Hearing Cui Xiaoliu's confident tone, Song Zhili didn't continue asking the question. They first went into town to ask where they could buy horses.

After asking around, everyone said that there were no places to buy horses in this small town, and that you had to go to the county town to buy them.

Song Zhili and the others were speechless. They didn't have any means of transportation, and the county town was still quite a distance away.

Qing Shuang also noticed the troubled look on Song Zhili's face. She stepped forward and said to Song Zhili, "Mistress, why don't you stay in town for the time being? I will use my lightness skill to go to the county town to buy a carriage, and then I will drive the carriage over to pick you up."

Although Qing Shuang's suggestion is one method, it would take several days to travel back and forth.

This is such a waste of time. She shook her head. "No need. I just saw a carriage outside the inn. Why don't we go ask that person if we can pay them to take us to the county town?"

If all else fails, and if they refuse, she'll have to find a way to knock Cui Xiaoliu unconscious so they can drive there themselves that night.

Upon hearing Song Zhili's suggestion, Qing Shuang nodded, "Then, Mistress, please wait here for a while, I'll go and ask."

Seeing Song Zhili nod, Qing Shuang walked towards the house with the carriage, pointing in the direction of Song Zhili and the others as she spoke.

They talked for about five or six minutes, and then Qing Shuang came back with a smile. "Mistress, there is a young lady sitting in that carriage. They are also going to the county town and said they would like to give us a ride without paying."

Upon hearing this, Song Zhili thought it was wonderful, and the group walked towards the carriage together. The young lady inside the carriage lifted the curtain, glanced at Song Zhili and the others, and smiled and nodded at them.

"Girls, please come on up quickly, we're about to set off."

Seeing how polite the other party was, Song Zhili and He Miaomiao thanked them generously and then climbed into the carriage together.

Qing Shuang followed them and climbed into the carriage. Cui Xiaoliu sat outside with the driver. The carriage was full of women, so it was inconvenient for him to go in.

After Song Zhili got into the carriage and sat down, she saw that besides the woman, there was another woman inside.

Song Zhili and the others nodded to the woman. The atmosphere inside the carriage became slightly awkward, and Song Zhili and He Miaomiao didn't know what to talk about to break the awkward silence.

Later, the group simply stopped talking, closed their eyes, and rested. He Miaomiao took out a storybook from her bosom and carefully flipped through it.

She had just bought this storybook by chance from a vendor, who had called it the most popular storybook of the moment.

Out of curiosity, she bought it. To her surprise, the storybook was quite expensive, costing her two taels of silver. Suddenly, she wondered if she had been ripped off.

The vendor had been shouting for so long, but no one else bought anything. She was the only one who went up and bought the storybook.

She still clearly remembers how the vendor's face practically lit up with a smile when she took out her money.

She flipped through the storybook, her face growing darker with each turn, until she finally closed it, no longer wanting to read any further.

As expected, she was a complete victim of injustice; the thing she bought for two taels of silver was actually written by herself.

She really wanted to go back and return the storybook to the vendor.

"Miss, I see you don't want to look at that sketchbook anymore. Could I borrow it?"

Sitting in the carriage, Ma Xiaolian saw He Miaomiao angrily close the storybook, and she assumed that the content of the storybook had made He Miaomiao angry.

So she was very curious about what was written in the sketchbook that could make the girl in front of her so angry.

Upon hearing that Ma Xiaolian wanted to read the storybook, He Miaomiao handed it to her without hesitation.

"Miss, please take a look."

"Thank you girl."

Ma Xiaolian took the storybook from He Miaomiao, thanked her, and then curiously opened the first page to read it carefully.

As she read, she gradually became captivated by the content; it was the first time she had ever seen such an interesting storybook.

As darkness fell, Ma Xiaolian rubbed her eyes and reluctantly closed the storybook. If it weren't for the fact that it was already dark outside and not suitable for reading inside the carriage, she probably would have continued reading.

Just then, the carriage stopped. They passed a post station and planned to rest there for the night before continuing their journey the next day.

Because the two girls had kindly given them a ride, Song Zhili got off the carriage first and walked into the post station, where she booked two superior rooms for the two of them.

Then they ordered some more food, which they would have the waiter deliver to the two of them later.

After learning about this, Ma Xiaolian and her good friend Wang Rong went to Song Zhili's room to thank her profusely.

After exchanging some polite words in Song Zhili's room, they each returned to their own rooms.

When Ma Xiaolian returned to the house, she suddenly remembered that she had not yet returned the storybook to He Miaomiao. So she got up and went downstairs again, climbed onto the carriage next to the stable, and took the storybook down.

She then went to He Miaomiao's door and knocked. After He Miaomiao opened the door, she handed the storybook to her.

"Here's your storybook back, miss. By the way, miss, the content of this storybook is quite interesting. Back in the carriage, I saw you looking at this storybook and you were so angry. Were you upset by the content?"

He Miaomiao shook her head helplessly. She originally bought the storybook to see what the stories from the Northern Qi Dynasty were like.

She was furious when she found out she had spent two taels of silver to buy a storybook she had written herself.

"It's alright, Miss Ma, don't misunderstand. I was thinking about something else, which is why I was angry. It's not because of the content of this storybook. If you like this storybook, Miss Ma, I'll give it to you."

I've already read everything in this storybook.

When Ma Xiaolian heard that He Miaomiao wanted to give her the storybook, she felt very embarrassed. "Miss, how can I take your things for free?"

"How about this, young lady? How much did you pay for that storybook? I'll give you the money."

"No need, Miss Ma, please take it. Consider it my way of thanking you for taking us to the county town."

Seeing that He Miaomiao had already made her point, Ma Xiaolian stopped trying to argue with her.

"Thank you very much, Miss He. Please get some rest. I'll head back to my room now."

After Ma Xiaolian left, He Miaomiao closed the door, turned around and walked to the bed. After lying down, she took out her phone and told Xia Momo and Song Zhili in the group about buying the sketchbook.

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