Chapter 176 Brother, Cover Me
When Zhang Xingwang went back to get his luggage, Aunt Liu said to Bai Xiaoya with a serious face:
"You can go with him, but if I find you coming back with new gloves, you'll be dead..."
"What should I do if my hands are cold? How about I let my brother warm them for me? They shouldn't have gone far..."
"It's not like you don't have one. It's still 50% new!"
………Five minutes later, Aunt Liu took out a stack of banknotes with a distressed look on her face and handed them to the smiling Bai Xiaoya. She reluctantly told her daughter to save some money and buy herself a pair of beautiful gloves. She should at least have some dignity………Don’t worry about being covered by others all day long…
Bai Xiaoya listened to her mother nagging endlessly, snatched the banknotes quickly, and then went out with her bag on her back, feeling satisfied.
After he went out, he seemed to have discovered something important and hurriedly called out to Zhang Xingwang outside the door to leave quickly.
Then he turned to his mother who was about to see him off, pretended to be matter of course, and said with a smile:
"Mom, we are leaving. Remember to buy me a new pair of cotton shoes. Otherwise, I will be frozen when I come back and I will have to ask my brother for help..."
"You shameless bastard... I gave you all the money..."
Zhang Xingwang, with an innocent face, turned to look at the furious Aunt Liu, and then looked at Bai Xiaoya who was jogging. Although he didn't know what happened, when he saw Aunt Liu suddenly looked like she wanted to stab him, he turned around and ran after Bai Xiaoya without thinking.
Aunt Liu watched the two people run away and she didn't figure out whether the second child was her biological child. After careful thinking, she realized that she might have made a mistake. The eldest girl was relatively normal, so who did the second girl inherit her shameless spirit from?
In the afternoon, Zhang Xingwang and his "Sister Bai" took the letter of introduction and got on the bus to Erdaotun. Riding in a bus was very uncomfortable these days. Not to mention the smell in the car, the road conditions after leaving the city almost made Zhang Xingwang dizzy.
The car was not going fast, but the road was bumpy. Zhang Xingwang was sitting relatively far back, and after half an hour his butt felt like a spring. He could only stay on the seat half the time, and the food he had for lunch was almost spilled out.
Finally, before my intestines were thrown out, I simply held onto the backrest and did a horse stance, just as a form of exercise, though it was a bit tiring when I was distracted.
Bai Xiaoya next to him didn't react much. At first, she was looking at the scenery outside the window with excitement, but later she was defeated by the strange smell in the car and the smell of smoke around her.
Originally she was sitting outside, but she ended up switching seats with Zhang Xingwang and sat inside. She opened the window a little, so it was a bit cold but she could still get some fresh air.
During the exchange, the sharp-eyed Bai Xiaoya noticed Zhang Xingwang's strange posture. She stared at him with a puzzled look and questioned him for a long time. Zhang Xingwang said helplessly that he was exercising and not being a hooligan.
Unexpectedly, the girl became even more interested after hearing this, and kept asking questions all the way, which made Zhang Xingwang feel overwhelmed. They finally arrived at the county town before dark. After getting off the car, they couldn't walk anymore. They felt as if their whole bodies were shaken apart. The energetic Bai Xiaoya was now too weak to even speak.
Bai Xiaoya said that the village is still more than thirty miles away from the county town. It seems that we can only stay here today and go to the nearby area tomorrow to see if there is any animal cart going the same way that we can take a ride.
Fortunately, there is usually a guesthouse not far from the station. They asked along the way and soon found one. They asked for two single rooms amid the puzzled look of the aunt, and looked at the aunt's expression that said, "Why don't you just coax her? Why waste this money?" and the look of disappointment in her eyes.
Zhang Xingwang could only give some explanation, but he never expected that he would be questioned more deeply by his aunt. After they finally finished explaining, the two of them went back to their respective rooms, carrying their bags.
The two of them didn't have much appetite at night, so they ate some sauerkraut and multi-grain steamed buns they brought with them and went to bed early.
The next morning, the two set out early and waited at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative where Bai Xiaoya estimated the location for a whole morning before deciding to walk forward.
According to Bai Xiaoya, if they could meet an acquaintance returning to the village on the way, they could just get in the car.
Zhang Xingwang thought that waiting like this was not a good idea, so he agreed. Then the two of them spent nearly four hours walking hard to the entrance of the village...
Seeing Bai Xiaoya struggling halfway, Zhang Xingwang took the initiative to take her bag and carried it on his back. Just when Bai Xiaoya was about to give up, she finally saw the village in the distance. Otherwise, Zhang Xingwang estimated that he would have to carry another hundred pounds on his back.
Although he was a little tired along the way, fortunately Bai Xiaoya did not take the wrong road. If it were Lou Xiaoe, she would probably be able to take him directly into the mountains to Brother Sang Biao's house.
The two cold and hungry men finally saw some people. There was an old man smoking at the entrance of the village. He saw them from afar and came towards them.
Before he even got close, he asked in a hoarse voice:
"What do you two do?"
Bai Xiaoya was so happy to hear that voice that she also shouted back:
"Is that Sixth Brother? I'm Xiaoya."
Then the two of them connected, and Zhang Xingwang felt that the heroic voice of this "Sister Bai" must have been practiced here.
But it's no wonder. It's cold and everyone is wrapped up tightly and wearing masks. If someone comes outside, you really can't recognize him by his clothes. You can only rely on his voice from a distance.
When the old man approached, Bai Xiaoya pounced on him, saying affectionately, "Sixth brother misses you so much." But the old man turned around immediately when he heard it, left a sentence "I'll go and tell him the news," and then ran away.
Zhang Xingwang was stunned by what he saw. Needless to say, Bai Xiaoya's character of not being able to play was probably developed here.
Bai Xiaoya muttered a few words in the direction where "Sixth Brother" left, turned around and called Zhang Xingwang slightly awkwardly to keep going.
Zhang Xingwang followed Bai Xiaoya directly to the cafeteria. The cafeteria, which was originally quite lively, became much quieter after seeing Hu Niu. Several young men picked up the corn porridge and disappeared.
The older man also forced a smile and greeted the two of them, and Zhang Xingwang also got a bowl of corn porridge.
I didn't realize that Bai Xiaoya was of a higher generation. As soon as she came in, she became friends with several old men. Even Zhang Xingwang was considered older than her and was greeted through gritted teeth by the two young men who didn't run away.
During the meal, when the village chief saw that Zhang Xingwang came to visit in the name of a "blind date" partner, he looked at Zhang Xingwang carefully for a long time and seemed to be secretly relieved.
After dinner, Zhang Xingwang was arranged to stay at the home of "Sixth Brother". This Sixth Brother was the old man he met at the entrance of the village. He was over fifty years old and had only one son. It was said that he and his wife both worked in the forest farm.
Not only was he far away and could only come back a few times a year, but there were only his sixth brother and his wife at home. As for Bai Xiaoya, she went to her third aunt's house, who was also introduced to her by Aunt Liu.
