jdhmnovel Chapter 165: Dropped ID Card
Chapter 165: Dropped ID Card
There was not much snow in the morning, and Su He and his companions, who had eaten and slept enough, set off in their carriage.
This time, Su He led the way again. She wore a thick hat with ear covers, a modern blue mask, and a thick scarf covering her nose, mouth, and neck. She also wore a down suit under her thick cotton coat, and waterproof dark blue suede snow boots on her feet. Su He had seen similar shoes when she was shopping, so she wore them without hesitation.
This time, Su He replaced the cart with a horse-drawn carriage, which was loaded with several locked boxes, which were her own belongings.
Behind Su He was Liu Bai. His carriage was a real carriage because it was really pulled by horses. There were a few wooden children sitting in the carriage. Juhua didn't come with them this time. With Liu Niang in it, Chen Wen would not be left unattended.
Further back was the horse-drawn carriage of Wang Fugui and his companions. Wang Bin and several other strong young men were driving mules. The carts behind them were full of grain. Because it was snowing, everyone carefully wrapped the grain with oilcloth.
Behind them was Li Da's family. They had only one horse-drawn carriage. Li Da was driving outside, and inside sat Li Si, Li Da's wife, and granddaughter Xiaoyu. The people in the carriage had luggage and food stuffed under their feet, and they had quilts in their hands so they could lean on them when they were tired.
In the middle were the Goudan and Dali families, and at the end were the Wang Laowu and Wang Laoliu families, with three horse-drawn carriages and three carts. Everyone's carriages followed closely behind the ones in front, one after another, and no one dared to fall behind.
Because of the impact of the earthquake, Su'an seemed particularly desolate at seven in the morning.
The occasional passers-by were all in a hurry with red eyes.
Ten minutes later, Su He and others reunited with Zheng Da.
There were four horse-drawn carriages for the 15 people at Zhengda University, two for passengers and two for luggage and food.
"Captain Zheng, we are a little late."
"Haha, that's okay, Lotus. Let's follow the old rules. I'll drive side by side with you, and my brothers will drive at the back. Let's count the number of people first."
Su He had no objection. That was the good thing about having acquaintances: it saved trouble.
Ten minutes later everyone set off.
"We set out early today. If we have lunch in the carriage and drive non-stop all the way, we can reach a small village near Longgang County in Shenzheng. This village has about 300 people. With so many of us, we only need to choose two houses."
As soon as Zheng Da got on the road, he started to explain the itinerary to Su He.
"There are only five days left before the Chinese New Year, and this year is not going to be peaceful."
After Zheng Da finished his business, he started chatting with Su He.
"We have been staying in the martial arts training room for a few days since the earthquake. There is a lot of open space there, and we don't have to worry about the roof falling down."
"On the street next to us, a grain store was robbed and the clerk guarding the store was stabbed to death. It's useless to send people from the government. It's been too chaotic these days. In addition, there are so many disaster victims from Jinyang Prefecture that we can't investigate it all."
Su He was surprised. Have the victims arrived in Su'an?
"They're coming so soon?"
"I also heard from my brothers at the escort agency that most of Jinyang Prefecture is suffering from drought. Many wealthy people have moved to Qinlong Prefecture. Some are preparing to move to Yunhe like you. Everyone is racing against time, perhaps because they are worried that the emperor will change his mind again."
"The escort mission your escort agency took seven days ago was also to escort a wealthy businessman to settle in Yunhe?"
When Zheng Da heard Su He's question, he subconsciously looked to the side, "He Hua, how did you know? That's the landlord Wang's family, there are more than a dozen people in the family, and our escort agency sent 40 people to escort, even our chief escort master went."
Su He raised his eyebrows, it seems to be a big dart.
"The landlord has a lot of stuff, so he needs to hire more people. They have a lot of stuff and walk slowly. Maybe we can catch up with them. It's safer if we all walk together."
Zheng Da laughed, "Impossible, our chief escort has the most experience, they drive the carriage fast, we can't keep up."
"That's not certain. There might be an earthquake in Yunhe. Our Tianyuan Village was trapped at the city gate for four days."
Zheng Da did not accept Su He's guess. Su He curled her lips and changed the subject.
"I see that the people in your escort agency are wearing the same clothes. Is this the team uniform?"
"Yes, haha, we also have a team badge. Let me show you. Our names are embroidered on it."
Su He took it and looked at it. It was a square piece of black cloth with a tiger pattern in the middle and the two big words "Zheng Tong" written on the back.
"We escorts earn money with our lives. If anything happens, this can prove our identity. Our companions will bring the team badge back to the family of the deceased escort as a memorial."
