Chapter 140 Return journey (1)
Chapter 140: Return (1)
Zhang Xiaohu thought for a moment, his face returned to normal, and he said with a smile: "No problem, Luo Dadang, I still have little experience, I didn't notice this. I didn't expect that my brother would bring us such a big trouble. So, Xiaohua would live with me. In other aspects, I immediately informed the gentleman who was with the team and asked him to keep a record. When I came back to the escort agency, how would I finally settle the score with the escort agency?"
Luo Piaotou smiled and said, "It's so good. Deputy Piaotou Zhang, don't take it to your heart. These details are always paid attention to by our leaders. Otherwise, letting others point fingers or sue the escort agency is not a good thing. I'm not right to the matter, and I'm asking you not to mind."
Zhang Xiaohu smiled and said, "You are for my own good, why would I blame me? If there is such a situation in the future, please remind me as soon as possible. Okay, if nothing else, my subordinates will leave."
Luo Biaotou smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's gone, I'll be relieved to do your business. You have worked hard all the way. I will definitely ask you for me in front of Master Wen's Fourth."
Zhang Xiaohu quickly clasped his fists and said, "It's hard for Luo's head, I'm just playing the side drum."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaohu walked out of the main hall with great enthusiasm.
Na Luo's Red Dead looked at Zhang Xiaohu's back and showed a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth.
Zhang Xiaohu walked into the yard and first summoned everyone to tell him about his preparations to return to Pingyang City, so that everyone could prepare in advance. When everyone heard this, they were extremely happy and cheered, and were about to part.
Zhang Xiaohu was slightly relieved when everyone was cheering, and called the gentleman who was accompanying the team again, and told him in front of everyone that he would record in detail all the food and accommodation situations of his younger brother Zhang Xiaohua from today to returning to the Lotus Escort Agency in Pingyang City.
The gentleman was stunned and asked, "Zhang Touer, what is this?"
Zhang Xiaohu smiled and said, "My brother came to our team accidentally, which will inevitably add pressure to our costs. His food, drink and accommodation will occupy the money of the brothers in the escort agency. You should record it. Wait until I go to the escort agency to settle the bill."
The gentleman was puzzled and said, "He is just a child. What can he cost? I think it's better to forget it."
Everyone around was also puzzled, and Yuan Changqing even shouted: "No, Zhang Touer, Zhang Xiaohua is not only your younger brother, but also our younger brother now. What's the point of eating and drinking here? Why are we so clear? It seems that we brothers are separated."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohu smiled at everyone and didn't say much, just letting the teacher who was with the team record his life.
The yard is not big, and Zhang Xiaohua is just inside the cottage. She heard clearly. When Zhang Xiaohu entered the room, she quickly grabbed him and asked nervously: "Second brother, what's going on? Did I cause trouble for you when I came here?"
Zhang Xiaohu smiled and pinched his little face and said, "It's nothing. Isn't it just to give them some food expenses? Not to mention that the little money you made yesterday is more than enough. Is it because you don't have any money subsidies when you travel far to Huanxi Villa? Just give it to them, why do you let others say it?"
"Oh~" Zhang Xiaohua suddenly realized and said, "It's not what Luo Dadang said, right? Why is he so serious?"
Zhang Xiaohu patted his little head and said lovingly: "You are still young, you will know when you get older."
Zhang Xiaohua nodded thoughtfully. This guy's mind is now very awesome. Although Zhang Xiaohu doesn't want to say much, since he has already clicked it, how can he not have any understanding?
Unfortunately, I didn’t really come here to do business, but I don’t know if Huanxi Villa can give me some subsidies? If not, I have to pick out a part of the Lotus Escort Agency from my harvest yesterday. I feel a little distressed when I think about it, and immediately I hate Luo Dadiao Head a lot.
Zhang Xiaohua was not the only one who cursed Luo Dadou. Everyone in the courtyard was surprised when they heard Zhang Xiaohu's words. Seeing that Zhang Xiaohu didn't explain, they secretly grabbed the husband who was accompanying the team and asked in detail. The gentleman couldn't quite understand it. However, once everyone pondered, they knew the whole story and secretly cursed Luo Dadou in their hearts. At the same time, more people also gave Zhang Xiaohu a thumbs up. The two leaders' status in the hearts of the hearts of everyone was judged.
