This high-speed exit is located in a small town that is not prosperous, and it is still far away from the county seat, about fifty or sixty kilometers.

After getting off the highway, when passing by the town, Chen Qiming asked, "Young master, shall we rest in the town or continue to go to the county seat?"

The town is very remote and looks relatively dilapidated, and this high-speed exit is not for the town, but for the two coal mines at the foot of the mountain, which are twenty kilometers away from the town.

It is said to be a small town, except for three streets, there are no special buildings, the backward town in the remote area of the west and the prosperous town on the southeast coast are not the same concept at all, maybe the town here is not even as good as a village over there.

Zhao Jingshi had never seen such a town at all, and when he saw the desolate appearance of the town, he muttered: "What food can I eat here, besides, where do we stay, I don't even have a hotel, let's go to the county seat."

"There are still fifty or sixty kilometers from the county seat, and the national highway here is not easy to walk, can you hold on for another hour?" Su Qin said casually, what about the hotel, the guest house will be good in the future.

Zhao Jingshi said disapprerovingly: "Brother Su Qin, you really think I am a pampered young master, it's okay for an hour, and it's more fragrant when you're hungry, isn't it?"

In the previous sentence, he disliked that there was nothing to eat and live here, and in the next sentence, he said that he was not a pampered young master, Su Qin shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

He and Chen Qiming don't care, they can survive even if they sleep in the barren mountains and mountains, and they have been in a more difficult environment than this, what is this?

Zhao Jingshi said so, and Su Qin said lightly, "Then continue to go and go to the county seat."

Continue to walk along the national highway to the county seat, which seems to be a distance of fifty or sixty kilometers, but in fact it is a straight-line distance, and you have to climb a mountain at that time, so it will take an hour and a half to travel.

There are hardly any big villages along the way, and there are no passing vehicles, and it is so dark that you can only see the lights in the distance, and you don't know that you think you have come somewhere.

Zhao Jingshi frowned and said, "Brother Su Qin, we didn't make a mistake, right?"

Su Qin explained: "That's right, the northwest is basically like this, Longzhou is better, you continue to go northwest, there are some places where you can't even see a single figure for a day, and there are many no-man's land."

Zhao Jingshi was surprised and said, "Really?"

"You stay in Shangjing all year round, do you really think that all the places in the Han and Tang Empire are similar to those big cities in Jingjinghai?" Su Qin chuckled.

Zhao Jingshi was a little shocked, but he also felt that he had seen a lot.

After walking for another half an hour, suddenly the Land Rover Defender, which had been through wind and rain, broke down and threw the three of them directly on the road.

There is no shop in front of the village, there is no store in the back, and it is pitch black around and you can't even see a figure, Zhao Jingshi panicked directly, who let him hear the wolf howl in the mountains in the distance.

"Brother Su Qin, is that voice a wolf barking?" Zhao Jingshi asked cautiously, in the past, Zhao Jingshi had seen real wolves in the zoo and on TV.

Su Qin said truthfully, "It's normal to have wolves here, why are you afraid?"

Zhao Jingshi was upset and said, "What can I do?"

In Shangjing, there is the identity protection of the Zhao family, Zhao Jingshi is not afraid of getting used to it, no matter what happens, he has a family background.

Even when he arrived in Chang'an and Chang'an University, he was still unscrupulous, who made him the young master of the Zhao family, the Zhao family is one of the eight famous federal families, who dares to offend him?

But now, he was a little panicked, because this wilderness is called every day and the earth is not right, even if he is the young master of the Zhao family, who knows, who can help him if something happens?

In addition to relying on himself now, he is relying on Su Qin and this driver, Brother Chen.

Su Qin looked at Chen Qiming and said, "Brother Chen, how is it? Can you keep walking?"

Chen Qiming was tinkering with a flashlight, which had been tossed for more than ten minutes, and he didn't find a specific reason.

"Young master, it is estimated that we will not be able to reach the county seat for a while, so we can only call for help

Let's come over and tow it." Chen Qiming said bluntly.

When Su Qin heard this, he looked at Zhao Jingshi, who was cowering next to him, and said with interest: "It's going to be late, even if you wait for the trailer to go back and forth, it will take two or three hours to get to the county seat, it's better to find a place to live nearby, you call and ask them to come early tomorrow morning."

