mesbooks Chapter 148 Going to Kyoto for Shopping
Chapter 148 Going to Kyoto for Shopping
Yi Ru thought attentively for a moment, raised her eyelids and said slowly: "My mother has a relative in Yizhou in the northern border. I can go and seek refuge with her."
"How can you be sure that your relative won't reveal your whereabouts to your father?" Luo Xiaoran asked curiously.
"That man is my mother's adopted brother before she got married. He is not familiar with my father. And my mother said that he is a soldier. Soldiers value loyalty the most. For my mother's sake, he will protect me."
After Yi Ru finished speaking, Yun Hu's heart moved slightly. Since he was a soldier, he needed to help.
……
Ever since Yi Ru told Yun Hu everything about her experience, he agreed to let her go to Yizhou with the caravan and even gave her ten taels of silver, calling it "money to buy fish."
Yi Ru followed the caravan on the journey. When Luo Xiaoran went to catch game and pick wild vegetables, she also followed them to look for food and always managed to pick up some food.
Luo Xiaoran mixed Yi Ru's ingredients in the pot and cooked them together. Anyway, it was convenient for her to cook for one or two more people.
What's more, Yi Ru provided her own food and helped collect firewood, while Yun Hu only knew how to beg for food.
Thinking of this, Luo Xiaoran put another piece of wild boar meat into Yi Ru's bowl, "Eat more."
Yi Ru thanked him repeatedly, but when she looked back at the back of the team, there was a hint of disappointment on her face.
"What's wrong?" Luo Xiaoran asked.
Yi Ru shook her head, "Nothing, I just noticed that they didn't catch up."
Luo Xiaoran knew that Yi Ru was talking about the women who were rescued with her. If Luo Xiaoran had the ability to help them, she would do so and it would be considered as accumulating good deeds.
But she herself is now dependent on the Dongfeng Caravan, so it is naturally impossible for her to swell up her sleeve and offend Yun Hu for the sake of a few strangers.
“Everyone has their own path to walk, but everyone walks in a different way.
At first you were thinking of seeking shelter, but when that didn't work you turned to being self-reliant. However, they still didn't want to rely on themselves and had no self-reliance, so you had to bear the consequences yourself.
These days you followed me to pick wild fruits and look for pheasant eggs, so you won't starve to death.
If they think it through and take the initiative, they will always be able to find food. If not, it is the result of their own choices and there is no need to worry about it. "
"Ok!"
……
A few days later in the evening, Luo Xiaoran opened the map. According to what was written on the map, they would continue their journey for another day tomorrow, and the convoy would be able to reach Kyoto by the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest.
But she had already learned that the Dongfeng caravan would not enter Kyoto, and they planned to resupply supplies in Dingzhou.
Yi Ru didn't dare to enter the city either, saying that she was afraid that her father would send people to guard the city gate to catch her, so only Luo Xiaoran planned to go into the city to buy food.
The things they bought in Yizhou had been almost eaten up. If she hadn't picked some wild vegetables and fruits along the way, or had been lucky enough to catch some fish or rabbits, she and Niu Dan would have starved long ago.
Yun Hu was able to eat the dry food and dried meat prepared by their team, but he insisted on eating the meals cooked by Luo Xiaoran all day long. Sometimes he would also want to try the wild vegetables that Luo Xiaoran prepared, and he was quite disgusted with the naan breads in the team.
In fact, it’s not Yun Hu’s fault. It’s just that the food in the caravan is too monotonous.
It has been like this for many years, but this time there happened to be Luo Xiaoran, who is very skillful with her hands and can even make flowers out of wild vegetables.
Therefore, with better choices, Yunhu naturally refused to eat those tasteless naan and salty dried meat anymore.
Later, the guys in the team couldn't stand it anymore, so they asked Yunhu and the others if they could find some fresh food while the team was resting, and let Luo Xiaoran help cook it.
Later, Luo Xiaoran almost became the collective chef of the team, and her status was rising day by day.
"Captain Yunhu, we have been walking together for such a long time. Can I trust you?" Luo Xiaoran asked very seriously.
"Xiao Ran, where do you get this from?" Yun Hu had already begun to call Luo Xiao Ran by her name affectionately.
"I know the caravan won't stop in Kyoto, but I need to buy some rice, flour, oil, grain, and seasonings, so I plan to entrust the eggs to you and ride a fast horse to Kyoto overnight to buy for half a day, and then return to meet you near Kyoto."
Luo Xiaoran had already discussed this matter with Niu Dan in advance. Although he was a little scared, after spending so many days with Yun Hu and the others, he could feel that they were not bad people, so he was willing to stay in the team and wait for his sister.
"Go ahead, don't worry about your dear brother. I'm the one who's worried that you won't come back to cook for me."
At this point, Yun Hu paused and said, "Although you know this, I still have to remind you again that we will not stay in Kyoto. You must be on the official road from Kyoto to Dingzhou the day after tomorrow morning at the latest."
"I see!"
……
The north wind was howling, and it was even colder when traveling at night. Luo Xiaoran, who had her hair tied up in a boy's bun, took Yun Hu's cloak without hesitation. After all, he could warm himself by the fire at night and wouldn't be cold!
After a night of fast riding, Luo Xiaoran arrived in Kyoto. The city gates were not open yet, but many suburban vegetable farmers who were planning to enter the city to sell vegetables had gathered outside the city.
Luo Xiaoran simply picked a lot of dishes in the sunshine just after the sunrise.
Because these vegetable farmers opened their businesses before entering the city, they were very happy and gave Luo Xiaoran a more favorable price.
Even so, Luo Xiaoran felt a pang of pain in her heart. It was too damn expensive. Is this the consumption level of the people in Kyoto?
Originally, Luo Xiaoran wanted to buy more meat, vegetables and seasonings, but now she thinks it is better to buy less and wait until she arrives in Dingzhou, as the prices there are still very reasonable.
Yi Ru also entrusted her entire fortune - ten taels of silver - to Luo Xiaoran, asking her to help bring some dry food, otherwise she would not be able to survive until Dingzhou.
The further north they went, the fewer wild vegetables, fruits, and game there were. Luo Xiaoran could not find many gifts from nature, not to mention Yi Ru who followed behind Luo Xiaoran to pick up the leftovers.
The city gate opened, and after paying the city gate tax, I followed the vegetable farmers in.
Because Luo Xiaoran was leading a horse, the soldiers guarding the city guessed that she was not a permanent resident of Kyoto, so they stopped her to check for a pass. Luo Xiaoran took out the pass she borrowed from Yun Hu.
"Name: Yun Da."
Luo Xiaoran nodded. She didn’t know how Yun Hu got this fake pass, but the name “Yun Da” was really too casual.
"Age: 18 years old"
The officers and soldiers looked at Luo Xiaoran's small stature, which was only as tall as his chest, and felt a little skeptical.
"Everyone in my family is short, so my father is particularly worried that I won't be able to find a wife." After saying this, Luo Xiaoran also gave a bitter smile, which made the officers and soldiers look sympathetic and laugh secretly.
"appearance:……"
Anyway, Yun Hu and Luo Xiaoran are both handsome men and beautiful women. Luo Xiaoran wears a man's bun and looks like a handsome man.
Although she was wearing women's clothes inside, she was wearing Yunhu's cloak outside, which wrapped her and her clothes completely, without revealing her whereabouts.
The officers and soldiers looked at the following content:
Home address: Yangzhou
Reason for going out: Visiting relatives in Beijing
Feeling that there was no problem, he let Luo Xiaoran in.