This tributary is called Hulu River, and the stone bridge above it is called Qingshi Bridge.
Seeing this bluestone bridge, Qingyan thought of Yin Keqin and several other families who came out to move the grave a few days ago.
Both she and Chou Chou remembered that they would come out in seven days, and they kept paying attention to them with their spiritual consciousness during those two days. Although they did not come out to meet them, they still kept an eye on their movements.
On the afternoon of the seventh day, they drove an ox cart to the county seat.
The coffins they bought in Qingfeng Town before were probably not enough. It was probably because of the materials. After all, the wood used in this coffin was specific. They wanted so many at once. Even if the labor was fine, the materials might not be enough.
This wood cannot be made by just cutting down the tree. It usually needs to be left for a period of time, at least one or two years, before the coffin can be built.
Because I couldn't get enough there, I finally went to the county town and bought two ready-made coffins.
They didn't stop in the city, bought some dry food, and drove the ox cart directly out of the city, through the east gate.
Not long after leaving the city, Qingyan's consciousness was out of reach. Her consciousness could only see things within two or three miles, and could not see anything beyond this distance.
Chou Chou described the subsequent situation to her. Chou Chou said that the four families did not go in the same direction.
After Yin Keqin and Yin Kehong passed two villages, they went to the mountains in the north. One of the other two families went to a village in the south, and the other continued walking eastward.
Interestingly, although the people who escaped back then had all passed through the county seat, none of them had crossed this bridge. The furthest one was more than 100 meters away from this bridge.
It's like this bridge is a boundary point. You can't cross it, you can only die on this side of the bridge.
Those people didn't know how they escaped. There was obviously a road to go, but they had to go to the trails in the wilderness, otherwise they would die either from wolves or bandits.
Also, I don’t know what those bandits were thinking. They didn’t come to rob so many villages, but they robbed passers-by who looked like they had little money. It probably had something to do with the contract that Yin Jin gave to their ancestors.
The one more than a hundred meters away from the river was buried in the wasteland on the roadside. You can see the new soil dug out from the road.
As for why he was buried here, there is no way. After all, he is not from the village, and he cannot be buried in his graveyard. The government servants buried him on his behalf. Don’t even think about finding some geomantic treasure land. There is a place where the bones can be buried. The land is good.
The carriage quickly reached the stone bridge. This bridge looked quite old. The stone slabs on it had been polished very smooth, and the patterns on the railings were almost worn away. It must have been exposed to wind, sun and rain. Plus the reason for the coming and going of people.
There is a pair of stone lions on the bridge, and the heads of the animals on them are all tilted. It must be that people often hold them up when they get on the bridge. Over the years, their heads are touched and tilted.
This stone bridge is quite wide and can accommodate two carriages running parallel to each other.
Qingyan couldn't help but marvel at the wisdom of the ancients again. Although the water surface of the Hulu River was not very wide, it was still more than ten meters long. It was very rare for a stone bridge to be so solid that it had not collapsed for so many years.
The carriage on the stone bridge is also very stable. It is not like some bridges in later generations. If you go on a large carriage, it will sway unsteadily, making people feel very insecure.
After crossing the bridge and walking less than two miles, we were out of Yunling County.
Not far after crossing the bridge, she saw a boundary stone with the three characters "Hongfeng County" engraved on it, indicating that she was entering the boundary of another county.
I don’t know where the name Hongfeng County came from. It couldn’t be because there is a red mountain peak.
Asked Chou Chou: "How far is Hongfeng County from here? Is it also on this official road?"
Chou Chou looked at it with his spiritual consciousness and replied: "To get to Hongfeng County from here, we have to walk more than thirty miles southeast along the official road. That county is smaller than Yunling County.
The boundaries of Yunling County are mainly in the northwest. The more than thirty miles here belong to Hongfeng County. After passing the county seat and going southeast, there are only three or four miles left, which is the boundary of another county.
Counting from us, there are two county towns separated by Fucheng, which means there are about a hundred people there. "
Qingyan nodded, "It's getting late now. Let's find a place to rest if we continue walking."
Anyway, I don’t plan to go to the county town to stay in an inn, nor will I stay in the village. Besides, I have bought a lot of things before, and I am not in a hurry to go to the county town to replenish supplies, so I can go slowly.
