After the two entered the village, Pei Ziyan, who had already disguised herself as Zhu Shi, was ready to find someone to ask about the situation, and if she could, she was ready to rent a carriage for the two of them to travel.

Maybe it was because of their extraordinary appearance, and soon someone came up and asked the two with a smile.

"You two are not from this village, do you, I don't know what is going on here?"

It was a woman with a melon seed face and curved moon eyebrows, not very beautiful, but with a smile on her face and a warm voice, it was also eye-catching.

Zhu Shi was very familiar with this situation, he arched his hand at the woman, laughed, and before he could say anything, he made the woman blush first.

Zhu Shi said: "My sister and I are passing by here and want to rent a carriage to hurry, I don't know if the girl can mention a thing or two." ”

When the woman saw that they were all talents, and that the clothes they were wearing were also of unseen material, she thought that they must have come from a rich young master and miss somewhere, and they had separated from their family and wanted to find a carriage.

It's just... She rolled her eyes and said with some regret.

"The only thing in our village that can be used for transportation is a donkey cart, and that donkey cart is owned by the village chief, if you want to borrow it, you have to ask the village chief."

Donkey carts? Zhu Shi was stunned for a moment, and it immediately occurred in his mind that the "donkey" he saw by chance was a creature, although it had the same four-legged as a horse, but it didn't seem to be suitable for carrying people, and it was incomparable to a horse.

But now in this situation, something is better than nothing, he has little spiritual power left, and it will take several days to recover, besides, Zhu Shu is still a mortal, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to hike more than a hundred miles.

Zhu Shi opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't refuse, and said softly: "Then it's troublesome for the girl to show us the way." ”

The girl thought that these two people who were sensitively and handsome were going to ride the donkey cart, and she only felt a little funny, but she had a good temperament, and she just pressed this smile under her eyes, and her face was still gentle and gentle.

"Don't bother, come with me."

The two followed the girl through the village, and there were not many people coming and going on the road, but there were more than a dozen, and they seemed to know each other very well, and they would greet each other. The same is true of the girl who led the way for the two, and as she walked, she would talk to the people she met.

The puzzled eyes of those people fell on the two of them, the girl just said lightly that she was passing by, and the others didn't ask more, and some enthusiastic ones took the initiative to say hello, but it could be seen that the villagers of this village were very simple and kind.

Passing by a field, you can also see the people bending down to work inside, the sweat of hard work dripping into the field, but the face shows joy and satisfaction, the field that they have paid for their time and sweat, will repay them in another way in the coming year.

It was noon, and women and children had already come to deliver the meal, although it was only some simple meals, but they were eating the food in large gulps, talking with their wives, watching the children play, and even the simple meals became more delicious.

Chao Huan looked at all this, her consciousness suddenly became a little empty, once upon a time, she also ran through the crowded streets, those who lived a simple but happy life greeted her, she passed by the stall with white smoke wafting up, and she would be stuffed with a few freshly baked brown sugar steamed buns, which were sweet in the mouth.

Only now, that happy little city no longer exists.

Chao Huan lowered his eyes and withdrew himself from his memories, and Zhu Shi on the other side was well adapted to chatting with the girl.

During the chat, they also learned that the girl's name was He Huan, it is said that most people in this village have the surname He, and the ancestors are more or less related, but there are also some other surnames, like Chen or Zhang.

He Huan also learned the names of the two, Chao Huan, who had been silent along the way, did not attract her attention, and the talkative Zhu Shi talked with her very happily.

Even with her gentle personality and delicate appearance, He Huan is quite popular in the village, and many young people in the village want to marry her. But although He Huan has a gentle temperament, he has a good vision, and he doesn't look down on those peasant sons who only have one acre and three points of land at home.

Now when I see Zhu Shi, I suddenly feel shocked, the other party is handsome, and I can see that the identity is not low between conversations, which can be said to be very in line with He Huan's standards.

But even if she has this idea in her heart, He Huan didn't show anything unusual, after so many years in the village, her best has to be a clear heart, know what to do, and know what not to do.

It's the young man in front of him who looks kind, which he can't control, but it's not bad to have a good fate.

And her thoughts, Zhu Yi, who has the means to do so, can also see it clearly, he is a little surprised by the cleverness of this ordinary mortal, but this does not mean that he will think highly of the other party.

Chao Huan's eyes fell lightly on the people who came and went, and he didn't care about the fight between the two foxes at all.

So, the journey was easy, and there were no moths.

After walking all the way, they finally arrived at the village chief's house, and the building presented in front of Chaohuan and Zhu Shi was larger than the one they saw along the way.

Along the way, the two found that compared with Qingji Village, which is remote and has few people, Haixing Village is obviously richer, although every household is not rich and expensive, but they can afford to eat and dress well, and the house they live in is only worse than that of the village chief of Qingji Village.

