The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 38 Strange Coachman
Old man Yang drove the ox cart directly to the carriage and horse shop in the town, and Pei Zhiqi went to the shop first to order a carriage.

There was a lot of luggage, so Pei Zhiqi ordered a carriage with a large sedan chair, which was more expensive than ordinary carriages, and the horses pulling the carriage were also stronger.

Old man Yang untied the ropes tied around the luggage. When they arrived in town, they didn't leave separately. Instead, they took Mr. Xiucai to the carriage and horse shop together with old man Yang, and then helped to carry the luggage, and all the boxes were carried into the carriage.

A few boxes, three big, one small, and a few boxes were put into the carriage, and there was only room for two people in such a large carriage, and there was no room left.

Pei Zhiqi thanked everyone one by one, took out a string of money from his sleeve, counted 50 coins, and handed it to Old Man Yang.

Old man Yang is not willing to accept: "It's agreed to do me a favor, I don't charge money, and it's too much, how can I use so much!"

Pei Zhiqi stuffed the money into Old Man Yang's arms: "Please take it."

Standing by the side, Li Xiaodao also smiled and persuaded the old man to accept it.

Old man Yang couldn't hold back Mr. Xiucai, so he had no choice but to accept the money: "Then thank you Mr. Xiucai! Later, I will give this money to my grandson and hang it on the bedside, for the good fortune of a scholar!"

Everyone laughed again when they heard the words, chatted for a few more words, and then left to go to the market.

Old man Yang greeted Mr. Xiucai and left in the ox cart.

After waiting for a while without seeing the driver of the carriage, Pei Zhiqi told his wife, planning to go to the shop to remind her.

Li Xiaodao stood by the carriage looking at the luggage, waiting for the husband to come back.

After a while, I heard a loud voice coming from the shop: "Old Liu—start working—"

Not long after, the husband came back.

"My lady, get in the car first, it's windy outside." I don't know when the coachman will come back. Standing outside in the winter morning is cold and tiring.

Li Xiaodao shook his head: "It's okay, I'll wait with my husband."

After a while, a thin and hunched figure walked towards the carriage. When he got closer and saw it clearly, Li Xiaodao was so frightened that he subconsciously grabbed Pei Zhiqi's arm and hid behind the husband.

The man wore half a mask on one side of his slender face, black hair mixed with white hair fluttering on his head, his complexion was dark, his face was covered with cracked wrinkles, and his eyes were cold. Fortunately, he was wearing the uniform uniform of a coachman, so that people could know that he was a person who was earning a living, not a killer or something.

The man walked up to the young couple and grinned: "I scared the young lady, we were born ugly, half of our face was accidentally injured and left a scar, so we put on a mask, don't be afraid, young lady, we are not bad people The journey is still long, and it will take about five days to tell the names of the two distinguished guests. My name is Liu Xin, and it is enough to call me Lao Liu."

Pei Zhiqi cupped his hands and said, "Xiaosheng Pei Zhiqi, went to the provincial capital with his wife, relying on Brother Liu to take care of him along the way."

Gradually dispelling his fear, Li Xiaodao bowed his body according to the ancient etiquette, and said apologetically, "I'm the one who was rude, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I hope Big Brother Liu Haihan."

Liu Xin waved his hand to show that it was all right. He walked directly to the front of the carriage, jumped onto the driver's seat skillfully, and said loudly, "Both distinguished guests, get in the carriage! You came early, let's catch up today, just before dark When you reach a county town along the road, you don’t need to sleep in a carriage, and you can stay in an inn.”

Pei Zhiqi and Li Xiaodao looked at each other and smiled, they didn't even need to ask, the coachman knew exactly what the guests were most concerned about.

Pei Zhiqi helped the lady into the carriage, and then got into the carriage himself. After the two sat firmly in the car, Pei Zhiqi yelled to the driver: "Brother Liu, let's go!"

"Okay - the two distinguished guests are seated - drive!"

