Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 218

The clever idea did not succeed and the child was forced to do labor.

She stuck her butt out, bent over and fished in the river for a long time, but couldn't find anything. An Xi urged her to go back and find someone.

Without a word of praise, he still ran huffing and puffing.

By the time she and the yamen runners arrived, it was almost dark.

An Xi asked her to go to Fayuan Temple to hire a car and told her and Aunt Yu to hurry home.

The child had no choice but to run again. It was so tiring that anyone would be tired.

On the way back, she was so sleepy that she kept dozing off in the car, and she got all wet.

She was unlucky and arrived a little late. She saw that the last rickshaw had been hired away, and was afraid that she would not be able to go back, so she stood at the intersection and looked around. After waiting for a long time, she waited for an ox cart half loaded with charcoal.

She originally wanted to wait a little longer, but the old man said that if they didn't leave now, they would have to wait for the night incense collector to take them back.

Charcoal and night-blooming incense, of course charcoal is better.

Even if the old man asked for more money, I had no choice but to accept it.

The child quietly moved forward, squatted on the car board and nodded her head. Aunt Yu patted her and asked her to come over and lean on her arms.

The kids find it a bit dirty.

Aunt Yu: "Come on, you're not that clean either."

The mud all over his body dried up and fell off when touched. Fortunately, the charcoal in the old man's cart was burned by himself, otherwise, if others saw the cart covered with mud, they would think he was adulterating and selling fake goods.

The child looked at himself and said with disgust: "I am so dirty."

Aunt Yu: "Just go back and wash it. Don't do this again. Look at what you have done. You look like a beggar.

You are such a grown-up girl, how can you always act like a monkey, going down the mountain to the river? The water is so cold. Your sister Naxi is the same, what are you asking you to do? You are still cold."

When she came, Aunt Yu was still holding back her urge to have An Xi beat the child up, but now she hugged the child and felt sorry for him again, patting him.

But she also knew that a loving mother often spoils her child.

So I was thinking that when I get back I should make some ginger soup, boil some hot water, and rub this clay doll vigorously. I should put more ginger and less sugar in the ginger soup, so that she would remember this lesson.

You also need to get a brazier to get rid of bad luck.

The old man driving the cart also had a granddaughter as old as the child. After he responded, the two of them started chatting.

There is nothing we can do about these monkey kids.

After hearing a few words, the child felt that they were not good words, so he pouted and stopped listening, lying in Aunt Yu's arms with his eyes narrowed.

She didn't allow the child to sleep. Although it wasn't very cold at night, if he fell asleep he would sweat and might get sick from the cold.

Worried about this, Aunt Yu would call her from time to time and talk to her.

The child was drowsy but couldn't fall asleep.

Therefore, when a pedestrian appeared on the side of the road, she saw him at a glance.

She asked Aunt Yu in confusion, "Can we still get to the city if we walk there now?"

Aunt Yu said, "It's already so late. The city gates would be closed if we walked back. What's the matter? You want to go downstairs? Then I won't accompany you. Hurry up and run. You might even get there before me."

Children don't want to run down there.

She just looked back, wanting to give that person a heads-up, and saw that it was someone she knew: "Xu Cong?"

The child scratched his head and called out his name?

Aunt Yu didn't understand: "What?"

The child pointed behind him and said, "Aunt Yu, let's take him with us."

The children still remember him.

Mr. Zhang’s son-in-law, Daming’s brother, the one whose wife is very weak.

A very enthusiastic person.

He cries so much that children think he is a little fake.

I don't have a good impression of him, but since I met him, it's not a bad idea to give him a ride. I've already spent the money, it would be a shame if I didn't give him a few more people a ride.

Aunt Yu also looked back in the direction she pointed, and said hesitantly, "If you know where they are going, you should take them with you. Don't look back and delay their business."

The child also thought it made sense: "I'll go ask and find out."

Aunt Yu nodded and said, "Alright, go ahead, brother. Please stop the car, the child needs to get off."

The old man hadn't been paying attention just now. The cow seemed a little grumpy and was walking slowly, so he urged it to move. Now that he heard it, he couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going? Please hurry up. I am an old cow and I walk slowly. If I'm late, I won't be able to get into the city, and I will have nowhere to stay."

"It won't take long..." Aunt Yu pushed the child and told her to go quickly, and she said a few nice words to the old man.

The child jumped out of the car and ran to the back. He felt a little cold after leaving Aunt Yu's arms. She ran quickly and stopped in front of Xu Cong in the blink of an eye. She asked him if he was going back to the city and if so, could she give him a ride.

Xu Cong might have been tired and looked a little silly, or maybe the child was too dirty and he didn't recognize him. In any case, he took a while to react before he bowed and said, "It's you. Going back to the city, of course I have to go back to the city. I would be very grateful if you could go with me."

What is there to be grateful for just taking a car?

Adding him won't cost any extra money, and scholars have so many gifts.

Child: "Let's go. By the way, why are you here alone? You didn't even hire a car."

Xu Cong sighed and said, "Oh, don't mention it. I did have one, but Jinniang and I had a few words on the way, and she got angry and kicked me out of the car..."

"She told you to get off, so you got off?"

"To be honest, I'm not rich. Even the money for hiring a car was paid by my father-in-law, so I don't dare to say anything."

It sounds miserable.

The last time the child talked about the son-in-law with Aunt Yu, he just thought that they had ulterior motives and were very annoying, but he didn't expect that he would live such a miserable life.

"What did you quarrel about?"

"Ah, it's just some trivial matters, let's not talk about it."

He didn't want to say more, and the child didn't ask, since they weren't very familiar with each other. When he was brought to the front of the car, Aunt Yu had already moved aside to make room for him.

When he saw them, he called out, "Come up quickly."

Xu Cong quickly responded and said yes, thanked them and the old man, and got into the car without any pretense.

Aunt Yu's reaction was indifferent, she just hugged the child.

Listen to what the old man driving the cart is muttering: the road is difficult to travel at night and the cow is not obedient, so we must not delay any longer.

Aunt Yu said, "Don't worry, it won't happen again."

He kept muttering about how it would be troublesome if he was late.

It hadn't taken up that much time, so where did he get all that nonsense from? It wouldn't make anyone feel good to hear that. No wonder Aunt Yu looked a little cold.

The child was also annoyed and wanted to argue with him.

Aunt Yu did not cover her mouth, but shook her head at her, not allowing her to speak.

That’s true. After all, they are riding in someone else’s car. What if they make the other person angry and he stops taking them? What then?

The child ran back, but Aunt Yu couldn't let him.

She leaned against Aunt Yu in a depressed mood and was too embarrassed to look at Xu Cong.

It was rare for her to be so kind, but the old man kept on talking, as if she was deliberately asking people to listen to her gossip.

He just said it, if he keeps on saying that, sooner or later all his fortune will be gone.

Anyway, the child doesn't want to ride in his car anymore.

Xu Cong was silent all the way, probably not very happy.