Chapter 87: Spending the night in the wild, Liangguo Wine Country Fang
Cheng is a young man of few words. After Jiang Ning and Liu Mingan got on the car, he said at dusk, "Now we are leaving the territory of Lingshan Town." There was nothing else to say.
The sky gradually darkened, and the carriage was driving on a deserted road. There were no villages or fields around, as if they had entered an uncultivated wasteland.
Liu Mingan looked through the window, and then asked politely: "Brother Fang Cheng, don't we rest tonight?"
The answer came immediately from outside the car: "Sir, we need to rest. The horses have been running for a long time and need to drink water and eat food. In another hour, we will reach a river beach and stay there tonight."
Liu Mingan replied "Okay."
Sure enough, an hour later, the carriage stopped at a riverside with lush weeds.
Jiang Ning had been sitting in the carriage for a long time. The seat was hard and there was no backrest. She was already uncomfortable. When the carriage stopped, she immediately got out of the compartment, supported herself on the wheel with her hands, and jumped out of the carriage.
After getting in the carriage, Jiang Ning took off her veil and left Lingshan Town. She no longer had to worry about meeting people from Lotus Village. There was no need to wear this thing in the future.
When Liu Mingan got out of the carriage politely, holding on to the wall, Jiang Ning had already run to the river to wash her hands.
Fang Cheng saw Jiang Ning's face clearly when she got out of the carriage, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He thought that this woman covered her face because she was disfigured or too ugly, but he didn't expect that she was such a beautiful person.
However, when he saw Liu Ming'an coming out next, with his handsome appearance and upright posture, Fang Cheng felt that the two men were really a good match.
"Young Master, you wait here, I'll lead the horse over to give it water."
Fang Cheng said, reaching out to untie the noose and reins on the horse. Seeing this, Liu Ming'an immediately went over to help.
"Are you going to rest here tonight? Do you want to make a fire?" Liu Ming'an asked.
Liu Ming'an gave people a friendly feeling and his voice was also warm. Fang Cheng was not as reserved as at the beginning. He smiled at him and said, "I used to make a fire by myself. Young Master, wait for me to feed the horse."
Liu Ming'an helped Fang Cheng remove the frame from the horse, and then watched him lead the horse to the river. After the horse lowered its head to drink the water, Fang Cheng let the reins out a little longer, tied it to a tree by the river, and let the horse graze there.
Liu Mingan suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Jiang Ning for a while, and heard rustling sounds behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Jiang Ning who came out dragging a few dead branches.
"Madam, why did I ask you to get firewood?"
Fang Cheng tied up the horse and came back. He was quite surprised to see the firewood Jiang Ning found.
"It's okay, it's all the same." Jiang Ning answered casually.
The branch was too long, Jiang Ning pinched one end with one hand and knocked it against her knee. With a "click", the two-finger-thick branch broke. In less than a moment, the branches were broken into firewood of appropriate length.
"You come and light the fire."
Fang Cheng heard Jiang Ning say this to him, and nodded hurriedly. At the same time, he was very happy in his heart.
Long before, Fang Cheng heard the boss say that he would take two people with him on the way to Gujiu Town, and he was very annoyed. Because this kind of thing happened before, and the people he brought along treated him like a servant, yelling at him, and he had no peace on the way.
This time the boss asked him to bring people again, and he brought two people at once. When Fang Cheng heard the news, apart from cursing the boss as a "beast" in his heart, he could only nod and say "yes".
However, what Fang Cheng didn't expect was that this time the couple was completely different from the people he brought before. The man was polite and the woman was quiet and capable. The two of them didn't bother him at all, and even saved him a lot of trouble. I
finally met good people. Fang Cheng thought.
So after lighting the fire, Fang Cheng looked at the two people chewing on the cakes, and took out the salted beef made by his wife to share.
"Sir, Madam, eat this, my wife made it, it tastes very good!"
Fang Cheng spread out an oil paper package, which contained beef cut into strips.
Liu Ming'an felt his kindness, smiled, and he and Jiang Ning each took two pieces, and rolled them with dry cakes to eat, which was indeed much better than chewing dry cakes.
"Thank you, brother!" Liu Ming'an thanked sincerely.
Fang Cheng said straightforwardly: "Hey! Sir, you're welcome, I just do this because I like you. I didn't pay attention to those people before."
Liu Ming'an was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Because of sharing the food, the distance between the three people was shortened a lot. Anyway, the night was long, so they chatted about this and that. Of course, most of the time it was Liu Ming'an and Fang Cheng who were chatting, and Jiang Ning was listening on the side without interrupting.
Fang Cheng was not a man of few words, on the contrary, he was very talkative.
When it was late at night, when Fang Cheng said hello to them and went to bed, he seemed to have already regarded Liu Ming'an as a friend.
Fang Cheng slept next to the fire with his clothes on. Liu Ming'an turned his head to look at Jiang Ning beside him and found that she was staring at the fire in a daze.
"What's wrong? Are you sleepy? How about sleeping with me?" Liu Ming'an spoke to Jiang Ning in a low voice for fear of disturbing Fang Cheng.
Jiang Ning came over and snuggled up with Liu Ming'an, sleeping on the ground in the open air for a night.
By the time they set off the road the next day, Fang Cheng had become much more familiar with the two of them. While driving, he introduced them to the place names along the way and some interesting stories and rumors nearby.
The three of them arrived at Gujiu Town on the third day.
Soon after entering Gujiu Town, Liu Mingan and Jiang Ning discovered that almost every household on the roadside had several large wine jars placed in the yard. There was a faint smell of wine in the air. People could be seen drinking while walking, just like drinking water. There were even children of seven or eight years old holding wine jars and drinking until their faces were red.
Liu Ming'an was amazed and could not help asking Fang Cheng, "Do even children in Gujiu Town like to drink?"
Fang Cheng laughed, "Young Master, is the reputation of Daliang as a wine town in vain? Everyone in Gujiu Town grew up in a wine world. Don't look at this kid who is only seven or eight years old. If he really starts drinking, a man like you can get drunk by him!"
When the carriage reached the main street, Fang Cheng suddenly said "Oh" as if he remembered something, turned around and said to the two of them, "If you are not in a hurry to leave, you can stay in Gujiu Town for two more days and join in the excitement of the Wine Festival."
"Wine Festival?" It was the first time Liu Ming'an heard of it.
"The Wine Festival is a unique festival in Gujiu Town, and it is considered more important here than the Chinese New Year. Most families in Gujiu Town make a living by selling wine. Every October 5th, the government takes the lead in organizing the Wine Festival, inviting visitors from all over to taste wine and have fun, mainly to promote the local good wine. Of course, there are hundreds of wines and hundreds of flavors, and they are all brought out to compare and exchange with each other during the Wine Festival, which can also help us better recognize our own shortcomings, correct them in time, and make progress together."
"Interesting." Jiang Ning became interested, turned to look at Liu Mingan, and found that he was also curious.
"Then stay for two more days and join in the fun." Liu Mingan looked at her and said with a smile.