As they passed by, there was no doubt that a large group of people would see them. However, the distance was a bit far, and Song Jianye was riding quite fast, so no one could see what he looked like.
However, looking at the 28-inch bicycle placed there, one could guess who it belonged to without even thinking.
"Hey, was that person who just passed by Jianye?"
The person next to him took another look and then laughed, "There's only one 28-ton truck in our team. Who else could it be but him?"
"Where is Jianye going? Is he planning to go to the county town to learn how to drive?"
"That should be it. I feel more at ease now that I've learned it. After all, this opportunity is rare."
"Once Jianye learns to drive, he won't just be the first one in our brigade. I guess no one in the surrounding brigades will be able to drive."
"Yes, Jianye is in big trouble now."
"If I can find a job driving a car for others in the future, I will be completely different from the people like us who make a living by digging in the fields." He sighed with envy.
The group of people fell silent, each one more envious than the other, and could only continue to work.
Although they were wrong about Song Jianye going to learn driving, Song Jianshe, who had returned to the county town, did go there to learn driving today.
After he returned to the county town, he immediately went to find Li Qingyan and shared the news with her. Then he told Li Qingyan everything that Chen Xiuxiu had told him before.
Li Qingyan listened to Song Aiguo and Song Aimin catching human traffickers, and then listened to the brigade meeting to award them awards, as well as rewards that she couldn't even dream of. She was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
However, Song Jianshe didn't tell Li Qingyan about Yuanbao and Baoya's encounter with human traffickers, fearing that she would be frightened after hearing it. Thinking back to how frightened he was at the time, he didn't dare tell her.
Afterwards, Song Jianshe recounted the evening's meeting at the Song family to draw lots for who would go on to learn driving: "...Originally, Mom wanted my oldest and second oldest brothers to draw lots together, and whoever drew the lot would get it. But, my oldest and second oldest brothers didn't draw, and she just told me to give the spot to them..."
"Neither the eldest brother nor the second brother wants it?" Li Qingyan said with eyes slightly widened.
Li Qingyan didn't expect that Song Aiguo and the others didn't take such a rare opportunity, and gave it directly to Song Jianshe. Even if it was just a lottery, based on luck, it wouldn't be anyone's fault, instead...
Li Qingyan
She felt a little guilty and uneasy. She had already used Song Jianye's letter of introduction before, and now Song Jianshe had taken his driving school quota. It felt like all the benefits were taken by their fourth family.
However, this was the result of their discussion, and she couldn't ask Song Jianshe to return the quota. She could only keep it all in mind.
Song Jianye nodded: "They said it's convenient for me to live in the county town, and that I learn quickly, so they gave me the spot."
"He also told me to learn to drive well, and when I learn, I will go back and teach my eldest, second, and third brothers." Song Jianshe said with a smile, "My second brother also said that if I don't learn well, he won't let me back home."
Li Qingyan also smiled slightly and said, "You must study hard. If you don't teach your eldest brother and third brother the others by then, you won't be able to enter our house."
Song Jianshe's eyes widened when he heard this: "Ah, then I'm going to be under a lot of pressure. If I don't learn to drive properly, I'll have to live on the streets?"
Li Qingyan looked at him and smiled, then glared at him angrily.
"Okay, okay, I promise to complete the task!"
......
Song Jianshe did not delay and went to the county government to find Sun Mingxiang the next day and told him about his driving lessons. Soon Sun Mingxiang made the arrangements and Song Jianshe started learning to drive.
The person who was teaching him was a retired veteran who had previously driven tanks and heavy vehicles, and later also drove for county leaders. Now that he was a little older, the county arranged for him to have a less busy position.
It just so happened that this time I was going to teach Song Jianye how to drive, and considering his rich experience, I arranged for him to be the teacher.
However, Sun Mingxiang seemed to be hesitant when talking about him, and finally said that he had a strange temper and might not be easy to get along with.
Song Jianshe had gotten to know Master Li a little bit before going there, so on his first day at the logistics compound, he brought him a pack of dry tobacco. This was because Master Li had no other hobbies except smoking a few puffs.
Anyway, as they say, don't hit someone who smiles at you. He just hopes that Master Li will be a little more restrained after taking the things so that he can finish his studies well.
