Chapter 32: Discovering Xue Fan
Before noon, two people came out of the old shop of Shajia, coarse cloth jackets, cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles, tied leggings, such a dress is very similar to the ordinary people of Shajiadian, most of the people here make a living every day and are related to the passengers and goods coming and going on the dock, Mr. Mu and Mu Xiaohua want to follow the teenager, this dress is the most suitable.
Zhang Xiaodao came out of Zhang Xiucai's house with a smile on his face, the silver money given by Uncle Yu plus the money Zhang Xiucai earned here was enough to go to the surnamed Lin to buy a Suling Pill, Zhang Xiaodao decided to rush back immediately to take his sister to Shuanghe Forest Farm.
Not long after Zhang Xiaodao left, Zhang Xiucai also went out, crossed Pinghe Road, and actually walked into Fan Street, not only into Fan Street, but also into Yixiang Garden. Mr. Mu and Mu Xiaohua didn't see this scene, Mr. Mu followed Zhang Xiaodao all the way, and became more and more curious about this young man in his heart, seeing that the boy carefully wrapped the silver taels, put them at the bottom of the burden, wrapped them in two linen clothes, and put flatbread and pickles on them, so he carried the burden and took his sister out of the house.
Zhang Xiaodao and their house were not far from the entrance of the town, and the two brothers and sisters went out and left the town after a while. Walk along a path through the mountains and you will reach Shuanghe Forest Farm in a maximum of one hour. Today, Zhang Xiaodao's footsteps were unusually brisk, Ye Zi was infected by his brother, and the smile on his face increased.
In the distance, there was the sound of chariots, and seven or eight wide carriages drawn by two horses drove towards them. The mountain road was narrow, Zhang Xiaodao subconsciously retreated to the side of the road and waited, while Ye Zi looked curiously. According to the regulations of the imperial court, ordinary people travel, even large families can only use single-ride carriages, and double-seated carriages and horses like today must have fame to ride. In a place like Shajiadian, there are a lot of rich people, but there are few people who are famous, and the only one who is famous and rich is Yan Chimei in the east of the town. Zhang Xiaodao and Ye Zi didn't think about it so much, they just looked at it strangely, and when the convoy passed, the two naturally continued to hurry.
But Zhang Xiaodao saw a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that he didn't want to see. Facing Zhou Papi's cruel gaze, Zhang Xiaodao's body was tense. Zhang Xiaodao was too nervous to notice that Zhou Papi was not sitting in the carriage today, but sitting in the handlebar-style position. Although Zhou Papi is very mean, he is indeed a good hand when it comes to driving a car, but who in the entire Shajia shop can make Zhou Papi willing to be a coachman for him?
"Smack-" The whip in Zhou Papi's hand slammed into the air, Zhou Papi's gaze swept over the leaves, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a greedy look flashed in his eyes. Zhang Xiaodao was ready to make desperate preparations, but to his surprise, the carriage did not stop, and disappeared into the distant curve with smoke and dust all the way.
This is the second time Mr. Mu has seen Zhou Papi, although such a person is hateful, but which village, which town does not have one or two? Mu Xiaohua clenched her fists angrily when she saw Zhou Peeling's appearance, but was still dragged away by Mr. Mu.
The weather in August is the most suitable for hurrying, before the wood flowers are gone, the roar of the mountains and forests in the distance has been heard, no need to ask, the Shuanghe Forest Farm has arrived, it is the sound of the trees in the forest being cut down and falling to the ground.
It's cold early in the northwest, and it's warm now, but the first snow will fall in a little more than a month, and with the first snow, the second and third will come one after another. Therefore, the old foresters who are begging for a living in the forest farm will rush to make the last cut of the year at this time, and by the way, they will collect all kinds of mountain mushrooms, elixirs, rare mushrooms, etc., which have been cultivated for a year, and sell them at a good price together with the wood cut down for the last time, so as to stock up some food and materials for the coming winter.
"Brother Xiaodao is here?" Before entering the forest farm, a strong man with a half-open arms was walking into the forest with an axe, and greeted Zhang Xiaodao with a smile, obviously not the first time he had seen him.
Mr. Mu took Mu Xiaohua to hide in the dark, the two of them did not rush into the forest farm, the strong man with the axe seemed to walk casually, but it was difficult to hide the habit of many years. Mr. Mu has worked with soldiers and catchers, these people have been training all year round, and most of them have experienced life and death, every muscle and every strength in their bodies are always ready to deal with danger, although they have been dressed, but there will be no superfluous movements in every move, and they seem to refuse to waste even a trace of strength for irrelevant things. The man seemed to greet the young man casually, but his eyes fell on the young man's back intentionally or unintentionally, his hands were on the axe, and every step was half a foot on the ground, which was ready to attack at any time, Mr. Mu was almost certain that this man was a warrior, but why should a soldier disguise himself as a long-term worker who was logging in the forest farm? What was he guarding against?
