The ox cart is the brigade's ox cart, and Old Man Pei is the old man who looks after the oxen. Every ten days or half a month, he will pick up and drop off people to the commune.
The commune is ten miles away from the village, and some people who don't want to spend money would rather walk the tiring journey themselves.
It costs two cents to ride on a ox cart. This money is not collected by Old Man Pei, but paid to the brigade.
As the two sisters-in-law got on the ox cart, Mrs. Pei started to greet them.
"Grandpa Xi, oh, you're really rushing me. We ran from the educated youth point and it took us more than ten minutes to catch up."
Old man Pei raised his drooping eyelids and glanced back. Seeing a new face, he asked, "What's the matter? There are new people at the educated youth point and they still need you to arrange for them?"
"Where is this, Grandpa Xi, this is the wife my mother found for my fourth brother. Does she look pretty?"
"Beautiful." Old man Pei thought. His cowshed was always full of gossipers. He had never seen or heard of this little girl before. She was quiet, so he thought she was an honest person.
Mrs. Pei felt out four small coins and handed them over. "Here, Grandpa Xiao, that's exactly four cents."
"Forget it." Old Man Pei waved his hand. "This is my grandson's wife's first time riding a bullock cart. I'm here to waive the fare on behalf of the team. I won't let her ride next time."
Mrs. Pei was overjoyed. This saved her another four cents. She quickly thanked him, "Hey! Thank you, Grandpa Xi, my fourth brother's wife, call someone."
"Hello, Grandpa." Ruan Niannian had not had time to speak until now, but at this moment she called out obediently, using the kind of voice that elders would like.
I got a few happy "good"s from Old Man Pei.
There were not only the two of them sitting on the ox cart, but also two wives from the village, who must have been going out together to buy things.
They are not the daughters-in-law of the old Pei family, but they are the two daughters-in-law of another big family in the village - Zhang.
The two daughters-in-law I met today are not ordinary people. Originally, Mrs. Pei wanted to walk to the commune to save the four cents, but Li Dani heard that the two of them could ride a ox cart, so she let Mrs. Pei take Ruan Nianni to ride the ox cart.
She had a shallow mind and had forgotten most of what Li Dani had said before she left about how to achieve her goal. She couldn't utter any words she wanted to say.
Just when she was feeling depressed, one of the daughters-in-law sitting opposite her spoke.
"Hey, this is the one your fourth child mentioned when he came back a few days ago. What's his name? Ruan Zhiqing, right?"
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