Chapter 62: To Guancheng

While Ah Gong fixed the bag layer by layer with hemp rope, Xiao Man ran home to check everywhere, obviously Ah Gong had checked it before her, and all of them were prepared: the kitchen was cleaned, the spark under the stove was covered with cold ash, most of the pot of porridge was enough for Grandma to eat a few meals, the kettle was filled with Xiao Man last night, and the boiling water in it was boiled with Lingquan water, and half a pot was poured into Grandpa's bamboo tube, and half a pot was enough for Grandma to drink for a day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xiao Man walked out of the kitchen, heard Grandma shouting to her to hurry up, Grandpa told Grandma a few words, let her close the door at home and don't let Liu Fengying Mo Erer come in to make trouble...... Grandma said that she knew, urging them to leave quickly, don't see this big car at dawn.

Ah Gong saw Xiao Man sitting on the ox cart, so he raised the bullwhip and shouted, and the ox cart squeaked and walked around, and set off for Guancheng.

Xiao Man knows that it takes four or five hours to take a shuttle bus from here to Guancheng, this year is a gravel paved road, some places are too far away from the highway class, neglect of maintenance, the road surface is potholes, the speed of the shuttle bus is not fast, in fact, the road condition is basically very good, the road surface is wide enough, there is not too much slope and dangerous big bends, etc., if it is placed in the future, it has been changed to an asphalt road, even if it is the kind of economic bus, it should be reached in two hours, not to mention the high-grade car, in an emergency, maybe within an hour from the village to Guancheng!

And now Xiao Man is sitting on the slow ox cart, ready to think: at such a speed, it is estimated that he will have to walk all day!

A little slope Ah Gong got out of the car and walked, or turned to the back to push the cart, worried that the cow was tired, at the beginning Xiao Man looked at the sky from black to white, the fields, mountains and rivers in front of the fog gradually cleared up in front of him, I think it is very fun, pure and beautiful rural atmosphere!

Seeing Xiao Man's eyes narrowed, Ah Gong thought she was sleepy, so he took out a piece of blue homespun cloth: "Your grandma said that if you want to sleep, use this to cover it." It's still far away from Guancheng, you lean on that bag, take this hooded head and sleep on it!"

Xiao Man used a blue homespun cloth to block the sun, but he didn't sleep, and talked to Ah Gong to relieve his boredom: "Ah Gong, usually when you go to the city to sell medicinal herbs, do you drive ox carts? Why haven't I seen you take the ox cart back to the Mo family's yard to pull medicinal herbs?"

"How can I let you see it? Your father and second uncle...... They only know that I have picked up medicinal herbs, so they will send them to the commune or the county purchase station in pieces, if they know that I will ship them to Guancheng in batches like this, I am afraid that they will not be staring at them early! In fact, I don't have to guard against them, I want to live like this as a family, even if there is your grandma, she has bad eyes, I have to make some plans for her...... Ben also wanted to take your uncle and them to learn to recognize some medicinal herbs, but they themselves were unwilling! Usually, when there were not many medicinal materials, they only had to have three or four bags, and I also took the shuttle bus, cleaned up on the reservoir, moved down the mountain and waited for the bus outside the village, you can tie the herbs to the roof of the shuttle, but it is a little troublesome, it takes time to tie things, and it is not good to let a car of people wait. ”

"So, it's better to drive the ox cart, right, but it's too slow. Grandpa, I'm having cramps in my feet!"

"Nonsense! Riding in an ox cart, and you don't need to walk, what are you cramping?"

In fact, his legs and feet were a little numb after sitting for too long, so Xiao Man jumped off the ox cart and walked alongside, grinning and saying, "Then I'll walk and exercise!"

Ah Gong told her: "Walk on the side of the road, don't go to the middle of the road, be careful of the car!"

"Got it. Xiao Man circled half a circle in front of and behind the car, and asked strangely: "Ah Gong, where is your mysterious black altar?"

Ah Gong couldn't help but laugh: "The altar is the altar, where is the mystery?"

"You won't let me see it, and you won't let me move, isn't it mysterious? You said that it was really valuable, and you had to take it to sell, why didn't you see it?"

"Well, bring it, tie it up in this pile. ”

"Grandpa, what's in that jar? Why don't you let me see it?"

"That thing...... The little doll is so scared!"

"What the hell?"

Ah Gong was speechless, when Xiao Man broke the casserole and asked to the end, he had no choice but to say: "It's a poisonous thing!"

"Dead or alive?"

Father-in-law:......

After a pause, he replied, "Dead, soaked in spirits." ”

Xiao Man climbed into the ox cart and said, "Ah Gong, let's not catch that thing in the future, okay? It's too dangerous, if you get bitten, what will Grandma and I do?"

Ah Gong looked at Xiao Man in surprise: "How do you know that thing will bite?"

"Of course I know! Mo Linghui said that her father has a wine jar with snakes and centipedes in it, and drinking that wine can cure diseases! And I saw Mo Qinghe's father at the end of the street in front of me catch a big red centipede, live, and poured it directly into the wine bottle! These are all poisons, which can be used as medicine, and I can guess that Ah Gong's jar is a snake and a centipede!"

The poison in the jar is not only snakes and centipedes?

Ah Gong patted Xiao Man's head: "Don't worry, Ah Gong can catch them, there is a way!"

"That's not going to work! Those who know how to water can still be drowned, and hunters can also be mauled to death by wild beasts! Grandpa, if you are disobedient, I will tell Grandma!"

"Okay! Grandpa is obedient, listen, don't tell Grandma, you know?"

Ah Gong was so angry and funny, he was pinched by his granddaughter: "Ah Gong used to guard the reservoir, and this thing was put on the reservoir, and I won't go to the reservoir next month, and when I go home to live, I won't catch that anymore, so you two won't be afraid!"

"Well, that's pretty much the same!" Xiao Man took out a bamboo tube, gave Ah Gong water to drink, and then took out a simmered sweet potato, Xiao Man ate two, and gave the rest to Ah Gong to eat, and I don't know if this meal is breakfast or lunch.

After eating something, Xiao Man's spirit became better, and he continued to chat with Ah Gong: "Ah Gong, you used to go into the city alone to sell medicinal herbs, don't you bring a companion?"

"Ah Gong's medicinal materials are not sold to the acquisition station, but to private individuals, this has to be known to the public, it's a shame!"

"Oh, that's called 'Speculation'!"

"Be quiet! Ah Gong has been collecting medicinal materials and selling them all his life, and he hasn't done anything bad!"

"Grandpa, I know, I understand!"

"Well, it's all up to our village to be related to the past, the big guy thinks of the old folks, and is not like other places like in other places to fight this and catch that, pick out the right and wrong trivial things have to be reported, of course, but also because there is a good branch secretary, the old branch secretary in the past is very kind and prestigious, the whole village obeys him, and the current branch secretary is your fifth uncle Mo, he blocked a lot of things for me. The one in the city that accepts my medicinal herbs, if people dare to buy them privately, they must have some support. However, nothing is better than nothing, and no one wants to cause trouble, so both sides should be careful and try not to let others know. Ah Gong comes by himself every time, without a companion!"