Shu Mingzhi finally figured it out, "Do you want to sell the donkey cart and buy a carriage?"
Doctor Wang nodded: "Yes, the donkey cart runs too slowly, but the carriage runs faster. It just so happened that my son got a carriage in the county some time ago, but there is still a little money missing..."
One of them wanted to change a car and the other wanted to buy a car. It can be said that they hit it off immediately and made the deal without any effort.
When Shu Mingzhi drove the donkey cart out of the hospital in high spirits, old man Shu couldn't believe his eyes.
"You really bought someone else's donkey cart?! How did you buy it? You didn't fool someone into lameness, did you?"
Shu Mingzhi straightened his back: "Listen to what you said, is your son the kind of liar who can deceive people? This car was sold to me by Dr. Wang forcibly. It cost fifteen taels including the donkey and the cart.
silver!"
Old Man Shu was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head, "Fifteen taels of silver?! Is Doctor Wang your father?"
Shu Mingzhi: "...don't you know if he is my father?"
"Stop saying anything, I'll add chicken legs for you tonight!" Old man Shu rubbed his hands, jumped off the village chief's donkey cart, and excitedly ran to the front of his own donkey cart to touch his head and pull his tail.
Finally, I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I hugged the donkey's head and kissed it hard for a few times, laughing loudly and saying, "My dear, dear, haha... From now on, I, Shu Guangzong, will also ride on a donkey cart when I go out!"
Shu Mingzhi: "Dad, can we restrain ourselves a little? People on the street are looking at us."
"Just watch and let them watch!"
Buying a car is such a glorious thing, it has to be seen by outsiders!
Old man Shu pulled his son off the body of the car and said cheerfully: "Go and catch that car, leave this one to me!"
Seeing that he was gradually losing his mind, Shu Mingzhi coughed lightly and reminded: "Dad, please take it easy. Not long ago, my mother had a fight with the second sister-in-law's family because of the donkey cart. You go out and show off to others."
I know, I’m afraid I’ll still be angry.”
Old Man Shu: "I know, I know..."
It’s so annoying that you can’t show off your car!
The group found Shitou and asked about the meeting place. After asking, they picked up the second son and the eldest couple, and then drove two donkey carts to Yaoshui Village.
When passing by the path behind the village, Old Man Shu discovered fellow villagers who were carrying yams and yam beans back and forth at the foot of the mountain. How could he, a kind man, allow this to happen?
He immediately turned the car around and ran towards the foot of the mountain, shouting as he ran, "Everyone give way, I'll help you transport it, I have a donkey cart!"
Shu Mingli looked at the direction he left, scratched his head, and said dullly: "If I remember correctly, there seems to be a pit over there..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a miserable donkey brayed from the front, and then Old Man Shu plunged into the big pit with his people and his car.
Everything happened so fast that the wheels didn't react, and they were spinning happily in mid-air.
"Someone with great wisdom drove the car into a pit. Go and save people!"
Someone screamed in the distance, and a group of people dropped the sacks and bamboo baskets in their hands and rushed to the big pit to fish for people in a panic.
*
Mrs. Shu brought some small pieces of meat that had been smoked for a day.
By evening, the meat is basically dry and will make a clicking sound when dropped on the floor. This kind of meat is very durable, but it tastes dry and hard, which is very hard on your teeth.
For the sake of convenience, Mrs. Shu specially chopped a part of the dried meat into small pieces and wrapped it, so that when eating, she can just soak it in water in advance, pour it into the pot and cook it for a while, without having to worry about it.
The same goes for yam beans. Wash part of them in advance, then dry them and pack them to avoid having to wash them with water on the way.
After putting everything away and cooking dinner, it was already dark and Old Man Shu and others hadn't come back yet.
Old Mrs. Shu was just wondering when Shu Mingren came back on his legs, and Old Man Shu followed behind him in a shabby donkey cart.
That donkey cart was really broken. When the wheels turned around, the frame squeaked twice and shook, as if it might fall apart at any moment.
The old man Shu at the cabin was not much better either. He was in low spirits, his face was bruised, and his clothes were torn in two big holes, as if he had just been robbed.
Mrs. Shu's heart skipped a beat, her eyes widened and she asked, "Did you meet a homeless person? Were they robbed again?"
You looked at me and I looked at you for a few days, but no one said a word.
Old Shu scratched his head in embarrassment, "I wasn't robbed. I helped the village chief and his friends to haul the yam. I didn't see it clearly on the road and it fell into a ditch."
"Oh, it fell into a ditch..." Mrs. Shu glanced at him sideways, smiling, "I think you bought a new car and were anxious to show it off to others, so you didn't look at the road."
Old Man Shu: "...Give me some face and say less."
"Give you face? Haha, we are leaving the day after tomorrow, and you broke the car like this. Will the car pull the goods, or will we pull the car?" Mrs. Shu continued to sneer.
Seeing that his father was in a really difficult situation, Shu Mingyi stepped forward to help him out: "It's okay. I'll find some wooden boards to repair tomorrow. It can still be used."
Old Shu also quickly expressed his position: "I will take care of all our meals tomorrow. Just rest and don't be angry."
"Shameless!" Mrs. Shu snorted and did not pursue the matter further. She turned around and pointed to the kitchen, "Supper is ready. Come in and wash your hands and eat."
Halfway through the meal, the village chief carried a basket of yams, and the village chief's son Shu Changshun came over carrying half a bag of yam beans.
Mrs. Shu looked at the things in their hands and was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
The village chief put the things in Shu's courtyard and explained: "Today we dug up the yam and divided it among each family. These belong to your family."
"No, our family didn't send anyone to dig, so how come we still have a share?"
Mrs. Shu refused to accept it, so she picked up the sack and pushed it out the door, "You guys can take it and share it. We have been busy all day and it's not easy."
"This is what everyone means. Without Guangzong's reminder, how could we have found so many things? So you can just keep it with peace of mind."
The village chief waved his hand, put down his things and left, ignoring the couple's obstruction.
After leaving the Shu family courtyard, Shu Changshun couldn't help but mutter to his father: "Dad, do you smell it? The Shu family is eating meat."
The village chief exhaled, with a hint of vicissitudes in his voice: "They are not just eating meat today, they are eating meat every day."
"Eating meat every day? How much money does it cost?" Shu Changshun scratched his head, saying that poverty limited his imagination.
"This is not about money at all."
The village chief kicked the pebbles at his feet, and many strange things flashed through his mind, including the fish jumping into his arms, the sudden appearance of the wild boar, and the large piece of yam...
Look at Shu Guangzong's family again. Others were so hungry that they walked against the wall, while his family ate meat until their mouths were full of oil. Others were so worried that they were bald just to survive, but his family even went to town to buy a donkey cart.
It’s so irritating that people are so different from each other!
Shu Changshun didn't understand what he meant and asked, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Luck... people are lucky, do you understand?"
The village chief looked at him meaningfully and warned: "Be more polite to their family from now on. It's enough if they eat meat and leave some soup for us."
In these troubled times, I don’t want anything, I just want to save my life.