Chapter 185 Encountering a Brother and Sister on the Road
Lin Qi drove until dawn without realizing it. When the sun rose, she realized that a whole night had passed.
At this time, the crying of children was heard in the truck bed. Lin Qi drove the car forward for another five or six kilometers and then parked the car next to a stream.
She jumped out of the car and walked quickly towards the truck bed.
"Are the children awake?" Lin Qi got on the truck and went straight to the children.
"They're awake. They must have pooped. I'll change their diapers first." Xu Hexiao's movements were orderly and his eyes were gentle.
"Well, I'll wash my hands and squeeze the deer milk for them." Lin Qi took the wooden bucket and walked quickly towards the river.
Brother Tan also woke up and went to collect firewood to build two stoves. "What are we going to eat this morning?"
"Continue eating noodles? This is convenient." Xu Hexiao said.
Brother Tan thought of the sumptuous noodles he had at noon yesterday and swallowed his saliva, "Okay."
With Lin Qi's input of supernatural powers, the five deer are relatively well-behaved and their milk production is normal.
"In the next two days, you don't have to worry about the children running out of milk." Xu Hexiao said. He brought two extra cans of milk powder, thinking that if the doe didn't produce milk, they would have to feed the children with milk powder.
Lin Qi nodded, "It will take two days to reach the capital."
If she drove all night, the time should be shortened by a day and a half, and after another two days, she should have no problem reaching the capital.
"The children's mental state seems to be a little worse than yesterday." Brother Tan was a little worried.
Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi naturally also discovered this problem. Apart from feeling distressed, they had no better solution at the moment.
"Let's stay here for another hour. We can take the children for a walk nearby to give them some time to relax," said Lin Qi.
"Okay, you guys go for a walk, I'll stay here to watch the car." Brother Tan took the initiative.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao carried one on their backs with a strap and held the other in front as they walked along the stream.
"Are you truck drivers passing by?" A little boy carrying a bucket shouted to Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao from the other side of the stream.
"Brother, grandma said we can't talk to people we don't know, and she also told us to stay away from trucks and the people on them, to be careful that they might carry us onto the trucks and sell us." There was a younger girl next to the boy. At this time, the girl grabbed the boy's sleeve, looking nervous.
"But grandma is sick and has no money to buy medicine." The boy looked conflicted and bit his lip. "If they want to take in children, let them take me in. As long as they pay, it'll be fine. You take the money and buy medicine for grandma."
"No, I want my brother." The little girl's eyes turned red.
Lin Qi, Xu Hexiao: "............"
They already have four children and have no plans to adopt any more.
"We are truck drivers. What can I do for you?" Lin Qi replied to the two children.
The boy and girl looked wary, but the boy still said bravely, "I caught some shrimps, do you want some?"
"Yes." Lin Qi blurted out without thinking, and asked, "How many?"
"About 70 cents for a plate." After the little boy reported the price, he bit his lip nervously.
Seventy cents is too high a price, but her grandmother needs seventy cents to see a doctor.
"Okay." Lin Qi said.
She agreed so readily that the little boy and girl hesitated. The little girl tugged at the little boy's sleeve again, "Brother, they must have tricked us into coming here, and then caught us in the car and sold us. Only a fool would spend 70 cents on a plate of shrimp."
Fool Lin Qi: “........”
Xu Hexiao suppressed his laughter, "Very cute siblings."
Lin Qi had a blank expression on her face. "It's a bit stupid."
As he spoke, Lin Qi took out a big unity from his pocket, put a small stone in the middle of the big unity, rolled it up, and then threw the stone and the money to the other side.
"Here's the money. Go buy medicine for your grandma. Next time you see a stranger, run away, especially a truck driver. Not everyone is as kind as us."
The little boy picked up the Big Unity note thrown at his feet, a little reluctant to recognize it, for he had only seen money of such a large denomination from the captain.
"Brother, is this money?" the little girl asked in a low voice.
The little boy nodded, "Yes. It's ten dollars."
"Wow!" the little girl exclaimed, with a look of joy on her face, "Brother, we have money to buy medicine for grandma."
"Not only can it buy medicine for grandma, but it can also buy a lot of things. But why do they give us so much money?" The little boy looked at the backs of the two people walking away, and he felt a warm feeling in his chest.
"Brother, we haven't given them our shrimps yet." The little girl reminded.
The little boy seemed to come back to his senses, "Yes, we will give the shrimp to them."
"Brother, I will go with you. If they catch you, I will bite them." The little girl said with clenched fists.
Lin Qi didn't expect that the brother and sister would chase her to the creek.
"Take it." Xu Hexiao said.
"Okay. But you have to follow us to the car. We don't have anything to pack the shrimps in, and we don't have time on our hands." Lin Qi said.
The boy and girl looked at the car more than 20 meters away, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "Okay."
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao walked in front, and the boy and girl walked behind, with a distance of two or three meters between them.
"Brother, they are so good-looking, and their children are cute too." The girl whispered to the boy.
