Escape from the desert

Chapter 223 Two Old Boys

The sky took off the blue robe, revealing the hazy and dark inside, which looked gloomy. If it hadn't been dry for so long, Jiang Yan almost thought it was going to rain.

Different from the dark and gloomy sky, the entrance of Linjiacun is full of excited and expectant smiling faces, and everyone is watching the entrance of the village with fiery eyes.

Jiang Yan was also dragged to the entrance of the village early by Li Zheng and the village head, only waiting for the two old boys to show up.

Lin Gui stood on one side, looking at Jiang Yan cautiously and anxiously. Ever since Aunt Jiang bought a carriage, he had hardly been in his ox cart. He was busy driving the ox cart again, and he hadn't seen Aunt Jiang for a long time. up.

He stayed at the entrance of the village on purpose today, mainly to ask Jiang Yan for something, but the always honest and stupid man blushed and couldn't say a word in a daze.

Jiang Yan's scalp became numb from Lin Gui's fiery gaze. She smiled and said, "Uncle Gui, are you coming to the village to see the new gentleman? Didn't you drive the ox cart today?"

Although their family did not ride in Lin Gui's carriage after buying the carriage, but because everyone has a little money after the autumn harvest, there are not a few people who ride in ox carts every day. Lin Gui's business is not idle, and he drives ox carts almost every day. on the way.

It seems that she still underestimated the reverence and admiration of the villagers for scholars. Even Lin Gui, who is so busy and has no children in his family who are studying, couldn't help but come to see the real face of his husband at the first time.

Lin Gui scratched his head in embarrassment, the blush on his face became even worse, and a smile appeared on his old wrinkled face, "Ah, yes, I also came to see what the new gentleman in the village looks like, but I mainly have I want to ask you something."

Lin Gui whispered: "A few days ago, my son went to the factory opened by your family to find a job, but I heard that there was no shortage of people. When I saw him, I just wanted to ask, will I still recruit people in the future? Can my son try it too? If he really can't do it, you can drive him away..."

Lin Gui's family was not rich, and his wife left early, leaving behind a son and a daughter. The daughter married to another village, and rarely came back once in a few years. The son was weak and couldn't do heavy work.

The family had little land, so Lin Gui started to make a living by driving ox carts. During this time, relying on Jiang Yan, he saved a lot of money. Not only were more and more people riding ox carts in the village, but also because Lin Cong When collecting mountain goods, if the place is far away, he will rent his ox cart, and come and go again and again, which actually makes him profit.

I heard from those who work in the Lin family that the work in the factory is very simple and not tiring. Although the time is longer, the work is very easy, so his son wanted to try it, but unfortunately he was not selected every time. superior.

"Aunt Jiang, if your factory recruits again, the old man like me is too embarrassed to beg you to accept him, but I hope you will give him a chance. If he really can't do it, you just drive him away!" Jiang Yan bowed.

"Uncle Gui, what are you doing!" Jiang Yan hurriedly supported him, and continued: "Tell him to try in the factory tomorrow, and work for a month first. If he can do it, he will work in the factory later. work."

Lin Gui was a kind person, and he had helped the Lin family brothers before, but he just let his son work in the factory, and this was acceptable.

Lin Gui looked at her excitedly, and almost couldn't believe what he heard: "Really...really?"

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Really, the factory will recruit another person tomorrow, so you can take him there."

"Aunt Jiang, your factory is going to recruit people again? Great, I will let my youngest son sign up tomorrow!" An old woman just came over and heard Jiang Yan's last words.

She has a loud voice, and many people around the entrance of the village heard her voice, and they all crowded around excitedly, all of them were very excited. Among these people, some had children working in the factory, and some did not. Everyone is full of joy.

Jiang Yan scanned these people around. Compared with the sluggish and decadent appearance before, everyone was much more active and angry, and everyone's eyes were bright. Everyone seems to be rejuvenated, not to mention radiant, but also to be full of vitality.

Jiang Yan couldn't help but put a smile on the corner of her mouth, and the expression on her face became much gentler. People have different faces, but when it comes to life, everyone is the same, and they all work hard for life.

"Great, I'll let my son try it tomorrow!" A woman in the crowd almost cried out!Her eyes were full of tears, and she looked at Jiang Yan with deep gratitude.

Jiang Yan looked up and saw that she was an unfamiliar woman. There were thousands of people in the village, and not all of them were familiar with each other, but she could call her by name. She really didn't have any impression of the woman in front of her, but she met her. With grateful eyes, he had to smile politely.

But the other party knelt down. Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then hurried to help him up. She didn't know this person until she received the other party's solemn and serious gratitude.

This woman is also a widow in the village. She has been ill in bed all year round. Her family is so poor that she can’t get rid of the pot. Her husband starved to death. She relies on her two sons to make ends meet. The life is very difficult, because after the eldest son was recruited by the factory, life gradually became more and more difficult. Get better.

With the money, her illness was gradually cured, so she was very grateful to Jiang Yan. During the conversation between the two, someone in the crowd yelled, and everyone looked over.

Jiang Yan stood on tiptoe, looked at the carriage slowly approaching on the road, and also at the new road in Linjiacun. The newly built road was not paved with blue bricks, but rammed earth. The inside is mixed with gravel and sand, and finally the surface is covered with a layer of earth bricks.

This kind of adobe brick is fired with loess mud, and its texture is very hard. Modern cars weighing several tons may be deformed when pressed on it, but the horse-drawn carts and ox carts of this era are not so heavy, and they can last for hundreds of years with better maintenance.

"It's Mr.'s carriage!"

Everyone in the village was familiar with the carriage of the Lin family, so when this strange carriage arrived, everyone knew that it was the arrival of the two old boys.

The coachman opened the curtain, and two 50-[-]-year-old old men got out of the carriage. Both of them were dressed in long gowns, one in navy blue and the other in navy blue, and they both had smiles on their faces.

The long gray hair is bound by a hair crown. The only difference is that one has a clean face and smiles kindly, while the other has a long goatee and a thin mouth. When not speaking, the lips are almost invisible.

"Old village head, Lao Lizheng, I kept you waiting for a long time!"

"That's right, I just saw the road in your Lin Family Village on the road, and I was very shocked! The two old friends are really powerful, leading the village to become more and more prosperous!"

(End of this chapter)