"No, brother, this is a river. It is the largest river in the Acropolis. Didn't you see what I drew? It comes out of these mountain streams, reaches this bend, and flows out of the Acropolis directly to Pingcheng, a state."
"Haha." He just said, how could we tell the road from the river clearly?
"That's ten roads,,,"
"No, this is also a river..."
"...Please explain clearly first, how many roads and rivers there are." Ouch, he has such a bad temper, his hands and feet are itchy.
The eldest brother's look of eagerness to catch him made Qi Kangtai panic and he looked towards his niece for help.
Seeing that her fourth uncle had carried her several times, Qi Baoer grabbed her father, pointed at the map and explained: "Dad, these, this, this, this, these four are official roads, and the rest are rivers.
Look, Fourth Uncle has signs next to the official road. This one is the one we are taking now. We have reached this point. Now, there is a small circle in front of us. This means that there is a big circle here.
If the village is triangular, it is a town.
Look at this end, this is the town we passed a few days ago. Is it a triangle drawn on it?
Look at this again, there are circles next to it, but the fourth uncle’s drawings are not so round. These are villages built along the river. The fourth uncle originally drew thin lines leading from the official roads to each village. Neither ink nor paper can do this.
,Faded."
Qi Kang'an: "..." It's okay if it's light.
And who can understand this circle and that circle?
Qi Kangtai looked at his niece with tears streaming down his face. They all said that a scholar dies for his confidant. From then on, he was willing to die for his niece.
Qi Bao'er: No, it's really not true. The reason why she knows her is because her own drawing skills are not very good.
Old man Qi: "The four official roads lead to Pingcheng?"
Qi Kangtai shook his head, "Dad, look at this, the westernmost road leads to Ningcheng. The interface between Acropolis and Ning and Ping cities is wide. The smaller half of this side is Ningcheng.
There is only one official road, and I guess there are also small roads, but there is no sign on the teacher's map.
There are three roads leading to Pingcheng here, which are more mountainous, but they don’t seem to have mountains after mountains like ours there. I heard from my husband that people from Acropolis often pass through/go to Pingcheng from the mountains.
"
Old man Qi glanced at his fourth son and granddaughter, "Where are we going?"
Whether to go to Pingcheng or Ningcheng, judging from the map, based on their current walking distance, they will have to walk forward for half a day to find a road. Deciding which road to take is the decision of where to go next.
Qi Kangfu said: "Dad, it depends on where we go. If we just have a safe place to settle down, it can be done in any direction. It's just that neither Ningcheng nor Pingcheng is suitable. It's still too close to Yingzhou."
If we are heading towards the capital, it seems that it would be closer to Ningcheng."
He pointed to the edge of the map in the direction of Ningcheng and asked Qi Kangtai: "Fourth brother, you have drawn so many twists here, is this the sea?"
Qi Kangtai was confused, "Third brother, it's really not that I don't want to draw it clearly. The map Mr. has is only for Yingzhou."
Don't ask him after leaving Yingzhou.
The four adults and one child next to them said: "..."
Then there is nothing you can do but hide.
Old man Qi said: "I think we should go to Pingcheng, go east after arriving at Pingcheng, and then turn back towards the capital and get closer to the capital. Wherever there is room for people, we will settle down first."
Qi Kangan looked at the reality that was closer to them: "I also think that going to Pingcheng is not about where we are going after the picture. According to what Mr. Fourth Brother said, the mountains over the Acropolis are not as scary as ours.
, if it doesn’t work, we can still hide up the mountain.
Moreover, there are many roads, so there are choices. This one is not safe. If we really can’t, we can go through the mountains to another one.
You see, the distance between these three roads is short, which means there are not many mountains. However, the official road to Ningcheng is at the far end. It is also so wide in the middle of the other official road that is closest to it. It is not good if there are many mountains.
Now that we’ve said it, we’re going to take this route, and there’s basically no way out.”
What else are you thinking about going to the capital city? They don’t even count entering the Acropolis, which is the most difficult place to get through. What are you talking about?
Whenever Qi Kangfu was with his father and eldest brother, his mind would always shut down and he would only look left and right and listen.
Qi Bao'er looked at the map and felt that they and others were in debt.
Why.
Because after they left Yingzhou from the Acropolis, if they wanted to go to the capital, Yingzhou was to the northwest of the capital, and they had to go around Yingzhou before turning back.
"Bao'er, what do you think?" Qi Kang'an asked.
Little Fatty Qi Baoer pointed his finger at the middle one of the three roads to Pingcheng: "Let's go from here. If you look at the picture, there is a big river on the right that follows the road. There are more roads along the river."
Everyone has begun to lack food again. There is a river on one side and a mountain on the other, so you can find something to eat no matter what.
At this time, Qi Kaishan and Qi Wenfang came over, also asking where to go.
They didn't have a map at home, but Qiwen Fang had heard that from Acropolis, you could go to Pingcheng or Ningcheng.
Old man Qi showed them the map, pointed to the path Qi Bao'er just mentioned, and said, "We are going to take this road. Look, there is a river here. Many people don't have much food left. I can touch some in the river."
It can also be done on the mountains. If the journey goes smoothly, we can get out of the Acropolis and reach Pingcheng in ten days, no matter how hard we push it, we can get there."
He will be able to go out in ten days. Hearing this exciting news, Qi Kaishan's old face showed a smile, "Bao'er chose it, so let's go this way."
The matter was settled just like that.
As soon as Qi Kaishan and Qi Wenfang left, Doctor Gao and Gao Dayou, father and son, came over to ask about making the ointment.
"I saw that many people had bought some cotton, but the main thing was reed flowers. It's quite cool at night now, and the wind is blowing and it's still a bit cold. It's going to be freezing if you continue to go north.
Not many of us have cotton shoes or anything like that, so I want to spend some time getting some frostbite ointment out."
I pray that the old man is really grateful to Doctor Gao and is grateful for the villagers.
He came all the way to teach everyone about herbal medicines. Although he guarded the prescriptions and no one watched the process of making the medicines, there were only a few herbal medicines that he could recognize. The future would be stable and everyone would have more ways to live.
Besides, if anyone felt uncomfortable or injured along the way, he would be there as soon as he was called, but he never paid a penny.
When the weather is cooler, he makes soup and medicine for everyone to ward off the cold. When the weather is hot, he brews herbal tea for everyone to drink.
They all felt that it would be a difficult journey for the two pregnant women who had little hope of following the Gao family, but they were surprised that nothing happened.
"Sure, do you want to help?"
"It's really necessary this time. We can't stop doing other medicines. If we make another ointment, we won't have enough manpower."
He had never been embarrassed to bother others. Originally, he had not planned to collect money from others along the way, so he insisted on remembering it first so that no one could forget to pay it back in the future.
To be honest, it was difficult for their family. They only went out but did not come in. The transportation fees and food were so expensive, and their pockets were already empty. They also owed Lao Qi's family a few taels of silver.
If they were lucky enough to be able to settle down in Yingzhou in the future, their family would need money to settle down, so they would shamelessly acquiesce.
This is basically the same as before. We have received money from others, so why bother asking others to contribute.