The boy hummed. He had never seen such a good-looking person in his life.
"Are those four children all theirs? Or did they steal other people's children?" asked the little girl.
The boy shook his head, "I don't know."
The child they were holding was so cute, white and plump. They probably wouldn't like him and his sister, who were dark and thin.
"Brother Tan, find a bucket, let this kid come over to sell shrimps." Xu Hexiao shouted to Brother Tan.
Brother Tan was surprised. "Selling shrimp to us? Aren't you afraid that we are beggars?"
When the boy and the girl heard the three words "Pahuazi", they shuddered with fear.
"Uncle is just saying. I'm not a beggar and I don't accept children. But just because I don't accept children doesn't mean others won't. Next time you meet trucks, remember to stay away from them, okay?" Brother Tan said seriously.
The boy and girl felt relieved after hearing what Brother Tan said. "We know. It's because grandma is sick and we don't have money to buy medicine, so we come out to sell shrimps."
Brother Tan looked at the two children whose hands were red from the cold and felt sorry for them. "How are you selling these shrimps? Uncle wants them all."
"She has already given the money. She gave ten yuan." The boy pointed at Lin Qi.
Brother Tan raised his eyebrows, "Oh, that's a lot. She is kind-hearted and has helped thousands of people. It's nothing to help you two more. Don't feel burdened."
The boy and the girl seemed to understand.
The boy poured the shrimps into the bucket and was about to leave with his sister, but Lin Qi stopped them.
"What else do you want me to do?" the boy asked.
"Bring your bucket." Lin Qi handed the child in her arms to Brother Tan.
The boy hesitated, because there were only two buckets at home, but she gave him ten dollars, enough to buy several buckets. The boy finally handed the bucket over.
Lin Qi took the bucket, stepped onto the truck bed, took out seven strips of bacon, and a bag of candy. Then she handed the bucket back to the boy, "Next time you see a truck, stay away from it, okay?"
The boy nodded blankly, "I see."
The boy carried the bucket and walked away holding his sister's hand.
Many years later, when he recalled this day, he still clearly remembered that incomparably beautiful face, the candy that was sweet to the heart, and the bacon that sustained them through the entire cold winter.
During the day, Lin Qi slept in the truck bed, and the children clung to her, either sleeping with her or babbling to her. They were quite well-behaved.
At night, it was Lin Qi's turn to drive.
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, she passed a valley and saw a row of roadblocks on the road.
"There are still many people hiding in the dark." Lin Qi sneered, and more than a dozen vines moved out at the same time, rolling up the stones and throwing them hard towards the places where people were hiding.
The shrill screams echoed throughout the valley.
"What happened?" Brother Tan suddenly woke up and looked around vigilantly, but it was pitch black all around and he could not see anything except the car lights.
"We dealt with a group of highway robbers." Lin Qi said calmly.
Brother Tan looked confused, thinking, weren't you in the car, how did you clean it up?
He was very curious, but he didn't dare to ask, fearing that he would not be able to bear the answer he heard. So he asked someone else, "No one was killed, right?"
"No. But there are many with broken arms and legs."
“.......”
There were no further problems in the second half of the night, so Lin Qi drove the car to the river and parked it.
It was already nine o'clock in the morning, but the sun had not risen yet. The sky was gray and I didn't know whether it would be windy, rainy, or both.
Lin Qi stopped the car and went to milk the deer without saying a word.
Brother Tan collected firewood and made a fire.
Xu Hexiao changes the baby's diaper.
The three of them worked together and ate the simplest noodles. After eating this time, they did not delay and continued on their way.
"The weather isn't very good." Brother Tan was a little worried, "I wonder how well this shed can protect against wind and rain."
"It will only take one day to get there by car. Let's speed up." Xu Hexiao said as he accelerated the car.
"If it's only raining in this area, just drive the car out of this area." Brother Tan comforted himself.
Xu Hexiao nodded and concentrated on driving.
The car drove for another half an hour, and then heavy rain came down.
Xu Hexiao's face darkened, "Qiqi, is the carport leaking?"
"No leaks have been found so far." Lin Qi said, and comforted Xu Hexiao, "The carport is very thick and should be able to keep out the rain. Don't worry too much."
Fortunately, the rain was coming from the front of the car, so there was no need to worry about the rain drifting into the truck bed from the uncovered rear of the car.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and water soon accumulated on the road.
"Slow down, there is yellow mud on the road and the wheels are prone to slipping." said Brother Tan.
Xu Hexiao hummed and became more focused.
As the rain continued to fall, the water on the road became more and more, and the wheels did slip. Sometimes there was too much water on the road and the road was not visible, and the car would get stuck in a deep pit and could not get out. Whenever this happened, Lin Qi would get out of the car and push it.
She wore rain boots and a raincoat and could push the car out of the mud or pit by herself.
The car drove for another hour and the rain was still falling.
Suddenly, a shout came from the rain, "Brother, help me!"
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