Chapter Eighty-Eight: On the Road

Shaking along the way, Xia Zhi looked up at the green hills beside him. said that early in the morning, Tian Laosi dug her up and Tian Liqiu, who didn't wake up. Washing and eating in one go, and then Xia Zhi and Tian Liqiu left Tian's house in an ox cart.

In order to rush to Tian Juhua's house as soon as possible, Tian Laosi walked some mountain roads along the way, but fortunately, although the mountain roads are winding, they are also spacious, and it is not a problem to take an ox cart. Tian Laosi mainly considered that he had two children, and it was best to get to Zhao's house as soon as possible, he didn't want to take his two children to walk at night, not to mention that it was not safe, and he was afraid of being tired and scaring his two daughters. So he picked up all the mountain roads, and the mountain roads were rugged, so it was better than walking at night. 、

But he was so bitter that Xia Zhi and Tian Liqiu, sitting on the ox cart and being bumped by the ox cart almost vomited out the breakfast he ate, Xia Zhi couldn't help but think to himself, this ancient time will not have the symptoms of motion sickness. Later, there was really no way, Xia Zhi asked Tian Laosi to put her on the back of the ox, which was more comfortable than doing it on the ox cart.

Because it is a mountain road, there are naturally mountains all around, for Tian Liqiu, who has not been far away, it is naturally fresh, one will look at this, one will look at that, and even the pheasants on the mountain will make a fuss when they run past her.

Xia Zhi really wanted to say to her, in fact, these ten miles of mountains are there, there is really no need for this, but when Xia Zhi saw Tian Liqiu's shining eyes, he couldn't say anything. In ancient times, women were too harsh, and now they are still young, and they are the children of peasant households, and they can still come out to see, but I am afraid that in a few years, there will be no such opportunity. Besides, the Tian family couldn't eat enough before, so there is still the leisure and leisure now, and I am afraid that Tian Liqiu will see the pheasant at that time. It's not how good she looks. It's about how to eat.

Xia Zhi thought in his heart that if Tian Liqiu was born in modern times. Such a well-behaved child may have grown up spoiled by his parents, and that is the master who will go there if he wants to. It's like a trip out of the house now, like a bird flying out of a cage. And if there is no such opportunity, I don't know when she will be able to walk out of Tianjia Village.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhi no longer had the idea of talking about Tian Liqiu. Putting aside Tian Liqiu's matter, she observed the mountain road she walked during the summer solstice, and she didn't forget the purpose of her trip. But apparently although she remembered her purpose, Tian Laosi seemed to be against her, walking through some rugged mountain roads, she sat on the back of the ox, she could only see a piece of withered yellow weeds, or some still green pine trees, nothing else, and she couldn't let Tian Laosi stop the ox cart and let her go down to have a look.

To know the road, Tian Laosi set off with a calculated distance. I took my two daughters on the road early in the morning, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to arrive at night. In this way, Tian Lao Sixin still carried it, but he was afraid that it would be late, and he ate while walking at noon. If Xia Zhi told him at this time that he wanted to come down and take a look, he would definitely be bombarded by Tian Laosi's language. Besides, the summer solstice didn't travel when she came out this time, but she didn't have time to visit well, and they came out this time in a hurry.

However, this is still a little different from what she expected, Xia Zhi felt that Tian Laosi had to pass by at least a few Zhuangzi or villages, and she could also speculate from the clues that this Great Wu Dynasty was similar to that era. But this is completely on the mountain road, and she can't see the folk customs, so how can she speculate.

"Daddy, how long is it going to arrive?" Xia Zhi didn't have the heart to look at it, and walked with him for most of the day, he was too tired to do it, and from time to time he had to turn around and ask Tian Laosi, who was sitting on the ox cart, when he would be able to get to Aunt Tian's house. It's just that the answer given by Tian Laosi is always, it's fast, it's fast. However, although Tian Laosi's answers were the same, Xia Zhi still asked without giving up, only hoping that Tian Laosi's arrival was true.

After most of the day's rush, Tian Liqiu had already lost the freshness he had when he first came out, and he looked exhausted and leaning on Xia Zhi's arms, drowsy. Xia Zhi felt sorry for her, and he didn't wake her up, so he let her fall asleep in her arms like this, Tian Laosi wanted to hug Tian Liqiu, and Xia Zhi didn't let her.

"It's almost there, it's almost there, cross this hill, and you'll be in your aunt's village! Are you tired? Why don't you give me Xiao Liqiu! Tian Laosi shook the bullwhip on his hand, and the bullwhip hit the ground 'crackling', in order to make the cow go faster, he was reluctant to hit the cow, so he had to use this method. And the ox listened to the whip behind him, and sure enough, he quickened his pace.

Xia Zhi listened to Tian Laosi's words, stretched her neck and looked into the distance, but no matter how she looked, she could only see the continuous mountains, and there was no shadow of a village.

"No, let the eighth sister sleep well, get up early in the morning, it's natural for her to be sleepy. Daddy, the sun is about to set, can you really get there by turning over the mountain in front of you? Xia Zhi helped Tian Liqiu, who fell outward due to the bumps, and looked at the sky again, the sun was setting, and he wanted to turn over the mountain in front of him, I am afraid that it was already dark. However, Xia Zhi is a little disbelieving Tian Laosi now, who made him keep saying 'It's almost here, it's almost there'.

