Chapter 74 Tracking
The next day, Liu stayed at home to teach her elder brother and sister-in-law how to make sugar-roasted chestnuts. Qianhuan went out to buy things alone. Liu was now very comfortable with her going out alone.
Qianhuan still drew her eyebrows thick and dressed like a man.
She first went to the home of Carpenter Sun in the same village. The furniture at Carpenter Sun's house was relatively affordable. If he had a ready-made bed, she would buy it directly to avoid having to buy it from the town and transport it back home.
"Carpenter Sun, I want to buy a bed for my guest room. Do you have any ready-made beds for sale?"
Qianhuan saw Carpenter Sun planing wood with tools in his yard from afar. She walked to the door and started asking him questions.
"Who are you...?" Carpenter Sun looked at the young man at the door and indicated that he didn't know him.
"Carpenter Sun, I'm Qianhua from Liang Laoer's family. I'm going to town to buy something today, so I'm dressed like this."
"Oh, it's Qianhuan, you came at the right time. I have two ready-made beds at home, right in the main room. Go in and see which one you want." Carpenter Sun stopped his work and took Qianhuan to the main room.
Qianhuan looked at the two beds. One of them was engraved with complicated patterns, and it was obvious that it was not cheap; the other one was smooth and had no patterns at all.
"Carpenter Sun, I just want this simpler bed. How much silver does it cost?" Qianhuan pointed to the simple bed and asked Carpenter Sun.
"Qianhuan girl, this bed is made with simple craftsmanship, you only need to give me half a tael of silver."
"Okay, here is half a tael of silver, please keep it. We need this bed tonight, could you please send it to my house as soon as possible?" Qianhuan took out half a tael of silver from her arms and handed it over.
"Okay, I'll ask my two sons to carry you home later. Is there anyone at home today?"
"Well, my parents are at home today, you just need to send it over. Then I'll take my leave first."
After Qianhuan left Carpenter Sun's house, she went straight to the town to buy things.
The road from their village to the town is a mountain road with few houses along the way, especially in the middle section where there are almost no people. There were few pedestrians on the road today.
As Qianhuan was walking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She always felt that there was someone following her, but when she looked back, there was no figure.
She walked quickly forward, and when she was about to reach the deserted middle section of the road, she felt more and more uneasy, and to be on the safe side, she suddenly ran.
She had been to the town many times, so she knew that there was no house for about a kilometer ahead. If someone was really following her, as long as she ran through this section of the road and reached a place with households, she would be safe.
Sure enough, after she started running, the people following her could no longer hide and started running after her.
Qianhuan heard footsteps chasing her from behind and felt panic rising in her heart. She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
As she ran, she thought to herself: I don't have any enemies, so why would someone follow me? If someone was tempted by me, I was clearly dressed like a man. Could it be that someone had been planning this for a long time?
She didn't have time to think, she just kept running forward. She didn't even dare to look back to see who was chasing her, for she was afraid that if she looked back and slowed down her pace, the villain would catch up with her.
Fortunately, the original owner often went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and walked a lot of mountain roads. In addition, the food at home has been good in the past few months, so her body is not as weak as when she first came here.
In modern times, she often runs at night and does various exercises, so she runs quite fast.
The person chasing her didn't expect that a weak woman like her could run so fast. On the contrary, this person herself was lazy and seldom exercised, so she soon became out of breath.
He had to change his strategy. He shouted from behind, "Sister Qianhua, don't run. I am your brother Qiangzi."
Qianhuan heard the man's voice behind her and felt that it was unfamiliar. She continued to run forward and asked, "What brother Qiangzi? I don't know you. Why are you following me?"
"I'm Wu Qiang. We are from the same village. Sister Qianhuan, please stop immediately. Brother Qiangzi has something to say to you." He wanted to coax the young woman in front of him to stop.
It turned out that the person chasing Qianhuan was Wu Qiang who delivered the message to Cuihua that day. He had been keeping an eye on Qianhuan for several days, but Qianhuan had always been with Liu, so he really had no chance to make a move. Today he finally caught her alone.
He followed her all the way and was about to drag her to the side of the mountain in this deserted road to have sex with her, but who knew that the little girl suddenly ran forward like crazy.
After listening to his introduction, Qianhuan finally found some information about Wu Qiang from the original owner's memory. Wu Qiang was a notorious lazy man in the village. He usually liked to do some sneaky things and was still a bachelor.
Humph, if he has something to say, doesn't he just go home and talk to her parents? Why is he sneaking around like this, following a little girl like me? I can tell at a glance that this guy has no good intentions.
Qianhuan ignored him. After all, talking was very tiring. She just wanted to conserve her energy and run out of this deserted road as quickly as possible.
She was very anxious. It would be terrible if she was caught up by this old bachelor in the wilderness here.
Seeing that she didn't reply and was still running forward desperately, Wu Qiang knew that this girl would definitely not be fooled by him. He had finally caught this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he must succeed today.
Suddenly, Wu Qiang stopped, picked up a sharp stone the size of an egg from the roadside, and hit the calf of the person running in front of him with all his strength.
Qianhuan was hit by the sharp stone at once. She lost her balance and fell forward to the ground. Wu Qiang immediately ran up and grabbed her legs.
Qianhuan turned around and looked at him in horror, only to see Wu Qiang grinning and saying, "Sister Qianhuan, why are you running? I, your brother Qiangzi, am not a cannibal. Don't worry, Brother Qiangzi will definitely treat you well later."
Qianhuan was extremely frightened. Was she going to fall into the hands of this rapist today?
In this feudal ancient society, if this old bachelor did anything to her, she would probably have no choice but to marry him.
What's more, for Qianhuan, marrying such a disgusting old bachelor would be more painful than death.
No, she can't be ruined like this. She has finally lived her life again, but she hasn't become a rich woman, hasn't hooked up with a handsome man, and hasn't given birth to a cute baby. She can't let it end here.
She tried to calm herself down, and while trying to think of a way to escape, she looked up at Wu Qiang and asked innocently, "Brother Qiangzi, how are you going to love me well?"
Wu Qiang had already started to take off his cotton coat, and he was untying the belt of his clothes in a hurry.
Seeing Qianhuan asking him innocently, he smiled evilly and said, "Sister Qianhuan, you will know how your brother loves you later. As long as Brother Qiangzi loves you this time, I guarantee you will want your brother to love you a second time."
Qianhuan felt so disgusted when she saw his obscene appearance that she wanted to vomit.