In the next few days, it was very common. Zhang Xiaohua was in this small courtyard. If she didn't go out for a second, she would still ask herself to pay money. Why would she go out and waste it?
In fact, the more reason is that Zhang Xiaohua has been alone for a while. Now she has finally found an organization and really doesn't want to go out again. And where can she go in the snow and snow? Will she go to the wilderness and snow to find plum blossoms? Please, Zhang Xiaohua just came out there, how could she be interested?
Moreover, Zhang Xiaohua had just educated the gangsters here. To be honest, Zhang Xiaohu was really afraid that they would gather people to take revenge, so he repeatedly told him not to let Zhang Xiaohua walk out of the courtyard.
Zhang Xiaohua also likes this kind of life. When there is nothing to do in the morning, noon and evening, she practices boxing in the yard. Anyway, there are still many slingers and escorts in the yard, and Zhang Xiaohua is not eye-catching. However, Mr. Yu cannot practice sword moves. Zhang Xiaohua's hands are itchy and can only play in the house.
What made Zhang Xiaohua the most happy was that he actually found a few travel notes from the husband who was with the team, which talked about the customs and customs of various places. Zhang Xiaohua felt like he had a treasure when he saw it, and wanted to borrow it for a closer look. The husband himself had not read it and didn't want to borrow it, but when he saw Zhang Xiaohua's longing eyes, he felt soft and left only one copy, and the rest borrowed Zhang Xiaohua. So Zhang Xiaohua lived a leisurely life of reading and writing when he was busy, and practicing martial arts and boxing in his spare time.
Compared with Zhang Xiaohua's leisure, Zhang Xiaohu was so busy that he was not in the ground. He handled all the affairs of the escort team. Luo Longdou was simply a shopkeeper. The escort team started and negotiated with merchants. Naturally, there were so many things that were very deadly. Zhang Xiaohu was not in the yard every day, so naturally he couldn't even see Zhang Xiaohua's face.
However, what Zhang Xiaohua envies is that Zhang Xiaohu has become different from his martial arts practice. Every night when he comes back, Zhang Xiaohu will sit cross-legged and occasionally play Liuhe Fist. When Zhang Xiaohu practices internal skills, Zhang Xiaohua stays aside and dares not move, for fear of disturbing his second brother. Most of the time, Zhang Xiaohu will only use his skills after Zhang Xiaohua falls asleep.
After being so busy for a few days, everyone in the escort team had their own things and had agreed to the merchants. On this day, everyone who was eager to return home finally waited for the day to set off.
This is a sunny day with bright sunshine. Although the snow has not melted yet, the north wind blows, and there is not much chill. It is a good day for traveling.
At the entrance of the courtyard, the escort team was filled with four large carts, and there were many horses tied to the tree next to it. Zhang Xiaohua put his second brother's things on a carriage and looked at the escort and the slinger standing next to the horse. He was so old that he had not really ridden a horse.
Not long after, horses ran from the alley. It was Zhang Xiaohu and others who picked up the merchant's convoy. The merchant had more carriages and had 10 or 20 escorts. So the two teams made a team together and gave a little instructions to get ready.
On weekdays, Zhang Xiaohua didn't feel that there were too many people in the same yard. Only after this departure did she realize that there were dozens of people in the escort team.
At present, it is part of Zhang Xiaohu's wading hand, who is moving forward and exploring the way. Most of the time are Luo Dao and a group of yard masters under him. They protect the merchants and their carriages, goods, and the carriages in the middle are all equipped with a huge pennant with the word "lotus" embroidered on it. The guard behind them are Zhang Xiaohu and the rest of the wading hand. Except for the accountant and a few servants, the others are riding tall horses with weapons hanging on their waists, which is very majestic.
