"Old man, you'd better think of a solution quickly. Now the second son and his wife are both eating public food." Old Mrs. Song stamped her feet anxiously.
"Old man, why don't we find another fortune teller? The second wife must be possessed by an evil spirit. Otherwise, how could she become a completely different person and even be able to drive a tractor?"
"Shut up! You're talking so loudly. If you want to be criticized, get out of here now." Old man Song's face was gloomy and he glared fiercely.
"No rush, let's go back and figure it out slowly."
“Hey~”
Old Mrs. Song's eyes were shining with pride. "Just wait, little whore."
.....
Team leader Zhao Lei signaled for everyone to be quiet. "Everyone, please be quiet. The tractor has returned, and parking is a problem."
Gao Ming, the village party secretary, said, "The iron ox is such a valuable thing. Why don't we keep it in the brigade headquarters yard? Should we build a shed there?"
Captain Zhao Lei had actually thought it through on the way back, and simply said, "The yard at the brigade headquarters is a little small. I think it would be better to have Guo Liang's wife drive to their house. The yard is large, and the village can send someone to build a shed. This saves the brigade headquarters having to send someone to look after it. What do you think?"
"Yes, the captain is right..."
Under the villagers' envious gazes, Du Xiaoying drove the tractor straight home.
Da Ya and Er Ya's faces were flushed with excitement. Their little hands tightly grasped the truck bed, and their eyes sparkled as they looked at the group of children, big and small, chasing after them.
The Song family was filled with resentment and jealousy, their eyes red with anger, and they cursed under their breath while gritting their teeth.
"Little hoof whore..."
"You're a money-loser, and you're riding on a tractor. How shameless!"
San Ya and her two younger sisters saw a group of children peeking around from afar, but they stayed away from them for fear of dirt.
The three sisters ran down in a hurry.
At a glance, he saw the big thing in the yard, with his elder and second sisters sitting on it, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"mom."
"Why did you come back so late?" Du Xiao carried Daya and Erya, whose faces were flushed, off the tractor.
"Mom, we picked too much pig grass and came back late." San Ya said hurriedly, her eyes still staring at the big guy.
Arya said excitedly, "My elder sister and I came back on a tractor driven by mom. You have no idea how envious others are."
The three sisters' faces were full of envy, but then their little faces fell in disappointment, and they regretted that they didn't come back earlier today.
Du Xiaoying touched the little heads of Sanya, Siya, and Wuya, and said, "Next time, when I use the tractor, I'll take you for a ride. I can't do it today, or someone will tell anyone if they see me."
"Yes!" The three sisters nodded sensibly, secretly looking forward to that day coming soon.
"Do you want to go up and sit for a while?" Du Xiaoying said, carrying her three daughters up one by one.
Looking at his three daughters with sparkling eyes, he stiffened his body, stretched out his little hand to touch it carefully, and then immediately took it back, feeling sad in his heart.
As soon as Song Guoliang came back, he heard that his wife had returned driving a tractor. He was happy and excited for her from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, looking at the brand new big iron ox, he couldn't help but recall the scene in his dream.
Dreams and reality were intertwined, and for a moment they were difficult to tell apart.
"Have you ever driven a car when you were in the army?" Du Xiaoying looked at the man standing beside her with a posture as tall as a pine or cypress with some curiosity.
If I tell others this, no one will believe it. The couple has been married for more than ten years, and she knows almost nothing about her man. She doesn't even know where his unit is. She only knows that it is in the northwest region.
Facing the curious eyes of his wife and daughter, Song Guoliang came back to his senses, "Yes, I can drive, and I'm quite skilled at it."
"Dad, are you good at shooting?" Erya asked curiously.
"Well, Dad joined the army at the age of seventeen, and went to the battlefield in less than half a year..." Song Guoliang's eyes were full of nostalgia for his past life in the army, and he spoke only the parts that did not involve military secrets.
Du Xiaoying felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She could feel the man's passion for his career in the past, but now...
"Do you regret it?"
Her voice was so soft that only she could hear it.
“No regrets!”
Du Xiaoying looked up suddenly and met those bottomless black eyes, which seemed to be able to suck people in.
Song Guoliang's expression was firm. "Xiaoying, I spent the first half of my life trying to protect my family and country. In the second half, I just want to protect my wife and daughter. I hope they will live a peaceful and healthy life."
Du Xiaoying's cold and lonely heart trembled, and her nose felt sore. When she thought of this tall and majestic man in her previous life, who eventually turned into such a small jar, her nose felt sore and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
At this moment, the invisible distance between the couple was shortened a lot.
"Guoliang, let's come over to the shed."
Team leader Zhao Lei brought a group of team cadres, pushed two carts of wood and straw, and started to build a shed for the tractor.
Du Xiaoying quickly lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes.
Song Guoliang also helped, and a group of men worked hard and finished the job that night.
The sky gradually darkened, and suddenly a strange wind blew up, howling and sweeping over.
The group of older men didn't say anything, but their faces turned pale as they looked at the family and each other in bewilderment.
Team leader Zhao Lei coughed and said, "Guoliang, if you want to build a new house, tell us in advance and divide the base early so that everyone can take time to help during the slack season."
"Uncle, not for now."
The couple didn't miss the sympathetic and hesitant look on the brigade cadre's face, and they couldn't help laughing.
Du Xiaoying thought about talking to the team leader privately when she had time. She wanted to spend money to buy this house so that she could stay away from the crowd and her family could live there without having to worry about being watched every day.
The next morning, the couple had breakfast and went out early.
Song Guoliang watched his wife's figure disappear around the corner, thinking about the bustling street scene in his dream. He felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart, and it took him a long time to enter the unit.
"Who is it? Come on, come on."
Wang Chunxiu looked at Du Xiaoying, who was smiling at the door, and pulled her into the house and locked the door. She was anxious and happy, "Sister, why haven't you come all this time? Everyone has been urging me to come."
"Sister-in-law, our team has been busy recently. I just found some free time, so I came here early this morning."
Du Xiaoying quickly put down the two baskets on her shoulders. "Sister-in-law, this time we have fifty eggs, some dried mountain products, eight large fish, and the rest are palm-sized fish. How many do you want?"
Wang Chunxiu slapped her thigh and said, "Big sister, I'm telling you the truth. Many of the things I sold before were asked by others, so... I want all of these today. Even though we live in the city, we need tickets for everything and can't buy them. We still have to tighten our belts and make ends meet."
"But don't worry, they are all reliable."
Du Xiaoying had guessed it in her heart a long time ago, but pretended not to know, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly weighed the goods and calculated the money.
.....
With the warm bills in his pocket, he walked out of the alley where Mrs. Wang lived and hurried to the state-owned bookstore.
Unfortunately, the county state-owned bookstore does not have books on tractor maintenance, so you need to go to the state-owned bookstore in the city.
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