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Butler Liu was always very patient with the princess. Now it seemed that the princess had indeed learned a lot in Chang'an, but it was still not enough.

He explained with a smile: "Anything that cannot be delivered will be intercepted by the princelings on the way. Without an imperial decree, it is against the rules to deliver supplies from the fiefdom to the border."

"Bringing it over in the name of the princess is completely different. It is the princess's private property and the court has no right to seize it."

Now Shen Dongsu understood that what she brought with her was her dowry. In this era, women's dowries were still very protective.

Even if a house is searched, a woman's dowry will not be confiscated.

Besides, it was so bitterly cold at the border, so no one would have any objection to Princess Ling going to the border to bring more supplies.

Understanding the key point, Shen Dongsu felt that the supplies for these twenty carriages were too little. If he had known better, he would have asked Jiang to go to sea and send her a few boatloads of supplies.

It's a pity that Youzhou's seaport has been abolished long ago and is temporarily unusable. When she passes by, open a seaport first. If you can trade from the sea, you won't have to worry about supplies.

When she returned to Shen's house, she saw that Grandpa Shen and others were also packing packages for her to salute, and they were also loading them in carriages.

Grandpa Shen didn't write a list, but pointed them out to her: "These three sacks are dried bacon, duck, and fish. They should be soaked for an hour before cooking."

"These three sacks are glutinous rice cakes, and the ones in this small bag are also glutinous rice cakes. Grandpa has cut them into small pieces. You like to eat grilled glutinous rice cakes. If you get hungry on the way, you can bake them by touching them."

"These two jars are sweet wine, and these two jars are brown sugar cubes. Grandpa has also cut them into small pieces. Just take one piece and put it in when the sweet wine is boiled."

"This sack is made of dried red dates. It can be used to make tea and porridge. If you get hungry on the way, you can just touch it and eat it. It's so sweet."

"There are several jars inside, which contain fried fish cubes, loach, meatballs, and crispy meat. Stew them in a pot, cut some cabbage, and put some vermicelli on top, and you have a big dish."

"The big bags on top are all fans. They are for you to eat on the way. Your mother packed another dozen big bags and put them on the carriage behind, for you to eat on the way to Youzhou."

"What else is there? By the way, of those porcelain jars, one jar contains green tea from our own tea garden, and the other jar contains fried butter fried noodles."

"That year you fried a jar and everyone said it was delicious. It was fried with barley."

"The other two jars are made of salted duck eggs. I picked the big ones for you. They taste best with porridge."

"Look at the porch. I've packed up persimmons, live eels, and dried sweet potatoes. Your brother refused to take them with me because he said Youzhou also has them."

"Dong Su, do you want it? If you want me to come and pretend immediately, there is a place for you to move."

……

Grandpa Shen pointed at the introduction, and Shen Dongsu listened with a smile. For some reason, her nose was sour and her throat was itchy.

She didn't even dare to respond, for fear that tears would come out first.

With her current status, officials would entertain her with delicious food and drinks in every state and city she went to, so there would be no shortage of food.

But Grandpa Shen and the others were just worried that she wouldn't have enough to eat, so they packed the food as hard as they could.

Everything here is filled with the love of relatives for their children who have left home!

In this era where people at the bottom are still struggling to have enough to eat. The way rural elders express their love for their children is by stuffing them with food.

If you think about it carefully, it will be the same in future generations. Those who work hard outside will return home during the New Year. When they leave, their families will still stuff their suitcases full of food.

What concerned her was that there were several new large bamboo baskets, covered with thick cotton cloth and filled with steamed buns.

The bamboo basket was exquisitely woven and beautiful. It was not an ordinary style. It was an enlarged version of the small basket for pear candy she had drawn before.

This braiding method takes a lot of work, and you can’t even buy it in the market.

She glanced at her father beside her and saw his big rough hands, which were his gifts to her.

There was another thing that caught her attention, which was the red pig head on her forehead.

This oversized pig head that scared Xiaoman was not eaten even though there were guests at home every day these days!

Just hanging on the back of the car, any kid passing by would definitely be frightened and cry.

She pointed at the pig head and asked, "Master, do you want to take this one too? Even if you take it, do you want to cut everything?"

Grandpa Shen patted the pig's head and said anxiously: "You must bring this! This is the pig's head for ancestor worship. Our ancestors have tasted it."

"Take them with you all the way. Our ancestors will keep my Dong Su and Lin Zhong safe and sound."

"Don't put it in the car, it will get damaged. You go all the way and cut it up and eat it every day. Don't look at it as ugly, but it's delicious."

Thinking of the pig's beak in the original owner's memory, she smiled sweetly:

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I won't waste it. I'll eat it all."

These words made him happier than giving Grandpa Shen money. The children loved to eat the food prepared by the old man, which was the greatest respect for the old man.

