Chapter 29 Oh no, we've been exposed!
Zhichun looked bewildered. Didn't the young lady say that she was worried about not having enough supplies on the road and asked them to arrange an extra oxcart to load the goods?
How did this become their achievement?
Xu Qingyi looked at her younger brother's daughter in his arms. Yun Zhao was tilting her head back and drinking goat milk, looking very happy.
Yun Zhao was focused on drinking her milk and had just burped when she looked up and saw everyone's eyes on her. She was stunned.
She didn't do anything inappropriate just now, did she?
The sight of her daughter lightened Xu Qingyi's heavy heart.
She took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "Zhaozhao, tell your mother, who told you to ask Zhichun to buy an extra oxcart?"
Yun Zhao: ...
Oh no, we've been discovered!
She blinked, looking completely innocent.
"Didn't Mother say the road to exile is difficult to travel? If it's difficult, then we can just buy more carts!"
Yun Zhao didn't look around and stated directly that this was how she understood her mother's meaning.
"Our Zhaozhao is such a smart child!"
Xu Qingyi placed a kiss on her daughter's cheek.
This time, they really owed it to their daughter. They had enough money, and having an extra oxcart and some spare items was a good thing.
"In my opinion, Zhao Zhao is our lucky star! Who's blind enough to say that Zhao Zhao is a jinx? I think she's the one who's wrong!"
Xu Yinan deliberately raised his voice so that Wu Lianzhen could hear him.
Wu Lianzhen was not stupid; she was so angry she could barely keep her mouth shut, but she could only stubbornly refuse to admit it.
"Hmph, to be fooled by a child and still feel happy, how laughable!"
The Xu siblings assumed she was just jealous and turned to let Zhichun go back to the car first.
Before they could even take a couple of bites of their cornbread, the officials started urging them to hurry on their way.
Zhichun and Zhiqiu stayed where they were and set up a fire.
"Boss, should we leave those two maids alone?"
Upon seeing this, the officials hurriedly went to find Luo Qing.
Luo Qing glanced at him. "Are they exiled prisoners?"
His subordinate shook his head.
"Then how do you manage it? What other people do is none of your business. Don't you think there's enough trouble already?"
They had to get to Dujia Village within two days, or even the officials would be eating nothing but steamed buns.
The officer beside him chuckled and said, "Boss, don't be angry. I just overheard that Madam Yun ordered them to stay put and stew the meat."
Those people are quite perceptive; they'll probably know to offer us a few bowls of rice as a token of their respect!
It was impossible to feed these people so much during their exile, precisely because we were worried that if the prisoners were too full, they would have the strength to escape.
But the Xu siblings are a little different.
Firstly, the Prince of Jin was still in Jiangnan, and it was said that he had been severely beaten with fifty strokes of the cane. It was uncertain whether he would survive. They could not possibly abandon the Prince of Jin.
Secondly, the Yun family consists of a delicate young woman, a five-year-old girl, and an infant still in swaddling clothes.
Even if we gave them a horse-drawn carriage that could travel at high speed, what difference would it make?
There's nowhere to escape to.
The three Xu brothers were not very bright, but their sister, being the Princess Consort of Jin, was relatively clear-headed and knew to curry favor with the officials.
Luo Qing glanced at them, then called for everyone to set off.
They hadn't gone far when Zhichun caught up with them, carrying a pot.
As expected, Zhichun immediately presented the pot to the official.
Zhi Qiu's cooking skills are excellent; even the imperial chefs in the palace might not be as good as her.
As soon as the pot was opened, the aroma of stewed meat wafted into everyone's noses.
"Sir, the weather isn't very good today. Why don't we all take a break and have something hot to eat?"
Everyone swallowed hard, wishing they could rush up and devour the food!
"Boss..."
Luo Qing is just an ordinary person, and naturally he can't resist delicious food.
"Everyone, rest here for 15 minutes!"
