Chapter 9 I Want to Ride a Bull
Everyone moved their luggage onto the bullock cart. Because there were so many people, two bullock carts were used. The first cart was for the luggage, and the second cart was for the people.
"Get in the car, we have to hurry back. I know you haven't had lunch yet, so I'll give you half an hour at most. If you come here on time in half an hour, we'll set off. If you don't come on time, we won't wait for you," the uncle said seriously.
"Okay, we promise to strictly abide by the time," Li Meng looked at his watch.
"Let's go, let's eat first, and then go to the post office to pick up the luggage," the four of them walked to the only restaurant in the town. After entering the restaurant, Li Meng ordered a bowl of wontons and two steamed buns, Wu Ruirui ordered a bowl of egg noodles, Zhou Hui and Pei Yu ordered porridge and egg pancakes.
Li Meng originally wanted to treat everyone, but then thought that this was not the way to go. Everyone has their own life and it’s okay to help themselves in an emergency, but it can’t be done like this for a long time. Then she paid for her own share. Of course, the other three people were not the kind of people who would take advantage of others.
Soon the meal was ready, and the four of them sat down to eat leisurely. The taste was not bad. Although it was not as delicious as modern food, it was still good to eat when hungry.
"Rui Rui, my money is in my luggage and I haven't taken it out yet. Can you lend me one yuan? I'll return it to you when we get to the village," Liu Huan stood beside the table like a little wife.
It was speechless. Li Meng had a problem that she hated being disturbed when eating. Li Meng rolled her eyes and knocked on the bowl. "If you want to beg for food, please go to the door and don't disturb others. I've never seen anyone dare to enter a restaurant without money."
"Yes, please stand aside and don't disturb my appetite," Wu Ruirui continued.
"That's enough. When will you change your habit of taking advantage of others? How can you do that to a pretty girl?" Following the two people's agreement, Liu Huan fled.
After the meal, Li Meng ordered four more meat buns, which were wrapped in two pieces of oil paper. Seeing Li Meng's actions, Pei Yu thought to himself that this little girl was quite considerate and that they must have been for the two drivers.
The group went to the post office again, reported their names, and received the packages. Pei Yu took over Li Meng's large package, carried it on his shoulders, and walked away. When they reached the ox cart, only the four of them arrived first.
Seeing the uncle and a man drinking water under a tree, Li Meng walked over, took out two oil-paper bags and put them in the uncle's hand, "A little gift, thank you for coming to pick us up, you've worked hard, we're new here and don't know anything, please give us more guidance if we have any problems in the future!"
Looking at the fragrant smell coming from the oil paper bag in his hand, yes, this uncle is Huang Li, the team leader of Huanglong Village, and the other is his nephew Huang Tian. They thought about leaving after picking up the educated youth, so they didn't eat. At that time, every family was not rich, and the food rations were saved for children and the elderly.
"My dear, this won't do. You can take it back and eat it," Captain Huang declined.
"Uncle, I feel friendly when I see you. You are of the same age as my second uncle, so it's not excessive to call you uncle. Just think of it as your niece's filial piety to you. Eat it while it's hot. It will become cold if you don't eat it now," and then she walked to the ox cart with a smile.
Uncle, this girl looks really nice and generous. Please take good care of her in the future.
"Here, I can't stop you from eating." Captain Huang handed another paper bag to Huang Tian. He opened it and saw that it was a big white bread. He took a bite and found that it was filled with meat.
It was so delicious that Huang Tian finished eating one and wrapped the other one up and put it in his arms and took it home to give to his wife to savor. Captain Huang did the same and left one for his grandson to eat.
Zhang Qiang and Liu Huan arrived late. Captain Huang saw them and shouted, "Now that everyone is here, let's go. If you dawdle, you won't even get a meal when you work in the future." The two of them didn't dare to say a word and got into the car in shame.
In the car, several people introduced themselves to each other. The other two educated youth, the female one was called Wang Fang and the male one was called Yao Yuan. One of them was from Haishi and the other from Changshi. People from all over the country gathered together.
"Wu Ruirui, did you bully Huanhuan in the restaurant just now? Apologize to her," Zhang Qiang jumped out and made trouble again.
"Which eye of yours saw me bullying her?" Wu Ruirui retorted.
"She came to beg for food, and I said I had nothing. That's bullying her. Are you okay?"
"Yes, I disturbed their meal. Don't blame Ruirui," Liu Huan said weakly with his head down.
"Hey, I have a bad temper. You two are playing a double act, one with a bad face and the other with a good face. What are you doing? Do you really think that others can't see it? You are just beggars, but you talk so righteously. You are so shameless. If you dare to say another word, I will throw you both down," Li Meng said, standing up and rolling up his sleeves.
"I was just asking, I didn't do anything," Zhang Qiang answered timidly. When he saw Zhou Hui and Pei Yu staring at him coldly, he became scared.
This useless man, Liu Huan felt disgusted when looking at the cowardly Zhang Qiang, and swore to find a powerful backer in the future, he could no longer rely on Zhang Qiang.
Wang Fang came up to persuade them: "Say less, the wind is strong, don't choke on it, sit down quickly."
"I'll say it again, don't come to disgust me in front of my sisters in the future, otherwise I'll beat you up so badly that your parents won't recognize you. That's really bad luck," Li Meng said, curling her lips and sitting down.
Zhou Hui secretly gave Li Meng a thumbs up, Pei Yu just looked at her and smiled without saying anything. Looking at the four people huddled together opposite him, Yao Yuan seemed to be thinking about something!
"Mengmeng, what should I do if I want to go to the toilet?" Wu Ruirui said in a low voice.
"I want to go too, wait for me," Li Meng said softly.
"Uncle Huang, can you stop the car?" Li Meng shouted.
"What's wrong, girl?" Captain Huang asked in confusion when he heard the car stop. Wang Meng said with a grin, "People have three urgent things, hehe." Uncle Huang understood immediately and thought that this girl would tell everything.
"If you need to go to the toilet, get off the bus. Men on the left and women on the right. Come back after you're done. Don't run too far. There are wolves in the mountains," Captain Huang shouted.
Li Meng and Wu Ruirui walked together towards the place with deep grass. Is it safe here, Mengmeng? There won't be any snakes, right? You're thinking too much. It's already this month, there won't be any snakes. I'll watch over it, don't worry.
After finishing the work, the two came to the ox cart. Looking at the old ox pulling the cart, Meng Meng was very curious and touched the ox's horn. "Uncle Huang, what else does your ox usually do besides pulling carts and plowing the fields?"
Captain Huang looked at Li Meng curiously and said, "What do you want to do? I've ridden a horse before, but never a cow. You see, the car is crowded, can I ride a cow?"
"What, what did you say?"
"You are just kidding, girl. It would be better for a girl to be more polite. You even want to ride a cow. Why don't you get on the cart?" Captain Huang was so angry that he glared at Li Meng with a look of shock, urging her to get on the cart quickly. Li Meng looked at the old ox pulling the cart. He knew that he would ride on it sooner or later. Humph!
Is everyone here? Once everyone is gathered, we will leave, Captain Huang shouted, and after everyone got on the bus, he cracked the whip and continued on his way.
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