Everyone talked around the stove for more than an hour, until Mr. Zhuang felt sleepy and everyone dispersed.
There is only one house within a five-mile radius of a place like this, so I always go to bed after dark at night. When Yi Cheng went back, his eyes were almost closed.
His mother-in-law couldn't help but mutter, "People in the city are weird. They don't sleep when it gets dark, and they sit together and gossip."
Yi Cheng said: "Don't talk nonsense, I think these adults are observing the sentiments of the people just like what is said in the play."
"We are just a family of five here, what's the public sentiment?"
Yi Cheng: "...They asked a lot of things, but they didn't ask much about our family. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."
His mother-in-law couldn't help but mutter, "Why don't I understand? By the way, do you know where they dug up the mountain pepper?"
"Where did the digging go?"
"I just don't know that's why I'm asking you. I also wanted to find a broken wooden barrel for them to plant, but I took it around and couldn't see where the things were stored."
Yi Cheng didn't care, "Maybe I received the car. Those noble people have so many cars. Don't hang around there. We can't tell you if something is lost."
"I know, I just took a look from a distance. That mountain pepper is not small, how can I put it in the car..."
Yi Cheng had already fallen asleep.
The couple got up before dawn the next day, woke up several children, and made breakfast for them.
After Manbao and the others had a bowl of noodles, they set off and continued to Xiazhou.
They didn't walk very fast, and they would stop to rest for two days when they came across good or interesting places.
Nie Canjun was from the Yin family. Knowing that Yin was in poor health, he naturally had no problem with the convoy stopping to rest. However, the two pedestrians from Honglu Temple were anxious for a while.
But following Mr. Zhuang and the others, they climbed mountains, visited famous local doctors, and met local officials and some people. Gradually, they adapted to everyone's rhythm and knew that if they continued like this, let alone the planned five months.
It would be good to be able to return to Chang'an in five years.
I turned around and thought, in terms of age, Mr. Zhuang is older than them; in terms of future, any one of Bai Shan, Zhou Man, and Bai Cheng has a greater future than them, and time is more precious to them than the two of them.
If they are not in a hurry, then there is no need for them to be in a hurry.
So I started to have a leisurely time, and occasionally discussed the Classics and History Collection with Mr. Zhuang.
The two practitioners are both from the Ming Jing major, but they also yearn for the Jinshi major, so Mr. Zhuang can take a leave of absence from some places where he is not familiar with his studies.
Mr. Zhuang and others also wanted to learn some languages from the grasslands and the Western Regions with them. For a time, the spirit of learning in the team was particularly strong.
Man Bao, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang have been preparing for this two years ago, so they all know some daily expressions.
However, what they learned was either Mandarin or the language of large tribes, and they were not as knowledgeable as the two pedestrians, let alone proficient.
So they have been learning the language with them recently.
To everyone's surprise, the person who learned the fastest was Zhou Liru.
Bai Shan and Man Baoyin may be considered knowledgeable and memorized people, but they have to listen to a sentence several times before they can remember it and repeat it. They always have various accents when retelling it, and they need constant correction.
But Zhou Liru learned it after listening to it twice more.
Moreover, she has a particularly good memory for these languages. She can basically remember what she learned today and the next day, and then she can use it to talk to two pedestrians.
By the time he arrived in Xiazhou, Zhou Liru had memorized some of the words he used every day, but he still had the tendency to surpass Bai Er who had prepared in advance.
Bai Er couldn't help but say to Bai Shan and Man Bao, "Look at you, you have been learning from others for more than a year, but you are not as good as she has been learning from others for twenty days."
Bai Shan:……
Man Bao was unconvinced: "What about you? Have you caught up with my niece?"
Bai Erlang: "I haven't. That's because I've never learned well, and you haven't learned well either."
Yin Yu said: "It's still too late to learn now."
Liu Huan hesitated and said: "It's too late. After Xiazhou is the grassland. Anyway, there are two pedestrians here, why do we have to learn the language by ourselves?"
Everyone looked at him together, and then said: "You will know when the market comes."
The motorcade slowly arrived at the gate of Xiazhou City. Manbao lifted the curtains and raised his head to look at the tall city gate.
At this time, Xiazhou was a little different from when they left. There were more pedestrians going in and out of the city gate, and it was a lot more popular.
Some guards came forward with documents. They were a team of envoys from the imperial court, so they entered directly from the gate on the other side.
The process was slow on their side, but the city guard over there, who had just read the documents, immediately sent someone to the government office to notify Yang Heshu.
When entering the city, Manbao lowered the curtain and did not disturb anyone. The city guard who just read the documents kept staring at the convoy. When the convoy was halfway through, he couldn't help but grabbed a person and asked: "Didn't you say that Dr. Zhou is in the team?"
?Where are the people?”
"Miss Man is in the second car. Do you know our Miss Man?"
When the city guard heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "We in Xiazhou City all recognize Dr. Zhou. Have you seen these three pockmarks on my face? Dr. Zhou cured them."
Guard: ...There are pockmarks on your face, what is there to be proud of?
The city guard was very proud because he could survive the smallpox. He was from the military camp, and those who survived after contracting smallpox in the military camp were all cured by Zhou Man's treatment.
He only left three pockmarks, which was much better than the others.
Now that Doctor Zhou has passed, he can only let go of the people with regret and watch the convoy slowly enter the city.
After entering the city, Man Bao opened the curtain and looked outside again.
Bai Shan also looked outside. He and Man Bao said, "Xiazhou City is different from before."
Man Bao nodded, "There are more smiles on their faces, and there are no traces of smallpox anymore."
Bai Shan's lips curled up slightly and he said, "Senior Brother Yang's ability is beyond doubt."
The motorcade continued towards the inn.
The post station in Xiazhou City was near the county government office. As soon as the convoy came to one side, someone came over from the government office and said to Zhou Man: "Sir Zhou, just leave the convoy to the younger ones. We will send them to the post office. The master said that in
We have prepared water and wine in the mansion. Please invite the gentlemen and gentlemen to come over and have a rest. Your Excellency and the gentlemen will stay in the mansion for the next two days, and we, sir, will also be able to fulfill our friendship as hosts."
Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
So the six of them took Mr. Zhuang to the government office first.
The carriages and horses were directly at the side gate of the backyard of the government office. Mrs. Cui stood at the side gate to greet them. She smiled and said: "My husband is still busy in the front and can't get away for the time being, but someone told me and asked me to entertain them well."
you."
She smiled and said: "Knowing that you are coming, I have tidied up the two courtyards early, so you can live there. It will be more comfortable than over there at the inn."
Man Bao smiled and responded, "Excuse me, my sister-in-law."
Ms. Cui smiled and said she was welcome. She asked, "How many days can you stay in Xiazhou?"
Man Bao said: "I want to see the situation in Xiazhou first."
She also wanted to know about the subsequent health conditions of these smallpox patients to see if the medication had any adverse effects on their bodies.
By the way, let’s find out more about the situation on the grassland.