Chapter 178 Chapter 177
Sleeping in the wild at night, this camp is quite different from their previous camp.

They used to sleep in the wild by themselves, and the scooters formed a circle to block the wind and snow to cover the sky. If it snowed at night, and the snow was heavy, they could only hide in the mountains by the roadside and let the leaves help to block the snow. Under the shrinking tree, several people shivered together wrapped in quilts for one night.

But shopkeeper Zhao, with a big tent, a few guards set up two big tents on the leeward ground after a while, the guards lived in one, and shopkeeper Zhao shared one with them.

There is also a convenient portable stove, which is a triangular iron shelf that can be opened and closed. The top of the iron shelf is a circle. Once the earthen pot is placed on the circle, and firewood is burned underneath, you can eat hot food.

After a short rest in the tent, they rode in the carriage for a day and stretched their legs, and then they returned to spend the night in a carriage that was more sheltered from wind and snow.

Four people squeezed into a carriage, and it didn't matter if they were sitting, but they were crowded when lying down.

Yan Gui'an took a look and got out of the carriage after making sure there was no danger, and insisted on squeezing with the guards.

He knew Bao'er's strength, shopkeeper Zhao was powerless, he could poke him down with just one finger.

He went to stay with the guards, but stared at them even more.

Old man Qi wrapped his arms around his granddaughter and covered himself with a blanket on one side of the carriage, while shopkeeper Zhao was on the other side with a blanket, with a table in between.

There is still a charcoal basin burning on the table, and the interior of the carriage is warm, and it is possible to rest and enjoy such a blessing on the windy and snowy road.

After the night passed, I ate something casually in the morning and continued on the road.

In the evening of this day, they came to Xiangbei County.

From a distance, Xiangbei County is an important place for military affairs. Two words, tense, and two words, serious.

About one or two meters away from the city wall, there is a soldier holding a spear standing on the concave tooth. The guard outside the city gate is not a government servant, but a soldier who is also standing with a spear in his hand.

There were not one or two people who entered the city idle, but they were all transporting things in teams like them.

The old man Qi and Qi Baoer raised their car curtains and looked out. Before each convoy entered the city, the leader took out a bronze-like plaque to show to the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Soldiers only let go after seeing the signs. The teams entering the city have signs, and they don't check what the teams are transporting.

When it was their turn, they still entered the city relying on Shopkeeper Zhao's face.

There is also Jiayuande Inn in Xiangbei County, but it is not as big as Weicheng, and there is no courtyard for distinguished guests. The best room is the upper room on the third floor.

Shopkeeper Zhao directly asked the carriage to be driven into the backyard. Before getting out of the carriage, he turned his head and glanced at the old man Qi, and at Qi Baoer secretly.

The old man Qi nodded solemnly at him, picked up Qi Baoer and got out of the carriage.

Shopkeeper Zhao summoned a waiter, "Take the distinguished guest to the room on the third floor."

He winked at Xiao Er.

Xiao Er was so shocked to see the old man holding a baby girl down, but now he immediately understood and led the old man and the others to go inside.

There are two paths from the backyard to the third floor, one is the advanced lobby, go up the stairs in the lobby, and the other is the side path taken by their little second chef, and the side path led by the second cook led old man Qi and the others.

The old man Qi didn't say that it was superfluous to keep up. On the way, shopkeeper Zhao told them cryptically that the county magistrate of Xiangbei County is a flatterer, and now Fangyuan in Xiangbei County can't see a child under ten years old.

Remind them that Qi Baoer is not allowed to show his face outside in Xiangbei County.

Xiao Er took them to the corner room on the third floor.

Like a thief, Xiao Er quickly opened the door, the old man Qi and Yan Gui'an slipped in, and Xiao Er quickly closed the door, only the sound of his hurried footsteps was left outside the door.

Qi Baoer is numb.

Since soldiers began to appear on the road yesterday, she even went to a hut. Shopkeeper Zhao and her father acted like thieves, and every time the carriage was parked at the foot of the mountain.

This feeling is quite aggrieved for Qi Baoer, when will she escape like this?
But look at the nervous master, and then think about the grandma and mother who sent her to Leiwanwan in front of the carriage, and the father who tightly held Uncle Gui'an's hand when he handed the knife to Uncle Gui'an, ,
She endured.

Xiao Er quickly brought hot water and enough food for five or six adults. Shopkeeper Zhao has seen Qi Baoer's appetite during the journey, and he has never seen her mouth stop when she woke up. Fortunately, it was him Food is also prepared enough.

"I don't know if your father and the others are coming soon?" Qi the old man didn't know what to eat.

I was nervous along the way, feeling that time passed slowly, but also felt that time passed quickly, because I didn't have any extra thoughts to think about other things.

Now that I am safe for the time being, thinking of my wife and children makes my heart ache again.

Yan Gui'an chewed his rice: "Don't worry, Uncle, shopkeeper Zhao is not a delivery team for Big Brother and the others to pretend to be the inn's delivery team, and the waiter from the inn will go with him, and everything will be fine."

But he was so hungry that he didn't dare to relax and eat boldly along the way. He guarded against outsiders and people in the team. He was punished. He never worried so much when he was a yamen servant.

The old man Qi patted him on the shoulder gratefully, "You have suffered a lot this journey."

He is not a person without eyesight, Gui'an not only did not eat well, but also did not dare to sleep peacefully, he saw all of this.

Yan Gui'an smiled and waved his hands, "Uncle's words are meaningless, we are all in the same family."

The old man Qi was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Yes, they are all a family."

At this moment, a group of people who were told by Yan Gui'an that nothing would happen are entering the city.

It was also blocked, but there was a pass token in the small second hand, and it was a silver token.

The soldiers guarding the city also recognized Xiao Er, and after taking a look at a group of refugees, they pulled Xiao Er aside.

"What's the situation with these refugees?"

Xiao Er pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "Now the refugees will do everything for the stuttering, and our inn is short of manpower. Some of the things to be delivered this time will be sent to the barracks, and the journey is a long way, so the shopkeeper recruited a group of people." refugee."

The soldier frowned, "Are you sending them to the pass?"

The farthest way is Guanjiao Pass.

Xiao Er nodded, "[-] catties of grain, as well as brocade clothes and brocade quilts, will be sent to Guan Jiao Pass."

The soldier turned his head and looked at the people in the team again, "How come there are women and children?"

Mainly women, there are only twenty or thirty children, and they are all boys in their teens. In rural areas, boys of this age can indeed be the head of the family.

Xiaoer patted his chest with emotion and said: "Our shopkeeper is kind, they are reluctant to part with their children, and our shopkeeper can't see the children starving to death, so we agreed to let them follow."

Soldier:"……"

Hehe, it's obvious that he is secretly using women and children as men, and can save some rations, and he can say so righteously, should he really be worthy of being a businessman?
But that has nothing to do with them.

Let go.

Granny Tian lowered her head and supported a sack on the car. The sack trembled slightly, and she hurriedly raised her hand to press it.

This subtle movement did not attract the attention of the soldiers, no one looked at them at all, and they chatted while holding their spears as crutches and stepping on their feet.

The long line slowly passed by the city gate.

(End of this chapter)

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