Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 235: Escape from the Mountains (16)

It was a windless June night. Xiaocao lit a candle, held the light, opened the blueprint, and memorized the route more deeply in his mind.

The moonlight outside could barely illuminate the road, but Xiaocao was a little worried about the cow's physical strength.

She asked Xiaohua to lie down and sleep first, but the bumpy road surface made it impossible for Xiaohua to sleep.

"Sister, mother, home, is in the county town?"

"Not in the county town, but far away." Xiaocao said, "Mom didn't come here voluntarily, nor did she marry Dad voluntarily, and she certainly didn't give birth to us voluntarily."

"Someone kidnapped Mom from somewhere else and sold her to the village. Just like Dad wanted to sell you to someone else."

Xiaohua hugged the woman tightly.

"Kidnap, abduct?"

"You just took my mother away regardless of her struggles. This is wrong, it's illegal, and you'll go to jail."

Xiaohua's tears were about to fall again.

There was too much information tonight, and Xiaohua's mind was like a tangled ball of wool.

Xiao Cao said, "You'll understand later. Xiao Hua, no matter how Mother treats us, don't hate her."

She lowered her head and glanced at the woman who was curled up beside her with her eyes closed and motionless.

Xiaohua nodded.

Xiaocao doesn't know where her home is either. She should be able to find out more information by going to the county town.

Although the drawing Wang Yuanyuan gave was a bit messy, the route was indeed correct. The cows just had to stop and rest for a while after walking for a while.

It was not until the east was getting brighter and dawn was gradually breaking that Xiaocao saw the houses in the town from afar.

Xiaohua finally succumbed to the sleepiness and fell asleep soundly on her legs.

Xiaocao turned his head and looked beyond the vast hills. There was a light blue sky with a few remaining stars hanging in the sky. The moon had not yet set, and it still covered the earth with a hazy silver-gray veil. Even the air became humid.

The sun gradually rises, and under the shining of the sun and the moon, the singing of birds in the valley gradually becomes louder.

As we got closer to the town, we heard the sound of wheels for the second time.

At another fork in the road, an old man was slowly driving an ox cart, the cart piled high with green vegetables stained with morning dew.

The old man looked a little surprised when he saw the grass.

"Why are you here so early, Nier?"

Xiao Cao blinked and said, "My mother is sick. The village doctor can't cure her, so she has to ask me to bring her out for treatment."

The old man looked at the grass, then looked at the mother and daughter huddled together. All three of them were equally skinny, so he shook his head.

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The town is much better than Xiaoba Village. Although you can still see stone houses like those in Xiaoba Village everywhere, at least the road is not a bumpy mud road.

There are also many more two-story and three-story cement brick houses in the town.

Xiaocao drove the ox cart and found the station according to the route given by Wang Yuanyuan.

It's more like an empty room than a station.

The room was empty, without even a table or a bus schedule.

At this time, the gate of the house next door was opened, and a middle-aged woman came out and poured a basin of water outside.

Xiao Cao stepped forward and said, "Aunt, I want to ask when the bus to the county town will arrive."

The middle-aged woman glanced at Xiaocao and saw that she was dressed in rags. She said unhappily, "Wait a minute. A ticket is 45 yuan. Can you afford it?"

Xiao Cao asked, "Okay, Auntie, how many buses go to the county town every day?"

The middle-aged woman said, "I don't know!" and then went into the house.

The grass had no choice but to shake the flower awake.

"Xiaohua, wake up, we're in town."

Xiaohua woke up with squinting eyes and rubbed them.

"You wait here for me, take good care of your mother, and don't run anywhere. Do you hear me?" Xiaocao said.

Xiaohua nodded: "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to buy some food and ask for directions. You wait here."

After saying that, Xiaocao carried the bamboo basket on his back and walked along the main road to the other end.

The town is not big, with only one main road and houses built on both sides along the road. At this time, the morning light has gradually shone on the road, and there are already pedestrians walking around the market.

There was a breakfast stall near the market. Xiaocao bought some coarse flour buns and boiled eggs and asked the owner of the breakfast shop about the bus to the county town.

"There aren't many people going to the county town here. There's only one trip a day, and sometimes we can't even get one."

Xiao Cao asked: "When will there be a trip?"

"It's usually around eight o'clock. There's a clock next to the station, you can go check it out."

After leaving the breakfast stall, Xiaocao walked into the market, bought a kettle, and then went to the public well to get some water.

Most of the vendors in the market are farmers who come from nearby villages. They sell vegetables and cabbages grown in their own gardens, fish raised in their own ponds, and handmade woven products.

Soon more and more people came to the town to attend the market.

Xiaocao returned to the station, took out steamed buns and eggs and gave them to Xiaohua to eat, then took out a bowl of water and poured some water for the cow to drink.

There was indeed a clock in the station, which showed that it was ten minutes past seven in the morning.

Xiaocao fed the woman some steamed buns soaked in water, and also broke up some eggs and fed them to her.

Xiaocao was thinking in her heart, if she couldn't wait for the bus to the county town today, where should she stay?

As a result, the bus to the county town arrived before eight o'clock.

It was a small, dilapidated bus, its body covered in dust and the sides of its tires were covered in mud.

"The ticket price is 40 yuan per person." The ticket seller wearing a faded hat looked at Xiaocao and said indifferently.

Xiaocao asked, "Do we charge for children too?" She pointed at Xiaohua, who was shorter than her peers and said, "She's only six years old."

The ticket agent glanced at Xiaohua and said, "Children are half price, 20 yuan."

Xiaocao took out 100 yuan in change and handed it to the ticket agent.

The ticket seller didn't expect Xiaocao to have money on her. He glanced at her, then took out three tickets from his vest pocket and handed them to Xiaocao.

Xiaocao carried the woman and Xiaohua into the car. There was a strong smell in the car, an indescribable strange smell.

The hood next to the ticket agent was piled with luggage, and Xiaocao seemed to see a live chicken.

The bus was already half full of people, most of them were young and middle-aged people who had come out to work. Some were leaning against the side and sleeping, while others were looking at Xiaocao and the other two.

There were three rows of seats at the back. Xiaocao asked Xiaohua to sit in one of them, then put the woman next to her and took off the bamboo basket on her body.

Xiao Cao asked the ticket agent: "Is the train leaving now?"

The ticket agent didn't even look up: "In 20 minutes!"

Xiao Cao turned to Xiao Hua and said, "Look after your mother and take care of the things until I come back."

Xiaohua asked, "Where are you going?"

"Send the cow back. I'll be back soon. Don't be afraid. If anyone bullies you, just call the ticket seller. Got it?"

Xiaohua nodded.

After Xiaocao got off the car, he first unloaded the cart behind the cow, then led the cow back along the same route, all the way to the intersection leading to the town.

"Thank you, you've worked hard. Now you can go." Xiao Cao touched the cow's head and patted its neck: "Go back."

The yellow cow glanced at her and swung its tail behind it.