Facing the rush of passers-by coming over to take a ride, Lu Cheng was a little moved.

This morning, he brought a truck of firewood to Fucheng to sell. The best fruit branch firewood was sold for only more than a hundred yuan per truck. Now he took a few people back, and at least he could earn the money from the candy fried chestnuts.

But he had heard of the Guo family. A girl from the Guo family married the magistrate's manager and became a concubine. Relying on this relationship, the Guo family's fox has gained a lot of benefits. The business of pulling a cart at the city gate was originally owned by someone else's family, but they were robbed by their four brothers, but if someone robbed their business, they would definitely suffer.

Lu Cheng doesn't want to cause trouble, at least it's not worth it.

He refused everyone who came up and wanted to take a ride, and his attitude was cold.

When people saw that he was not pulling, they had no choice but to retreat to the side of the road, rub their hands or stamp their feet.

Lu Cheng was indifferent and rushed straight to the road. As a result, he accidentally glanced at the front of the right and had a soft and elegant apricot color in his eyes. It was the girl who had a half-faced relationship when buying chestnuts. In fact, the apricot-colored jacket on her body was not conspicuous in the gray winter clothes. But I can't tell why, he just saw her.

She was carrying a bag on her shoulders, so she should have to go home, right? Will she come over and ask about taking a ride?

Lu Cheng looked ahead, but Yu Guang kept paying attention to her.

As the donkey cart got closer, Ningxiang also recognized the driver who drove the car. In terms of temperament, this person was definitely not comparable to Pei Jinghan, who was of noble origin, but letting him stand among a group of coarse cloth men is definitely the most eye-catching, as if he stood out in the crowd. However, it was useless to recognize him. Seeing that he had rejected so many people with his own eyes, Ningxiang didn't feel that he would succeed in asking, so he continued to look at the city gate.

As she was about to pass by, she had no intention of taking a ride, and Lu Cheng was inexplicably disappointed.

Ningxiang was so thin-skinned that she was afraid of being rejected. Madam Li was anxious to see her grandson. Although she knew she didn't have much hope, she went up and asked, "Little brother, where are you from?" Because she was hoping that she was on the same road, she spoke her hometown dialect, which was similar to Mandarin, but she had a local accent. Although they were all villages and towns under Tai'an Prefecture, some places were even a few miles apart, the local accent would be different.

Others thought that Madam Li would hit a wall, but they were shocked to see the man stopping and felt hopeful. The people hurriedly leaned in front of the donkey cart and waited nervously for the driver to answer that if it was near their home, they could make friends.

Surrounded by a group of people, Lu Cheng calmly looked at Mama Li in an exploratory manner. He stopped the donkey cart and said, "I am from Donglin Village. I heard you speak, is it from Baihe Town?"

Ningxiang couldn't help but look at him when she heard this. Donglin Village was just west of their village, only more than two miles away from the village to the village. However, she left home early for two lifetimes, and could only return to the village once a month. Later, she was sold by Shen Youyou. Now the villagers are almost unable to recognize them, and there is nowhere to hear about the Lu family in the neighboring village.

Madam Li also knew Donglin Village, looked at Ningxiang, smiled, and said familiarly: "Isn't that just..."

Lu Cheng immediately asked her where she lived, with the expression of an acquaintance in Baihe Town.

Madam Li said secretly that there was a show and said it simply.

Lu Cheng showed joy and got off the driveway: "My second uncle also lives there. His surname is Yang. He has two persimmon trees planted at home. Do you know him?"

Madam Li narrowed her eyes slightly.

There is no persimmon tree planted in their house.

Looking at the handsome and handsome man in his eyes for about twenty years, and a group of people around him who were eager to take a ride, Madam Li suddenly understood and smiled and pulled Ningxiang over, "I know, my granddaughter and your cousin Xiu'er are good sisters. Have you heard her mention it? My granddaughter is Axiang..."

Ningxiang has been a maid in the Hou Mansion for three years, and she still has this little vision. She blushed and lowered her head, and cooperated with Mama Li to act.

Lu Cheng looked at her like a sudden realization, then looked away politely and continued to get close to Mama Li. When he learned that Mama Li was going home to visit relatives, he said warmly: "All of them are familiars, please take my car back."

Madam Li was about to nod when a loud shout came from a distance, "What's going on? What's going on over there?"

It was Guo Laosan who was driving the car, with a loud voice like a thunderous voice, as if an official interviewer was interviewing people.

People around him looked at Lu Cheng who refused to pull people, and immediately rushed to Guo Laosan's mule cart. They had to grab the seat. The mule cart was so big. Some places were comfortable to sit and didn't have to be squeezed by others. Some places were even suffering when they were sitting. They would fall down if they were squeezed around. This happened before.

Guo Laosan, wearing thick and fashionable horse boots, stopped the car and squeezed with them. He walked towards Lu Cheng and the other two with a calm face. A whip kept slapping in his hands, invisibly increasing his aura of dominating the streets. When he arrived, his eyes passed by Li Ma Niangxiang. Guo Laosan stared at him and asked Lu Cheng, "Do you want to pull them both?"

His attitude is very arrogant.

Lu Cheng smiled at him, neither humble nor arrogant, "The Third Master misunderstood. How dare I steal your business? I just came back from selling firewood and happened to meet an acquaintance, so I wanted to take them on a journey. I didn't care if those people wanted to take my car before. If you don't believe me, go and ask?"

