"If not, why are you so nervous?"

Art was not an ordinary person. Seeing that Zhi Zheng was getting anxious, he secretly felt lucky and slowly defeated Zhi Zheng.

"I'm nervous, I think it's you who's nervous, you traitor, you almost hurt all of us.

Miss Wen was generous and didn't kill you right away, which was already merciful. I didn't expect you to sow discord here, which clearly had ulterior motives."

After arguing with Art, Zhizheng turned around and said to Wen Meijiu solemnly:

"Miss Wen, do you believe me or someone who has been a traitor?"

Zhizheng was a little excited and obviously wanted Wen Meijiu to make a decision as soon as possible.

Wen Meijiu would not completely believe what he said about stopping the dispute, and similarly, she would not completely believe what Art said.

"Good wine, we have to leave here quickly. We can't delay any longer."

The village chief was reluctant to let Art leave. Although Art fell into the enemy's trap, he was deceived and did not betray them.

The village chief changed the subject at this time. Wen Meijiu glanced at him and had his own plan: if both of them stayed, they could restrain each other and they would be able to better control them.

Now is a special moment, and we can't let these two people quarrel endlessly here and delay everyone's journey. Wen Meijiu decided to set off first.

"I'll listen to Grandpa. Let's get going."

The village chief happily cracked his whip, the sound exploded in the night sky, bringing everyone back to reality.

"Let's go, everyone follow."

The village chief jumped on the carriage and walked in front, and the villagers followed, and the team slowly got onto the main road.

Unwilling to give up, he rushed to the front of the carriage carrying the wine and asked:

"Miss Wen, do you really believe him and not me?"

Wen Meijiu waved his hand, whipped the horse, raised his eyelids and said indifferently:

"The safety of the villagers is the most important thing. Your duty is to protect their safety, not to fight among yourselves."

"They can only bring trouble to our safety. Should we continue to let them follow us?"

Zhizheng refers to Art and his gang. Zhizheng feels that Art and his gang are unforgivable and reasonable.

However, Wen Meijiu had his own ideas. He chuckled and said:

"This is not the place to talk. Let's discuss it when we get there."

Now is the time to stop the quarrel between them. Wen Meijiu doesn't want to offend either side, so he can only drag it out for now.

"But that Art actually mixed up with the enemy. He is not trustworthy at all."

In order to stop the dispute, we must strike while the iron is hot. If we don't drive Art and the others away now, it will probably be more difficult in the future.

Wen Meijiu curled up his legs and crossed the shaft of the cart. After thinking for a while, he turned his head and said to Zhizheng seriously:

"Brother Zhizheng, I respect you as a man.

It is said that if you doubt someone, don't employ him, and if you employ someone, don't doubt him. I believe what you said, and I also believe that Art does not want to betray us.

Maybe he was just stupid and got cheated?"

Although Wen Meijiu's eyes were gentle, Zhi Zheng didn't dare to look up at her eyes at this time.

There was something behind her words. She did not pursue the matter of the little red box any further. She had already made concessions and it would be wrong to stop the dispute and force her to do anything else.

There are some things that even if Zhi Zheng knows, he cannot tell the truth to Wen Meijiu, even though he admires a girl like Wen Meijiu.

"I understand."

Zhi Zheng swallowed hard, finally stopped, clasped his fist towards the warm wine, then turned around and called everyone to go to the front of the line.

The guard's duty is to protect the safety of the villagers. The action to stop the dispute has already begun. Art, who has been following from a distance, should not force his way in front of Wen Meijiu at this time, lest Wen Meijiu be reminded of him and become upset and no longer want him.

So, Art also called his men and went to the back of the team.

The team traveled in the dark. The village chief did not allow torches to be lit for fear of making too much noise. Fortunately, the moon was bright tonight and they could just barely see the road ahead.

Wen Meijiu gently whipped the horse in front of him, let out a long breath, leaned slightly against the side of the car, and took a short rest.

In the carriage, Jinxiang and Lanling curled up and fell asleep. Only father and mother were still awake, silently observing their eldest daughter's every move in the dark.

Mother felt very distressed when she saw Wen Meijiu looking tired. She looked down at her husband beside her with a sad face.

Since her husband was incompetent, the responsibility of supporting the family fell entirely on the eldest daughter. She suffered so much injustice outside, and as a mother, she was unable to help at all.

"Erlang, fine wine has a hard life."

Not daring to let her eldest daughter hear, the mother half leaned over to whisper in her father's ear with some sobs in her voice.

Dad breathed heavily, but he was not as pessimistic as Mom thought. Although they were fleeing famine now, the situation was much better than before.

Dad saw what happened along the way. His eldest daughter grew up, and grew up very fast.

Dad often lies on the car, watching his eldest daughter busy at work and thinking: How lucky he is to have such a capable daughter. What would have happened if it was a son?

"Doctor Li said my leg can be saved. Once I get up, I won't have to work so hard to drink the wine."

"But that will take a long time. They all bully her because she is a girl. You heard it just now. They said such nasty things.

You know how important a girl's reputation is."

My mother wants her eldest daughter to marry into a good family. These people are talking behind her back and ruining her reputation. Who in a good family would dare to marry her after hearing this?

Dad certainly understood Mom's thoughts, but he disagreed and said:

"True gold is not afraid of fire. If fine wine is really promising, stay at home as an old maid for the rest of your life and I will support you."

Mother gently hit Dad and said angrily:

"You just talk nonsense. What girl wouldn't marry when she grows up? You are harming her.

After blaming Dad, Mom suddenly seemed to understand something and whispered to Dad:

“If you really want to, then help the wine keep more of the young people you like, so that you won’t be caught off guard later.

When you get better, never let her show up in public again, and make sure to find a good family for her."

The father wanted to keep the girl at home, but he would also be happy if his daughter could marry into a good family and live a happy life.

"Well, I will definitely keep an eye on it, don't worry."

Wen Meijiu heard his father and mother mumbling softly, but he didn't hear them clearly because he was upset and didn't pay attention to them.

Perhaps because they were frightened at night, the villagers walked very tenaciously along the way, and no one complained.

When daybreak came, they had already walked forty or fifty miles in the dark and were exhausted.

Thinking that it should be safe now, the village chief asked someone to pass a message to Wenmei Restaurant, saying that he wanted everyone to stop and rest up ahead.

Wen Meijiu also agreed with this, and the team stopped at the foot of a low hill in front and built a stove to cook.

"You traitor, you actually dared to steal cakes. How is this different from being a bandit?"

Zhi Zheng could no longer tolerate Agu's behavior, so he turned around, went behind Agu, snatched his knife, and put it against his neck.

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