Sometimes Gu Yanji really wanted to knock open her head to see what was inside.
From his expression, Song Wan probably knew that she was overthinking it. She shrugged slightly and said, "Okay, I was wrong. You don't want to rebel."
Gu Yan is anxious...
Actually, there is no need to emphasize it again.
Gu Yan's intuition told him that it was urgent not to go any further into this topic, but fortunately they soon arrived in Guizhou.
The desolation is so obvious that it is no wonder that it was one of the exile places of the Dai Viet Dynasty.
About five miles away from the city gate, Song Wan, who was driving the grain cart, suddenly stopped. His eyes suddenly became fiercer and stared straight in a certain direction.
The autumn in Guizhou is short. By September, winter is already approaching.
The group hiding behind the slope suddenly felt a chill on their backs, as if they were being restrained by some force and unable to move at all.
Everyone was horrified.
Gu Yan hurriedly stopped her and explained in a hurry, "We are one family."
Song Wan raised her eyebrows slightly, let go of her hand, and sat back down, "Why didn't you say so earlier?" She thought someone would snatch it away again today.
After these words were spoken, the people on the loess slope not far away were finally freed.
The leader calmed himself down and appeared in front of Song Wan and Gu Yanji with his subordinates who were still in shock.
What was surprising was that they were dressed exactly like the previous officers, and it was obvious that they were well prepared.
Gu Yan hurriedly explained to her, "We still need to keep a low profile for now. It's best for us to enter the city as exiles."
Song Wan didn't care about this, so she replied calmly, "Oh."
Gu Yan hurriedly nodded to the leader, and then handed over all the official documents and identity passes and household registrations that he had taken from the officer to him.
With these real ones, the fake ones prepared earlier are naturally useless.
The leading man was called Zhang Sheng. He had a broad face and thick lips, and a very ordinary appearance. If he were thrown into a crowd, he would quickly blend in with the crowd.
This man was the leader of the late emperor's secret guard camp, and this was only the second time Gu Yanji had met him.
Zhang Sheng took the documents and glanced at the woman beside Gu Yanji before he lowered his head and said, "General Gu, everything is ready in the city."
When the late emperor was dying, he handed over this group of secret guards to General Gu. Zhang Sheng was very puzzled at first. He thought at that time that the late emperor really wanted to hand over the Li family's empire to the hands of Gu.
It was not until later that he accidentally broke the brocade bag left to him by the late emperor and learned the secret, and then he finally obeyed Gu Yanji's command sincerely.
Gu Yan nodded hurriedly, "Thank you for your hard work."
In order to completely conceal their tracks, everyone changed into the prison uniforms they wore during exile, and the modified grain transport carts were restored to their original appearance.
Fortunately, the few injured ones have almost recovered along the way, and the remaining five miles are easy to walk.
Since you are entering the city as an exile, you naturally have to live where exiles should live.
Guizhou is not a big place, with a population only half that of Xinzhou, and it is poorer.
The Song and Gu families lived outside the east city gate. Most of the people living here were exiled here decades ago. They had been unable to take the imperial examinations and become officials for three generations, and had long since become one with the Guizhou area.
The most important thing is that this place is closest to the city gate and can be reached in a quarter of an hour by horse.
After Zhang Sheng and others handed over the affairs to the general stationed in Guizhou, the general led the two families to a village outside the east city.
When the two families arrived at the village, it was evening. Smoke was rising from every household, making the road seem much emptier.
The general stationed in Guizhou is named Jiang Zhen, a fifth-rank lieutenant general. He was demoted here by the late emperor five years ago.
In this world, except for the ministers of the Song and Gu families, no one knew that this military general who was demoted on the surface was actually one of the late emperor's own people stationed in Guizhou.
The young general who led the two families was Jiang Zhen's biological son and confidant, and the only one in the Guizhou army who knew the truth.
Therefore, when facing Gu Yanji, there was always a bit more admiration and worship between his brows.
"This is where your two families live. If you want to grow crops, you need to reclaim wasteland yourself. You need to pay three taels of silver to the county government for one acre of wasteland." The young general tried to make his voice sound colder.
