By the time Jiang Yilu dragged the bare gourd and iron pillar, which looked like dead dogs, back to the yard, Old Lady Miao had already gone to the brigade headquarters to help. Ruan Ruan and Sini tied rubber ropes to the trunks of two big trees in the yard and were having fun.
"I'm so tired." Guangpiao lay on the ground as soon as he returned to the yard, not caring about the mud on the ground, and he was half dead. Tiezhu was a little careful and lay on Guangpiao's belly. The heavy weight made Guangpiao scream and kick him away. Tiezhu rolled on the ground, laughing.
"Why are you two imitating Xiaobao? You work yourself to death every day. I don't know what's going on in your boys' heads. It would be much more fun if you could jump rope with us."
Si Ni wiped the hot sweat from her forehead and complained. Ruan Ruan stood beside her and smiled with her hands covering her mouth, but she didn't laugh like the two people who fell to the ground. In her opinion, Uncle Da Wu was the most powerful uncle in the world, and Brother Xiao Bao was the smartest brother in the world. These two people must be right, and Guang Piao and Tie Zhu who followed them to learn would naturally be right.
"Only little girls like you guys like to skip rope. Wait until I have mastered my martial arts and go up the mountain to hunt a group of wild boars, then you will know how powerful I am." Guangpiao rolled on the ground, saying breathlessly.
Jiang Yilu came out of the kitchen carrying porridge. When he heard Guangpiao's words, he frowned. This kid is still thinking about that. It seems that this level of training is not enough. He is still thinking about other things.
"Rest for half an hour. Don't lie on the ground. Shake your legs and loosen up your muscles. Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable tomorrow." Jiang Yiliu said to the two people lying on the ground, and then instructed Ruan Ruan: "Ruan Ruan, call me when the time is up."
Ruan Ruan was already used to being an active timer. She pulled out the pocket watch from her collar, checked the time, and nodded in response.
"Yes, there's still the horse stance. Ahhhh, I can't hold on any longer." Guangpiao just then remembered that there was still the horse stance to do. He suddenly felt hopeless. He lay on the ground in a spread-eagle position, pretending to be dead and motionless.
"It's not too late for you to give up now. I will tell Uncle Dawu and he won't blame you." Jiang Yilu's expression remained unchanged. He sipped the delicious chicken porridge in small sips and said to Guangpiao.
"Who said give up? I won't give up." Guangpiao jumped up from the ground and kicked the iron pillar again: "Right, Tiezhu!"
"Ah——" Tiezhu, who was exhausted, shook his head, two blushes appeared on his fair face, and he responded with a few perfunctory "Oh oh"s.
"I am a man who is going to be a soldier. I will not give in to such a small challenge. It's just horse stance. Who is afraid of who?"
Jiang Yilu looked at him like this. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was very happy in his heart. He turned around and took the bowl back to the house.
As soon as he turned around, Guangpiao fell to the ground again, sighed dejectedly, and looked at the sky with a sad face.
"Shame, shame, shame--" Si Ni covered her face towards Guangpiao. Her brother was not as desperate as the two of them when he was running. It turned out that Xiaobao was the best.
Guangpiao glared at Sini, but didn't get up to tease her. What a joke, he still had to save his strength to squat. Guangpiao looked up at the sky, as if he had seen his bright future, and he opened his mouth and grinned foolishly.
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"Xiaobao, Si Ni, Ruan Ruan, go to the village entrance and see, there is a car, my dad is back in a big green car." Mo Xiangfang ran over breathlessly, followed by the skinny Yu Xiaocao. Yu Xiaocao obviously couldn't keep up with her pace, covering her chest with one hand and holding the fence with the other, gasping for breath.
"What are you doing, Guangpiao, Tiezhu, why are you two also at Xiaobao's house?" Mo Xiangfang walked into the yard, looked at the three people squatting in strange postures, and asked curiously.
"They want to learn skills from Uncle Da Wu, and are now accepting the tasks assigned by Uncle Da Wu." Si Ni explained to Mo Xiangfang, "You just mentioned the big green car, what big green car?"
