Miss Su said in a low voice: "My father is not in good health and has been receiving infusions in the hospital."
"Oh, are you feeling better?"
Miss Su shrugged and said, "It's still the same, not much better."
"Then why don't you go to the city hospital?"
"I've been there, and it's just an infusion. My dad wants to go back to his hometown, so he's at the county hospital in his hometown. It's the same everywhere."
"Can I take the liberty of asking, what disease does uncle have?"
"I have several diseases, including high blood pressure and serious coronary heart disease. The doctor said I can only take it easy on my own, so my father went back to his hometown and left the company's affairs to my elder brother."
I nodded and said, "I heard from Boss Tang that you have been living in the city, so you came back this time to take care of your dad, right?"
"Um."
I was silent for a while, and then asked curiously: "By the way, there is one more thing, I don't know whether I should ask."
"Just ask."
"I heard that you and Qin Lang are engaged, is it true?"
She was silent for a while and then replied: "Yes, but I didn't agree."
"Didn't I hear that your Su family and Qin family have never been at odds with each other? Why do you have an engagement with the Qin family?"
She was silent again, as if it was inconvenient to speak.
So, I said to her again: "It's okay, I'll just ask, don't worry about it."
She smiled and then said: "My brother wants Qin Lang and me to get married, so that the relationship between our Su family and Qin family can be eased."
"Then isn't this a forced sacrifice of your happiness? Do you like that Qin Lang?"
I don't know why I asked her these things. It has nothing to do with me. Maybe I just found a random topic because I was too bored.
But she replied impatiently: "I don't like him, so I never agreed."
"I heard that the Qin family is a powerful force in the town. Are they really powerful?"
"Well, half of the industries in the ancient town belong to their family, there is also a coal mine, and there are other industries in the county."
I nodded and fell silent again.
I really don’t know what to talk about with her, and I can’t just talk about it.
After a while, she finished eating, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and stared at the Chishui River outside the window like me.
Suddenly, she seemed to have remembered something and said to me: "By the way, can you help me take a picture?"
"sure."
"I didn't even say what I would do and you agreed?"
I smiled and said, "Look, I'm very grateful to you for bringing me the wallet that day. You also saved Boss Tang 20,000 yuan last night. What other reason do I have for not helping you?"
She smiled, raised her hand to comb her hair, and then said to me: "Actually, it's nothing special. I just want to ask you if you know how to drive? I want to go somewhere, but I can't drive."
"I can drive. Do you have a car?"
"have."
"Okay, go now, or when?"
"Now, let's go."
She called the boss to settle the bill and paid it with me. I said no, she insisted on paying it with me.
After leaving the rice noodle shop, I followed her to a parking lot outside the ancient town. She found the key from her bag and pressed it.
A red BMW x6 then rang twice and came to the car. She handed me the car keys and said, "Sorry."
"No trouble." I took the car keys and sat in the cab.
She also got in the passenger seat, then took out her mobile phone, opened the navigation and set a destination, and said to me: "Just go here."
I took a look at the navigation system and saw that there were more than 20 kilometers to go, which was not far, but it showed that it would take more than an hour to reach the end point.
I didn't ask much about where it was, I just started the car and drove along with the navigation.
Gradually driving out of Anxi County and into the mountains, I finally understood why the journey of more than 20 kilometers took more than an hour.
Moreover, this mountain road is not an asphalt road, but an ordinary cement road. It is also very narrow. In some places, only one car can pass.
It’s all winding mountain roads, which is also in line with Guizhou’s topography.
However, this kind of road is not difficult for me, and this is also a relatively high-performance SUV, and the driving feeling is also very comfortable.
I drove the car smoothly while chatting with her.
I asked her: "Is this car yours?"
"Yes, I have a driver's license, but I don't know how to drive."
"In fact, driving is not difficult. This kind of automatic transmission is even simpler. Driving is a process that requires courage and carefulness, and practice makes perfect."
"I'm just afraid. I had an accident before and hit someone's car, so I don't dare to drive it again."
I smiled and said: "Haha, it's okay, just take your time. Not everyone is born to drive well... It was the same when I first started driving. What I was most afraid of at that time was traffic jams."
"Me too, and I'm most afraid of traffic jams on uphill roads and the car rolling away after turning off the engine."
"Actually, automatic transmission usually won't stall."
"I feel that your driving skills are very good. On such a steep road, you feel very stable when driving."
"It's your car that's better."
"I don't know much about cars either. My dad bought this for me and I've only driven it once."
"How about we find a flatter place later and let you drive and feel it?"
She quickly shook her head: "No, no, I'm really scared. I don't like driving."
Seeing how scared she was, I stopped teasing her. Some people are really not suitable for driving.
After continuing to drive for a while, we came out of the mountain road and arrived at a more remote place.
The road is getting harder and harder to walk, there are no cement roads anymore, there are only mud roads that have not been hardened.
If this were a car, it would be a torture to drive on this kind of road. Fortunately, it's an SUV.
After nearly an hour and a half of driving for a distance of twenty-five kilometers, we finally arrived.
This is a small village, but there seems to be no homes in the village anymore. It looks like an abandoned village, which looks quite scary.
If you come here alone, you probably need to have some courage.
I didn't know why she came here. After getting off the car, I asked her: "Can I ask what you are doing here?"
She pointed to the village and said to me: "This is my hometown. I grew up here."
"Oh, then why are there no households in the village?"
"They all moved away. After my father made money outside, he took everyone out of the village. After that, no one came back here."
I looked around this small mountain village. In fact, this place is really nice and suitable for retirement.
Before I could ask her what she was doing here, she had already taken out a drawing board, various brushes, and paints from the trunk of the car, found a seat facing the village, and sat down.
Only then did I understand that she was preparing to paint.
It really surprised me to travel so far away to paint.
I didn't bother her painting, I just watched casually.
She painted very seriously and concentrated on every detail.
Moreover, her painting skills are very good, and she looks professional from the looks of it.
I was bored, so I chased pheasants and hares in an abandoned field until the sky gradually darkened.
It's only noon, so why is it so dark?
As a gust of wind blew, a spring rain began to fall.
I quickly called Miss Su and helped her move the drawing board into the car.
I took a look at her masterpiece. It was almost half finished, but she didn't seem to want to leave and continued painting while sitting in the car.
I was embarrassed to urge her to leave, but I knew that if the rain continued, it would be difficult for us to leave.