Gu Yan quickly curled her lips and said, "Thank you."
Seeing that the time was almost up, the young general quickly returned to the city with a few of his men in order to avoid exposing his flaws.
The arrival of soldiers and officers in the village would certainly attract the attention of the villagers. Song Wan had already seen several families hiding behind their doors and peeking.
The courtyards where the two families lived were next to each other, and even the wall in the middle was shared. However, the house farther from the village entrance was slightly larger, had more rooms, and had an extra backyard than the one next to it.
The Song family is large, so naturally they live in the house far away from the village entrance. The house has three main rooms, three side rooms on each side, and a small kitchen. There is a well in the yard. In addition to the three temporary houses in the backyard, there is also a vegetable plot.
The house next door also has three main rooms and a well, but there are only three side rooms on the right. On the outer left is a small kitchen and a row of sheds. It can be seen that this is where the original residents raised chickens and ducks.
There is a corner door at the connection between the wing rooms and the main house of both houses, and outside is the toilet.
The house was naturally bought with money. The original family who lived here made a fortune in their early years and moved to the city, so Zhang Sheng paid for it in advance.
After running around for more than a month, everyone finally settled down and was able to relax after months of tension.
This is their new home.
In addition to the rooms where Song Zhaoyuan and Song Zhaoping each lived, the middle room was reserved as the main hall where the family had their meals.
The right wing was occupied by Mrs. Chu and her daughter, Mrs. Wei and her younger sister Song Yue, and Song Wan slept alone.
The sisters Song Yuan and Song Yao lived in one room on the left wing, while Song Rui and Aunt Li each had one room.
The three temporary rooms in the backyard were reserved for Song Yi and his friends to live in.
The Gu family had a similar plan. The main house would have one room each for Gu Xun and his wife, and one for Gu Lingfeng and his wife. The remaining three side rooms would have one for Gu Yu and Gu Chang, uncle and nephew, one for Gu Yanji, and the remaining room for Gu Wen and Gu Wu.
After settling down, Song Wan, restless, went to find Gu Yanji and asked him, "Where is my food?"
Song Wan was referring to the several carts of food that were brought into the city with everyone else. Those were all her spoils of war.
Gu Yan was somewhat helpless and began to explain, "A few carts of food would be too conspicuous. I will have Gu Wen, Gu Wu and the others deliver them to you in batches every night."
Fortunately, there is a cellar for storing grain in the house, otherwise there would be no place to store the grain after it was transported here.
He knew she wouldn't be able to put down the food, but luckily he had told Zhang Sheng in advance not to touch it.
Song Wan, who had been holding it in for the entire journey, was reluctantly satisfied, but she still said, "When Gu Wen and Gu Wu go to move, let Song Qi follow."
She felt uneasy without anyone from her side.
Gu Yan, who saw what she was thinking at a glance, said anxiously, "...Gu Wen and Gu Wu are not that kind of people."
Song Wan didn't care. All her food had to be returned to her hands without a single grain missing.
The two families naturally had their first meal together after settling down.
There was still a lot of wild boar meat left, and Qi and Liu each brought their daughters-in-law to work.
Chu and Yan were responsible for preparing the food, Qi was the chef, and Liu was responsible for making the fire.
There was not enough firewood in the kitchen, so Song Wan asked Song Wu to go to the backyard to chop some more.
In addition to wild boar meat, Song Wan also asked Song Er to go to the back mountain to hunt a wild rabbit and pheasant, and asked the eloquent Song Qi to go to other people's homes to exchange wild boar meat for some vegetables, fruits and melons.
The vegetables grown in the backyard are just beginning to sprout and are not edible yet.
They took over a dozen of the large bags of potatoes from the grain cart, which were only enough for two meals. Song Wan stared at the peeled potatoes in the vegetable basin and thought to herself, no, I have to move the grain back quickly.
Of course, there were people willing to exchange meat for vegetables, and they were very enthusiastic. In addition, Song Qi was good at talking, so he came back with a sack of vegetables after two quarters of an hour.
