Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

My sister-in-law praised me...

These joyful thoughts kept jumping around in Zhao Ze's mind, along with the shaking of the ox cart.

The way home was not any easier because of the full load. Shi Yan could only sit on the grain bag containing clothes to alleviate the physical discomfort caused by the bumps.

The ox cart left the city and drove on the dirt road back to the village. With Shi Yan's eyesight, she could see from a distance a figure walking slowly in front of her. After a short while, the ox cart overtook the walking figure in front.

Zhao Ze naturally saw such a big man appearing in front of him and quickly stopped the ox cart.

"Jiaxue, is school over? Get in the car! I'll give you a ride."

Zhao Ze was in a very happy mood at the moment. He touched Liang Jiaxue's shoulder with the whip in his hand. After the people turned around, he raised his chin and motioned Liang Jiaxue to get in the car.

"Sister-in-law, are you doing well recently?"

Before Liang Jiaxue got on the cart, he greeted Shi Yan first and then got on. He carefully sat at the outermost side of the cart. After he was seated firmly, he took out a textbook and read it carefully, ignoring Shi Yan.

Shi Yan did not feel unhappy about Liang Jiaxue's inconsistent behavior. She just thought it was the awkward mentality of a teenager. However, she did not know that the boy who seemed to be reading seriously was actually secretly glancing at the beautiful girl every time the car bumped.

As we got closer to the entrance of Taohua Village, many villagers who were busy farming in the fields beside the dirt road saw the ox cart passing by and looked over.

The nosy aunt simply dropped the work in her hands, strode forward, and tried to reach out to pull the woven bag off the cart.

"What did you buy? You must have made a lot of money from the ginseng yesterday. I'm an ignorant person, so let me take a look."

This aunt had strong hands and she simply clung to the side of the moving ox cart, looking as if she would not give up until she achieved her goal.

"Aunt, my family can barely afford to eat, so I got a little money and went to buy some food to store at home. If there is a family with a lot of money, I would also like to go and see it. If my brother Zhi was still alive, I would take him with me to see the world even if I had to carry him."

The aunt was silenced by Shi Yan's words. After all, no one with money would take the money out for people to see. But she still didn't give up. She believed that there must be something good in the car. She grabbed the edge of the car with one hand and used her free hand to pull the woven bag with great force. It seemed that the bag was about to be torn apart by her force.

"Snapped."

A heavy textbook hit the woman's hand that was clinging to the edge of the cart directly. The pain made her subconsciously let go of her hand. She staggered several times before finally landing on the ground and standing firmly. At this time, the ox cart had also driven some distance away.

"Jiaxue, I really needed your help just now."

It was also a female voice with some excitement. Half an hour ago, the words of praise belonged to Zhao Ze, and they stirred people's thoughts. But now, Liang Jiaxue was stared at by the girl's watery eyes, and his whole body couldn't help but tense up. It took him a long time to respond in a low voice.

"It's nothing, it's just a piece of cake. If you need any help, just come to me. The school is on holiday for the busy farming season, so I've been in the village recently."

"Okay, thank you, Jiaxue."

"Whoa! Whoa..." A few shouts were heard, and the ox cart that was still moving suddenly stopped, preventing the former uncle and sister-in-law on the ox cart from looking at each other.

"Get off, it's not on the way."

Liang Jiaxue was still whipped a few times, but it was obvious that Zhao Ze had no patience this time. Liang Jiaxue jumped off the cart and before he could even stand firmly, the ox cart was driven by Zhao Ze and passed by Liang Jiaxue's shoulder.

"Sister-in-law, I'll move the things in for you. Don't do anything. These things are very heavy. Just leave them to me."

"Sister-in-law, where are you going to put all these things you bought? I'll just put them away for you."

"Sister-in-law, do you have any heavy work that you need me to do? I'll do it all for you at once so you don't have to trouble others."

Zhao Ze drove the ox cart to Shi Yan's courtyard. He never stopped working after getting off the cart. He was busy in and out, and in a short while he had packed up all the items that Shi Yan had bought.

"Don't bother, there's nothing else to do, I'll do it myself later."

"Good good."

After Zhao Ze replied, he just stood there stupidly. He waited for a long time but didn't hear any praise from the person in front of him. He kicked the gravel on the ground in annoyance. His whole temperament was like a big golden retriever with drooping ears.

"Will you stay for dinner?"

Shi Yan looked at Zhao Ze's aggrieved expression and thought it was too inhumane to send someone away, so she asked this question tentatively.

The man who looked like a big golden retriever just now turned into a little wolfhound ready to attack in the blink of an eye.

"Who do you want to invite for dinner, sister-in-law?"

"Keep you here!"

"Leave me, then who am I?"

Zhao Ze actually wanted to ask this question a long time ago. Every time the girl talked to him, she would say "you" and "your". Just now in the car, the girl even called the kid from the Liang family "family"!

After all, I can say that I am the one who has the most contact with her in the village. Even if I am not the most, I am definitely in the top three. It shouldn't be too much to call her by her name!

Shi Yan: "You...Zhao Ze!"

"Sister-in-law, just call me by my name from now on, or call me brother. I'm several years older than you anyway."

Zhao Ze had heard Shi Yan follow her mother's lead and call him Brother Ze. If he could really hear the little girl call him Brother in person, Zhao Ze's heart would be filled with joy, and the corners of his mouth would unconsciously curl up.

"Zhao Ze, do you want to stay for dinner?"

Zhao Ze felt a little disappointed that he didn't hear the title he wanted to hear, but he could stay for dinner. What Zhao Ze thought was: The kid from the Liang family must have never eaten the food cooked by my sister-in-law.

"Stay, I'll help you light the fire."

Seeing that Lu Cheng had just stopped for a short while and was about to start working again, Shi Yan quickly found an excuse to refuse:

"No, no, you should return the oxcart first, and by the way, tell your uncle and aunt later and ask them to come over for lunch."

"Oh…"

Zhao Ze knew that he was not the only one invited to dinner, so he replied dryly with a word and walked out of the courtyard gate with big strides and a fierce look, paying no attention to the ground.

As soon as one foot stepped out of the yard, he felt something strange on the sole of his foot. He looked down and saw a large pile of cow dung under his feet.

"Damn!"

Zhao Ze cursed in disgust, but he was too proud to let the people in the yard discover his current predicament, so he could only pretend nothing had happened.

He did not stop, and could clearly feel the hot stuff being squeezed and stuck to his feet as he stepped on it. He felt disgusted and planned to walk away from it later, making sure this stupid cow paid the price for shitting. Then, the little girl's slightly surprised voice came from behind him:

"Oops, Zhao Ze, you stepped on cow dung!"