Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 257
Qin Rui heard the movement outside the car shaft, and deliberately complained, "I'm a hard worker, I drove all night, and I slept soundly."

Ding Wei was helpless, opened the curtain of the car and saw that the rain seemed to have stopped, but the sky was still a little gloomy, so she said, "Is it going to stay for a while, or should we continue on our way?"

Qin Rui's face was a little haggard, Danfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and replied lazily, "There will be a town in half an hour, ask the way before going. In rainy days, you can't take the path anymore, the car gets stuck in the mud, and it will delay you."

This made sense, and Ding Wei didn't object. Thinking of the fear in her dream just now, she felt a little irritable, so she sat on the other side of the car shaft.

Compared with Donghao, Dayue has more mountains, but there are not many trees on the mountains, and the fields are also loess.The wind is strong on weekdays, and people will be blown with yellow sand all over their faces.After a rare rain these days, the air is fresh, and the mountains and forests are rarely green.

The carriage hurried all the way, and finally arrived at the small town that Qin Rui mentioned in the mud.It's called a small town because it's so small.

It's just a small place where two or three hundred families gather. There is an inn, a restaurant, and a few shops selling groceries and cloth beside a fairly lively stone road, that's all.

Ding Wei and Qin Rui settled down at the inn. The shopkeeper was an old man, very enthusiastic.Ding Wei paid a few extra pennies and borrowed the back kitchen. She quickly prepared a pot of porridge, a few pieces of egg pancakes, and the pickles brought in the car, and it was settled in one breakfast.

The shopkeeper's little granddaughter wandered around the table, smelling the aroma of porridge, refusing to leave.Ding Wei filled half a bowl for her, and the old shopkeeper came up to thank her when she saw her, and then opened up the chatterbox.

Ding Wei tentatively asked if anyone's house had been burglarized yesterday, but the old shopkeeper said no.Qin Rui then winked and stopped Ding Wei from asking again, those jewelry are either gold or jade, and ordinary small families can't afford to wear them.

Ding Wei also thought of this reason, and quickly changed the topic.

"Old man, the rain this year is really heavy, and there is almost no sunny day!"

"That's right, it's the first time I've seen it at such an old age. There is drought almost every year, and some places have to calculate the draft. I don't want to think that this year, the sky will never end."

"How many miles are we from Jinhe here? Will there be no water in such a heavy rain?"

"No, no." The old shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hands, smiling nonchalantly, "It's been more than fifty years since I was born, and I haven't seen hair."

While saying this, someone came to visit the door again, and the old shopkeeper hurried to inquire.Ding Wei was left behind but was worried. Seeing that Qin Rui was satiated and dozed off on the chair, he changed his words, "The weather is bad, why don't we take a break for a day before leaving."

"Okay," Qin Rui stretched his waist, "Since the boss has spoken, I, the driver, will take a day off."

Ding Wei rolled her eyes fiercely, and couldn't help but slander, what kind of coachman in the world orders food all day long for the boss to cook.

Qin Rui smiled and called the old shopkeeper to open an upper room, and happily went to cook with Duke Zhou.

Standing at the door of the inn, Ding Wei saw that the dark clouds in the sky began to pile up again. She was really worried, so she said hello to the old shopkeeper and went out.

Although the town is not big, the grocery store is full of things.Ding Wei walked around the corner where the wooden utensils were placed, and finally chose two huge bathtubs.

The shopkeeper of the grocery store is a real person, and he doesn't bully others. Seeing that Ding Wei chose these two bathtubs, although he was surprised, he still reminded, "Little lady, the workmanship of these two basins is not bad, they are just like wood, not heavy. I’m afraid it won’t work. You might as well choose the smaller one, it’s made of pine wood, and it won’t rot after ten or eight years.”

Ding Wei squatted down to try the weight of the two basins, but she was very satisfied, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, that's what I want. If the water gets too heavy, it can be used as a boat."

The shopkeeper thought Ding Wei was joking, and said, "Our place is not far from the Jinhe River, if you want to row a boat, you can rent it to enjoy yourself. How can this basin be used as a boat?"

Ding Wei didn't explain much, and wanted to buy another bundle of thick brown rope and a large piece of linoleum paper.Xu, the shopkeeper, felt that the sale of the two wooden basins was unscrupulous, so he took the initiative to reduce ten cents.In the end, she asked the little boy to help deliver the goods, and Ding Wei changed hands and rewarded the boy with ten cents, almost making the half-grown child smile with joy.

After leaving the grocery store, Ding Wei went into the grain store again, where she bought good fine noodles for thirty catties, and finally asked the proprietress for a piece of flour fat.Zuo Zuo can't hurry today, so it's better to prepare more dry food, so as not to have to stop on the way to buy, which is too much time-consuming.

The innkeeper was still standing at the door looking around, but when he saw Ding Wei rushing back with the boy, he smiled and stepped forward to help pick up the things.

Ding Wei asked so that Qin Rui was busy kneading pancakes before he woke up.The innkeeper heard that the linoleum was going to be sewn into bags for dry food, and called his dumb lady to come out to help.

Ding Wei's handwriting was quick, and in less than an hour, a pot of golden pancakes was baked, and she specially brought out a plate to thank the shopkeeper and his wife.

