The sun in early spring brought a slight warmth, and Zhang Laohan, who was driving a mule cart, was wearing a thick cotton coat and a fur hat to block the wind, but a little sweat oozed from his forehead.

There was not much space in the carriage, and the gift for Mr. Shuyuan was placed in the small half, and Zhu Boxiu injured his leg and had to straighten it, so he took up a large side. Therefore, Cheng Wenhan could only curl up and stretch his knees and sit on the side, he was able to at first, but after the mule cart went out of the city, it bumped, and he was a little unbearable. Cheng Wenhan looked outside at the sky, turned around and asked, "Brother Lobby, how long will it take for us to go to Xishan?"

Zhu Boxiu closed his eyes and recuperated, and when he heard this, he didn't even lift his eyelids, but said: "If there is nothing on the road, you can get there before noon." ”

Outside, Zhang Laohan also heard Cheng Wenhan's question, so he also replied: "Little brother, don't worry. If it was before, it would be difficult to walk on the road once you got out of Tong'an City, and it would take half a day to travel ten miles. But since the completion of Xishan Academy, this road has been repaired and paved from time to time, and it is almost the same as the stone road in the city. If the eldest brother has a leg injury and can't walk, my mule cart can be faster. ”

Zhu Boxiu frowned when he heard Zhang Laohan speak, and he didn't answer.

And Cheng Wenhan only felt bored when he saw him, and he was uncomfortable sitting in the car, so it was better to sit on the wheel outside and talk to Zhang Laohan. After thinking about it, he stared outside with wide eyes, and asked, "Grandpa, are you cold outside, is it hot?"

Zhang Laohan laughed: "The weather is just right today, little brother come out and stretch your feet!"

Cheng Wenhan was about to answer happily, but Zhu Boxiu spoke again: "It's dusty outside, you also go out?

Cheng Wenhan hesitated when he heard this, but his mother personally cleaned up his dress today, so he was afraid that he would lose face if something was wrong. But if he stayed in the car all the time, he couldn't feel it. was in a dilemma, Zhang Laohan outside gave him an idea: "Little brother, don't worry, the dust on your body is just patting and patting, and there is a stream at the foot of Xishan Mountain, you can still go there to wash your face, the car can't go up the mountain, the old man sent Brother Zhu up the mountain, and he didn't go fast." ”

Cheng Wenhan thought about it, Zhu Boxiu still had to be helped up, and it was too late for him to tidy up his appearance first. After thinking about it, he smiled at Zhu Boxiu, "Brother Hall, my legs are going numb, so I'll go out and sit for a while." I'm out, and the lobby brother is better to lie down reclining. Without waiting for him to agree, he lifted the curtain and sat on the wheel.

Zhang Laohan slowed down the mule's pace, turned around and stretched out his hand to help him, and waited until he was seated before using a whip to drive the mule away.

In the carriage, Zhu Boxiu snorted unhappily: "If you turn back, don't come in if it's dirty!"

Cheng Wenhan smiled and secretly grimaced, and ignored him.

It's just over the New Year, and there is no scenery to see on the road, only those who have leisure can look at the residual snow on the ground and the occasional little bit of green that rises with a sigh or two. Cheng Wenhan didn't have such otherworldly thoughts, he gossiped a few words with Zhang Laohan. Zhang Laohan saw that he was not behaving properly, so he joked about teaching him to drive. Cheng Wenhan responded with a smile and snatched his whip to play.

The mule cart was also moving fast, and when it was almost at the foot of the western mountain, another pedestrian came up behind it. The mule cart driven by Zhang Laohan heard the movement behind him clearly from a distance, and without saying much, he slowed down the speed of the car, and then moved to the side.

"What's going on?" Cheng Wenhan felt that he was driving well, and somehow found that the mule was leaning to the right, "Is it tired and wants to rest?"

Zhang Laohan couldn't help laughing and explained: "There are nobles coming from behind, and the old man is making way for them." ”

Cheng Wenhan understood, and complained: "It turns out that my grandfather was coaxing me before, and I thought I was really a driver, so I started to listen to me for a while, and I didn't drive it halfway." ”

Zhang Laohan smiled and said: "Little brother, don't be angry, the old man didn't coax you, you are driving well, it's my mule that has been with the old man for a long time, and the old man coughs and knows how to turn, where to make the whip." ”

Cheng Wenhan also smiled to himself, "I said, of course I drive well, if I can't do this big straight, no one can do it!"

Hearing them say this, Zhu Boxiu is ashamed to talk, a good student still goes to learn what to drive, and he also wonders if he is a driving material, what is this like. However, the mule cart leaned to the side of the road to get out of the way, and slowed down again, seeing that it would not speed up until the people behind it passed. When the others passed, wouldn't he eat the dust all the way?

