Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 259 Trip to the Capital (7)

The next journey was too much for Chunqiu, after all, after changing the route, they took the official road, and the surrounding area was deserted, and sleeping in the open was unavoidable.

It's just that although the journey was not smooth, everyone got along very harmoniously, not as strange and awkward as they got along a few days ago.

As time went by, their convoy had been driving the mountain road for five days, and there was only one unexpected harvest during the period. They passed by a dilapidated temple and stayed for one night, and rested in the carriage for the rest.

"Hey...why did the carriage stop?" Chunqiu was leaning against the back of the carriage with his eyes closed and resting his mind. After feeling that the carriage was not moving, Chunqiu opened his eyes and asked in surprise.

"Miss Qiu'er, Master Wang said it's getting late, I'm afraid it's going to rain, and we're going to camp here tonight." The driver was Qingfeng, who heard Chunqiu's words and quickly turned his head to reply through the curtain. .

Chunqiu had already straightened up at this time, opened the curtain beside him, said "know" in his mouth, and kept scanning the outside with his eyes.

Obviously, it was such a sunny day before, but now it is terribly gloomy, and the official road also has a strong wind, blowing on the trees beside it, and the spring and autumn have just lifted the curtain, and they are blurred by the strong wind blowing over. With the dust on his face, he couldn't help coughing twice, Chunqiu still lowered the curtain.

Feeling that the escort carts following behind also stopped slowly, Chunqiu did not lift the curtain completely this time, but just opened a corner secretly, squinting his eyes secretly and stretching out his hand, silently The curtain was lowered again.

There was a conversation outside the carriage, Chunqiu could hear it, it was Qingfeng and Master Wang talking, it was about resting at night, Chunqiu didn't care much about this kind of issue, after all, she was a little girl, and the other party couldn't be alone She throws it out.

Sure enough, as soon as the voices of the two people outside the carriage fell, the voice that belonged to Qingfeng came from the door, "Miss Qiu'er, just now the people from the security agency informed us that they found a temple that had been abandoned for a long time, and Master Wang was also worried about it. It's going to rain, so I plan to stop the team at the temple tonight."

This can be regarded as a disguised form to tell Chunqiu the reason for the team to stop. After listening to Qingfeng's report, Chunqiu nodded in response. Anyway, it won't take long to drive forward, not to mention the gloomy sky. It started to rain at some point Well, the Chinese herbal medicines in the dart box are not exposed to rain at all. For their team, no matter how they think about it, resting in a ruined temple for one night is a good choice.

Chunqiu got out of the carriage, and the strong wind blew up all the skirts she was wearing, Chunqiu tightly covered the corners of the clothes that were easy to fly, and after talking to Qingfeng who was pulling the carriage beside her, she left in a blink of an eye Enter the ruined temple on the side.

The people in the escort cart were all busy putting the dart boxes into the ruined temple. In order not to hinder them from moving their things, Chunqiu deliberately found a corner where no one was there when they came in.

Speaking of ruined temples, it is easy for Chunqiu to think of those ancient novels she read in her previous life, which are quite mysterious.

In fact, there was nothing unusual about the ruined temple in front of her, except for a dilapidated stone statue of Buddha in the center.

It seems to be a temple that has been abandoned for a long time. Even the altar under the stone statue is gone. There are also a lot of spider webs around the temple. All kinds of residual wood can be seen everywhere, but fortunately, the front and rear windows and doors are not broken. , shelter from wind and rain is not a problem.

"Miss Qiu'er, where do you put all these burdens?" Qing Feng returned after he parked the carriage, holding the salute Chunqiu put on the carriage.

Chunqiu suddenly saw his own stall and thin quilt among them, and smiled gratefully at Qingfeng, feeling that the other party was careful, Chunqiu pointed to the place covered with straw behind him and said, "Put it here" After saying this, Chunqiu glanced at the door and found that the day was even more gloomy than before. It seems that today's torrential rain is inevitable. After the rain, the temperature will definitely drop. It is estimated that the other party also thought of this problem before removing his bedding. hugged out.

After hearing this, Qingfeng looked a bit embarrassed, and explained, "Miss Qiu'er, this ruined temple is inhabited all the year round, and the room is a little damp, so I'm afraid it's not good to just put the burden down. The villain will find some dry firewood for you, and I just threw myself under it. still warm”

After Qingfeng finished speaking, not only did he not put the package in his hand on the straw, but put it on the rotten dry wooden board beside him, nodded to Chunqiu, and Qingfeng ran out again.

Chunqiu watched the person leave, and touched her nose in embarrassment, for some reason, she always felt a little weird, could it be that the other boy took too much care of her?Chunqiu shook his head amusedly.

"Junior Sister, why are you shaking your head?" While Chunqiu was shaking his head, Zhou Huaiyan walked over from not far away.

"It's okay, I just feel a little troublesome Qingfeng, after all, he is the brother's servant, so the junior sister feels a little guilty"

Chunqiu smiled, half-truth and half-fake what he said.

After hearing Chunqiu's words, Zhou Huaiyan just smiled and didn't say anything.

After a while, Qingfeng ran back with a bunch of things in his arms. Chunqiu looked at them, most of them were the leaves of some trees. The burden promises to pass, and by the way, a place where Chunqiu can live is vacated next to the burden.

The temple is very large, although it has been abandoned for a long time, but it can still be used for people after a simple cleaning. Zhou Huaiyan and his servants are finally the bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau.

After arranging the place to live, Master Wang immediately arranged for a few people to build a simple stable for the horses in the back to shelter the horses from the wind and rain.

Because Chunqiu's face was covered with dust when he came in, Chunqiu planned to wash his face with clear water beside him, turned on his own kettle, and Chunqiu simply soaked the handkerchief in his hand, and then greeted his face until he felt that there was nothing on his face. It was so greasy before, so I stopped.

At some point, the bonfire on the side had already been lit. Because of the large number of people, the bonfire was directly lit in three places. Although the outside was already pitch black, the inside of the room was brightly illuminated.

"Junior Sister, come and have a rest!" Chunqiu wiped his face, and heard Zhou Huaiyan calling her.

Responding with an "ah", Chunqiu wrung out the handkerchief, and then put it on the little dowry that he propped up beside him.

"Brother" Chunqiu sat beside Zhou Huaiyan, and casually added two more sticks of firewood to the bonfire.

Right now, there are only Chunqiu and Zhou Huaiyan next to the bonfire, Qingfeng and Qingsong are still busy outside, Chunqiu puts his hands beside the bonfire, tilting his head to look at Zhou Huaiyan.

(End of this chapter)