Zhang Xiaodao smiled and greeted familiar people all the way, thinking that his sister's illness might be cured today, Zhang Xiaodao was already a little impatient. When he arrived at Lin's shop, Lin Langzhong still had a few patients to see, so Zhang Xiaodao had to endure it and wait by pulling the leaves. After half an hour, Lin Langzhong was free, and without saying much, he stretched out his hand on Ye Zi's wrist and closed his eyes for a long time. 163TXT
"Money?" Lin Langzhong still didn't have a smile on his face, but his voice was not as cold as when they first met.
"Brought, brought. Zhang Xiaodao responded repeatedly, stretched out his hand to open the baggage, carefully took out the sackcloth, and uncovered it layer by layer, revealing more than a dozen pieces of loose silver.
Lin Langzhong just glanced at it, then pulled the leaves and walked towards the inner hall, Zhang Xiaodao followed two steps, but was stopped by a guy, Zhang Xiaodao stretched his neck and looked around, walking back and forth from time to time, obviously anxious.
Mr. Mu took Mu Xiaohua to wander on the street, there are many mountain goods for sale, the two of them seem to have forgotten what they are here for, they picked and bought a lot of mountain goods all the way, until the sun is about to go down, Zhang Xiaodao took his sister out of the pharmacy, bowed to a middle-aged man and kept bowing, and said something in his mouth. Far away, Mr. Mu didn't hear what Zhang Xiaodao was saying, and he didn't care what Zhang Xiaodao would say, but he just stared at the middle-aged man and was a little stunned, until a person selling mountain goods next to him urged Mr. Mu to pay, and then he woke up. Mu Xiaohua also glanced at Mr. Mu's gaze, and didn't see anything wrong, and glanced at her brother a little strangely.
After wrapping up the mountain goods he bought, Mr. Mu didn't wait for Zhang Xiaodao's brothers and sisters, and took Mu Xiaohua straight out of the forest farm, picked up a thicker tree, and sat on the tree to rest. Mr. Mu never expected to meet Xue Fan here, how could the dignified pharmacist of Sword Peak come to such a mountain village and do Langzhong's business? It seems that the general has really come to the right place to let him come to Shajiadian.
Zhang Xiaodao took his sister to thank him, and then rushed back, although now he has become destitute again, but Zhang Xiaodao feels happier than getting a thousand taels of gold. Lin Langzhong said that his sister's illness has been cured, and his sister also feels that she has no previous irritability in her heart, as long as she stares at her sister a little more tonight, looking at her sister, if she doesn't do it, it will be really good.
Zhang Xiaodao used the only dozen or so money left on his body to buy a fat chicken that the mountain people had just beaten, and today is a day worth celebrating. At night, the smell of meat in the small yard was bursting, Ye Zi sat at the table and desperately endured saliva, she was in a good mood today, her appetite was good, and finally she would not become a person again, a ghost or a ghost, although it was night, Ye Zi still had a sunny feeling.
Early the next morning, Zhang Xiaodao sent Ye Zi to the private school, and she was the only woman in the private school. Zhang Xiaodao has been in the tooth industry for the past two years, and he has seen a lot more people and things than before, and he knows the importance of reading, although he doesn't have much time to read, but his sister can. Zhang Xiaodaocai didn't care what kind of nonsense a woman had no talent or virtue, and in the surprised eyes of many people, he sent his sister to the largest academy in Shajiadian, Siming Academy, Mingde, Mingcheng, Mingyi, and Mingren are Siming.
Watching his sister enter the gate of the academy, Zhang Xiaodao tightened the strap on his waist, this is his habit, as long as he is nervous, he will tighten the belt. Today, I have to hurry to find Meng Hu, I heard that he has received a big order there, and he is in urgent need of manpower, and the remuneration is also high. Two taels of silver a day, if you really fish out something, there will be an extra reward, if you are lucky, you can make up seven or eight taels of silver in two days, although it is still a little worse, but Zhou Papi has no reason to offend himself to find trouble with his sister just for two or three taels of silver.
Although Zhang Xiaodao really had no bottom in his heart about Zhou's skin, he still cheered himself up in his heart.
When I arrived at the river management office, there were already a lot of people there, some of them knew Zhang Xiaodao, and some of them were very unfamiliar. Bitter haha, there is a more popular name for this title, that is, poor and happy. Although the people standing in the hall were the poorest people in Shajiadian, the laughter never stopped, even louder than anywhere else. Zhang Xiaodao knew that those men wanted to hide the fear in their hearts.
Cannibal Beach, just listen to the name and know that it is not a good place, those who have lived in Shajiadian for a long time know that every year in Cannibal Beach will inexplicably sink some ships, including thousands of catties or even tens of thousands of catties of big boats, but I don't know what I want to catch this time? Zhang Xiaodao knew that Uncle Yu would be very busy in the past two days, firstly, he wanted to earn more commissions, and secondly, he also wanted to let himself go to the brother and sister boat to take a hand. After all, someone has to follow the business of matchmaking, isn't it? This errand is not hard, decent, and earns more, Zhang Xiaodao is grateful to Uncle Yu in his heart, but he has to deal with the past two days first.