Seeing that this man was well-dressed, Zhou Shitou felt a little nervous, so he blocked Song Qiu from behind without leaving any trace.
"Oh, don't be afraid, little brother. I just want to ask, how far is this place from the nearest town?" the man said calmly.
When he heard that he was just asking for directions, Zhou Shitou relaxed and said, "Are you asking about going north or south? If you go north, it's still more than ten miles to Baishui Town, and if you go south, it's still nearly thirty miles to Panshi Town.
Woolen cloth!"
The man listened and said: "We just came from Baishui Town and are going south. The next town is still thirty miles away? Look, little brother, the weather is too hot today. We brought
We’ve finished drinking the water and it’s time for dinner. I wonder if it would be convenient for me to go to your village to beg for some water and buy some food at the same time?”
Zhou Shitou immediately became vigilant, "No, the village chief said that so many strangers are not allowed in our village. Besides, we don't have much dry food to sell to you."
Zhou Shitou's defensive awareness was too obvious, and the man could see clearly, so he didn't force it, so he just thanked him and turned around to go back to the convoy.
Song Qiu looked at it and couldn't help but said: "Uncle, just a dozen miles ahead, there is a large Ping'an Market. There is a tea house and a tavern on the market."
After listening to this, the man turned around to thank Song Qiu and said, "This official road is really far away. I thought it was only twenty or thirty miles, but I didn't expect it to be fifty or sixty miles in total. This is our first time."
I don’t know how to run, so I’m not fully prepared now. Thanks to the little girl for informing me, we’ll go ahead now.”
Zhou Shitou drove the mule cart and continued towards the village, not forgetting to look back at the group of people.
Seeing that the group of people had already set off to the front and did not follow, I was relieved.
"Aqiu, you don't know that the village chief doesn't like strangers coming to stay in our village to ask for food or drink. He has also told every household not to take in strangers."
"That's right, our village is just over a mile away from such a big official road, and there are only a few people in the village. If something happens, all the strong laborers combined may not be able to defeat it, so I don't dare to do anything about it!"
Song Qiu listened and did not answer, but he understood the village chief's grandfather's thoughts.
There are too many passers-by, who knows if they are really staying overnight or if they have ulterior motives?
So to be on the safe side, it’s better not to follow this rule from the beginning.
Heartburned by the scorching sun, Zhou Shitou was holding the car steady while wiping the sweat from his head. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a person walking in front of him with a clattering sound.
He was so tall and powerful that even though he was holding a girly umbrella, Zhou Shitou didn't even have to guess, he could tell who it was at a glance.
"Brother Zhang Yang! Brother Zhang Yang is back!"
Song Qiu was covering his forehead with his hands and didn't pay attention. When Zhou Shitou suddenly shouted, he was so frightened that he almost fell down.
The village road is bumpy and far less smooth and easy to walk than the official road.
She looked forward intently. The person in front who turned around when he heard the sound and then walked back with a smile holding two oil paper bags in his hand was Zhang Yang?
"Brother Zhang Yang, are you back?" She also shouted with a smile.
Zhang Yang smiled and bared his big white teeth, and rushed to the mule cart in a few steps. He only had Song Qiu in his eyes, "Ah Qiu, where are you going? Why are you still walking outside in such a hot day? Be careful of getting sunburned."
As he said that, the umbrella in his hand had already been covered, and Song Qiu was tightly shielded under the umbrella to prevent the sun from hitting her.
"I went to town today and I just came back. Brother Zhang Yang, you are also coming back from town. You should have taken the bus with us if you had known!"
Only then did Zhang Yang see Zhou Shitou, who was sitting next to Song Qiu, and his eyes suddenly became a little unkind, "This is the new mule cart bought by Shitou's family? Ah Qiu, why are you riding in his car? He hasn't left the army yet!"
If my skills are not good enough, I might knock you down."
"Brother Zhang Yang, my skills are so good! My father and I said we can drive the car to pick up the goods!" Zhou Shitou felt aggrieved, okay, why does Brother Zhang Yang look at him wrong? Did he know that he wanted to marry Lihua as his wife?
