Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Waiting for the bus...
Chapter 16
After everyone on the bus got off, Weisheng and Gao Shengli, who was carrying her luggage, got off.
She sat in the passenger seat, closest to Gao Shengli, who was driving, and not far from the engine. After listening to the engine for a while, Weisheng spoke to Gao Shengli in a familiar tone about car repair and maintenance.
Gao Shengli looked at Weisheng, his big eyes full of confusion and disbelief.
After asking Weisheng about his age and hearing that he was seventeen years old, Gao Shengli felt even more complicated.
A girl who looks like she is only fourteen or fifteen actually knows more about cars than a veteran in his thirties or forties, and what she says is meaningful... Is this reasonable?
This is outrageous!
When Gao Shengli heard that Weisheng was an educated youth sent to the countryside to work in the fields, he had only one thought:
You city people really don’t take bean buns as dry food!
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After getting off the car, Weisheng first looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and others who were still in Nanqiao Town with a smile, and asked them in some confusion why they were still there.
When Yin Weisheng asked this question, she looked directly at Zhang Xiaoyu, which made it clear who she was asking about. Zhang Xiaoyu didn't think about it and said directly:
"Don't mention it. I don't know what broke down in the car, and we had to stop two or three times along the way. We didn't get to town until after eight o'clock, and the town committee had already gone off work... Li Wenxuan suggested that we stay at the town guesthouse for one night, so we can wait for you there."
When these educated youth went to the countryside, they all brought their personal files with them, which had to be sent to the town committee's reception office. Yesterday, I was so focused on getting to town that I forgot about this and only remembered it when I was about to get off the bus. So, while Weisheng stayed at the city guesthouse last night, these people stayed at the town guesthouse.
The train and boat tickets for the educated youth going to the countryside were generally issued uniformly. In addition, starting in 1964, educated youth sent to the countryside to work were each entitled to a resettlement allowance of 230 yuan, while those sent to the Production and Construction Corps received 400 yuan.
In some places, the resettlement fees were distributed to the educated youth faithfully, but in others they were not. Fortunately, in Hebei Province, the resettlement fees were distributed together with the train tickets.
Because they had some money, this group of educated youth from Hebei Province did not object when Li Wenxuan suggested staying in a guesthouse.
After a good night's sleep and breakfast in the town, the group of twelve went to the town committee to submit their files, and then went their separate ways after that.
At around ten o'clock, because Li Wenxuan said that the morning bus from the city would arrive soon, Zhang Xiaoyu and Shen Zhao went to the bus station with Li Wenxuan to wait for Weisheng.
If Weisheng doesn't show up after a while, they will go into the village first.
Jin Menglan heard from the village that the educated youth were coming, so she drove her donkey cart to the bus station to pick them up. The educated youth didn't recognize her, but she knew Li Wenxuan and Zhang Xiaoyu, and seeing them standing by the roadside, she drove her donkey cart over. They had just finished introducing themselves, and before Jin Menglan could ask where Weisheng was, the bus arrived.
The moment she saw Weisheng, Jin Menglan couldn't help but feel an emotion stronger than jealousy.
My heart is beating like a drum and I am filled with resentment.
How could she live so well and so happily...
Here, Weisheng not only learned about the situation of several people, but also got to know Jin Menglan. Then Weisheng looked at his watch and found that the time was 10:40, so he wanted to send his file to the town committee compound first.
Nanqiao Town wasn't big, and the town committee compound was only a few hundred meters away from the bus station. Weisheng pretended to be here for the first time and asked for directions. He also asked if they could wait for him an extra hour.
It was almost noon, and entering the village at this hour might not guarantee lunch. Although he disliked Jin Menglan and Li Wenxuan, Weisheng couldn't afford to miss a meal with them. And it was just right to repay the favor of waiting for them with a meal.
Unfortunately, before Weisheng could finish her offer to treat them at noon, and before Zhang Xiaoyu and the other two could make a decision, Jin Menglan rejected Weisheng out loud: "That won't do!"
Weisheng looked at Jin Menglan upon hearing this, and Li Wenxuan and the others also looked at her. Jin Menglan felt guilty for a moment when she saw everyone looking at her, then she said, "This has already taken up quite a bit of time. Before we left, the village chief told us to go and come back quickly."
Zhang Xiaoyu subconsciously said, "An hour won't delay anything, right?"
Li Wenxuan looked at Jin Menglan, then at Weisheng, and began to smooth things over: "Comrade Jin, we've already waited, so it doesn't matter if we wait a little longer. Besides, it's not a good idea to leave Weisheng here alone, right?"