Si Ni sees her brother doing horse stance every day and has long been tired of it. Now she is more interested in the big green car that Mo Xiangfang mentioned.
When talking about this, Mo Xiangfang's face lit up with excitement: "You haven't seen it, that big green car is so big, as big as a house." Mo Xiangfang danced excitedly, spreading his hands wide, wanting to demonstrate the shape of the car to everyone.
"The big green car rumbles when it's driving, which is scary. My father and Uncle Dahai sit in the front of the car, and the little donkey from our village sits in the back. The back seat of the car is very spacious and can accommodate many people. My father said that it will be convenient for our villagers to go to the city in the future. They can reach the county town in half an hour by sitting in the big green car."
"Wow, that's amazing—"
Except for Ruan Ruan and Jiang Yilu, probably no one present had ever seen the shadow of a car. No one believed that anything could run faster than a donkey, and they could not wait to go and take a look.
"Xiaobao, how long will it take?" Guangpiao stared at Jiang Yilu with eager eyes. Tiezhu was the same. He was not interested in the big green car, but he was fat and neglected exercise on weekdays. He could not hold on any longer.
Jiang Yiliu took the pocket watch from Ruan Ruan and checked the time. There were still three minutes left. However, it was still the first day for the two boys. It was good enough that they could hold on. After all, they were real children, unlike him, who had the self-control of an adult.
"Time's up." After saying that, he closed the pocket watch and winked at Ruan Ruan. Ruan Ruan didn't know why he lied, but she still put the pocket watch away obediently.
When Yu Xiaocao walked into the yard, she happened to see Ruan Ruan putting away the pocket watch. She didn't know what it was, she just thought it was a silver necklace, and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.
"Let's go quickly. The back of the truck is full of people. If we go too late, there will be no place to sit." Yu Xiaocao reminded softly from behind.
"Go, go, go!" Guangpiao suddenly became lively when he thought of the magical big green car. Jiang Yiliu would not let them go so easily. He watched them finish the leg relaxation exercise before announcing their release.
"Remember, you two must relax your muscles after exercising, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow." Jiang Yiluo patiently reminded them over and over again.
Guangpiao performed the movements casually, his mind already wandering to the brigade headquarters. Tiezhu was very obedient, following Jiang Yilu's instructions and performing the entire set of movements completely.
"Okay, let's go."
After Jiang Yilu announced the liberation, everyone rushed out cheering. He smiled and sighed, said something to Jiang Dachuan who was lying in the room of Old Man Jiang and his wife, and left as well.
He was also looking forward to the big green truck. Thinking back to his previous life, the first Jiefang brand truck was allocated to the village. That was in the 1970s. Almost all villages were equipped with tractors, and then it was their turn to get the big truck. After all, Qingshan Village was remote and had a small population.
The mountain of wild boar meat was put to good use. Jiang Yilu walked along the path. In his previous life, without Uncle Dawu, the village only caught three or four wild boars, so naturally there were fewer that could be handed over to the county. In this life, with this variable, everything has changed. But they are all good changes. Jiang Yilu only hopes that everything can be like it is now, getting better and better. The Jiang family in his previous life did not give him good memories, but he always has the most sincere blessings for this hometown in his memory.
When the children arrived, the brigade headquarters was already crowded with people. Some people were working in the fields. They ran over with hoes on their shoulders and legs covered in mud, and surrounded the big vehicle, admiring it.
"Dashuan, you are really capable. There is no one like him even in Hongqi Village." An old man in his sixties, with half of his teeth missing, said excitedly while touching the green iron body of the car.
"No way..." Mo Dashuan said with a smug look, "We have to thank the group of wild boars that Dawu caught. Today, I sent the wild boars to the county committee, and the entire committee was shocked. They all praised Qingshan Village for its good work. Now, the higher-ups have approved four large trucks for the county. In addition to the two trucks that the county kept, one was allocated to Hongqi Village, and the other one was given to our village."
“There are some in Hongqi Village too?”
