Chapter 13 Travel

Qin Chi naturally informed his parents before going out.

He did not say that he wanted to accompany Song Jin to the county town, but instead used the excuse that he wanted to go to the academy and took Song Jin out to buy some daily necessities.

Boss Qin had already harnessed the carriage.

People were waiting outside the door.

When Song Jin was about to get on the carriage, Qin Chi stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Song Jin was worried that he would change his mind.

Qin Chi took out a veil: "This is my mother's, you can use it for now."

Song Jinfeng's eyes flickered: "What did you guess?"

"No, I just know that a beauty can add fragrance to your life, but can also bring disaster."

Qin Chi is so calm.

Song Jin has an outstanding appearance and extraordinary demeanor.

It's okay to stay in the village, but it's hard to say in the county. There are many bad people who are tempted by beauty and do evil. People without some ability may not be able to protect her.

When Song Jin got on the carriage, he saw a girl of about fifteen or sixteen hanging around in front of the Qin family's gate.

Song Jin recognized this man.

Chen Dong'er, the eldest daughter of the village chief, had long been attracted to Qin Mingsong. In her previous life, Song Jin married Qin Mingsong, who often caused trouble for Song Jin. Later, she felt that she could not be Qin Mingsong's wife, so she wanted to be Qin Mingsong's concubine, and she did everything she could to get him to do it.

It's a bad peach blossom for Qin Mingsong.

Let Song Xiu do whatever she wants in this life, it will surely be very lively.

Song Xiu knew Chen Dong'er.

Qin Mingsong didn't like Chen Dong'er, but he didn't dare to offend the village chief too much.

The village chief's family is one of the few families with outsiders in Qinjiagou, and the government deliberately let someone with an outsider be the village chief to prevent the clan from becoming too powerful and ignoring the laws of Daxia.

Song Jin was sitting in the carriage, and soon Qin Chi lifted the curtain and came in.

The carriage just left the village.

“Brother!”

"Brother, wait!"

Qin Lao Er's words came from behind the carriage, "Xiao Si said he wanted to go back to the academy and asked big brother to send him off."

"No time, I need to see Dalang off."

Boss Qin refused without even thinking about it.

How can a younger brother compare with his son? If Old Man Qin asked, he would not be in a hurry.

Qin Lao Er asked, "Aren't you afraid that your mother will scold you?"

"Just scold me if you want. I scold people every day. No one has lost a piece of meat on their body." Boss Qin is honest but not stupid.

When Song Jin heard this in the carriage, he subconsciously looked at Qin Chi.

Qin Chi smiled and said nothing.

The carriage continued to move forward and met some villagers on the road, some of whom were leading mules carrying things or riding ox carts.

Everyone knows each other and will say hello to Boss Qin when they see him.

"Mingzhong, I heard that Dalang got married?" The old man driving the ox cart shouted.

"Yes." Boss Qin responded with a smile.

"I know that. They say Dalang's wife is so pretty..."

There was constant discussion outside.

Gossip is human nature, no matter what dynasty, rich or poor.

As we chatted, we remembered the excitement at Lao Qin's house this morning. There wasn't much malice involved, everyone just wanted to have fun.

Later the sound gradually became smaller.

The carriage must have gone far away.

Song Jin sighed slightly.

Song Xiu was reborn, and Song Jin thought she would learn her lesson at first. She was arrogant in front of her, but acted gentle and lovely in front of others.

If you can keep pretending, life might be good.

In fact, fake is fake, and its true color will be easily exposed with a poke.

Qin Chi explained, "There was a market in the village this morning. Everyone in the village went to the market, so there were more people."

"I see."

Song Jin guessed it in his heart and expressed his surprise appropriately.

In poor mountainous areas, it is impossible to survive by farming.

Most of the people here have one or two skills. For example, the mountain people in Qinjiagou often sell their homemade products at the village market to earn a little money to supplement their family income.

