Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 247: Old eyes are dim

The wheels rolled and soon they had driven out of Yongding County.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin lowered the car curtain, took off their bags and sorted them out.

The dry food that Tao'er prepared for them had to be carefully packed up. If it got knocked over or spilled, they would be so angry that they would die.

After everything was sorted out, the two of them remembered the purse that Aji had just handed to them.

When they took it out and looked at it, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin both felt that their eyes were dazzled.

A full 1,000 taels of silver! This Jiang Ji is really generous.

The two of them smacked their lips and quickly divided the banknotes and the ones they had left into several portions and hid them. The journey was long and difficult, so if anything went wrong they wouldn't be caught all at once.

The coachman driving outside the carriage heard the clanging and banging sounds from inside, and felt like the carriage was about to be torn down.

I was really curious about what these two ladies were doing in there.

But Jiang's Coachmanship had its own rules, which strictly prohibited prying into the affairs of the guests. Moreover, hearing that these two were also the owners, the driver did not say much.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin hid all the banknotes and felt a little relieved after confirming that they were safe.

After hiding the banknotes, there was nothing else to do. Thinking that they still had two days of journey and had to stay in the carriage the whole time, the two of them suddenly felt bored.

Even in modern times with a wide variety of entertainment options, sitting on a train for such a long time would make one feel irritated, let alone in ancient times when there were no entertainment options at all.

If I had known this earlier, I would have secretly bought some picture books when I was in the county town and brought them here. Anyway, the children are not around these days, so they can read them openly.

It was a pity that no one thought of it at that time, and now the two of them could only sit in the carriage staring at each other.

This horse-drawn carriage was naturally much more comfortable than an ox-drawn carriage, but the two had ridden in the horse-drawn carriage used by Jiang Chengye and his companions before.

It was not only spacious but also very comfortably furnished. Not only were all kinds of useful things provided, but the seats were also covered with thick blankets, which minimized the discomfort during the journey.

Looking at the carriage again, although it is spacious, it is a carriage used on the trade route after all, and its main function is to transport goods. Therefore, except for the seats around the carriage, the rest can be said to be empty.

Seeing that there was nothing to pass the time in the carriage, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin could only stick their heads out to look at the scenery outside.

At this time, the carriage had already left Yongding County and entered the mountains and forests. The scenery was really beautiful. Compared with the later developed scenic spots, these scenery had a more primitive and wild beauty.

But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, you can't keep looking at it forever. After a while, the two felt bored and stuck their heads in to take a rest.

But they forgot that this is not a modern asphalt road, flat and spacious, but an ancient dirt road with potholes here and stones there.

It was okay when I was sitting, but as soon as I lay down I felt like my head was going to get a concussion.

At this moment, the two of them were very grateful that they were not prone to motion sickness, otherwise they would have no way of surviving.

Unable to lie down, the two simply sat up, leaned against each other, and chatted casually. After a while, they fell asleep.

I don't know how long it was before they heard the driver knocking on the door and they woke up in a daze.

"Madams, we have arrived at Pingshan Post Station. You can come down and rest for a while."

After rubbing their sore bodies, the two of them opened the door of the carriage and walked down, one after the other.

The driver has already prepared the horse stool.

It was completely dark now, with stars all over the sky and a crescent moon hanging in the sky. The surroundings were filled with the chirping of insects and birds. In front of me was a small post station, with two lanterns hanging at the door swaying in the wind.

Neither of them had a clear idea of ​​what time it was. They only knew that they must have slept for a very long time. Although they did not sleep soundly due to the bumpy ride, they miraculously did not wake up.

"Master, what time is it now?" Zheng Yuan walked up to the coachman who was asking someone to open the door of the post station and asked.

The driver looked up at the sky and said, "It's probably past the hour of Yin."

Yinshi? That's around 3am.

The two looked at each other with some amusement. They were the ones who said that it was difficult to sleep because of the bumpy ride, but they were also the ones who slept for more than ten hours, and they fell asleep leaning against each other. No one else could do that.

The driver shouted a few more times before they heard the sound of a door opening. In the dim moonlight, the two saw an old man in his clothes walking towards the gate.

"Where are you from?" The old man did not rush to open the door, but asked through the door.

The driver took out a sign from his pocket: "I'm from Yongding, open the door quickly."

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were far away and didn't see the sign clearly, but they thought it was something like an identity card to prove that they were Jiang's people.

The old man took the card and identified it for a while before reaching out to pull the bolt on the door.

"Why is it so slow?" The driver complained dissatisfiedly after the old man opened the door.

"Oh, uncle, our line was used once a few days ago and there has been no movement since then. We really didn't know you would come here in the middle of the night. Please bear with us." The old man smiled apologetically.

"Manager Ji has said that the boss has ordered that these trade routes must be activated in the future. If you continue to be so lazy, you might lose your job." The coachman scolded him lightly.

"Yes, yes, we will never do that again. We were lazy this time. I hope you won't tell Manager Ji. We will work diligently in the future and will never delay our boss's work. Sir, please come in quickly."

The old man handed the sign back to the driver, still apologizing constantly, and at the same time stretched out his hand to lead the driver inside.

The driver ignored him and turned around and said to the two of them respectfully, "Ladies, please come this way. Let's rest here for a while."

The old man then saw two people standing next to the gate and was frightened.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin found it both funny and sad to see the frightened look on the old man's face. He was so old, yet he still had to get up in the middle of the night to do this.

"I am old and my eyesight is not very good. I didn't see your two wives. Please forgive me."

What?

The two people who were sympathizing with the old man just now were instantly petrified.

Old man, do you want to listen to what you are saying? You actually treat them as the driver's first and second wives. Is this fair?

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Before the two of them could react, the driver was more anxious than them and interrupted the old man's words with a loud shout.

The old man looked at the driver who suddenly became furious with a puzzled look on his face.

"These are our other two bosses. What nonsense are you talking about? Why don't you apologize to them right now?"

The driver was already sweating profusely.

Old man, if you don’t want this job you can just go and resign. Why do you have to take an innocent driver with you?

The old man was startled by the driver. After he came to his senses, he apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Masters, my eyes are really blurry. My mouth is also useless. I keep talking nonsense every day. I hope you won't bother with me."

The old man, who had originally felt a little cold, was now sweating all over. He raised his hand tremblingly to wipe the sweat from his forehead.