There is competition among the villages. Hongqi Village is the richest of the several production teams in Yuchuan County. It has more land than other villages and the amount of grain it submits each year is much higher than that of other villages. Every year at the cadres' meetings, the team leader of Hongqi Village is the one commended by the county. As for Qingshan Village, it is neither good nor bad, because Mo Dashuan knows how to behave and the county leaders have a good impression of him. However, it is true that Qingshan Village is poor. Things in the mountains cannot be moved easily. The villagers are hardworking and diligent, but the annual harvest can only ensure that it is not at the bottom.
Hongqi Village is closest to Qingshan Village, so it's inevitable that the villagers have some small ideas. They originally thought that the big green car was only in their village, but when they heard that Hongqi Village also had it, they immediately felt disappointed.
"What are you dreaming about? Do you think our village is a good place? Even so, it's all because of those wild boars. Other villages are much better than ours. They fought hard but still couldn't get one. You should be laughing now."
Mo Dashuan slapped the young man who had just spoken on the head, and the person who spoke slipped back into the crowd in shame, causing the whole audience to burst into laughter.
"With this truck, it will be more convenient to deliver things from our village to the city. We don't have to drive the truck into the city in the cold weather."
"Jueli--" The big gray donkey sitting at the back of the truck heard its name and raised its head and yelled. Its two front hooves were on the edge of the truck, and its long ears trembled in the air.
"Big Gray is going to enjoy his old age. With this big guy, he won't have to work so hard. Look, besides Big Gray, which other donkey has ever ridden in a truck? We humans don't have this blessing."
In Qingshan Village, every large livestock is a treasure to the farmers. Almost every villager present has brushed the back of a large animal or cleaned the greenhouse for it, and they all have feelings for it.
"Uncle Dashuan, let us ride in this big truck. We also want to experience what it feels like to be a driver of a big truck." A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old leaned close to Mo Dashuan's ear and said pleadingly.
"Just play around, that's all you know how to do. This big guy consumes oil. The county only allocates a little diesel every month, and it's not for you to waste." Mo Dashuan jumped up and hit him again. Yes, this young man was the one who was just beaten.
"But..." The villagers were just feeling disappointed, but Mo Dashuan changed his tone and said, "After a while, everyone can go to the county to buy New Year's goods. I'll take everyone there in a truck."
"Oh——" After hearing what Mo Dashuan said, the villagers who were originally a little disappointed became jubilant again and cheered around the big truck.
Jiang Yiliu looked at the enthusiastic villagers. People at that time were so simple and honest. Everything could make them happy. In this era, everyone was full of energy. No matter how hard and tiring the life was, they always believed that tomorrow would be better. In a sense, people in this era might be the happiest.
"What is this, a bicycle."
The villager who moved the donkey off the back of the truck saw a half-old bicycle and a bulging package on the back seat of the truck, and asked curiously.
"This is mine. I'll move it down right away."
Jiang Yilu heard a familiar voice, poked his head out, and then saw his father carrying a bicycle and jumping down from the back of the truck.
"Wow, this bicycle is from Haicheng brand, it must be worth a lot of money. Dahai, your family has made a fortune." A villager was obviously quite knowledgeable and recognized the brand of the bicycle at once.
"No, my family couldn't afford it. My brother-in-law's family bought a new bicycle, and this one was left for Dazhen to ride. But Dazhen is timid and can't learn to ride it no matter what. I went to deliver wild boar meat to them today, so my brother-in-law asked me to bring the bicycle back, saying that he wanted Dani and the others to ride the bicycles to school." Jiang Dahai explained with a smile.
"Dazhen is so lucky to marry into a good family." The villagers sighed and said: It seems that it is good for girls to have some education. Look, Dazhen is an example. Otherwise, I will send my girl to school tomorrow. I don't ask her to marry as well as Dazhen. I will be satisfied if she can be half as good as her and help the family.
The villagers were talking about it. They knew that Jiang Dazhen had married well, but they had never felt such a shock so directly. This was a bicycle, a bicycle worth several hundred yuan. Even if it was old, it was still worth a lot of money. And it was given away without any regret. How wealthy must Jiang Dazhen's husband's family be?
