struggle in ancient times

Huang Zilan sat in the bullock cart and looked at the map.

"We followed this route to Huai'an County, but it is estimated that we will arrive tomorrow afternoon."

"Tomorrow afternoon, where will we all live?" Liao Tingyu didn't know how to read maps, and in his eyes they were all crooked things.

"Here." Huang Zilan pointed to one of the triangular symbols, "There is an inn here, we can temporarily rest there for a night."

Liao Tingyu looked at this symbol and suddenly remembered the black shops in martial arts dramas.

"Zilan, why don't we just make do with it outside tonight and sleep in the car. Anyway, there are quilts inside, so we won't be too cold."

At any rate, Huang Zilan followed his father through the mall before, so there was no reason why he couldn't live without a place to live.

"Tingyu, what are you thinking? Although the conditions in the inn are not as good as the restaurants in the town, they are still clean and the price is within a reasonable range. Why don't we stay here?"

"Besides, there is really no way to live in an ox cart, and we must find a safer place, but who knows if there are any beasts in this barren mountain and wild ridge."

Liao Tingyu heard, "Are there any beasts here?"

"Why not? You can see that the trees here are all extremely tall along the way. Even though we are taking the official road, weeds are overgrown after all, and there is a high probability of beasts."

Liao Tingyu heard it, "I said, I will invite some people to escort the two of us. This journey is completely life-threatening."

Huang Zilan felt a little funny when he heard his emotion.

"You don't need to be like this, the background is not there yet, and I looked at the map and basically took the route where people can be met along the way. We just passed by, didn't we meet three or four people? ? What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid I'll hurt you because of my affairs. In fact, you didn't have to come with me. Going out is not as easy and safe as being at home." Liao Tingyu replied instantly.

Huang Zilan didn't know if this sentence came out as soon as the mouth flowed out, but no matter it was true or not, it made people feel at ease.

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of boy who only knows how to enjoy flowers in the room. I used to do business with my father a few years ago!"

"Have you ever done business with your father-in-law? Why haven't I heard you say it? No wonder your father-in-law was able to make such a big business in just a few decades. Doing business is very hard!" Liao Tingyu said.

"Fortunately, my father was worried that I would be bored staying at home alone, so he took me with him. It was really appropriate to live along the way. We could catch small game in the woods and spear fish from the stream." Huang Zilan recalled those days. The scene is also very yearning now.

If he was asked to choose whether to live a life of adequate food and clothing in the town, or to live a life of living without food with his father, he would rather choose to live without food and without food.

It is precisely because of Dad's courage back then that he has seen many different scenery.

Many people said that Dad took him around because of the death of his parents and went crazy.

He knew it was because he was worried about him and afraid of being alone, so he took him with him personally.

Liao Tingyu looked at the happy expression on Huang Zilan's face. He admired his father-in-law for being able to take his children to look around in a worldly way.

As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Only by walking a lot and reading a lot, people will be smarter.

When he was young, he didn't have this opportunity. When he grew up, he had the opportunity. Unfortunately, he was stumbled by work again and didn't see any different scenery.

This has always been on his mind.

And he was lucky enough to marry a daughter-in-law who has the same preferences as him, isn't it God's compensation?

Besides, everything in the TV series is just a foreshadowing for the needs of the plot, so there is no need for me to be so timid.

Liao Tingyu took a taxi and arrived at the inn following his wife's instructions.

It is not so much an inn as it is a family.

There are many vegetables grown outside his house, but the house is made of wood and straw.

Once again, Liao Tingyu felt that his imagination and reality were inconsistent. He originally thought that it would be a big wooden house no matter what, but he didn't expect it to be a small thatched house.

Huang Zilan thought that he would dislike him, but he didn't expect Liao Tingyu to adapt well. There is no second child here, only a family of three, the son is only eleven or twelve years old, and the old couple look thirty.

Judging by their doting attitude towards their children, it is estimated that they are the kind of late marriage and late childbearing.

Away from home, and the situation is not to be faulted.

The couple charged them more than a dozen Wen, and made a bowl of porridge and some cooked vegetables without oil and water for the two of them.

Liao Tingyu quietly said to Huang Zilan: "I guess I can't get enough of this, how about I take that meat off the car and roast it?"

Huang Zilan knew that he was talking about bacon, and if processed, it would indeed taste good, but those things are just in case, so it's better to just let it go tonight, since I'm going to the county tomorrow anyway.

Liao Tingyu reluctantly followed the advice and ate his worst meal since crossing.