Sun Mingxiang took Song Jianshe over, introduced them to each other, and then left.
Li Dalei was wiping the car with a rag. He turned his head to look at Song Jianshe and asked, "Are you the one who came here to learn how to drive?"
"It's me, my name is Song
Jianshe, you can call me Xiao Song. I'll trouble Master Li from now on." Song Jianshe said with a smile, took out a pipe from his pocket and handed it over with both hands.
However, Li Dalei glanced at it and didn't take it: "There's no need for these empty things, take them back."
"Let's start now. There is a cloth over there. Come with me to wipe the car first." After saying that, Li Dalei buried his head and continued to wipe the car.
Song Jianshe didn't ask any more questions and just took the rag and started working together.
......
Back at the Hongqi Production Brigade, Song Jianye found a carpenter and began learning from him. He had little experience with the craft, so he was essentially starting from scratch. But he wasn't in a rush, taking one step at a time, steadily and steadily.
At around five o'clock in the evening, Song Jianye said goodbye to Engineer Deng and rode his 28-inch bicycle home.
It gets dark early now, and it will be difficult to go back on the road if we go back later.
Engineer Deng was in a production brigade a little further away in the town, the same brigade as the two people Song Jianye testified about last time - the Gouling Production Brigade.
He does some carpentry work at home. Sometimes when someone is getting married or having a happy event, they will ask him to make cabinets or tables for them. He is quite famous.
Of course, there were many people who came to him to learn carpentry, and Song Jianye ran back and forth for several days. In addition, his father knew this engineer Deng before he died, and Engineer Deng heard that he broke his leg while saving someone, so he had the opportunity to learn.
If Song Jianye walked back from the Gouling Production Brigade, it would take him almost an hour, but riding a bike would be faster, and he would arrive in about half an hour.
When he got home, it was just time for dinner.
Today Feng Guizhi made pepper-fried preserved eggs, some stir-fried vegetables and sweet potato leaves, and a big pot of tomato dumpling soup.
To make this chili preserved egg pounding, peel the preserved egg and set it aside, then crush some garlic. Then, wash the chilies and fry them in a pan over low heat until both sides are crispy and crispy. Drain the oil and place it in a pestle and mortar. Then, add the preserved egg and minced garlic, add some salt and light soy sauce, and mash thoroughly.
Finally, add two drops of sesame oil and the fragrance will come out immediately.
The meal was served and the family began to eat. Feng Guizhi tasted the chili peppers and found them not spicy enough, so the children at the table could eat them too.
Other dishes on the table, a few small ones
I've eaten them all before, but this was my first time trying the pounded chili and preserved egg. However, thinking that everything their grandma cooks is delicious, the little ones took a couple of sips of the dumpling soup and then reached for the chili and preserved egg with their chopsticks.
Yuanbao took a bite of the preserved egg, then looked at Tianen who was eating chili peppers.
Tian'en took a small bite first and didn't feel any spiciness. If he didn't know it was chili, he wouldn't have known it was chili. But the taste was really good, especially with a drop of sesame oil in it, which made it even more fragrant.
"Fifth brother, how is it? Is it spicy?" Yuanbao asked after tasting another bite of the vegetables.
Tian En shook his head: "No... not spicy, delicious~"
Yuanbao felt relieved when he heard this. He stretched out his chopsticks to taste the pounded chili peppers, then nodded in agreement.
Baoya, who was sitting next to Tianen, tasted all the dishes on the table. Although he thought the preserved eggs and pounded chili peppers were delicious, Baoya didn't eat too much. He tasted some vegetables, ate some sweet potato leaves, and then drank some dumpling soup. He felt particularly satisfied.
When they were almost done eating, Feng Guizhi asked Song Jianye about learning carpentry: "Is the master willing to teach you today?"
Song Jianye put down the bowl and replied, "Well, he said he wouldn't accept it when I went there a few days ago. When I went there today, I happened to run into Brother Hu Zi, and then I told him about it."
"Then he asked Engineer Deng to speak up for me and told him about the time I saved someone. He persuaded Engineer Deng and he agreed to teach me. However, I wanted to pay him tuition, but he refused to accept it."