The villagers were all amazed and became more and more eager to let their daughters learn from Jiang Dazhen.
Jiang Dazhen's inadvertent action accidentally changed the fate of some girls in the village. Perhaps the starting point of the elders was based on considerations of interests, but for those girls, it truly changed their lives.
Fate took a small turn at this fork in the road, and everything went in a different direction.
"Xiaobao, your family has a bicycle now. Lend it to me. I have never ridden a bicycle before." Guangpiao poked Jiang Yilu's shoulder and said happily. He was originally sad because he could not ride on the truck, but when he saw Jiang Dahai carrying a bicycle, he became lively again.
Jiang Yilu responded. This scene was something he had never seen in his previous life. It was probably the effect of the wild boar meat.
Unable to ride on the truck, except for the children who were climbing and playing on the truck, all the adults gradually left and returned to work in the fields.
"You guys better be careful. If you get scratched, let your masters spank you until your buttocks are bruised." Mo Dashuan smiled and did not stop them, but just gave a few reminders.
The naughty child responded with a smile and went in and out of the back of the truck, looking very happy.
Mo Dashuan shook his head and closed the car door. "Fangzi, why are you here too? Are you playing with Xiaobao and the others?" Mo Dashuan turned around and saw his little daughter and asked with a smile.
"I originally wanted to take the big green car. My dad is so mean." Mo Xiangfang pouted. She even called her friends over to tell them that her dad had no intention of letting them ride on the big green truck.
"Your dad doesn't have the final say on this matter. Don't worry about it. On the day of buying New Year's goods, dad will drive a big truck to take you to the city to play. Dad will buy you whatever you want."
Mo Dashuan smiled and touched his daughter's head, and his rough palm ruffled her neatly braided hair. Mo Xiangfang angrily shook his hand away, but Mo Dashuan didn't mind.
"Have fun, everyone. Uncle Mo will buy you some candies later." Mo Dashuan had other things to do, so he gave a few concerned instructions before turning around and leaving.
"Sister Fangfang, your father is so nice." Yu Xiaocao said enviously, looking at Mo Dashuan's receding back with a dim look in her eyes. When her father was alive, he treated her as a treasure in his heart just like Uncle Dashuan.
"Of course, my father is the best father in the world." Mo Xiangfang was also very proud, but shyly accepted the compliment.
Jiang Yilu frowned and thought in his heart.
"Xiaobao, Sini, look, this is the bicycle my aunt gave me." Jiang Dahai carried the bicycle in front of his son as if he was presenting a treasure.
"Bicycle——" Several children nearby cheered and stuck to it.
"Come on, uncle will take you to learn how to ride a bike." Jiang Dahai said with a smile, but his eyes kept glancing at his calm little son.
"Let's go--" Everyone clapped their hands happily, and Jiang Yilu had to express his excitement accordingly so that he would not be too different from ordinary people.
Jiang Dahai looked at his son's happy expression, his mouth corners widened, and he couldn't suppress the smile in his eyes. It was true that children liked these things. It was indeed right for him not to reject his brother-in-law's kindness. If he had any good things in the future, he would send some to his sister's family.
A group of children surrounded Jiang Dahai and left. Jiang Yiluo walked at the end. Looking at everyone's happy faces, he couldn't help but curled the corners of his mouth. He really hoped that everyone could be happy together like this forever.
He also hopes, Jiang Yilu looked at the tall man walking in front of him, that this man will never let him down again in this life. Jiang Yilu thought so, and a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes.
Suddenly, his left hand was held by a soft little hand. Jiang Yiliu looked around and saw Ruan Ruan smiling sweetly at him. A warm current flowed through Jiang Yiliu's heart. This sensitive little girl must have noticed something.
"Ruan Ruan wants to learn how to ride a bicycle?"
Ruan Ruan tilted her head and nodded.
"Well, let's run faster, otherwise this position will be taken by the people in front." Jiang Yiluo held Ruan Ruan's hand tightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and ran in the direction where everyone was going away.
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