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Chapter 124 On the Road

The fourth day of the October 19th, early morning.

Zhou Shiyi was nervous and worried that her husband would not go back, so she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She called Chen Xi early in the morning and returned to her home in the back alley to wait.

Shen Mingjun did not delay this time and came back just after the hour of Mao.

At the same time when he returned home, Shen Mingjun also brought some of his "household belongings" in the Wang family. It was just a set of patched sheets and bedding, plus some clothes worn by ordinary workmanship.

According to Shen Mingjun's idea, no matter how old these things are, they should be brought to the capital city based on the principle of not wasting them. However, Zhou did not even bring some old and half-new bedding and clothes at home, so how could she let her husband take them?

Shen Mingjun said with a bitter face: "I have been wearing it for many years and have feelings for you. If you can take it, please take it with me. Before leaving, I want to go to my mother and my elder brother to see it and kowtow to them."

Zhou didn't know what to say at the right time. However, Chen Xi was smart and saw that Zhou looked ugly, he hurried over and pulled Shen Mingjun's sleeve and said:

"Dad, have we kowtowed to our grandmother? We are not going back and we have left the keys for our grandmother. She also knows our departure time. If we are interested, she will definitely come over. If we don't come over, it means that she doesn't care too much, and there is no need for us to waste time."

Chen Xi said this to remind Shen Mingjun to distinguish between the primary and secondary. Now that the two families are going to the capital city, they cannot postpone the departure time to wait for him specifically. He had a "gentleman agreement" with Shen Mingjun before, and he considered Zhou's position and situation more, and did not make Zhou too embarrassed.

Shen Mingjun thought about it and nodded reluctantly, cleaned up a little, and followed his wife and children to the pharmacy with his box. When he arrived at the place, Shen Mingjun greeted Hui Niang briefly and stopped saying anything.

Although the two families are very close, Hui Niang and Shen Mingjun basically don’t talk much. Hui Niang’s widow status is easy to cause trouble. Both Hui Niang and Shen Mingjun are avoiding this.

He put a few boxes filled with silver and copper coins onto the car. Hui Niang checked inside and out, and found that nothing had fallen, so she prepared to set off.

The two families got into the carriage, and the experienced coachman who was in charge of chasing Hui Niang was specially hired. This coachman often traveled between Tingzhou Prefecture and Ninghua, and was familiar with driving. The one who drove the carriage was Shen Mingjun. After all, this carriage had to be held in a maid, so it was not very convenient for Shen Mingjun to stay in the carriage.

Originally there were five carriages, Hui Niang later added another car, four of which were responsible for transporting goods, and each car had three escorts.

The yi trip happened to be twenty-three people, and they officially set off at the second hour of the Chen period.

The carriage did not walk very fast, and in Shen Xi's opinion, the speed would not exceed five kilometers per hour. Later, the road from Ninghua County to Changting County was 87 kilometers, and it could be reached in just one and a half hours. But in this era, there were no asphalt roads, no bridges and tunnels, and you had to walk on the winding roads over mountains and rivers, so you had to walk for two days in just a short mileage.

The journey was bumpy and there was nothing in the carriage, so Chen Xi started to tell the story again.

Among the maids, Xiaoyu and Ning'er were responsible for the car with the Shen family, and Lin Dai who was sitting beside Chen Xi, Chen Xi told the story of these three girls, but it was about the story of the four masters and disciples who went to the West to obtain the scriptures in Journey to the West.

Because the story is generally appropriate, but Tang Monk and disciples do not have the conditions to ride in the carriage, so they are happier than that.

"Tang Monk knocked his teeth and kowtow, and received his order. Sun Wukong held onto the fan, walked near the mountain, and waved the fan with all his strength. The flames calmed down and the light was clear. Wukong liked it and sang it again, and only heard the sound of the breeze, and the breeze moved slightly. The third fan was filled with clouds and drizzle fell."

The story of Chen Xi is generally told according to the original work. Demons and monsters emerge one after another, and they are too vivid later. Those ghosts seem to be really like this. Lin Dai was a little scared. The cat was on Shen Xi's shoulder, but he still leaned his head a little to hear the story clearly.

This road is an official road, which is much easier to walk from Shuangxi Town to Ninghua County. However, there are many mountain streams and forests in Fujian, and the terrain is uneven. From the carriage windows, there are all mountains, but the mountains are not very high, with clear autumn air, clear sky, and pleasant scenery.

"What happened later?"

Just as Shen Xi was staring at the view outside the window in a daze, Xiaoyu couldn't help asking.

Xiaoyu talks the least among the five maids, sometimes she doesn't say anything all day long, or Chen Xi's story is so beautiful that it actually attracts her attention, just like Chen Xi used the story to gradually trap Lin Dai's heart. This trick seemed to be very useful to Xiaoyu.

Lin Dai pouted beside him and said, "Later, they must have lived a happy life."

Chen Xi used this "end of the story" to fool Lin Dai twice, and Lin Dai could also find out the rules. If Chen Xi didn't want to tell a story, he would definitely use this kind of words to vaguely describe it.

But this time, Chen Xi smiled sly and asked, "How can the four of them masters and apprentices live a happy life?"

Ning'er thought about it and raised her doubts: "Isn't there any white dragon horse? She is the princess of the Dragon Palace!"

In Shen Xi's story, Bai Longma is the daughter of the willful Dragon King, and Chen Xi "comprehensively understands" the journey of the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk, and specially arranges a female character to accompany them.

Lin Dai smiled and said, "That is, the four masters and apprentices live a happy life with the princess."

Chen Xi looked embarrassed when he heard this.

Such a pure and flawless little loli, after long-term influence of his story, discovered her dark potential, and could actually think of such a "crazy" ending.

Ning'er was a big deal. When she heard Lin Dai's words, she couldn't help but secretly smiled, while Xiaoyu looked at Chen Xi with an innocent look. She obviously didn't understand the end of the story and couldn't accept it.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Chen Xi said seriously, "The four masters and disciples of Tang are very wise. Later, Tang Monk returned to Middle Earth with scriptures. The four masters and disciples all found their own errands in the Heavenly Palace. Sun Wukong continued to be his Monkey King, Zhu Bajie became the Marshal of Tianpeng, as for the Sha Monk and the White Dragon Horse."

Chen Xiyi didn't know how to arrange these two people, after all, Bailongma made him beat him up.

Lin Dai quickly asked, "What's the end of the matter between Sha Monk and Bai Longma?"

"Of course, it's a happy life. You see, Monk Sha is honest and diligent in his daily life, and he doesn't talk much when carrying a burden. He is the most liked by the White Dragon Horse, so in the end they formed a marriage." Chen Xi was very satisfied with the ending he wrote.

Lin Dai was a little dissatisfied: "Pig Bajie is also very good at white dragon horses on weekdays."

Chen Xi curled his lips: "Zhu Bajie has his Chang'e in his heart, and Gao Laozhuang's wife is waiting for him. Bai Longma thinks he can eat it, so he definitely doesn't like him."

Lin Dai stuck out her tongue and made a face, not very satisfied, but her body still naturally snuggled closely with Chen Xi. When Chen Xi stopped telling stories behind her, she also admired the scenery outside the window.

Only Xiaoyu was frowning and pondering, as if she was still savoring the story of Journey to the West.

At noon, I ate dry food on the road, and the convoy stopped to rest. Lu Xier and her mother stayed a little boring in the morning, and by the afternoon, they had to go to the carriage at the Shen family.

The story was still told in the afternoon, but this time Shen Xi told it very slowly. Finally, when it was almost sunset and dusk, the pedestrians finally arrived at the planned stop.
Chapter completed!
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