Seeing Xing'er's restraint and caution, Song Mingyuan smiled: "Of course, as long as you are willing."
"There is no need to call myself a slave from now on. Meeting each other can be regarded as fate."
If it hadn't been for this time travel, she would never have interacted with them. She would have died when she died. She would not have met the Lu family, and she would not have been lucky enough to be treated with such respect.
"good."
The two of them returned to the team one after another, and no one asked any questions. Sometimes it is also a sign of respect for others to not ask more about other people's privacy.
"Sister Xing'er, come and watch Ning Ning perform somersaults for you."
"What you did was not a somersault, what I did was a somersault."
"Fourth brother, go away, you are blocking Ning Ning!"
Xing'er burst into laughter immediately.
Lu Peifeng was sitting on the trolley. When he saw Xing'er's red and swollen eyes, he realized what happened after a moment's thought. He subconsciously looked at Song Mingyuan.
She was seen sitting next to the car's shaft with no interest, and she was obviously not in her mind.
The good-looking sword eyebrows frowned: "You are very good, you don't need to be someone else."
Song Mingyuan was just thinking about things, and because of her habit of teasing Lu Peifeng, she subconsciously blurted out: "Be someone else? Who? Your wife?"
Lu Peifeng shut his mouth.
Only then did Song Mingyuan realize what she had said, and coughed: "Of course I won't be someone else."
What a sin, why did she make teasing him a habit?
It was okay if she didn't say it, but when she said it, Lu Peifeng's face darkened, she just didn't want to...
Lu Peifeng twitched his lips: "What did I just say?"
His face was handsome and cold, and even though he was pale now, it still had a compelling aura that was tempered by thousands of troops.
Being stared at by him like this, Song Mingyuan felt a little guilty: "You don't have to be someone else?"
"last sentence."
Song Mingyuan hesitated: "I'm fine?"
"Ah!"
"..."
The team walked for nearly an hour and a half before settling at a post station ten miles away from Qinghe County.
When they saw the inn, the people in the exile team were holding their legs as weak as noodles. They couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground. They couldn't stand up for a long time.
The exile team had to walk at least fifty miles a day. They had already been delayed a lot of time at the inn today, and they were driven for a full thirty miles throughout the afternoon!
How could the people who were pampered and well-dressed have ever suffered like this? After walking for two days in a row, they even wanted to die.
"Get up quickly! We'll rest at the inn tonight and let me in through the back door!"
It was already completely dark, and the officials drove them away with torches and whips. As a last resort, Mr. Lu Er and his party could only hold on to their trembling feet and continue walking.
The Lu family driving the donkey cart had already arrived at the back gate of the inn in advance. Mrs. Lu drove the donkey cart into the yard and tied it up, and the family began to unload the things on the cart.
There were also several carriages parked in the backyard, presumably belonging to officials who were working for the imperial court. The carriages were parked in sheds and watched over by dedicated personnel, so that no one from the exile team could get close to them.
Wu Da put away his whip and gave a routine warning: "You can take care of your own food in the evening. There is only Datong Shop in the inn. If you want to stay, you will pay two taels of silver for a bed. You are not allowed to go to the front."
"If anyone is found to have left without permission and gone ahead to disturb the officials staying here, the offender will be punished with ten lashes and five consecutive lashes for the offender! The fugitive will be beaten to death!"
After saying these words, Wu Da left a few officials to guard him, and then went to the front hall of the post station to eat and drink with the rest of the officials, and have a good time.
There used to be Datong shops on both sides of the backyard, and one room could accommodate twelve people.
The space inside is small and the environment is simple. The sleeping place is a dusty earthen kang.
There was a basin and a blackened iron kettle that looked dirty on the only low table, but there was nothing else.
Song Mingyuan chose a room on the side. Four of the thirteen of them were children, so they squeezed in just enough to sleep.
Of course there are better rooms in the inn, but as they are currently exiled prisoners, they are obviously not qualified to stay there.
Mrs. Lu organized the tasks for everyone in an orderly manner: "Second daughter-in-law, you and I will set up a stove and cook. We also want to eat something good tonight. Bring those sausages and cabbage and cook them, and then fry them." A few eggs, grandma will show you her unique skills tonight!"
With the spirit dew water bag prepared by Song Mingyuan, Mrs. Lu was in high spirits after a long journey, and she didn't feel tired at all.
Now when I speak, I am full of energy and energy.
"The eldest daughter-in-law, the third daughter-in-law, go and heat the water in the pot, wash the faces and hands of the children, and the fourth and fifth daughters-in-law will clean the room so that they can sleep more comfortably at night."
"Although we are exiled, no matter how difficult the environment is, we must use our own hands to live a bright life under limited conditions."
The aunts responded one after another, and being infected by the excitement in Mrs. Lu's words, they also started working with smiles on their faces.
"Grandma, what should I do?"
Song Mingyuan definitely doesn't know how to cook. In her previous life, she ate the elixirs as food and didn't cook at all.
But she can help with other things.
Mrs. Lu laughed loudly: "You guys, just wait and eat! Grandma will roast two chickens for you. I'm sure you will want the second after eating the first time."
Song Mingyuan listened and moved the two baskets of ingredients next to the donkey cart. There were cabbage, radish, winter bamboo shoots and potatoes, as well as two prepared chickens and a piece of pork belly.
The weather is cold, but the meat is still fresh.
Song Mingyuan silently put in three more prepared chickens. Two were not enough to divide, and four were divided enough for one person to eat two bites.
Anyway, there is quite a lot in the space, so if you don’t eat it, you won’t eat it for free.
She got another pile of sweet potatoes and secretly placed them beside the stove before the fire was lit.
Madam Lu looked at the three extra chickens and sweet potatoes, her eyelids twitching, Yuanyuan gave them another meal!
There was plenty of fish and meat every day, so they probably would have gained ten pounds after being exiled!
But the way Yuanyuan looked at her obediently made her take back her words, but she couldn't say anything.
The child is greedy and wants to eat, so what can you do!
Mrs. Lu sighed, smiled and coaxed kindly: "Wait a minute, when the food is ready, grandma will use the charcoal to roast the sweet potatoes for Yuanyuan!"
Song Mingyuan silently put out the seasonings again, including everything in the basket, and then squatted in a row with several cubs, eagerly waiting to eat.
When the spicy aroma of roasted chicken wafted through the yard, the children next door were so greedy that they cried.
"Wow wow wow - I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat!! I can't live without meat!!!"
"You go and bake it for me now, wuwu, I don't want to wait any longer, I want you to go now wuwu——"
"Wuwu - why are you beating me? You won't even give me a piece of meat when I want it, and you still hit me. You have never hit me before. Are you still my mother? Why are you so cruel!!"
