao and his group arrived and greeted them with smiles on their faces.
"Hey, sir, you are here, come on, come to our Cyclamen Inn. The rooms here are the cleanest, and hot water is available all day long."
Ling Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Take someone to take the carriage to the backyard."
The waiter immediately nodded and said, "Okay, sir, please wait a moment."
With that said, he shouted towards the inn lobby.
"A guest has arrived, please come out quickly."
Ling Xiaoxiao said to Ling Erzhuang, "Dad, you will follow them into the backyard in a moment. First, unload our carriage and let the horses rest. I will go to the lobby to take a look."
After saying that, Ling Xiaoxiao entered the inn lobby, and the innkeeper also had a smile on his face.
"The guest is here, what kind of room does the guest want to live in? We have four types of rooms, A, B, C and D, and there is also a separate courtyard."
Ling Xiaoxiao spoke directly when she heard there was a separate courtyard.
"Give me a courtyard. We happen to live as a family, so it's convenient."
When the shopkeeper heard that Ling Xiaoxiao and the others wanted to book the entire small courtyard, he became even more happy and immediately smiled.
"Your distinguished guests are so generous. Our courtyard is clean and very quiet. It is most suitable for a family to live alone. I will arrange it for our guests right now."
After working hard, Ling Xiaoxiao's family finally settled in. Zhou Yunniang looked at the small courtyard and said somewhat disapprovingly.
"Erya, we can just stay in the inn. Why do we have to book the whole courtyard? How much money will it cost?"
Ling Erzhuang was also a little disapproving. He had just unloaded the carriage in the backyard, and he didn't know that Ling Xiaoxiao had directly booked a small courtyard.
"That's right, Erya, when we go to Jiangnan from now on, there are many places where we need to spend money, so we have to save some money!"
Ling Sanlang and Ling Wuya on the side looked at each other. They were very happy to live in the small courtyard. They lived in an inn room, which was very noisy. There were people snoring at night. The sound was so loud that they couldn't sleep at all. Now that I'm fine, I don't have to worry about it affecting my sleep at night.