That night, Chen Qiuniang tossed and turned and didn't sleep well. First, because she was thinking about going to Liuhe Town tomorrow, for example, after playing against the Zhu family, whether to look at the problem of ingredients in the restaurant, and at the same time to see if she could help that guy, who was also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, at the same age, he died so young, it seems to be a pity.

It's just that there is a group of fierce and vicious people stationed outside, so it's hard to guarantee that there is no one around this chapter. If the king's steward can't protect himself at that time, then he will be miserable.

She pondered the details one by one and weighed the pros and cons. In the middle of the night, I heard the rain pouring outside. The rain in March is not big, but in the end it is a steep spring cold. Chen Qiuniang unconsciously remembered the young man's pale face, and was worried: I don't know if this guy can survive.

After a long night, I woke up to the dawn of the day, the rain had stopped, and it was a warm scene of daylight. Chen Qiuniang didn't care about breakfast, so she went straight to Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng changed into a short shirt today, played five poultry plays in the courtyard, and when he saw Chen Qiuniang coming, he stopped and asked, "Qiuniang, are you better?" ”

The language is gentle and elegant, and the words of the question are also the standard questions of the healer. Chen Qiuniang nodded, and said crisply: "Brother Cheng, I'm much better." It's just that the wound is a little itchy. ”

"A child's body just heals quickly." Yoo Seung laughed, revealing his white teeth.

Chen Qiuniang covered her mouth and said, "Brother Cheng said that he seems to be old. ”

"Always, always a few years older." Yoo Seung smiled embarrassedly.

Chen Qiuniang just laughed, thinking that this young man was gentle and elegant, but he was so shy in the face of girls. In Chen Qiuniang's memory, there have been many times when she was beaten by Chen Quanzhong, injured and fainted and woke up, all of which were scenes of Liu Cheng reading a book under the window, so warm and graceful.

"Brother Cheng, do you have something to do today?" Chen Qiuniang did not continue to be polite, and asked straight to the point.

"Qiu Niang, what's the matter?" Liu Cheng asked, standing in front of the medicine basket with a blue shirt on his body.

"I want to ask Brother Cheng to take me to Liuhe Town. You also know that Mrs. Li came to withdraw from the marriage yesterday. I think no matter what, I have to go to Zhu's house in person. Chen Qiuniang didn't hide it from Liu Cheng, and directly explained her intentions.

Liu Cheng pursed his lips, and before he could speak, Aunt Liu came out of the house and said, "Your brother Cheng is going up the mountain to collect medicine today, and there are a few flavors of medicine that are flowers, that is, in the past few days, if it is delayed, I am afraid it will be the next year."

"Mother." Liu Cheng bowed slightly and saluted Aunt Liu very respectfully.

"You should be careful when you go up the mountain, although those few herbs are in the shallow mountains. But in the spring, wolves are running around. Aunt Liu didn't care about Chen Qiuniang, and told Liu Cheng directly, and didn't forget to help Liu Cheng take care of his clothes.

Liu Cheng agreed one by one, reassuring Aunt Liu, and then turned to look at Chen Qiuniang, a little embarrassed and wanted to say something. Aunt Liu said: "If Qiu Niang is really going today, she will go to find Ma Siye, anyway, Liuhe Town is going to open the town today, and Ma Siye always has to go to catch the car." You go to Yang and he will take you. ”

"Mother, how can Fourth Master Ma be a plain leader?" Liu Cheng frowned, and asked again, "Qiu Niang, do you have to go today?" How about another day? ”

Chen Qiuniang knew that Aunt Liu was afraid that she didn't like herself very much, but in the end, she had a corpse mutiny, and there was a scumbag father who gambled badly at home. Moreover, looking at Liu Cheng's dress, he is indeed going to collect medicine. She smiled and said, "Brother Cheng is going to collect medicine." You don't have to worry about me, you have to pay attention to safety. ”

"Qiu Niang, can I take you the day after tomorrow?" Liu Cheng hurriedly said.

Chen Qiuniang smiled sweetly and said, "Okay, Brother Cheng, pay attention to safety." I'll go back and see my brothers and sisters. Brother Cheng, Aunt Liu, I'll go back first. ”

Aunt Liu answered and continued to sort out the utensils for Liu Cheng to go up the mountain to collect medicine, while Chen Qiuniang walked home quickly. What I was thinking about in my heart was to take the car of the fourth master of the horse to Liuhe Town, and it happened that I had the little silver that I sold the snake yesterday, and it was always enough to give a car money and buy some rice and noodles by the way. Anyway, if you want to set up a stall to do things in the future, you can't trouble Liu Cheng every time. This must be to cooperate with Ma Siye, this time I will go and see what kind of temperament he has, and I have a bottom in my heart.

When Chen Qiuniang came back, Chen Qiusheng and Chen Qiuxia were weeding on the thin ground outside the door, and Chen Liushi was dragging his lame legs and turning over the soil.