Although there were many people and cars in the escort team, they were well-trained and were not messy at all. Soon, they had already left the town and walked onto the official road. Zhang Xiaohua initially thought that so many cars and people would be inconvenient to move, but the facts proved that the speed of this team was not much slower than that of Ou Yan and the others.
Although Zhang Xiaohua really wanted to ride a horse by herself, he was still arranged to sit in a carriage with the accountant and others. At the beginning, Zhang Xiaohu had no extra time to care about him, so he only entrusted Yuan Changqing and others to see Zhang Xiaohua. When he arrived at the main road, the convoy moved steadily. Then he took time to come to the front of the carriage. Looking at Zhang Xiaohua with an unhappy look, he asked, "Xiaohua, you are on the road, and you are ready to go back to Pingyang City, why are you unhappy again?"
Zhang Xiaohua pouted and said, "I am of course happy to know Pingyang City. However, I can't always ride a carriage. I also want to ride a horse. I see there are some horses behind that are not ridden. Can I let me ride it?"
"Haha," Zhang Xiaohu laughed and said, "So that's the case. Xiaohua, it's not that I don't let you ride. This horse riding is also a technical job. If you have never ridden before, you have to learn how to ride it first. The horses in our escort agency are used to running outside and have a strong temperament and are not suitable for you to ride and learn. When you go back to the escort agency, find a docile horse. You can learn first."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua realized that riding a horse requires learning to learn, and it is not something that anyone can ride on it. However, he still refused to give up and said, "The horse behind him looks very docile, too? Let me try riding it."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohu said with a stern face: "Xiaohua, don't be willful. This is a slut. How can you make you mess around? The horses behind look very docile, but it's different to ride on it. Moreover, the horses behind are reserved for spares. If anyone's horse in front has problems, they have to use them. You can't ride them blindly now."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua rolled her eyes helplessly and stopped talking.
In fact, this person is also strange, just like Zhang Xiaohua. When he is alone, his work and thoughts are like adults, and he even needs to be meticulous and mature. But if he has relatives or elders around him, he will restore his child's innocence and truly look like a teenager. Perhaps, this is human inertia and dependence.
Since he couldn't ride a horse, Zhang Xiaohua stopped entangling and looked at the scenery obediently.
The scenery here seems to be different from before. Although the snow in winter has not melted, there are some green plants that survive tenaciously in the fields and fields on the roadside. Occasionally, the rivers also have streams gurgling, no longer frozen. There are fun children, holding puppies, scattering joy on the snow, and the white fields leave bunches of plum blossoms.
The carriage was very fast, and the howling cool breeze poured into the car. Zhang Xiaohua habitually covered the cotton coat. This cotton coat was from his second brother Zhang Xiaohu. Zhang Xiaohu had already washed and put away his clothes, and it was hard to change. Zhang Xiaohu was so sad that he wanted to cry. His younger brother was in the New Year and had not yet found the new clothes to wear. He was even a autumn coat. He was cut open with a knife. He just regretted that the time was short, and the shop that made cotton coats was closed. He had to wear his own cotton coat first. Zhang Xiaohua repeatedly claimed that he was not cold, but how could Zhang Xiaohu believe it? He just kept forcing him to wear it. Now, the clothes were much bigger and the wind was enough to get in.
The accountant next to him looked at it, and also shrank his neck and asked, "Xiaohua, is it cold?"
Zhang Xiaohua smiled and said, "No, Mr. Mo, it's not cold at all."
Mr. Mo smiled and said, "This is a sensible child, it doesn't matter. If it is cold, I still have a shawl here. Of course, it is also very large, but it can still block the wind if it is worn."
Zhang Xiaohua was speechless and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Although it's a bit cold, I can still bear it. How can young people grow fast without freezing?"
Sometimes it is also strange. Zhang Xiaohua is obviously not cold, but when he is not cold, others think that he says that because he doesn’t have enough clothes, so he thinks he is very sensible and needs to care. Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua becomes sensible. Can I not tell the truth? I say it half-true and half-false.
Zhang Xiaohua looked at the scenery for another time and was a little tired of it, so she asked: "Mr. Mo, I want to ask you a question."
Mr. Mo said, "Okay, what problems have you encountered?"