"Yes, I used to walk this road with your uncle, and I still remember it! That was a few years ago, and your aunt hadn't married me yet, so naturally there were no little debt collectors like you! Tian Laosi remembered that the family was poor at that time, and his sister gave birth to an eldest son, Tian Laosi took their four brothers to come to see the little nephew, and walked for a whole day, only eating some of Li's vegetable balls, at that time he was still fifteen or sixteen years old, how could that order vegetable balls be enough for him to eat, but there was no way to go out Li only gave each of them a vegetable ball.

Tian Laosi was young at the time, and when he felt hungry, he ate the vegetable ball early, and even Tian Laosi divided half of the vegetable ball with him. But even so, when it was dark, Tian Laosi was hungry again, and when he walked to the mountain in front, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he quarreled with Tian Laosi.

Tian Laosi can't help it, in the middle of the night, there is no one on the mountain, where to find food for Tian Laosi. In fact, it is not to blame Tian Laosi for being hungry, the four brothers walked for a day, and only ate vegetable balls that were not as big as a fist, the four of them were not hungry and panicked, and the brothers could only sit on the stones weakly.

Tian Laosi was full of emotion for a while, so he told Xia Zhi about the incident when they passed by the mountain.

"And then?" Anyway, Daddy used to be really bitter, after walking for a day, there was only one vegetable ball to eat, I am afraid that even the children feel hungry!

"Later, then it was your dad who was smart, your uncle was resting, I was hungry and couldn't sit still, just look here and there, suddenly send some green vine seedlings this autumn, your dad was curious, so he went to pull a few handfuls, but I didn't expect that there were things growing under the vine seedlings, at that time your father was hungry, bold and bold, didn't care about anything, secretly bit the skin and ate it directly, and didn't dare to tell your uncle!"

"Huh? Daddy, have you eaten a bad stomach! "Xia Zhi didn't expect that when his father was a teenager, he would dare to mess with the things on the mountain, you must know that many things on the mountain are poisonous, and if you eat it casually, it will poison people to death.

"Nope! I don't know if it's your father's luck, in short, there was nothing at all later, and your father stopped shouting hungry after eating that thing, and now that thing is quite delicious, sweet! It was dark and I couldn't see what it looked like! Later, when I came to your aunt's house, your aunt saw my hands full of white pulp and asked me where I came! Tian Laosi remembered that Tian Juhua fetched water to wash him at that time, and was taken aback when he saw that his hands were full of white pulp, thinking that he had encountered something poisonous, and was later prevaricated by him.

"Really? Daddy, are you sure you have white pulp on your hands? "Xia Zhi feels that he really has nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes all the effort to get it, if he guesses correctly, Tian Laosi is likely to pull out the sweet potato, and Xia Zhi remembers that if the sweet potato is just dug up, it has not been dried and there is white pulp.

"Really! At that time, your aunt thought that she had touched something poisonous, so she had to drag me to see the doctor! Tian Laosi also said with certainty that he was afraid that Tian Juhua and a few brothers would know that he was eating indiscriminately, but after a fight with them, they believed that he was not poisoned, but the white pulp was also very difficult to wash, and it remained in his hands for a long time.

"Daddy, do you have to take things and grow them somewhere? Let's go and see if there is anything else we can do when we pass by? "It's been so many years since the summer solstice, and I don't know if there are any sweet potatoes in that place.

"Remember, why don't you remember, but girl, let's take a look, now our family is not short of food, if you are hungry, I still have rice balls here, your grandma also wrapped a lot of vegetables before leaving, but you can't learn Daddy to eat things in the wild, your Daddy is very hungry to be like that!" Tian Laosi suddenly regretted a little, and felt that he shouldn't have said this in front of his daughter, if his daughter learned to eat what she dug up in the mountains casually, and ate something wrong, then he would hate himself to death.

"Daddy, don't worry, I won't eat indiscriminately, after talking about it for so many years, maybe that thing is no longer there." Xia Zhi promised, "Daddy, I heard a foreigner talk about a sweet potato again, and I think it's very similar to what you said, so I want to see if it's a sweet potato" Xia Zhi felt that it was better to give Tian Laosi a preventive shot in advance, otherwise if she found out that it was really a sweet potato, then she would have to make excuses, so it was better to be ready now.

"Sweet potatoes? Why haven't I heard of it? The term sweet potato is obviously very unfamiliar to Tian Laosi.

Xia Zhi muttered to himself in his heart, it's strange that you have heard of it, "I once went to Niangniang Town, and I heard a person with a foreign accent say that there is a kind of food, the leaves can be eaten, the roots can also be eaten, the leaves are called sweet potato seedlings, and the roots are called sweet potatoes. I think Daddy might be eating sweet potatoes! ”

"Ahh Is there really such food? Regarding Xia Zhizhi's statement, Tian Laosi did not pursue it, but was surprised that what he ate at the beginning was really a kind of food.

"Isn't it, let's go and see it!" Xia Zhi felt that it was too early to say that it was a sweet potato, and it was better to take a look, but at this time, she was sixty percent sure in her heart. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter is a make-up to last night's chapter!