After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

Chapter 299 Uninvited Guest

"Shen Qingzhou, let's go and get into the city before dark."

Lin Ting called out from the front, saying that Yunzhou City was right before their eyes. They needed to go into the city, find an inn, and get some hot water to soak their feet. Lin Ting was almost frozen.

"coming!"

After giving the things to Hu Zi, Shen Qingzhou was about to turn around and leave, but Hu Zi grabbed his outer robe again.

"Wait a minute, you haven't given me the herbs I want. This is what we agreed on before the deal."

This herb is very important to Hu Zi. Since it is a transaction, he must take it back.

Shen Qingzhou looked at Wan Weiran. It was not that he was unwilling to give it, but herbs could not be taken randomly.

"Wan Weiran, come and talk to him."

Wan Weiran stumbled onto the carriage and took several prescriptions in his hand.

"Child, you can't eat herbs carelessly. They are not just any food. Eating them carelessly can kill you.

But I promised you that I would give it to you, but first I want to ask you, what disease do you want this herb to cure?"

If the medicine is not suitable for the disease, it will be useless even if the herb is given to Hu Zi.

"Just a cold and a cough!"

"Is that all?" Wan Weiran asked with certainty.

"Yeah! That's it."

In today's weather, children like these who are dressed so thinly are indeed prone to catching colds.

"Okay, these medicines I have are for treating colds. They can't treat other illnesses. Don't use them carelessly."

Hu Zi nodded. What he wanted was medicine to treat the cold.

When they got outside the city, Lin Ting told them to release the children and go back into the city.

Yunzhou City looked quite nice, not like a remote town at all. There were many restaurants and inns, which formed a sharp contrast with the hungry children outside.

"Yunlai Inn, this one looks nice, why don't we stay here?"

Wan Weiran really couldn't walk anymore. He was cold, tired and hungry, and just wanted to find a warm place quickly.

"Well, Shen Qingzhou, go ask the shopkeeper for a few rooms, and also prepare food for us."

"it is good!"

Shen Qingzhou went forward to negotiate with the shopkeeper. After paying the silver, he handed over a few room cards.

"Okay, go upstairs and change your clothes, and then come down to eat."

Shen Qingzhou booked two rooms upstairs and also booked a room for each of Uncle Niu and the other three on the first floor.

Lin Ting's clothes were all wet by the snow. When he went upstairs, the waiter from Yunlai Inn brought him hot water.

Shen Qingzhou helped her get the wooden basin. After Lin Ting changed her clothes, she could wash up and soak her feet.

"Shen Qingzhou, don't worry about me. Change your clothes and don't catch a cold. We still have a long way to go."

Lin Ting knew that they were not officials and could not stay in the post stations on the official road. They had to go to the town to find an inn to rest every time, which delayed the journey a lot.

"Okay, I've already prepared the water for you."

Shen Qingzhou also changed his wet clothes. There was a charcoal fire in the room, so it wasn't so cold anymore.

The two of them were soaking their feet together, still thinking about how to bypass that official road.

"My dear, there's still snow outside. Fortunately, it's not snowing anymore. We'll go ask the shopkeeper if there's another path that can bypass the blocked section of the official road."

"Well, it would be even better if we had a map of Yunzhou City. I'll ask a few more people tomorrow, if there's really no other way.

Then we can only use the crude method. We will find someone to dig out the snow on that section of the official road, and then have someone push our carriage across."

Lin Ting didn't know anything else, but as long as there were people around, anything that could be solved with money was not a big deal.

"Okay! Leave it to me."

Lin Tingle was content with what she had, as Shen Qingzhou was the one to do it, and she didn't want to compete with him at all.

The coldness in his body was finally gone after soaking his feet, and Lin Ting felt that his body had become much lighter.

When the few people came down, the food in the inn had already been served. Seeing how embarrassed they were, the innkeeper even increased the charcoal fire.

"Master Lin, please sit down. I'm starving."

Wan Weiran pulled out chairs for the two of them, and they finally had hot meals.

"Eat it!"

"The soup is here, ladies and gentlemen. This is the last dish, our signature mutton soup. Please enjoy it."

The New Year had just passed, so the inn didn't have many customers and the owner was very enthusiastic.

"Boss, is business good this month?"

Shen Qingzhou talked to the shopkeeper. It was January now and there was still heavy snow outside. Business was very slow.

"For an inn like ours, we don't have much business during this month of the year. We can only make ends meet.

People who come to visit relatives usually stay at their relatives’ homes, with only a few businessmen occasionally appearing here.”

Shen Qingzhou nodded: "It's a bit difficult this month, but shopkeeper, I want to ask you, the official road next to Yunzhou City is covered with snow. Do you know of another way to bypass the mountain stream?"

Several people came here by taking a small road, which could not be considered a normal road. It could only be said that it was a barely sufficient way for them to get down to Yunzhou City.

The shopkeeper looked at them suspiciously: "Are you guys going to hurry?"

"Yes, I have to go to the capital for the imperial examination, so I can't delay."

When the shopkeeper heard that he had to go to Beijing to take the exam, his face became anxious.

"Oh, that's incredible. Even in summer, it still takes about ten days to walk from here to the capital, and it's already the end of January.

But as for the mountain stream you mentioned, even if the sun came out every day, it would take five or six days, plus manual labor, to clear all the snow there.

The other route is even longer. Wait, I'll get you a map of Yunzhou City for analysis."

The kind-hearted shopkeeper immediately found a map. He sat next to Shen Qingzhou and showed him the terrain and map of Yunzhou City.

"Sir, look, if you want to take a detour, you can only go back. This is the only path in Yunzhou City that leads to the official road."

The road the shopkeeper pointed out was the same one Wan Weiran mentioned, but it would take another seven or eight days to get there.

"Boss, could you lend us this map for study?"

"Okay, take it and have a look."

Taking the imperial examination is a big deal. The shopkeeper failed to make it that year and missed the opportunity.

Shen Qingzhou showed the map to Lin Ting, who then gave it to Wan Weiran. Yunzhou City was surrounded by mountains, and there was indeed no road that could lead directly to the other side of the mountain by carriage.

"Eat first, then have a good sleep. If there's really no other way, just use the method I told you to use."

Wan Weiran looked at Lin Ting. Judging from Lin Ting's personality, she must want to find someone to dig the snow.

At night, there was a charcoal fire burning in the room. Lin Ting covered the fire with ash and opened the window a little to let in air to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.

She and Shen Qingzhou slept in each other's arms, and thought they could have a good sleep, but unexpectedly, an uninvited guest came in the middle of the night.