No matter how fast the carriage was, it was only made for short distances, so it was already past noon when the group arrived at Linzhen Hetou Town.
As soon as they entered the town, Yong'an and Tianlu got on the carriage and joined the three carriage drivers. When they saw people, they asked about the situation of the Mo family. They walked all the way and inquired, and they met someone who knew.
"It's the Mo family with four boys and five girls. Lao Jiu went to Xiaoyun Town next door to make wine. He has been gone for 20 or 30 years? Do you know?" Yongan pointedly described to an old woman,
The old woman's face was full of wrinkles, her eyes were a little cloudy, her mouth was deflated, and her ears were probably not working well.
"Old Mo's house?" The old woman stared at Yong'an with squinted eyes. After listening for a long time, she trembled and opened her mouth, and said something with wind leaking from her mouth where most of the teeth were missing.
Yong'an's eyes lit up and he nodded sharply: "Yes, yes, grandma, do you know?"
The old woman stood up tremblingly on crutches: "Go to the east end of... and you will see a house with a red door and red pillars... that is Mo Laoqi's family. Their family... has been separated for more than ten years!"
Yongan turned his head and looked at Tianlu, then thanked the old woman again and again, and drove the carriage to the east.
Compared with Xiaoyun Town, Hetou Town is really poorer by more than one or two points. After all, Xiaoyun Town is rich in distiller's yeast and is relatively wealthy, but Hetou Town seems to be just a larger village, and even the streets are too simple.
. Walking all the way to the east, the carriage passed through most of the town, but they were surprised to find that the further east they went, the more prosperous the town became.
When they reached a house with a red door and red pillars to the east, they stopped the carriage.
Tian Lu was smart and climbed out of the carriage first, stopped at the door of the house, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.
Soon, someone inside responded: "Who is it?"
"Excuse me, the master's surname is Mo?" Tian Lu asked, holding his neck.
After a while, someone opened the door, and a gray old man stuck out his head, looked Tianlu up and down, and then looked behind him at the carriage: "My master's surname is Mo. Do you have anything to do with my master?"
Tian Lu immediately put on a kind smile on his face and bowed: "I'm really sorry for coming uninvited. It's just an emergency. My master is in the carriage behind, coming from Xiaoyun Town. Dare you invite me?"
Let me know that someone from the Tian family in Xiaoyun Town is here and wants to ask about the ninth child of the Mo family."
After Tianlu finished speaking, he took out a small dime of silver, about three or four cents, from his pocket, rolled up his sleeves and stuffed it into the old man's arms.
When the old man touched the silver, he was startled, and quickly stuffed the silver back: "This is what I'm announcing, guest. Please wait a moment." After that, the old man turned around and closed the door.
Tian Lu opened his mouth, looked at the money that was stuffed back into his hand, and turned back to the car in confusion.
"What do you say?" Tian Lanqing's voice came through the car curtain.
"The head of this household is named Mo, and the little old man who was guarding the door just now went to report it. It's just weird that the money I gave him was returned again." Tian Lu scratched his head and muttered in confusion.
Hua Xiaogu chuckled lightly: "The people in this small town are simple. I have never seen a servant as generous as you. Naturally, I will be shocked. After a while, when the matter has been asked, you can give it to him again."
