After taking the medicine and resting for a while, Jiang Xueying felt that her physical discomfort seemed to have eased a lot.
"We're leaving town soon!"
Yu Feng's voice was heard outside.
Jiang Xueying was carsick the whole way. She thought she had walked a long way, but she didn't expect that she had just left the county town. She couldn't help but frown slightly.
The two children were very excited and curiously opened the curtain to look outside.
At this time, there were many people gathered at the city gate, waiting to leave the city, and they could only follow the queue.
Soon it was their turn. This inspection was just a formality and it was completed quickly. The carriage slowly drove out of the city gate and headed towards the distance.
As we passed through a dense forest, it was already getting dark and the light was gradually fading.
Their original plan was to rush to the next town to rest at night, but when they were almost there, they unexpectedly found that the official road was suddenly closed because a house collapsed on the road ahead, so they had to temporarily change direction.
This change in direction meant they had to take a detour, and they were not familiar with these paths, so they could only search as they went. Fortunately, Yu Feng brought a few of his men with him, and someone went ahead to explore the way so they wouldn't go the wrong way. However, as it was getting dark, they were still trapped in the mountains.
Yu Feng hadn't expected things to turn out like this. He felt a little guilty for not thinking about these things in advance and making arrangements. After all, they were all in the military, and sleeping outdoors was an experiment. But Jiang Xueying and the two children...
"It looks like we won't be able to arrive as planned today. There are no inns or restaurants nearby. We can only stay out for one night and eat some dry food. You guys should be patient. It will be better when we get to town."
"I can't blame you now. After all, natural disasters and man-made disasters are not something you can predict. You don't need to eat dry food. I would like to trouble you to find a few people to help me build a stove with stones, and find some dry firewood. I will make a fire and cook."
Jiang Xueying said this as she lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. She looked very calm. After taking the medicine, her motion sickness symptoms improved, and she didn't mind sleeping in the wild.
The two children had suffered much more when they followed the original owner. Now they didn't feel aggrieved but excited. They looked around in the carriage. If Jiang Xueying hadn't specifically told them not to get off the carriage, they would have run outside to play.
While it was still a little light in the sky, she planned to prepare the meal at this time.
After a while, a wonderful aroma came from the pot. When Yu Feng's followers smelled the aroma, their appetites were immediately aroused.
The pot was stewing with dried fish and mushrooms that Jiang Xueying had prepared in advance. She then added some of her special seasonings and stirred it a little. The aroma became stronger and stronger, and the followers who had been hungry for a day could hardly bear it.
As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. If we can’t even get settled, how can we have the time to care about other things?
After the meal was ready, she took out some homemade pastries. She had secretly kept these things in the refrigerator in the space, so they would never go bad and there was no peculiar smell when eating them.
"Help me wake up the child. I'll come down to serve the meal."
"I'll go right away!"
Yu Feng didn't care about these things at first. If there was something good, he would just take a bite. If not, he would just eat the dry food he prepared. But after he ate the meals made by Jiang Xueying twice, his appetite was whetted.
The delicious fish soup, paired with hot and fragrant rice, was eaten with great relish by all of them. They finished all the food and even the snacks.
"This is much better than dry food."
"Needless to say, Miss Jiang's cooking skills are beyond reproach. This is better than those of the chefs in Beijing. We are in for a treat following Miss Jiang."
The followers were full of praise for Jiang Xueying's craftsmanship.
In the following days, they used local ingredients. The pheasants and rabbits they shot were all turned into delicious dishes by Jiang Xueying. Their appetites were almost spoiled. Looking at the dry rations, they suddenly felt bland and no longer wanted to eat them.
They thought that if they traveled in the future, it would be nice if Jiang Xueying could go with them.
Yu Feng knew what they were thinking. He glanced at them and warned them not to overthink it.
After camping outdoors for three nights, they finally found a village on the fourth day.
These days, Jiang Xueying slept in the carriage with her two children, while Yu Feng and his men stayed in the carriage to take a nap. No one had washed up for several days.
The grown men who were used to sleeping in the open air didn't think it was a big deal, but Jiang Xueying and the two children felt a little uncomfortable. Now that they finally had a village where they could rest, they were naturally excited.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, everyone found that the village was not big, but there were only about a dozen households bustling about.
After stopping the carriage, Jiang Xueying and the others stood at the entrance of the village waiting. Yu Feng took people to ask the village chief if he could take them in for one night.
Ye Xiaojin stuck her head out of the carriage and asked, "Mom, are we going to stay here today?"
Jiang Xueying smiled and said, "Don't worry, your uncle Yu has already gone over to ask. If they are willing to take us in for one night, we can stay there."
As they were talking, Yu Feng came back with his men, with a smile on his face. It seemed that he had already made arrangements with them.
"Okay, park the carriage at the nearest spot and let's go in. I've already made an appointment with a family and they agree to let us stay for one night!"
Jiang Xueying nodded, and together with Yu Feng, reported the two children down. Several guards then took the initiative to drive the carriage and horses to another place to rest and graze.
After a simple tidying up, several people followed Yu Feng towards the gate.
The owner of the house was a middle-aged man in his thirties, surnamed Wang. Seeing that there were so many of them, including two children, he guessed that they were a wealthy family out for fun, and sighed a few times.
Seeing that he misunderstood, Jiang Xueying and others did not explain, but just said some gratitude and polite words.
Brother Wang was very simple and honest. Not only did he take out delicious food from the house to treat them, he also took the initiative to vacate the house for Jiang Xueying and her two children to live in. This made Jiang Xueying somewhat grateful.
"Thank you so much, Brother Wang!"
Jiang Xueying didn't bother to be polite with him. After all, the three of them hadn't had a good wash for a long time, and the two children had lived with her in the carriage for so long. Now they could finally have a good night's rest.
Jiang Xueying cooked dinner again. After eating, Brother Wang praised Jiang Xueying's cooking skills again and again, which made Jiang Xueying feel a little embarrassed.
After dinner, Yu Feng, several guards and Brother Wang rested in two other rooms, while Jiang Xueying rested in the main house with her two children.
Now that she had a place to settle down, Niang San was finally able to wash up properly. She immediately felt refreshed, and all the fatigue from the past few days was instantly swept away.
There was no conversation that night. The exhaustion of the past few days made everyone fall into a deep sleep as soon as they hit the bed, and they slept until the next morning.
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