Chapter 303 The guy who hitched a ride
The young man raised his head and looked at the copper coin in Feng Aoqing's hand. He held the soup in one hand and stretched out the other hand. Feng Aoqing then carefully placed the copper coin in his palm.
But when Feng Aoqing saw his face, she almost laughed out loud.
Seeing that his face was covered with green onions, soup, and vegetable leaves, and he looked so pitiful, she suddenly felt that she had given him too little.
Then, she asked with concern: "Is your face burned? Well, I'll give you some more silver, you can go to town to buy some medicine. Such a beautiful face, don't ruin it."
The young man wiped his face with his sleeve, and sure enough, he made a sound of pain.
Ao Qin hurriedly took out a piece of silver, about half an ounce, and put it back into his palm.
The young man was so happy that he nodded and said, "That's enough, miss. Thank you very much! This is enough for my food money for the next month!"
Feng Aoqing smiled again: "This is for you to buy medicine, not for you to eat."
"It's okay for us rough guys. It's more substantial to eat." The young man put the soup bowl on a stone behind him, stood up and saluted Feng Aoqing properly, then squatted down and continued to drink his soup.
Feng Aoqing put away the cake and walked back to the car.
I saw Zhou Jirou looking at me through the gap in the car window. I was afraid that something might happen to her. When I saw her coming back, Zhou Jirou retracted her head.
Feng Aoqing handed the cake to the car, and Zhou Jirou reached out to take it and asked in a low voice: "Are you okay?"
Feng Aoqing shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's go."
Just then, the young man ran towards the car with the soup.
The soup vendor yelled at him, "Oops! My bowl!"
The young man quickly left a few copper coins for the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, sell this bowl to me! I have an urgent matter!"
He ran steadily without spilling a drop of the soup in his hand.
He ran to the car and said to Feng Aoqing who was about to drive, "Miss, are you going to Dayuan Town? Can you give me a ride? It's really tiring to walk. I'm afraid of encountering wolves at night if I'm alone."
Feng Aoqing had some recollection of the town's name, and the direction they were heading to was similar. The young man seemed honest and cute, so she nodded and said, "Finish this soup, and I'll give you a ride."
"No, I'll drink it while sitting by the car. I've already bought this bowl, thanks to the copper coins you gave me." He smiled, revealing his big white teeth.
Feng Aoqing moved to the right side of the car to make some space for him. He didn't care and got in the car, holding the soup steadily in his hand.
The young man was half a head taller than Feng Aoqing, about 175cm tall. The chair that was suitable for Feng Aoqing was a little too short for him. He didn't know where to put his legs, so he could only stretch them to the empty space behind the horse's butt, and they were still dangling there.
Feng Aoqing smiled: "It's okay for you to put it there, but don't kick the horse. If you do, it will lead the three of us into the ditch, which will be troublesome."
"Three people?" asked the young man.
Feng Aoqing then pointed towards the car and said, "My sister is in the car."
The young man knew that he couldn't open the car door rashly, so he said to Zhou Jirou in the car through the door: "Hello, Miss."
Zhou Jirou responded in the car.
So Feng Aoqing started driving out of the town.
Although everyone looked at their carriage sideways along the way, no one stepped forward to stop it, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Feng Aoqing didn't dare to speak loudly until they left the town. She asked the young man what his name was.
The young man said his name was Yan Xiao, and he was also passing through this town. He was an orphan, so he had been trying to make a living everywhere. He heard that there were ways to make money in Dayuan Town, so he decided to go there.
"Do you know the way to Dayuan Town?" Feng Aoqing asked.
The young man nodded and said, "I recognize it. I've been there once. I can show you the way."
Feng Aoqing looked in the general direction and nodded.
"I can tell you're lost. Most people wouldn't come to Wuming Town." Yan Xiao finished his soup and put the bowl in a corner of the car, afraid it would break. He had paid for it.
"Yes, we are really lost. It turns out this is called Nameless Town!"
"The town is full of... you know, people without any identity." Yan Xiao introduced.
When Feng Aoqing heard this, she realized that there was something wrong with this town, just as she had expected.
"It's a good thing you turned back at the street corner. If you had gone inside, you might not have been able to get out. I've been there for two days, and they know me."
"I see. Thank you!" Feng Aoqin said with a smile, "We really didn't know. I just wanted to buy two cakes and leave. When I saw that something was not right in the town, I turned back."
It turned out that he got on the car to protect Feng Aoqing from leaving the town.
"The second young lady is a smart person. No need to thank me. I really need to go to Dayuan Town." Yan Xiaozhan said.
Yan Xiao is a talkative person. He chatters all the way and tells jokes, which makes Zhou Jirou in the car laugh out loud.
"Where are you two going?" he asked finally.
Feng Aoqing casually mentioned a town that she had some impression of, Dacheng Town, which was at the junction of the two cities.
Yan Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I've never been to that place, but I know it's just behind Dayuan Town, so you must be passing through Dayuan Town, which is perfect."
Feng Aoqing smiled and thought to herself, you are quite smart. You want to lead us to Dayuan Town without even walking a step.
Yan Xiao seemed to see through his thoughts, so he touched his head awkwardly and smiled, "The main thing is, I see you didn't bring anything with you. Dayuan Town is a wealthy town, much better than Wuming Town. You can go to the inn in town to wash up and rest, and then you can buy the things you need on the road."
Feng Aoqing heard this and asked, "You walk on the road often, so you must be quite experienced."
Yan Xiao's face was full of pride: "Yes, I spend most of the year on the road, making money everywhere. Wherever there is work to make money, I will stay there."
Feng Aoqing looked him up and down. "You are so small and look like a bamboo pole. How can you earn money? You can't lift anything with your hands or shoulders. I don't know how you earn money."
"I have some skills too!" Yan Xiao immediately retorted when he saw Feng Aoqing looked down on him.
"Then show us your skills next time!" Feng Aoqing looked at him.
"Okay! I'll drive the bus, you take a rest." Yan Xiao took the bracelet from Feng Aoqing's hand.
Feng Aoqing let him answer the phone and rubbed his sore shoulders.
But she looked at the direction of travel from time to time and observed the situation around the official road.
Following the route indicated by Yan Xiao, they walked for another half day until it got dark.
Feng Aoqing asked him if there was any place to stay nearby.
Huo Xiao told her that there was a fork in the road not far ahead on the right side of the official road. There was a dilapidated temple in the woods where they could rest at night. However, there was definitely no other temple nearby.
Feng Aoqing also knew this, because at this time, there was no smoke from cooking fires around.
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