After coming out of the county town, the carriage didn't move very fast. She always walked and looked at the scenery.
In addition, it was almost noon when they went out, so they only walked a dozen miles this afternoon, and they were still more than 20 miles away from Hongfeng County.
Seeing that it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, I used my spiritual consciousness to find a relatively flat open space in a relatively desolate place on the roadside.
The open space was on the north side of the road, more than a mile away from the official road. Because the road there was very uneven, they did not drive the carriage over, but directly unloaded the carriage and put it into the space. Qingyan, Chou Chou and Youqian Riding a big bear there.
At least it's more comfortable than riding in a car, and it's faster.
If not for the use of spiritual consciousness, that area would not be visible from the official road.
Because there are a lot of trees and hay in the middle, and the terrain there is lower than here, so it can't be seen even at night or during the day.
It's just right to place a wooden house in a place like this, but it can't be placed on the roadside. This is an official road after all, and there are still pedestrians and vehicles coming and going.
At that time, people would stop and take a look out of curiosity. It would be troublesome if someone came to ask for a drink of water. It would be better to stay away and try not to be disturbed.
I picked a place next to a stone and placed two trees in front and back of the wooden house, so that it could block some wind.
The wind and sand here were very strong, but fortunately they were walking southeast, and the wind was blowing from the northwest. They just followed the wind, so it was not uncomfortable.
But even so, Qingyan would get into the car and let Da Xiong walk forward as long as there was no one on the road.
She just sat outside for a few hours, and her face was dry from the wind and sand. If she hadn't covered her face with a piece of cloth and made a makeshift scarf, it would have felt like her face would have been blown away. Cracked.
She had to put on lipstick quite a few times every day these days. She only brought one tube of lipstick and it was half gone. She was worried about what she would do if it ran out. There was no place selling lipstick in ancient times.
By the time the wooden house was set up, it was almost dark. Although it was gray and we could still see things clearly, it was already quite dark.
In fact, this wooden house is quite conspicuous. After all, it is newly built. The wood is new and the color is lighter.
If this is placed in some conspicuous place, it can be seen at a glance.
Qingyan had previously thought about coating the outside with a layer of yellow mud to disguise it as an adobe house, so that it would be inconspicuous.
However, Chou Chou is not happy. This has to be kept in the space. If it is covered with yellow mud, it will definitely be dirty when it is placed in the space.
Since he and Qingyan tidied up the space, he likes to be tidy now. Unlike before, where things were piled in a mess, everything he put in was placed neatly.
Since Chou Chou said this, Qingyan had no choice but to give up. Anyway, she would just stay for one night and put it away early the next morning.
Because there are hay and branches outside, it is troublesome to clean up, so the cooking is done directly in the wooden house with a charcoal stove.
I fried two dishes in a small pot, one stir-fried mutton with green onions and one vegetarian radish slices. There are steamed rice and sesame cakes before the staple food. If you want to eat rice, you can eat rice, if you want to eat sesame cakes, you can choose.
Qingyan thought that when she arrived in the town or county in the future, she could go and see if there was anything selling steamed buns, and she could also buy some more. She was too lazy to make the staple food, and she didn't know how to make the main ones, such as sesame cakes and steamed buns. She could buy some. Ready-made, buy more and save a lot of trouble.
Because the wind is northwest, the side with the window faces south, and the side with the chimney faces east. Therefore, this position is perfect for opening the window when cooking, and the oil smoke will float directly out. There is no need to worry about too much oil smoke inside the house. Taste.
Big Bear also has its own "room", just on the left side of the wooden house. There, a carpenter was specially asked to make the eaves 1.5 meters longer. Below is a foldable hoarding made of wooden boards and hinges.
Open it and you can surround the big bear inside. Just put a mat or fur around it to keep warm.
This is a temporary small stable. Qingyan came up with it herself. She originally wanted to make it a suite. Chou Chou said that horses prefer to be outside and it is not good if it is too closed, so she came up with this idea.
In this way, not only can it see outside, but it will not get wet if it rains or snows.
Now just open the wooden boards on both sides. If it gets colder, you can add an extra layer of mats or furs to keep warm.
