"When the car starts moving, cover your nose with a wet handkerchief. It will make you feel better. The handkerchief should be clean."
"Thanks."
Gu Qingbei has been paying attention to Jiang Mengxue's condition.
Fortunately, it just looked a little uncomfortable, not to the point of vomiting.
The car stopped and started the whole time, which made Jiang Mengxue, who was already feeling uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable. To prevent herself from vomiting, she could only cover her nose with a handkerchief and sleep with her eyes closed, otherwise she would definitely vomit if she smelled the smell in the car.
After a while, she tilted her head and leaned on Gu Qingbei's shoulder.
Gu Qingbei glanced down but didn't wake her up. His deep eyes looked out the window, wondering what he was thinking.
The carriage was crowded and noisy, and the conductor, relying on her petite figure, shuttled among the crowd. No one could escape her eyes and evade the ticket.
By the time we arrived at the commune, it was almost five o'clock in the evening and it was getting dark. I probably wouldn't see any ox carts returning to the team at this time.
Not to mention that it was already very late, everyone in the team who came to the commune would rush back to the team before dark.
Besides, it is still the autumn harvest time, and everyone will probably be busy until very late. The cow is the team's treasure, so how could they bear to let it drive out at this time?
It seems I have no choice but to walk back by myself. I don’t know how long it will take to reach the destination, which is more than ten miles away.
"Is there anyone from Comrade Jiang's family to pick him up?"
Jiang Mengxue, immersed in her own thoughts, realized that Gu Qingbei was still beside her.
He sighed and shook his head, "I didn't tell my family in advance when I would be back, so it looks like I have to walk back."
"Can you walk back? It's about ten miles from the commune to Xiaotaoyuan."
This short distance was of course nothing for Gu Qingbei. He could run back quickly even with a load.
But looking at the little girl in front of him, he thought it would be difficult for her to walk.
"Of course, I can, but it's so far away that it will be dark by the time we get home."
Although Jiang Mengxue doesn't look like someone who can endure hardship, she is really very persistent in her heart.
Her experiences since childhood have made her rely on herself for everything. Not to mention just walking back, even if she was asked to carry dozens of kilograms of things, she could still insist on walking back without saying a word.
But now it looked like it was getting dark halfway through, and she didn't dare walk home alone.
Gu Qingbei thought for a moment and said, "I have a friend who lives not far from here. I'll borrow his bike and take you back."
Jiang Mengxue was a little tempted, but she had already troubled the other person today, and she would feel embarrassed to ask him to send her off again.
Noticing her expression, Gu Qingbei naturally knew what she was thinking.
"Don't worry, just wait here for me."
Gu Qingbei put his backpack at Jiang Mengxue's feet, took two bags of things out of the bag, turned around and left.
There were still quite a few people nearby at this moment, and there were also a few buses coming from other counties or communes.
Jiang Mengxue dragged the things to the roadside and waited for Gu Qingbei to come back.
She was also thinking about how she would explain herself if she was seen by others when she returned to the team.
Being sent back by a strange man, I don’t know what kind of rumors will spread about me.
“Ding… Ding…”
Less than ten minutes passed.
Gu Qingbei came back riding a 28-inch bicycle.
Jiang Mengxue saw that he was dressed in a white shirt and black pants and had a domineering aura.
Now I always feel something is weird when riding a 28-inch bicycle.
"There's a bamboo basket hanging next to the back seat. I put my bags and things in it so I don't have to carry them in my hands."
The bicycle was very tall and the bamboo basket was not small either. Even a backpack as big as Gu Qingbei's could barely be placed on top. Jiang Mengxue just had to hold on with her hands.
Otherwise, it would be really difficult for Jiang Mengxue to hold it, because it was really big, and it was half her height when placed on the ground.
The other bag was hanging on the handlebars, and Gu Qingbei was strong enough to hold it.
It was already dark when the two of them got on their bikes, and they probably wouldn't be able to see the road in a while.
Gu Qingbei reached into his backpack again and took out a flashlight.
It was inconvenient for Gu Qingbei to ride the bike with one hand, so Jiang Mengxue had to sit behind him and use a flashlight to light the way.
The roads are still dirt roads, usually full of potholes, so the experience of riding a bike is really not that good.
This was because Gu Qingbei didn't dare to ride fast and tried to avoid bumpy roads.
"Comrade Gu, is he back from his military leave?"
The two of them were so quiet the whole time, Jiang Mengxue felt a little embarrassed, so she wanted to find some topics to talk about, so that she could understand more about the current era.
"Well, I haven't had a vacation in many years. This vacation was quite long so I came back to take a look. I didn't expect that there have been so many changes.
There weren’t as many factories as there are now, and many have expanded.”
"Well, this has solved the employment problems of many people. There are now a lot fewer unemployed people in the city."
"In the past two years, many young people from cities have gone to the countryside to support land reclamation and farming in the border areas. Maybe we will see the same thing in the future."
Jiang Mengxue: "?"
It’s only 1958, how come there are already educated youth?
She remembered that after 1968, every family with urban graduates had to send one child to the countryside.
Later on, if a family was unemployed or unmarried, only one child could be left at home, and the rest had to go to the countryside.
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