Lu Wanzheng and Xiaohua found a relatively clean spot to sit down.
Xiao Hua gripped Lu Wanzheng's clothes tightly, her entire body tense. The carriage driver looked rather fierce and didn't seem easy to get along with.
"Don't be afraid, the uncle is definitely not a bad person." Lu Wanzheng lowered her voice, making sure that only the two of them could hear her.
Lu Wanzheng's words always gave Xiaohua strength, and she also believed in what Lu Wanzheng said.
"Does this young lady trust this old man so much?" the middle-aged man joked.
Lu Wanzheng turned to the side and looked up at the uncle. She had already lowered her voice, how could the uncle still hear her?!
Your hearing is amazing!
She chuckled awkwardly, "I'm pretty good at judging people. My intuition tells me that this uncle is definitely not a bad person."
The uncle pulled on the reins, hissing as he urged the mule, which was bound by the reins, to move. He picked up his pipe, took a drag, and exhaled wisps of white smoke that eventually disappeared into the air. “The young lady trusts me so much, I can’t let her down.”
Lu Wanzheng smiled. She was in an unfamiliar place; even if the people there were bad, she'd accept it. But with her luck, she couldn't possibly run into a bad person, could she?
That's how confident she is; the bracelet won't harm her.
Along the way, the mules made "whoosh whoosh" sounds from time to time.
The environment was dry and hot, and the temperature was rising steadily, causing the mules to walk slower and slower.
The driver remained calm throughout the journey, his expression unchanged except for the sweat on his brow. Having farmed for many years, he was used to such temperatures.
Lu Wanzheng and Xiaohua kept drinking water along the way, as the high temperature almost evaporated the water in their bodies.
What are the two young girls doing in Kongjia Village?
“We’re going there to film a movie,” Lu Wanzheng replied.
Kongjia Village is a relatively prosperous place in this area because it is very close to filming locations, and many film crews stay there. Therefore, the economy there is much better than that of other villages.
"So you two are big stars. I never thought I'd be so lucky." The man looked ahead and said this, but there was no sense of "good fortune" in his tone.
Xiaohua waved her hands repeatedly, not caring that the uncle couldn't see her, "No, no, I'm not a celebrity, just an assistant. The one next to me is."
"I'm just a small-time actress, an ordinary person." Lu Wanzheng stated her identity directly, without being pretentious or coy.
Uncle: "I'm getting old, I haven't watched TV in a long time. What's the name of your show? I'll watch it when I have some free time."
Lu Wanzheng: "The Great Path of Splendor, once the movie is released, you can go to the town cinema to watch it, or wait a while longer, it will definitely be on TV as well."
Throughout the journey, the uncle barely spoke to Lu Wanzheng and Xiaohua; he was humming a song.
Lu Wanzheng didn't understand a word of it; it was sung in a heavy local accent, probably in the local language.
But judging from the melody, it's a nice song.
Xiaohua picked up the palm-leaf fan that had been on the wooden board, probably left by the cart driver, and fanned herself intermittently.
The weather was scorching hot, the sun was blazing, and even the wind I fanned was hot.
The man was drenched in sweat, and every now and then he would take out a towel from around his neck to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
But Lu Wanzheng and Xiaohua couldn't. They didn't have towels, and even their tissues were in their suitcases. Opening their suitcases now would be very inconvenient, so they could only keep wiping the beads of sweat that looked like pearls from their foreheads.
Kongjia Village was right in front of us. Although the mules were moving very slowly and bumping along, it was much more comfortable for the two people in the back than a bus ride, except that the wooden planks were a bit uncomfortable on their buttocks.
The uncle escorted the two girls to the village entrance. "Little girl, we've arrived," he called out in a strong voice.
"Thank you, Uncle." Lu Wanzheng was the first to get out of the car, helping Xiaohua jump down.
Despite her slender and frail appearance, Xiaohua is quite strong; she was the one who did most of the work of moving the luggage.
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