The driver who was riding with Xia Meng was named Yang Shu. He was in his forties and had a simple and honest appearance. When he saw Xia Meng sitting next to him, he was a little at a loss at first and his face turned red with embarrassment.

Xia Mengquan pretended not to notice, and chatted with Yang Shu calmly. Yang Shu soon calmed down, and when he looked at Xia Meng's face, his eyes no longer dodge.

Xia Meng sat in the passenger seat with a relaxed posture and spoke in a calm and natural tone,

"Master Yang...how many years have you been working?"

Yang Shu said with a smile while driving,

"I took over my father's class when I was 17 years old, and so far..." Yang Shu paused, as if thinking, and after a moment, said with a bit of sadness,

"It's been 24 years."

Xia Meng, "Then Master Yang must be very familiar with this route?"

Yang Shu suddenly became confident, nodded and said to Xia Meng,

"Chief Xia Ke, I'm not bragging. I know how to walk this route with my eyes closed."

Xia Meng smiled and nodded, "Master Yang... was this line safe before?"

"Safe!" Yang Shu's tone was decisive, but soon, his expression began to become confused, his eyes were tangled, and he muttered in a low voice,

"...I don't know what's wrong with people nowadays?"

The not-so-wide dirt road was full of potholes, and the wind brought by the car also blew up bursts of dust, which made Xia Meng's nose feel a little uncomfortable.

When passing by a small county town at noon, Yang Shu parked the car on the side of the road and said to Xia Meng,

"Chief Xia Ke, it's noon, let's fill our stomachs first."

Xia Meng, "Okay!"

Yang Shu and a few drivers found a restaurant and prepared to eat.

Yang Shu enthusiastically introduced it to Xia Meng, "Chief Xia, the beef head noodle here is amazing, you must try it."

Xia Meng said, "Okay," and then ordered a large bowl of beef noodles.

After a while, the boss held a tray in his hand, and there were several large bowls of fragrant beef noodles on the tray.

The bowl of noodles is bigger than a human head. The clear and translucent soup has a layer of emerald green onions floating on it. In addition, there are pieces of sauce-brown beef.

The piece of beef was very big. Xia Meng picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. The aroma of the sauce immediately melted in her mouth. Coupled with the unique texture of beef and the soft and chewy tendons, this beef... was very fragrant!

It's the kind of taste that people will never forget after one bite.

"How is it?" Yang Shu looked at Xia Meng expectantly.

Xia Meng nodded heavily, "It's very delicious!"

Yang Shu grinned happily and started eating noodles happily.

The noodles are slightly yellow and very chewy. Although the soup is clear, it has a rich flavor and is delicious.

People in this era have big appetites, but Xia Meng ate three bowls of noodles in one go, which still frightened Yang Shu and the other drivers.

Yang Shu hesitated to speak and looked at Xia Meng, but finally couldn't help but asked Xia Meng worriedly,

"Chief Xia Ke, you... don't feel sick in your stomach, right?"

Xia Meng knew that they were frightened by her appetite, so she smiled and waved,

"Don't worry, I have a big appetite, these things won't last for me."

Yang Shu was relieved.

Before leaving, three other drivers packed up a pound of beef and left. Xia Meng bought five pounds and asked the boss to cut it into slices for snacks on the road.

After three days of walking and stopping, we finally arrived at our destination, a clothing factory.

The people in the reception room were obviously very familiar with the drivers. When they saw them coming, they asked them to drive in directly.

The car parked directly at the gate of the warehouse, and the garment factory sent people to move the cloth in the car to the warehouse.

When Xia Meng came here for the first time, everything she saw was new, but little did she know that she herself had become a beautiful sight in the eyes of others.

Xia Meng was already accustomed to others looking at her, so she pretended not to see it.

It was already noon, and the director of the warehouse management department of the garment factory warmly invited them to the canteen for dinner.

The drivers were not polite, so Xia Meng went with them.

The cafeteria was crowded, and the director asked them to find a seat while he went to buy food.

After eating, they stayed in a guest house that day and drove back to Beijing early the next morning.

On the way back to Beijing, Yang Shu was in a good mood and told Xia Meng,

"Chief Xia, if we walk for another hour, we will arrive in Qingshui County. There is an old couple in the county who make braised pork that is amazing. You must try it."

Xia Meng couldn't help but think of the beef noodles she had eaten before, and she immediately felt a little more hopeful, "Okay!"

After arriving in Qingshui County, the driver drove to the bus station. Yang Shu explained to Xia Meng,

"The old couple opened a shop near the bus station, where there are many people."

Xia Meng nodded understandingly.

After arriving near the bus station and parking the car on the side of the road, Xia Meng followed the driver to the braised pork restaurant.

The braised meat shop is small, the house is very dilapidated, and the outer wall is almost peeling off. There is an elderly couple at the door greeting customers. In front of them are two steaming cauldrons and a wooden table.

The meat is stewed in the big iron pot, the broth is bubbling, and the rich aroma of the meat is floating in the air with the wind, making people salivate.

Xia Meng looked closer and could see that the big iron pot was stewing pig heads, pig feet, elbows and pig offal.

Pork head meat and pig offal are not expensive at only a few cents per pound, and the drivers and masters buy them in several pounds.

Xia Meng first bought a piece of pig head meat and tasted it. The stewed pig head meat was tender and fragrant but not greasy at all. The spices were just right.

Xia Meng likes this taste very much. Anyway, she has space and can buy more to give to her friends.

Xia Meng loved braised pork in her previous life, so she ordered ten pig trotters, ten elbows, three pig heads, several kilograms of pig intestines, pig hearts, and lungs.

You can almost get home in the evening, and you don’t have to worry about the meat spoiling.

Although the meat was not expensive, Xia Meng couldn't bear to buy too much, and almost bought up all the meat in the old couple's pot.

Yang Shu carried the three kilograms of pork heads he bought and asked Xia Meng in surprise,

"Chief Xia Ke, have you... finished eating?"

"It's hot now, and it will get damaged over time."

Xia Meng waved her hand, "It's okay, just give some points to your friends when you get back."

Yang Shu felt relieved when he heard that Xia Meng was given to a friend.

The group helped Xia Meng carry the meat and returned to the truck.

But what Yang Shu and Xia Meng didn't expect was that as soon as they opened the door, they met a pair of fearful eyes.

Yang Shu said in surprise, "Who are you?"

Before Yang Shu could finish what he said, the woman in the car with messy hair and a bruised nose and face shrank into a ball in fear, looking at them with despair and sincerity.

"Please...help me, help me..."

"I don't want to be taken back! I can't be taken back!"

"I'm kowtowing to you, please do well and take me away, please..." The woman said and kowtowed to them.

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