The Shen family prepared a total of three carts of supplies for her. One cart was full of food, and the other cart was clothes and quilts. These belonged to her and Lin Zhong.

Although everyone knew that she had no shortage of clothes, Mrs. Jiang and her three aunts still made her some close-fitting cotton-padded jackets. Not to mention that the cotton-padded jackets they made were warm and stuffed with enough cotton.

Wear it inside, and wear silk clothes made by the palace on the outside, so you won't be able to tell.

Of course, she suspected that Jiang made a lot of clothes for her eldest brother, and her second aunt told her about it.

"It's her business to keep Dongsu in good condition. As a mother, if you do it for your son, you have to do it for your daughter..."

They also gave her two new quilts to cover her with when she stayed at the inn on the way.

Jiang's eyes were always red, and her second aunt joked, "Your mother can't bear to leave you."

But everyone knew very well that she was reluctant to let go of Shen Linzhong.

If it was the original owner, he must be very sad about his mother's partiality.

But now Dong Su doesn't feel anything at all, and even thinks it's good.

She can handle the relationship between Grandpa Shen and Father Shen, but it is quite troublesome to deal with the relationship with her mother.

As it is now, keeping a respectful distance is fine.

Grandpa Shen asked a few guards to help cover the loaded carriage with tarpaulin to prevent the heavy frost in the middle of the night from soaking the carriage.

In particular, the carriage carrying food was even more tightly covered, and the little black dog's nest was pulled to the foot of the carriage to guard it to prevent wild cats from stealing food.

Not many people in the Shen family slept peacefully that night. Grandpa Shen and Father Shen always circled the carriage, trying to stuff their belongings into the carriage whenever they found an opening.

Until she saw Grandpa Shen stuffing candies into it, Dong Su stopped him in a funny and heart-warming way:

"Grandpa, I brought that candy back, and you asked me to take it away again!"

"Leave it to Zhongyang and the other kids to eat slowly. I'm not a child, and I'm still greedy for sweets!"

Grandpa Shen also laughed, and felt that he owed his granddaughter, and sighed:

"We don't have much good stuff at home. We don't even have anything that can be used to get you a favor."

Dong Su laughed: "When I went to Youzhou, people lined up to give me gifts. How could I be the one asking for favors?"

"Besides, these are carefully prepared by my grandpa and father, so I can't bear to give them away! I want to keep them and eat them slowly."

Zhong Yang and Jia Si drew maps together. Jia Si, who also took a long vacation, returned to Shen's house the day before departure.

Shen Dongsu felt that this number plate was an annoyance to him. He was afraid that if he came to the Shen family, he would be ordered to do whatever he did like Jia Shiba, so he stayed in the forbidden army camp and did not come.

But Jia Shiba had done so much work, but it was his hard-working personality that attracted Sister Damai.

Jia Si will probably be a bachelor for the rest of his life. During the New Year, all the people the Shen family interacts with are young girls. If he doesn't come, he has to go to the military camp where there are only men to celebrate the New Year.

Jia Si has a detailed map from Guangzhou to Youzhou. Zhongyang is looking at the map and calculating, which city will he reach on which day, how many waterways and how many land routes will he have to take?

He said that after his sister left, there would be discussions every day at home. Where are you today? Where will you be tomorrow? He could look at the details so he could answer the elders better.

But Jia Si was suspicious that this child wanted to memorize the route and go to Youzhou to find the princess one day!

Don't think he can't do it. A teenage boy can do anything crazy.

As for Mr. Jiang, they talked for half the night in the eldest brother's room. Among the three children, Shen Linzhong was the most patient with Mr. Jiang.

It should be said that Shen Linzhong is like Shen's father, calm and patient, and always tolerant of his family.

Shen Lin Zhongzheng felt guilty that he had traveled far away. They said that his parents were not traveling far away, but even his grandfather was at home, but he, the eldest son, traveled so far.

So what if I listen to my mother nagging a few words? When he leaves tomorrow, I don’t know in what year I will see my mother again.

Moreover, Mo Xiujin also slept in his eldest brother's room. Jiang also had a lot to say to this miserable nephew.

My third aunt, on the other hand, went to bed very early. She seemed to know that Mo Xiujin was leaving home again, but she seemed not to know.

Others reminded her that your son is going to travel far away.

She would smile and say that she hoped to come back during the Chinese New Year.

It seems like the New Year will come soon. At this time, Mrs. Jiang was quite envious of her third aunt and was not sad about the separation.

The lights in the whole family didn't go out until midnight, and then several adults got up before dawn.

Regarding parting, you can say to your friends that today’s parting is for tomorrow’s reunion.

But I can’t bear to say this to my relatives, especially my parents. They don’t want the surprise of the reunion. What they want is for their children to stay with them for a long time.