Chen Qiming didn't quite understand what Su Qin meant, he wanted to say that it was better to contact the back side to change the car, they could go to the county seat first, leave two people in the car, and go back to the county seat with the rescue team tomorrow.

Su Qin didn't want Zhao Jingshi to know that they were secretly protected when they went out, which would only make Zhao Jingshi feel confident and fearless, unlike now when he was very worried about his situation.

So Su Qin knew what Chen Qiming wanted to say, and directly stopped his proposal with his eyes.

Zhao Jingshi said at this time, "Nearby? Where do you stay?"

Su Qin said thoughtfully, "Didn't we pass by a village just now? Although there are only a dozen or so households, it should not be a problem to find a random home to borrow for a night, and now it will only take 20 minutes at most."

Zhao Jingshi frowned and said, "Live there, can you live in that place?"

Su Qin didn't bother to deal with him, and said bluntly: "Now we can only do this, if you don't stay, you will be in the car for one night, and Brother Chen and I can just go over."

How dare Zhao Jingshi stay in this place, he was scared to death without even being scared of a figure, and there was no other way at this time, plus his stomach was grumbling with hunger, so he could only follow Su Qin's suggestion and said, "Okay."

He somewhat regretted following Su Qin to Longzhou, but whoever let the family have already agreed, he can't change this ending.

So the three of them pushed the car into the wasteland on the side of the road, took something casually and headed towards the village behind, and they didn't even encounter other vehicles along the way, Zhao Jingshi followed closely with Su Qin and Chen Qiming, for fear that they would throw themselves here.

After ten minutes, they finally arrived at the small village on the side of the national highway, but most of the people in the village had already rested, and every house was closed, and they didn't know which family they were looking for to spend the night.

Finally, I saw that there was a yard in front of me with the lights on and the gate open, so I walked quickly.

When they walked to the house, they saw an old man with a furrow on his face and a little girl sitting at the door, as if he was anxiously waiting for something.

When he saw the three strangers appear, the old man was obviously stunned, as if he didn't expect outsiders to appear, the little girl in the old man's arms was even more frightened, and immediately curled up in the old man's arms, not daring to look at Su Qin and them.

Su Qin took the initiative to greet him, "Old man, hello."

The old man stood up tremblingly, his whole back was obviously crushed by the years, and he could only bow his body and raise his head and say in the dialect of Longzhou, "Who are you?"

Su Qin could probably understand, so he said truthfully: "Old man, we are tourists who come here for a self-driving tour, our car is broken down and we can't go, this is a little far away from the county seat, I want to spend one night at your house tonight, is it convenient for you?"

The old man was obviously a little hesitant, and full of vigilance against strangers, and even subconsciously hugged his granddaughter tightly, not knowing how to respond for a while.

Zhao Jingshi said impatiently: "Grandpa, we are not bad people, we are really passing tourists, as long as you can let us stay overnight and get us something to eat, we can give you money."

After speaking, Zhao Jingshi directly took out his wallet, took out a wad of money, handed it to the old man, and said, "Is this money enough?"

It seemed that this move made the old man believe that they were not bad people, and the old man gradually lowered his guard and said, "Oh, well, it's just that our family's conditions are not very good, as long as you don't dislike it, as for the money, forget it."

Su Qin, Zhao Jingshi and the others hurriedly thanked the old man, and the old man then took them up and walked into the courtyard, and took them to the side house in the west, although it was relatively dilapidated, but it was cleaned quite clean.

In addition to a clay kang in this partial house, the rest is some sundries, and the earthen kang is relatively large, enough for the three of them to live.

The old man took out the futon and laid it out, and said with some embarrassment, "Don't dislike it."

Except that Zhao Jingshi had a headache when he saw this condition, when did he live in such a place, this was something he couldn't think of before, Su Qin and Chen Qiming didn't care, and hurriedly thanked the old man.

After the old man left, Su Qin said casually, "The conditions are a little difficult, you will just spend one night."

What can Zhao Jingshi do, he can only live here.

At this time, they heard the voice of the old man in the courtyard talking to others, as if someone else had come.

Su Qin and the three of them hurriedly walked out, only to see the old man talking to a dark-skinned farmer in his thirties, as if he was explaining something.

Not surprisingly, this should be the old man's son, for the little girl had already thrown herself into the arms of the farmer, and the old man was still pointing to them.