"What did Wan Sanniang say?" Chen Liushi asked first.

"Grandma, Wan Sanniang will talk to Li Taohua after a while. However, I'm going to make a trip to Liuhe Town. Chen Qiuniang didn't want to hide her whereabouts.

Chen Liushi was very suspicious and asked, "What are you doing in Liuhe Town?" ”

"Go buy some rice and noodles, my brother can't go hungry." She replied, and said, "I cut a snake yesterday, and a few masters from this village took a fancy to the snake, so they bought it and gave some broken silver grains. ”

Chen Liushi was still suspicious and asked, "Buy a snake?" Didn't you give copper coins, or iron coins? Honestly, where did this money come from? Chen Liu's tone became more and more stern, and he walked to the courtyard on crutches.

"Grandma, it's really money from selling snakes. It's probably because people don't have change, or maybe the snake's gall is good. How do I know? Chen Qiuniang looked at Chen Liushi with big eyes, and said, "I just died of poverty and starvation." I definitely won't do those things like stealing chickens and dogs. Besides, we all have hands, and we eat all over the place, can we use them to do the things of chickens and dogs? ”

When Chen Liushi heard this, his nose was sour, he raised his hand to wipe his tears, and said with a whimper: "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for your mother." ”

"If anything, my grandmother raised me well. Okay, don't cry, don't cry. I'm going to town, I'm going to have to dress decently, I'm going to change my clothes. Chen Qiuniang comforted Chen Liushi for a moment, then went into the house and took out a gray shirt from the box, covered with a cyan jacket, a pair of small embroidered shoes, and fiddled with her hair bun, which was always not combed well enough. Chen Liushi walked in, took a comb and said, "I'll comb it for you." I haven't combed your hair for more than half a year. ”

"Hey. Thank you grandma. She replied crisply, invited Chen Liushi to sit on the bed, and moved a low wooden pier to sit on herself, Chen Liushi skillfully combed her hair commonly used by children, and also embellished a pink turban.

Chen Qiuniang had to praise it, took the broken silver and went to Ma Si's house. As soon as I left the courtyard gate, I saw the man in black passing by the door yesterday. Chen Qiuniang was stunned, and the man was also stunned, so he stood outside the fence and looked at her.

Chen Qiuniang secretly thought that she couldn't hide it from people when she went to Liuhe Town, especially these people, rather than hiding them, it was better to let them know. So, she immediately shouted, "Grandma, grandma, come quickly." ”

Chen Liushi came out with a cane and asked, "Qiu Niang, what's wrong?" ”

"Grandma, it's the snake that this uncle bought. I really didn't steal. She pointed to the man in black outside the door, and after she finished speaking, she looked at the man in black with her eyes blank again, and said timidly, "Uncle took pity on me, bought the snake, and gave a lot of money, Qiu Niang thank you." ”

She bowed as she spoke, but the man didn't respond to her, but said to Chen Liu, "It's indeed the money I gave." ”

"Thank you for your pity." Chen Liu also bowed.

"It's always dangerous for a child to go into the mountains. Don't you have a man in the family? The man asked again.

Chen Liushi was shocked and asked, "Qiu Niang, are you entering the mountain again?" ”

Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips and said, "I only went to the shallow mountain, digging wild vegetables, and seeing if there was anything that could be taken to the market to sell for money and exchange for some rice and noodles, after all, the two younger brothers are too young, and they will always eat what we eat, and they will be malnourished." ”

Her voice became smaller and smaller, Chen Liushi wiped her tears, and said, "You want to have three long and two short, let me return to the mountain in the next hundred years, how can I explain to your mother." ”

"Grandma, I'm fine. Okay, I'll go to Grandpa Ma Si and ask him to take me to Liuhe Town to buy some rice noodles and come back. Chen Qiuniang couldn't stand Chen Liu's verbosity, hung up the small bag and ran for a while, and said to the man, "Thank you, uncle." Then he ran to Ma Si's house.

Ma Si is an old man in his fifties, and he is a veteran of driving cars in Liucun. The folds on his face, the blind eye on the right, are said to have been beaten by his son, who drank rotten wine, and this son was also beaten to death by the ruffians half a year ago. Counting up, Ma Si is also a lonely old man. Relying on driving back and forth to earn some money for the car, Ping Suli is very calculating.

When Chen Qiuniang ran to the door of Ma Si's house, Ma Si, dressed in a short shirt, was setting up a horse, and the carriage was the most simple board car, which was specially used for pulling goods. Therefore, there is no such thing as luxury in a telenovel.

He put on his bridles, checked the whip again, and said to the blind willow bear who was grinding and chirping next to him: "Don't grind and chirp, the good seven cents are seven cents, and nothing less." This Liuhe town is far away, you have to bring so many things, and I have to sell them, and then I will bring them back to you. ”

The blind man of Liu Xiong copied his hand and said helplessly: "The fourth master always refuses to sympathize with the misery of my family. ”

"Who will show mercy to me? These days, who doesn't wish that other families couldn't afford to eat? Ma Si had a fierce look on his face. Just hop on the board.