Today's weather is also particularly suitable for farewell. The sun, which had not shown its face since the middle of the twelfth lunar month, actually showed up in the morning.

The morning light reflected the snow, and the sky and the earth were crystal clear. Only the Shen family's faces were heavy.

Before breakfast was served, my aunt's family and my second aunt's family all came. What's funny is that my aunt carried a big bag of things.

Asked to bring it to Da Yu, Mo Xiujin smiled and explained that they would not pass by Jiangnan, but they could ask a trading house to bring the things there.

My aunt was very puzzled. They were all going north, so why didn’t they pass by?

My eldest uncle went to Guangzhou County as far away as possible. He could not imagine how far away the places after Guangzhou were.

Sister Damai smiled and said, "I told you, it's a different path. Dad doesn't believe me."

The eldest aunt didn't care, and generously stuffed the things into Xiao Pan's arms:

"Then give it to you and Lin Zhong. Anyway, the clothes and shoes are about the same size, so you two can wear them."

"Big Fish is an official now and has no shortage of clothes."

The eldest aunt seemed to be afraid that others would not know that his son was an official. No matter who he spoke to, he would always talk about Da Yu becoming an official.

At this time, Dong Su saw her second aunt pushing Shanshan. Shanshan was wearing a green cotton-padded jacket today and stood there like a bundle of Heze green onions.

This cousin's aesthetic is still very... unique.

It can only be described as unique, but what he wanted was to attract attention, and this goal was definitely achieved.

After being pushed by his second aunt, Shanshan looked at Brother Xiao Pan in confusion.

Then he rolled his eyes, pulled Damai aside and muttered something unknown. After a while, Damai came again and asked Dongsu in a low voice:

"Dong Su, let me ask you something, please don't laugh."

Dong Su nodded hurriedly: "Did Shanshan ask you to ask? Don't worry, I promise not to laugh."

Damai also found it difficult to speak, but he still asked in a low voice:

"You know there is an official in the imperial court called Jijiu. What does he do?"

"Is it specially made for the emperor to drink?"

Shen Dongsu:......

Sure enough, men want to be officials! It was Brother Dayu who became an official, which aroused the fighting spirit of these boys.

It's a pity that Shanshan was disappointed. The imperial court's sacrificial wine and his wine making were completely different things.

When Dongsu told Sister Damai what the Imperial Academy's wine was for, she didn't laugh, but Sister Damai covered her mouth and snickered.

Shanshan doesn't want to study, but he doesn't know that the Imperial Academy is dedicated to the scholars!

It has nothing to do with brewing!

When Damai told Shanshan the news, Shanshan handed over to Dong Su Gong from afar.

Then until Dong Su set off, he didn't see the 'bundle of green onions' again. It seemed that he was too ashamed to see her.

However, Dong Su still told her second aunt that if Shanshan wanted to be an official, he should go to school. He was still young and it was still too late to study now.

You can't become an official by making wine...

At today's breakfast table, everyone's expressions were solemn. Even Xiaoman felt that the food was tasteless. Thinking that Sister Dongsu would leave after eating, she couldn't eat any delicious breakfast.

When they heard the sound of footsteps that were as regular as the ground moving, everyone ran out to see, and then ran back in panic.

Even the second aunt couldn't help lowering her voice: "Dong Su, there are a lot of soldiers coming outside."

Lin Zhong smiled hurriedly and said: "Those are the emperor's imperial guards, specially here to escort the princess."

In the past, the whole village would come out to watch such a lively event, but today no one dared to come out.

Just peeking by the door or window of your home, you can see that the aura of this forbidden army is too strong. They are all wearing armor, riding tall horses, and long swords hanging from their waists.

They all dismounted and said respectfully: "Welcome the princess!"

Until this moment, the whole family was shocked to realize that Dong Su, who was smiling and showing no airs at home during the Chinese New Year, was actually the daughter-in-law of the royal family!

Shen Dongsu didn't let everyone send her off because she had to give a grand ceremony in front of the Imperial Guards. Even her father and grandpa had to salute her and call her "Princess". This was not the farewell she wanted.

They only said goodbye in front of the main room. Before leaving, Grandpa Shen suddenly thought of something and turned around to go back to his room.

He took out two bamboo tubes and handed them to Yue Jian: "This is the soil behind the house and the water from the old well. If you don't like the soil and water after going to Youzhou, just boil it and drink it."

Dong Su held back her tears, hummed softly, glanced at the whole family one by one, and said with a forced smile:

"Everyone, please go back! Next year, the prince and I will come back to celebrate the New Year."

These are comforting words. Everyone understands that this farewell and the time to see each other again will come soon.

She got on the carriage and looked at the door of her home from the carriage window. Sure enough, everyone ran out to see her off.