Su Qin walked over quickly and greeted, "You are the son of an old man, right? We are passing tourists, the car broke down on the side of the road in front, and we will spend the night at your house tonight, how much do you think is appropriate?"

The farmer looked more honest and responsible, he shook his head and said, "A little favor doesn't cost money, you live in yours, I heard my father say that you haven't eaten yet, there are no good things at home, I'll get you some noodles to eat, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, okay, just face, trouble." Su Qin said politely.

The farmer didn't say anything, but went into the stove room and began to make a fire and cook, which was a simple house built casually outside.

When the crop man was cooking, Su Qin, Zhao Jingshi and Chen Qiming were chatting with the old man in the courtyard, Zhao Jingshi teased the little girl with interest, and even gave his snacks to the little girl.

Although the little girl was dressed simply and didn't clean it up, she looked quite cute and beautiful.

After a simple chat, Su Qin knew the situation of the family, the old man was an authentic farmer, his ancestors had lived here for generations, and he used to be in the mountains and now moved to the side of the national highway.

The farmer is the only son of the old man, working in the coal mine at the foot of the mountain, some time ago there was an accident in the mine, the old man's son was injured, and the lumbar spine also underwent surgery.

It stands to reason that this is a work-related injury, and the mine should pay compensation, but it has been delayed and refused, and the old man's son has been looking for it many times, and there was a conflict during the period, and the mine did not give it.

Today he brought seven or eight young people from the village to ask for an explanation, which is why he came back so late.

As for the old man's daughter-in-law, she has always disliked their poor family, and ran away with outsiders not long after giving birth to a child, leaving only a daughter.

Zhao Jingshi said angrily: "Grass, this is a work-related injury, why don't they give it?"

"People are mining people, we have money and background, we are farmers, what can we do?" Speaking of this, the old man sighed a little embarrassed.

Su Qin said lightly, "You haven't looked for the government?"

"After looking for it, people ignored us and let us go directly to the mine, all wearing a pair of pants, who can we farmers find?" The old man said dejectedly.

Su Qin didn't say anything, the smaller the place, the darker it is, let alone this remote rural village in the northwest?

At this time, the old man's son had already made noodles, and prepared three dishes, one plate of pickled vegetables by himself, one plate of cold wild vegetables, and one plate of pig's head meat that he brought back.

Zhao Jingshi saw that he was hungry, and at this time, he didn't care about any conditions, so he picked up the noodles and showed off, and after eating a few bites, he didn't forget to say, "It's delicious."

The old man's son smiled and said, "Eat more if it's delicious, although the conditions in our house are poor, but the noodles are full."

The old man's son took out a bottle of loose wine in his spare time, poured himself a glass and drank it, and did not forget to ask, "Do you drink?"

Su Qin, Zhao Jingshi, and Chen Qiming all politely refused.

"Where did you come from?" After a few sips of wine, the old man's son talked more and asked with a smile.

Su Qin said with a smile: "I came from Chang'an, I was going to Lancheng, and there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I was going to make a detour from here, who knew that there was a problem with the car."

"This is the way, all

It was crushed by those big trucks pulling coal, and the county money has been repaired for a long time, and often the cars break down halfway." The old man's son explained.

Zhao Jingshi said while eating, "Alas, who knows, we are so unlucky, but fortunately you took us in."

"If you don't take in anything, you can help when you go out, and besides, you're not a bad person." The old man's son chuckled.

Zhao Jingshi replied: "We are definitely not bad people, you can rest assured that we will not eat and live for nothing, we should give you more money and more money, and we will not let you suffer."

The old man's son said angrily: "It's polite to give money, we don't want money, let's talk about how much money can there be."

After speaking, the old man also echoed.

Just when everyone was eating and chatting, the atmosphere was still relatively pleasant.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the courtyard, and it sounded like there were quite a few people.

Immediately afterwards, the gate of the courtyard was kicked up from the outside, and another man said, "Tian Wa, you donkey day get out, you dare to come to the mine to ask for money, and labor and management will kill your donkey day."

Hearing the shouts outside, the old man's son's face instantly turned pale, and he was stunned for a while.

The old man was obviously a little scared as well, and his eyes were full of horror.

Zhao Jingshi didn't know what was going on, Su Qin and Chen Qiming looked at each other, and they didn't have to guess that they knew that it was the mine that was looking for trouble.

It's just that I didn't expect them to meet it.