"Aren't both horse carriages borrowed away?" Lian Manman asked.
"They are all borrowed away," Lian Shouxin said, "Imperial Doctor Shi asked me how I got to the county seat, and I told him truthfully that I came by carriage. Then he said that he came with two friends earlier, and now both of them have left, taking the carriages with them. Imperial Doctor Shi is our benefactor, so I told him if he doesn't mind, he could borrow our horse carriage. So he took both carriages."
The way Imperial Doctor Shi conducts himself is indeed unexpected, Lian Manman thought.
"So what shall we do now?" Erlang asked.
"Without the carriages, let's walk to the Song Family. It shouldn't be too far," Lian Manman said.
The group came out from the teahouse. For tenant farmers, walking a distance was really quite common. Lian Shouxin was actually quite willing to be able to help Imperial Doctor Shi; it would be even better if Imperial Doctor Shi didn't always have such a stern face.