Chapter 259: Taking the Tent as Home
Before Qin Xiangnuan and the others left, they had agreed on a location with Jiang Shan and the others. When they arrived, Jiang Shan and the others had not shown up yet.
"I guess the search was not going smoothly." Qin Guang had seen the situation here along the way. It was a question whether the people could support themselves.
"We can wait and find a place to stay tonight." Qin Xiangnuan also discovered that it was impossible to find a good inn. The best building here was the government office.
"Miss Third, the master asked me to tell you something." When Anliu heard Qin Guang and Qin Xiangnuan discussing the construction of an inn, he remembered Jiang Lin's instructions.
Qin Xiangnuan turned and looked at Anliu with questioning eyes.
"There are not many trees here at the border. If you want to cut them down, local officials will not agree," said Anliu.
The reason is that this place was originally a deserted land. There were no flowers, plants or trees in the early years. It is not easy to have such a scenery.
"I understand." Qin Xiangnuan nodded. This means that the timber will be transported from other places.
Anliu hadn't finished his words yet. Qin Xiangnuan's reaction was too quick, so he was able to complete the sentence, "Go west across three cities and you'll find what you need to build a house."
Qin Xiangnuan pursed her lips. This round trip would probably take more than a month.
Not all houses on the border are made of wood. More than half are made of earth. But Jiang Lin knew that Qin Xiangnuan would not choose to use earth, so he considered the source of trees for her.
"Nuannuan, we just said that we will not leave the border." Qin Guang was in a dilemma. Once an agreement was made, it had to be kept.
"No rush, let's think of something else." Qin Xiangnuan said, "Let's familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment first, and then we can make a decision."
Now they only have this choice. The most important thing now is to wait for everyone to arrive and then settle down.
"Third Miss."
"Xiang Nuan!"
Not long after, Jiang Shan and his friends came back. When the Qin family learned that they had searched all over the place but had not found a decent inn, they expressed their understanding.
"It seems we should live in a tent." Qin Xiangnuan suggested.
Naturally no one refused, tents were the best choice here.
The next day, when they woke up from the tent, they didn't realize that they had attracted a crowd of onlookers before they came out.
"Who are you?" Qin Feng stood in front of the tent, looking at the crowd who were watching with eager eyes.
"What is this?" A brave man pointed at the tent and asked Qin Feng.
It's not that they haven't seen tent-like things before, of course, and they are not so ignorant that they don't understand this, but they really have never seen what is in front of them.
"This is us..." Qin Feng suddenly stopped talking.
"Isn't it inappropriate for you to block our door so early in the morning?" Qin Feng said with a serious expression, "Please leave and don't block us."
After Qin Feng drove away the crowd, some of them left, but a few stayed a little further away, their eyes still fixed on them.
"What happened?"
In the somewhat noisy environment, everyone woke up.
Qin Feng turned around and said to Qin Guang, "They are just here to watch the fun. They think our tent is interesting."
Qin Guang was already used to this. He nodded, glanced at the crowd, and then retracted his gaze without caring.
After everyone came out, they packed up the tent together.
This process was a little unfamiliar, so Qin Feng suddenly smiled and said, "It's no wonder they're curious. What Nuannuan brought out this time is even better than before. I was amazed."
Qin Feng didn't notice that when Qin Guang heard his words, he paused and looked at Qin Feng thoughtfully.
After they met up yesterday, Qin Xiangnuan asked them to find an open place. She said she wanted to go back to the carriage to get the tent, and then left alone.
Soon, Qin Xiangnuan found them and came back with a few tents pulled on a flat board behind her.
If it was Qin Xiangnuan who took it, then it was correct. Qin Guang shook his head and cleared away the inexplicable thoughts.
The others just thought that these were Jiang Lin's work and were naturally not surprised.
All the things were packed up and put away. A few people looked at Ziran and those who didn't know thought they were just here for fun.
"We still have to see if there are any vacant houses today." Qin Xiangnuan said, "We still need to settle down."
Everyone agreed with this, and Qin Xiangnuan rejected Anliu's idea of finding Jiang Lin.
"We'll try to avoid any involvement if we can," Qin Xiangnuan said to Anliu. "From the moment we become border guards, our relationship will go underground."
Qin Xiangnuan laughed as she spoke, but she didn't understand why.
Ying Niang, who was standing next to Anliu, smiled shyly.
Qin Xiangnuan saw it and glanced at Anliu. She found that his eyes always seemed to fall on Ying Niang's face. Qin Xiangnuan's smile deepened.
The group still had no gains today, but Qin Xiangnuan did find several places suitable for inns.
"This food is even coarser than what we ate on the road." Qin Feng bit the steamed bun in his hand and found it hard to swallow.
Qin Xiangnuan raised her eyebrows and thought to herself: What you ate before was all taken out by me, so of course it can’t be bad.
However, the food here was indeed extremely unpalatable, and Qin Xiangning and Qin Xiangsong simply couldn't eat it.
Glancing at Old Madam Qin, Qin Xiangnuan found that she was silent and kept chewing.
Qin Xiangnuan thought that she had to settle down as soon as possible. Only with a place to stay could she arrange the things in her space properly.
"Cousin, why don't we just sleep in the tent?" Qin Feng suddenly put down the food in his hand and stared at Qin Xiangnuan with shining eyes.
This was the residence they had lived in along the way. The more Qin Feng thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
Qin Guang also thought about this possibility.
Qin Xiangnuan frowned, "A tent is not a house after all."
"It's okay, we've gotten used to it." Qin Feng said hurriedly, fearing that Qin Xiangnuan would say something unacceptable.
Qin Guang also turned his head towards Qin Xiangnuan. He was used to living in tents in the camp during his previous marches and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Qin Xiangnuan glanced at the Qin family. It was obvious that the men all agreed, but the women still had some concerns. After all, life in a tent was not that comfortable.
A group of people are all in one room, and there is no distinction within the room, which means there is no privacy.
"This is just a temporary solution." Qin Xiangnuan pursed her lips and frowned as she said to Qin Guang and the others, "Since we can't find a place to stay, let's not rush the inn and just build the house first."
After hearing this, the expressions of the female relatives relaxed a little. They could accept this.
"It may take several months." Qin Xiangnuan estimated, curling the corners of her mouth. "Even if we reach the border, we still haven't settled down."
Qin Guang's face was heavy as he said to Qin Xiangnuan, "Nuannuan, as long as our family is together, anywhere is a place to settle down."
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