Border Cook

Chapter 171 Invisible

The dog stood straight and squatted in front of the carriage, looking quite majestic.

This attracted the children playing near the official road to stop and watch, some of them opened their mouths wide and couldn't close them for a long time.

Only after the carriages had gone far away did they hurriedly run home together.

"Dad, Mom, guess what I saw. I saw a big black dog driving a cart..."
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After noon, Xia Mingyue and his group arrived at a town and had a simple meal.

The meat-filled pancakes and shredded chicken noodles tasted average, but they were cheap and affordable.

Wu Jin couldn't eat oily food, so Xia Mingyue bought it two white flour buns and found a butcher's shop in the town to buy it a bone to grind its teeth on the way.

So, after lunch, while continuing to drive the car, Wu Jin held the bone and chewed it with great interest.

While driving the carriage, Su Yongfu glanced at Wu Jin's movements and the teeth marks on the bone from time to time. He felt his scalp tingling and even his crown felt cold.

In the face of absolute power, it is better for people to be restrained.

The carriage moved forward along the way, and when the sun was setting, Xia Mingyue and his party arrived at Xiaohezhuang.

When he stopped an old man who was herding sheep at the entrance of the village and asked about the location of Lu Qiyan and others, the old man grinned and said, "You are looking for those stupid soldiers? It's not hard to find them. There are a lot of them. They are staying in the houses at the north end of the village. But I guess they are not here now. They are busy by the river in the north."

"Thank you, old man." Xia Mingyue bowed, "I would like to ask you, old man, why do you call them fools?"

Xia Mingyue doesn't think that the soldiers brought by Lu Qiyan would do something stupid.

"The river in the north of our village is called Yongfeng River. The previous bridge was also called Yongfeng Bridge. It was destroyed in the previous war. Now the soldiers are here to repair it."

The old man said, "It's no problem to repair the bridge here, but it's winter and it's freezing at night. Why wait until next spring to repair it now?"

"It's fine to repair it, but here comes a bunch of ignorant soldiers who don't know whether to chop wood or split stones. What else can they be but fools?"

Xia Mingyue pursed her lips when she heard this.

Although she did not understand the official positions and work procedures here, according to common sense, since it is building a bridge or a road, there should be certain technical personnel to provide guidance, and there should not be a situation like the old man said where they don't even know how to choose between logging and quarrying.

It seems that Lu Qiyan is also in trouble.

Xia Mingyue bowed to the old man again, "Uncle, you are right. Thank you very much."

"You're too polite, young lady." The old man chuckled, picked up the whip and continued to drive the sheep towards where there were still weeds.

Xia Mingyue and Lu got on the carriage. Su Yongfu drove the carriage and headed north through the village as the old man had said.

When we reached the northern edge of the village, we saw people in military uniforms busy at work in several courtyards, and many clothes worn by military personnel were hung out to dry in the courtyards.

Xiaohe Village usually had no outsiders. When the soldiers saw a carriage coming, they all looked sideways. A young soldier ran over quickly and stopped the carriage with his hand. "What are you doing?"

"Excuse me, is Captain Lu Qiyan here?" Xia Mingyue leaned out of the carriage and asked in a gentle voice.

"Looking for Captain Lu?" The young soldier looked at Xia Mingyue and asked, "Who are you and why are you looking for our Captain Lu?"

"I am a family member of Lu Dutou." Xia Mingyue replied, "My last name is Xia." Family member, and such a young lady...

The young soldier understood immediately, and his serious expression immediately turned into a smile, "It turns out that it is my sister-in-law who came to see our leader."

"But our leader is busy by the river right now. Sister-in-law, do you want to wait here for a while, or go find our leader now?" The young soldier said with a smile, "If you want to find our leader, I will lead the way for you. It's not far from here, only two miles."

"Please show me the way, little brother."

While it is still early, I can deliver the things over and meet the person. Maybe I can even make it to the nearest town and find an inn to stay at night.

"Okay." The young soldier responded, and ran forward without getting on the carriage.

While running, he shouted, "Sister-in-law is here to see our head of the family..."

The sound was so loud that it attracted the attention of the soldiers who were busy cooking and doing logistics in the village, the soldiers who were busy by the river, and even the villagers of Xiaohe Village.

This caused Xia Mingyue, who had originally lifted the curtain to see what was happening outside, to have to lower the curtain to avoid being "stared at" by so many people.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu smiled and touched Xia Mingyue's arm, "You have to get used to it, otherwise when Qi Yan becomes the commander, what will you do if you are so embarrassed?"

"Sister-in-law is very generous, but she has already retreated into a corner before we even reached Xiaohe Village. Fortunately, our carriage is so small. If it was a double-decker carriage, I'm afraid sister-in-law would have to hide in the mezzanine."

Xia Mingyue, who was teased by Lu, was not willing to be outdone and just joked back.

Mrs. Lu blushed immediately.

They have been married for so many years, and Zhao Youcai has been in the army for so many years. It has always been Zhao Youcai who came back from the barracks to visit her. This time, she took the initiative to come and see Zhao Youcai. This is really the first time.

I don’t know what the man in her family who looks silly at home looks like in the military camp.

After all, he is the team leader, in charge of dozens of people. Wouldn't he be very concerned about his reputation and think that her coming would cause more trouble? Or would he think that she was just a village woman and would lose face in front of those soldiers?
Mrs. Lu was having some wild thoughts, and thus she became more and more timid and hid in a corner.

At this moment, she failed to tease Xia Mingyue, but was hit on the head by someone else's thoughts. Lu was very embarrassed, "How could that be..."

It's really everywhere.

Xia Mingyue smiled without saying anything. Wu Jin grinned, panted and stuck out his tongue, and barked twice.

It was obvious that he was joking with Lu.

Seeing Wu Jin's playful expression, Su Yongfu said seriously, "Wu Jin, don't be so proud. I heard from others that people around here like to catch dogs to eat their meat. You have to be more careful and don't show up so often."

Eat dog meat?!

Wu Jin's face was filled with shock. He quickly retracted his tongue and closed his mouth tightly. After thinking for a moment, he simply stuck his head into the car.

No dog in sight, no dog in sight…

There was a burst of laughter in the carriage.

Meanwhile, the young soldier had already arrived at the riverside by carriage and found Lu Qiyan who was busy there. "Captain, your sister-in-law is here to see you!"