Chapter 25 They Are Coming
When Su Ying and the others came out of the house, Zhang Shan and his men had already lifted the wild boar onto the ox cart and covered it with straw.
"Brother Xiao, get in the car, we're going to the county town now."
Xiao Jin nodded, and Su Ying carried him to the car and sat down.
The ox cart was not big, and after putting down a wild boar, there was only room for two people.
It doesn't take too many people to sell the pigs, just Zhang Shan is enough.
"Miss Su, Mr. Xiao, we don't have much good stuff here. You can take these cakes with you and eat them on the way. I hope you can return home as soon as possible and don't let your family worry."
Su Ying took the cake and thanked her, "Thank you, Aunt Wang. We will remember your family's kindness."
Aunt Wang smiled and shook her head. It was just a chance meeting and who knew what the future would hold. She could only regard it as a good relationship.
"Mom, let's go then." Zhang Shan jumped onto the ox cart.
"Go ahead, and be careful on the road."
"Okay."
After seeing off Su Ying and the others, Aunt Wang went to Zhang Shan's house to clean up. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, she found a few taels of silver on the table. She knew that it must have been left by Su Ying and the others. When she chased out with the silver, the ox cart was long gone.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Aunt Wang looked at the silver in her hand and sighed, "Mr. Xiao and his friends just had some simple meals in our house and rested for one night, but they gave me so much silver. How can I feel at ease accepting it?"
For an ordinary farmer, a few taels of silver is their harvest for one or two years, which can be said to be a huge sum of money.
"Mother, since they gave it to us, let's take it. If you take the silver, Miss Su and the others will feel at ease."
Aunt Wang shook her head. Mr. Xiao had an extraordinary bearing. Even though his legs were broken, his aura was not weakened at all. These two were definitely not ordinary people.
Su Ying learned from Zhang Shan that they belonged to a remote mountain village outside Yunshui City. Because it was so remote, Zhang Shan had no idea what Yunshui City looked like from the time he was born until now. It took half a day to walk from the village to the nearest county town, let alone to Yunshui City.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xiao. Once you get to the county town, you can rent a carriage and take it to Yunshui City in less than a day."
"good."
Although the ox cart was bumpy, the journey was smooth and they arrived at the county town before noon.
After entering the county town, Su Ying jumped off the ox cart and helped Xiao Jin down.
"Thank you, Brother Zhang, for seeing me off all the way." Xiao Jin said gratefully.
Zhang Shan smiled embarrassedly, "It's a small matter, it's just that I can't take you home. Over there is a place to rent a carriage. How about I sell the wild boar and find one for you?"
Xiao Jin refused, "We are very grateful to Brother Zhang for sending us here."
"Okay, be careful on your way." Zhang Shan was in a hurry to sell the pigs, so he said goodbye to them and left.
Su Ying was worried about the children, so she carried Xiao Jin on her back and went to the place where they rented a carriage.
"We don't have a pass. If you want to buy anything, just buy it here. You can't enter Yunshui City without a pass." Xiao Jin spoke as he reached the street corner.
"Your words really remind me. I'm going to rent a carriage first. You wait for me in the carriage while I go buy some things."
Xiao Jin nodded, "Yes."
After Xiao Jin found an experienced coachman, he got on the green-shed carriage that looked a bit old.
Su Ying went to the street to buy things. She didn't dare to waste too much time and also wanted to keep some money in case of an emergency, so she bought some ingredients and rice and flour and went to the agreed place and got on the carriage.
Seeing that she bought a lot of bags, Xiao Jin moved her seat further.
Su Ying put two packages of snacks on the top of the bag. "These snacks are for Ling'er and the others. I don't know how she has been these past two days. She must be very sad to know that you fell into the water. And Ji'er, his injury hasn't healed yet..."
Su Ying’s words made Xiao Jin frown. He was most worried about the two children.
Along the way, both of them were worried and hoped to reunite with the main force as soon as possible.
Soon after the carriage left the county town, the sky became gloomy and it looked like it was going to rain again. Su Ying still remembered what He Shouyi had said before, so she bought two oil-paper umbrellas and a straw hat in the county town.
Sure enough, it started raining not long after.
Listening to the sound of rain outside the car, Su Ying frowned even more tightly, "If the rain keeps falling like this, will we encounter floods if we continue to go southwest?" The team cannot take the official road and have to walk through the wilderness. If there is too much rain and the mountains become loose, it will easily cause mudslides and the risk factor will be greatly increased.
"It's possible."
Thinking of this, Su Ying really wished she could grow a pair of wings and fly over quickly to reunite with the team.
"There's no point in thinking too much. Just relax first and wait and see what happens." Seeing her worry, Xiao Jin spoke calmly.
Su Ying nodded, found a comfortable position and closed her eyes.
When Su Ying opened her eyes, she lifted the car curtain and saw the city gate not far away.
"Is that Yunshui City?"
Xiao Jin nodded.
The driving speed was faster than they had imagined, but it was already the next morning.
"My two guests, do you want to go into the city or get off outside?" The driver's voice sounded outside.
Su Ying looked at the sky and didn't know when the team over there would arrive.
After thinking for a while, she asked, "Uncle, are you selling this car?"
"Madam wants to buy a car?"
Su Ying looked at Xiao Jin and said, "What do you think? If it rains all the time, it would be better for you and the child to have a car."
Xiao Jin paused and looked at her deeply, "You do care about the two children."
Su Ying raised her eyebrows, "Of course, buy it."
In fact, Su Ying had this idea when she left the county town. She jumped off the car and negotiated the price with the driver. After all, she didn't have much money in her hand.
Finally, the deal was concluded at a price of thirty taels.
The driver took the silver and went to the city.
Su Ying led the carriage to a big tree and tied the horse to the tree. Then she returned to the carriage, rummaged through the bag, found a bag of biscuits and opened it.
"Eat something."
Xiao Jin shook his head. He had been in the car for the past two days and had no appetite. "Based on their walking speed, they will reach Yunshui City by today at the latest." If they haven't arrived yet, it is very likely that something unexpected has happened.
Su Ying took a pancake and sat outside the car so that she could see the situation outside more clearly.
She took bites of the pancake one bite at a time, and suddenly missed the egg pancakes made by He Shouyi.
"Move faster."
A familiar shout prompted Su Ying to jump off the carriage, "They are coming."
Xiao Jin lifted the curtain of the car and saw a group of people led by Li Da walking towards them.
(End of this chapter)
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