"Hey hey hey! Sit, sit, sit! Master, you drive! We'll sit!" Seeing that Lin Shumei was about to quarrel with the driver, Xu Xuejun hurried to smooth things over, fearing that the driver would be left behind.
"Pay first." The driver spread his hands, worried that the two young men would deny their money when they got there. Sihe Village? They were unfamiliar with the place. Once they got there, they would have the final say.
Xu Xuejun quickly grabbed Lin Shumei, who was about to run away, and gave the driver 100 yuan. "The rest, whether it's the empty fare or the toll, you have to pay by meter, right? I'll give it to you when we get to the destination."
The driver didn't insist anymore. He shook the green hundred-yuan bill and turned on the light to check its authenticity. Only after confirming that it was real money did he put it away and leave.
"Okay, remember to show me the way when we get to Su County."
"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, Master!"
While Xu Xuejun was busy giving the master a good guy card, he also had to quietly coax Lin Shumei to stop arguing with the master. By the way, he took out bread and water from his bag and stuffed them into Lin Shumei's mouth to divert her attention.
"Eat something first, we won't be home early today."
Lin Shumei still felt bad for the hundred yuan Xu Xuejun had paid out. Even if the family was rich, they couldn't afford such a big expense, right? But she also knew that now was not the time to argue with the master. If she waited any longer, she would have to go back and catch the bus tomorrow.
Lin Shumei pursed her lips as she took the bread and water and said softly, "We'll split the hundred between us later."
Before Xu Xuejun could say anything, the master in front of him spoke again, "You two young couples want to share the burden equally? You are such an incompetent husband!"
Lin Shumei:!!!
Xu Xuejun: ???
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lin Shumei's face flushed red, and she was about to jump up and down again. Xu Xuejun quickly held her down and explained to the driver awkwardly.
"We are not, we are not a couple, we are just friends from the same village!"
"Tsk~" The master looked back through the rearview mirror with a look of disbelief on his face.
"What friends? Look at the look in your eyes, you feel sorry for the little girl and wonder if she's hungry."
Xu Xuejun didn't know where to look for a moment.
"You two are so close!"
Lin Shumei and Xu Xuejun were instantly bounced to the sides.
"We're just home! Isn't it a home?"
"no!"
"no!"
The two of them shouted out in unison.
"We're from the same village! From the same village! If we're from the same village, we'll arrive together!"
The driver made another "tsk~" sound, and his expression made even Xu Xuejun want to hit the driver with a hammer.
"Please stop chatting with us! Just drive carefully! Drop us off early so you can come back early!"
…
The car was completely silent, with only the sound of the car's hood colliding with the rocks and the driver occasionally honking his horn and leaning out to curse.
After what the driver did, Lin Shumei didn't know whether to eat the bread and water in her hand or not.
But because their daily life is too regular, especially for the child who grew up under the guidance of her grandmother, three meals a day are absolutely on time, she is really a little hungry now.
Xu Xuejun noticed her hesitation and wanted to say, "Go ahead and eat!" But because the driver was sitting in the front, he was afraid he would start "tsk-tsk-tsk" again, so he swallowed the words back.
Instead, turn to physical actions.
He first stretched out his foot and touched Lin Shumei's high heels. When Lin Shumei looked over, he raised his chin and his eyes fell on the bread and water in her hands, signaling her not to worry about the master and to eat quickly.
Lin Shumei looked at the bread in her hand, then looked at him and nodded. Then she pointed at his bag with one finger and nodded at him, asking if he had any more. He ate some too!
Xu Xuejun nodded, indicating that he had it, then took out another bag of bread from his bag, opened it and took a big bite, then raised his hand to show Lin Shumei - Look, I have it, I have eaten it, you should eat it quickly too!
Seeing that he still had some, Lin Shumei felt relieved, tore open the package, and began to take small bites.
Then,
"Hehe~"
The driver in front saw the whole pantomime in the rearview mirror and couldn't help laughing out loud.
But he also discovered that the young people nowadays are really thin-skinned. They can't be spoken to or criticized. So when the two people behind him looked up at him, he immediately looked out the window and pretended to talk to himself,
"That girl is so pretty!"
Lin Shumei & Xu Xuejun: …
There was clearly only an old man in front of the car, twisting his torso and pedaling a tricycle!
This master really is!
Lin Shumei took a big bite of the bread and chewed it as if it were her own.
Xu Xuejun also buried his head tightly at this moment. He didn't know why he always felt like he was caught by the teacher for passing notes in class.
I just sat in the car for too long, and the smell of gasoline in the car made me feel a little nauseous.
Lin Shumei still felt a little chest tightness and shortness of breath. The only window in the car that was open was the driver's cab. Anyone who has opened a window before knows that opening only one window in a confined space does not have much effect on air circulation, so it is still stuffy.
So they both rolled down the windows at the same time, and the summer evening breeze blew through the entire car, blowing Lin Shumei's carefully styled big wavy hair into a mess, sometimes hitting Xu Xuejun's face, and sometimes hitting her own face.
When Xu Xuejun smelled the faint scent of perfume on the girl's hair next to him, he felt that his knowledge blind spots had been opened up all of a sudden, as if he had been bewitched, and he almost spilled the mineral water in his hand.
While saying sorry, Lin Shumei fumbled through her pockets for the rubber band. After searching for a long time, she finally found it and put it on her wrist, then quickly tied it up.
When she was tying her hair, Xu Xuejun seemed to have just come back to life. He rushed over with a red face and tried to remove the bread crumbs that had just touched his lips from the end of her hair.
There was another flurry of activity in the back of the car, with the windows being rolled down and up again, interspersed with the driver's "Hehehe~"
Lin Shumei made up her mind. When she got home, she would ask her father to buy her a car in advance! She could drive home by herself when the time came! Otherwise, if this happened again, she would jump into the Qiantang River!
Wait, why would there be a next time?
Do you want to go home with Xu Xuejun next time?
Ah! But what did Xu Xuejun do wrong? Lin Shumei, why do you dislike him?
Hmm... What if he comes to me again and asks me to go back with him? He's not a bad guy, so it's not impossible!
If you have a car, it would be quite convenient to go back together, right?
Ahhh! Lin Shumei! What are you thinking about?
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