, unwilling? So you don’t like him?
That won't work. This future uncle has to please him quickly.
"Brother Zhang Yang, there's still half a mile to go. Sit up quickly so that your feet don't get tired."
"You bitches, why are you so tired after this journey?" Zhang Yang sneered at him, seeing that he was unhappy, but he didn't ask Song Qiu to come down and walk. He just said: "Aqiu, sit back, he's so sweaty.
It's a very smelly smell, be careful it smelt you."
Song Qiu: "..."
Zhou Shitou: "..." He shrugged his nose and smelled himself. It smelled a bit. What if he was rejected by his uncle? He would take a fragrant bath when he got back later!
Zhang Yang ignored him and only talked to Song Qiu, "Ah Qiu, why did you come back in Zhou Shitou's car? Did you go to town today to sell mountain mushrooms? I heard that Xiangshan mushrooms are starting to be hard to sell.
How are your sales going?"
"No, I'm going to town today to ask Uncle Wujin to help me pick mules. This is the mule cart I just bought. Brother Zhang Yang, what do you think of it? Is it okay?" Song Qiudao.
"The spirit of this mule is so good!" When Zhang Yang heard that this was the new mule cart purchased by Aqiu's family, he immediately looked at Zhou Shitou, who was still trying to take a good bath and said, "It's been a long time for you.
Why are you so dumbfounded? The sun is so hot here, and Aqiu will be damaged by the sun later. Will you be able to rush down? I won't be able to come down easily, I'll do it!"
After saying that, he was also a bad-tempered person, so he directly lifted Zhou Shitou out of the car, sat on it by himself, and drove the car with a wave of his whip.
Zhou Shitou, who obviously didn't look short, somehow managed to put aside the tall and majestic Zhang Yang. His subordinates were like chickens. They were thrown out of the car and still didn't recover.
Song Qiu looked back at him, stunned, and said quickly: "Stone, what are you doing, why don't you come up quickly?"
Zhou Shitou responded and hurried up to catch up, but somehow he couldn't reach the cart. When he finally reached it, the mule cart came to a stop on a gentle slope.
Zhou Shitou panted, determined to prove to his future uncle that he could do it, "Brother Zhang Yang, I have been learning how to drive a car with my father for more than a year. I am very good at driving a car, so Aqiu wants to learn how to drive a car."
I still need to teach her how to drive a car!"
Well, he was bragging, it was his father who taught Ah Qiu.
But he borrowed it first and said that if he really wanted to teach Ah Qiu, he could do it.
When Zhang Yang heard that this boy wanted to teach Ah Qiu how to drive a car, he immediately said to Song Qiu: "A Qiu, I know how to drive a car. I will teach you. He doesn't need to teach me."
Song Qiu:......
"I asked Uncle Wujin to teach me."
"Why bother Uncle Wujin? I happen to be staying at home for a few days, I promise to teach you!" Zhang Yang patted his chest and said.
Song Qiu thought that there was no need to be polite to him. Uncle Wujin had to pull a cart every day, so it would be tiring for him to bother him.
"Okay, then you teach me!"
"I bought a roast chicken, and you and Grandma Yuan also have one. Let's go in quickly." Zhang Yang said and drove the mule cart into the Song family yard.
He always entered and exited through the gate of the Song Family Courtyard, very casually and not polite at all.
Zhang Lihua, who happened to be coming out of the backyard, heard the commotion and saw her brother whom she hadn't seen for a long time. She was so excited that she rushed towards her like a bee, "Brother! Brother! You're back!"
Zhang Yang blocked the person with a big hand and stopped him two steps away. "If you call someone, call someone. No matter what you do, you are such a girl!"
Zhou Shitou outside the hospital nodded in agreement and was about to follow in to talk to Lihua.
But the brother and sister hadn't seen each other for a long time and it was time to talk. Zhou Shitou didn't interrupt for a long time, so he had to turn around and go home to wash up the fragrance, so as not to let his uncle say that he smells sweaty in front of Lihua.