Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Chapter 17 The bus leaves...
Chapter 17
As the bus left the village, it happened to pass a donkey cart entering the village. If it weren't for the wide roads and large areas of land in the village, it would have missed it.
Even though it was passed smoothly, Jin Menglan still felt a little annoyed.
When the bus overtook just now, Jin Menglan could not see the driver's face, Weisheng sitting in the passenger seat, and Li Wenxuan sitting behind the driver.
Seeing that the person driving the bus was the same bus driver who had just helped Weisheng with his luggage at the bus station, Jin Menglan couldn't help but wonder why this person came to Kaoshan Village.
Did he come alone, or... did he send someone here?
When they drove the donkey cart to the village chief's house, they found that Weisheng and Li Wenxuan were already sitting on the big kang in the village chief's house, drinking tea and talking to the village chief. Jin Menglan's face, which was still quite pretty, suddenly became ferocious.
Seeing this, Weisheng quickly picked up his camera and took a picture of Jin Menglan.
"Crack!"
Weisheng didn't know if she was born knowing how to weigh the pros and cons, or if digital life was just too calculating. Regardless, from the moment she knew she'd become an educated youth sent to the countryside, she'd been thinking about how to improve her life.
As technology became more advanced, some "outdated" items were eliminated from history. Weisheng took the opportunity to buy several cameras and boxes of film and paper to store in the space.
When packing his luggage, Weisheng only took out one camera and put it in his schoolbag, and then put some new film, photo paper and a set of photo developing equipment in his backpack.
As soon as he entered the village chief's house, Weisheng said that the light was good. He also said that the village chief was standing in front of the window with a fruitful vegetable garden behind him. The layout and picture were excellent. After finishing, he smiled and asked the village chief if he could take a picture of him.
Why not?
Of course you can!
So not only did the village chief take a solo photo, but his sixteen or seventeen-year-old daughter also took a photo, and then the village chief and his wife took a photo together...
Taking the opportunity to take pictures of the village chief's family, Weisheng came up with the idea of taking a set of daily life photos for all the villagers in the village.
Weisheng brought a camera, having learned to develop photos from Cheng Feng years earlier. Taking photos of the villagers cost nothing more than the cost of supplies. Of course, even the smallest mosquito is still meat, so Weisheng planned to take photos of the villagers for 10 cents for a one-inch photo, 20 cents for a two-inch photo, and 40 cents for a four-inch photo.
The price is less than one-third of that in a photo studio, and much cheaper than for villagers to go to town to take photos.
However, this benefit is only for the villagers in Kaoshan Village, and people in other villages and towns can forget about it.
It’s not that Weisheng has any sense of regional belonging, but he doesn’t want to cut off other people’s financial resources.
Her asking price was low, but it would definitely impact the business of the photo studios in town. If it was just the village of Weishan, it would be fine, but if people from nearby villages came to Weisheng's place to take pictures, not to mention whether they would be retaliated against for stealing their business, even the film and photo paper in the space would not be enough for such a use.
I've strayed off topic. Suffice it to say, Jin Menglan was furious when she saw Weisheng snapping a picture of her with his camera. With an even uglier expression than before, she shouted at Weisheng, "What are you doing? Delete it!"
She could imagine that her expression just now must have been very ugly, so she was worried that her bad side would be seen by more people.
"I'm taking a picture of you! The village chief asked me to take some daily photos of the whole village from now on, and hang them in the village committee compound at the end of the year." As if he didn't notice that Jin Menglan was furious, Weisheng gave her a very gentle and bright smile:
"Comrade Jin, why are you just returning to the village? The donkey cart is the brigade's public property, and nothing can go wrong with it. You should be aware of this... right?"
Hearing Weisheng say this and seeing his smug expression, Jin Menglan became even angrier. Her breathing quickened, and she glared at Weisheng fiercely, while Li Wenxuan, Zhang Xiaoyu, and Chen Zhao pursed their lips to stifle laughter, looking from her to Weisheng.
These words were like a slap in the face, and Jin Menglan felt that her face was swollen from Weisheng's words.
Anger was burning Jin Menglan's mind, but the wealthy boss, who was using the image of a loving wife, became a fire extinguisher. So when Jin Menglan's eyes fell on Li Wenxuan, she miraculously suppressed the curse that was about to blurt out, and instead asked Li Wenxuan in a voice as gentle as possible: "How did you get here?"
