Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

Chapter 361 Mango

"Thank you so much for stopping, young man."

Zhao Zhongshun calmed down and thanked him repeatedly.

Then he explained what he had encountered.

"You mean your cow refused to move no matter how hard you tried to drive it away, and it got angry and threw you off the cart?"

Wu Mingshi stuck his head out and replied, "I have medicine on me, I can give it to you. As for the cow, we really can't help you with anything."

After getting permission, Shi Chen took out the medicine powder from his arms and gave it to Zhao Zhong.

"Thank you, thank you, it's okay, I'll think of another way." Zhao Zhong took the medicine powder and thanked him repeatedly.

"What's wrong with you?"

Feng Juesheng happened to be driving a carriage back here. He saw a familiar carriage on the road and an embarrassed old man standing next to it. He hurried forward and asked.

Wu Mingshi explained.

Luo Xiqing replied: "We can't do anything, maybe Qinghan and the others can."

After all, Qinghan is related to Xu Yuan, and Xu Yuan is so capable, maybe Xu Yuan has told him about it.

There are no animals on the road in the wild mountains. It would take a long time to get there if we had to walk on foot. From what the old man said, he was going to Chunyang City, which is not on the same route as everyone else. We are all people who have encountered difficulties when we were out and about, and we haven't met anyone yet, so we'd better do our best to help if we can.

Feng Juesheng thought it made sense, so he asked Zhao Zhong and the others to stay where they were and he would be back soon.

He waved the whip, raised a layer of dust, and soon disappeared.

……

A quarter of an hour later, two carriages arrived.

Zhao Zhong's eyes were almost filled with tears. Before he met them, he had also met others like him, but even if he shouted at the top of his lungs, no one paid any attention to him.

Zhao Zhong had somewhat resigned himself to his fate at the time, but when he thought of his wife and son, as well as his grandchildren, who needed money to save their lives, he decided to return safely no matter what.

But the old cow was the only valuable thing in the house, and Zhao Zhong would not abandon it.

He saw a young man who was even more handsome than the previous one getting off the horse. He had a cold face and a noble temperament, but Zhao Zhong could tell that he was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Gu Qinghan roughly listened to Feng Juesheng and Luo Xiqing's descriptions. To be honest, he might not be able to help, but Luo Xiqing was very sure that he could help.

I don't know where he got this information from, it's absolutely ridiculous.

But I came over to take a look with the intention of giving it a try.

Gu Qinghan said in a gentle voice: "Old man, you can get in our car. You lead the way. I will go and see what the situation is. I can't guarantee that I can help."

"Oh, okay, thank you old man. It doesn't matter if I can't help. You have done your best."

Zhao Zhong nodded repeatedly, and at Gu Qinghan's signal, he got on the carriage, "Young man, just go straight ahead, it's not far."

"Row."

Li Junyong waved to the two carriages behind him, "You go ahead, I've asked them to wait for you on the roadside, don't worry about us, we will catch up with you."

"Okay, then you guys be careful." Feng Juesheng nodded, turned his horse around and returned the same way.

"Old man, where are you going?" Li Junyong lifted the front curtain and handed him a bamboo tube filled with water.

Zhao Zhong waved his hand and refused, "I'm going to Chunyang City. It looks like you guys are going to take the exam."

Along the way, they met many young people of similar age, all of whom were heading to Zhuangzhou.

"Yes, old man, you guessed right."

"Drink it, old man. It's so hot, and we still have some. Don't be polite. It's fate that we meet." Li Junyong put the drink in Zhao Zhong's hand and said generously.

"Old man, please accept it. You are about the same age as our elders, and you seem to be somewhat friendly. I also hope that someone can help my elders when they encounter problems when they go out." Gu Qinghan echoed.

"Hey, good, you are all good kids, you will definitely become high officials in the future."

"Hahaha, thank you for your good words." Li Junyong replied with a happy look on his face.

After some casual chatting, Li Junyong quickly became familiar with Zhao Zhong and even knew each other's names.

Zhao Zhong came from Pingling Village in Chunyang City. This time he brought the fruits grown at home to Lin'an County to sell. However, not many people knew the value of the fruits, and he didn't sell many. The ripe ones were sold, but some unripe ones were left, so he had to return the same way.

I originally came back hoping to earn enough money to buy medicine, but in the end I came back empty-handed.

It was indeed not far, and Gu Qinghan drove the carriage to where Zhao Zhong was staying.

The three men dismounted.

Seeing the mess around, the grass seemed to have been trampled, and the things on the cart were scattered on the ground. The mad cow that Zhao Zhong mentioned was now lying on the ground obediently, wailing in pain, and when it saw Zhao Zhong coming back, it still had no intention of getting up.

"Uncle Zhong, what are those scattered all over the ground?" Li Junyong looked at the green, flat fruits next to him. As far as he could remember, he had never seen them before, so he picked one up and took a look out of curiosity.

"Mangoes. This is the seedling my ancestors bought from a traveling merchant. They said it would produce large and abundant fruits."

"Big?" Li Junyong tossed the fruit in his hand, which was not even as big as his palm.

"Oh, it's been many years since it was introduced, and we didn't take good care of it, so it has only grown to this size. But there are indeed a lot of fruits, and these are not fully ripe. You can take some back later, they will ripen after a while."

Zhao Zhong waved his hand and silently squatted down to pick it up.

It was such a mess here that Gu Qinghan and Li Junyong decided to help clean up the mess and take a look at the cow. After all, there was no place to step here.

[Ding Dong! Successfully found the mango, reward 200 points!] When Gu Qinghan touched the mango, a ding dong sounded in his mind.

Gu Qinghan paused after picking up the mango, feeling a little surprised that he could help Ayuan get points again.

On the other side, the person who was making a wish while spreading cow dung in the vegetable garden also received a reminder in his mind and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

Mango!

When making a wish, the thoughts turned to dried mangoes and the delicious taste of peeling green mangoes and mixing them with chili peppers and salt. For some reason, the corners of his mouth felt a little sour, as he hadn't eaten them for many years.

No, we can't let it slip away, we have to get it down.

While spreading cow dung, he started remote communication.

A prompt sound rang in his mind. Xu Yuan heard it, and Gu Qinghan heard it too.

Gu Qinghan inexplicably felt that this signal was particularly familiar, and used his consciousness to test it in his mind: [Ayuan?]

[Yes, it’s me!]

[Gu Qinghan, where did you find that mango? Can you tell me the location?]

Xu Yuan thought that Gu Qinghan and his companions found it when they were on their way and went into the forest to look for food.

[Ayuan, I didn’t find it. I met an old man on the road…]

Gu Qinghan explained the whole process to Xu Yuan.