latelenovela Chapter 196 Borrowing
Chapter 196 Borrowing
"We can't stay in the city today. There is a village ahead. Let's find a farmer's house there to rest for a day."
There is one advantage of traveling with Qi Lingheng. Qi Lingheng will send Qi Feng and others to explore the way ahead.
Even when sleeping outdoors, Qi Feng and his friends could always find a sheltered and flat place.
"Okay." The curtain of the carriage was opened, and Su Tang was admiring the scenery outside along the way.
"Do you want to go back to the carriage and rest for a while?" Su Tang asked Qi Lingheng who was riding on a tall horse beside her.
Ma Su Tang had also ridden this horse before. When she went to the northern border to look for Qi Lingheng, her thighs were rubbed raw.
"It doesn't matter. We're not in a hurry now." Qi Lingheng still liked to ride his horse beside Su Tang's carriage, so that he could take a look at Su Tang from time to time.
"Okay." Su Tang responded softly.
Then he turned his gaze to the fields in the distance.
Not long after.
The car finally arrived at a small village.
Since Qi Feng and his team had already made arrangements, when Su Tang and his team arrived, the village chief was already standing at the entrance of the village waiting with Qi Feng and his team.
Although Su Tang and his group did not reveal their identities, they had such a large carriage team and brought many sword-carrying guards with them, so outsiders could tell at a glance that they were either rich or noble.
"Hello, everyone. I am the village chief of Yushu Village. The courtyard for you to stay temporarily is ready." The village chief said to Qi Lingheng with a smile.
Qi Lingheng was obviously the leader of this group of people.
The other people in the carriage were mistaken by the village chief of Yushu Village as Qi Lingheng's family members.
"There are not many vacant houses in our village. You and your wife will stay at my house tonight. The other people's houses are not far from my house."
When the village chief spoke to Qi Lingheng, he kept his body half-bowed, just like he was treating someone in a higher position.
Su Tang was looking out through the car curtain. She raised her eyes and glanced at Qi Lingheng.
When Qi Feng arrived, he told the village chief that he wanted to stay there and paid a considerable amount of money.
For the villagers who usually have little cash income, this can be considered an unexpected fortune.
The village chief knew that the group of people who wanted to stay overnight were all nobles, so he found a few families in the village with good houses and asked them to vacate one or two rooms for the nobles to stay temporarily.
When the selected families in the village learned that they could earn a lot of money by renting their houses to others, they were overjoyed.
Since I got the news, I have been cleaning the yard and tidying up the room.
Listening to the village chief's words, Qi Lingheng raised his eyebrows. His mood instantly improved a lot, and he winked at Qi Feng who was standing beside him.
Qi Feng immediately understood, and took out a silver ingot from his waist and handed it to the village chief, "This is a reward from the master."
village head......
The village chief was a little nervous, but being rewarded with silver was always a good thing.
Although he didn't understand why he was rewarded again.
But who can complain about having too much money?
The village chief nodded happily to Qi Lingheng, his back hunched even deeper, the old wrinkles on his face piled up together, making it almost impossible to see his eyebrows and eyes.
"Hehehe, then, my dears, please follow me into the village. Everything inside has been tidied up."
Qi Feng nodded to Qi Lingheng and Su Tang, then turned around and followed the village chief into the village.
The carriage wheels turned again, and the convoy soon entered the village.
The villagers of Yushu Village, regardless of whether they had invited Su Tang and his friends to stay at their homes or not, all stood at the doorsteps of their homes and looked at the convoy.
"So many carriages, all pulled by two horses..." the villagers talked about it. They had seen carriages before, but this was the first time they had seen one pulled by two horses.
The carriages in Dayong are regulated by levels. In fact, Su Tang has been very low-key. Logically, the princess can have more horses pulling the carriage when she travels.
Soon, Su Tang and his group were dispersed, and all the carriages were gathered at the village chief's house.
Fortunately, the open space outside the village chief's yard is large enough. There will be no problem leaving the thing there, and there are guards guarding it, so there will definitely be no problem.
When the carriage arrived at the village chief's house, Qi Lingheng stood outside the carriage and personally helped Su Tang get off the carriage.
Su Tang looked at the hand stretched out in front of the car and shook it with a smile.
Chunmei and the others have long been accustomed to this, from being surprised at the beginning to readily accepting it now.
Speaking of Qi Lingheng's background, she is worthy of the status of the Grand Princess.
"Look, this room was originally intended for my second son's wedding. Oh, don't worry, no one has ever lived in this room." The village chief saw Qi Lingheng pick up Su Tang from the carriage, walked to a door and said with a smile.