Zhu Boxiu was not happy when he thought about it, lifted the curtain of the car, and only asked: "What noble person is so domineering, this road is so wide, we have to give way to them, can't we walk in front?" After a pause, he said: "This car has not come up, how do you know that this is a nobleman?"

After asking a few questions in a row, Zhang Laohan was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer, so he thought for a while before saying: "The old man heard the sound of the axle behind him, and this hearing was the sound of two green-skinned carriages and the hooves of several horses...... The people who can use the carriage in Tonganli are all nobles, and the old man can't afford to mess with them. ”

In fact, it is not a noble person to say otherwise, but Zhang Laohan usually walks the streets and alleys to connect with the neighborhood business in Tong'an and the surrounding counties and townships, and the people who do this kind of business have their little cleverness, saying that he is cowardly, and he also has a way to save his life when he encounters a thief. As far as he is concerned, the Jianma luxury car is coming behind, and it will be easy to avoid it.

Zhu Boxiu didn't know such a reason, but he held his own identity, if Zhang Laohan told him that the people behind him were fast, it was not good for them to block the road, and it was also humble and polite to get out of the way, and Zhu Boxiu would admit it if he couldn't say it. But Zhang Laohan said a big car, a horse, and then there are nobles who can't be provoked, Zhu Boxiu heard this, as if he was afraid of the powerful, and avoiding it was a shameless move...... Immediately, Zhu Boxiu was annoyed.

But if he opened his mouth, he would not give way, and he would not be able to speak if he was stubbornly lying in the middle of the road. And even if he said it, Zhang Laohan was afraid that he would not listen.

Zhu Boxiu endured it for a while before he spit out a sentence: "...... Let's see what kind of noble person it is. ”

Where did Zhang Laohan know that his complicated and tactful thoughts were not good.

But Cheng Wenhan was a little clever, and guessed Zhu Boxiu's thoughts, and couldn't help but be surprised and ...... Helpless. How can he, the lobby brother, be so open-minded, if he really can't get used to him and doesn't hold back, he will make a fuss, and Cheng Wenhan will also praise him for his bravery. But he couldn't get used to it, but he didn't have the courage to make trouble, so he only complained in his heart, and the old man who drove the car with anger came...... It's ridiculously tight, too.

After a while, the carriage and horses behind drove up, Zhu Boxiu looked at it from the side of the curtain, and Cheng Wenhan tilted his head to look seriously, but he didn't see the details for a while, he only felt that the people were fresh and angry, and the two carriages were even more tall and luxurious, and the mule cart sitting under him was incomparable.

Only the people of this cart and horse were also a little particular, and seeing that Zhang Laohan's mule cart was out of the way, they also slowed down. Someone came at the head, came over and thanked Cheng Wenhan and Zhang Laohan on the wheel, and then drove the car and horse over.

With this person's thanks, Zhu Boxiu's heart was full of anger, and although he was a little dusty, he didn't have anything to say.

Soon the carriage and horse disappeared, and Zhang Laohan said with a smile: "Little brother, this is not far from Xishan, let's hurry up." ”

Cheng Wenhan laughed, learning his posture and raising the whip, but he couldn't pull out a whip, in the end he didn't exert any strength, and it was not heavy to fall on the mule.

Nearly noon, they arrived at the foot of the West Mountain, and there was only a trail up the mountain in front of them, and after another journey, there were only stone steps to climb the mountain, and this frame was not easy to go up. In recent years, because of the academy on the mountain, a village has also been formed at the foot of the mountain, and there are lively villagers on the roadside who have opened some small shops, inns, restaurants, and soft sedan chairs that wait for people to go up the mountain.

However, this West Mountain is not high, and the students and tourists who went up the mountain in the past rarely took the sedan chair, and only the old and inconvenient went to find the sedan chair. Zhu Boxiu injured his leg and could have sit, but he wanted to beg for mercy in front of his husband now, so he didn't want to sit.

Zhang Laohan was also familiar with Xishan, so he drove the mule cart to a tea shop and paid some tea money for the shop to take care of the mule cart. Zhu Boxiu was also tired, so he sat down and rested. Zhang Laohan was kind, and slapped the dust on his body for Cheng Wenhan, and he was still a handsome brother at a glance, and he would not be rude. After drinking tea, Zhang Laohan supported Zhu Boxiu with one hand, and carried a gift with the other, and was about to go up the mountain when he was ready.

Cheng Wenhan was going to pick up something, but Zhang Laohan only left him a small burden, and he still carried the rest.

Slowly walked to the stone steps up the mountain, Cheng Wenhan saw a small stream exposed in the dense forest, he was sweating all the way away, and he felt uncomfortable on his head, face and neck, so he said to Zhu Boxiu and the old man, and went to the stream.

Zhang Laohan also advised: "Little brother, let's go slowly, but don't go deep, you have to catch up in a while." ”

"Yes. Cheng Wenhan agreed, carefully descended the stone steps, and walked over slowly.