Chapter 642: Borrowing Land
After hundreds of years of development, Daguo Village now has more than 500 households, making it the largest village in the area within a hundred miles.
Daguo Village is much richer than Xiaoguo Village. Every household has three or four main rooms, three or four side rooms, and a small farmhouse with four rows of rows standing at attention, which looks good.
There are also three or four second-entry courtyards, large blue brick and tiled houses. In the courtyard, there are red apple trees hanging out of the courtyard wall, which is tempting and sweet.
At this time, it was not yet time for lunch, but as they approached the village, they smelled bursts of fragrance emanating from the village.
"Hey, making lunch so early?"
Five people stopped.
"It smells so good, it's the smell of stewed chicken soup, and the fragrance of star anise leaves." Shengdi licked his lips, his mouth constantly secreting saliva, "Your Majesty, my servant, go buy a few bowls of chicken soup to drink."
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Although it was a little early for lunch, they didn't eat much in the morning, and they were hungry after traveling for such a long time.
Chu Jingqi glanced at Xia Zihan and saw that Xia Ziying's face was pale and she was a little out of breath. She felt sorry for her that her injury was just right, so she hurried on, but she didn't take good care of her body and bones along the way.
He bent down and picked her up, saying, "Let's go there together."
The five of them followed the smell of chicken soup and looked for it.
It is the third house in the village. It has a high-walled courtyard, a large blue-brick house, and a painted red wooden door. At first glance, it looks like a family with some background.
There is also a tall black chimney on the roof of the row of houses behind, with smoke pouring out.
Shengdi hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the door.
The door was opened by an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. The boy glanced at them, and when he saw something strange, he blocked the door, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"
"We are passers-by. When we got here, my young mistress got a little tired and wanted to borrow a place to rest for half an hour. I also asked my brother to make it convenient." Shengchi found a suitable excuse and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a sharp gaze directed at him from behind.
Wuwu, he knew that the prince must be blaming him for taking out the princess as an excuse.
However, if you don't bring out the princess, no matter what you want him to say, you can't tell others that they are greedy for their chicken soup.
The young man stared at the five people for a while with his big eyes. When he saw that the five people did not look like bad people, he said, "I can't decide on this matter. I have to go in and ask the elders at home."
"Okay, you go and ask, we will wait here."
The young man ran into the house without closing the courtyard door. After a while, the young man came out, followed by two people, a man in his thirties and an old woman in her fifties.
They walked to the entrance of the courtyard, but before they could speak, Shengchi bowed and said, "We have come a long way and are passing by here. We would like to borrow a place to rest for half an hour. I would like to ask my eldest brother and aunt to make it convenient for them."
As he spoke, he took out a tael of silver and handed it over, speaking very politely.
When the man saw the silver, his eyes lit up, but he did not reach out to take it. Instead, he looked at the old woman. This meant that it was obvious that the old woman made the decision in everything.
The old woman looked them around, especially when she saw Xia Zihan in Chu Jingqi's arms, she took a few more glances, and was deeply shocked by the looks of Chu Jingqi and Xia Zihan.
This young couple, with their looks, looked like extremely noble people. The clothes they were wearing and the jewelry they wore on their heads showed that she had met a few people in the market, but she had never seen such nice people. Something with valuable materials.
Also, those three people should be servants, but everything they wear and wear on their heads is of the highest quality.
Even the servants are so well dressed. Such a family is either rich or noble. It seems that these people must be people of some status.
The old woman immediately smiled and said, "It's a vulgar place, thanks to a few noble people who appreciate it."
Then, he turned sideways and motioned for several people to come in.
Every move and word of the old woman was like someone from a wealthy family. She didn't look like an old woman from the countryside at all, which made Xia Zihan look at her a few more times.
However, the young man's behavior was a lot more vulgar. Seeing that the old woman agreed, he quickly took the silver from Shengdi's hand and put it into his arms.
Then, he glanced at him with displeasure as if he didn't see the old woman feeling embarrassed.
The five people were introduced into the yard, and the old woman was about to take them to a wing room to the west to rest. Suddenly, many people came out of the house, old and young, big and small, seventeen or eight people. Everyone's eyes were like scanners. , staring at Xia Zihan and the five others.
One of the middle-aged women in her thirties fixed her eyes intensely on Chu Jingqi's face and asked the old woman, "Mom, who are they? Are they people I know?"
"We are guests from afar, they are my mother's guests." The old woman said with a smile.
Xia Zihan's eyebrows twisted.
Did you ask that on purpose?
The young man had obviously entered the house before and should have told them that they were just passers-by. This woman knew that, but she asked deliberately. What did she mean?
Xia Zihan sat in Chu Jingqi's arms, pretending to be weak, but looked at the family carefully, and found that there were two little girls of thirteen or fourteen years old, staring at her Aqi with straight eyes.
Uh, okay, not only these two little girls, there are also several women with nymphomaniac eyes.
Xia Zihan felt secretly resentful and secretly pinched Chu Jingqi's arm and glared at him angrily.
This guy is really a troublemaker, attracting a few rotten peach blossoms wherever he goes.
Chu Jingqi felt innocent in his heart. It had nothing to do with him and he didn't care. Even if he was given 10,000 free peach blossoms, he wouldn't care.
He only cared about her as a flower.
His face was born from his parents, and he couldn't change it. If he could change it, he would rather become more ordinary, as long as his baby Ayu likes him.
The couple exchanged glances in secret, Xia Zihan pinched him, and he held her hand tightly, holding her thigh, and squeezed secretly, which made Xia Zihan's face turn red with embarrassment, and she stepped forward I dare not look at people with my head.
The old woman seemed not to notice, and introduced a group of people who came out with a smile, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. These are my three daughters and my son-in-law, who brought my nephews and nieces to celebrate the festival."
Chu Jingqi and the other five all looked startled, and then the corners of their mouths twitched.
It turned out that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. They didn't know how long it had been in the snowy mountains. Unexpectedly, a month and a half had passed.
No wonder they were cooking at home early. It turned out they were guests.
This time, I was confused.
What should I do? The chicken soup was stewed for the girl and her uncle to drink. They bought it with money... Well, it seems a little inappropriate.
The old woman seemed to see that Chu Jingqi didn't like crowds of people. She dismissed her family and led them into the small hall of the west wing.
(End of chapter)