Gao MaMa looked a little ugly after hearing the comments of the boat passengers. No matter what her daughter said, she was also the legitimate daughter of the Crown Prince, how could she be judged by these vulgar people?
Qing Dai and Lian Xin couldn't help but wince. In the Duke's Mansion, the people they came into contact with were all wives and girls from wealthy families, and there were also some maids. There was no house where the visitors were so unscrupulous. They were also very
Not used to it.
When Gu Chengyu saw them, he quickly called them to get on the carriage, and the six carriages set off in a mighty manner.
"Sir! There is a village ahead, do we want to stay overnight?" Ming Mo was rushing ahead and found a small village in front of him. It was getting dark. If he missed this village, he didn't know if he could make it to the next one.
town.
Gu Chengyu raised the curtain and looked at the sky, "Okay, Ming Yan, go talk to Miss Yao, Brother Sun and the others, and let them prepare to stay overnight at a farmhouse tonight."
In fact, if there were no female relatives, they must have rushed to the next market to stay at the inn. Women were delicate and the carriage could not move too fast, so they were delayed.
After Ming Yan came over and replied, several carriages drove towards the village.
Gu Chengyu observed in the carriage. It was a small village with more than twenty households. The houses were similar to the original Shangling Village. They were all made of mud bricks and covered with thatch.
It was already past dinner time. The villagers had all eaten and were sitting by a large well at the entrance of the village. The children were chasing and playing beside the adults. This should be the most pleasant time of the day.
Before Gu Chengyu and his carriage arrived at the village entrance, the villagers had already seen it.
"Old Man Hua, is this a carriage?" an old man in his sixties asked as he squinted at the carriage approaching the village entrance.
"It looks like it to me! Huh? This is it!" Old Man Hua stretched his neck and looked towards the carriage. He was knowledgeable, of course he had seen the carriage before.
"Why so many carriages? Whose house are they going to? Who has such rich relatives?" The old man in his sixties watched the carriages drive towards the village entrance and guessed whose house they were going to.
Their village was very poor, and every family knew it well. He really didn't believe it if someone said it was someone's relative!
"You're not staying overnight, are you? We haven't heard of such a relative in our village."
Although it is not far from the official road, there are actually very few people staying overnight. If it is during the day, there is a teahouse not far away where you can eat and drink. The next market town is not too far away from here. If you are on your way, it will be a long day.
You can get there before dark.
Therefore, there are few people who come to stay in the village. Besides, their houses are too shabby, and they are not favored by people who are on their way.
"Oh carriage, there's a carriage, Erdan, come and see the carriage, there's a carriage coming to the village." A five or six-year-old boy shouted, pulling a smaller boy who looked like a clay monkey.
"There really is a carriage!" The man who came back from going to the fields was carrying farm tools and looking over there.
The women also started discussing. There have been no outsiders in the village. The village is so big. Whose old hen laid eggs, whose dog gave birth to puppies, and whose mother-in-law even got scolded by her mother-in-law.
, everyone in the village knows it clearly.
The arrival of a carriage is obviously a new thing, and it's not busy at the moment. Women always like to gossip.
Ming Mo drove the carriage to the entrance of the village, stopped it quickly, and asked: "Old man, we want to stay in the village for a night. Is there anyone with a lot of houses in the village?"
Old Man Hua stood up quickly, his eyes were looking good! The person sitting on the carriage must be a servant. Even the servant was wearing silk and satin, so the person in the carriage must look more wealthy.
"How many people do you have?" Looking at these six carriages, there must be a lot of people. No one in their village has such a big house.
"There are eighteen people in total, is there room?" Ming Mo looked at the village. Most of the houses were dilapidated, and he didn't know if the girl behind them would be able to live there.
Old Man Hua frowned, "Then we can only go to the village chief's house to have a look, but the village chief's house will definitely not be able to accommodate us."
Unexpectedly, so many people came all at once. Old Man Hua thought that his house also had four rooms, and his eldest son, daughter-in-law, and grandson occupied one room, and there were two rooms left. They should be able to live in the crowded house.
This is a wealthy family. If you live in someone's house, you should leave some money for lodging when you leave. If you meet a generous person, you might be able to give him one or two taels.
How could he not get involved in such a good thing? But his house can't accommodate so many people, so it's better to let some of them go to the village chief's house. The house in the village chief's house is better than theirs, and the house is not as good.
If you live there for seven or eight people, it should be fine.
Ming Mo turned around and asked Gu Chengyu, "Sir! There are so many of us, and one family will definitely not be able to live in it. Can we go to the village chief's house he mentioned?"
Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, it was going to be dark today, and it seemed that there would be no village in this hundred miles radius.
"Then let's go to the village chief's house and have a look!"
When Old Man Hua heard this, he realized that there must be noble people in this carriage, but the voice sounded like a young man.
Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu also opened the curtains at this time and looked outside, "Chengyu! Can't there be room for so many of us?"
"I don't know yet. I have to go to the village chief's house that my father-in-law said." Gu Chengyu was unsure. The most important thing was that there were still female relatives here.
Old Man Hua was a little surprised when he saw Sun Xian and the others on the carriage through the raised curtain. Why didn't they look very young? They were all young men!
Gao MaMa, who was on the carriage in the middle, listened to the words in front of her and said to Yao Mengxian next to her: "Girl, this village doesn't look big and the houses are very dilapidated. Can we find a place to live?"
Although her girl is not favored in the house, she has never lived in such a place!
Yao Mengxian was only worried about whether she would be able to live in it. As for whether the house was in tatters or not, she could only make do with it when she went out. This little bit of suffering was nothing compared to the dream.
"Even if we want to be particular when we go out, it won't work. We can only make do with it." Lian Xin is open-minded. Anyway, she feels that the place where her benefactor is is always safe.
Besides, Mr. Gu seems to be a decent person and he shouldn't let her girl suffer too much.
Qingdai had just been looking at the carriage in front of her in trance, and then she came back to her senses when she heard the voices in the carriage.
"The houses here are indeed a bit dilapidated, but I don't know if the village chief's house is better."
Old Man Hua led the way, and the carriage continued to move forward. Behind it were villagers watching the fun, and children chasing after it. After walking for a short time, they arrived at the so-called village chief's house.
"Village Chief, someone is here to stay for the night!" Old Man Hua was not very old, but he just looked a little old. Therefore, he shouted very energetically at this moment.
The village chief's house looks like the best in the village. Although it is a mud-brick house, it is covered with tiles.