The advantage of staying in a villager's home rather than in an inn is that it is more convenient to collect supplies.
Before the autumn harvest, every household was not rich in food, but there was no shortage of vegetables planted in the fields and wild fruits growing all over the mountains behind.
Wei Yunlan planned to take the opportunity to stock up some fruits and vegetables into the space, as well as well water, which was also essential!
After two days of traveling in the sun, she suspected that they might encounter a shortage of water along the way.
Prepare some in advance so you can feel more at ease when the time comes.
It is not difficult to store water. There is a well in the yard of the house where they are staying. There is also a small stream flowing down from the mountain behind the village. The water in the stream is clear and can be directly drawn from the upper reaches for drinking. There are also many villagers gathering nearby to wash clothes in the lower reaches.
From the door of the house where they were staying, they could see Suihe and Guixiang carrying two wooden basins of clothes over there.
Wei Yunlan also walked over there.
Ningshuang and Tingxue were about to catch up, but she said, "You guys stay in the courtyard and help Nanny Wang light the fire and cook. I'll go out for a walk and be back soon."
The two maids did not follow. Wei Yunlan passed by the place where clothes were washed, said hello to Suihe and the others, and without stopping, walked up along the stream for a while.
When he reached a point where the bottom of the stream was clear, he stopped, untied the water bag hanging from his waist, and squatted down by the stream.
As long as her right hand touched something she wanted to take away, she could put it into the space.
At this moment, she seemed to be pouring stream water into the water bag, but in fact she took this opportunity to collect a lot of stream water into the space. The three large water vats moved from the small kitchen of the Marquis' Mansion, and those pots, pans, and bowls that could hold water, were all filled to the brim.
We are already at the edge of the forest, and can vaguely see a few fruit trees with red fruits hanging on them.
It was a good opportunity to collect the wild fruits into the space, but Wei Yunlan had no hope because she was followed by the guards from Tianshu Pavilion.
They might not have kept a close eye on her when they were in the yard before, but now that she was alone and away from the crowd, they might send someone to follow her.
but……
She just happened to have something and wanted to ask someone from Tianshu Pavilion for help.
After walking a few more steps into the woods, Wei Yunlan was now under a tree. He looked up and looked around, "Is there anyone here?"
After a moment, a rustling sound was heard among the treetops.
The female guard who I met once at night appeared on the branch.
Her guess was correct, the people from Tianshu Pavilion really followed them.
The female guard tiptoed and landed lightly on the ground, with only a pair of slender willow-leaf eyes visible on her face.
"What's the matter?" The voice was cold and to the point.
Wei Yunlan nodded slightly and asked politely, "I don't know what I should address you as, sir?"
"Yu Qi."
It is actually a ranked name.
Wei Yunlan vaguely heard that the most core forces in Tianshu Pavilion all had names with rankings. It seemed that this guard's strength was also among the best in Tianshu Pavilion.
She showed up both times, and it was probably not because she was a woman. She should be the leader of a team of guards sent by Tianshu Pavilion.
I just don't know why Tianshu Pavilion sent her on such a mission. Could it be that 25,000 silver notes is really too much?
"Captain Yu."
Yu Qi accepted the title calmly, and Wei Yunlan knew that he had guessed correctly, "I have a small matter, I wonder if I can trouble Tianshu Pavilion to do it for me, and the reward can be calculated separately."
"What is it?"
"I want a milking ewe."
A hint of surprise flashed across Yu Qi's willow-leaf eyes.
Wei Yunlan waited for a moment. Just when she thought Yu Qi was going to refuse, she suddenly heard the other party agree, "Okay."
"Anything else?"
"Gone." Wei Yunlan was about to take out the banknotes from his sleeve when he saw the female guard in front of him disappear again in a flash.
Never mind, it will be the same if I wait until the sheep arrives!
Back at the farmyard, dinner was ready. It was the most sumptuous meal since I started my exile. Nanny Wang used the two chickens she bought from Sister Li's house to make a pot of roast chicken with potatoes and a pot of chicken soup.
I also stewed a dish of mushroom tofu and fried a dish of vegetables.
Everyone ate the white rice with great satisfaction. Even Gao, who usually had a small appetite, ate a full bowl of rice.
Not to mention Wei Mingxuan, who was still growing, and Wei Maolin, Dong Da, and Liu Quan, who had been walking for a whole day without getting in the car to rest.
After dinner, Wei Yunlan took over the job of making rice noodles for Xiao Jiarong, and went into the kitchen, taking the opportunity to boil a few more pots of water and store them in the space.
I was tired enough after a whole day. When I returned to the house, I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.
Perhaps because he had heard his mother mention his great-grandfather several times during the day, Wei Yunlan actually dreamed of him that night.
The dream was about her sixth birthday. It was one of the only two times she remembered seeing her great-grandfather. The other time was when he was buried in his coffin.
At the birthday ceremony, her great-grandfather arrived in a dusty state. It was said that he had just come out of seclusion in the Astrology Pavilion on Xiantai Mountain. He only had time to give her a birthday gift before rushing to the palace to report to the emperor.
She was so young that she only had time to remember the immortal figure of her great-grandfather.
In her dream, she opened brocade boxes containing birthday gifts one by one, and the last brocade box contained an ancient jade with an image of Guanyin on a lotus platform carved on it!
Wei Yunlan woke up from her dream instantly.
Looking down at the palm of his right hand, there was a very faint lotus mark, only the size of a fingernail.
She remembered that this space jade was a birthday gift given to her by her great-grandfather when she was six years old.
No wonder she subconsciously knew how to open the mechanism when she touched the jade box inlaid with a picture of pine and crane in spring.
It was clearly something she had hidden there herself when she was young!
But for some reason, she had forgotten these things...
At this time, Cheng Yue'e walked in quietly, holding Jiarong in her arms. She wanted to turn around and close the door, but she saw Wei Yunlan on the bed had opened his eyes, "Yunlan, you're awake too?"
Through the open door, the noisy sounds outside kept coming into the room.
Wei Yunlan glanced at the sky. It was clearly still early. Did he have to set off early today?
"No, we're leaving at noon today." Cheng Yue'e shook her head, with a look of joy on her face. "The village chief's son met a caravan coming from the west early in the morning and bought a lot of things at a bargain price. Many people in the village went over to see them, including three ewes. Mother and Mingxuan also went over."
"Yunlan, now we may have a source of food for Jiarong!"
Wei Yunlan widened her eyes in surprise.
Wow, how long has it been?
All in all, it had been less than five hours since she told Yu Qi that she wanted to buy a ewe!
Is the efficiency of Tianshu Pavilion so high?
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