Zhang Shang remained silent. He couldn't believe that the seemingly gentle and frail Su Zhiqing possessed such inner strength and power.
"I'll go push the car over." They opened the gate to the yard, went to Su Tian's room, and unlocked it with their keys.
He pushed the car outside the yard and beckoned Zhang Shang to get in.
Lu Xiao rode the rickety horse, and Zhang Shang quickly grabbed his clothes.
"Can you ride? If not, get off and let me ride."
"Yes, but I'm not used to it yet. The road is uneven, and I'm having trouble controlling the car."
"Hold on tight, I'm going to take you flying!" After saying that, Lu Xiao immediately sped up on his bike.
Most of the roads in the countryside are dirt roads, not as smooth and easy to ride on as cement roads. Moreover, he was carrying a big man, and he couldn't ride for more than twenty minutes.
Zhang Shang was different. When he was in Beijing, he would exercise from time to time. Although he looked thin, he was much stronger than Lu Xiao.
“Come on, let me pull you up. Look at you, you wouldn’t even exercise with me in Beijing.”
Zhang Shang pulled Lu Xiao along, making them ride even faster. Lu Xiao gripped Zhang Shang's clothes tightly and exclaimed excitedly, "Riding in a car is so much more fun, hahaha..."
After riding for about another twenty minutes, we finally arrived in town.
"Are you tired? Haha..."
"You look so skinny, but you're actually quite heavy. It's still manageable to ride you."
"Let's go eat at the state-run restaurant first. We didn't have breakfast and we're hungry."
They parked their bicycles, went into the restaurant, ordered local meat rice noodles, and also packed a portion of braised pork and twenty steamed buns.
"I'm packing this braised pork to go. I'm thinking of going to Su Zhiqing's place for a meal. Do you want to come along?"
"I wouldn't dare, I don't have your thick skin."
Once the food was served, they quickly began to eat.
After breakfast, they pushed their carts to the supply and marketing cooperative. They each bought a straw hat, two or three pairs of gloves, a kettle, and a pound each of fruit candy and White Rabbit milk candy.
"Hey, is there anything else we need to buy?" Lu Xiao asked.
"We don't need to buy any more for now. We still need to send a telegram back home. Let's go."
The two went to the post office together and each sent a telegram home.
Did you bring any books? I'm feeling a bit bored with nothing to do.
"Let's go to the bookstore and see what we want to buy," the two said, and then went to the bookstore and picked out a few more books.
"Can we go back now? There's nothing we need." Lu Xiao said.
"Okay, let's go then."
The two hung their things on the front of the car, and on the way back, Zhang Shang still pulled Lu Xiao along.
Do you think Songjia Village is a good place?
Zhang Shang thought for a moment, but did not answer. He had just arrived and was unable to give a proper reply.
"Hey, it's so sunny. Let's stop the car and put on our straw hats first." Lu Xiao said, putting on his hat first.
"Is it beautiful, Zhang Shang?"
Lu Xiao saw Zhang Shang put on the straw hat, and since it was the first time the two of them had worn such hats, they immediately burst into laughter.
“Zhang Shang, you look like a farmer when you wear this hat.”
"Hmm, you seem like a refined farmer to me."
"How do I look?"
Zhang Shang couldn't understand Lu Xiao's childish behavior. He glanced at him and said insincerely, "You're good-looking. You're the best-looking person in the whole Songjia Village."
"Get in the car quickly, we're going back."
"Haha...right? Don't keep such a long face all the time, it's too tiring."
You should smile more like me; it'll make you feel better.
Zhang Shang ignored him and let him talk all the way.
Lu Xiao talked all the way back to the educated youth settlement.
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