Tian Fang picked out the sweet potatoes from the stove and called Liu Limin, Zhang Dali, and Li Qiang to eat. Everyone took their lunchboxes and filled a bowl with soup, which tasted really delicious.
Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning Li Ping; even Li Qiang silently drank his soup, creating a somewhat somber atmosphere.
Liu Limin took several sips of the soup: "Ye Chenming, the wild vegetable and mushroom soup is quite delicious, thank you."
Zhang Dali nodded in agreement: "I've been feeling nauseous from eating sweet potatoes lately, but this soup makes me feel much better."
Tian Fang chimed in, "Ye Chen'er, if possible, take us to pick some mushrooms or something to change things up."
Ye Chen'er shook her head: "Tian Fang, it's not that I'm unwilling, but without someone from the village to lead the way, it's very easy to encounter wolves, and I think there are also wild boars or something."
Hearing the voices outside, Li Ping felt even more annoyed. "You, Ye Chen'er, you didn't take me with you, and now you're not even inviting me for soup."
He got up and pushed Ye Chen'er's bedding two meters away, separating them with his own luggage, signifying that they were no longer friends.
When Ye Chen'er finished washing up and returned to her room, she saw that her bedding had been pushed to the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), and she was very angry.
She turned around and went out to find her cousin. The two siblings looked helpless because Li Qiang was also clearly distancing himself from them, but men are just too embarrassed to go too far.
The next morning, Yan Beinan rode his bicycle to the educated youth settlement: "Ye Chenming, come out quickly, we're leaving."
When Yan Xiaoqiang heard that Yan Beinan wanted to borrow a bicycle to go to town, his eyes widened. What a joke! That's a bicycle, not a handcart.
Yan Xiaonan started to act cute and coquettish: "Daddy, you scared me, Daddy, I'm scared."
Yan Xiaoqiang cherished this little girl the most. Seeing Yan Xiaonan's expression, he knew she was faking it, but he just couldn't refuse her.
With no other choice, he pushed the bicycle out and handed it to Yan Xiaonan: "Daughter, this is my life, you can't let it get to me."
Yan Xiaonan took the bicycle and skillfully pushed it: "Dad, don't worry, I'll live as long as the bike is here, and I'll die if the bike dies."
Yan Xiaoqiang quickly covered his daughter's mouth: "Sweetie, don't talk nonsense. The car is gone, but you can't be hurt."
Bei Nan ran out with a plop on her bottom. Nan Nan is really amazing; she finally managed to coax the bicycle out.
Upon seeing Bei Nan, Yan Xiaoqiang immediately shouted, "You brat, if you dare to smash my car again, I'll break your legs!"
North and South "..."
Yan Xiaonan "......"
Ye Chenming ran out as soon as he heard the noise. He smiled when he saw Yan Beinan's smug look. Yan Beinan whispered, "I'll let you ride it when we get to town."
Ye Chenming shook his head. You can't just touch other people's things; it wouldn't be good if you broke them.
Yan Beinan rode his bike very fast and fast, even taking his hands off the handlebars on flat roads, which startled Ye Chenming.
"Bei Nan, ride slower, don't fall."
Upon hearing that he had crashed, Bei Nan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly grabbed the handlebars, slowed down, and started chatting with Ye Chenming.
"Ye Chenming, do you have bicycles in your hometown?"
"Yes, there is a bicycle at home, but my dad doesn't let me ride it, so I learned to ride it secretly." Ye Chenming was a little homesick.
"How's your hometown? Is it as big as Mushroom Village?" Yan Beinan continued to ask.
Ye Chenming "......"
"Bei Nan, what do you learn in geography class at your school?"
"What was it? I think it was about the Earth and maps, oceans and land or something." Bei Nan began to recall.
"Shanghai is a very big city, if you have the chance to go..."
Ye Chenming couldn't say anything more. His future seemed uncertain, so what could he offer others as a promise?
Although the words were not spoken, Bei Nan understood.
Bei Nan was also somewhat disheartened, wondering where his future lay. He could no longer continue his studies, and he couldn't find a job. Apart from farming at home, where else could he find a way out?
Upon arriving in town, Ye Chenming understood why Bei Nan hadn't allowed Nan Nan and Chen'er to come. Everywhere he looked, there were people wearing red armbands, in groups of them.
The street was bustling with people, and shouts filled everyone's ears... (a thousand words omitted here)
Yan Beinan had already taken the bicycle and was leading Ye Chenming toward the supply and marketing cooperative. The bicycle stopped at the entrance of the cooperative.
"Go inside and take a look. I'll watch the car," Bei Nan said to Ye Chenming, worried about the vehicle.
Ye Chenming nodded and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative, where the shelves on the wall were filled with a dazzling array of goods.
Alarm clock, washbasin, thermos, flashlight, shoes and skin cream, as well as pots and pans.
The cotton and coarse cotton cloth he needed were nowhere to be found. Ye Chenming sighed inwardly and walked out in disappointment.
At the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, several children about the same age as Yan Beinan were circling around the bicycle.
"Hey kid, you already have a bicycle? Let me try it out." A man with triangular eyes glanced sideways at Bei Nandao.
“I don’t know you, so I can’t let you try it,” Bei Nan said coldly.
"You little brat's got some guts, huh? Come on, get him. I'll see if I can handle this." The triangular-eyed man waved his hand.
One of the henchmen went up to steal the car, but Bei Nan was furious and kicked the henchman in the stomach, sending him flying two meters away.
The other two, seeing this, were also eager to fight. Bei Nan, seeing Ye Chenming come out, pushed his bicycle towards him: "You go first."
Ye Chenming glanced around and understood what was going on. He hid the bicycle first, then came to help.
He took the bicycle and rode off. Triangular Eyes panicked and quickly called for a few people to chase after him, but Bei Nan blocked them.
Unable to break through, the man with the triangular eyes became enraged: "Why aren't you making a move?"
The one on the ground, terrified of being kicked by Bei Nan, lay there pretending to be dead. The other two started fighting, but what they didn't know was that Bei Nan was famous throughout the school for his fighting skills.
Moreover, he has been eating well and has grown taller in recent years, so these two little chicks are no match for him.
After knocking down the two men with a few punches, he pounced on the man with the triangular eyes, scaring him so much that he begged for mercy.
Bei Nan didn't say much, her mind preoccupied with the bicycle, and quickly ran in the direction Ye Chenming had gone.
The man with the triangular eyes glanced at Bei Nan's retreating figure, then kicked a few people lying on the ground and asked, "Does anyone know him?"
All three shook their heads, and the man with the triangular eyes said resentfully, "Let's go find Mao Tou and see if he knows this person."
After running for about ten minutes, Ye Chenming also came running over, panting, and the two met up.
"Bei Nan, how are you? Were you hurt?"
"Where's the bicycle?" Bei Nan shook his head, then asked anxiously.
"I hid the bicycle in a haystack because I was afraid you couldn't beat them, so I came to help," Ye Chenming said.
Bei Nan laughed: "He's a brother, but how could I possibly lose to these little brats? Let's go back."
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