Engineer Deng's full name is Deng Yujiu, and because he works as a carpenter, everyone calls him Engineer Deng. He is in his fifties, and I heard that his son and daughter both work in the county town, so he has settled there.
His son wanted to take him over but he refused to go. He was willing to do some carpentry work at home and was not looking for money, so he rejected all those who wanted to learn from him. This time, Song Jianye was taken back and no tuition was charged.
"Then bring some things with you next time you go there, including food and daily necessities. Take a look and pick out the ones you can use." Feng Guizhi said.
Song Jianye nodded, he thought the same thing.
"So do you go there every day, Jianye?" Chen Xiuxiu asked.
"The tentative plan is to go there on one, two, three, five, seven."
"By the way, what are you going to do about eating over there?" You can eat breakfast before going over there, and you can come back and eat dinner, but what about lunch?
"I thought I would bring it to you in the morning.
Go, have some steamed buns, corn, eggs, or something, just to fill your stomach."
Sun Suyun sighed and said, "If it were closer, I could go home and eat, but Gouling is a bit far, and it takes time to go back and forth."
It is not realistic for Song Aiguo and Song Aimin to deliver it. It takes nearly two hours to go back and forth, and they still have to work a day, so they don’t have that much time.
"We still have corn, sweet potatoes and other things at home. Just eat those. It's okay." Song Jianye said.
Feng Guizhi couldn't think of any other good ideas, so she said, "Let's cook two more eggs tomorrow and two more heads of corn. We can take them with us for lunch."
The topic ended, and the family finished their meal and started to clean up and get ready for bed.
......
After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, Song Jianye first sent a few children to school, then came back and loaded the cooked corn and eggs onto his bicycle and rode to the Gouling Production Brigade.
Two days later, Song Yuangang came to Old Song's house with some more things.
Last time he brought so much food, but he still hadn't given it all away, so this time he paid for the rest. In addition to the food and oil, he also brought pork and some beef bones.
The pork weighed at least several kilograms, with fat and lean meat, and it looked very fresh, probably having been slaughtered not long ago.
The beef bone was the size of a small cloth bag. It looked like there was little meat on it, but it tasted quite good. Furthermore, no one in the Song family had ever eaten this before.
In addition, they were given several cloth coupons and food coupons.
In short, when Feng Guizhi received it, she felt that both hands were not enough. The reward this time was almost as much as the Song family's annual food rations.
After giving the food, Song Yuangang was about to leave. Feng Guizhi hurriedly tried to keep him for dinner, but this time Song Yuangang waved his hand and refused.
"No, no, I have things to do in the brigade. The rewards from the city have all been distributed. Aunt Feng, please keep them. I'll be leaving first."
Feng Guizhi watched Song Yuangang walk away, then looked down at the pile of things and moved them all into the yard. Because she still had to take care of Tiantian, Feng Guizhi didn't dare to clean up the things now, so she put them there and closed the door.
In the evening, after Song Aiguo and Song Aimin came back, Feng Guizhi asked them to move them all into the house and put them away.
Chen Xiuxiu and Sun Suyun saw another pile of things. Although they had guessed it, they were still a little stunned: "Mom, these... are these the rewards that were not given out last time?"
Feng Guizhi nodded
.
Chen Xiuxiu went over to take a look and saw several kilograms of pork and beef bones. She couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, "That's too much."
It is indeed a lot, but since it is a free reward to the Song family, of course no matter how much it is, it is not too much.
The Song family was delighted. With so much pork, the whole family could enjoy a hearty meal. Furthermore, there were also so many beef bones.
After giving Tiantian to Yang Yulan to hold, Feng Guizhi rolled up her sleeves and prepared to start cooking dinner.
Just before she was about to get off work, she had stewed some beef bones in a small pot. Now the aroma was starting to waft out. Smelling the aroma, the old Song family felt their physical fatigue suddenly disappear.
Everyone started to get busy, cleaning the pots and adding more fire.
Feng Guizhi had already decided what to cook that afternoon. She cut some pork and strung the rest on a string and hung it up. The weather was cooler, so food wouldn't spoil easily. With so much meat, she could have eaten several more meals.
The kitchen was bustling with activity, and the unique aroma of meat wafted out...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
