Zhang Ping jumped off his horse: "Miss Song, I'll leave you here."
As soon as Zhang Ping left, Song Ning looked up at the city gate, which was so dilapidated that even the three characters "Yuanzhou City" were worn away.
Besides them, several other groups of people arrived, but their expressions were clearly different from theirs.
I didn't find the place dilapidated at all; on the contrary, I was quite excited.
Those who came later looked like they used to be from wealthy families, with their families and some even bringing servants.
They were waiting at the city gate when officials came out.
The officers made them line up and then took the tokens from their hands.
The officer in charge of escorting them whispered something in the man's ear, and the man looked up and glanced at Song Ning and the others.
"Come in with me, everyone."
They still had to go to the county and villages, and there was still a long way to go. As soon as they entered the city, they were assigned to people in charge.
Song Ning and his group were quite large, and they became the subject of conversation among others on the way.
"We spent a lot of money to get this plaque. Their group had a lot of people and spent even more, but they didn't seem like the kind of people who could afford to spend that much money."
"That's their skill. My family went up to ask them on the way, and they said they were from the same village. Apart from a few animals, no one was missing on the way."
Song Ning and the others had no means of transportation, so they walked slowly and lagged behind the group.
Once inside the city, they found many shops and people walking in the same group as Song Ning and his companions were busy buying things.
Only Song Ning and his group looked like penniless bastards.
However, their companions did not look down on them; in fact, they bought new ones and gave away the old ones that were replaced.
They walked from dawn till dusk without ever leaving Yuanzhou City.
People are buying new clothes, going to the doctor and buying medicine, buying livestock feed, but the prices are simply prohibitive.
Previously in Shanhe Town, a cow would cost at most one or two taels of silver, but now here, a cow costs dozens of taels of silver, not counting the cartload.
These people were really curious, so they went into the store in groups to take a look, and then ran out in a panic.
As Granny Jiang descended the steps, she muttered, "What the hell? A broken bowl costs thirty coins! Good heavens, this is outrageous!"
The leader urged, "Have you all bought everything? Once you have, we'll leave the city."
The people began to suffer as soon as they left the city.
Those families who bought things in the city are now eating in their cars, and the aroma of their food is making everyone's mouths water.
Many children were drooling with envy, and some were even squealing and making noise.
Even Song Ning swallowed hard, not because she was really craving it, but because the aroma was just too irresistible.
Halfway there, as it was getting late, the leader took them to an inn.
There were many other places to stay next to the inn, but Song Ning couldn't afford them.
The inn couldn't accommodate that many people, and the environment wasn't very good either. Those people would prefer to stay in a hotel, where they could stay more comfortably.
A superior room in an inn costs two taels of silver, a less desirable one tael, a shared room half a tael, and even the stables and woodsheds charge a fee.
And these are all charged per person; the inn is even more expensive.
Seeing that only they were left outside, Song Ning sighed.
There was no other way; the weather wasn't too cold anyway, so I just made do with the night on one of those haystacks outside.
As I was going to bed at night, a few people came out of those shops, carrying steaming soup in their hands.
"Aunties and uncles, this is hot soup that my master asked me to bring. You've all had a long journey, so please have some to warm yourselves up."
Wow, everyone was so touched! They never expected to find such a kind-hearted person on the street.
Liu Yuelan took the hot soup, thanked her, and quickly handed it to Song Ning: "Er Ya, quick, have a sip."
Song Ning took a small sip; the chicken soup was delicious.
Song Ning got up and walked towards the deliveryman, asking, "Sir, which master sent these soups?"
“It was sent by my master, Mr. Zhang.”
"So, which village are you going to?"
"Oh, we're going to Guhe Village. The master said we'll probably have to part ways with everyone tomorrow."
Song Ning thanked him and went back to lie down.
When they set off, Song Ning overheard that they were going to a place called Tianxiang Village, which sounded quite auspicious.
However, as Song Ning walked along the way, she felt increasingly uncertain.
She thought Shanhe Town was already a relatively remote place, but she didn't expect it to be even worse than Shanhe Village.
During the day, they walked along the street and found that there weren't many shops, and the variety of goods was limited.
The city walls were also dilapidated, and apart from these few inns, we didn't see anything else along the way.
She helped Xie Linzhou so much, he can't possibly cheat her, right?
Tianxiang Village should be a good place to visit.
The night passed by in this way, and the team set off early the next morning. Finally, before it got completely dark, they arrived at Tianxiang Village, the place they were going to.
Song Ning was right. Xie Linzhou had chosen the best village in Yuanzhou City for them. Most importantly, it was the closest village to the capital city within Xie Linzhou's fiefdom.
Even before reaching the village entrance, people were already looking curiously in the direction of the village.
The houses were neatly built and the outside was clean and tidy, looking much better than their old village.
After such a long journey, we finally arrived at our destination, and smiles finally appeared on everyone's faces.
Song Ning also breathed a sigh of relief.
Then you see a person slowly walking towards the village entrance, carrying a lantern; it's the village chief of Tianxiang Village.
The village chief had a smile on his face and looked very kind and approachable.
Without looking at anyone else, the village chief said that the villagers went to bed early, and he had gotten out of bed to welcome them. Judging from his tone, he valued them quite a bit.
Song Ning glanced at the horizon. Although it wasn't sunny, it wasn't time to go to sleep now, was it?
And this light, how bad must your eyesight be to need to turn on the light during the day?
The leader gave an order and then turned and left, as they had to see off the others.
After the leader left, the village chief didn't say much, but pointed to a place not far away: "The west side of the village is yours. Just cross this forest and you'll find it. There are some houses that other people used to live in there."
Village Chief Luo bowed and said, "Thank you, Village Chief Yao."
Everyone was overjoyed. They had thought they would have nothing once they entered the village, but they never expected to find houses ready to live in.
General Xie is a good person, General Zhang Ping and the leaders along the way are good people, and now even the village chief is a great person.
The group walked towards the foot of the mountain that the village chief had pointed out earlier, and wandered around until dark, but still couldn't find the house the village chief had mentioned.
Later, Song Ning glanced at the ground, her lips twitching slightly as she said, "It wouldn't be that, would it?"
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