It was dawn, and the brother and brother were walking on the mountain road, chewing dry food while walking. When they were thirsty, they drank two sips of stream water in the mountain stream on the side of the road. Lin Qiao was beautiful, but she was not spoiled at all. It was no problem to walk the mountain road in the mountain.

Moshan Village is under the jurisdiction of Qipan Township. The shuttle buses entering the city only reach Qipan Township. The brother and brother rushed to the village quickly and finally arrived at the village before 7 o'clock. There were not many people on the morning bus. The two got on the bus and found their seats to sit down. Lin Rui paid for the ticket. When the car started, it was already dawn.

On the morning bus, there were people who got up early, and the cars were bumpy on the mountain road, and the passengers were drowsy. Lin Rui and Lin Qiao were full of energy.

Lin Qiao had never entered the city. The farthest place she had walked was Qipanxiang Township. She was already full of fear for this long journey, but when the car started, she lost her fear, but instead she was full of curiosity and excitement. Her two big watery eyes stared at the mountains and rivers flying past the window, not blinking, for fear of missing the scenery.

Lin Rui has long been used to seeing the scenery on both sides. Every time he starts school on holiday, he has to walk on this rugged mountain road. It is no wonder that the scenery along the way has long been common. However, he does not need to doze off. After passing by the turtle, he only needs to sleep for up to four hours a day.

Lin Rui saw that Lin Qiao was curious about the scenery outside the window. Anyway, he was idle, so he explained to her the geography and human feelings along the way. When he went to which village and that village, there were some strange stories. Lin Qiao opened her eyes and was full of admiration for this younger brother. Her fear of Pingshui County gradually disappeared, but she was full of yearning.

Lin Rui felt emotion when he looked at this beautiful sister.

Among the three sisters, Lin Xia and Lin Feng belong to Moshan Village. They may never be able to get out of that small mountain village in their entire lives. Lin Qiao does not belong to Moshan Village, and her world should not even belong to Pingshui County, she should belong to Shangjiang City!

The car bumped on the rugged mountain road for three hours and finally arrived at Pingshui County Bus Station.

Pingshui County is a small city surrounded by mountains and rivers. The entire city is located in the Pingjiang Valley. Pingjiang runs north and south, dividing Pingshui City into two parts, called the East and West City districts. There is a Chaoyang Bridge on the river, connecting the east and west urban areas.

The bus station is located in Xicheng District, adjacent to Pingshui Wharf.

Pingshui County is located in Wuling Mountains, with high mountains and dense forests. Since ancient times, the only way to communicate with the outside world is water transportation. Therefore, the status of the wharf is extremely important and is a distribution center for goods and people. Xicheng District, with the wharf as the core, is the traditional center of Pingshui County. There are many shops, streets and alleys, and dense population, representing wealth and prosperity. Dongcheng District on the other side of the river forms a sharp contrast with Xicheng District. It is actually not an urban area, and at most it can only be regarded as a rural area on the edge of the city.

However, in the past decade, with the development of land transportation, especially the opening of the national highway connecting the county town and the provincial capital, the core position of the wharf has plummeted. In addition, Chaoyang Bridge was built on Pingjiang, connecting Pingjiang east-west. The city crosses Pingjiang and develops eastward. The original urban-rural fringe has a series of modern high-rise buildings. The newly built high-rise buildings and streets are neatly planned and exquisitely built. The old Xicheng District is like an old woman with a yellow face in front of the rapidly rising Dongcheng District, with all her hair and wrinkles left on her face.

With the rise of Dongcheng District, the commercial center in the city also moved from the dock area to Dongcheng District. Xicheng District gradually declined, and all the rich went to Dongcheng District. Those who stayed were residents of the ground floor of Pingshui County, or workers from surrounding mountains, as well as narrow streets and disrepaired stilt houses.

Pingshui County No. 1 Middle School where Lin Rui studied was originally in Xicheng District, but later moved to Dongcheng District. As the highest institution of learning in Pingshui County, many of the students of the County No. 1 Middle School are children of local wealthy families and official families. Those dignitaries did not want their children to stay in the dilapidated Xicheng District, and encouraged the government to allocate funds to move No. 1 Middle School to Dongcheng.

The only value of Xicheng District is the dock and bus station, which are still retained here.

Lin Qiao followed Lin Rui and walked out of the car tremblingly.

The excitement and yearning along the way made her temporarily forget her fear of the city. However, when she truly stepped onto the ground of this strange city, fear and anxiety surged into her heart again.

Lin Rui had told her that the Xicheng District they arrived in was actually not Pingshui City. The real Pingshui City should be on the other side of the river. The buildings there were towering, the streets were flat and wide, and they were hardened by cement. Unlike here, the streets were narrow and the ground was covered with ancient bluestone slabs. It was more like an alley than a street.

However, Lin Qiao was still deeply shocked when she walked in the alley of bluestone.