Everyone was overjoyed, and Zhixia hurriedly went to the donkey cart to help take the stewed meat down.
The whole pot was still warming on the charcoal stove on the donkey cart.
Since there was no way to cook rice, Zhi Dong took out some newly bought flatbreads from the donkey cart.
While stewing the meat, Zhi Qiu casually put the flatbread on the fire to bake, and the flatbread is still steaming hot.
Wrap the meat juice in a pancake, and the aroma fills your mouth with every bite!
The Gao family's youngest son started causing trouble again.
"Mom, I want one too!"
"Master, this..."
Yao Xinrui used to only know how to spoil her child, but now, just two days after leaving Beijing, she has already begun to regret it.
"The child just wants to eat some meat, so let the child eat it."
Gao Minglang glanced at his eldest son, Gao Yuan, who sighed and went to discuss it with Xu Yifei.
"Brother Xu, would you be so kind as to sell a portion of this meat to our family?"
Gao Yuan was Gao Minglang's first son, two years younger than Xu Yifei, so he called him "Brother Xu".
Xu Yifei looked at his sister and saw Xu Qingyi nod before he agreed to Gao Yuan's request.
"Thank you, Brother Xu, and thank you, Madam Yun!"
Yun Zhao looked at Gao Yuan with curiosity and found that not everyone in the Gao family had such an arrogant and overbearing attitude.
This Takagaki looks pretty good.
"Big brother Gao, our sister Zhi Qiu's cooking is especially delicious!"
"It smells wonderful, we owe it all to you."
Gao Yuan really likes Yun Jia's daughter who has just been found. She is well-behaved and sensible, and is much better than his younger brother!
I had heard before that the daughter of the Marquis of Dingyuan was exceptionally intelligent at a young age.
At the time, everyone said that the Marquis of Dingyuan's family had finally produced a capable descendant.
Now that they realized she was the daughter of the Prince of Jin, no one found it strange anymore.
It's only natural that the Prince of Jin's son is so intelligent!
"Big brother Gao, you'll have to eat more of Sister Zhi Qiu's cooking from now on, so you'll have more good fortune!"
Eat more in the future?
Gao Yuan immediately had an idea, but the person in charge of the Gao family was his father.
He took the full bowl of meat, nodded, and returned to the Gao family's group.
"Father, I think the Yun family has prepared a lot of food in those two carriages. It's not sustainable to keep offering such high prices. Why don't we negotiate with the Yun family?"
Gao Minglang had been a seasoned official for many years and had dealt with Prince Jin, so he naturally understood the prince's temperament.
As the saying goes, two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed, and this Princess Jin should be no different.
"With the Prince of Jin in trouble, the Princess of Jin must be most concerned about her two children, and those three good-for-nothings from the Xu family."
They couldn't do anything significant, and their willingness to sell to us must be due to the officials' attitude towards us.
Gao Minglang remained silent for a moment before speaking.
"Here's what you'll do: go tell the Yun family that it doesn't matter whether they want to catch fish or chickens after this."
Anyway, as long as they get a piece of meat, the Gao family will take a share. As long as they don't run away, the Gao family will bear the rest.
The fact that his own father could say such a thing meant that the officials had already reached an agreement.
Takagaki immediately agreed.
Xu Qingyi was puzzled by Gao Yuan's words.
Yun Zhao, however, was the first to applaud and cheer.
"Great! Can Zhao Zhao go dig for medicinal herbs now?"
"You like digging for medicinal herbs? You're so young, can you even recognize them?"
Takagaki couldn't resist teasing her.
"Zhaozhao is a big girl now; she can recognize anything she's seen in books!"
Yun Zhao tilted her head back, and everyone just listened to what she said without taking it seriously.
"You're really amazing!"
Gao Yuan casually praised her, then asked Xu Qingyi.
"What is Madam Yun's opinion?"
Xu Qingyi was still a little hesitant. After all, the Gao family had quite a lot of people. Would they have enough food and money?
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