Zhang Xiaohua said strangely: "Mr. Mo, I think the weather here seems to be different from the scenery outside from Pingyang City. I think at this time, Pingyang City should be three feet frozen, with a cold wind, thick snow, and all the leaves fell off. It was not like here. Although there was a lot of snow, it felt that many were too cold and the wind was gentle. Look at the green things over there, and they were still growing."
Mr. Mo smiled and said, "You are right. Zhang Xiaohua, the climate here is really different from that in Pingyang City. The climate here is very mild and the surroundings are very humid, making you feel that it is not as cold as Pingyang City."
Zhang Xiaohua asked, "Why is that?"
Mr. Mo said: "It's very simple, because it is located in the southeast of Pingyang City, and it is against the sea."
"Hai? Ouch." Zhang Xiaohua screamed without realizing it and said, "I forgot all, I haven't seen the sea yet when I came here!"
Zhang Xiaohua patted the back of her head regretfully. In the few days before leaving, why didn’t she expect to look at the sea when she was bored? The book says that the sea is vast, the sea and the sky are all in color, and the scenery is very magnificent. I made myself yearn for it at that time. Now that I have arrived here, why have I lost the opportunity in vain?
Seeing Zhang Xiaohua's annoyed look, Mr. Mo smiled and said, "It's okay. I didn't see it this time. You can see it again next time. This town is just a small bay near the sea. It can't be seen too far. The magnificent waves of the sea are still not good. If you have the opportunity to take a boat to sea, that's what you'll be happy."
Zhang Xiaohua smiled bitterly, so that's all.
Then, he asked again: "Then tell me quickly, this weather is so related to the sea?"
Mr. Mo said: "This town is naturally very wet when it is close to the sea, and the water in the sea will not freeze, it can affect the surrounding climate. Moreover, it is closer to the south than Pingyang City, so you think it is much warmer than Pingyang City."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua nodded in a vague way, then thought of something and asked again: "Mr. Mo, would it be warmer if he kept walking south?"
Mr. Mo smiled and said, "Yes, it is said that when it comes to the southernmost point, it is also a sea, where there is a scorching heat all year round, and I have never seen snowflakes."
"Ah? That's it." Zhang Xiaohua exclaimed, "In that case, children from all over the world can't build snowmen and have snowball fights. It's really pitiful."
Mr. Mo said, "That's right, but they also have their fun, that's what you don't have. Moreover, going north, the extreme north is said to be the sea, the ice is all year round, and there are large ice cubes taller than mountains. People there live in houses covered with ice."
"Ah? It's so strange." Zhang Xiaohua was shocked again and said, "The ice is frozen all year round, so they don't even have the fun of taking a bath in the stream. It's so pitiful."
Mr. Mo said: "Actually, there are many wonderful things in this world, but we don't know. It would be great if we could travel all over the continent one day."
As he said that, countless little stars flashed in Mr. Mo's eyes.
Zhang Xiaohua said strangely: "Why don't Mr. Mo go out for a walk? Although you can't travel around the whole world, it's okay to travel a corner first?"
Mr. Mo said helplessly: "There are too many unknown things in this world. The outside world is too dangerous. I have no power to protect myself. I can talk about traveling there? I guess it will be eaten by wild animals in the mountains before leaving Pingyang City two days. I have no choice but to look at other people's travel notes and have enough fun."
Zhang Xiaohua also felt the same way when she heard this. People in this world must do whatever they want to do within their power. They have to travel by themselves without the ability to protect themselves, so they are naturally food from the mouths of wild beasts.
The two chatted for a while. Mr. Mo seemed to be a little sleepy because he got up too early, and he squinted his eyes and started to doze. Zhang Xiaohua stopped talking. She found the travel notes from her bag, took one of them casually, and started reading with relish.
Although I can't go there in person, reading this book makes it a good idea to have fun.
Time was just passed away in a hurry. The escort team did not stop at noon to have a meal. Zhang Xiaohu came over and handed Zhang Xiaohua and others some dry food. Everyone ate it casually and then rushed to the road.
Chapter completed!