After dressing as a superb old woman, I am bound to the power system

Being rejected by the old lady, Duan Mingjing could only yell bitterly, "Mom, I'll learn right now."

She turned to look at Duan Mingqing next to her, only to see him staring ahead in a daze.

"Why are you so dazed? Teach me!" Duan Mingjing said hurriedly.

Although he was asking for advice, his tone sounded like a teacher being impatient with his apprentice.

Duan Mingqing didn't take it seriously. He had long been used to his second brother's appearance, but the old lady's affectionate tone when she called his name just now made him a little panicked.

The last time the old lady called him that was when the family was celebrating the New Year, and his father was there at that time.

"Didn't I pull him? Look at it, it just doesn't follow the team..." Duan Mingjing complained.

Duan Mingqing glanced at his second brother and taught him carefully. "Second brother, you have to walk ahead. Walk in front of the horse, one step faster than it. You can't wait for the horse to pull you..."

After being taught by Duan Mingqing, Duan Mingjing's carriage-pulling skills have generally improved a lot.

Mrs. Shang felt sorry for her husband, so she sent him water several times in the afternoon and exchanged some greetings with him.

Duan Mingjing walked from morning to night and was so tired that he responded casually to his wife's concern.

When the team finally decided to set up camp, they dropped the reins and quickly found a tree to lean against.

Lying silently under the tree, he looked extremely tired and wanted no one to talk to him.

Qiao Lan took a look and felt that the second son's physical strength was still a little weak. He should work more and exercise well in the future.

Duan Mingjing didn't know what Qiao Lan was thinking. He finished his dinner with squinted eyes, returned to the carriage and lay down without saying a word, too tired to say anything.

When the Duan family returned to the carriage, they heard slight shouts from inside.

Duan Mingchen opened the curtain, took a look, and said softly: "Second brother is exhausted!"

Duan Mingqing nodded, "Second brother has never done any work before, and it is really tiring to lead a horse for a day."

"I just don't know how long Mom will let my second brother do the work. I think what Mom means is to let him continue to do it from now on." Duan Mingchen's words were a bit happy, not because he was gloating about his misfortune, but because he felt that he was the second brother.

It's rare for me to be so close to him.

The two brothers exchanged a few words and then got into the carriage to rest, leaving only the fire beside the carriage burning.

Duan Mingjing got up early the next day, packed himself up and went to Qiao Lan, "Mom, my son learned a little better about driving a carriage yesterday."

Duan Mingjing raised his neck slightly as he spoke, with a smile on his face, as if he was waiting for praise.

After driving a carriage all day yesterday, even after a night's rest, his arms and legs still hurt terribly. He was too tired to talk to the old lady yesterday, but he did it after regaining his strength today.

He can't let the old lady down!

Qiao Lan just got off the carriage, nodded and said lightly, "It's good to learn it, then you can work for a few more days to get used to it."

Duan Mingjing's smile froze on his face, and he swallowed back the modest words he had prepared. Perhaps he didn't expect Qiao Lan to say that for a moment.

If my inner voice could be revealed, I would probably burst into tears.

Woohoo!

He couldn't cry. His eldest brother was gone and he was the eldest son of the Duan family. He was the eldest son in the family and he had to take on the responsibility of the family.

So Duan Mingjing walked back with a sad face and continued to lead the carriage behind him.

Qiao Lan turned around and took a look, feeling calm.

Of course she knows that her son is unwilling, but people have to grow up. She is not Mrs. Qiao, so naturally she will not pamper this child like she did before. When it is time to do something, everyone has to do something, and she, an old woman, doesn't do it.

exception.

Qiao Lan's actions were noticed by the Duan family.

The children didn't quite understand. They saw their uncles/fathers starting to work, and other uncles and uncles were also working, so they didn't think there was anything wrong.

Other members of the Duan family felt that the old lady was trying to harden the second master so that he could take on the important responsibilities of the Duan family.

Mrs. Shang felt the change in the old lady. Although she felt sorry for her husband, she felt that the old lady's thoughts were more important. After all, her husband always taught her to listen to the old lady's words, so she would nod accordingly.

As we walked into the evening, the surrounding woods gradually became thinner.

Qiao Lan raised her neck and looked into the distance. She saw the dry grass ashes floating in the distance from the woods and the smell of smoke and fire in the wind. She felt that someone was lighting a fire not far away for cooking.

Everyone was walking in the woods these days, knowing that they were going around Luo'an City, but they didn't know where they were going.

In addition to the snakes, insects, rats, and ants encountered in the forest, they are almost exhausted every day and cannot eat or sleep well. There are also worries about the future situation. All kinds of complicated things are piled on their heads, which has already made these people's hearts fly.

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They were fed up with this kind of life. They wanted to go out, stay in a village outside, and have a place to sleep and eat.

As soon as I saw this fireworks, my heart became a little lighter.

"There is smoke over there, there must be someone there, let's go!"

"Maybe there's an inn there, no inn, maybe a farmhouse! Let me have a rest!"

Immediately, someone dragged the whole family over there.

Some people took the lead and walked that way. A small number of people couldn't find the direction. They looked at the sky and felt that it was getting late, so they blindly followed the direction of the people in front.

"Mom, where are we going?" Duan Mingjing came up.

After driving the carriage for two days, Duan Mingchen has learned a lot! Since they are all sons and daughters of the Duan family, he cannot do this job alone. He will occasionally rest for an hour or two and let other people in the family take over for him.

Take a breath.

This time, Duan Mingqing replaced him for the whole afternoon.

Duan Mingjing didn't get on the carriage because he felt the carriage was bumping too much, so he walked along underneath. Although he was a little tired, it was much better than driving the carriage.

"Keep walking towards Tongzhou!" Qiao Lan said.

"Then shall we follow them?" Duan Mingjing looked at the group of people walking away.

Qiao Lan shook her head, "If you can walk this way, just go this way. More people is not necessarily a good thing."

After Duan Mingjing listened, he returned to the car calmly.

Seeing half of the people walking over, the other half were a little anxious.

"Shall we follow?"

Among the remaining half, most of them had carriages or led donkeys.

"Look again!" Some people looked in the direction of the Duan family. Seeing that the Duan family didn't move, they didn't move either.

Although I don’t know who this family is, there are old, weak, women and children in the family, so they don’t look like bad people.

Especially the old lady, she can also use bamboo to build bridges, she is very capable.

In this way, the crowd divided into two parts, one went towards the direction of the smoke, and the other stayed where they were.

Just when Qiao Lan was looking at the dusk and wondering where to rest, Chen Shu came over.

"Old lady!" Chen Shu bowed with his hands raised, his expression solemn.

"My master said that this cigarette doesn't look right, so let's go as quickly as possible, as far as possible!" Chen Shu said.