The aroma of the meat made her stomach growl. Xing'er brought her portion to her, handed her chopsticks, and then she sat down and started eating.
Tong Wenyao said with emotion, "Xing'er, it's great to have you. You always feed me the food."
Xing'er laughed and said, "Miss, don't say that. If I knew how to drive a carriage, you wouldn't be so tired."
Tong Wen Yao waved her hand. She didn't care. Xing'er had never done these things before. If she wanted to learn later, she could teach her.
"Miss, when we get back, please teach me how to drive a carriage. When the time comes, you can sit in the carriage and I will drive it."
After swallowing a mouthful of food, Tong Wenyao said slowly, "Xing'er, you can learn to ride a carriage or not. When the house is built, we will buy someone back."
After hearing this, Xing Er shook her head and said, "Miss, I think it's better to learn it. It's always better to have more skills."
"Okay, I'll teach you when the time comes." After hearing this, Xing'er quickly said, "Thank you, Miss." Then she started eating.
Tong Wenyao jokingly said, "If I don't teach you, will you go on a hunger strike to show me?" Xing'er pouted and said coquettishly, "Miss, am I that kind of person?"
After dinner, Xing'er took the tray down and asked someone to bring up hot water.
Tong Wen Yao felt sleepy after eating, but fortunately the hot water didn't make her wait long. After taking a quick shower, she wanted to fall asleep as soon as she touched the bed. She saw Xing'er still wanted to sleep on the floor, but after Tong Wen Yao talked her out of it, she went to bed with her.
Tong Wen Yao was also glad that Xing'er was not a stubborn person. After saying it twice, Xing'er immediately agreed to go to bed.
Maybe she was too tired from traveling, but in order to prevent thieves from coming in at night, Tong Wen Yao still resisted the sleepiness and moved the table to the door with Xing'er. Finally, she was still worried, so she pulled out Guaiguai from the space. If there was any movement tonight, Guaiguai would be there and they could wake up.
Tong Wen Yao had a good night's sleep and no thieves came in last night, which made her in a good mood. It seems that the security of this inn is quite good.
After washing up, she told Xing'er to wait here and gave her ten taels of silver, telling her to go out and play when she was free, or to take her out to play when she came back.
After hearing this, Xing Er quickly said, "Miss, I'll wait for you here."
She nodded after hearing this. There are so many people here, and if Xing'er goes out and encounters a beggar, plus there are so many merchant ships, she will never be able to find her.
When he went out, it was exactly the time of Chen. After waiting at the door for a while, Tie Niu saw the guest who had been promised yesterday coming out, and he hurried to greet him.
Tong Wenyao took out ten coins from her pocket and handed it to him. After receiving the money, Tietou carefully put it in his innermost pocket and then looked at Tong Wenyao.
"Take me to Ningxiangzi first and find a man named Ma Dong." Tietou said after hearing this, "Then you have to rent a carriage, old man. Ningxiangzi is in the west city. It takes a quarter of an hour to walk from here to the west city." Tong Wenyao didn't expect that after entering the city, it would take another forty-five minutes to get to the west city. Fortunately, she had a carriage, so she didn't have to rent one.
"You don't need to rent a carriage. Just follow me."
Taking Tietou to the backyard stable, Tong Wenyao originally wanted to take down the horse rope, but Tieniu took the initiative to step forward and said, "Old man, let me do it."
After taking the horse reins, Tong Wenyao and he walked out of the inn together.
"Old man, you get on the carriage, I will drive it." When Tong Wen Yao heard this, she instantly felt that the ten cents were worth it, especially worth it!
On the way, Tie Niu also told Tong Wen Yao about the general distribution of the city. Cangzhou is divided into East City and West City. The middle of the two cities is where the most business is done. East City is mostly inhabited by dignitaries and wealthy people, while West City is mostly inhabited by civilians and poor people. Even many beggars stroll around East City during the day and sleep in West City at night.
There are mostly inns between the two cities, because after leaving the dock, you will reach the city gate, and then the inn is right inside, which is more convenient for merchants to stay in. There is a river next to the city gate for transporting goods into the city, and those goods are brought in by boats.
Tong Wenyao asked, "Why didn't we see any merchants entering the city by boat when we came here?"
After hearing this, Tie Niu scratched his head and laughed, "I heard from others that the prefect banned the boats from carrying passengers because the boats were always congested."
Tong Wen Yao considered visiting someone at home, so when she passed by a fruit shop, she bought some fruits and vegetables. It is basic courtesy to bring gifts when visiting someone.
After the two chatted for a while, they arrived at West City. When they heard that Tong Wen Yao was going to look for someone, Tie Niu drove the carriage to Ning Alley with her.
Tong Wen Yao jumped off the carriage and knocked on a door. She didn't know which room Ma Dong lived in, so it would be better for her to ask the people there first.
After a while, the door opened and it was opened by an old lady with a black dog looking at her.
Tong Wen Yao coughed and said, "Sister, does Ma Dong live in this alley?" When the aunt heard that she was looking for Ma Dong, she couldn't help but feel strange. Ma Dong had moved here a year ago, and except for a lady in a carriage who sometimes came to see him, no one else had come to see him. Now an old man came to see him, how strange!
The aunt pointed inside and said, "The third door from here is the Ma family's." Tong Wenyao answered and said, "Thank you, aunt."
After hearing this, the aunt waved her hand and said, "You'd better go quickly, otherwise you won't be able to see him." Tong Wenyao was puzzled after hearing this and asked casually, "Sister, what's the reason? Ma Dong and I are good friends who haven't seen each other for many years. Is he in trouble right now?"
The aunt waved her hand and said, "You'll know when you go and see. The officials haven't left yet." After that, she closed the door.
After hearing this, Tong Wenyao hurried to the alley. She saw people gathered at the door, and even officials were maintaining order. Tietou saw this and explained, "These are the officials doing their job."
Tietou relied on his young age and pulled Tong Wenyao through the crowd. There were complaints from the crowd.
"Hey, who is it? Don't push."
"What's this little brat doing here? I'll catch you too!" Finally squeezing to the front, with a wide field of vision, Tong Wenyao looked at the officers inside and hurriedly asked the person next to him, "Brother, what's wrong?"
The older brother next to him recognized him as an outsider and said, "The Ma family reported to the police that Ma Dong had stolen valuables, so the police came to arrest people and search the house."
The older brother continued, "This time, I guess Ma Dong is in trouble with his stepmother."
Seeing his puzzled expression, Tietou explained, "The Ma residence was originally Ma Dong's home, but he was kicked out by his stepmother a year ago. That incident was the talk of many families at the time."
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