When Li Wenxuan saw Jin Menglan asking him, he first glanced at Weisheng, and then told her what had happened before in a slightly proud tone.
When Zhang Xiaoyu heard that Weisheng had helped the driver repair the bus and the driver drove them into the village, she felt a little regretful, Chen Zhao's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and Jin Menglan fell into memories.
"Think fast, why didn't she remember that Weisheng Yiran can repair cars?"
The reason why Jin Menglan left Li Wenxuan in the town was that she wanted to send the others back to the village first, and then she would go back to pick up Li Wenxuan.
The kind that you pick up while walking over.
She thought that since Weisheng Yiran had so much luggage, Li Wenxuan would definitely help. Carrying so much luggage would be tiring for anyone, and when she rushed back to pick him up, she could let him know that she wasn't targeting anyone, and she could also lend him a hand.
The same goes for her and Weisheng. One makes Li Wenxuan suffer, and the other helps Li Wenxuan share the burden. She doesn't believe that Li Wenxuan can't see her good side.
And on the way back to the village, she would talk to Li Wenxuan about the people and things in the village. Li Wenxuan would listen to her carefully, while Weisheng Yiran could not get a word in...
The plan was very feasible, but after Li Wenxuan recounted the incident in such a proud tone, Jin Menglan's self-confidence was shattered.
Weisheng can take photos and develop photos, repair buses, and has some medical knowledge... Can she really snatch Li Wenxuan from such a Weisheng and become the president's wife?
Compared to Jin Menglan, who felt that she had started off badly, the village chief sitting on the edge of the kang had already heard the story once, but when he heard Li Wenxuan mention that Weisheng could repair cars, he still found it very strange.
In addition to a donkey cart, Kaoshan Village also has a tractor. The village Party secretary's youngest son is the only one who can drive it, but he can't repair it. Whenever there's a problem, they have to go to town to find a technician. It would be much more convenient if the village had its own technicians.
Thinking so, the village chief looked at Weisheng again with a camera hanging on his chest, and the smile and satisfaction in his eyes increased exponentially.
This year's educated youth are more sought after than those recruited last year.
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It was noon when Weisheng and his friends entered the village. Because Weisheng had taken photos of himself and his family before, the village chief treated them to lunch.
Over the course of their meal, the village chief informed Weisheng and the other three of the village's situation and the requirements for the educated youth. They also briefly described their personal circumstances. When it came time to arrange accommodation, Weisheng smiled and said, "I don't have any requirements."
Weisheng said she didn't have any requirements for accommodation, but she needed a clean and dust-free darkroom to develop photos. Also, cameras and other things were quite expensive. It would not be good if the place she lived in was crowded and something went wrong.
Weisheng also told the village chief that she had never done farm work before and was definitely not as good as the villagers. However, she had her specializations. She could not only repair buses but also tractors. Driving, repairing, and maintaining them was no problem for her.
In short, for a technical talent like her, it would be a waste of resources to let her work in the fields to farm, and the cost would outweigh the benefits.
But then again, if Weisheng didn't want to live a better life, he wouldn't be so "high-profile".
Living in the village, farm work had to be done and work points had to be earned, but the attendance of villagers and educated youth was not something the village cadres could force. So after Weisheng's words, the village chief knew how to arrange for Weisheng.
The village chief's eldest son is in the army, and his eldest daughter-in-law lives alone in a farmyard in the back row. His youngest son attends junior high school in town and only comes home once a week. His second daughter has stayed in the village since graduating from junior high school. Now, only the village chief and his wife and their second daughter live in his home.
The village chief thought about it and arranged for Weisheng to live in his eldest son's house and keep his eldest daughter-in-law company.
Then he asked Zhang Xiaoyu for her opinion, asking her whether she wanted to live in the educated youth's courtyard or move in with the widowed old woman in the village. Compared to Weisheng's request, Zhang Xiaoyu chose the educated youth's courtyard without a second thought.
Upon seeing this, the village chief first took Weisheng to the home of his eldest son in the back row, and then personally took Zhang Xiaoyu, Li Wenxuan and Shen Zhao to the courtyard of the educated youth.
Jin Menglan didn't know what politeness meant and stayed at the village chief's house for lunch. Now, seeing that everything happening before her eyes was different from what she remembered, she felt very nervous.
As soon as she went out, she saw her ex-husband's brother, who was addicted to gambling and domestic violence, suddenly came to Kaoshan Village. Jin Menglan was frightened at first, and then she came up with an idea to divert the trouble away.
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