Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 128 Swagger
"Brother Stone, this road is too difficult."

On the swaying car, Yang Xiaotao took a pot of hot water and handed it to Yang Shitou.

At this time, the two had already left Sijiu City for a long time. There were few pedestrians on the road, and the road changed from a flat dirt road to potholes.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many infrastructures have not been perfected, even around Sijiu City.

It was the first time for Yang Xiaotao to travel far away, and he was used to asphalt roads and concrete roads. Riding a car on this kind of dirt road was simply suffering.

"It's okay, it's okay, it was more difficult to get to our village before!"

Yang Shitou took a sip of water and looked at the water bottle in his hand, full of curiosity.

They don’t have this thing in their village. They usually use wooden barrels to hold water when they go to work. When they are thirsty, they take a ladle to drink water. It’s okay in summer, but it’s cold in autumn.

Sending the kettle back, he looked at the contents of the car like a baby.

Especially that bag was filled with bright red flesh and blood. I learned from Yang Xiaotao that he bought these with money tickets.

He didn't know if it was true or not, he just thought it was living in the city and envied him.

According to him, this pile of meat weighed at least ten catties, and he heard that there were mutton and beef in it, and his stomach turned upside down when he heard it.

Finally, it was the wine under Yang Xiaotao's feet. Yang Shitou licked his lips again. The wine brought back by the grandfather last time was shared with several grandpas. He could only pick up the bottom of the bottle and drink it with loose wine.

I thought to myself, with so much wine, I have to get two bottoms of the bottle.

At noon, both of them didn't eat, mainly because they were bumpy and didn't feel like eating.

Yang Xiaotao looked at the sun, took out a handful of toffee and handed it to Yang Shitou.

Another good thing.

Yang Shitou's eyes lit up, he wiped his hands, and took it carefully.

"Xiao Tao, your candy is really sweet."

He took Yang Xiaotao's toffee and carefully counted eight of them. After eating one, he put the rest in his pocket.

Go home and give your partner one, be sure...

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Brother Shitou, when will we arrive?"

Yang Shitou looked around, "We've been walking for more than half, and we'll be at Qujiazaohu in a while. After passing Zaohu, we'll be at Qinjiacun, and then Gaojiazhuang. After five miles, we'll be at our village!"

Yang Shitou counted several villages along the way, and several local images appeared in Yang Xiaotao's mind.

A river, big willow trees, earth slopes, mountains.

The memories of his previous life made Yang Xiaotao feel a little close to home at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, his eyes followed the donkey cart, looking at the gray and barren land around him, and looking at the strange era.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao's silence, Yang Shitou felt that it might have brought back memories, so he relieved Xiaotao, "Xiaotao, you will have to stay here for two days when you return to the village."

"You are the only one who has grown up together, but you have to tell everyone about the things in the city."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, and several familiar and unfamiliar names came out of his mind.

Speaking of this, Yang Shitou hesitated a little, feeling that it would be unreasonable not to tell him that he had taken so many benefits from Yang Xiaotao.

But thinking of the grandpa's sternness, he finally just sideways said, "Xiaotao, the village has prepared a big gift for you."

Yang Xiaotao was puzzled, what else could the village give him?
He wanted to ask clearly, but Yang Shitou turned his head and swung his whip, as if he couldn't speak.

Yang Xiaotao was aroused by this half-talk.

What the village can produce is nothing more than food and use.

Don't even think about money.

Besides.

Yang Xiaotao shivered suddenly, "Isn't it for a daughter-in-law?"

Yang Shitou was startled by Yang Xiaotao's sudden voice, but he didn't speak when he heard it, and continued on his way.

But this appearance made Yang Xiaotao's guess even more firm.

My heart suddenly became entangled. If I really want to talk about my daughter-in-law, should I want it or not?

The wheels of the car creaked and pressed the dirt, and the people in the car came to a river with tangled thoughts.

Not far away, a few half-sized boys jumped up and down on the ice, looking like they were in full swing, even the north wind was called hot.

