Chapter XVIII. On the Road (Middle)
Xiao Liu and another teenager came in with hot water, the family was washed, and Yang Cheng hugged Xiao Yao and took Zhang Suniang to the lobby for dinner. The lobby was basically full. After waiting for a while, there was a place, everyone quickly sat down, Yang Cheng ordered fish-flavored shredded pork, stir-fried cabbage, braised fish, 3 rice, a bowl of porridge. Everyone listened to the gossip of the people around them while eating.
"I heard that there are snitches in Qinghe City, who specialize in stealing the gold and silver treasures of large families." A male voice said loudly.
"You are backward, the snitch is no longer in Qinghe City, I heard that you have arrived in Shangjing, and there are many rich families in Shangjing who have reported to the official, and they all say that they have lost their valuables." Another male voice said immediately.
"I heard that there is going to be a war in Shangjing." A hoarse deep voice said.
"Didn't you, where did you hear that?" Then someone asked.
"I'm listening to my wife's cousin's aunt's daughter-in-law's brother..."
"Stop, what's the situation where you heard it?" The man hurriedly asked.
"I heard that none of the nobles in Beijing are convinced, and there is a trouble, and the trouble is quite fierce."
"Yes, the saint has many sons, and there are 10 of them in adulthood, and the saint is still there, so he started fighting so quickly? Hey, I don't know how many more people are going to die. Immortals fight, mortals suffer. The man sighed.
"We're so far away here, it takes one month to speed up, and it can't affect us here. It doesn't matter who wins. An indifferent voice said.
"When the fight starts, people are panicked, and everything is expensive. Alas, hope to settle down quickly. ”
"This is far away from us, and the wind and snow are suitable for us. I heard that there is a very beautiful girl in Fengyue Tower, will I go to see it later? An obscene voice said.
"Aren't you afraid of your tigress? I am terrible, and I will not go with you, lest even I be harmed. You still don't go. Another voice said in a vague voice, staccato again.
"You want to be alone, that's why you say that." The lewd man shouted, "Excuses." ”
Everyone else laughed.
Hearing this, Yang Cheng said, "Eat well, let's go up." Then he picked up Xiao Yao and took Zhang Suniang's hand into the room.
Xiao Yao was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she got into bed, and she rested all night without saying anything until dawn.
The next day, everyone got up at dawn. I felt that it was a good weather today, so I set off after breakfast. Prepare what you need on the road and drive the carriage away.
Xiao Yao still sat on Yang Cheng's lap and continued to listen to Yang Cheng's nagging: "When I was a horse boy, there was no one on it, and I did the hardest and most tiring work, and I didn't have to eat if I was slow." At first, I went to bed hungry every night. I got used to it slowly, and I got better when I got better. ”
Xiao Yao patted Yang Cheng's hand with her small hand, "Ah, ah." ”
Yang Cheng patted Xiao Yao's head and said, "Good." Then he said: "Later, Li Lao saw that I was so diligent, so he gave me the opportunity to learn some kung fu, so that I didn't have to stay in the stable, and I started to work elsewhere, and when I was 15 years old, I began to run errands with the car, and at the age of 18, I began to drive my own darts." In the blink of an eye, I'm 25 now. ”
Yang Cheng sighed, lowered his head and whispered to Xiao Yao: "Mr. Li is not only my nobleman and master, but also my matchmaker, and your mother is the one whom Mr. Li introduced me to me." When you get home, you can also go to see Elder Li. ”
Xiao Yao clapped her hands and smiled. I just chattered all morning, finished my meal at noon, rested for a while, and went on the road again. Xiao Yao didn't go out to drive, so she stayed in the car and slept. When Xiao Yao woke up, Xiao Yao felt that the carriage was swaying badly, and it was running very fast, as if it was flying, and hurriedly grabbed the window and looked out. Wow, wow,
The sky outside became a big black curtain, black and oppressive, covering the whole sky, and the black clouds in the sky became thicker and lower, and lightning was seen in the distance, and the sound of thunder was heard. Seeing that it was about to rain, Yang Cheng drove the car quickly. Soon I went down the mountain, out of the mountain road, and saw a town in the distance, and the carriage rushed straight towards the town.
The rain began to fall, first it was a drizzle, and it was hazy from a distance, and the town could not be seen. Gradually, the raindrops became heavier, hitting the carport, and the horn sounded. Xiao Yao secretly glanced at Yang Cheng, who was already wearing a coat and a straw hat, braving the rain to hurry.
Along the way, there was the sound of rain and wind alternately, and suddenly Yang Cheng stopped the carriage with "Yu, Yu", and it was raining heavily outside, and the rain hit the carport with a straight sound of "da, da, da". Xiao Yao stood on the edge of the curtain and looked out, and Zhang Suniang nervously supported her from behind.
I saw Yang Cheng stop the carriage, get off the carriage, take a few steps forward, and saw that there was an accident in front of the carriage, and one wheel on one side was stuck in a hole in the tree on the side of the road. It turned out that someone had dug up the tree and moved it away, and the remaining big hole was not filled, but it rained heavily, and the driver didn't notice the hole, and the wheels got stuck, and they couldn't get up all of a sudden.
Yang Cheng walked over and talked to the driver to see if he could help. After coming over for a while, Yang Chengcheng came back, and said loudly to Zhang Suniang through the curtain, "Su Niang, you pack up the carriage first, and then pick up the lady and child in the car above into our car, go to the town in front of you first, and then call someone to help." ”
After Yang Cheng finished speaking, he led the carriage and walked to the car in front, a middle-aged woman got out of the car and played an umbrella, and then a brightly dressed lady holding a little boy slowly got out of the car, and walked quickly to the carriage, Yang Cheng lifted the curtain, Mrs. put the little boy in the car first, and then got into the car herself, Zhang Suniang sat in the innermost with Xiao Yao in her arms, and when she saw her lady coming up, she smiled and nodded. Finally, the middle-aged woman got into the car and sat at the door, and then the car moved.
This lady is about 20 years old, elegant and beautiful, combing a flying fairy bun, wearing a jade hairpin, wearing gold and silver jade bracelets on both hands, the little boy is about 3 years old, wearing a tender green robe, wearing a jade crown, and his eyes are deer.
Mrs. smiled and said to Zhang Suniang: "This lady is disturbed, my husband's surname is Chen, what is the name of Mrs.?" ”
Zhang Suniang also replied with a smile: "Hello Mrs. Chen, my husband's surname is Yang, and the one who is out to catch the car." Everyone is out and about, help each other, it's nothing, Madame is welcome. This summer, if you change your face, you will change your face, and the rain will come and go quickly."
"yes, something happened. But it's also good luck that I met you, otherwise I don't know when I would have entered the town. Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Especially my little son, I am impatient to delay for a while." ”