There is only one official road. Going forward, if you want to find a place to eat, you will have to walk for more than an hour. Since there are food stalls here, there are relatively few customers. If you miss one business, you will only have to walk for more than an hour. I'm afraid but also very distressed.
Xia Mingyue and everyone else understood the implications. Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli, who were sitting at the end table, took the initiative to give up the table and squeezed in with Xia Mingyue and the others. Squeeze up.
Seeing this, the store owner thanked Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli profusely, then hurriedly brought over all the dishes and meals that had not yet been finished, and wiped them with the rag hanging on his shoulders. He wiped the table clean and said, "Sir, please take a seat."
As soon as there was room, the group of four stopped.
The two little girls pursed their lips and remained silent, while the middle-aged woman looked around, glanced at the middle-aged man, and asked a little uneasily, "Husband, how about we eat here? One bite? ”
"Okay, just take a bite." The middle-aged man nodded reluctantly.
Perhaps he didn’t like the crowds and excitement, and perhaps he was worried about the identity and whereabouts of this group of people. The middle-aged man frowned at Xia Mingyue’s group of people, and then told the people around him The two daughters said, "When you go out, there are a lot of people. You guys Be careful, don't run around, and don't talk nonsense, otherwise if you offend someone, it won't be a joke."
The two little girls said "yes", and then. He lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone else, and just followed the two people to the table.
In order to prevent the children from causing trouble, the couple specially chose seats next to Xia Mingyue and his group to separate the two sisters.
When people were seated, the store owner poured tea and introduced the dishes and food very warmly.
However, despite the store's introduction, the middle-aged man just frowned and said, "I don't want anything else, just four bowls of clear soup noodles. It needs to be faster. We have to hurry."
"Yes, four A bowl of clear soup noodles, here you go." Seeing that the other party was in a bad mood, the shopkeeper stopped insisting and hurriedly asked his wife to roll out the noodles and cook them.
The family of four still drinks tea.
The two little girls were obviously very thirsty. They drank one bowl after another and quickly drank all the water in the pot.
"I'll ask the store owner to bring a pot of water." The elder sister of the two little girls stood up on her own initiative, carrying the teapot and walking back.
"No need." The man stopped her and shouted loudly, "Staff, add a pot of tea!"
"Here it comes." The shopkeeper came over in a hurry, took the teapot away, and boiled the water at the back. Ladle boiling water in front of the pot.
My sister had no choice but to sit down when she saw this.
After a while, my sister also stood up, "I want to go to the latrine."
"I want to go too." My sister agreed, looking at the middle-aged man tentatively, " Can we go to the hut?”
"Go one by one." The middle-aged man was obviously a little unhappy. He reached out and tapped his sister, "You go first."
Then he reached out and tapped his sister, "You can go again when she comes back."
“Go faster, don’t delay too much , otherwise the food will be served later, and those who don’t come back will not be able to eat. Also, don’t talk too much, otherwise you will get into trouble and no one will be able to get over it.”
The middle-aged man’s voice sounded when he spoke. Not loud, but the tone was very serious and full of warning.
The two little girls looked at each other, pursed their lips and stopped talking. They just followed the middle-aged man's instructions and went to the latrine one by one. The actions of the family fell into the eyes of Xia Mingyue and Fan Jinglan, who couldn't help but glance at each other.
"What a strange family." Fan Jinglan muttered in a low voice.
“We are not from the same family, and we don’t even know each other.” The couple has never called these two people a word since they arrived here."
"After the couple sat down, the man kept looking at us, while the woman stared at the sisters. The two of them went to the latrine one by one, obviously intending to use the other as a handle to prevent the other from asking for help."
Fan Jinglan fully agreed with Xia Mingyue's analysis and speculation and couldn't help but nod. , "The man just now asked the two sisters to calm down in his words, which indeed seemed very inappropriate. Could it be that these two sisters were abducted by the couple?"
There are constant wars at the border, and there are a lot of people who have left their hometowns to seek relatives and friends. There are many people traveling on the road, so some lawless people have set their sights on these people.
The scammer not only wants to defraud the person out of his money, but also wants to sell it to others in order to get more money.
Both Xia Mingyue and Fan Jinglan have heard about these things. They even heard Zhang Heming mention related cases when they were in Changzhou Fucheng. Seeing such an unreasonable scene at this time, it is difficult to think of this. On top of things.
"This matter is just a guess at the moment. It cannot be completely determined yet, but you can try and ask a few questions."
However, such things are always more likely to be believed, even if they are wrong. It was also out of good intentions. At worst, an apology would be nothing more than an embarrassment and a loss of face. It was nothing.
But if it is true...
Xia Mingyue raised her eyebrows and whispered in Fan Jinglan's ear.
After hearing this, Fan Jinglan nodded repeatedly, "Just do as Mrs. Xia said."
"Okay." , "Excuse me, the hut Where?”
“It’s right over there.” The store pointed out the place warmly and added sheepishly, “It’s a remote place and the hut is a bit small, so don’t mind it.”
"It doesn't matter." Xia Mingyue walked towards the thatched house in the corner.
"Servant, are you going with me?" Yinqiao didn't know what was going on. She was just used to taking good care of Xia Mingyue in everything, so she stood up.
"No need, first ask the store owner to help prepare some hot water and fill our water bags. We will set off when I come back." Xia Mingyue ordered with a smile.
Seeing this, Yin Qiao stopped insisting and let Xia Mingyue go that way by herself.
The middle-aged man at the table originally saw that Xia Mingyue was going to the latrine, and he had already winked at the woman sitting next to him. However, when he saw that Xia Mingyue and the others were acting very naturally, and they were going to ask for help later. After leaving, he put his hand on the table again, tapped the table lightly, and motioned for the woman to continue sitting peacefully.
The other party obviously didn't mean to meddle in other people's business. If they did something too eye-catching, it would only cause trouble.
It would be better to continue like this and save yourself a lot of trouble.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman no longer cared. She just picked up her chopsticks and put the noodles served by the store into her mouth. (End of this chapter)