Joe's Farming

Qiao Yu listened to Bai Ming's story with a gloomy face.

"How despicable! How can there be such a disgusting person? I'm so pissed! Brother Gu, did you beat him up that night? You did, you must have done it!"

Gu Feng was a little embarrassed. When he arrived that day, the man had already been beaten black and blue by Ling Lie, but he did not take any action.

"I didn't... But Ling Lie beat me pretty hard."

Qiao Yu felt a little better after hearing this.

Bai Ming didn't dare to look into Qiao Yu's eyes, for fear of seeing shock, confusion and contempt in them.

I was afraid that he would ask me, “Why didn’t you run away?

Why don't you threaten to die?

How can you still have the nerve to go home to your parents? "

But not a single word was said.

Qiao Yu was still angry: "That damn Ling Lie, if he doesn't go back to save you soon, I'll scold him to death when I get back!"

"If you don't want to send me back, I can go back by myself."

Bai Ming whispered.

This time, before Qiao Yu could say anything, Gu Feng spoke first.

"We'll take you back."

Qiao Yu nodded vigorously: "Yes, we are friends now, aren't we?"

Gu Feng also nodded.

Even Gu Heng tilted his head to look at Bai Ming and curled his eyes at him.

Bai Ming quickly lowered his head, wiped away the tears that were flowing uncontrollably from his eyes, and choked up:

"Yes! Thank you..."

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The carriage that Wang Xuan rented for Qiao Yu and his friends had two professional coachmen.

Their professionalism is reflected in the pace of their journey. They can always find a place to rest when everyone feels hungry.

Before evening, the carriage arrived at Guping Town.

On the other side of Guping Town is the territory of another provincial capital.

Maybe because it is located at the junction of two states, the food here is different from that in the provincial capital.

Qiao Yu planned to spend the night here and continue his journey early the next morning.

Because they were afraid that there would be no fresh milk supply on the road.

Qiao Yu asked for a large can of milk at Wang Xuan's house, divided it into small cans, and then spent a high price to buy ice cubes at an ice shop in the city, and put them in a large food box together with the milk.

Qiao Yu had never expected that there was a store specializing in selling ice in the city.

Because this season is so different from last winter, how do they preserve the ice?

However, Qiao Yu did not delve into it further, as long as Hengzi had fresh milk to drink.

The driver went directly to the best inn in town as Qiao Yu requested.

However, no matter how good the inn is, it is still several times inferior to the one in the provincial capital.

Qiao Yu booked rooms for everyone and ordered a table of food in the restaurant to reward everyone because they were tired from the journey.

It was also the first time that the drivers met an employer who treated them so equally.

At first, he was rather reserved towards Qiao Yu and Gu Feng, but after a meal he became more relaxed.

Bai Ming's emotions had calmed down by now, and he became the cold and aloof person he was when Qiao Yu first met him.

After dinner, Bai Ming wanted to go for a walk around the town. The next town of this size would not be reached until tomorrow noon.

He hadn't been home for so many years, and he didn't want to go back empty-handed, so he wanted to go to the cloth shop to buy two warm clothes for his parents.

Qiao Yu realized that he had been dragging Bai Ming to follow him and had not given him time to buy things, so he offered to go together.

But seeing that he was a little tired, Bai Ming politely declined.

"You should spend more time with Hengzi and have a good rest. It's okay for me to be alone."

Qiao Yu looked at his son who had been held in Gu Feng's arms, and felt that he had gone a bit too far. It was Gu Feng who had been taking care of the child, and he should share some of the burden with Gu Feng.

"Okay, then come back early after you finish shopping. It's getting dark."

Gu Feng asked the waiter to prepare hot water so that Qiao Yu and Gu Heng could take a good bath together.

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Bai Ming was walking alone on the street. His clothes were not particularly outstanding, but because of his appearance and temperament, he attracted the attention of many men.

He would never get used to this stare.

I quickened my pace and went to the nearest cloth shop.

-

Qiao Yu was halfway through her bath when she suddenly felt uneasy.

"Brother Gu, is Bai Ming back?"

Gu Feng wiped Gu Heng clean after he had just finished taking a shower, wrapped him in a thick blanket and hugged him, saying, "Not yet. Didn't you say you were going out to buy something?"

"Well, he said he was going to buy clothes for his parents and would be back soon. I think he was gone for a little while."

The more Qiao Yu thought about it, the more panicked she became. She quickly got out of the water and put on her clothes.

Gu Feng knew that his husband was worried about Bai Ming's safety, so he quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll go out and check right away."

Qiao Yu put on her clothes and took the child over.

"Thank you, husband. I feel so safe with you around."

Gu Feng curled his lips slightly and kissed Qiao Yu and Gu Heng before going out.

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Everything went smoothly for Bai Ming in the cloth shop, but Bai Ming wanted to buy the best for his parents, and he didn't have much money, so it took him some time to pick out suitable clothes.

The best clothes his current finances could buy.

When I was about to go back to the inn, I smelled the fragrance of osmanthus cake coming from the alley.

His mother's favorite dessert.

Bai Ming walked into the alley and didn't notice that there was a person following him from a distance.

Bai Ming walked into the alley and found that there was no shop at all.

This is the back alley of an ordinary family.

Bai Ming stopped at the back door of the shop where the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was the most fragrant.

I hesitated whether to knock on the door and ask if this family sold osmanthus cake.

Suddenly, a strong hand reached out from behind and knocked hard on the door.

"what--"

Bai Ming was so scared that he stepped back and almost fell down.

The moment those hands stretched out, he really thought he had encountered a bad guy again.

"Hold... I'm sorry."

Gu Feng didn't expect that he scared people so much by not saying anything, so he quickly apologized.

Bai Ming patted his chest and shook his head.

"fine."

squeak-

The door opened, and the short man inside saw Gu Feng standing there with a fierce look on his face. He asked nervously, "What...what can I do for you?"

Gu Feng made way and let Bai Ming talk to the other person himself.

Bai Ming asked shyly, "Are you making sweet-scented osmanthus cakes at home? Can I... buy some?"

The man breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure, that sweet-scented osmanthus cake is also made by my family and sold at the night market. How much do you want?"

Bai Ming handed over one tael of silver: "I want five catties, is that okay?"

The man nodded, took the silver and went into the house to pack osmanthus cake for Bai Ming.

When he came out, he gave Bai Ming five hundred dollars in change.

Bai Ming planned to give two kilograms to his mother, share two kilograms with Qiao Yu and Gu Feng, and eat the remaining one kilogram on the way.

When leaving the alley, Bai Ming asked Gu Feng why he appeared here.

Gu Feng then told Qiao Yu about her concerns about him.

Bai Ming was deeply moved and planned to go to the jewelry store to pick out a gift for Qiao Yu to take back.

Gu Feng frowned: "We'd better go back quickly. I don't want Qiao Er to worry. It's not good for a man to be alone."

Bai Ming: ...

"Okay, okay."

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Gu Feng: We are a single man and a single woman. Qiao Er taught us.