Chapter 30 Liu Laoguan
After Hu Zhengwu left, Wang Yuanchao finally relaxed.
Walk to the gate of the educated youth center, lock the gate, and walk into the yard.
Looking at the western sky, the afterglow of the sun slowly sets, and the red clouds fill the sky, dyeing half the sky, making the sky so colorful.
Wang Yuanchao sighed in his heart, it was still the 1960s, the sky was still beautiful without being polluted.
Just standing there and looking at the horizon, the scenery is more beautiful than the tourist attractions that I spent a lot of money to visit in my previous life.
After watching the sunset for a while, Wang Yuanchao returned to the dark room, took out a candle from the space, lit it with a match, and then took out two leek boxes, two steamed buns, and two tea eggs from the space and ate them for dinner.
After sitting on the train for seven days and seven nights and being busy all day, although there were cooking tools and materials in the bamboo house, Wang Yuanchao really didn't want to cook again.
After eating the food slowly, Wang Yuanchao took the quilt out of the sack and spread it on the mattress.
Then he flashed into the space, and with a flash of consciousness, he came to the hot spring pool. After taking off his clothes, he soaked in the hot spring pool.
After soaking for a while, Wang Yuanchao stood up, threw his clothes on the edge of the pool and soaked in the hot spring pool.
Then he took out the soap and started applying it all over his body. He used his hands to rub off the sweat and stains all over his body, and then went back to the hot spring pool to wash himself clean.
He took out the soap and rubbed all his clothes. After washing them, he hung them in the yard of the bamboo house in the space. Then he changed into his underwear, left the space, lay down on the kang and went to sleep.
Wang Yuanchao went to bed early and was very tired. He slept very well that night.
It was still dawn when Wang Yuanchao woke up.
The whole person feels refreshed and energetic, the waist and legs no longer hurt, and the energy all over the body is exceptionally strong.
After getting up, I hurried to the well at the educated youth site and washed up.
He took out 5 hot meat buns from the space, ate them and drank some spiritual spring water.
He opened the gate of the educated youth center and walked slowly towards the threshing ground.
When he arrived at the threshing ground, Wang Yuanchao watched the sun gradually climb up the eastern horizon. The morning light was dim, and the light began to dye the sky red. The golden light spread out as softly as silk, and he was mesmerized for a moment.
He didn't know when an ox cart came to the threshing ground. When Wang Yuanchao came to his senses, he saw an old man sitting on the ox cart.
Wang Yuanchao took out yesterday's Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, walked over and handed him a cigarette, then asked:
"Uncle, I am the new educated youth who arrived yesterday. May I ask, is this ox cart going to the commune later?"
The old man was dressed in dark clothes, with an old face and a simple smile. He looked at the cigarette handed over by Wang Yuanchao, waved his hands and refused:
"Kid, no, no, these are cadre cigarettes, such good cigarettes, I can't smoke them, no need to give them to me, the bullock cart will go to the commune later, if you want to take the bullock cart to the commune, the team will charge you, one cent for one way, two cents for a round trip."
Wang Yuanchao saw that the old man was unwilling to take his cigarette, so he put the cigarette directly on the old man's legs and said:
"Uncle, take the cigarette, smoke it. I just arrived at the brigade and I have a lot of questions to ask you later.
If you don't smoke my cigarette, how can I ask you about the team later?"
Seeing this, the old man knew that he had no choice but to take the cigarette today.
So he said with a smile:
"You kid, you're too loose. If you want to know something about the village, just ask me. There's no need to give me such good cigarettes. Just think of it as a casual chat."
What Wang Yuanchao wore today was the green military uniform that he had washed yesterday and hung to dry in the space overnight.
He didn't mind the dirtiness at this time. He took out a penny from his pocket and handed it to the old man. Then he got on the ox cart and sat next to the old man.
He said, "Old man, what's your name?"
"Wait, my last name is Liu. I am old now. The villagers take care of me and take care of the cows. I am also responsible for the ox carts used by the villagers.
Everyone calls me Liu Laoguan, so you should call me Liu Laoguan too."
Wang Yuanchao naturally would not address an old man like that, so he said, "How can I call you Mr. Liu? If others hear me, they will think I am ignorant and uneducated.
I will call you Uncle Liu from now on."
After that, Wang Yuanchao took out a piece of fruit candy from his pocket, handed it over and said, "Uncle Liu, I just happened to have some fruit candy with me, give it to you to try, it will sweeten your mouth."
After saying that, without giving Uncle Liu a chance to refuse, he opened the candy wrapper and stuffed the candy into Uncle Liu's mouth.
Just as Uncle Liu was about to refuse, Wang Yuanchao stuffed candy into his mouth. He had no choice but to smile at Wang Yuanchao kindly, slurping the candy and saying, "You kid, isn't it a waste to give me such expensive candy?
I'm already so old, I might die someday.
Such precious food should be given to children like you."
Wang Yuanchao smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, I still have some, it won't be a loss for me.
Uncle Liu, do the ox carts in our village go to the commune every day?"
"We haven't started spring ploughing yet. The snow has only melted a short time ago, and now the roads are all muddy. If you walk, every step you take will be muddy. It's inconvenient for everyone to go to the commune, so I'll go there every day while everyone is resting, so that everyone can go out more easily."
"It's really hard for you to get up early in the morning to catch the bus every day."
"Hey, it's not that hard. When I was young, I was a good worker in the village. I was a strong laborer. Now that I'm old, the village takes care of me. I'm willing to do more for the village.
This person, what he fears most is being useless."
After saying this, Uncle Liu fell into deep thought.
Wang Yuanchao could see that Uncle Liu's life had probably not been smooth and he was a man with a story.
After Uncle Liu finished his remembrance, Wang Yuanchao asked:
"Uncle Liu, I just came to the village as an educated youth, and I need to replace many of my daily necessities. I would like to ask, is there a place in our village where I can replace cabinets, tables, water jars, pots and other things?"
"Oh, for cabinets, tables and other things, you can go to Li Kangzhan's house at the end of the village.
There are many mountains and trees in our village, so there is no shortage of wood. Li Kangzhan learned the craft in the city before, and his skills are very good. Many people from the surrounding villages come to him to exchange furniture.
For things like water tanks, I need to find Zhang Lame.
Zhang Quezi is a hero of our village. He used to fight against the Japanese in the mountains when he participated in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.
Saved many people in our village.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Cuozi, whose legs were crippled, settled down in our village.
The team also took care of Zhang Quezi and put him in charge of the village's earthen kiln.
He is also a skilled craftsman who can make clay figurines. We don’t have to go to the commune to buy water jars, pots and jars used in our village. We can just go to him to exchange them.”
(End of this chapter)
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