Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Chapter 161 It's really not realistic

The two stood quietly in the weeds, and the conversation inside the house became clearer. Two slender figures were carrying two large basins with difficulty, slowly walking towards the path near the door, and one of the women kept looking around.

Su Wanwan noticed when they changed out of their work uniforms and put on a rather gorgeous plaid shirt. They might have changed into this outfit to avoid attracting other people's attention because they were going to sell pork in town.

The two of them first placed the two heavy basins on the roadside, then quickly returned to the house and carried out another large basin. Xu Yan whispered to Su Wanwan, "That's the person I saw just now."

Su Wanwan responded: "I have never seen her in this cooperative."

Xu Yan agreed: "It is likely that he is not working in the fields or at Wang E's threshing ground, so he has time to spare."

Su Wanwan nodded in agreement. Those who did not have fixed jobs in the village were left with women who hardly earned any work points and mostly stayed at home. In addition to taking care of chores at home and helping with some household chores, they had plenty of time and were fully capable of smoking pork.

"Where are they taking these?" Su Wanwan's voice became even lower, because they were less than 20 or 30 meters away from Lan Ying in front of them.

If the volume was louder, it might be heard by the two people in front who were on high alert.

"I'm not sure, but the direction looks like it's heading to the back mountain."

This simple hut seemed to be uninhabited, and few young people passed by the path. There was a desolate hillside surrounding it, which was probably once the ruins of the village. Following Lan Ying's footsteps, they followed quietly along a path leading to the mountains. As Xu Yan expected, they did go into the mountains.

The forest behind Baihua Village was dense and lush. Although the autumn wind was blowing and leaves were falling, it was still easy to hide in the mountains. For Su Wanwan and the others, there was no need to worry about being discovered by Lan Ying.

"I noticed. Where did they find this tricycle?"

After walking for a few minutes, Su Wanwan suddenly noticed a small gray-brown tricycle parked in the dim light ahead. The compartment had a moderate capacity, as if it could just hold three large basins.

"We should find a means of transportation to catch up with them." Xu Yan beside him suddenly suggested.

"What?" Su Wanwan was stunned.

Hearing this, Su Wanwan realized that if they wanted to follow Lan Ying and her group to the town, they had to keep their pace at the same level. But for them, it was not realistic to walk from here to the town in one breath, and they would have to go back to Baihua Village.

Once it was time for dinner in the evening, the villagers would surely notice their disappearance.

"Where...can we get a means of transportation?" In the unfamiliar Baihua Village, Su Wanwan couldn't imagine how to obtain such a thing, and was unwilling to let Lan Ying leave alone.

"I know a place with bicycles available." Xu Yan gently grabbed Su Wanwan's arm and used a little force to lead her back to the direction they had just come from.

"We came to Baihua Village together, how come you are so familiar with it?" On the way back, Su Wanwan had no doubts because she fully trusted Xu Yan.

"Stupid?" Xu Yan, who was walking in front, suddenly chuckled and said, "At first, I often had some free time after finishing work, so I used this time to visit the surrounding areas of the village."

Su Wanwan secretly admired Xu Yan's abundant energy. Recalling those hard working days, she even wanted to fall into the bed as soon as she entered the house. Even breathing felt tired. It was incredible that Xu Yan still had spare time to do other things after finishing his work.

“I certainly got familiar with the village environment and things that aren’t usually that noticeable.”

Su Wanwan nodded as she listened, and realized that Xu Yan was taking her to a place she had never been to before.

"Are you going to take me very far? By the time we get the car, we might not be able to catch up with Lanying, right?" Su Wanwan turned her head worriedly and looked into the distance. She was surprised that they had walked quite far without realizing it, and the mountain where Lanying and her group were staying seemed to be a little smaller.

"Don't worry, the bicycles they ride are quite strenuous, plus they have the burden of carrying people, so they won't go too fast." Xu Yan seemed to have already estimated the answer and said confidently, and took her to turn a corner on the side of the road, quietly passed through a broken courtyard gate, and entered a place with a faint kitchen fragrance.

"This...is this the kitchen used to cook for young people?" Su Wanwan took a deep breath and asked doubtfully.

When Xu Yan took Su Wanwan to sneak into the backyard of the kitchen with the intention of stealing a bicycle, he did not forget to praise her at this critical moment: "Wanwan really has a keen eye!"

“I didn’t expect they would have so many bicycles here.”

Although bicycles have become a common means of transportation nowadays, there are still only a handful of people in a village who can own bicycles. How could so many bicycles be parked in the backyard of this kitchen?

"Come, try this one. Is it suitable?" Xu Yan found the newest model in the row of bicycles and pushed it in front of Su Wanwan.

"If we ride them away, what if the villagers find out?" Su Wanwan stroked the handle of the new bike, with a look of uneasiness on her face.

"Don't worry. During the day, the villagers either sleep in or go into the mountains to do something. No one will care what car is parked in the backyard." Xu Yan seemed to know everything. As soon as Su Wanwan's doubts came out, his answer came out, making her frown slightly: "How did you know this?"

"Do you remember the time when I brought you some meat at lunch time?" Xu Yan smiled and pushed a more suitable car out from the side. He drove parallel to Su Wanwan, and the two of them quietly left along the original path to the backyard.

"I remember now, you noticed those cars in the kitchen that day?"

The two men rode forward and backward, quickly returning to the foot of the mountain where Lan Ying and her companions were along the same route they came.

"It seems quite intriguing. Baihua Village actually has so many hidden secrets." Xu Yan commented jokingly.

After hiding at the foot of the mountain, the two waited patiently for the situation on the mountain.

After Lan Ying and the others got on the car, they would definitely choose to drive along the main road leading to the town. After all, the performance of the small tricycle was limited and it could not reach the town. If they took the risk of taking a shortcut, the car would probably break down on the road before they got halfway.

After waiting for a while, as Xu Yan expected, they heard a noise on the hillside. However, Lan Ying and her friends did not drive towards this side, but rode along a path that appeared and disappeared from time to time towards the city.

"It turns out there is a secret passage covered by weeds."

Hearing the sound, although there was no trace of human beings, Xu Yan stopped for a while and quickly rushed to the nearby hillside to check. He found that Lan Ying and the others were driving along a very secret path halfway up the mountain.

So, Su Wanwan and she followed closely behind Lan Ying and the others.

Just as Xu Yan expected, loading the three large iron basins made the bicycle extremely unbalanced. When the person in front was riding, the person behind had to push with all his might in order for it to move forward.