Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 220 Cleverness

The heat preservation of wooden barrels these days is still very good. Hou Xiaoge soaked in the water for half an hour before the temperature gradually dropped.

After taking a shower, when the servant came in to clean the bathtub, Hou Xiaoge threw a dollar over.

"It's your reward!"

"Thank you for the reward, sir." The servant cleaned the bathtub and the bathroom, then took Hou Xiaoge's clothes out to wash them.

At this time, the table was filled with special delicacies. Hou Xiaoge was still growing, so he would not touch alcohol if he could. He drank the restaurant's own juice instead.

While eating, a waitress was standing by and occasionally passing dishes from a distance to Hou Xiaoge.

"Hey, buddy, I'm going to go take a rest first. Please let me know when the person I'm going to pick you up arrives." After eating and drinking, Hou Xiaoge instructed the buddy who was waiting on the side.

"I understand, sir!"

There were still a lot of fatty meat and local vegetables on the table that Hou Xiaoge didn't like to eat. The waiter cleaned them up quickly and she could help herself to some later.

Just when Hou Xiaoge was eating and drinking and resting, Niu Wa and a few others also set out on their journey to Lu County.

For a group of little kids, the oldest of whom was only twelve years old, walking more than twenty miles was not an easy task.

A group of children were walking and resting along the way. The older boys were okay, but the younger ones and girls couldn't stand it.

"Brother Niu Wa, I really can't walk anymore. You guys go first! I'll go with Brother Dong and the others." A six-year-old girl said breathlessly, holding her stomach.

"So is my home!"

"I can't walk either!"

After a while, the four younger children asked to wait for Ma Wendong and his companions who were following behind to monitor them, and let Niu Wa and his companions go first.

"No, let's go together!" Niu Wa and several older children shook their heads in disagreement.

"There's an ox cart over there. I'll go ask Yi Hazi and give you some steamed bread in exchange for a ride on the cart." Niu Wa said with his eyes brightened as he looked at an ox cart carrying mountain products coming from behind.

"Old man, are you going to the county town? Can I give you four steamed buns in exchange for a ride on the cart?" Niu Wa pointed at the four little kids and said to the man driving the ox cart.

"It's still fifteen miles away from the county town. Give me six steamed buns!" The man looked at Niu Wa and bargained.

"Six steamed buns are fine, but you guys can also put bedding on them." Niu Wa also put forward a condition.

"Get it!"

After both parties agreed on a price, the kids excitedly got on the ox cart carrying their relatively heavy bedding and other groceries.

"You kids, be careful with the mountain products in the nest. Don't crush them!" The man driving the cattle turned around and warned them.

"know!"

"Zhe!" As the man flicked the whip in his hand and called out softly, the big blue ox slowly walked forward.

The ox cart was not moving fast, and the older kids on the other side no longer felt burdened and happily followed the cart on both sides.

"Brother Dong, I didn't realize this Niu Wa was actually quite smart! I don't know how he persuaded people to let them take the ox cart." Ma Wendong and a few of his younger brothers were a hundred or two hundred meters behind Niu Wa and his companions, looking at the ox cart with envy.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and catch up, otherwise you won't be able to see me." Ma Wendong slapped his younger brother on the back of his head and quickened his pace.

As the sky gradually darkened, Niu Wa and his companions finally arrived at the city gate.

At this time, there were many people coming in and out of the city gate. Most of them were ordinary people who had worked outside for a day, and some were mountain people who were selling mountain products in the city and were rushing back.

Niu Wa and his companions didn't know where Hou Xiaoge was waiting for them. They looked at the huge city wall and the endless stream of people, and were a little scared. They could only hide far away at the side of the city gate, and looked inside from time to time.

On the other side, a waiter from the Fulai Hotel was chatting with a black man at the entrance of the city gate, and he was looking around from time to time, but there were too many people returning to the city at night, so he could not be seen for a while.

They waited for nearly an hour, and it was already completely dark. The city gate was about to close. Both Niu Wa and his companions, as well as the servants waiting inside the city gate, were anxious.

"Niu Wa, is that boss trying to trick you, you idiot?