Liu Xin's driving was very different from the driver who went to Fucheng last time. He whipped the carriage and directly omitted the process of slow start, and the horse immediately started to gallop.

There was no smooth green brick road to walk out of the town, and the carriage was traveling so fast that the carriage was bumped for a while, and Li Xiaodao couldn't sit still.

"Woman, be careful!" Seeing his wife opened the rear door and opened the curtain in such a bumpy carriage, Pei Zhiqi hurriedly reached out and grabbed Li Xiaodao's arm, for fear that she would fall down.

Li Xiaodao smiled at Xianggong: "It's okay!" She hooked the curtain with a hook, then sat down and looked at Xianggong with a smile.

Pei Zhiqi came to his senses, quickly let go of the hand that was holding onto the lady's arm, and said somewhat restrainedly: "I'm the one who was rude..."

Li Xiaodao shook her head with a smile: "I'm not being rude." She simply pulled one of my husband's hands over, held it with her own two hands, put it on her knees naturally, and then looked out of the carriage: "Look, Mr. Isn't the scenery in this field beautiful?"

The carriage moved forward quickly, sitting in the rear compartment to watch, the scenery along the road quickly receded behind.

In winter, the seaside is still green everywhere. There are many rice fields on the flat land along the stream, and there are layers of terraced fields on some gentle hillsides not far away. There are many kinds of tea, vegetables and melons on it. There are shrubs and fruit trees, one after another, the shape of the mountain is soft and beautiful, very gentle, with the blue sky and white clouds, the sunshine is just right, just like a picture in a movie.

"It's really refreshing," Pei Zhiqi said slowly, thoughtfully, after enjoying the beautiful scenery as suggested by his wife.

Pei Zhiqi felt the cramped feeling before gradually disappearing.

It was the same when he walked from home to the town this morning, he stretched out his hand to the lady without thinking much, and the lady put her hand in his palm happily.

Since when has it become more and more natural to hold hands with a lady?
"What is your husband thinking?"

"It's nothing." Pei Zhiqi came back to his senses and replied: "If the lady is sleepy later, you have to close the door to sleep, otherwise it's not safe."

Li Xiaodao nodded.

Sure enough, Pei Zhiqi knew Li Xiaodao better and better, and it didn't take long for Li Xiaodao to start to doze off.

He hastily put down the curtain and closed the door, and said softly to his wife: "You can sleep now, lady lean against the bamboo box inside, not the door."

Li Xiaodao shook his head in a daze: "No, I want to rely on my husband to sleep."

Pei Zhiqi froze in the air with the hand that had just closed the compartment door.

It took him a while to react, and he returned to his seat stiffly and sat down.

The space in the luggage compartment is small, and two people can only sit face to face.

There is no other way now, but to wait until noon to stop and move the luggage before I can sit with my wife.

Li Xiaodao had no place to lean on, so he could only lean against the wall of the carriage, squinting uncomfortably all morning.

At noon, I stopped to drink water and eat some dry food. Pei Zhiqi wanted to share some with the driver, but Liu Xin said that he had brought all of them, so you're welcome.

The three of them simply finished their dry food, and when Li Xiaodao was about to climb into the car, Pei Zhiqi called to her: "Wait a minute, lady—"

"Huh? Mr. Xiang, what's the matter?"

Li Xiaodao jumped down again, and saw that Xianggong and the driver Liu Xin entered the carriage together, turned up the seat on one side, and moved a large bamboo box with a small bamboo box on top of it from the position in the carriage to the seat opposite Li Xiaodao .In this way, there was some space beside Li Xiaodao.

"Okay, thank you Brother Liu."

"You're welcome," Liu Xin jumped off the carriage, went to the front and returned to his seat.

"Lady, get in the carriage." Pei Zhiqi stretched out his hand on the carriage, and Li Xiaodao grabbed the hand of the husband and got into the carriage.

Pei Zhiqi asked the lady to sit inside and sat outside by himself, and shouted to Liu Xin to sit down, the moment the words fell, the carriage started to run fast again.

(End of this chapter)