The real daughter is really not a human being

After hearing that the scholar in the main wing was a juren, she was particularly homesick. Sun couldn't help but think of her grandson who was far away in the capital. It had been so long, the child must be homesick too.

Sun softened her heart and agreed directly, "It's just a bowl of fish soup, no big deal, I'll go buy another fish later and cook it and send it to you!"

Seeing that Sun agreed so readily, the servant was also very happy. He quickly picked up the gift he had placed aside and handed it to Sun, "Thank you, Madam! This is a gift prepared by my master. Please accept it, Madam!"

Sun tried to refuse, but she couldn't do it anymore, so she just accepted the eggs and asked the servant to take the snacks back.

"This is enough. Don't give me any more. If you give me any more, I won't dare to cook for you!" Sun said firmly.

Seeing this, the servant boy didn't dare to give more. He took the snack and gave a small string of copper coins.

Sun didn't take much. She took enough money to buy a big fish based on the price she paid for the fish yesterday, and then sent the servant out the door.

After the servant left, Sun put the eggs in the basket and said to Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, the eggs are here. There are also some bread at home. Make whatever you like. Auntie is going out for a while and will be back with the groceries later."

After entrusting Yaoguang with her affairs, Sun went for a walk on the streets and asked around in Chizhou city for news about the merchant caravan heading to Beijing.

When Sun learned that he would have to wait another half month for the caravan to arrive in Beijing, he couldn't help but feel anxious!

If she had to wait for half a month, she would be even later in Beijing! What if something happened to her grandson and she couldn't wait for him?

Sun was worried, so she went to the market and bought a big fish and some tofu.

Yaoguang was still the one who prepared today's meal. Sun opened her bag, counted all her belongings, and calculated the money she would spend in the next half month.

Yaoguang removed the bones and spines of the fish under Sun's eyes, and the whole action was neat and tidy. If there was an expert who often cooks or eats fish here, he would definitely be shocked by Yaoguang's actions!

She was able to remove all the bone spurs from the fish's mouth with a small knife without damaging the fish's body! It's amazing!

But Sun stared at the silver and copper coins on the bed with a sad face and didn't look at Yaoguang much.

Yaoguang put the fish into the pot and covered it with a lid. She walked over to Sun and asked, "Aunt, what's wrong? What's troubling you?"

Sun did not hide anything from the little girl and said directly, "I went to ask around and found out that there are no caravans heading to Beijing right now. According to the rules, we have to wait for half a month before a caravan will appear. Half a month is too late."

Yaoguang made her own suggestion: "Aunt, let's go to Beijing by ourselves."

"Going to Beijing by myself is so dangerous..." Sun wanted to say it, but the words were stuck in her throat.

Danger?

Thinking of Yaoguang's abilities, Sun suddenly felt that it would not be so dangerous for the two of them to go directly to Beijing.

But, "We've been exposed to the wind and sun all the way, and there's no place to stay when it rains. If we follow the caravan, at least we have a place to shelter from the rain! And there will be people to help us!" said Sun.

They were old and young, and if they were outside, they would catch a cold if there was any wind or rain. If Yaoguang fell down, she could still take care of her, but she was afraid that if she fell down, it would be troublesome for Yaoguang to take care of her, an old woman, and she would become a burden to her.

Yaoguang said seriously: "Aunt, let's prepare a car to drive to Beijing."

After two days of in-depth understanding, Yaoguang already had a general idea of ​​her location and era.

In the feudal period, human technology had not yet emerged and productivity had not been liberated. The main labor force was still human and animal power, and people had to walk long distances or use animals to pull carts.

Although Yaoguang didn't know much about the purchasing power here, she felt that she could cut the trees and bamboo in the mountains by herself, and she had a knife. She didn't need to buy anything, and it would be very economical to make a carriage by herself. She could even make a carriage that didn't need horses.

Sun didn't know what Yaoguang was thinking, but she felt a little helpless when she heard these words. She brought all her wealth with her to Beijing this time, and she was afraid that she wouldn't have enough money for the journey. If she prepared a carriage by herself, it would cost a lot of money.

A good horse alone costs dozens of taels of silver, not to mention a carriage. She couldn't even afford the money even if she sold it.

Sun shook her head: "No! I don't have that much money!"

Yaoguang: "Aunt, we can make a carriage that doesn't need a horse!"

"If you don't want a horse, then buy a donkey?" What Sun was thinking was obviously not on the same level as Yaoguang's.

"We can also do without the donkey!" Yaoguang said.

Without horses or donkeys, who will pull the cart?

Sun asked this question and received a positive answer from Yaoguang.

"Aunt, let me kick it with my feet!" Yaoguang said.

The best idea Yaoguang could think of was to combine mechanical gears with manpower. She could pedal the bike to drive it forward!

The only consumable is food.

Yaoguang had thought about making a simple electric and fire engine, but the materials needed were a bit too much, so he had to find a way to get some steel to make alloys. It was not like bamboo and trees in the mountains, which could be used to make gears directly.

If my great aunt had waited longer, she would have been able to do it.

"How can this be possible!" Sun immediately refused.

Sun didn't quite understand what a pedal cart was. When she heard Yaoguang's words, an image immediately popped into her mind of a little girl standing in front of a cart, being pulled forward by a rope hanging from her body!

How bad of a person must she be to let a little girl do such a thing! In her grave, she would be scolded by all the ancestors of the Qiao family and stabbed in the back!

Under Yaoguang's persuasion, Sun Shi firmly disagreed with the two of them going to Beijing together. Even though Yaoguang was a martial arts expert, she didn't want them to go together!

"Just wait half a month! It's safer with a caravan!" said Sun.

Seeing that Sun had changed her mind, Yaoguang didn't mention it again. She counted the time in her mind, and when it was time, she lifted the lid of the pot and poured the tofu into the pot.

Soon, a pot of milky white and fragrant tofu and fish soup was ready.

Sun took out the largest basin in the house, filled a large bowl with fish soup, and divided most of the fish into pieces, leaving only the tail for the two of them, and sent the rest to the main wing.

Before Sun could knock on the door, the servant boy smelled the scent and opened the door.

"Madam, I'll do it, I'll do it. I can do it by myself. Thank you for your hard work." The servant boy said gratefully. He could hardly control his saliva as he smelled the fragrance of the fish soup in front of him.

Zhao Yan got up early in the morning for this pot of soup!

He kept staring at the movements in the kitchen in the courtyard, watched Sun go out, and waited anxiously for her to come back.

You know, I wasn’t this anxious when I was waiting for the results in the government office!

Then he saw the little girl coming out to process the fish, and he felt relieved.