Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 49

At dawn, the young couple started on their way again.It wasn't until noon that I saw a few scattered families. This Weihe County is terribly sparsely populated.

In the afternoon, it suddenly became cloudy.

Pomegranate pursed her mouth and said, "Qian Feng, am I a crow's mouth? I just said yesterday what to do if it is cloudy, but today the sun is hiding, and later I will not be able to tell the difference between south, east, north and west, and I will not be able to find my way. What can I do?"

However, Qian Feng looked confident, "With me here, are you afraid that you won't be able to find Nan? Look, the Baitou Mountain in front of you, which seems to be leaning against the sky, is Zhengnan."

"How do you know?" Pomegranate was curious.

"Didn't the old lady who passed by that family just now say that her house faces south, and I could vaguely see that Paektu Mountain is just south of her house. Let's not go on other fork roads." , all the way to Mount Paektu must be right."

"But that old woman is out of her mind. When you ask where is the front and how far is it to Weihe County, she doesn't know anything. She just keeps saying that her house faces south. Can she take her words seriously? ?”

Qian Feng patted his chest and said, "You heard me right. Although the old lady is old, the only thing she can remember should be correct."

"Oh." Shiliu believed it, and followed Qian Feng frantically, and asked, "When I grow up like that, what will be the only thing I can remember? It won't be..." White steamed buns are delicious 'Bar?"

Qian Feng grinned, "That's not true, you will definitely say to everyone, 'My man's name is Qian Feng, I like him to death!'"

Pomegranate was very embarrassing, so he picked up the bamboo rod for driving cattle and whipped it on Qian Feng's body. Qian Feng ran in front, and Pomegranate chased after him, laughing all the way.

After running for a while, they saw an old man grazing cattle not far away. Qian Feng hurriedly said: "Pomegranate, let's put away the hatchet, so that we won't be regarded as robbers again. Let me ask the way."

Qian Feng ran forward and bowed politely, "My lord, is Weihe County in the south direction, is it on the side of Baishantou?"

The old man glanced at Qian Feng, and then at the pomegranates and the carts pulled by oxen in the distance. He looked like a good citizen, and then he nodded reassuringly and said, "My little brother, the Baishantou is indeed Weihe County. I don't know what you are going there for? I advise you not to go. The county is in chaos these days. It seems that the county magistrate's daughter was raped and then killed, but the perpetrator cannot be found, so the government will arrest people everywhere. Listen It is said that there are hundreds of men locked up in the prison.”

"Thank you for reminding me, my wife and I don't stay in the county town, we just cross there. We are going to Yicheng. How far is it from the county town to Yicheng?"

"Oh, you guys are going to Yicheng. Going south from the county seat is Yicheng. There is an estimated sixty miles between the two cities. There is indeed only one way to go to Yicheng. I'm afraid there is no way to bypass the county seat, but I heard that too. I have never been there myself. I have only been to Weihe County. You still have forty or fifty miles from here to the county. It’s getting late now, and you won’t be able to arrive tonight. Go on There is a small town more than a dozen miles away, and a small inn has newly opened there, so go and rest there for the night."

Finally met a sensible person, Qian Feng was full of joy and kept thanking him.The old man still did not forget to remind, "Don't stop when you pass by the county. If you are caught in prison, you don't know when you will be released."

"Thank you sir, I will remember." Qian Feng thanked him again and again, and then ran over to tell Shiliu.

Shiliu circled around happily, "Can we go to the town to stay in an inn tonight? That's great, great, I've never stayed in an inn before."

After walking for less than an hour, it was already dark. They also rushed to the town and found the newly opened inn, which was also the only inn in the town.

It cost fifteen Wen for one night, cakes and silkworm chrysalis for dinner, and another four Wen for breakfast the next morning.

This cost nineteen Wen, Shiliu said distressedly: "Qian Feng, let's sleep in sacks from now on, it's too expensive to stay in an inn. If the cocoons are not sold, we only have twenty Wen on us, so we have to keep it." Buy something to fill your stomach, our pancakes are almost finished."

Qian Feng also spent a lot of money. In fact, this inn is really a conscience price. After all, he is too poor. He comforted Shiliu, "Don't worry, the silkworm cocoon will definitely be sold, and there will be one when we come back." I’m staying at the inn.”

"Yeah." Shiliu nodded obediently, as long as it was Qian Feng's words, she would believe it.

After walking for half the morning, they arrived at Weihe County.Qian Feng remembered the old man's words, he didn't dare to enter the city, but passed through the fields in the outskirts. On the way, the cattle and carts crushed many people's rapeseed, and the two of them hugged their heads and got shot Cursed, finally went around to the south of the city.

(End of this chapter)