A flat dirt road stretches from the capital to an invisible distance.
Both ends of the road were surrounded by mountains, forests and plains, and the number of people passing by gradually became fewer and fewer as the carriages flew by.
And when the sun was high in the sky, not only the carriages, but also the scattered houses along the road became visible.
The man who drove the carriage and the maids and women who were traveling with him all started to growl in their stomachs.
"Girl, it's already noon, and everyone is hungry. Why don't we have a meal first before leaving." A woman asked tentatively from the side.
Zijuan also felt hungry at this moment, but she was more worried about the safety of this trip.
Although this is an official road, it is still near the suburbs of Beijing. However, although this is near the suburbs of Beijing, it does not mean that it is necessarily safe.
If you park in the countryside at night, you still have to worry about the intrusion of wild beasts and strong men.
So although Zijuan clearly felt hungry, she did not respond immediately. She just asked the driver outside, "How many hours do we have to go to the next station?"
When the coachman saw Zijuan asking questions, he immediately whispered, "There are still four hours."
After hearing this, Zijuan only glanced at Geng Le next to the carriage.
At this moment, the time displayed on the update is exactly 12 noon. Even if it takes them two hours to eat, they can guarantee to enter the city around 6 o'clock.
As long as they enter the city at six o'clock, they will be able to find a place to stay, so there is still time for everything, not to mention that it is just for dinner, which will probably take less than two hours.
After considering the safety issue, Zijuan couldn't help but agree with her mother-in-law. She said to the coachman outside the door, "You can continue on your way. If we encounter a place to eat on the way, we will stop first." "
Upon hearing Zijuan's words, everyone felt refreshed.
The driver even said directly to Zijuan, "I know there is a restaurant ahead!"
"Okay, then let's have lunch in front." Zi Juan suggested.
Upon hearing this, the coachman immediately became excited, and he immediately drove the carriage faster.
After a while, they arrived at a place to eat. The place was still a lonely wooden house. It stood beside the road. Only a fluttering wine flag could make people guess that this was a restaurant.
After the carriage stopped at the restaurant, a young man who looked like a waiter immediately walked out of the restaurant.
He greeted him enthusiastically, "What would you like to eat, distinguished guests?"
Hearing the waiter's question, Zijuan just asked, "What do you have here?"
The waiter immediately reported some dish names.
Zijuan looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, what do you want to eat?"
At this moment, everyone didn't know what to order, so Zijuan just said to the waiter, "Okay, look, there are only a few of us, why don't you just order one for us."
Upon hearing Zijuan's words, the waiter immediately said hello politely, and then he was ready to leave in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, after Zijuan looked around the lobby, she suddenly said "Wait a minute!"
Hearing this, the waiter could only stop and said to Zijuan, "Do you have any other instructions, girl?"
Zijuan saw that there were too many people waiting in the lobby. She was afraid that the wait time would be too long, so she just whispered, "We are in a hurry. You'd better serve the food faster. Otherwise, the food will be served too slowly." , I might leave directly."
When the waiter heard this, he immediately nodded in cooperation, "Girl, don't worry, in half an hour, half an hour at most, we will definitely serve everyone's meals!"
If the food can be served in half an hour, then half an hour is enough for them.
So seeing that the waiter in the shop said this, Zijuan quickly let him go.
After that, the waiter in the store did not disappoint Zijuan and the others. Although the store was so busy that the business was so busy, the waiter still quickly brought them a small barrel of cooked rice, followed by a plate of peanuts. , a plate
Braised beef, these two cold dishes are indeed the easiest to serve quickly.
As soon as the coachman saw the food and wine, he immediately ran to the kitchen secretly and asked the waiter to open a jar of wine for him.
I didn't expect this scene, but I was met by the old woman who was coming to order the food. When she saw that the coachman wanted to steal wine again, the old woman couldn't help but scolded her and said, "We will be on our way in a while. You guys are drinking now. Wait." If something happens on the road, be careful, the masters will peel off your skin."
Hearing what the woman said, the coachman was not angry. He just whispered, "I have my own sense of propriety. Mom, I will just drink this one sip. Only one sip is enough. And I can drive the carriage faster and better when I drink." .”
After hearing what the coachman said, the mother-in-law naturally couldn't persuade her anymore.
She just warned, "You can only take this sip, and don't serve it to the table, otherwise Miss Zijuan will definitely scold you if she sees your behavior."
When the coachman heard this, he just smiled and said, "I know, don't worry, I won't let Miss Zijuan see it."
Seeing what the coachman said, the woman didn't say anything more and just went out immediately.
But Zijuan outside the door just waved to everyone and said, "Everyone, hurry up and eat! We'll be on our way after eating soon."