He was open and generous. Guo Laosan turned around and looked at the group of people rushing to squeeze into his car. He knew that what this person said was true. After all, if this person really wanted to attract people, why didn't those people come to grab the empty car here? They don't have to be afraid of him who spends money.

The two of them, based on the farthest distance, only ten cents of business was worth. Guo Laosan didn't bother him anymore and turned back.

After the matter was resolved, Lu Cheng turned to Mama Li Ningxiang and said, "Sit up, we are close, I will take you all the way."

It explains why he only helped them two.

Madam Li smiled and thanked her, got on the donkey cart with Ningxiang, and leaned comfortably against the car board on the right.

They sat firmly, Lu Cheng stepped onto the left seat, gently threw the gray-haired donkey with a whip, and the donkey immediately walked forward, with four hooves briskly.

The people from Guo Laosan were not ready yet. Madam Li looked at the people who were rushing to grab the seats and looked at the little girl next to her meaningfully. She had all her grandchildren, and the young man made an exception for her. She was definitely not for her. She was able to take a stable car today because she was so glorious.

Ningxiang was ignorant. She looked at the city gates that were getting farther and farther away, secretly looking forward to her, hoping that one day she would leave by car and would never have to come back.

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Madam Li is a very kind person who likes to deal with people. In addition, the long road is long and it is useless to sit there. When the donkey cart throws Guo Laosan and pulls the mule cart full of people, the road is quiet, and she chats with the man who kindly pulls them, "What do you call me little brother? Ningxiang is from Liuxi Village, just east of your village."

There is no scruples now, so I can tell the truth.

After hearing this, Lu Cheng turned around in surprise and looked at Ningxiang.

Ningxiang lowered her head and clenched her hands nervously. If he lived far away, she might not be able to do so. It was because she was too close that she felt a little embarrassed. The villagers lived a poor life, but they were very decent. It was not a glorious thing for her to sell herself as a maid. Perhaps the villagers would secretly envy her for having a high monthly salary. When they usually meet her, they looked at her with disdain.

"Are you Xu Huai's cousin Xu Xianger?" Lu Cheng lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and soon met the person. The two villages were close to each other, and there was something big about the next village, no matter how red or white, they could be transmitted through relatives and acquaintances. She returned home from the capital today, and then looked at her tender face and her tender face were too quiet. She should be the maid of a wealthy family. In the few villages near her, there were two servants, and only one maid was.

Xu Xianger...

When I heard this long-lost name again, Ningxiang's eyes were a little sour.

Before entering the Marquis' Mansion, she called Xu Xianger. When she entered the Marquis' Mansion, she was given a new name by the master. Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion called her Ningxiang, and when she returned home, her relatives called her nickname. After three years, she almost forgot when the last time she was called the full name.

Madam Li also survived the little maid. She understood Ningxiang's mood. She quietly held the girl's hand to help her warm up. She smiled and said to Lu Cheng: "That's Ningxiang's real name. So, my little brother knows her family?"

Lu Cheng opened his eyes from the depressed girl and looked at the official road ahead that had not yet been melted by the snow: "I have never spoken, I heard from someone, and I say that the eldest girl of the Xu family is filial and sensible." It is true that filial piety is not all eleven-year-old girls who are seriously ill can be cruel to sell themselves when facing their seriously ill mother and younger brother. Leaving their hometown to go to a strange place requires courage, in addition to filial piety, they also require courage.

Ningxiang didn't know what her reputation was in the other village, but even though he was just polite, his heart still felt warm because of these words.

Madam Li's concerns were also dispelled.

After she got off the car, Ningxiang had to walk more than ten miles alone with this person. Ningxiang was so beautiful that Madam Li was afraid of something that was a lonely man and a widow. Now Lu Cheng can talk about Ningxiang's life experience, so he must also know that she was working in the Marquis's Mansion. The so-called "not looking at monks and Buddha's faces" was suspected that he had bad intentions and did not have the courage.

After introducing Ningxiang, Madam Li asked about the situation at Lu Cheng's family again, "Young brother, do you think he is twenty years old? Do you want to kiss me?"

Lu Cheng grabbed the horse whip and paused before saying, "It's twenty-two. She was a couple two years ago. She lost her health when she gave birth last year and went there before she finished her confinement."

Even if he didn't say it, the eldest girl of Xu's family would know from the village people if she was inquiring. Miss Feng saved her sister's life. Since he promised her to take Anan as the Lu family's flesh and blood, he could not let the truth about the two getting married. People pointed at Anan and said that he was a wild child without a father. Lu Cheng didn't know who Miss Feng had met and what happened, so he just wanted to repay his kindness.

My wife died, leaving only a child...

Ningxiang couldn't help but feel sympathy for the man from the neighboring village.

Madam Li was also quite surprised, and said softly, caring about the child who lost her mother early, "Is it a girl or a boy?"

Thinking of his son who was a little thin but still strong at home, Lu Cheng's voice felt a little warmer, "It's a son, named Anan."

Anan, Ningxiangqing couldn't help but recite silently.

Madam Li turned to care about Anan's daily life. She felt that Lu Cheng had something wrong with taking care of him, so she reminded him how to raise a child. The more the two of them talked, Ningxiang listened, and gradually realized that this man named Lu Cheng had also died of his parents. There were two younger brothers and a seven-year-old sister below. The candy-fried chestnuts should have been bought for his sister.

Looking at the two packs of chestnuts in his hand, Ningxiang suddenly thought of a word.
Chapter completed!