C16

On the second day, before the sun rose, Soong Xintong got up from her bed and walked out of the house in the dark. She carried the food on her back and headed for the entrance of the village.

Today, the people from Hee Family wouldn't go to the county city, so she couldn't take their donkey cart. She could only walk to the village entrance early to see if Village Head Wan or the Senior Lee family would take the ox cart to the county city. If she was lucky, she could take a ride, but two dollars was better than walking to the county city.

Although it was still early in the morning, there were still scattered sparks of fire in the middle of the village. They were all people who had woken up early to gather in the city.

Soong Xintong passed through the center of the village and walked to the big rock outside the village entrance to rest. Not long after that, the sound of rolling wheels could be heard and soon, a hunchbacked old man came out with an ox cart and stopped beside the big rock.

This was Senior Lee from the village. Normally, he earned some money by chasing cattle around. While waiting outside the county, he would also do some feces work for the residents, so his oxcart was more or less tasty.

Soong Xintong sniffed again.

Senior Lee, on the other hand, was a nice person. Seeing Soong Xintong standing there alone, he greeted her: "Would you like to get a ride, Soong Family girl?"

Soong Xintong was a little hesitant. After all, the smell was really unpleasant, but if she missed Senior Lee's car and Village Head Wan didn't go, wouldn't she have to walk to the county town?

While hesitating, he didn't forget to look in the direction of the village. When he turned around and saw Senior Lee's eyes that were filled with sincerity and anticipation, he said out of the blue, "We have to go."

"Then I'll put it up for you." Senior Lee was used to hard work, so he immediately carried the 50 lb basket onto the ox-cart. Then he wiped the floor with his handkerchief, "Sit here, I wiped it clean."

Although it was still unpleasant, it was not the time to love cleanliness. Soong Xintong pushed the cart up and sat on it. "Thank you, Senior Lee."

Senior Lee supported the basket on his back, "You young girls just love to be clean."

"Heh heh." Soong Xintong laughed dryly, "Senior Lee can use some herbs to smoke it. This way, there will be more people taking your car."

"I'm too lazy to do it. It's not worth it to tire my family's Blackie." Senior Lee touched the water buffalo's back lovingly, as if he was touching his son.

Senior Lee sat in front of the cart, lightly patted the big buffalo's butt, then waved his bamboo note, "Let's go."

Soong Xintong turned around and looked at the black mass of people in the village, "Is Senior Lee leaving just like that?" No more waiting? "

Senior Lee led the ox-cart onto the muddy path, "No, Village Head Wan has temporarily decided not to go to the county town and let them walk."

Soong Xintong's eyebrows twitched. Senior Lee, is it really alright for you to be so arrogant?

Senior Lee said, "It's the same if I go to the first few villages to get people. I don't have to get them."

Is Senior Lee dissatisfied with the other people in the village? Soong Xintong was surprised that she would rather meet someone from outside the village than someone else, but that had nothing to do with her. She didn't have to walk to get to the county town anyway.

Since it was still early and the sky was still dark, Soong Xintong didn't mind as the ox-cart didn't drive too fast. She took advantage of this free time to rest, and when she woke up again, the ox-cart was already packed with people.

"I'm sorry, big girl. It's your turn now." A skinny woman smiled at Soong Xintong in apology.

Soong Xintong shook her head and moved her hands towards the basket. "It's nothing."

Seeing that there was no more space for her to move, the woman happily hugged her daughter, who was not even seven years old, and sat down. She then softly said to her daughter, "You can go to sleep now. You just need to wake up."

Soong Xintong's heart ached as she watched this scene. The original owner's memories of the original owner suddenly popped out of her blurry memories. The original owner's memories of the original owner's mother was pretty good-looking, much more so than the village women. She even knew a few lines of poetry.

It's just that my mother was brought in from outside by my father, and without my parents' permission or the words of a matchmaker, so she doesn't go out much in this little place. She always sits at home embroidering flowers and teaches her how to read after the original owner has learned to read, but before long my mother gave birth to her two younger brothers and died of illness.

The names of the three siblings were all from their mothers.

Her name was Soong Xintong, and Xintong came from 'Clear Dew Morning Stream, Xintong's first introduction, how much is spring'. It was a very creative phrase, and Big Treasure's name was also due to her name, Song Xinyu, while Little Treasure's name was Song Xinjiu.

These names were all trees, and they were also a sign of their parents' expectations of them. They hoped that they would be like trees that took root on the ground and grow vigorously.

In the modern era, her name was also Soong Xintong, so she probably meant that as well?

Soong Xintong looked enviously at the girl who was being caressed. In the modern world, she had also lost her parents early and had grown up with her grandmother. After her grandmother's death, she had no one to discipline her. Here, her parents had passed away one after the other. The only difference was that this time, she had two adorable blood-related younger brothers.

She only hoped that she could borrow some of her knowledge that was different from others and change this family. Afterwards, she could send her two younger brothers to school.

Before his father passed away, he kept nagging that he would send his two younger brothers to school next year. But before the new year even arrived, something happened to him.

Looking up at the bright moonlight, Soong Xintong said to herself, "Father, mother, and Xintong, don't worry, I will fulfill your wish."

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind.

Soong Xintong felt as if there was a breeze blowing, lightly caressing her face before disappearing without a trace.

When the wind stopped, Soong Xintong felt the heaviness that was weighing down her heart disappear. She felt her whole body relax, as if she had been born from the depths of her heart.

"Are you gone?" Soong Xintong asked in her heart, but no response came.

When the sky brightened, there were already quite a few people entering and exiting the county city. It was bustling with noise and excitement.

Soong Xintong jumped off the oxcart, took out two coins from her purse and handed it to Senior Lee. She thanked him, "Senior Lee, when will you be returning to the village in the afternoon?"

"It's time to go, or later. You can't wait." Senior Lee had a good impression of Soong Xintong. Although they didn't talk much, they were very polite, "Those people are all from the neighboring villages. You can take their ox-cart to go back. If you want to take one, I can help you talk."

Soong Xintong looked in the direction Senior Lee pointed and saw a few men with bare arms stopping the ox-cart. She quickly retracted her gaze and said gratefully, "Then we'll take a look when the call comes back. Thank you, Senior Lee."

"No thanks or no thanks, hurry up and go to the city. We can only get a good seat in the morning." Senior Lee looked at her basket full of weeds, and guessed that she was probably going to the market to sell them, so he urged her to hurry up and enter the city.

Soong Xintong didn't say anything else. Carrying the heavy basket on her back, she walked in the direction of Lucky Restaurant.