This was also the first time for Old Song to rent a car from this carriage and horse company. He did not expect that a deposit would be required for renting a car.

He only had a small silver coin on him, about five cents of silver. How could it be enough for the deposit?

Old Song took a look at his two sons who were looking at each other in bewilderment. There was no need for him to ask, as these two sons might have even cleaner pockets than they had faces!

Old Song rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you see we are from Songjia Village. We are in a hurry to go out today. We don't have that much money on us. Can you make some concessions? Please make some concessions!"

"We need to rent two donkey carts to bring some goods back from the city. We can send the donkey carts back to you in less than two hours!"

The shopkeeper took a look at the three men and thought they were honest farmers. They just didn't pay the deposit and had their car towed away. He didn't dare to agree to this!

The shopkeeper hesitated and said, "How about this, since you have rented two cars, you can also hire a driver. I won't charge you a deposit for the two cars, and you can just pay one more person's salary. That's it!"

Old Song was very distressed that he had to pay an extra twenty cents just to take a ride on the bus!

There was no other way but to rent a donkey cart to transport the beans. Now, Old Song was very hesitant to spend money to hire a useless driver!

These twenty cents were enough to cover his wife's expenses for nearly half a month. Old Song, who had been used to living a hard life and was accustomed to spending every penny in half, glanced at his two sons.

Old Song decided to give it another try. He smiled and pointed at Song An and said, "Boss, we are sincere in renting the car. Since you are worried about us, how about I leave one of my sons in your shop? We are all honest people and will never rent a car and not return it!"

The shopkeeper realized that the other party was just unwilling to spend the extra twenty cents!

Whatever, the main thing is that he doesn’t want to miss this business!

Not to mention that the carriage and horse business is not doing well now, just raising these animals and their daily food costs a lot.

Now that the business has come to his doorstep and it only takes two hours by donkey cart, the shopkeeper is reluctant to miss this deal.

He thought about it for a moment, took a step back and said, "Okay, come with me to sign the contract!"

Old Song immediately responded with a smile on his face and followed the shopkeeper to go through the formalities!

Song An pointed to his nose and asked reluctantly, "Am I being held here?"

Song Ping silently patted his brother's shoulder. "It's twenty cents. Dad will definitely be reluctant to part with it. You can stay here for an hour. We won't ask you to do hard labor! We will redeem you after we transport the bean seeds!"

What could Song An do? He could only stand in front of the carriage and horse shop and watch his father pulling the donkey cart away happily!

On the other side, when Song Xile led Song Cheng towards the county government office, he was thinking about how to accommodate his younger brother along the way.

She wants to hide in the back alley of the county government office to get the bean seeds, so I can't follow her!

The first thing she thought of was the wonton stall not far from the county government office!

When they arrived at the county town, it was almost noon. She had the chance to order a bowl of food for her brother so that he could eat while waiting for their father and others.

She could use this opportunity to walk to the alley behind the county government office and take the bean seeds out of the system!

Song Xile brought her brother to the wonton stall, ordered a bowl of wontons, and asked for ten sesame cakes. She knew that her father and the others would definitely not want to eat here, so she simply bought some sesame cakes and let them fill their stomachs first!

"Ah Cheng, you wait here for dad and the others. I'll go look for the county magistrate's wife first. When dad and the others come, you wait here for me. I'll come out to call you when I'm better!"

Song Cheng nodded seriously.

In fact, Song Cheng has no say in such matters. Naturally, he just does whatever his sister asks him to do!

Before leaving, Song Xile did not forget to greet the stall owner and asked him to pay attention to her brother, as she would be there soon!

There weren't many people at the wonton stall at the moment, so the stall owner readily agreed!

After Song Xile settled his brother, he went to the alley next to the county government office. Passing by the side door of the county government office and looking at the tightly closed side door, Song Xile breathed a sigh of relief!

She walked straight through the side door, then turned a corner and walked to the back door of the county government office.

Song Xile took into consideration that maids often went out to buy things through the side door of the county government office, so it would be safer to go in and out through the back door!

And this place can also avoid the eyes of pedestrians on the street!

Without hesitation, Song Xile quickly opened the sack in his hand. With a thought, the empty sack was filled with round and plump beans in an instant!

Song Xile tied up the sack deftly, and then repeated the process to load another bag of bean seeds!

When the fifteenth bag was loaded, Ah Li's voice suddenly rang in his mind, "Host, someone has entered the alley!"

Song Xile was concentrating on packing bean seeds with great concentration. Ali's sudden warning frightened him so much that he shuddered all over!

If the situation wasn't wrong, she would have screamed out loud!

Song Xile's heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she quickly packed the last bag of beans!

Then he quietly stuck his head out to see who was coming. When he saw it was his father, Song Xile finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She walked out of the alley and waved to Old Song. "Dad, you've come just in time. Where's the car you hired? Come over here quickly. The county magistrate's wife has already carried the bean seeds to the back door for us. Let's get rid of them quickly!"

After hearing what his daughter said, Old Song did not dare to be negligent. He hurried to the wonton stall and asked his son to bring the donkey cart over!

The alley is not too narrow and horse-drawn carriages can pass through it on ordinary days, let alone the donkey cart pulled by Old Song!

The father and son worked together to put most of the bean seeds on a donkey cart, then pulled the cart full of bean seeds away, leaving Song Cheng to watch over it at the wonton stall.

Then Old Song pulled another donkey cart and loaded the remaining bean seeds into it. Then the father and his two daughters left the alley of the county government office!

The group walked out of the alley, and just when Song Xile thought she could breathe a sigh of relief, she, who was following the donkey cart, suddenly saw Nanny Li coming towards her!

Song Xi was so frightened that he was like a cat with its fur standing on end, his heart was in his throat!

Fortunately, the other person was talking to the little girl next to him with his head tilted aside and did not see her.

Song Xile quickly climbed onto the donkey cart and jumped directly into the cart shed from the back!

When Nanny Li looked over, she only saw a shadow in front of her!

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