I am Fugui

Chapter 93

In the first half of the night, the sky is full of stars.

In the middle of the night, invisible clouds covered the sky, and after a while, a bolt of lightning flashed through the clouds, illuminating the whole world.

"Boom"

The sound of thunder followed closely, and then it was like a fight between gods in the air. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Xu Fugui got up in shock and closed the windows tightly.

The next moment, the sound of clattering rain fell from the sky, hitting the roof and the windows, making a crackling sound.

"With such heavy rain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do business tomorrow." Jiazhen's small voice came over.

"Wake up." Xu Fugui lay back on the bed, and gently hugged him.

Jiazhen rested her little head on his strong chest, and said in a low voice like a mosquito, "Tomorrow is March [-]rd."

Xu Fugui hummed, "March [-]rd, Shangsi Festival."

After finishing speaking, he finally came to his senses, bowed his head and kissed her smooth forehead, "Why don't you go to the county town with me tomorrow to see dad."

According to the customs here, women will go back to their natal family to visit relatives during the Shangsi Festival.

Jiazhen was silent for a while, "I'm afraid Dad will make things difficult for you."

Xu Fugui stroked her hair, and said earnestly: "Jiazhen, no matter how unhappy my father is with me, that's our father too. Are you willing to let my father stay alone in the house?"

"It's my fault. I was so busy that I forgot about it. We should have gone to see dad earlier."

"Then shall we go see Dad tomorrow?"

"Well, I'm going to see my father tomorrow. I don't know if Jia Ming has made my father angry."

Jiazhen snorted softly, "My younger brother is still a child, thinking about playing all day long, he has the same temper as you used to."

"Which boy didn't want to be playful when he was young? Just wait until he finds a good girl and gets married."

"Hmph, that's not necessarily the case. You were not the same when you married me."

Xu Fugui sneered.

"Oh, then I should take a shower tonight, and I haven't washed my hair. How dare I go to see my father tomorrow."

"Whose father would despise his own daughter?"

Saying this, in the rainy night of lightning and thunder, the two fell asleep again.

After getting up the next day, Xu's mother learned that they were going to visit Chen Liping in the county, and complained, "You guys didn't say anything earlier, you didn't prepare anything."

"In this way, take a piece of bacon from the stove and bring it in, and I will go to the field to pick some cauliflower and radishes, all of which are fresh."

"Fugui, buy a catty of tea for your father-in-law when you arrive in the county."

After finishing speaking, Mother Xu put on the bamboo hat, picked up the sickle and was about to go to the field.

Xu Fugui stopped him, took off the bamboo hat from her head and put it on his own, and took the sickle from her hand, "Mother, I'll just go."

Xu's mother smiled, "My family, Fugui, knows that he loves others."

Xu's father snorted, "Son loves mother dearly, it's a matter of course, Jiazhen, don't forget to send your father lo mei."

Jiazhen nodded with a smile, glad that they paid so much attention to it.

After Xu Fugui came back, he packed all his things and put them in the basket, patted the water stains on his body, and said, "Take Youqing and Fengxia with you."

"It's raining outside."

"With Fengxia, our father will never let us in."

When Jiazhen thought about it, it was true. She knew her father's temper very well and wanted to save face, but if they brought Fengxia and Youqing with them, he decided not to embarrass them.

Holding a wooden comb, Xu's mother brushed Fengxia's hair and said, "It's good to let Fengxia go to the county town to have fun, but it's boring to stay in the village all the time."

Fengxia shook her head, "Grandma, the village is fun, but the city is not fun at all. Mother won't let me go out, and no one will play with me."

Father Xu coughed, holding his cane with both hands, "Fengxia, your mother is doing it for your own good, the county is not peaceful, be careful that the traffickers will take you away."

Feng Xia held Mother Xu's hand, "Grandpa, you know how to scare me."

Xu Fugui put on clean long-sleeved little white trigrams, black trousers, cloth shoes in the back basket, and straw sandals, and said, "Jiazhen, Fengxia, you should put on your headscarves, the county is really not peaceful."

Jiazhen and Fengxia are so beautiful, he is really afraid of being targeted by people with ulterior motives.

These days, there are a lot of bold people.

After tidying up, Lai Shun carried the lo-mei basket on his back, Xu Fugui put Fengxia into the other basket, carried it on the back likewise, holding Youqing in his arms.

Youqing opened his eyes wide, neither crying nor fussing, just looking at him like that.

Jiazhen was carrying a bundle, and the others walked out wearing bamboo hats and raincoats.

The rain continued, the fog was heavy, the raindrops bent the branches, and the trees and grass looked listless.

Fengxia stood in the basket, looking here and there excitedly, asking her father if she was tired from time to time.

When they came to the county seat, Xu Fugui went to the Yunxi River to wash his feet and put on clean cloth shoes, while Jiazhen took off the dirty cloth shoes and put on clean cloth shoes.

"Put the hood on."

Xu Fugui reminded, looking at the coarse cloth clothes on Jiazhen's body, the clothes were too baggy, and the figure inside could not be seen.

Entering the county seat, as soon as we reached the city gate, a soldier said, "The fee for entering the city is five copper coins or fifty French coins per person."

Xu Fugui was stunned for a moment, "Why do you suddenly have to pay the city fee?"

"Can you pay the new regulations from above? If you don't pay it, you can't enter the city."

Xu Fugui cursed secretly in his heart, and asked, "Does the little baby count?"

"The little baby is not a human anymore?"

Xu Fugui could only take out a [-] French currency note, waiting for him to make up for it.

Unexpectedly, the soldier put the money directly into the drawer on the side table, waved his hand, "Okay, you can go in."

"Are you blind? Didn't you see that my brother gave you five hundred? You have to find two hundred and fifty." Laishun said immediately with a bad temper.

Da Bing's face turned cold instantly, "Can you go?"

Xu Fugui pulled Laishun and dragged him into the county town.

"Bah, what the hell, bitch, motherless bastard, I really want to knock a sap on his head." Laishun said cursingly.

Jiazhen was obviously not happy, and dissatisfied: "I never heard that there is such a thing as an entrance fee, and I'm afraid no one will want to come to the county in the future."

Xu Fugui nodded, "Sigh, with fewer people in the county, this business might not be easy."

Fortunately, most of his customers are not short of money, and many of them are urban residents, so the impact is not too great.

"Fugui, you did the right thing just now. Let's not make trouble with these beasts. Don't end up like Wang Xi." Jiazhen said with lingering fear.

Xu Fugui nodded, "Don't worry, I won't quarrel with others."

Jiazhen turned her head and said, "Laishun, you too, if the money is gone, it will be gone, don't let people in."

"Understood, young mistress." Laishun replied in a muffled voice.

Everyone first came to Wang's Restaurant, moved out the lo-mei stall, put the lo-mei on it, and let Laishun take care of the business by himself, while Xu Fugui took Jiazhen's child and walked towards the east of the city.
(End of this chapter)