At this moment, the sky outside is very gloomy, and the heavy rain will fall at any time.The shopkeeper half-closed the door of the shop, leaving only two vacant doors, so that the proprietress could use the light to do needlework.

Ding Wei smiled and shared a big pie, and invited the family to taste it.

The old shopkeeper couldn't help but praised, "Xiang, this cake is soft and fragrant. If you take it with you on the road, you can fill your stomach with two pieces of pickles when you're hungry."

The dumb proprietress also nodded and gave a thumbs up. As for their little granddaughter, her mouth was already greasy.

There are more people eating, and Ding Wei also feels that the cake is softer than usual.

"The wheat here is good, the fine flour is especially firm when kneaded, and the baked cakes are naturally delicious."

"This is natural," the old shopkeeper raised his chin and said proudly, "Although we have severe droughts here every year, even if everyone carries water from Jinhe, the wheat has never died of thirst. Wheat is ground into flour, and those Merchants bought it and sent it to Donghao, and I heard that those noble people in Donghao like to eat our noodles."

Ding Wei smiled and listened, without refuting.In fact, she had never eaten this kind of noodles when she was in Donghao, but anyone is willing to help maintain the pride of an old man.

A few people were eating cakes and talking at the same time, but suddenly they heard the sound of horseshoes on the street, and they were getting closer and closer to the shop door.

Hearing the sound, the old shopkeeper got up and wanted to go to the door to have a look, but the man on the horse turned out to be swift.As soon as the old shopkeeper took two steps, he had already squeezed into the shop door.

Everyone was shocked, but they were relieved when they saw the person coming.The person who entered was a fat man with a well-built figure. Perhaps he had been on the road for a long time, and he looked a little embarrassed, his lips were chapped, and his clothes were wrinkled badly.

The old shopkeeper hurriedly greeted, "Guest officer, do you want to stay in the shop?"

The fat man glanced at the old and the young, but shook his head, "No, I'm in a hurry and can't stay in the store. However, if the old shopkeeper has dry food, hurry up and collect some for me, and the money will not be short!"

The old shopkeeper was in a dilemma when he heard this. Originally, dry food would be prepared in the store, but it has been raining heavily for the past few days and there are few customers.Unexpectedly, today is business.

But at this moment, it’s too late to put pancakes and steamed buns, so I can only respond with a bitter face, “I’m sorry, sir. We don’t have dry food to sell in our store, but there is a noodle shop at the entrance of the town. Go there and ask."

The fat man frowned, and said angrily, "I just came from there, and the door of that shop was closed."

While talking, he saw the plate of golden pancakes on the table, so he immediately asked, "Isn't this dry food? The old shopkeeper is not kind! Hurry up and put these pancakes on me, and I'll give you two taels of silver!" "

The old shopkeeper's face was even more bitter, two taels of silver was enough to buy fifty catties of fine noodles, even two hundred steamed buns were steamed, this deal is really worth it.However, this pancake is not from their shop, let alone two taels, even if it is 20 taels, it has nothing to do with him.

"This, this... This cake is dry food prepared by the guests themselves. I can't sell it. Guest officer, don't embarrass the little old man, let's look elsewhere."

The fat man was also discouraged when he heard the words, and when he turned his head to leave, the raindrops outside fell, jingling on the plank.

He couldn't help complaining angrily, "This damn rain is really delaying things. How many days will it take to get to Qianzhou?"

Qianzhou?Donghao Qianzhou?
Hearing this, Ding Wei was so excited that she almost jumped up, not caring that the table bumped against her thigh, she limped and hurried forward to stop the fat man, and asked, "Brother, you have to hurry up Donghao Qianzhou?"

A look of defense flashed in the fat man's eyes, but he responded with a smile on his face, "Young lady, you heard me wrong. I said Qizhou, Qizhou in Dayue, who is full enough to go to Donghao? The bigger it is, no boat dares to sail out of the pier."

Ding Wei guessed that he was a little scrupulous, and she would not be willing to pry into other people's privacy on weekdays, but now that she has been away from home for a long time, she is eager to return home, and it would be good to bring a message back sooner, so that the family can feel at ease.

Thinking of this, she lowered her voice and said seriously, "Brother, I am also on my way back to Donghao. But because I don't know how to ride a horse, and because of the heavy rain, I don't know when I will arrive. The old man at home My parents, as well as the youngest son, are probably worried about my safety. Whenever I think about it, I feel anxious.

It just so happened that my eldest brother was going to Qianzhou today, which was really a coincidence.I don't ask for anything else, I just ask my elder brother to take a few words for me to Dingji Dim Sum Shop in Qianzhou City.In return, I will prepare dry food for my eldest brother, and give him five taels of silver for his hard work. What do you think? "

Hearing this, the fat man's expression became a little loose, and he took a closer look at Ding Wei's appearance. He really didn't look like a villain, and said, "Forget the money, please help me prepare some dry food. I'm in a hurry, and I will definitely make it in half a month." To Qianzhou City."

Ding Wei was overjoyed, and hurried back to the kitchen to bring out the twenty or so pancakes that had been baked earlier.The dumb proprietress just sewed up a linoleum bag and put it directly into it. It was full and just right.

Ding Wei ran to the counter and grabbed the pen and paper used by the old shopkeeper to keep accounts. Thousands of words were gathered at the tip of the pen, but she didn't know what to write.

(End of this chapter)