Early the next morning, the three of them packed up their belongings and hit the road after having breakfast. Due to the war between the two countries, there were not many pedestrians on the way from Lincheng to Jicheng, the border city of the garrison. It would take a whole day for the carriage to travel.
It's hard to see one or two people.
Liu Pinting was focused on returning to Yecheng, but she ignored a very serious problem.
Jicheng is the first pass for the garrison country to resist the invasion of the Yao country. At this time, the city gate will definitely not be opened at will, and she does not have any customs clearance documents in her hand. Unlike when she went to Lincheng, she at least had
The jade pendant given to her by Luo Qingchen. It is definitely impossible for them to let them into the city at this time. But if they want to go back to Yecheng, Jicheng is the only way to go. If the city gate cannot be opened, what is left?
The only way is to go around the hills on both sides of the city gate.
Not to mention that they are not familiar with the environment in the mountains, especially in winter, where it is easy to encounter wild animals. The most important thing is that the mountains near the border are quite chaotic. It is now a time of war and chaos, and it is not known whether there are wandering bandits in the mountains.
haunt.
If by chance you meet...
Isn't it true that these three girls, who have no power to restrain the chicken, are just sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth?
Liu Pinting hesitated again and again. Now that it was getting late and it was impossible to return along the way, it would be better to find a villager outside the city and bother her for two days, and then return to the capital after the war between the two countries calmed down.
Ziyu and Laner are not people with ideas, and they are maids. At this time, it is natural for them to rely on Liu Pinting's arrangements.
The three of them immediately changed their route to a nearby farm.
The farm is about ten miles away from Jicheng, and there are a dozen families living in the village. The head of the village is an honest man. Maybe it is a special period, and he is particularly wary of outsiders. In the end, because the three of them are girls, he reluctantly
Agree to take in.
The three of them, Liu Pinting, were arranged to live in the house of a widow named Tian in Zhuangzi. It is said that the man in this family died the year before last, and there was only a sixty-year-old old woman paralyzed in bed, dragging one or two daughters under her. The eldest daughter was twelve.
Years old, she is now working as a maid in the city. Her youngest daughter, who is eight years old, stays at home to help with farm work. Her youngest son is only three years old. The family is living a very poor life.
The head of the village specially arranged them to live in this family. Firstly, since the three of them are women, they would not cause any unnecessary criticism if they lived there. Secondly, because Liu Pinting proposed to pay a certain amount of money as a reward.
Zhuangtou made such arrangements to help that family.
Liu Pinting's master and servant just hoped to have a place to stay at this time, and the village head had considered it quite thoughtfully, and the master and servant had no objections to such an arrangement.
The conditions of the Tian family are worse than Liu Pinting expected. There are only three thatched houses in total, arranged in a "pin" structure. The first one is the kitchen and firewood shed, and the one to the east is occupied by Widow Tian and her mother-in-law.
She lives with her three children in the house on the west side.
Due to the arrival of Liu Pinting's master and servant, the Tian family's sister-in-law packed up the house on the west side where she lived for the three of them to live in, while she and her children moved to the east to build a floor in the room where her mother-in-law lived.
It was already getting late when Liu Pinting and his party arrived at Zhuangzi. After settling down at Tian's house, it was already completely dark. After eating the coarse grain cakes and porridge made by Tian's sister-in-law, the three masters and servants went to bed early.
Except for the eldest sister-in-law of the Tian family and their eight-year-old daughter, none of the elders and the youngest child of the Tian family were seen that night.