"With so many people, how are we going to settle everyone?" Jin Qianqian asked, looking around their very first courtyard.
The escort agency had timed their arrival perfectly, getting them here just before the city gates closed. But now it was dark, and there simply wasn't enough room to accommodate so many people all at once.
Housekeeper Fu suggested, "Madam, everyone has gotten used to sleeping in the carriages along the way. How about we spend one more night in them and figure things out tomorrow?"
"Not everyone needs to sleep in the carriages," Jin Qianqian replied. "We can clear out two or three rooms here and in the shop's backyard. We'll leave some people in the carriages, but let the elderly and the children squeeze into the rooms first."