Chen Qiuniang hurriedly ran over, bowed in front of Ma Si, and said very obediently: "Fourth grandfather, you are going to Liuhe Town." ”

"Girl, what do you want to bring?" Ma Si glanced at her and said, "Ordinary things, a penny for the fare." ”

"I want to go to Liuhe Town. I want to bother the fourth grandfather to take me for a ride. Chen Qiuniang is still very polite.

Ma Si laughed and said, "Is my horse working for nothing?" To take such a big living person back and forth, it has to be four cents to say the least. ”

"The fourth grandfather can say as much as he wants." Chen Qiuniang still smiled. She had to go to Liuhe Town this time, and she didn't think that people would help in vain when she came to find Ma Si.

"Do you still have money? Your bad gambling dad hasn't lost it yet? Your grandmother was Fei Guifei's wet nurse before, and she hid it really deeply. Ma Si pursed his lips and beckoned her to jump up on his own.

But the blind man of the willow bear pursed his lips and said, "This calamity star is still in the observation period, do you dare to take it?" ”

Ma Siyi hesitated, Chen Qiuniang snorted coldly and said, "Li Yinyang, who is a high Taoist, didn't say anything. But you stick out of your horse's mouth in the bullpen. It's been a few days, who have I harmed? ”

The blind willow bear was deflated and muttered, "Look at you like that, it's a scourge." ”

"Don't spray people with blood, I have something to do in Liuhe Town today, and I don't have the same knowledge as you. Otherwise, you have to be a distant relative of the third aunt and the sixth master, and you have to go to the village chief's house to evaluate the matter of wronging people at will. "Chen Qiuniang was originally a fast-talking person, in her last life in the village, what kind of quarrel and battle have you never seen? The grandmother Zhao San next door to her, the quarrel was extremely fast, and every sentence was reasonable, within a radius of dozens of miles, but no one could quarrel. That is a good textbook for Chen Qiuniang in her last life.

When she threw out such a series of words, Ma Si didn't pay much attention to it, but just gloated at the blind willow bear and said, "Broken mouth, it's yours." Doll, give money first, and then go. ”

Chen Qiuniang took a small piece of silver as usual and said, "I don't have zero here." There is only this broken one, I think I will wait until I get to the town, buy some rice and noodles and then give it to the fourth grandfather, do you think it is feasible? ”

When Ma Si saw the silver, he made up his mind, and naturally he was willing. Chen Qiuniang happily jumped on the cart, grabbed the crossbar of the cart tightly, and let the horse gallop on the uneven road.

It took about an hour or so for the carriage to leave the mountain and come to a relatively flat mountain road. Ma Si slowed down. Chen Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body seemed to fall apart. Ma Sihan said sarcastically: "You used to be a young lady from a big family, and you took a car when you went in and out. You can't get used to this, right? ”

"Look at what the fourth grandfather said, what a big family is not a big family." Chen Qiuniang smiled, only then did she see that the archway in front of the arch was written "Liuhe Town" a few big characters, under the archway, two stone lions carved very fiercely.

She said to Ma Si: "The fourth grandfather is familiar with this Liuhe Town, and I want to entrust the fourth grandfather to help with the matter of buying white flour and small corn." ”

"That's not good, four cents is only enough for your round-trip car." Ma Si said immediately.

Chen Qiuniang said with a smile: "How can I let the fourth grandfather suffer." This grain, I will give it to the fourth grandfather first, and beg the fourth grandfather to help me buy some white flour and small corn. How can the freight and labor expenses also be given to the fourth grandfather. I want to go for a walk on my own. ”

"You believe me?" Ma Si suddenly asked suspiciously.

"It's all neighborhoods, how can you not believe it? Although the fourth grandfather collects money to do things, he is a good person, which is what my grandmother said. Chen Qiuniang smashed over with a high hat. I thought to myself: Are you embarrassed to bully the child?

"This is natural." Ma Si smiled and said, "Then I will charge you three pennies for freight and one penny for labor." The rest of the rest, this is opened, and then it will be given to you. ”

"Thank you, Fourth Grandpa." Chen Qiuniang smiled. Ma Si had already stopped the carriage and was going to feed the horses at the entrance of Liuhe Town, and then led the horses forward. Chen Qiuniang naturally got out of the car and said that she was going to go shopping.

The four of them were not bad, and they didn't wait for Chen Qiuniang to figure out how to say some pocket money or something. He said to himself: "Wait for me at this archway in two hours, you go shopping, and bring some money." As he spoke, he took twenty copper coins one by one, and two strings of thin iron coins for her. ”

"The fourth grandfather is thoughtful. Qiu Niang, thank you to the fourth grandfather. Chen Qiuniang's mouth was sweet, and she took the money and put it away. After bowing, he jumped and ran towards Liuhe Town, but the first thing he thought about was not to go to Zhu's house.