After listening to Zijuan's words, everyone naturally started to eat.
When Zijuan saw the woman coming, she immediately asked her to sit down. Then she only asked in a low voice, "Mother Zhang, will our food be served soon?"
The mother-in-law nodded, "It's almost ready. There are three more dishes left. They fried a vegetable first. The others may have to wait. After all, I'm not the only one in the kitchen urging them."
After listening to her mother-in-law's words, Zijuan just nodded and greeted everyone to eat.
But soon she also discovered that there seemed to be one person missing from her seat. She looked at the vacant seat and said, "Where is the coachman? Where has he gone? Why didn't he come over for dinner?"
The mother-in-law didn't expect Zijuan to discover just this. She just looked around awkwardly and said, "Yeah, we don't seem to have seen this kid."
Later, when Zijuan was going to find the coachman, the mother-in-law immediately grabbed Zijuan and said, "Miss Zijuan, let's not go looking for it. Let's eat quickly. This kid is like this every time. He poops as soon as he eats." Duo, he's probably in the bathroom right now, why don't I go over and take a look."
After saying this, the old lady got up and went to look for the coachman. After asking the waiter in the kitchen, she found out that the other party had gone to the woods behind the kitchen to steal some wine. The old lady immediately went back. The mountain is gone. However, the woman only searched in the back hill for a while but did not find the coachman.
Finally, as the woman was walking back, she suddenly heard a noise not far from the mountain behind.
"Oops, someone fell into the manure pit!"
Hearing that voice, the mother-in-law just thought that this person was quite unlucky, and saw a few people scattered in the back mountain.
The mother-in-law only wanted to watch the fun and went up.
Unexpectedly, she discovered that the driver who fell into the manure pit was actually the driver who was drinking.
While she was fanning her hand to try to blow away the stench that hit her face, she said in disgust, "Why did this kid fall into the cesspool?"
Hearing the woman's question, a guest who was also watching the fun couldn't help but said, "This kid deserves it. When he entered the latrine just now, his body was crooked. He held the wine jar and didn't let go. He just drank too much wine, no, when he was urinating just now, his body was unsteady and he fell into the manure pit. "
"Can that person still be alive?" The mother-in-law really didn't want to get close to identify him, so she just continued to ask the people next to her.
When the man heard the mother-in-law's question, he didn't shy away. He just whispered, "I'm sure he can survive. I found him just after he fell. I asked someone to rescue him. I just don't know what he got." It’s time to wake up.”
As soon as she heard this, the mother-in-law realized that her indulgence at the moment had gotten her into big trouble. At the moment, she had no intention of listening to them anymore.
She just hurriedly pushed aside the onlookers and walked towards the main room.
At this time, only some people in the crowd behind were shouting, "Does anyone know this person? Do you know?"
Who did he come with? "
Naturally, no one claimed it off the court.
The woman hurriedly walked to Zijuan's side.
At this moment, the dishes on their table were almost ready. When Zijuan saw Mrs. Zhang coming, she hurriedly waved and said, "Mammy, where have you been? What's wrong? Haven't you found the coachman yet?"
The mother-in-law looked very embarrassed when she heard this, "I found him, but I don't think you want to see him."
Zi Juan wanted to say that she had found it, so she quickly asked him to come over for dinner.
But seeing the troubled look on the mother-in-law's face, Zijuan felt that things were probably not going well.
So Zijuan couldn't help turning her head to look at the woman and asked, "Where is he?"
The mother-in-law did not tell Zijuan immediately. She just said to Zijuan, "Girl, you'd better put down your chopsticks and come with me."
Hearing what Mrs. Zhang said, Zijuan naturally stopped eating. She just asked others to eat quickly, and then she hurriedly left with Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang took Zijuan to the latrine not far from the back mountain. At this time, there were still people shouting, "Who knows this person?"
When Zijuan looked in that direction, her heart skipped a beat.
She actually already roughly understood what was going on.
So when she heard the sound, she only ran a few steps quickly.
When she arrived in front of this group of people, Zijuan was not surprised to see the driver lying on the ground covered in feces and unable to open his eyes. She felt sick.
She turned to look at her mother-in-law and said, "What's going on?"
The mother-in-law said in a low voice with some embarrassment, "Miss, all the mistakes she made are all my fault. I saw him asking the waiter for a drink when he was in the kitchen. I deserve to die. I shouldn't hide it for him." , we should resolutely stop him from drinking. Drinking will cause trouble, this kid is a bad drunkard."
Upon hearing this, Zijuan became even more unhappy, but this was not the time to care about this, so Zijuan just said, "Okay, mama, stop talking nonsense. Now that things have become like this, we are not pursuing any further investigation." When it comes to finding out who is responsible, we should resolve this matter quickly."