The car stopped, Yang Shitou smashed the ice surface by the river, let the donkey follow him to drink water, and Yang Xiaotao walked to the river.

"Brother Shitou, this is not the river in our village."

After careful recollection, he said.

"Well, this is a small river. After passing Qinjia Village, our village and Gaojiazhuang are compared to a big river, upstream and downstream."

Yang Shitou pulled up his trouser belt, pulled the donkey back to the cart, took a small handful of fried beans from the cart, and fed it carefully.

Yang Xiaotao was watching from the side. He had seen a donkey when he was a child, but his family had never raised a donkey, and he didn't know the donkey's habits.

Seeing that he was interested, Yang Shitou introduced him.

"This black skin is collectively owned by the village, but it is raised in my house. I give ten catties of soybeans a month, and the rest go to the field to graze."

"Although it is not tall, it is a good puller and grinder. In our village, it is the only one who pulls carts!"

Speaking of donkeys, Shitou became a bit addicted, and the more he talked, Yang Xiaotao listened to it, and the two seemed to have a common topic, talking and laughing.

The car started up again, and this time Heipi, who was full of food and drink, walked more vigorously, perhaps because he was approaching the village, the road improved, and the car was not so bumpy.

The car came to the village and walked slowly. A man who was sweeping the street looked up.

"Stone, what are you doing here?"

The man had a loud voice, leaning on a headless sweeping pole and shouting loudly.

Yang Shitou screamed, "Brother Da Zhu, I'm going to the city, I'm picking someone up!"

As the car approached, several people nearby looked over and their eyes widened.

The things on the car are all good things, especially the smell of meat on the tip of the nose, I can't be envious.

"Xiaotao, this is Qu Shuanzhu, the team leader of Zaohu Village!"

"Brother Dazhu, this is Xiaotao. It belongs to my uncle Gen!"

"Brother Dazhu!"

Yang Shitou didn't stop, and Yang Xiaotao also greeted him in the car.

"This is going back to the village for the New Year. I bought a lot of things!"

Qu Dazhu looked at the things in the car and asked enviously, Yang Xiaotao replied with a smile, "Yes, I will spend this year at home!"

As the car moved forward, more and more people greeted Yang Shitou. From time to time, someone asked, Yang Shitou introduced it with a smile, and the eyes attracted by the car filled him with a sense of honor.

Especially the little daughter-in-law I met in the village, seeing the eyes of the two people in the car changed, she didn't hesitate to inquire about the situation of the two of them face to face.

This made Yang Xiaotao sure that the village was looking for a wife for him.

The car left Qujiazaohu, and passed Qinjia Village another five or six miles, but this time Yang Shitou did not take the main road, but took it from the small road outside the village.

Yang Xiaotao thought he was taking a shortcut, so he didn't ask.

Just waiting in front of a row of houses and seeing a familiar figure standing at the door, Yang Xiaotao suddenly understood Yang Shitou's deep meaning.

With a straight body, he moved the things in the car to a conspicuous place to one side, so that they fit together as they should.

"Yo, isn't this the third uncle, basking in the sun."

Yang Shitou yelled at an old man squatting on the top of a house basking in the sun.

The old man is 50 years old, wearing a patched padded jacket, his head looks like a chicken coop, and his old face is full of weather.

Hearing Yang Shitou's shout, the old man looked up, his cloudy eyes were a little flustered, but he tried his best to stand up slowly.

"It's a small stone!"

"Ah, I just went to the city to bring my brother back."

Yang Shitou raised his voice, and attracted the eyes of several other people who were basking in the sun and watching the excitement.

Yang Xiaotao looked at the old man in front of him, he was Qin Huairu's third uncle.

The Qin family is considered a big family in the village, and the Yang family is hopeful in Yangjiazhuang, and the population with this surname accounts for more than [-]% of the population.

In Qin Huairu's father's generation, there are four brothers in the same family, and besides that, there are two aunts.

