Chapter 2141 Departure

After leaving Xiazhou City and heading north, in less than an hour, the trees on both sides of the official road gradually decreased. I didn't know when the trees became sparse, and behind them was a grassland that stretched as far as the eye could see.

There are occasional clumps of trees on the grassland, but so far no large, continuous forests have been seen.

Manbao and his friends had been here before. During the first month of the lunar year, they came to the grassland and pretended to hunt in order to capture a deer.

The official road also became narrower, but the grass was very soft, so the carriage still took the official road, but the horses liked to run to the grass on the side.

Manbao saw this and excitedly invited Baishan, "Let's go horseback riding together."

Bai Shan, who just wanted to take a nap, hesitated for a moment, but still got off the carriage, took his Daoli from the guards beside him, and nodded to Manbao after getting on the horse.

Manbao also excitedly rode on the red horse, and rode ahead with Baishan.

Seeing this, Daji spurred his horse and caught up. The other guards did not follow, but continued to walk slowly with the convoy.

Bai Erlang was also sleepy, so he rejected Liu Huan's suggestion to share a car with him to read together. He pulled the wooden chair out of the car, spread out the quilt inside, took out a pillow from the belly of the car, put it on and went to sleep.

Although the car is a bit bumpy and shaky, once your body gets used to the shaking, you will find that it is actually easier to sleep in the car than at home.

Bai Erlang fell asleep soon after he lay down and even snored.

The guard driving outside shook his head and just drove the carriage more steadily.

Yin Huo was also sleepy. Normally, he didn't stay up late, but Bai Shan and the others had a lot to write and research, such as how the charity hall in Xiazhou City had been operating, how much money the government allocated to the charity hall every month, how it was allocated, what extra donations were made during festivals, and what the charity hall's approximate monthly expenses were...

These need to be checked.

Fortunately, Yang Heshu was very tolerant and allowed them to see any information and account books they wanted, and the charity's manager did not dare to object, so they were able to get these account books without any effort.

Otherwise, you will have to spend more effort to find out, which will only waste more time.

But even so, they have been staying up late these past two days, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he is sleep deprived now.

It's a bit miraculous that he actually lacks sleep.

Yin Huo wanted to sleep, so he couldn't make his own bed and fold the quilt. So he sat on the small stool at the door of the car. Changshou helped him pull down the chair above him, turning it into a wooden couch. Then he made the bed and put the pillows in place...

Changshou said: "Master, apart from anything else, the Bai family really loves Mr. Bai. I don't know what they were thinking. They even knew to pull out the chair and make it into a wooden couch. But the carriage is still too short and the legs are still not straight."

Yin Huo took a look and said, "It's pretty good."

Although the interiors of carriages at that time were different, the differences were mostly in the decorations, furs, and other soft furnishings on the tables and chairs, but the structures were similar.

Most of them have three fixed benches, with the windows and walls on the left and right sides, and no additional wooden backrests.

But the benches in the middle are mostly like the wooden couches at home. Not only are they wider to sit on, but they also have wooden backrests, covered with fur and some decorations, making riding in the car not so unbearable.

Those who are more particular will have a row of fixed shelves behind the wooden backrest, with locked drawers on the shelves, which contain some personal and convenient items.

Bai Shan and his companions' carriage had two empty compartments on the top for quilts. During the day, quilts were usually stuffed in there. They could be secured by lowering the wooden board and pulling the wooden strips. It was very convenient.

But the Bai family's carriage is a little different. The wooden backrest at the back of theirs is very high, and there is a mechanism under the wooden chair. By pulling up the wooden bar, the wooden chair can be pulled out, and then the wooden backrest will drop to become a very wide and long wooden couch.

If you are not very tall, you can lie down and stretch your legs. People as tall as Yin or Bai Shan will have to retract their legs slightly, but lying down will still be more comfortable than in an ordinary carriage.

Yin Huo was close to Bai Shan and the others, and knew that their family's carriage had always been like this. Before leaving, Yin Li spent a lot of money to make a carriage based on the Bai family's carriage. Not only that, because Yin Huo had a title, he could use a two-horse carriage, so the body of the carriage was wider than others, so the wooden couch was longer when it was pulled out.

Because Liu Huan had to leave in a hurry, the carriage he sent was the best in the family, but it was still not as good as theirs. So recently, whenever he needed to sleep in the carriage, he would come and squeeze in with Yin Huo.

Yin Huo didn't mind. After all, the carriage was wide enough to accommodate two people.

However, it is naturally more comfortable to be alone. After Changshou made the bed, Yin Huo sat on it, took off his shoes and socks, and lay down at an angle. After covering himself with the quilt, he stared at the shaking roof with his eyes open for a while and fell asleep.

Zhou Liru was in the same car with Mr. Zhuang and was reading to him at the time.

This was her new job. Manbao saw her flipping through those medical books over and over again. She had obviously memorized everything, but she kept flipping through them. However, the review she gained was getting less and less, so she asked her to read other books to change her mind.

It happened that Mr. Zhuang's eyesight was not very good and it was not convenient for him to read in the car, so she asked her to read to Mr. Zhuang.

"It's a good opportunity to study the classics, history, and miscellaneous works with you."

So Zhou Liru came.

Mr. Zhuang originally wanted to conscript a strong man, but when he saw that Manbao had found one for him and Zhou Liru was well-behaved, he was contented and listened to her reading with his eyes half closed.

"Gee!" Manbao lowered his upper body, sped up and passed Bai Shan. He saw wild sheep walking and grazing on the grass in the distance, so he simply chased after them.

Seeing that the direction had not deviated, Bai Shan followed.

Spring has arrived, and the grassland is still cold, but the snow on the Xiazhou grassland has melted. When the spring breeze blows, thin grass buds emerge, and they can grow up to half a finger in one night. The wild sheep, which have suffered from the cold winter, run out to graze. At this time, they are most alert. When they hear the sound of horse hooves, they raise their heads to take a look, turn around and run away.

When it ran over a hill, it saw its little friends, so it called them to scatter and run together.

Manbao was chasing after them. As soon as he reached the top of the hill, he saw the scattered flock of sheep. He cried out "Oh" and hesitated for a moment. Were these really wild sheep, not the shepherd's flock?

Bai Shan had already taken a quick look around and made a judgment, "It's a flock of wild sheep, chase them—"

Daji also ran behind the two of them.

Seeing them chasing the sheep, he glanced at them and followed them helplessly.

Really, why not pick a fatter sheep instead of chasing a medium-sized and medium-sized one?

Haven't caught up yet...

Chase, chase, chase

See you at 6pm

(End of this chapter)