I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

After dinner and washing up, Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying returned to their room and lay on the bed. Without saying a word, they fell asleep in perfect harmony.

Early the next morning, Chunzhi woke them up, asked them to wash and have breakfast, and when they left the town, they also bought some dry food on the roadside.

Xie Yunxiao and Zhou Qian'an were riding horses with maps in their hands. Jiang Yuan rode forward and asked, "Why is the itinerary different from what we planned at the beginning?"

Xie Yunxiao shook his head and pointed to the mark on the map, "No, we originally planned to stop in that town and rest for a day.

You can rest a little longer at noon today as the next town is relatively close.

There is a village here. We can stay there at noon and ask the villagers for a bowl of hot water to drink."

What Xie Yunxiao said was very normal, as such days were common to him.

The villagers were very welcoming. When they saw that they were officials from the imperial court, the village chief came out to entertain them. But when they heard that they were only staying temporarily and wanted to rest for a while before continuing on their journey, they just wanted a bowl of hot water.

The village chief called on people to quickly get hot water.

He also took out his treasured tea from his home and made a pot of tea for them. Seeing the young men and women holding their tea bowls and drinking from them in big gulps, the village chief seemed a little embarrassed.

Standing by, he twirled his clothes with his hands a little awkwardly, staring at them eagerly, "We don't have good tea at home, this is what my son-in-law brought when he came, it's old tea, you gentlemen, just drink it."

Xie Yunxiao wiped his mouth with his sleeve, raised the ceramic bowl, and poured himself another bowl, "Village Chief, you are too polite. It's good to have a cup of hot water and tea, haha."

Jiang Yuan glanced at Xie Yunxiao quietly. There was a lot of tea on their carriage. Several young masters liked to drink it. Even the thirty soldiers who followed them brought some luggage, and most of them brought teapots.

But Xie Yunxiao didn't say anything, nor did he take it out for the villagers to help brew it. He praised the old tea that the village chief brought out.

While eating and drinking, he asked the village chief about the situation in the village.

They did not eat the food they bought. They had originally planned to eat it, but when the village chief heard that they were going to stay here to rest, he arranged for the villagers to prepare food for them.

What was served in the end were steamed buns, vegetable dumplings, pickled radish strips, and some stir-fried wild vegetables.

Although they were all simple meals, the steamed corn bread was delicious, the vegetable dumplings were fragrant, and even the wild vegetables had a fragrance.

Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying, holding the vegetable dumplings in one hand and the radish strips in the other, took a bite of the vegetable dumplings and then a bite of the radish strips and drank a sip of tea, eating with such relish.

This place is quite some distance away from the capital, and the village is far from the official road. They chose this road because this path is short and because of this village. If there was no village, they might choose to take the official road.

The village chief said that this village relies on farming. Every household grows crops, sells radishes in winter and vegetables in summer. Life is not rich, but they can get by.

Although the clothes of the villagers were patched, they were all clean and tidy. The village was not big. The village chief said there were only more than 70 people.

It’s a small place and you can walk from one end of the village to the other in just over ten minutes.

After eating and drinking, Jiang Yuan and Chunzhi gave a few instructions. Chunzhi nodded in agreement and asked Siyun and Luzhu to go to the carriage to get busy.

After resting, the large group prepared to set off. Chunzhi had already prepared a lot of food and placed it all on the stone table where they were resting.

Upon seeing this, the village chief refused repeatedly.

Jiang Huai held the village chief's hand and glanced at the simple and kind villagers behind him, "Village chief, please don't refuse. We have eaten so much food today. How are we going to live in the future?

Now that the weather is getting warmer, the food we brought will go bad if we can’t finish it, so please don’t mind if we leave it here.”

As he spoke, he handed a purse to the village chief. Inside was a hundred dollars that Jiang Yuan had asked Chunzhi to count out. "This purse is a small token of our appreciation. It's not much. Village chief, give it to everyone."

The village chief couldn't refuse, so he knelt down and kowtowed. Jiang Huai and Lu Chuan helped the village chief up from his left and right.

Before leaving, Xie Yunxiao took out a tea can from his arms and said, "Village Chief, please have a taste of the new tea from Beijing this year."

More than seventy villagers followed the large group and escorted them out of the village. Even after they walked a long way away, they could still be seen standing at the end of the village looking at them.

Luzhu took out two large cloth bags from the cloth bag he was carrying with a cunning look.

Just now Jiang Yuan noticed that her backpack was bulging, but he didn't ask much. Now he saw her take it out and open the cloth. One piece of cloth contained four vegetable dumplings, and another piece of cloth contained six small steamed buns.

Chunzhi smiled and took out a small jar from under her seat. It was a jar of pickled radish strips.

"Luzhu, are you packing up the rest?"

"Xiao Zhuzi, we are out and about. It's not good to take food and things with us. We will be laughed at by the villagers."

Lu Zhu hugged the thing to her bosom and said proudly, "Girls, my two good girls, this is specially given to me, not leftovers.

Auntie saw that you like it, so she packed it for me. There are also pickled vegetables. If you don’t like it, I can eat it myself.”

Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying joked and took out two vegetable dumplings from her arms. It must be said that the vegetable dumplings tasted really good.

Chunzhi smiled and said, "The vegetable dumplings are fragrant because the filling is made with lard. The cornmeal is mixed with white flour to make it so soft."

The villagers didn't have much delicious food, so we could only try to offer them the best hospitality. Fortunately, I left some food and money for them, otherwise I would have felt guilty.

It was the seventh day of their journey. Because they were delayed at the city gate when leaving the city in the morning, their schedule for the day was a bit rushed, and the weather changed in the afternoon.

Several people were riding on horses when suddenly a strong wind blew and the sky became gloomy.

Jiang Huai covered his face with his sleeves, his eyes were blinded by the sand and he couldn't open them. After the wind passed, he quickly asked everyone to stop.

"How far is it to the town ahead?"

Xie Yunxiao looked at the map and said, "There are still ten miles to go."

Jiang Huai looked around and said, "No, it's going to rain heavily soon. We can't make it to the town ahead. We might as well set up camp here."

Xie Yunxiao and others also agreed, and asked the soldiers to set up tents. When they set out, they had already anticipated that they might have to sleep outdoors, so the tents were prepared.

Jiang Huai pointed to the open space beside the stream and said, "Set up camp in the open space beside the stream in front, away from the woods and trees."

"Will the creek rise if it rains?" Zhou Qian asked.

Lu Chuan took a look and shook his head, saying, "No, Brother Jiang and I have a general understanding of the various rivers in Dayu. This is not the downstream. This stream is still in the dry season, and the water volume is not large. It will be fine if it rains heavily. The water will not rise and flood us."

In this case, everyone started to get busy and began to set up tents in the strong wind.