A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

Everything was ready. Shen Qingqian and Zhang Sheng said goodbye briefly and set off with Zhou Qi and others.

When they arrived at the city gate, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and the people sent by Zhou Susu were already waiting for them.

When the three parties met, they just introduced themselves to each other and then set off.

Zhou Susu sent a total of twenty-five people, led by Yang Zhong, a middle-aged man in his thirties.

Zhou Qi's men and Yang Zhong's men all rode horses, only Shen Qingqian and a few others rode in carriages.

In addition to the eight women who were bought, Shen Qingqian also prepared two carriages for them.

The wind was strong in the wild, and the weather was a little colder than in the city. There was not much scenery along the way, and everything was bare.

This was Shen Qingqian's first time going north, but she was not completely in the dark. She had made preparations in advance and had a map.

Shen Qingqian, Yingzi, Zhiqing and Zhizhu sat in the carriage, studying the route to the northern border.

It is more than 1,200 miles from the capital to Xiangyun Town, passing through seven cities, nine towns, and several villages, which are not described on the map.

Zhou Qi and Yang Zhong rode side by side on horseback, and they had a very pleasant conversation.

Zhou Qi asked, "Brother Yang, have you ever been to the North before?"

Yang Zhong said: "I went there once about ten years ago, but I didn't go to Tongning City. I only went to Longsheng City, which is seventy miles away from Xiangyun Town.

It's been so long that I can't remember many places clearly.

"Where is Brother Zhou? Have you been to the North before?"

Zhou Qi said: "I went there once last year, and like Brother Yang, I did not reach Tongning City, but went to a small village near Xiangyun Town.

There is an iron mine there, and I was escorting Zheng Hong and the men in his family there to be exiled to do hard labor."

Speaking of Zheng Hong, Yang Zhong sighed and said, "What a pity! General Zheng was so brave and fought as well as General Han, but he ended up like this!"

Zhou Qi said: "Otherwise, some women are just trouble! Fortunately, General Zheng is not exiled for life and can return to Beijing in three years."

Yang Zhong said: "I just don't know if I can get my job back after I come back!"

It wasn't lonely when there were so many people on the road. We chatted along the way and before we knew it, it was noon.

Zhou Qi said, "Are you hungry, Brother Yang? There are only two villages ahead, and it's still sixty miles to the town where we can rest. Why don't we let the brothers carry the load first and have lunch when we get to the town."

Yang Zhong said: "We men don't care. Anything is fine! Go ask the girls for their opinions!"

Zhou Qi then remembered that there were several women traveling with him! He couldn't help but complain in his heart that being with women was troublesome, and he had to consider their feelings!

He reluctantly slowed down the horse, and when Shen Qingqian and the others' carriage approached, he said, "Miss Shen, the town ahead is still sixty miles away, and it will take about an hour and a half to get there.

If you are hungry, let's stop and go to the village ahead to spend money to beg for some food."

Shen Qingqian recognized it as Zhou Qi's voice, but this time she heard it very clearly. Zhou Qi did speak with a bit of... disdain!

Although Shen Qingqian was puzzled, she didn't know this person before, so why did he speak in a sarcastic tone?

But she didn't care. She was just traveling with him and she didn't eat his rice, so why did she care?

Shen Qingqian said through the car window: "No need! We are not hungry, and even if we are hungry, we have dry food. Let's eat together when we get to the town ahead!"

Shen Qingqian spoke so crisply and clearly that Zhou Qi, who was outside the carriage, was stunned.

I thought these women were not too pretentious. They had been sitting in the carriage for a whole morning, but they didn't complain of being tired or ask to stop to rest. I even wanted to wait until we got to the town to eat together!

However, Zhou Qi soon thought again, they had just set out today and should not be that tired. In the next few days, these women might start to complain.

Thinking of this, he rode his horse to the front again.

Shen Qingqian did bring some dry food, and she went out last night to buy several hundred steamed buns.

Steamed buns are easy to carry and can satisfy your hunger.

Shen Qingqian and the other three had eaten noodles in the morning, so they were not very hungry at the moment.

But thinking that the people she bought had little food in their stomachs, they must be hungry now.

So she asked Yingzi to give each of them a steamed bun to fill their stomachs first.

Zhiqing and Zhizhu took the remaining steamed buns and distributed them to Zhou Qi's men and Yang Zhong's men.

When we walk together, we are a collective and Shen Qingqian will treat everyone equally.

The men were too embarrassed to take it, so Zhiqing Zhizhu didn't say much and just gave one to each of them and left.

"Thank you girl!"

Yang Zhong shouted at the educated youth Zhizhu's back.

Zhou Qi, however, looked embarrassed and curled his lips before taking a bite of the steamed bun in his hand.

However, although Zhou Qi is arrogant, he is quite experienced in going out on business.

He sent two people and asked them to ride as fast as possible to the town ahead and book a restaurant for dinner.

Otherwise, with so many people carrying so much goods, it would be a waste of time and easy to attract attention for them to look for a place to eat on the street.

After more than an hour, the group finally arrived at the town ahead.

The two people sent out earlier met them at the entrance of the town and took them directly to the restaurant they had booked.

Shen Qingqian jumped off the carriage and looked at the sun in the sky. It should be around 3:30 in the afternoon.

When the hundred or so people entered the restaurant, the food was already ready. It wasn't very sumptuous, but the quantity was large enough.

Although Shen Qingqian didn't like Zhou Qi very much, she was quite satisfied with what he did.

After the group finished their meal, it was almost 4:30 in the afternoon.

The days were short at this time of year, and it was dark before six o'clock. Therefore, they decided to stay in this small town that night and plan to set out as early as possible tomorrow morning.

The next few days went smoothly.

Five days later, they had traveled about 600 miles, passing through four counties and five towns.

However, on the sixth day, not long after they set out from a county town, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

This was the first snow this winter, but Shen Qingqian silently prayed to God that the snow would not fall too heavily so as not to affect the progress of their journey.