We found a random place to eat at lunchtime, and after the meal, we started to rush again.
The carriage was too bumpy to take a nap, so Song Si studied the game of chess again.
Gu Yi “fell back to sleep”, without even covering himself with a thin blanket, and even let out a slight snore.
Song Si looked at him sideways, “Stop pretending and get up to play chess with me.”
Gu Yi slept “very soundly” and did not move.
Song Si “If you get up now, you can play with me for one hour, if you get up late, it will be one hour.”
Before he could say anything, Gu Yi got up with a start, “I’m awake, let’s start.”
Song Wangyue,……
lowered her head and pursed the corners of her mouth to keep from laughing out loud.
Gu Yi quickly moved to the small table, picked up the black piece and snapped it on the chessboard, Song Si slowly put the white piece on it, Gu Yi snapped another one, without even thinking.
Song Si looked at him carelessly and followed suit.
Compared to the morning, Song Si’s game had improved greatly, but he was still no match for Gu Yi.
An hour passed and Song Si was still losing badly. Gu Yi happily threw the pieces back onto the board, and with a smug look on his face, he wanted to move to Song Wan Yue’s side, but was stopped by Song Si, “The hour is not up yet, let’s continue.”
Gu Yi almost jumped up, “What hour? You clearly said one hour!”
“Did I say that?”
“You said, plainly, that if I got up immediately, I would accompany you for the next hour.”
Song thought for a moment, with a frank face, “I lost too much, my mind is muddled, I don’t remember what I just said, let’s fold and play for another hour.”
Gu Yi’s wail rang out from the carriage.
Xiao Si, sitting outside on the carriage board, heard it clearly and silently bowed a tear of sympathy for his young master.
It was just nearing evening when Gu Yi couldn’t help but find an inn and stop, he couldn’t wait to jump down from the carriage, fearing that Song Si would shout at him as he walked inside the inn with quick steps, “Boss, how many rooms do you want?”
This was an inn located on the side of the official road, and there were many customers coming and going every day.
The innkeeper and his staff had long since developed a pair of golden eyes, and by looking at his dress, his tone of voice and the carriage outside, they knew he was a rich young master.
“I’d like to have an upper room, a room of equal size.”
Gu Yi slapped a silver ticket on the counter, “And good food and drink in your shop, supply us with all of them.”
The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up and he instantly took away the silver ticket, came out of the counter, waited for Song Si and Song Wan Yue to enter the door, personally led them up, and ordered the fellows to bring water, “It’s really a coincidence that you’ve come here, there’s only one room left, if you come a little later, there might not be any.”
There were five rooms upstairs, but the doors of the other two were closed, so they were obviously occupied. The shopkeeper opened the doors of the remaining rooms and let them see what was inside.
It was clean and simply furnished, and Gu Yi was quite satisfied, so he lifted his foot and entered the one on the far left, “Send up some snacks and fruit.”
The shopkeeper touched the silver ticket in his sleeve, and his eyes flashed again, “The upper room plus the other room, plus the meal, I’m afraid the silver ticket you gave me is even worse.”
Gu Yi didn’t think so, “If it’s worse, it’s worse, I’ll give you the rest when I leave tomorrow.”
The shopkeeper went to order with a smile on his face, but was stopped by Song Si, who asked him frankly, “Is there a cheaper room?”
Although she was poor and not as rich as her family, Song Si was still reluctant to spend this kind of high profile, watery money. At this rate of spending, even selling all those peppermint oils might not be enough to pay for the journey to the capital.
The shopkeeper looked at Gu Yi.
Gu Yi had already sat down on a chair inside the house and looked over in confusion at his words, “Does big brother think this room is not good?”
The shopkeeper, ……
opened his mouth to say something when Song Si said, “It’s too good, we don’t have that much silver.”
“I do.”
After saying this, as if he was afraid that Song Si wouldn’t believe him, Gu Yi patted his wallet, “I’ve brought several thousand taels with me, enough for us to use.”
Song Si,……
The shopkeeper is also a human being, he can see that Song Si is afraid of spending the silver, afraid that he will really return these rooms later, he hurriedly said, “I see that several people have also rushed all day, hurry into the house to rest, I will let people send in snacks and fruits.”
After saying this, he bypassed Song Si and hurried downstairs with the hem of his coat.
“Hey ……”
Song Si wanted to stop him, but was tugged by Song Wan Yue, “Big brother, go inside and talk.”
“Yue’er, let’s ……”
“I know, let’s go in and talk.”
The lobby downstairs was full of people, and it was easy for them to be overheard talking at the door, especially Gu Yi, who was unaware of the dangers of the human heart and revealed his wealth with a big grin. If someone with an agenda overheard, they might get into trouble.
Song Si could only follow her into the house, and seeing the two large beds inside, she ruthlessly said, “Forget it, let’s stay here, I’ll share with him, and you’ll have one room to yourself.”
If it was himself, it would have been fine if he had taken a cheap room, but Gu Yi was used to being pampered, and Song Wan Yue was a girl, so I was afraid it would be unsafe to stay in a cheap room.
“You can’t stay in this house.”
The shadow of being forced by Song Si to play chess with him was thick, Gu Yi was unwilling to live in the same room with him to death and quickly came up with an excuse, “Xiao Si will accompany me in the evening.”
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“Then ……”
Sons looked around to see if there was anything suitable for him to hit the floor.
The house was spacious and there was no problem at all with hitting the floor.
Song Wangyue saw what he was thinking and stopped, “Brother, just listen to Young Master Gu, let’s have one room each, I’ll be in the room and you guys will be on either side, just to protect me. It’s the first time I’ve ever been out, I’m staying in a room by myself and I’d be scared without you guys on either side.”
The inn was full of people from all walks of life and no one knew what would happen.
Hearing her say this, Song Si dismissed the idea of bunking, “Alright then, but only for today’s night, let’s not stay in such a nice room tomorrow.”
It was only the first night and there were still a few days to go before we reached the capital, so we had to be careful on the way.
“As you wish, we’ll stay in a slightly worse room tomorrow.”
The shopkeeper personally led his staff to bring up pastries and fruit, as well as tea, and was secretly relieved to see that Song Si had no intention of checking out of his room.
The dinner was very generous, eight dishes and one soup, with meat and vegetables.
Song Si’s heart tightened again, estimating how much silver this table of dishes would cost, Song Wan Yue put a piece of chicken into his bowl, “Brother don’t think so much, eat well, drink well and rest well, that’s what you need to do.”