The head of Haixing Village, not so much rich, is more of a landlord, with blue bricks and tiles, and the purpose is the stone wall gate of perseverance, and there is a plaque on the door that reads "He Family".

At this time, the gate was closed, and the high fence completely covered the inside, and I really didn't know if there was anyone inside. He Huan told the two of them to wait, and went up to grab the iron ring and knocked on the door.

After a few "knock knocks", there was no movement behind the wall for a while, and after waiting for a while, there was a sound of footsteps, but the man did not open the door when he came, and stood behind the door and shouted.

"Who?"

He Huan raised his voice and replied, "It's me, He Huan, two guests are passing by, and they want to rent the village chief's donkey to drive away." ”

The man asked, "Where are the guests?" Our donkeys are not lent out at will. ”

He Huan glanced at Zhu Shi with some embarrassment, Zhu Shi waved his hand to signal her to step back, and he took a step forward and said loudly.

"I am a person from Fuliu City, and my sister went out to get separated from my family, and I want to borrow the village chief's donkey to go back, if the village chief is worried, I am willing to buy it with ten taels of silver."

After he finished speaking, he added, "If the village chief is really reluctant, he will rent it at the price of half a tael of silver a day, and when he returns home, he will immediately send someone to send the donkey back." ”

Ten taels of silver?! As soon as these words came out, He Huan and the man were shocked.

You must know that a donkey is full of 1,500 yuan, that is, one or two halves of silver, and if you take these ten taels, you can directly buy five or six donkeys.

He said that renting it would be half a tael of silver a day, and it would be five hundred wen a day, which was one-third of the price of a donkey itself. From Haixing Village to Fuliucheng for 270 kilometers, even if it is a day and night, it will take at least four or five days to walk, and this comes and goes, and it is another sum of money.

He Huan had already guessed that the other party was a rich son, but he didn't expect the other party to be so rich, and at the same time, he was surprised, and his heart was a little pounding.

If so, if she can marry the other party, then she will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

It's just... He Huan's gaze fell from Zhu Shi to the person beside him, the girl with a beautiful face didn't say a word, and her black eyes were as quiet as thinking of the night.

The other party was silent along the way, He Huan didn't seem to notice her, but in fact, he had already looked at the other party thoroughly, probably because women would subconsciously pay attention to it when facing a woman younger than themselves and more beautiful than themselves.

Although Zhu Shi explained that they were brother and sister, He Huan didn't believe it at all, she had seen a lot of brothers and sisters, but she hadn't seen it at all. Although the two didn't talk much along the way, she saw Zhu Shi's care for each other.

What sister, I'm afraid it's a love sister, it is estimated that the family does not agree, and the little couple eloped. He Huan guessed in his heart.

Over there, the people behind the door were frightened by Zhu Shi's wealth, he thought that it would be a prank to fool people, but he was afraid that he would really miss this kind of good thing, and under the entanglement, he stomped his feet and shouted at this side.

"Please wait first, I'll ask the village chief to come."

After the man finished speaking, he ran away, Zhu Shi didn't speak, but He Huan spoke first.

"Zhu Gongzi is generous, but these ten taels of silver are really not appropriate, if Gongzi wants to rent a carriage, there is a town fifty miles north from here, where only five hundred Wen can send people to Fuliucheng."

As soon as Zhu Shi heard what she said, he nodded, but said in his mouth: "It's okay, money is something outside the body, but my sister has been weak since she was a child, and she can't go too far." ”

Chao was frail since he was a child, couldn't walk, and nodded expressionlessly.

He Huan stopped talking, but his thoughts were firmer in his heart.

The messenger came and went as fast as he could, and soon returned and opened the door to the three men, saying that the village chief wanted to see them.

After entering the house and walking through a well-kept garden, the three of them came to the hall where the head of Haixing Village was already waiting.

He was a man who looked to be in his early fifties, with a somewhat round build, and he looked like he was eating well. Compared with the person who passed the message, he obviously had more vision, and he could see at a glance that the two of them were from extraordinary backgrounds, and they hurriedly received them in a good voice.

Hearing that Zhu Shi was willing to spend money to buy the donkey, the village chief hurriedly said that he didn't need so much money, and when he learned that the two of them wanted to take advantage of it, he patted his head.

"Hey, isn't this a coincidence, tomorrow I am going to the town near Fuliucheng to do some errands, and I hired a carriage to send me tomorrow, if you don't mind, I can send you two for a while."

Zhu Shi asked the other party's destination, it was a place not far from Fuliu City, and it would be similar for the two of them to rent a car in the town and go back, which was much better than taking a donkey.

Zhu Shi asked Chao Huan's opinion, and Chao Huan didn't have any ideas, so he decided.

Things must be done, the village chief also warmly invited the two to live at his house, and He Huan, who led the way, was also left for dinner.

In the evening, the village chief brought the two to the arranged room, and Zhu Shi and Chaohuan looked at the room with only one bed and glanced at each other.