She had never seen such neat streets and alleys, with so many people coming and going in the streets and so many shops on both sides of the street. Although Lin Rui told her that these shops are actually street stalls, and they are all counterfeit and shoddy products. The shopping mall opposite the river is considered a place for real business. But in Lin Qiao's eyes, any "street stall" here is hundreds of times better than the small shop in Moshan Village!

"Xiao Rui, where are we going?" Lin Qiao followed Lin Rui and asked timidly.

"Dongcheng."

“There are tea-collecting people there?”

"No." Lin Rui walked over and said.

Pingshui County has a population of less than 150,000, and the market is too small. Therefore, tea merchants mainly purchase rock tea from the surrounding mountains, not on-site sales, but transport it to the provincial capital for sale. The shop rent, manpower and transportation costs in Dongcheng District are much higher than those in Xicheng District. Therefore, tea merchants are all in Xicheng Liutiao Street, which is not only low in cost, but also adjacent to the bus station, making it easy to transport.

"Then what are we going there?" Lin Qiao asked.

"You finally got into the city and took you to have fun." Lin Rui said with a smile.

"What are you doing? Do the serious business first!" Lin Qiao was very serious.

"No hurry, we have time."

"It's already noon! We have to rush home after selling tea!"

"Don't worry, it's not delayed! How simple is selling tea, so how can it take so much time?"

"It's easy to sell tea!" Lin Qiao always felt that selling tea is a huge project, not to mention that these teas were skewed by Houttuynia cordata.

"Let's give the tea to others and the money to us. Just this procedure, do you think it's simple or not!" Lin Rui said with a smile.

Lin Qiao listened to Lin Rui's words, but she had no way to refute them, so she had to follow Lin Rui honestly.

The two of them talked about it and came to the front of a small noodle shop.

There are many restaurants around the Xicheng Station Wharf. In fact, they are all small restaurants that cannot be used for tabletops. The storefront is low and the hall is small. The larger ones can accommodate five or six tables. The smaller ones simply have no halls. They only set up a rain awnings at the door to occupy the road to operate. These restaurants are just for tourists traveling from south to north, and they sell fast food such as noodles, rice bowls, fried rice, etc. The restaurants are dirty inside and out, and most of the diners are farmers who work in the city, so they don’t want to make ends meet, just for a bargain.

The small noodle restaurant where the siblings stopped was relatively neat, with a narrow shop with two tables inside, which was full of diners. On the sidewalk at the door, there were two rows of square stools, one row high and the other row low. Diners sat on low stools, and the noodle bowls were placed on high stools, just like kindergarten children sitting in rows. This way of eating is known as "bench noodles".

Lin Qiao had never seen diners eat like this before, so she couldn't help but laugh. As soon as she laughed, she heard a loud shout in front of her: "Lin Rui, what the hell are you doing!"

This shout came suddenly, which scared Lin Qiao's laughter back.

I saw a person jumping out of the restaurant. He was thin and had a middle-parted head. He wore a black down jacket on his upper body, jeans full of holes on his lower body, and sneakers on his feet. He rushed to Lin Rui, raised his hand and punched Lin Rui's chest.

Lin Qiao was originally timid, but when she entered the city, she was unfamiliar with the place, and she was even more timid. But she was most disgusted by Lin Rui being bullied. She saw that the man was beaten without asking any questions, frowned and said, "Why are you hitting someone!"

The thin man stared at his small eyes and looked at Lin Qiao up and down: "Lin Rui, your girlfriend? You're OK, you don't look good, you're looking for such a fairy sister! He's so fucking beautiful, he's just dressed too rustic! Lin Rui, to be honest, does she have a sister? Introduce it to me, I won't treat you badly. I'll treat you for free!"

Lin Qiao heard the thin man speak inappropriately and shouted: "You are talking nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense!" The thin man kept lying around: "Little beauty, if you have a sister, follow me and you will not suffer any losses. My eight methods of Tiangang will be invincible in Pingshui County! Lin Rui is a kid who is busy in the county town, and I rely on me to protect you! Now, since you are his girlfriend, I won't have any idea about you. If someone bullies you, just say to me..."

"She is my third sister!" Lin Rui said with a frown.

The thin man was stunned: "What?"

"My third sister!"

"Dear?"

"Nonsense! I have three sisters, and besides her, there are two more!" Although Lin Rui is the adopted son of the Lin family, he really treats the three sisters of the Lin family as his own sisters.

"No way?" The thin man made a bitter face: "Lin Rui, can you have such a beautiful sister like this?"

The thin man sarcastically mocked Lin Rui, and Lin Qiao was unhappy: "Don't talk nonsense! My little Rui is handsome! He is more handsome than you! Hum!"

"He is more handsome than me? He..." The thin man cried and said, "What can I do if I am more handsome than me? I don't fight for my face. I rely on my real skills! Hello, girl, are you really Lin Rui's third sister?"

"Take it seriously! What do you want!" Lin Qiao stepped forward and protected Lin Rui behind her. The thin man punched Lin Rui as soon as he came up, and then scolded Lin Rui for being a turtle-like person. He must be a bad guy! When he met a bad guy, Lin Qiao's first reaction was to protect his younger brother.
Chapter completed!