The electric tricycle jolted along, but with a few short stools placed in the cargo bed, it was already a luxurious first-class seat—as Old Deng put it.
"...You Ye, you really didn't have to come along." Worried that her future daughter-in-law would suffer, Zi Ling's Mother hesitated. "Why don't you two stay here and wait?"
"It's fine." Maid Miss smiled faintly. "This is a novel experience too... And don't let my appearance fool you. When I was little, I rode ox carts and sometimes walked long distances."
"Oh... Really? I never would've guessed." Zi Ling's Mother looked as if she had discovered a new continent. It was truly hard to connect Maid Miss's refined air with an ox cart!
It was like how she often told people that, as a child, she hadn't been able to afford a horse and could only ride pigs for fun... No one ever believed her!
"The road's a little bumpy, so hold on tight!" Old Deng shouted. After shifting gears, the tricycle's engine roared to life.
It was genuinely loud.
At that moment, Old Deng seemed possessed by the god of tofu-stall racing, accelerating straight up a hundred-meter incline!
On the way to the ruins of Shangshui Village, there was even a stretch untouched by human construction. Weeds grew thickly on both sides, and normally only local farmers riding small motorcycles passed through to tend their fields.
"Why are some houses submerged over there?" Lizi's sharp eyes noticed the water level beside the road, and she asked curiously.
"They built a reservoir!" Old Deng answered without turning around. "It's actually Lover's Beach. It wasn't this large before, but then there was a flood that washed away a lot of places. In the end, they moved everyone in the valley out and turned it into