strayed into fairy mountain

Chapter 104 [If a person is too poor, why talk about ambition]

After a while, the coachman returned.

The woman followed behind him, looking rather cramped with her head down.After a long while, I mustered up the courage and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, I heard from Brother Coachman that... said..."

He hesitated for a long time, but finally did not say the rest.Obviously, although she decided to trade her body for food, she still retained her virginity as a woman. Although she was forced by the pressure of life, she did not lose her sense of shame.

Zhang Jingxu sighed, not knowing how to speak for a while.

On the contrary, the coachman laughed twice, obviously helping to match up. The man pretended to be indifferent, and his tone was deliberately understated, and said: "There is nothing to hide your face, isn't it just to let you have a meal with Brother Zhang. Hurry up, Call your daughter over too. Brother Zhang is kind-hearted, he gave me thirty Wen just now, which is very generous, enough for both of you to eat."

Thirty Wen?

It's not just the cost of eating.

The woman raised her head subconsciously, with tears in her eyes, and said softly: "Brother Zhang, I am grateful to you..."

Zhang Jingxu sighed again, still not knowing how to speak.

The coachman looked at his words, let out a chuckle, and deliberately exaggerated: "Oh, oh, I forgot the business, I forgot the business. Brother Zhang has already paid enough money, but I didn't bring the dry food. Let's chat first. , brother, I will go and return."

The woman's face turned red obviously, knowing that this was to save her face. After all, she will accompany Zhang Jingxu to go to the woods later, and use her body to repay Zhang Jingxu's money. If the coachman stays here and does not leave , she really couldn't bear to say what she said about drilling the woods.

Seeing that the coachman was making excuses to leave, Zhang Jingxu suddenly stopped her and said in a deep voice, "Brother Tian, ​​just wait..."

The driver was slightly startled, turned to look at Zhang Jingxu, and said, "Brother, do you have any orders?"

But seeing Zhang Jingxu reach into his bosom again, unexpectedly took out a piece of silver, he weighed the silver, handed it to the driver, and said: "You take the money."

The coachman was startled.

There was an obvious stagger under his feet.

His face was visibly nervous, and he even looked around subconsciously, his tone became panicked, and he lowered his voice subconsciously: "Brother, brother, you... what do you mean by that? We don't traffic in human beings in our car and horse business."

No wonder he reacted like this, Zhang Jingxu really gave too much.

The piece of silver just now was worth two taels, converted into copper coins, it would be two thousand renminbi.A thousand dollars is a guan, and two thousand is two guan.For ordinary people, this amount is enough for a family's expenses for more than half a year.

Even in a prosperous city, two pennies is not a small number. If you want a woman, two pennies can buy you at least two, and you have to be a delicate girl, the kind of girl who has never been in the human affairs.

So when the coachman saw Zhang Jingxu giving so much money, he immediately thought that Zhang Jingxu was going to buy the mother and daughter. To the point of backsliding again and again and dare not accept the money.

Zhang Jingxu smiled, and said in an easy-going tone: "Don't worry, it's not a buyer. This money is the fare I paid for the two of them, as well as the expenses on the next journey."

The coachman obviously let out a sigh of relief, but his face was full of confusion, and he said, "But it doesn't take that much. This sister-in-law and her daughter have already paid me for the car, and what they need now is food and drink." Money, eating and drinking is nothing more than buying dry food from the convoy, how can it cost so much, and it doesn't cost more than a dozen coins in total..."

He paused for a while, looked at Zhang Jingxu's money, and said embarrassingly: "You just took out the money directly, but it scared me a lot, brother."

The woman next to her also spoke timidly, and said in a low voice, "My family... my family is not worth so much. Brother Zhang, you have given too much."

"Yeah! I gave too much"

The driver nodded, with a serious face, and said: "We are not outsiders, brother, I might as well tell the truth. If you give me two pennies, she is not worth the price."

Then he turned his head, looked at the woman, and said solemnly: "Sister-in-law, don't think that my words are harsh. Although you and your daughter are in trouble, and the situation of your wife is sympathetic, you should understand that you are a Married ladies."

The woman lowered her head, and said timidly: "My family understands, my family understands. A married woman is no longer a virgin."

The coachman sighed, with a low tone, and said: "In a situation like yours, if you bring a girl who drags oil bottles, even if someone buys you, you are only worth five hundred coins at most... Sister-in-law, my words are a bit harsh. , but I am in the middle of the matter between you two, so I have to make it clear to Brother Zhang."

The woman still lowered her head, and said in a sour tone: "Brother, I don't blame you, even if you don't say it, I will say it. I can't afford the money Brother Zhang gave... "

The coachman nodded again, ready to persuade Zhang Jingxu to take back the money.

However, Zhang Jingxu raised her foot, kicked him lightly, and pretended to smile and cursed: "Looking at your carefree appearance along the way, I thought you were a bold guy. Is it annoying to be crooked?"

As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his hand, stuffed the silver heavily into the driver's arms, and said in a deep voice, "Take the money, but remember, it's not for you. It's the next travel expenses for the two of them, as well as the money along the way." The above food and drink expenses..."

He mentioned the travel expenses and food and drink expenses again, and the coachman finally heard some tricks, and couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, do you want to leave?"

Zhang Jingxu did not answer, but continued to say: "The reason why you are allowed to accept the money is because you are tall and strong, and your heart is also considered good, so you won't be greedy for the money privately. And if you give the money to them The girls are holding it, I am worried that they may not be able to keep it."

After saying this, he explained his intentions, and said in a slow tone: "Your convoy only went to the county seat of Beihe County, and the two of them are going to the northernmost part of Beihe County. So we must search again at the county seat. Cars and horses, carry them on their way to the north..."

Hearing this, the coachman seemed thoughtful, and whispered, "Jiatou, the car and boat shop, the world is one family. You want me to help you choose the safest convoy for the two of them, don't you?"

Zhang Jingxu let out a 'huh' and said: "It's not hard to travel long distances. The most difficult thing to guard against is the human heart. Even a naturally kind person may breed greed for a while. So I will give you the money and let you replace it." Their wives pay the fare."

The coachman had realized it, couldn't help nodding, and said: "Understood, I understand. I will pay the fare and hand it over to the next convoy. They see me as a colleague, and the car and horse business is a family, so they can't help being kind in their hearts. I will take care of the two of them on the way."

He paused while talking, then pondered and said: "And they didn't bring any money with them, so it's impossible for people to breed greed, which is enough to ensure safety and let them go back to their parents' home safely."

Zhang Jingxu praised with a smile, and said: "Seeing that you are careless all day long, I never thought you are a person with brains. There is a junior in my hometown who is also careless, but when it comes to brains, he is not as good as you .”

The coachman heyed twice, didn't answer the question, but seemed to be curious, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, tell me the truth, brother, let me see your arrangement, are you going to leave the convoy?" ah?"

Zhang Jingxu didn't hide it from him, nodded with a smile and said: "The reason why I stopped your convoy halfway is because I have been lonely recently, so I chose you and walked with you. When I was on the road during the day, I listened to you Kan chatting, when camping at night, listening to you snoring soundly..."

He paused slightly while talking, and said meaningfully: "For me, loneliness has been swept away, so for the next part of the road, I may walk alone again."

The coachman was startled for a moment, then opened his eyes, and said in a voiceless voice: "Going alone? You want to drive alone?"

(End of this chapter)