The weather is sunny today and it started to get hot early in the morning.
Jiang Baige kept the old lady by her side, which was quite tiring for her.
Fortunately, Grandma Meng doesn’t get carsick, otherwise she wouldn’t have been willing to bring her here.
Based on previous experiences, Jiang Baige didn't plan to eat breakfast today even though she was hungry. She would vomit anyway, so eating would be a waste of food.
After leaving the guesthouse, she took Grandma Meng to the state-owned hotel.
I ordered a plate of braised pork and a bowl of rice for her, but seeing that she didn't want to eat, I only bought rice for the old lady.
Therefore, the waiter also praised you for being filial.
She was thinking that the old lady was quite pitiful, a lady in her fifties or sixties, who had to go hungry with her, so she ordered a portion of braised pork in the morning to apologize to her.
Grandma Meng was eating, and Jiang Baige just asked her to wait here while he went out.
She had promised the village chief a bicycle ticket, and she would definitely do it.
She went alone to the empty alley behind the state-owned hotel, and after observing that there was no one around, she immediately took out a bicycle.
If a person came at this moment, he would definitely be scared by the bicycle appearing out of nowhere.
The entire body of the bicycle is black, with only a few large golden characters written on the front bar: Phoenix brand bicycle.
What a brand new bicycle, she thought, how cool it would be to ride it back home!
After dinner, Grandma Meng waited for her to come back at the state-owned restaurant.
Jiang Baige parked her bicycle at the door and went to help Grandma Meng out of the restaurant.
Grandma Meng, hold on to this, we're going to the station.
She took Grandma Meng's hand, supported her on the bicycle, and asked her to follow.
Grandma Meng asked, "Girl, what is this? It's so cold, what is it for?"
Jiang Baige pushed her bicycle forward and immediately replied, "A bicycle! I just bought it."
Grandma Meng had only heard of bicycles. They were something that could run very fast when people sat on them.
"Hey girl, it's not that grandma is talkative, but if you buy this thing and bring it back, people will talk about us."
"Wealth should not be exposed. Even if we have money, we can't let others see it. If we bring this thing back, others will definitely target you."
From Grandma Meng's tone, it could be heard that she was worried about him, so Jiang Baige smiled.
"This isn't ours. The village chief asked me to help get the ticket the other day. Since there were bicycles in the supply and marketing cooperative, I helped buy it. It has nothing to do with us."
"After we go back, as long as we don't tell anyone, no one else will know."
Hearing this, Grandma Meng felt relieved. "It's good that it's not ours. There are too many people who don't see good people these days."
The old and the young girl pushed their bicycles but didn't ride them, but they attracted a lot of attention on the street.
On the way back, everyone in the car was staring at the bicycle next to them.
The man in the back seat asked enviously, "Little comrade, your bicycle must have cost a lot of money! Did you buy it yourself?"
They had no money and didn't dare to ask about it. They just wanted to ask out of curiosity.
Judging from the way they were dressed, they didn't look like people who could afford a bicycle, so I asked.
Jiang Baige thought to herself, "No wonder Grandma Meng said that. If she pushed the bicycle back to Chenjia Village, people would talk about her endlessly."
"People couldn't even afford to eat, but she still bought a bicycle and went back home."
She felt very carsick when she got on the bus. The buzzing of people around her ears annoyed her so much that she didn't answer anyone who asked her any questions.
When the man saw that she didn't say anything, he lost interest.
The woman next to her snorted unhappily.
"Hmph, what's so great about it? When my family has enough money, I'll buy one for myself."
Jiang Baige was puzzled. It was just a bicycle. Was there any need to make such a fuss?
Ignoring what others said, she frowned dizzy, closed her eyes tightly, and forced herself to sleep.
When the bus arrived at Hongqi Commune, the conductor shouted in a shrill voice.
"We're here from the Hongqi Commune! If you want to get off quickly, don't leave anything behind! We're not responsible if anything gets lost."
Grandma Meng patted the little girl's arm.
"Girl, get up quickly, we are getting off the bus."
Jiang Baige was awakened by Grandma Meng and opened her eyes in a daze.
"Well, are we there yet?"
I raised my hand to wipe my mouth, not knowing if I drooled in my sleep.
"Then let's get off!"
There were so many things that she didn't forget to ask the ticket seller for help.
"Sister, please help me take grandma down! I'll carry the bicycle."
The ticket seller hates people who get off the bus slowly, especially since they have so much stuff with them, it's really troublesome.
"Hey, alright, alright. I'll help get her down. Hurry up! We're leaving."
Jiang Baige looked up at her. She didn't know what the ticket seller was in such a hurry for. She started urging people as soon as the bus stopped.
They did have a lot of stuff, including a bicycle and two large bags.
One was the things she and Grandma Meng brought with them, including kettles, washbasins, and the like.
The other one was what the mother and daughter of the Chen family wanted, the lard that Aunt Zhou wanted, and the vanishing cream that Chen Jiaojiao wanted.
She also heard that the mother and daughter almost had a quarrel with someone over a piece of cloth two days ago.
She also bought them a few feet of inferior cloth, two of which were very beautiful and of good quality.
If they give me money, I’ll take it. If they don’t, it doesn’t matter. It’s not worth much anyway, so it doesn’t matter if I give it to them.
When the car starts and leaves, all that's left is the dust kicked up by the tires.
Two weak figures appeared in the raised dust.
"Cough cough cough."
Jiang Baige raised her hand to clear the dust in front of her and complained, "This road is too bad, it's all dusty."
Grandma Meng is eager to go home and can't wait to go home.
"Girl, let's go home quickly! We've been delayed for another day. Go back and have a good rest. You still have to go to work tomorrow."
Jiang Baige couldn't be happy when she heard about going to work. She said, "Oh! I know."
"But there are too many things, we can't get them back."
"And I don't want to push this bicycle back to the village. Why don't we go find Cheng Chen Jianguo and ask him to push the bicycle back home?"
Jiang Baige thought that if they really pushed a bicycle back, others would ask them questions when they saw it.
How could she, an educated youth from another place, have such great skills? She got things that even the village chief couldn't get in just two days.
It would be better to let Chen Jianguo send it back personally. If asked, just say that he bought it, so that you can be free.
When she heard that they were going to find Chen Jianguo, Grandma Meng also responded.
“Hmm~~.”
"That's fine. You know where he is."
"The Armed Forces Department! Why don't we just go out and ask around on the street and find out?"
So Jiang Baige pushed the bicycle with a bag hanging on one side of the handlebar.
Grandma Meng held onto the back seat of the car and followed behind. From a distance, the two people looked like they were fleeing.
It’s not that Jiang Baige doesn’t want to ride a bicycle, but the handlebars of the 28-inch bicycle are too high, and her short legs can’t reach it at all. What if Grandma Meng falls again?
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