Zheng Da carefully took the team badge from Su He and put it inside his clothes. "I have been in this business for 10 years, and our chief escort has been doing this for 30 years. He has never married and has no descendants. The young master of our Weiyuan Escort Agency is a good man. He specially asked the chief escort to retire at the Weiyuan Escort Agency in Yunhe, so this is the last time for the chief escort to escort."
"Then your young master's family is really good."
Su He was really moved. He didn't expect there was such a good boss. Modern bosses only like workers under 35 years old.
So she decided to retire at the age of 25. In five days after the Chinese New Year, she will be 5 years old. In six years, retirement will be just around the corner.
The journey that day was smooth and there were no obstacles along the way. Everyone arrived at the village that Zheng Da mentioned, Ling Village, on time.
Everyone in this village has the surname Ling, and Su He and his group successfully borrowed two large houses from the village chief. This time, one room was for men and one for women.
After an hour of busy work, everyone divided into two rooms to have dinner.
Everyone was too tired the night before to have time to get to know each other, but now they had time, so they got to know people while eating. They were mainly the families of Wang Laowu and Wang Laoliu, who Su He and his family were the least familiar with. Usually they were in the middle of the team, and Su He just tried to get to know them, but now she had to remember everyone's names, identities and faces.
Wang Laowu's full name is Wang Qingwen, his wife is Wu Xiaolan, and they have three sons. The eldest, Wang Facai, married He Cuihua, and their son, Wang Jinding, is seven years old, and their daughter, Wang Jinchai, is six years old. The second, Wang Fengshou, married Shi Fengqin, and their son, Wang Yinding, is six years old. The third, Wang Dayun, married Wu Erni, and their son, Wang Tongban, is three years old.
Wang Laoliu's name is Wang Qinghe, and his wife is Jin Taozi. They have two daughters and one son. The eldest son, Wang Shanfeng, married He Gaiyun, and they have two sons, Wang Xiaogui and Wang Xiaoqian. The eldest daughter, Wang Huahua, is already married. Her husband died of illness five years ago. She can only live a hard life with her son He Gong, her sister-in-law Qian Yun and her mother-in-law. This time, Wang Laoliu specially brought them here to escape the famine. The second daughter, Wang Lanlan, is not married yet.
Su He felt dizzy when listening to the introduction of the person next to him.
"Dear aunts and sisters, my memory is not very good, so I may need more time to remember. Please don't mind if I call you the wrong aunt in the future."
Su He's mind was quite confused. In the family of 23 people consisting of the two brothers Wang Laowu, to be honest, she only remembered Wang Laowu. This man was a conspicuous person. Su He remembered him on the first day when they separated. The same was true for Wang Laoliu.
The rest of the people can only wait in line. She will definitely memorize it after memorizing it every day for two and a half months.
"Lotus, it's okay if you can't remember. If you have any questions, just call me auntie and we will introduce ourselves."
Wang Laowu's wife has a very straightforward personality, and others also agreed with her.
"Sister, Awen wants to go see Mule for dinner. Let's ask cousin Bin and cousin Zhi to accompany us."
Mu Tou knocked on the door and came in to say hello to Su He. When they go out, these little kids have to inform the adults in advance before going out.
"Okay, go ahead. It's dark now. Come back in a quarter of an hour."
Although Su He agreed, he set conditions.
"understood."
Mu Tou took Tietou and Chen Wen and followed his two brothers happily.
The people in the room were still chatting animatedly.
"The delicious meal I had yesterday is enough to last me a whole year. I'll just treat it as Chinese New Year."
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about the New Year. Time flies so fast. I don't even know where we were on New Year's Day."
"Captain Zheng must know. If we stay overnight in the town, we can make dumplings. We can't afford to make dumplings with only meat, so adding some pickles will make it delicious, and we can have some fun."
Miaomiao, who was sitting on the kang, immediately asked her sister, "Sister, let's go to town to celebrate the New Year. I want a sugar figurine of a little white rabbit. Tiantian wants one too."
Su He, who was chewing a steamed bun, had no time to reply and could only nod to show his agreement.
"Well, OK, I'll ask Escort Zheng tomorrow and we should try to stay in town."
After swallowing the steamed bun with difficulty, Su He took out the water bag and drank some water to moisten her throat. She was really sick from eating steamed buns, even white flour steamed buns made her feel sick.
No, she has to secretly find time to change her taste.
While Su He was thinking about the opportunity that could be exploited, Mu Tou came back with his men.
"Sister, we're done."
"Well, go to bed early after watching."
Su He leaned his head and thought about what to have for dinner.
"Sister, we found a sign. It's a big tiger."
Mu Tou sat next to his sister and handed it over. Su He glanced at it casually. Isn't this an ID card?
Su He pulled it over and examined it carefully, then turned it over to look for the name: Zheng Li.