Huang Zilan looked at Liao Tingyu's bitter face and rubbed it with a smile.

"Have you ever eaten worse food before?" Liao Tingyu grabbed his hand and didn't allow him to make trouble everywhere.

Huang Zilan struggled for a while, didn't break free, and didn't move, "It's okay, it's just that once it was raining and I ran out of dry food, so I was hungry for a few days."

"You'll be hungry later, do you still like to run outside?"

"Why not? Only by running outside and watching can you feel the meaning of your life. Wouldn't it be boring to stay in one place all the time? If it weren't for those people who said that I should kiss when I'm old, after running No one wants it anymore, otherwise I would have followed Dad..."

Huang Zilan realized that he had talked too much, so he quickly shut up, but Liao Tingyu would not let him go so easily.

"What happened a long time ago, huh? You still have to thank those people. If they didn't let you stay in the town, how could you get such a good husband like me. "

Huang Zilan felt that his face had grown again, and he didn't want to talk to him: "Continue to be narcissistic! I'm asleep."

Liao Tingyu hugged him, "Okay, go to sleep!"

He remembered something and whispered in Huang Zilan's ear: "In the future, I will accompany you to see the scenery everywhere. I will accompany you to enjoy the mountains and rivers."

"Okay, remember to practice martial arts." Huang Zilan said.

Martial arts!I guess I can only keep fit, so I'd better hire a bodyguard when I leave next time!

When they arrived at the county seat, the prosperity here was even worse than their original town.

Liao Tingyu did not see two of the buildings here.

Not many shops facing the street are made of blue bricks.

However, the roadside noodles taste really good. He was lucky today. He was already so hungry that he couldn't stand it. When he saw the noodle shop, he sat down. He didn't expect the taste to be really, really good.

"Zilan, take a bite of this, the sauerkraut tastes great."

"Eat yours quickly, don't patronize me, I know it myself."

The two of them recovered after eating a bowl of noodles, and went to the pastry shop to buy a few catties of noodle cakes. They were not even sweet cakes, they were just made of flour and sugar.

Liao Tingyu held it in his hand and said with emotion: "How can such poor craftsmanship sell so well?"

Huang Zilan nodded sympathetically, it is true that this skill is very poor.

Already suffering from the lack of food on the road, Liao Tingyu decided to make a living by himself.

He went to drugstores and grocery stores to buy a lot of stewed ingredients, ordered a small pot and kitchen utensils from a blacksmith, and bought more than ten catties of rice.

Originally, they came out for a study tour, but the two of them came to the county town to run errands for food for several days.

Liao Tingyu was even more amazing that he went to the farmer's house and asked them to teach him to identify edible wild vegetables.

On the other hand, Huang Zilan cleaned up the compartment carefully, including nuts, sugar, spices, staple food, and utensils.

Looking at the brand new bullock cart, Liao Tingyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now we don't have to worry about being hungry anymore. We can get down to business." He glanced at the calendar he made and had to hurry up.

Liao Tingyu used his status as a scholar to submit a post to the upcoming rally.

There are not many scholars in this poor and backward county.

Rare things are precious, and those scholars are all arrogant, so they don't care about the thoughts of those scholars who have not passed the exam, and rarely provide them with help, unless it is money.

So many scholars are very happy to see this post. They usually have no chance to admire the demeanor of these people, and now they can finally feel it up close.

The best thing is to give them some experience for students who are about to take the exam.

No one teaches these experiences in the front, and those behind them explore like blind men.

In addition to hitting a wall, few are lucky enough to top the list.

Several scholars who are about to take the exam in Huai'an County gathered together to communicate.

"Have you all read the post, how do you think we should treat him?" Fade Chen looked at the students who were together and asked.

"I've seen these two people. They are not short of money. After all, they come from a big place. Even if it is our restaurant now, they may not like it. Why don't you go to Baihua Valley, where the scenery is also good. .” Xu Zhou thought for a while and said.

"It's true that our Hundred Flowers Valley is rare. I just went to see it last time. The flowers are in full bloom there. It may be much better if we change the date location there. If that Liao Xiucai is in a good mood, he can give us some pointers." , can be regarded as a stroke of luck." Xu Tai said.

Several people also agreed very much, "This is our only chance. If this opportunity is missed, few of us will be able to pay for those talents to give us advice. After all, we have already spent too much on recommendations. gone."

This topic is very heavy, but it is a bloody reality.

The only thing they can do now is to pray that the scholar from other places can speak well.