It's getting dark now, it looks like we need to find a place to sleep tonight!" The oldest child in the team also looked anxious and kept complaining to Niu Wa.

"The boss gave me two dollars, how could he cheat me?" Niu Wa argued with the people in the team while pacing back and forth and looking towards the doorway.

"Niu Wa, I'm afraid that boss won't come. I'll ask Juanmao to find an empty place nearby and sleep there tonight. We'll go back tomorrow morning." Ma Wendong, who was lying in ambush on the slope nearby, asked Niu Wa in a low voice.

"Wait a little longer, and leave after the city gate is closed." Niu Wa still wanted to struggle.

"Hmph! Deadhead."

"Hey!"

"The city gates are about to be closed. Are you guys going in? What are you doing there?" Hei Pi, who was preparing to close the city gates, shone a flashlight at Niu Wa and a few others near the gate.

"Sir, we are waiting for the boss. A boss asked me to bring people to the county to find him." Niu Wa was startled at first, then he mustered up the courage to explain.

"Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng, come here and see if this baby is the one you are waiting for." Hei Pi shouted to the servant who was about to go back at the door.

"Where is it? Come and have a look." The servant's face lit up with joy when he heard it and he ran over immediately.

"Is there anyone called Niu Wa among you?" asked the servant Ah Sheng, looking at the group of children opposite.

"I, I am Niu Wa." Niu Wa said excitedly.

"A boss asked someone to pick you up at the city gate, but you, idiot, just showed up for the first time." Ah Sheng looked at the group of children in tattered clothes and said unhappily.

"We've been here for a while, but we haven't seen the boss, so we're waiting here!" Niu Wa replied in a low voice, shrinking his neck.

"Hurry, follow me, you're delaying my get off work." Ah Sheng turned around and left in a bad mood.

"Okay, okay." Niu Wa quickly waved to his friends to go in with him.

After Niu Wa and his companions entered the city, Ma Wendong and his companions hurried to follow, but were stopped by Hei Pi who was closing the door.

"What are you doing? Breaking into the city gate so late at night?" Heipi shouted, scaring Ma Wendong and others.

"Sir, we are good people. I am the eldest brother of those kids who just entered. I was afraid that they would be abducted by human traffickers, so I followed them to have a look." Ma Wendong was frightened and spoke out loud.

"Nonsense, the boss is a nobleman living in Lai Fu Hotel, how can he be a human trafficker? I think you guys are the human traffickers!

Get out! If you want to go into the city, you have to go tomorrow, not today." Hei Pi scolded them, and several colleagues who followed behind drove them out with guns.

"Fuck it!" Ma Wendong and the others started cursing only after the city gate was completely closed.

"Brother Dong, what should we do?" Curly-haired guy and his friends asked helplessly.

"Ugh!"

"Oh God, please bless Niu Wa and the others so that they don't encounter human traffickers! Let's sleep outside the city tonight and come in and take a look tomorrow." Ma Wendong said with some fear as he looked at the dark surroundings.

On the other side, Niu Wa and a few others followed the servant cautiously, not daring to ask a single question, as if they were lambs on the chopping board.

If there really were human traffickers at this time, these children would definitely not be able to escape.

"You guys just wait outside and don't run around. I'm going to go talk to the boss." The waiter came in from the backyard of the restaurant, gave an order, and left.

"Brother Niu Wa, this guy is so fierce!" said a little girl, hugging her arms which felt a little cold.

"It's okay. I have brother Wo and brother Gou Wa." Niu Wa said to the little girl with a smile.

"Dang, Dang!"

"Who?"

"Boss, the kid you asked us to pick up has arrived." The servant's voice came from outside the door.

"Wait a moment!" Hou Xiaoge responded and put on his clothes slowly.

"Boss, sorry to disturb your rest." The two servants said with an apologetic smile.

"Lead the way!" Hou Xiaoge said expressionlessly.

There was no electricity in the county town, so the servant could only lead the way with a lantern.

"Boss, be careful on the steps." The servant held a lantern and shone it carefully on the stairs.

Several people came to the backyard, and several children huddled together and stamped their feet because it was too cold.

"boss!"

When Niu Wa saw Hou Xiaoge, his voice was raised with excitement.