The stove chimney is right here, and there is a quick gap on it, so you don't have to worry about it being smoked. Anyway, its head is on the other side and its butt is on this side.
As for eating grass and drinking water, there is a stone trough placed on a wooden shelf. This is a food trough that Chou Chou dug for it with a long stone.
I dug two holes and put water on one side and grass on the other. The height was just below its mouth, making it easy to eat.
Because the big bear is now very humane and does not need to be tethered. It will not run around as long as it is told well, so I left an exit for it, from which it can go out for a walk at any time, and then go back when it is time to sleep.
This is the first time to use this wooden house in the wild. Although I have tried it before in the yard and it was no problem for sleeping and other things, this is the first time in the wild. Qingyan still thinks it is quite new and fun.
After eating, the smell dissipated for a while, so I closed the window and drew the curtain inside. Because there was a plastic sheet on the window, the wind disappeared immediately after closing the window. When I closed the curtain again, I couldn't see the outside at all. Go inside.
The temperature inside this room should be around 20 degrees, just right neither too hot nor too cold.
Qingyan filled the copper kettle she bought before with water and put it on the stove to keep warm and boil water at the same time.
Wait for the water to heat up for a while and use it for washing. Once boiled, you can also make tea and drink it, killing two birds with one stone.
Qingyan didn't use an oil lamp for lighting in the house. It was for emergency use when there were outsiders. The smoke was so strong that it was choking and it couldn't light up. There were no outsiders now, so she just used the small piece of spiritual stone lighting. .
The spirit stone was still placed in the glass bottle and placed directly on the table on the side. The light was bright and soft, and the things in the room could be seen clearly without being dazzling.
There are curtains to block the light, so the light does not leak from the window to the outside.
The previous curtains didn’t work. The floral silk cloth I bought at that time just looked good, smooth and beautiful, just like the custom-made curtains used in later generations’ homes.
She also specializes in making them relatively long. Although they don't hang down to the ground, they are still more than half-length. They really look good, but the light transmittance is too strong. If there is light in the room, it will easily leak out.
So Qingyan added another layer of thick cotton cloth to it. To be precise, she added two layers, one layer of coarse cloth and one layer of cotton cloth, and then sewed them together. Plus the outer layer of floral satin, it looked different from the outside. It looks good, but the inside is not transparent, so there is no delay in both.
After the water in the kettle boiled, Qingyan washed herself in a wooden basin and mixed warm water in it to wash her hands, face and brush her teeth. Then she changed the basin and soaked her feet in slightly hot water.
Although I drove a carriage and did not walk all the way, I was wearing shoes and socks that day, and my feet were still comfortable after wearing them all day.
Especially with the weather now, it's most comfortable to go to bed after your whole body is warm after taking a bath.
After washing, I put away the basin and kettle, added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove, sealed the air vents below with a patch, leaving only a few openings, then closed the chimney, and burned slowly like this. The temperature can be maintained almost until midnight.
He picked up the spirit stone lamp and went to bed, took off his cotton-padded jacket, and lay on the bed wearing the jacket underneath. He stuffed the spirit stone bottle directly into the satchel next to the pillow, and the room instantly fell into darkness.
She was washing up, and the man who was warming her bed climbed out of the bed and lay down next to the pillow.
Qingyan yawned, and now the only sound in the room was the crackling sound of the charcoal burning, and the whistling sound of the wind outside.
"This is much better than resting in a carriage. It's just like being at home. There's not much difference."
Chou Chou nodded, "Of course, one is a narrow carriage and the other is a small house, the difference is huge."
I don’t know if I’m rich enough to transform into an orange cat, but it also has the habits of a cat.
Although I used to like to sleep next to her, I always either pressed on the quilt or got into the bed, but now I like to sleep next to the pillow, curling up directly next to the pillow.
It’s very similar to the habits of grandma’s orange cat.
Qingyan turned sideways and put a hand on its furry body. The soft touch made her couldn't help but rub it.
Youqian turned over, turned his belly inside out, and grunted at her.
Qingyan smiled and moved, and it immediately purred and stretched comfortably.
This has really turned into a little kitten.
(End of chapter)
