Zhong Kui escaped from the flames of war. He remembered that when he ran out of the door of Mr. Lu's house, he didn't know which of the two husbands used the bowl as a weapon and smashed it at each other, and there was a crisp and clear sound. The sound came from behind him, and while he was startled into a cold sweat, it was not difficult to guess that all the bowls must have been smashed into pieces.

The two couples were like this, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable shiver. He subconsciously pushed the pedal with his feet, and he had to pay attention to the appearance of potholes at any time. He was afraid that an accidental overturn would cause the car and people to tip over. In the fields.

The horizontal grooves formed by longitudinal wheel marks of uneven sizes are like creases. These horizontal grooves are caused by the dirt pavement being swollen on rainy days, and then passed by the bicycles and the sow Jialing. After the rain and the sky cleared up, the ravine road surface emitted moisture. Under the baking of the sun, those crooked horizontal grooves were like wrinkles on an old man's face, which could not be smoothed out no matter how hard they were.

Zhong Kui's wheel fell into a relatively deep, vertically and horizontally narrow ditch. When Zhong Kui couldn't break out, the car rolled over and fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was tall enough and stopped the car when it was about to topple over. , he stretched out his long legs and stepped on the ground in time, so as not to make a fool of himself in front of the people coming home from the market.

I picked up the car, dusted myself off, pushed the car with inertia and tried to pedal forward, but the pedals became as loose as a windmill, and I realized that there was something wrong with the car and the chain had fallen off.

Sighing, he lifted up the rear wheel, put the car up, and slowly put on the chain this time. When he squatted down to put on the chain, people passed by him from time to time.

Zhong Kui has no one he is familiar with or knows here at all. Except for the couple who fought just now, the rest are all strangers, so these strangers don't have time to care about anyone. This is reasonable and there is nothing wrong with it. So strange.

However, if someone unexpectedly cares about your emergency situation in a place like this, you should feel strange. Someone is asking Zhong Kui: "Is the car broken down?"

The voice sounds like it's a woman's.

Out of politeness, Zhong Kui turned around and glanced at the other person casually. The words that came to his mouth were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them out because the person who greeted him was none other than someone who had shared the same sorrow together. Xiao Xu.

At the same time, Xiao Xu also noticed him, and both of them exclaimed at the same time: "It's you,"

"Hi, it's me," Zhong Kui straightened up, not knowing where to put his eyes without being embarrassed.

‘Poof’ “The car broke down”

"Yes, you saw it all and still asked,"

"Okay, can you fix it?"

"No problem, it's just that the chain fell off. It should be fine soon," he said, thinking that the other party would leave, so he squatted down and continued to pick up the chain...

"So, you, where are you coming from, and are you going there?" She seemed to have no intention of leaving, and even came closer to ask.

It was around noon, and the sky suddenly became gloomy, as if it was about to start drizzling. The heat was unbearable, but we couldn't rush it too much. Winding the chain was a delicate job, so we had to do it slowly.

Wiping a sweat, he couldn't succeed again and again, and the irritability in his heart prevented him from calming down. Faced with Xiao Xu's question, he answered a little far-fetched: "It's no big deal. The car got stuck in these ditches when passing by. Rolled over,"

"Oh, you've had lunch," Xiao Xu finally asked the main topic. It was noon now, and I didn't know if he had gone out after lunch or went to visit relatives somewhere.

Zhong Kui finally finished the chain, stood up, and replied patiently: "I had lunch early and am on my way home."

"Oh," Xiao Xu seemed a little disappointed, replied casually, and slowly turned around.

Zhong Kui pushed the car and tried the operation of the chain. When he saw that it could move, he prepared to pedal away.

"Hey," Xiao Xu, who thought he had left, suddenly called out to him and said, "How are you doing lately?"

Zhong Kui held the handle of the car steady and looked back at her. Only then did he take a closer look at Xiao Xu. She seemed to have lost weight. Her complexion looked a little like a dish lacking nutrition. Her eyes were enlarged but dull, and her complexion was dull. She couldn't help but feel sad. Feng muttered, maybe there was something wrong with her.

"I'm fine. What can I do for you?" He was thinking about what Mr. Lu had asked him to do, so he was a little perfunctory when facing Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu smiled bitterly and said, "I,, it's okay. I also came to my relatives' house for a wedding banquet, but it's still far away from here. I think..." She glanced at Zhong Kui's bicycle hesitantly and raised her head. I glanced at the bright sunlit sky, which was clearly a silent hint. The weather was unbearably hot and my relatives' house was still some distance away. There was a ready-made bicycle here that I could ride on...

The other party's obvious hint meant that Zhong Kui was pretending to be reckless or he was really confused. He said "hmm" and after a long time saw that the other party didn't say anything, he wanted to leave.

When Xiao Xu saw that he was leaving, he couldn't force him to stay.

"You're good to go," the voice was sad, but with a look of helplessness, he turned around and distanced himself from Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui, who had just stepped into the car, subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look at Xiao Xu who was gradually moving away from him. He almost fell down again. He hurriedly got out of the car and carefully recalled her words and behavior just now. Suddenly he felt that she seemed to have something to say to her. Say it yourself.

Without any further thought, he hurriedly turned around and chased Xiao Xu.

This is a mechanical farming road that extends far away. At the end of the mechanical farming road is a river. The river is not very wide, about five meters long. A small boat ferrying back and forth can carry ten people at a time. People from the other side of the river come to the market. , you have to take this only tool, and you have to pay a ferry fee of 50 cents for a round trip.

Xiao Xu said that this happy event held by relatives was not a birthday celebration for an old man, nor a housewarming celebration, but a secret marriage for her cousin. She said that her cousin died of weak water, and her cousin suddenly fell ill a few days ago. My aunt went to ask Mi Xiangu, who told her that her cousin had reached marriageable age and wanted to get married, so she possessed her cousin to cause trouble.

Zhong Kui listened quietly to what Xiao Xu said, and promised that she would not tell anyone else about it, but he was making plans in his heart. Mr. Lu's family had lost the body of his daughter, and Xiao Xu's relatives were going to have a secret marriage. The two of them Is there any connection between them?

After Xiao Xu boarded the ship, she rejected Zhong Kui's suggestion to give her a ride. It is said that she was afraid that her relatives would see and misunderstand her, so she did not want him to continue going.

The proprietress who was on the ferry kept calling Zhong Kui, "Hey, what are you doing standing there? If you want to get on the boat, just get on."

Zhong Kui shook his head, pointed at Xiao Xu and said to the proprietress: "Be careful with your mugwort stalks,"

The ferry proprietress looked at this man strangely, looking back and forth, not knowing what he meant. The boat gently rippled through the waves and slowly moved away from where Zhong Kui was standing. Suddenly, he felt a strange feeling.
Chapter completed!