Bai Shan put down the curtain and said to the yawning Man Bao, "Now you can relax and sleep for a while. I'll call you when I get there."

Man Bao then pulled out a soft pillow from the belly of the car, "Then I'll take a nap for a while, remember to call me."

Bai Shan nodded and watched her fall asleep on the wooden table with a soft pillow in her arms. The carriage was rocking, which might be uncomfortable at first, but when the speed was not fast, it did not feel bumpy. On the contrary, it was more suitable for sleeping.

.

Manbao quickly fell asleep.

When she was woken up, they had already arrived at the inn.

The inn is located alone in a forest, next to the official road. The nearby wasteland has traces of vehicles and horses passing through it, and it is flattened out so that the carriage can be parked.

Even the stable is outside the house. I randomly circled a place with wood, and some thatch was put on it sparsely, which became the stable.

Manbao and the others had walked this road before when rushing to Xiazhou, but because they were marching in a hurry, they missed the inn except when they needed to change horses, so they had no impression of this inn.

This is the most shabby inn she has ever seen. Not only is the stable stables very perfunctory, but even the houses in the inn are a bit dilapidated.

Bai Shan stared at the roof for a long time, fearing that it would fly when the wind blew at night.

Others just looked at it, but Liu Huan couldn't help but exclaimed, "Isn't this inn too shabby?"

Yi Cheng came out of the inn. Hearing this, he glanced at Liu Huan, then looked away, and after scanning everyone, he faced Mr. Zhuang, "Does this gentleman want to stay here?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded, introduced himself first, and then introduced Man Bao, "This is the chief official of our trip, Mr. Zhou, the editor of Chongwenguan."

Yi Cheng was startled, then realized what he was doing, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "It turns out to be Dr. Zhou, Dr. Zhou please come in quickly."

Obviously, as the only female official today, Yi Cheng also knew about her.

Man Bao nodded and asked everyone to put away the carriages and horses, and then went inside with Yi Cheng, "Is the room enough? If not, let's squeeze in."

Yi Cheng tried his best to smile and said: "The small station is a bit shabby 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 and said, "There are only five rooms on the second floor, and they are all upper rooms, so..."

Manbao said: "That's enough."

Mr. Zhuang and Nie Canjun can live in one room, the two pedestrians can live in one room, Man Bao and Zhou Liru can live in one room, Yin You and Liu Huan can live in one room, and Bai Shanze can live with Bai Er.

Fortunately, no other officials on the same journey passed by now, otherwise Bai Shan and the others would definitely not have been able to live in a house, and they would have to choose a house based on their merit.

Bai Shan looked up and down. The tables and chairs inside were all missing arms and legs. He couldn't help but wonder, "How far is it from here to the town?"

Yi Cheng said quickly: "Going down from here is Yishi County, which is nearly forty miles away."

"Aren't there any towns on the road?"

Yi Cheng shook his head, "Let alone a town, there is not even a big village. If adults want to live in a village, they have to be far away from the official road."

He smiled and said: "However, very few people stop here in Xiaguan. Most people stop and spend the night in the countryside ahead, and then catch up on the journey to Yishi County the next day."

Bai Shan knew that they were rushing to the inn and missed the news.

He glanced at Man Bao, smiled and said, "So this is fate."

"It's fate, it's fate." Yi Cheng was afraid of offending them, so he bowed his head repeatedly and asked them to rest first. He immediately went to prepare hot water and hot rice.

Unfortunately, his little inn may not have even one guest in ten days and a half, so the stove is filled with home-cooked food and hot water.

Suddenly so many people came...

Yi Cheng was a little panicked.

Bai Shan guessed it when he saw the sweat on his forehead in the cold weather. He turned around and said to Daji: "You can ask someone to help you. If you can do it yourself, do it."

Daji agreed, turned around and went down to ask the guards to gather the carriages together and take good care of them. The horses and mules also prepared their own food and grass for feeding.

There were not many people in the post station. There were only two places for one post manager and two helpers. The post manager gave the places to his mother-in-law and son very selfishly.

One is busy in the kitchen, and the other is supporting in the front.

Although the small broken station had few customers and almost no extra income, they still received a monthly salary from the court, which was not much, but it also made their life better than that of ordinary people.

Because he was unprepared, Yi Cheng not only called his wife and son, but also his daughter and young son to work, asking them to boil water and cook quickly.

Then he started to squat and worry, "What are so many people going to eat?"

His mother-in-law hesitated for a moment and then said, "Why don't you take out all the leftover bacon from the Chinese New Year at home and make it?"

We are all adults, so we can't neglect them.

Yi Cheng nodded, "That's not enough. Let's kill our chickens too."

His mother-in-law was a little dissatisfied, "They are still young, and the total weight is just over two kilograms. If the hair is removed, there is not much meat left."

She also wants to raise and lay eggs.

Yi Cheng then whispered: "You know what? This time it's a high-ranking official. This Zhou imperial doctor is famous. She was the one who cured the epidemic that caused such a big problem during the Chinese New Year. Such a high-ranking official is here."

She didn't even have two meat dishes. When she turned around, she got angry and asked her superiors, "Can I still be a postmaster?"

His mother-in-law then walked towards the broken shed behind the inn with a sad face, where their chickens were kept.

Manbao and the others put their luggage in the house, and Keke told her that there was an unlisted plant behind the inn, so Manbao went to the back with his small medicine hoe.

Bai Shan followed her and muttered: "If you want to dig up flowers and plants, we can go into the forest to look for them later. Now is the time when the vegetation is recovering. Maybe we can also find mushrooms."

Man Bao: "It's not raining, how can there be mushrooms?"

When the two of them arrived at the back, they saw a particularly beautiful plant on the edge of the vegetable field. They said it was beautiful because it had green leaves, luxuriant branches, and bloomed very energetically. It made people feel full of vitality at a glance.

Also well taken care of.

Because of this, the two of them did not take action for a while.

This thing doesn't look wild at first glance. They have to ask the owner if they want to dig it, right?

I was squatting and studying when I heard footsteps. When I turned around, I saw a woman approaching menacingly with a knife.

Man Bao and Bai Shan both shrank their necks in unison, and subconsciously moved back a little further away from the plant to show that they had no bad thoughts about it.

As a result, the woman who walked over aggressively did not see the two people squatting at the edge of the vegetable field, but went straight to the broken shed next to them.

She stepped in, and soon the two of them heard the sound of chickens squawking and flapping their wings.
Chapter completed!