Life isn't that great, but it's bearable.

We have to mention the Huizhou merchants here.

Hui merchants, commonly known as the "Hui Gang", is a general term for merchants from Huizhou Prefecture. They are very famous in history and are one of the three major business factions in China.

The Records of Huizhou Prefecture states: "Huizhou is surrounded by mountains and valleys, and the land is barren and poor, with very little production. Most people cannot even support one tenth of their annual income. Most of the common people are skilled in art, or they go to other counties to make a living by selling goods, and the average wage is 19%. "

Many people from Huizhou do business, and that is the nature of the situation.

In short, many people living in this area cannot survive unless they become businessmen or learn a craft.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, in addition to the transportation and marketing of local products such as bamboo, wood, porcelain clay and raw lacquer, the emergence of products such as tea, She inkstones, Hui ink, and Chengxintang paper and pens further promoted the development of Huizhou merchants.

When Qin Chi took out the homemade four treasures of the study as a betrothal gift, Song Jin was surprised but did not find it too outrageous.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Song Jin's father, Song Kuan, was also a Huizhou merchant.

In his previous life, Song Jin was also a member of the Hui Gang, but because of his identity, he had never shown up.

Before Song Jin started his business in his previous life, he once inquired about the whereabouts of his family members. The official in the yamen said that they would be taken to the capital that night.

Then Song Jin asked someone to go to the capital to inquire.

Several of the people who were sent were killed, and those who survived said that the capital prison had not accepted any prisoners from Huizhou Prefecture this year.

After the Song family was arrested, they seemed to have disappeared. In the following ten years, Song Jin made money and spent it on looking for his family, but he never found any news about his family until his death! The carriage passed by the village market and the hawkers' cries were heard.

Qin Chi got off the car and bought ten buns.

The three of them shared the food.

After more than an hour, we finally arrived at the county town.

Song Jin hesitated several times to speak.

Song Jin felt pity, sympathy and respect for Qin Chi, but he lacked trust in him.

It's not just like this for Qin Chi.

Song Jin is like this to outsiders. In her previous life, she was even wary of Song Xiu and Old Man Qin. Not to mention that she and Qin Chi had only known each other for three or four days.

"I'm going to go to Tachikawa Academy."

Qin Chi proposed at the right time.

Song Jin thought for a moment and said, "I want to go to East Street to buy something."

The two were smart enough not to ask any further questions.

We agreed to meet at Dongjiekou at an hour.

Song Jin put on her veil and got off the carriage.

Looking at Song Jin's receding back, Boss Qin asked, "Da Lang, is it okay to let her go alone?"

"It's OK. The security in the county is OK."

Qin Chi saw that Song Jin was a person with strong opinions and that she was hiding a secret. "Dad, before going to the academy, I'm going to buy some paper from the bookstore in front."

"OK."

Boss Qin stopped the carriage by the roadside.

Qin Chi walked to the bookstore.

After entering the bookstore, Qin Chi walked straight to the backyard.

When the shop assistant saw that it was Qin Chi, he did not stop him.

In a room in the backyard.

The middle-aged shopkeeper, who was writing furiously at his desk, stood up and greeted Qin Chi respectfully as soon as he saw him come in. "Sir, you are here? I'll have someone make you some tea."

The shopkeeper was just about to shout outside.

"No, I won't stay long."

Qin Chi waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to serve tea, and asked directly, "How is the investigation going for me?"

"We have found out. The person in the painting is the eldest daughter of the Song family, a medicine merchant in She County. She has been famous since she was a child. Unfortunately, beauty is envied by heaven. Five days ago, the Song family committed a crime and their property was confiscated and they were punished. Miss Song and her concubine sister were buried in the sea of ​​fire together."

The middle-aged shopkeeper took out a small painting from a dark shelf. On it was a small portrait of Song Jin, as well as the investigation results from She County.

(End of this chapter)