Cuihua handed Yan Xiaonan over to Grandma Yan, telling her to hold the little girl and stand behind that rock. She herself carried a wood-chopping knife, so she could rescue her in time if anything happened.
The car was the same one as before. Zhao Weiguo saw Yan Xiaonan from afar and was very happy. He parked the car on the side, got out, and took out a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, handing it to Yan Xiaonan. You should know that White Rabbit milk candy was extremely expensive in those days. Not only was it expensive, but you also needed ration coupons.
Yan Xiaonan accepted the gift and thanked Uncle Zhao sweetly. Zhao Weiguo was so happy that he didn't even notice Yan Xiaonan calling him uncle. He took the scale and started weighing the rice. Just like last time, each bag weighed 103 jin. After weighing three bags, Zhao Weiguo gave up. The Yan family was honest and would definitely not shortchange people. Why bother weighing? It was a waste of time and energy.
1,000 jin of rice, plus 100 jin from last time, totaling 1,100 jin, was exchanged for a bicycle, milk powder, canned goods, pork, cloth, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, as well as 1,200 jin of cornmeal and over 300 yuan in cash.
Just like last time, Zhao Weimin unloaded the items from the car, while Yan Xiaoqiang loaded them onto the car from below. Zhao Weiguo took out the money and handed it to Cuihua, who then carefully counted it. However, Cuihua was really bad at math and had to count it three or four times before she could count it correctly, which made Yan Xiaonan so anxious that she wanted to snatch the money and count it herself.
After the transaction was completed, Zhao Weiguo gently touched Yan Xiaonan's delicate, smiling face and said softly, "If we meet again, I'll bring you even more delicious food and beautiful clothes, okay?" Yan Xiaonan shook her head, "No."
Zhao Weiguo was somewhat surprised. In this era, children lacked food and clothing. Why wouldn't it be good to have good food and clothes?
Yan Xiaonan wanted to say that she shouldn't accept something for nothing, but how could a two-year-old possibly say such things? She could only roll her eyes. Grandma Yan suppressed a laugh and said, "My girl has a good character; she wouldn't take other people's things without permission."
Zhao Weiguo nodded quickly: "Grandma, I know, I treat Nannan like a little sister."
Yan Xiaonan refused to accept this. "I have a brother, my own brother. Who would want someone like you, who works in the black market, as my brother? In a few years, your lives won't be easy. Getting involved with you will only bring bad luck to our own family."
So Yan Xiaonan pretended to go to sleep. When Grandma Yan saw this, she got anxious. Could it be that she had used up too much magic power again? She quickly said to Zhao Weiguo, "It's getting dark. There are wolves here. It's not safe. You should go back quickly. We can contact each other again when we have the chance."
As if in agreement with Grandma Yan's words, the howl of wolves could be heard from afar. Zhao Weiguo hurriedly told Grandma Yan to take the little girl to the car, but Yan Xiaoqiang waved his hand and said, "You should hurry up. My home is nearby. Hurry up."
Zhao Weiguo was a perceptive man; he knew this family didn't want him to know where they lived, so he nodded, quickly got into the car, Yan Weimin stuck his head out to say hello, and then drove off.
Watching the car drive away, Grandma Yan shouted at the spot where Yan Dongnan was hiding: "Aren't you coming out? Are you getting ready to be the wolf's dinner?"
Grandma Yan was unaware that Yan Dongnan was following behind, but Yan Xiaonan would tell her. Grandma was startled, and Yan Xiaonan quickly told her that it was alright, and that Yan Dongnan hadn't seen her when she took the things out.
Grandma Yan was relieved. If she couldn't see anything, things would be easier. She quietly told Yan Xiaoqiang and his wife that the rice was brought here by their older brother and that the person who exchanged the items was also found by their older brother. Yan Xiaoqiang and Cuihua were a little confused, but when Grandma Yan spoke to the stone, they knew that there was someone behind the stone.
Yan Dongnan knew he couldn't hide any longer, so he nervously emerged from behind the rock. When Cuihua and Yan Xiaoqiang saw it was Yan Dongnan, they breathed a sigh of relief. The young man was smart and wouldn't say anything reckless.
Yan Xiaoqiang spoke up: "Southeast, these are things your grandma asked your uncle to get. Help him take them back. But the bicycle can only be taken out after your uncle comes back. Put the bicycle in the new house in the southwest first and lock the door."
Yan Dongnan nodded. Whether it was his uncle or his grandmother, they were all covering for Nan Nan. He shouldn't think too much about it. Following his grandmother wouldn't be wrong.
Standing in front of the bicycle, Yan Dongnan felt a little frustrated. He had never touched a bicycle before, so how could he ride it? He looked back at Yan Xiaoqiang, who was also frustrated. It was his first time owning a bicycle, and he also didn't know how to ride it.
Cuihua couldn't ride a bike at all. The adults stared at each other, not knowing what to do. Yan Xiaonan was speechless. "My dad, why are you clamoring for a bicycle if you can't ride one? It's driving me crazy! You can ride a bike and drive a car, but what good is it?"
In the end, Grandma Yan made the decision. Yan Dongnan pushed the bicycle back and didn't need to worry about anything else. Yan Dongnan walked around the bicycle and carefully pushed it, but almost tripped over an iron bar on the back of the bicycle. He pointed to the iron bar and asked Yan Xiaoqiang, "How do I fix this?"
Yan Xiaoqiang also started to study it, knowing that this was the small foot that supported the bicycle, but how to get it up? Yan Xiaonan got anxious and said, "Kick it back."
Yan Xiaoqiang disagreed with his daughter's suggestion this time. "It's a new car, how could you kick it?"
Yan Dongnan seemed to be thinking. If he couldn't kick it, he would push it with his hands. He asked Yan Xiaoqiang to hold the bicycle, and he took the iron bar and pushed it backward. Sure enough, it went up. Luckily, he put his hand down quickly, or his hand would have been caught.
Having learned from his experience, Yan Dongnan tried it a few more times with his hands and realized that his sister was right; it was easier to kick with his feet. So, he lightly touched the pole with the back of his foot, and it snapped up with a crack. He then pushed the pole back with his foot, and it snapped back to stop the bicycle.
Yan Xiaoqiang watched with envy and started experimenting too. So that's how you use this pole! His daughter is really something else. Cuihua even took Yan Xiaonan's hand and kissed it repeatedly, leaving Yan Xiaonan speechless.
Now that he knew how to use a pole, riding a bicycle shouldn't be too difficult, right? There were people riding bicycles in town, and Southeast had always been envious. Now that he had one at home, how could he not ride it? So he took a long stride, sat on the pole, and started riding like the people in town. The bicycle wobbled and moved forward.
Yan Xiaoqiang looked at the car worriedly. "This little brat, I hope he doesn't crash my car!" Luckily, Yan Dongnan had long legs. When he lost control of the handlebars, he used his legs to brace himself. However, he didn't know how to brake, so he kept scraping the ground with one leg until he finally crashed spectacularly.
Yan Xiaoqiang felt sorry for the bicycle and rushed over to pick it up. He looked it over from left to right and up to down. Luckily, it wasn't broken. Yan Xiaonan almost wanted to cover her face. The bicycle was less important than the person. Her dad was really adorable.
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