Early the next morning, before it was completely light, the four members of Jimoshu's family arrived at the backyard door.
Because he didn't want to attract the attention of people on the main street, Jimoshu chose to go through the back door and send his daughter out of the city to Wangjing Pavilion.
Mrs. Jimo reluctantly held her daughter's hand and warned: "Qiaoer, you have to be more careful when you go out alone and don't cause trouble recklessly. Do you understand?"
"I understand, mom, I'm not a child, I understand all this." Jimo Qiao nodded vigorously.
Mrs. Jimo continued: "Also, you must listen to Chai Yan on the way. When you arrive in Jiezhou, write a letter back immediately. Don't forget this. Do you remember it?"
"Remember mother, I will listen to my brother-in-law, and I can also write letters. Don't worry." Jimo Qiao promised.
Next, Mrs. Jimo repeatedly asked many things, and Jimo Qiao agreed one by one, nodding so hard that her neck felt a little sore.
Jimosu felt that he had been talking for too long, so he said: "Okay, it's getting late, it's time to set off."
Mrs. Jimo then let go of her daughter's hand and sent the father and daughter out of the door.
When Jimo Qiao got on the carriage, Yuan Yuan walked to the window and said, "Qiao'er, you must remember that when you go out, you should be careful about everything and don't trust strangers easily."
Before he finished speaking, Jimo Qiao stuck his head out of the car window and replied: "I know sister, I will remember it. If anyone dares to treat me badly, I will let him taste the butterfly dart!"
Mrs. Jimo became anxious when she heard this: "Nonsense! You just promised me not to cause trouble, and you just forgot about it?"
"Mom, I know, I just said it casually, why do you still take it seriously?" Jimo Qiao pouted.
Mrs. Jimo said helplessly: "You child..."
Jimoshu also got on the carriage at this time. He sat in front, picked up the horse's rein in his hand and turned around and said: "Let's go, you can go in too."
With that said, Jimoshu shook the horse's reins and drove the carriage forward.
Looking at the carriage driving away, the corners of Mrs. Jimo's eyes instantly became moist. For a moment, she wished she could rush into the carriage and accompany her daughter to Jiezhou.
"Remember to eat on time and listen to Uncle Gan!" Mrs. Jimo gave her last instruction.
In the carriage going away, Jimo Qiao stuck out his head and one hand, waving goodbye to his mother and sister.
When the carriage disappeared around the corner, Yuan said to his mother: "Mom, let's go in too."
Mrs. Jimo nodded with a melancholy expression, and then walked back to the door accompanied by Yuan Yuan: "This is the first time this girl has gone to such a far place. I don't know if she can take care of herself."
As he closed the door, Yuanyuan comforted him: "Mom, don't worry. Last night I taught Qiao Er a lot of experience in traveling around the world. Besides, there is still uncle Gan, a close friend of his father's, taking care of him in Jiezhou City. Qiao Er will definitely stay there."
It’ll be okay.”
"Well, that's all I can think of." Mrs. Jimo said.
............
Jimoshu drove the carriage to the northwest city gate.
"Qiaoer, have you collected the letter to Uncle Gan?" Jimoshu turned around and asked.
Jimo Qiao's voice immediately came from the car: "Put it away, Dad!"
"Yeah." Jimoshu responded softly and stopped talking.
After a while, Jimo Qiao suddenly opened a corner of the car curtain, revealing half of his face, and asked: "Dad, why don't you speak?"
Jimoshu said: "Your mother has already said what needs to be said. If I continue to nag you, you will definitely find me annoying."
Jimo Qiao smiled and said: "But Dad, you can't just say a word, it's so strange..."
"Then what do you want dad to say?" Jimoshu asked.
Jimo Qiao said: "Let's just talk casually and say whatever comes to mind..."
But Jimoshu thought for a long time and didn't know what to talk about, so he had to say: "Dad can't think of anything, why don't you tell me, dad listens."
Jimo Qiao tilted his head and thought for a moment, then adjusted to a comfortable sitting position and asked curiously: "Dad, is there anything delicious in Jiezhou?"
