Chapter 40: Handsome for only three seconds

It was already 14:00 when they set out, which was a bit late. When they were harnessing the donkey cart, many villagers greeted them and asked, "Where are you going?"

Brother Tang just said, "It just so happens that I have something to do."

All the way out of the village.

The donkey cart is open-top, with seats at the back and railings all around. Sitting on it feels like sitting on a rickshaw from the Republic of China era.

The second brother held her in his arms and talked to her in a random manner. Xinbao looked around at the scenery. When she glanced away inadvertently, she saw the fourth brother Tang who was sitting next to her. His eyes were empty and he looked a little absent-minded. His expression was excited, but also a little nervous.

Looking at Brother Tang in the front, he was driving the car and hadn't said a word. His left hand on his leg kept tapping from time to time, as if he was also nervous.

That makes sense. Fourth brother is only ten years old, and eldest brother Tang is only sixteen years old, and they have never run any business of their own.

Although I heard that they had worked in the county town, being a clerk and selling things on their own are two different things, so it's no wonder they were nervous.

Xinbao decided to comfort him.

So she held onto the railing and stood up.

The second brother was startled, "Xinbao, don't be naughty! Be careful not to fall!"

Xinbao shook his head, focusing all his attention on maintaining his balance.

He protected her with both hands. Fortunately, the railing was very high so she could hit it on her shoulder when she stood up. It was also very close so she could not fall down.

Xinbao held her two chubby little hands together, and with her little feet in her shoes firmly pressed against the ground, she walked over tremblingly. She wanted to hug Fourth Brother, but was afraid of falling. If she really fell, Second Brother, a sick beauty like her, would definitely not be able to help her up.

So she thought about it, and cleverly held the railing tightly with one hand, and used her other little hand to touch her fourth brother's head.

As a result, the car bumped and the milk ball shook...

Pah! He slapped the fourth brother.

Fourth brother: “……?”

Milk ball: “……?”

The fourth brother was confused and wanted to laugh: "Xinbao, why did you hit me?"

"It's not me, it's not me!" Naituanzi was anxious and quickly passed the blame: "It's Big Brother!"

When Brother Tang heard him being called, he turned his head and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Naituanzi was so nervous that he bent down slightly: "You were driving unsteadily, so Xinbao got hit in the face."

"Oh," Brother Tang said casually, obviously absent-mindedly, "Then I'll go slower."

He was indeed a little slow.

The little kid slowly straightened up and stretched out his little hand again. Fourth brother vigilantly reached out to catch it.

However, Naituanzi was very strict about the inflation process, avoided his hand, and touched his head carefully.

Her legs were shaking, her voice was shaking, but her face was serious, she felt very confident: "Don't worry, Xinbao is here, you don't have to be afraid of anything!"

The fourth brother was stunned for a moment, and then...poof!

He didn't expect his sister to come here with so much trouble just to say this to him. He said with a smile: "Okay, okay, fourth brother, don't be afraid."

The second brother looked at him with a smile.

He seemed to regard observing Naituanzi's daily life as a pleasure in life, and within a certain range, he never interfered with her behavior.

The little boy shook his legs again, grabbed the railing with both hands, and looked back...

My eldest brother is really too far away.

Xinbao considered Xiaopo Che's actual physical condition and felt that it was impossible for her to walk through.

Naituanzi, who was very strict about the process, thought about it and decisively decided to cancel the head patting process and just simply cheer him up.

So she shouted loudly: "Brother!!"

Brother Tang was thinking about something when he was startled by her. His hand trembled and he swung the whip.

The little donkey suddenly sped up, the donkey cart shook violently, and Milk Ball cried out, and the whole person slid down and sat on the stool, and his two calves passed through the gap in the railing.

Xinbao: “…”

Brothers: “…”

So for the rest of the time, the three brothers racked their brains to comfort their sister who was only handsome for three seconds, and all their nervousness and anxiety disappeared.

They soon entered the city and several people got off the cart. Usually in small county towns like this, there are people watching the carts at the edge of the city. Brother Tang spent two cents to ask someone to help watch the donkey cart.

He turned around, picked up the dumpling casually, put it on his right shoulder, and held it with one hand.

The fourth brother came closer to him, holding the jar, hesitant: "Brother, where are we going to sell it?"

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The second elder brother was like an irresponsible child, with a nonchalant look on his face: "I want to buy some books, elder brother, give me some money."

The eldest brother Tang took out his purse and asked the second brother to take some money himself, and then the second brother walked away slowly.

Milk ball looked at him and sighed deeply.

I've known for a long time that no one in the family is reliable. Poor her, dragging a broken car and carrying the burden of life!

She sat on her eldest brother's right shoulder, with one little arm on his head and her little hand holding his hair, just like an emperor inspecting the country, as steady as a rock.

Then she pointed westward: "Yeah, over there!"

Brother Tang took a look and said, "Over there? The market is not over there."

Milk ball insisted: "Over there! There are lots of cars!"

The fourth brother also stood on tiptoe to take a look: "There are quite a lot of carriages. It should be that the people nearby have important business. However, I am afraid that a place like this will not ask us to set up a stall to sell goods."

He was instinctively a little afraid: "It's okay if it can't be sold, at least don't cause trouble."

Naituanzi had no worries about this at all. She encouraged her fourth brother: "It's okay, let's go and have a look. How can we know if it won't work if we don't try it?"

The fourth brother was still hesitant.

Brother Tang said thoughtfully, "It's not too late at this time, but there are not many people in the market. I don't think we can sell much if we go to the market. We might as well listen to Xinbao and give it a try. The more carriages there are, the more people there are. If they don't allow us to sell, we can just leave. It won't be a big deal."

Since he had made the decision, the three of them slowly walked towards there.

After walking over, the fourth brother quietly looked at the carriage, then looked at the gatehouse of that family, and suddenly he was happy: "I heard some children making noise! ​​This should be some old man's birthday celebration! There must be a lot of children! And on such a festive occasion as a birthday, they shouldn't beat people up or anything like that!"

According to the local custom, when an old person celebrates his birthday, he will invite many children to join in the fun, which is called "adding longevity". Twins are often borrowed by the village and neighboring villages to do this. Rich families can get more than ten cents, and poor families can get three or five cents, and they can also get a bag of dried fruits, peanuts and other food. It is a good job.

This family was obviously well-off, and the wedding was quite grand. There were more than 20 to 30 horse-drawn carriages outside, which was rare in this small county town.

The three of them slowly approached, and Brother Tang put his sister down and said, "Here it is!"

Fourth Brother Tang hesitated a little: "But if it's here, everyone is out and in the car, who will stop the car to buy this little snack?" He pointed to the front: "It would be better to be there, so that people will see it before they get in the car and buy some."

Brother Tang shook his head: "That being said, if we sell it there, in front of other people, they won't agree. Let's do it here."

As he spoke, he took off the basket on his body and spread out the mat he had brought.

Just as Fourth Brother Tang was hesitating and about to put down the jar, he suddenly caught a glimpse of his sister and ran towards the door staggeringly.

Fourth Brother Tang was startled: "Xinbao! Come back!"

(End of this chapter)