Song Wan gave him an appreciative look.
In addition to several common vegetables, the sacks also contain cucumbers, pumpkins, eggplants, beans, etc.
Looking at the colorful dishes, Song Wan's eyes widened. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had eaten these.
The aroma of stewed meat wafted out of the kitchen. Song Wan took a deep breath and suddenly said, "I want to eat fried eggplant boxes."
Song Yue was taking a few children to look at the two big pumpkins curiously, when she suddenly heard her elder sister say that she wanted to eat eggplant box. She looked up in confusion, "Sister, what is an eggplant box?" Are there any boxes that can be eaten?
"It's made with eggplant and meat." Song Wan tried hard to recall her life in the orphanage in her previous life, but she only remembered the general idea. "Cut the eggplant into slightly thick slices, then cut a slit in the middle, not completely slicing it off. Then put the marinated minced meat in it, then coat it with batter and fry it in hot oil."
The more Song Wan spoke, the less certain she became, but it should be pretty close.
Song Yue thought it sounded delicious and wondered if this eggplant box was as delicious as potatoes.
Qi didn't know where she heard this way of eating, but since her daughter wanted to eat it, it wouldn't hurt to try making it.
So there was a fresh fried eggplant box on the dinner table.
Pheasants are not as fat as domestic chickens, but they are also delicious when stewed. The wild boar meat is braised after removing the fishy smell and then stewed with potato cubes. It is fragrant and soft. There is also braised rabbit meat, which is the most common thing I ate during exile.
The vegetarian dishes included spicy and sour potato shreds, stir-fried beans and Chinese cabbage, as well as fried eggplant boxes that Song Wan had added on the spur of the moment. The staple food was steamed rice with pumpkin.
There were too many people, so Qi divided each dish into three portions and shared the meal at three tables.
Several secret guards sat at one table, Chu, Wei, and Aunt Li with their children sat at another table, and the rest sat at the main table. The table was packed.
Song Wan thought she was not a child, so she sat at the main table. On her right was Qi and on her left was Gu Yanji.
The new fried eggplant box was a hit with everyone. Qi looked at the almost empty box and said with a smile, "It's a good thing we made a lot, otherwise there wouldn't be enough."
Liu continued, "If Ah Wan hadn't thought of this way to eat it, we wouldn't have been able to eat it."
There was no wine here, so everyone used tea instead of wine to celebrate the upcoming new life.
Song Wan doesn't like drinking tea. It's too bitter and not tasty, so she fills her cup with plain water.
Gu Xun ate half full and put down his chopsticks. His eyes moved back and forth between his son and Song Wan. He felt lucky that the Gu family had acted early, otherwise where would he find such a good daughter-in-law.
If it depends on the son himself, it will take another eight hundred years to decide.
Song Wan drank the chicken soup that Qi had served her in one gulp, smacked her lips, and decided that she would be full after eating two more eggplant boxes.
But when she lowered her head to pick up the chopsticks, she found that someone had already picked up two for her, exactly two.
She looked to the left with a hint of understanding, and her eyes met Gu Yanji's. Song Wan asked softly, "Did you pick it up?"
Gu Yanji didn't deny it and chuckled, "Eat more."
Song Wan was very happy. She liked the attentive team members who were considerate of the captain. Gu Yanji performed well, so she could give him an extra 10% of the food.
Gu Xun, sitting in the first seat, did not miss the interaction between the two young men, and naturally witnessed his son picking up the food.
He took back his previous thought and realized that his youngest son was not stupid.
The author has something to say:
Update on the 28th!
I still have to emphasize that the heroine is always the one with the strongest fighting power. Even if the hero recovers, he cannot beat the heroine. Even if he is good at strategy, fighting, and so on, he is vulnerable in the face of absolute strength.
In summary, the heroine will not let herself suffer any loss! She will not become a vassal of the hero!
Also, the heroine will be late in coming to her senses, and her current impression of the hero is that he is just a very good teammate and a plug-in for upgrading his superpowers!
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