The carriage had left Lingsheng Street and arrived at Qianmen Street. Li Baolu raised the curtains, leaned against the window and stared at the snacks outside. She also kicked Gu Jingyun: "Go look over there, and if you see something you want to eat, let Erlin buy it."

  Gu Jingyun looked at the food box on the table, Li Baolu immediately picked up the food box and put it aside, calmly said: "This can be reserved for lunch."

  Joke, they have all come out, of course they have to eat the food on the street, how can they still eat the breakfast brought from home?

  Gu Jingyun had no choice but to open the car window on the other side, saying that he chose what he liked, but it was to help Li Baolu choose what she liked.

   Here, Gu Jingyun ordered a basket of soup dumplings for Li Baolu. Over there, Li Baolu had already ordered several items in one go, and paid for it with a large amount of copper coins.

  Fortunately, it was still early and there were few pedestrians on the street. Li Baolu lay by the car window and ordered directly. The vendor packed the things and handed them over to her, so there was no need for Erlin to get off to take over.

   In addition to some breakfasts that can be wrapped in lotus leaves or oil paper, Li Baolu also ordered a bowl of steamed pork with noodles and two bowls of sweet beancurd. As for the bowls, Li Baolu quickly took it out from the luggage on the side.

  Runing is in Henan, and it takes two days to travel south from Kaifeng. From the capital, it takes about six days for a fast horse, but at least ten days by carriage, how could Li Baolu not bring a bowl?

  Not only bowls, pots and all kinds of ingredients, but also a small table on the carriage. As long as the Erlin carriage drives well, they can have breakfast as if they were at home.

  Gu Jingyun silently took out the copper plate to pay the bill, watched Li Baolu order snacks for half a street, and regretfully retracted his head to prepare for the meal until he left the city gate.

  Li Baolu handed him a bowl of hot beancurd and said, "We are still growing, so we should eat more."

  Gu Jingyun took it silently, put it down after eating half a bowl, swept the heaped table, and finally chose to eat the soup dumpling he ordered.

   The soup in the soup dumpling was hot and tender. Gu Jingyun bit the skin and sucked up the soup first, and then he made three mouthfuls to eat the dumplings.

   He gave Li Baolu a message: "It's not worse than Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

  Li Baolu tasted one, her eyes lit up and nodded again and again, "It's delicious, but unfortunately there is only one cage."

  "..." Gu Jingyun glanced silently at the mountain of food on the table and asked, "Are you finished?"

   "I can't finish it now, but I can definitely finish it by noon."

   Thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, her stomach is a bottomless pit, and she is greedy, how can she not finish it?

Gu Jingyun has always been self-disciplined, but under the influence of Li Baolu, he couldn't help but finish eating a bowl of bean curd, five soup dumplings, and a steamed bun with pork belly. Jiamo, he patted her hand lightly, "Don't eat too much, eat it later."

  Li Baolu sniffed, "But what fragrance!"

   "Master, Madam!"

"What's wrong?" Li Baolu opened the car window and swept out the window, and at a glance, she saw Shunxin driving a carriage looking aggrieved at them, and seeing Li Baolu, Shunxin almost burst into tears, "Madam, you are finally here. !"

   Zhao Ning had heard the movement and opened the car curtain. He knocked Shunxin's head and jumped out of the carriage. He said, "Master, sir, the students have been waiting here for a long time."

  Li Baolu leaned on the car window and looked at him, "What are we doing?"

   "The Master said: If I have something to do, the disciple will take care of him. If the teacher wants to go out, the disciple will naturally accompany him to serve."

  Li Baolu pointed to him, "Speak human words."

   "Students who want to go to Runing with the teacher can travel all the way without losing their schoolwork."

   Gu Jingyun's faint voice came out, "You and the academy have taken leave?"

   "Yes, I have already taken a long vacation. It doesn't matter if I come back to class after the new year."

   He had already been admitted to Juren, and the academy’s teacher was limited in what he could teach him, not to mention that he had a master who passed on him personally, so as soon as he asked for leave to travel with his husband, the academy immediately granted leave.

  It is important to study in the academy, but it is equally important to travel to gain knowledge.

  Li Baolu tilted her head to look at Gu Jingyun, and when she saw him nodding slightly, she waved outside, "Okay, get in the car and follow."

   Zhao Ning turned around happily and was about to get in the car.

   "Wait," Li Baolu asked when she saw the breakfast in the car, "Did you have breakfast?"

"No," Shun Xin grabbed in front of Zhao Ning and said, "Young master is afraid that we won't be able to catch up. We came out as soon as the academy opened this morning, and we only had time to take a sip of hot water..." Who knew that Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu, who always got up early on the road, would be like this They only left the city gate at the hour, and the cold wind that they all blew here for more than half an hour was there?

   "I didn't eat it," Li Baolu smiled hehely, "Mistress has it here, come and collect the reward, darling."

   Zhao Ning stepped forward helplessly.

  Li Baolu stuffed most of the breakfast food that he didn't have the chance to eat to Zhao Ning and Shunxin, and gave the rest to Erlin, and the carriage was empty.

   As for the empty space, there is no empty space, because Li Baolu also bought various snacks such as preserved pork, preserved apricots, chestnut cakes, etc., and now they are placed in the corner of the carriage, waiting for her blessing.

