Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 259 Tanghekou

"Oh my God, why did you come into my arms? And why are you stealing my wine?"

Liu Dongshan was happily chatting with his apprentice and didn't pay any attention to Shuanzhu.

As a result of this negligence, the child got into trouble and drank a mouthful of wine.

Liu Dongshan quickly picked up his son, made him lie on the edge of the kang, patted his back with his hands, and asked him to spit out the wine in his mouth.

Shuanzhu felt a spicy and bitter feeling in his mouth, and he was crying and refusing to cooperate at all.

The more Liu Dongshan told him to vomit, the harder he cried.

The crying of the child startled Lin Ruolan who was having a private conversation with Chen Xiuyun in the inner room.

The mother and daughter hurried out of the house and saw little Shuanzhu lying on the edge of the kang crying loudly, and Liu Dongshan was still patting the child on the back.

"What happened?"

“What can I do? This bastard from your family saw me drinking with Shao Yang, so he sneaked over, snatched my cup and took a sip.

As a result, he choked and started crying. I told him to spit it out, but he refused and just kept crying. "

Liu Dongshan felt both distressed and angry when he saw his son's miserable look.

When Chen Xiuyun heard this, she immediately picked up Shuanzhu and examined his body.

"Master's wife, pour some water first so he can rinse his mouth. It's best if he can drink more water.

I'll cook him some rice soup later and try feeding him some."

Chen Xiuyun looked at the wine glass on the table. There was still most of the wine in it. Shuanzhu must have just taken a small sip.

I guess it’s no big deal. The main reason why he’s crying is that he feels uncomfortable because of the spicy food.

After hearing this, Lin Ruolan quickly poured a glass of water and coaxed Shuanzhu to drink it.

Shuanzhu drank a glass of water, and the bitter and spicy taste in his mouth faded. He stopped crying and just sobbed in his mother's arms.

"You deserve it. You're greedy for everything you see. That wine is for adults to drink. How dare you, a little brat, try it?"

Lin Ruolan was so distressed that she was unwilling to let him go and had to scold him.

"Master's wife, please stop scolding Shuanzhu. It's our fault for not keeping an eye on him."

When Qu Shaoyang saw this, he quickly pleaded for his brother.

Someone pleaded for him, and Lin Ruolan couldn't scold her son anymore, so she let Shuanzhu go play by himself.

After all this, Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang couldn't drink anymore.

Qu Shaoyang looked at the time and simply said goodbye to Chen Xiuyun and went home.

"Wife, please prepare my clothes and luggage for me. I am planning to go out to Dianzi Street.

Bring some extra thick clothes, as you may be away for a few days." Qu Shaoyang said to Chen Xiuyun on the way back.

Chen Xiuyun was stunned for a moment when she heard this. "Why are you going out again? Where is Dianzi Street? Is it far?"

Qu Shaoyang had to explain to his wife, and Chen Xiuyun listened and nodded.

"Then be careful when you go out, bring more people with you, and bring guns with you. When you're done, come back early."

As they were talking, the two returned home.

There was a faint sound of laughter coming from the east room in the backyard. It was the maids in the family, who were playing with Gensuo.

Just a few days after the one-year-old banquet, this kid suddenly dared to leave.

The little kid who had unlocked new skills was even harder to appease. He would run to the edge of the kang as soon as he was out of sight.

Originally there was a fence on the kang, but this kid was able to climb out by holding the wood of the fence with both hands, which made it even more dangerous.

So Chen Xiuyun removed the fence and instructed the maids that someone must always be in the house to watch over the lock and not leave it unattended.

The two pushed the door open and entered the room, and saw four maids playing ball with Gensuo. The four maids stood in front of the kang and threw the ball to Gensuo, who chased the ball and then tried to kick it to Baizhi and the others.

This kid is very energetic. He takes a nap in the afternoon and refuses to go to sleep for an hour at night.

He needs someone to play with him until he is exhausted, and then he will go to bed obediently.

When he saw his parents coming back, Xiao Gensuo stopped playing with the four girls and insisted that Qu Shaoyang hold him up high.

Qu Shaoyang took off his thick cotton-padded jacket, picked up his son and lifted him up high, which made the little boy very happy and he cried out "ah ah".

While the father and son were playing, Chen Xiuyun led the maids to tidy up the kang, make the quilts, and prepare hot water.

It just so happened that the father and son had almost finished playing, and this end was also ready.

So Chen Xiuyun first washed her son's butt and feet, changed his clothes, put a diaper on him, then hugged her son and lay down, feeding him and coaxing him to sleep.

While Chen Xiuyun was coaxing the child, Qu Shaoyang also went to wash up.

By the time he finished cleaning up, Xiao Gensuo had fallen asleep, and the four maids went back to the west wing to rest.

Qu Shaoyang got into bed, hugged his wife and kissed her twice.

Qu Shaoyang was about to go out, so the couple had to stay together for a while until midnight, when they went to sleep.

The next morning, Qu Shaoyang asked Xingye to pick about thirty servants and prepare clothes and luggage for the trip.

Chen Xiuyun prepared a lot of things for Qu Shaoyang, and then on the ninth day of October, Qu Shaoyang led the horse team to set off, still following the route to Zhao Erkui's house that year.

In October, there were two heavy snowfalls in succession, and the snow in the forest was quite thick.

Not many people walked on this road, so the horse team could only move forward slowly in the snow.

The villages passed by along the way, such as Naozhigou and Huashugou, are all under the jurisdiction of the Yalu River Defense Patrol.

Qu Shaoyang had led a patrol team here before, and everyone in the village knew him.

When they saw that it was the inspector who had arrived, the villagers, young and old, all welcomed him warmly and held a banquet to entertain him.

After passing Birch Tree Valley and walking downstream along the river, we gradually got out of Qu Shaoyang's jurisdiction and no one recognized us.

But this did not pose a problem for them. Whenever they passed by a village, they would enter the village and say they were buying pig bristles, mountain products, and hides. The people in the village would then give them a warm welcome.

The group walked and stopped for more than five days and finally arrived at the village where Zhao Erkui lived.

The village is still the same as it was back then, with not much changes, so Qu Shaoyang easily found Zhao Erkui's house.

When Zhao Erkui saw Qu Shaoyang, he was stunned, "Oh, isn't this Shaoyang?
I haven't seen you for several years. Come on, come on, come in." Zhao Erkui warmly invited Qu Shaoyang in.

“Ahem, Erkui, we are here to collect the goods, so there are quite a few of us.

Can you do us a favor and borrow a few houses in the village for us to stay in?"

Qu Shaoyang was very happy to see his old friend again.

But the most important thing right now is how to settle their group of more than 30 people and twenty horses.

When Zhao Erkui saw Qu Shaoyang, he was so happy that he didn't pay attention to the back. Now he looked back and saw that there were quite a few people following behind him.

"Oh, there are so many of you. My house really doesn't have enough space. Wait, I'll take you to find a place to stay."

After saying that, Zhao Erkui went back to the house to explain something, and then led Qu Shaoyang and the others straight to the home of the village leader.

The village is called Tanghekou, and is located at the entrance where Tanghe River merges into the Songhua River.

The village is not too big, with a few dozen households. Some of them live well and have built large courtyards.

Zhao Erkui took Qu Shaoyang to one of the households, the head of which was the village chief.

"Uncle An, this is my brother. He is from Maoer Mountain. He brought some people to our place to buy some mountain products.

Well, my house is not available, Uncle An can find an accommodation for me." Zhao Erkui said hurriedly when he met the owner of the house.

(End of this chapter)