Jimoshu said: "I remember Brother Gan said that their mutton in Jiezhou is very good. You can try it then."
Jimo Qiao nodded and asked: "What about mutton? Is there anything else?"
"Uh..." Jimoshu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about the other dads, but it's okay. When you get to Jiezhou, you'll be familiar with Uncle Gan's family, so let them take care of themselves.
Just give me an introduction, that’s all.”
Jimo Qiao nodded happily and said, "Yeah, okay."
On the way out of the city gate, the father and daughter gradually chatted, discussing delicious food for a while, fun things for a while, and from time to time they would talk about some interesting things about working with Gan Ziming. In short
There is no need to worry about the lack of topics, and the atmosphere between father and daughter is unprecedentedly harmonious.
All the way to the north, time gradually passed, and the morning sun in the east rose unknowingly.
Jimo Qiao saw the rising sun and suddenly asked: "Dad, how far is Wangjing Mountain?"
"It's not far, we'll be there soon."
After Jimoshu finished speaking, he flicked the horse's rein twice, urging the horse to run faster.
Jimo Qiao opened the car curtains to let the outside sunlight fully shine into the car. Then she folded her arms and gently lay on the window lattice, resting her chin on her chin and quietly admiring the car.
The scenery outside comes...
After staying like this for a while, Jimo Qiao began to feel sleepy. She hurriedly sat up straight and shook her head vigorously, reminding herself that she would be there soon and could not fall asleep.
In fact, no one in the family knew that Jimo Qiao hardly slept at all last night, because as soon as she thought about following Chai Yan to Jiezhou after dawn, she felt so excited and looking forward to it that she could not feel sleepy.
"Look, Qiaoer, there is Wangjing Mountain in front of you!"
Suddenly, Jimoshu's voice came from outside the car curtain.
Jimo Qiao perked up and immediately stuck his head out to watch.
Jimo Qiao looked up at the mountain peak in front of him and exclaimed: "This is Wangjing Mountain..."
Jimoshu pointed to the top of the mountain and said: "When the weather is good, you can see the capital from the top of the mountain, so it is named Wangjing Mountain."
"Really!" Jimo Qiao became interested as soon as he heard this, but then he became depressed again and said, "I really want to go up and have a look, but it's a pity that I don't have the time..."
Jimoshu said: "It's okay. There will be plenty of opportunities when you come back from Jiezhou."
"Yes, the mountain doesn't have legs anyway, so it won't run away on its own." Jimo Qiao said with a smile.
Next, when the carriage turned a big bend, Jimoshu suddenly reminded: "Qiaoer, the Wangjing Pavilion is ahead."
Jimo Qiao took a closer look and immediately discovered a tan octagonal pavilion.
But the next moment, Jimo Qiao's eyes moved away from the pavilion, because there were four people standing on the side of the pavilion, two by one, and they seemed to be quarreling.
"Dad, look, someone is quarreling!" Jimo Qiao immediately pointed ahead.
While talking, the carriage had already approached Wangjing Pavilion.
Before the carriage slowed down and stopped, Jimoshu and Jimoqiao had already recognized two of them. They were Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie. The two strong men who had an argument with them were strangers and had never seen them before.
The arrival of Jimoshu and Jimo Qiao temporarily stopped the four people who were bickering, and they all looked at each other.
Jimoshu was wary, so he reminded Jimo Qiao: "Be careful, don't let the car go first."
As soon as Jimo Qiao nodded, he raised his finger to stop a carriage in front of the road and said: "Dad, brother-in-law..."
Jimoshu followed what his daughter pointed at and saw that Chai Yan just got out of the carriage in front and walked towards them.
Chai Yan quickly walked up to Jimoshu, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, you are here."
"Brother-in-law." As soon as he finished speaking, Jimo Qiao also stuck his head out and waved hello.
Chai Yan smiled at Jimo Qiao and nodded, then looked at Jimoshu.
Jimoshu looked at the two strange strong men calmly and asked softly: "What's going on?"
Chai Yan shook his head slightly and replied: "I don't know. Not long after we arrived, these two people appeared, and then they found trouble with us inexplicably. I always felt that something was wrong..."