Jin Menglan glanced at Li Wenxuan with a complicated expression, then glanced at Zhang Xiaoyu, who had just spoken, and the pale Chen Zhao, who had always kept his distance from others. Finally, she fixed her gaze on Weisheng, "This donkey cart belongs to the production team, and I have no say in it. The same goes for Weisheng. You are an educated youth from the city, so you should have this awareness, right?"
Everyone knew that this guy was reborn, and was eyeing the original owner with hostility. If she couldn't hear such targeted words, then there was no point in her life.
So, in line with the principle of "nothing is better than nothing", Weisheng looked Jin Menglan up and down with a very serious expression. Just when Jin Menglan's hostile and puzzled gaze fell on Weisheng again, Weisheng looked away as if he couldn't bear to look at her. Then he said in a flat tone: "Comrade Jin, whatever you decide is fine. I have no objection."
Jin Menglan: What does she mean?
Others: ...seems a bit infuriating!
Jin Menglan had just been reborn and was not well-educated yet. Seeing Weisheng's true feelings, her already not-so-good face darkened even more.
Just when she was about to say something, she saw Weisheng turn around and talk to Gao Shengli, and then saw Gao Shengli said, "It's okay, you go first, I'll help you look after your luggage."
After hearing this, Weisheng trotted to the town committee compound.
After handing in his personal file and receiving the letter of acceptance for joining the team, the whole process took no more than five minutes, and Weisheng was already out of the town committee compound.
When Weisheng returned to the bus station, Zhang Xiaoyu and Shen Zhao had already followed Jin Menglan back to Kaoshan Village with their luggage and Li Wenxuan's luggage.
Seeing Li Wenxuan and Gao Shengli standing together, Weisheng walked towards them and asked Li Wenxuan why he was still there.
Li Wenxuan smiled brightly, his eyes full of sunshine and confidence: "How can I really leave you alone?"
"Thank you!" Weisheng nodded and said to him, "Please wait a moment. I'll help Master Gao check the engine."
Li Wenxuan suspected that he had heard it wrong. Just when he was about to ask Weisheng what he meant, he saw Weisheng and Gao Shengli had already gotten into the car.
The long-distance bus driven by Gao Shengli had some minor problems. Weisheng first heard something abnormal about the engine, and then discovered some subconscious movements of Gao Shengli while driving. He concluded that in addition to the lack of acceleration, the car also had some other problems.
The two talked all the way from Ming City to Nanqiao Town. Before getting off the car, Weisheng said that he brought tools and could help check the car later.
Because Weisheng had been so confident before, and Gao Shengli had personally experienced the problems he mentioned, when Weisheng asked for help to check the engine, Gao Shengli not only did not refuse, but even looked a little more expectant.
Weisheng had specially packed a toolbox he had purchased earlier into his luggage and was now inspecting and troubleshooting the bus one by one. He had already discovered several minor issues with the bus, either fixing them directly or explaining the problem.
All in all, it only took forty to fifty minutes.
Gao Shengli tried the car once and found that it was much smoother than before. He couldn't help but complain in his heart that city people don't eat "bean buns".
Now that the car was repaired, Gao Shengli was not stingy and called Weisheng and Li Wenxuan to take them to Kaoshan Village.
Is Weisheng a good man or a believer?
What she wanted was this favor and the opportunity to show herself, so she would not be polite to Gao Shengli at this time.
Gao Shengli had actually noticed Jin Menglan's deliberate embarrassment earlier. But he was worried Weisheng was just a charlatan, so he held back. This time, convinced that Weisheng had some real skills, Gao Shengli was naturally even more enthusiastic than before.
On the way, Gao Shengli asked Weisheng: "How come you know so much at such a young age?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Sheng glanced at the dashboard and then said with a smile, "Just for this moment!"
They say it takes ten years of hard study to sharpen a sword. But for this day, she has been honing her skills both at home and abroad, for years and months, and finally she has finally arrived at this moment to draw her sword.
When Gao Shengli and Li Wenxuan heard this, they either thought Weisheng was going to speak or that he was avoiding the subject.
It takes more than an hour to get from Nanqiao Town to Kaoshan Village by donkey cart, but less than 30 minutes by car.
Gao Shengli had to return to Ming City soon, so he drove faster. By the time he caught up with Jin Menglan's donkey cart, they were still three or five miles away from Kaoshan Village.
Gao Shengli had been to Kaoshan Village before and knew where the village chief's house was, so he overtook the donkey cart and went straight to the village chief's house.
Only after sending Weisheng all the way to the village chief's house did Gao Shengli drive back to town.
The villagers looked at the bus driving into the village, and then looked at Weisheng and Li Wenxuan standing outside the village chief's house, and they were all a little confused.
Oh my, do educated youth who go to the countryside to work now have special cars to pick them up?
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