  Gu Jingyun knew that she was a foodie, and he didn't dislike the mixed smell in the car, so he opened the car window, fixed the car curtain, and let the autumn wind blow slowly.

   He sat cross-legged on the heavily cushioned rook, took out the chessboard and played chess by himself.

   Li Baolu was disgusted by the scenery on her side, and when she saw it, she sat cross-legged across from him and said, "I'll accompany you."

   Gu Jingyun gave her white chess and let her play first.

  Li Baolu picked up a chess piece and dropped it in the middle of the chessboard, asking, "How long are we going to stay outside this time?"

"Return to Beijing before the new year," Gu Jingyun said with a smile as he dropped a son on the chessboard, "This year our family is finally reunited, so we should have a good year. Runing doesn't have much property, and Jitian has always been a clan. People are managing, we just check the accounts, and the rest of the property that is returned can be managed by someone from the clan, or the old servants can be recalled."

  Because of the regulations, the task to be done this time is not difficult, so Gu Jingyun signaled Erlin to walk slowly, the most important thing is comfort, they are not in a hurry.

   Always leave enough time for mother and uncle to deal with matters in the capital.

Li Baolu also knew that the purpose of their trip was to take care of the Qin family's property, but in fact it was to avoid suspicion, so that when the Qin and Gu families fought, Gu Jingyun would not be affected, so after learning that they would return to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, Li Baolu would no longer be there. asked.

A group of five people, the master and the apprentice walked for two days and took a day off. When they saw the beautiful scenery, they stopped to enjoy the scenery, played the piano and danced the sword. They also stopped and rested for a day or two after walking through the ancient temple and treasured temple. They talked with monks and Taoist priests. Dao, the classics of the history of Buddhism and Taoism, Gu Jingyun seems to read everything, not to mention Zhao Ning, Li Baolu, who has been growing up with Gu Jingyun, has benefited a lot from listening to it.

   In the end, they gained free accommodation, delicious vegetarian food and local specialties, and the friendship between the master and the Taoist priest. Whenever the three of them left a place, the monk/ Taoist priest who saw them off said goodbye, and of course the object was Gu Jingyun.

   The group "cheated food and drink" like this, no, they were warmly welcomed to Kaifeng Mansion.

   Kaifeng is an ancient city with a long history and pleasant scenery. Li Baolu decided to rest here for two days before leaving for Runing.

   In addition, as the capital of Henan, the Qin family also has a lot of properties in Kaifeng, so they can do some unannounced investigations in advance, and when they return to Runing to take over these properties, they can better arrange them.

  Erlin stopped the carriage in front of an inn that looked very tall and tall, and the guy in the shop greeted him enthusiastically after jumping down. He asked in a Henan accent, "Does the guest officer want to hit the tip or eat?"

   Erlin was stunned for a while before he understood what he was talking about, and immediately said, "We're staying at the store."

"Haole, you guys, do you want to live in the upper room or the middle room?" Before he could say a word, he saw Li Baolu who got out of the car. He saw her holding the woman's hairstyle and wearing simple clothes. But when he greeted her, he saw that the material on her body was not cheap, and immediately changed his words: "It's better to pack a yard for the guest, which is convenient, safe and private."

   "Does your inn still have a yard?"

"Yes, yes," Xiao Er laughed until his teeth could not see his eyes, "We have a lot of officials and family members and wealthy people traveling from south to north in Kaifeng, so this inn is better, and there are a few separate courtyards at the back. If the guest officer intends to rent a separate one, it is convenient to live in by himself, and it is not too expensive..."

Li Baolu didn't want to bother. A yard was more expensive than a few rooms anyway. They weren't bad money now, but they wouldn't waste it, but as soon as she walked in, she glanced at the inn and changed her mind. , asked: "How much is the yard per night?"

Xiao Er breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Li Baolu was in charge, he immediately took his eyes away from Zhao Ning and Gu Jingyun, followed behind Li Baolu and said, "Back to Mrs. The room also comes with a small kitchen, 2 taels of silver a day, and there is a small kitchen inside for free use, and our inn also provides breakfast and supper every day. Don’t look at these two taels, that is our inn There are also other services, the hot water and tea used by the guest officers are free, and the guest officers should ask any questions, and we all know everything about the Kaifeng mansion..."

   Li Baolu, who was still hesitant to change to another inn, couldn't help but smile when she heard the words, "Okay, let's settle on the yard you mentioned."

  Xiao Er was so happy that his eyes cracked with laughter. He immediately bowed and asked Li Baolu to walk back. With a wave of his hand, the staff of the inn helped them lead the carriage to the back door and enter the inn through the back door.

  This inn has three floors from the front, and there are bustling guests, so Erlin chose this inn subconsciously, but Li Baolu did not expect to find that two-thirds of the people sitting in the lobby were Jianghu people.

   There are good and bad people in Jianghu, but one thing is recognized. Where there are Jianghu people, there is usually no good thing, and it is easy to be involved in the incident.

   So Li Baolu wanted to turn around and look for another inn, but when he glanced out, he found that there were many people from all corners of the country who were riding horses, horse carriages, or walking on the street.

  Li Baolu decided temporarily to build a yard.

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