Qin Huairu's father is the second child, and the one sitting here is the third child.

Originally, the relationship between the Qin family and the Yang family was pretty good, otherwise they wouldn't have introduced Qin Huairu to Yang Xiaotao.

But now, the two families don't say that the relationship has broken down, but it has reached a freezing point.

This is another manifestation of clan power. Offending one family may offend the entire village.

"It's been a long time, the car is too heavy, it almost delayed the time!"

As Yang Shitou said, he slowed down the speed of the car, and purposely moved towards the people, "It exhausted my donkey."

The people around were neither deaf nor blind, so they could hear the complacency in the words, and they could see the things on the car.

At a glance, they are all things that they are envious of.

Especially the conspicuous meat and wine, which are luxury accessories in the countryside.

"So many things? Are they all from the Yang family?"

The people on the side asked, but Yang Xiaotao didn't speak, and Yang Shitou had already started to show off.

"That's right, my brother is a worker in a rolling mill, and he earns 50 yuan a month."

"Oil, grain, rice and noodles are produced by the country, and food and clothing are all in the factory. Isn't it easy to buy this little thing?"

"Going home for the New Year this time, naturally I have to be filial?"

Yang Shitou talked more and more vigorously, Yang Xiaotao looked at the people around him calmly, at this time, the older girls and daughter-in-laws in the distance also came to watch the fun, and quickly kicked off the car, Yang Shitou understood.

"Stop talking, hurry home, let's go!"

Yang Shitou didn't give everyone the time they envied. When talking about the whip, there was a crisp sound, and the donkey cart picked up speed and passed through the alley.

After the donkey cart left, the discussion started.

"50 yuan a month, my God."

Someone sighed, and the people on the side had some knowledge, and quickly opened their mouths.

"What's the point? People say that workers can earn as little as 50 yuan, and those who have more can earn more than 100 yuan."

The people around gasped again. With 100 yuan, it would be a great gift for them to have 40 to [-] yuan a year.

"No wonder I bought so many things, the meat is so big, and there are so many wines."

"Not only that, but also flour. Didn't you see the watch on that kid's hand?"

There are different opinions, all of which are envy.

Suddenly, someone said, "The boy from the Yang family is from the city, he is very particular. He looks refined and gentle. I don't know if he has a partner?"

"Probably not. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back to celebrate the New Year alone!"

"I heard that Qin's second son's daughter also married from the city. You said that the Yang family boy is so capable, so the other one she found must be even more powerful?"

The neighbors in a village have long known about the matter between the Yang family and the Qin family's second son.

I understand better Yang Shitou's purpose of not taking the main road to go around.

But they are really envious.

After saying this, everyone looked at Qin Laosan.

At this moment, Qin Lao San's dry yellow face was a little red, looking at the left and right got up and walked home.

"It's amazing, that child gave birth to a baby, and Qin's second son went there and was kicked back. He didn't eat any food, and his life was not good!"

Some people knew that the inside story had come out, and some people were immediately surprised, "No way, they are all workers, how can it be like this?"

"Why can't you? People are tall or short, and trees are thick. That family is nothing special. I guess they're a little bitch even in the factory!"

When the discussion came, Qin Laosan's face became even uglier, and he lowered his head and walked into the room.

"father!"

As soon as I entered the door, I was stopped by a girl.

The girl was wearing a floral jacket, her head was tied into two long braids with red braids, and Xiaotuan's big eyes were full of smiles.

"Did they say they came from the city? Where is he?"

The girl's voice was crisp, and she hurriedly asked.

Qin Laosan naturally knew the purpose of his daughter, didn't he just want to run to the city after seeing his cousin married into the city!

It's just that I was scolded behind my back just now, and I was in a bad mood, so I just waved and left the room without saying a word.

Seeing her father like this, the girl hurried to the door to look around, and when she found that he was gone, she stomped her feet angrily.

"If I knew it, I wouldn't have braided it!"

(End of this chapter)