"Well, it doesn't matter, as long as it's clean." Su Tang didn't care. After all, it was impossible for her to live in someone else's house. She would still go back to the space to rest at night.
However, Su Tang still followed Qi Lingheng to take a look at the room.
The house was indeed very clean and fully furnished, with cabinets, a large bed and a desk.
"Is your son a scholar?"
Most villagers don’t have desks at home.
"Hehe, the private school teacher in town said that my second son is a good student. He even passed the examination for status as a tongsheng last year." When talking about their sons, it seems that all parents in the world are the same.
Especially in ancient times, if there was a scholar in the family, it would bring honor to the family.
The old village chief became excited when he mentioned his son.
"Who is your second son?" Su Tang couldn't help but look at the old village chief when she heard Tongsheng.
The old village chief seems to be over 50 years old, and his son has just passed the imperial examination?
It can’t be that he had a child in old age.
"He went to study in town and only comes back a few times a month." The old village chief said with a smile.
Su Tang nodded when she heard this and stopped asking questions.
"Master, let's go in and clean up." Chunmei said behind Su Tang.
"Yeah." Although they couldn't stay there, Chunmei and the others didn't know about the matter in the space, so Chunmei and the others still had to prepare what they needed.
Chunmei and a few others carried bedding and other items from the carriage into the room one after another.
Su Tang and Qi Lingheng stood in the middle of the yard, side by side.
Su Tang observed the yard of the village chief's house.
As expected of a place close to Kyoto, this village is much richer than Dahe Village where Su Tang lives.
When she first entered the village, Su Tang saw that several families lived in brick houses.
In Dahe Village, only the village chief's house has three brick houses.
"We will prepare our own dinner, but we may need to borrow your stove in the evening." Qi Feng said to the village chief.
"You can use it as you like. We have enough firewood at home." The village chief said, pointing to the neatly stacked firewood not far away.
"Our master likes quietness, you..." Qi Feng and the village chief instructed again.
Su Tang took a quick glance at the village chief's yard, then turned her gaze to the few people standing at the door of the village chief's main house.
An old woman with seven or eight people were standing at the door of the house, looking at them timidly.
Seeing Su Tang looking at them, they hurriedly bowed to Su Tang.
Su Tang smiled and nodded to those people, and found that there were quite a lot of children in their family.
"Xia Mei."
"Hey." Inside the house, Xia Mei responded, walked to Su Tang's side and whispered, "Master."
"Go and get some cakes and candies from the car." Xia Mei glanced at the group of people at the village chief's house and immediately nodded in understanding.
Soon she came over with a big bag of cakes and candies.
Along the way, whenever there were families with children staying overnight, Su Tang would give those children some cakes and candies.
Xia Mei handed the cakes and candies to the village chief's wife, "This is what the master gave to the children."
"This... Thank you, thank you very much." The village chief's wife immediately pulled a few older children around her and thanked Su Tang.
"You're welcome." Su Tang waved her hand.
Children in rural areas can only eat candy a few times a year, and they can't afford the exquisite cakes sold in the city.
After receiving the cakes and candies, the village chief's wife thanked Su Tang and took the children back to the room.
"Master, the room has been cleaned up." Chunmei walked to Su Tang and whispered.
"However, master, there are only two rooms here. Xia Mei and I will stay in the carriage tonight." Chunmei said while looking at Qi Lingheng.
Although the decree for their marriage had been issued and the Imperial Observatory had already chosen a date, it was not easy for Su Tang and Qi Lingheng to live together after all because they had not yet married.
When they went to stay in other villages before, Su Tang and Qi Lingheng also lived separately.
But today this family only prepared two rooms. If Su Tang and Qi Lingheng live separately, they will have to live in the car.
"It's okay, I'll stay in the carriage at night." Qi Lingheng glanced at Su Tang, then turned to Chunmei and the others.
"How can this be possible?" Chunmei said hurriedly.
"Hey, don't worry about him." Su Tang gestured to Chunmei and the others to live in another room.
As for Qi Lingheng, this man would definitely sneak into her room at night. Anyway, he would go back to the space, where there were plenty of rooms for Qi Lingheng to live in.
Chunmei looked at Qi Lingheng again, and finally nodded, then took Xiamei and the others to clean up another room.
In the evening, after dinner, everyone went to rest.
Because there were strangers in the village, no one in Yushu Village was walking outside at night. Everyone finished dinner early and went home to close the door and rest.