Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 67 Homecoming
Inside the small tent, the temperature kept rising.

Xu Jichang hugged Shen Qingrui, reluctant to let go for a moment.

Shen Qingrui also hugged Xu Jichang tightly, as if the two had never been separated.

"Ah che..."

It wasn't until she sneezed lightly that the two calmed down a little.

"I... I have been your person for life and life, and I have long wanted to do that with you."

"But, but I really didn't think about being in the wild, and I just, just got caught in the rain, and I'm worried that I'll get sick when I'm tired."

"So... please, can you come back after we go back?"

Shen Qingrui pressed her face against Xu Jichang's strong chest, begging tremblingly.

Xu Jichang didn't say anything, but hugged Shen Qingrui even tighter, put his nose on her black hair, and greedily sniffed the fragrance of her hair.

After a long time, he patted Shen Qingrui's clean back lightly, looked at Shen Qingrui's beautiful face full of anxiety, and kissed it lovingly,
"Hey, take a good rest."

"Go down the mountain early tomorrow and go home."

"Uh-huh……"

Shen Qingrui bit her red lips lightly, smiled sheepishly, and stuck herself in Xu Jichang's arms with a sense of security.

……

The next morning, when Xu Jichang woke up, he found that Shen Qingrui was still hugging him tightly like an octopus.

Xu Jichang touched her forehead to make sure she didn't have a fever, so he felt relieved.

At this time, Shen Qingrui also woke up.

"Get up and go home."

Xu Jichang said.

"Um……"

Shen Qingrui nodded in a daze.

In the tent, Shen Qingrui's clothes had already been dried, Xu Jichang took a look outside the tent while she was getting dressed.

Very good, the fish caught yesterday are still alive.

The effect of bowfish is so wonderful, of course, it is inseparable from the rain last night, and the high air humidity is not easy for fish to die.

Guessing that after Shen Qingrui got dressed, Xu Jichang returned to the tent, put on his coat, and then began to pack the tent and other luggage.

After packing up the tent, the two went down the mountain along the road they came from, and arrived at the entrance of the village after a while.

It was still daylight, and the production team hadn't arrived at the point of work, and the riverside at the entrance of the village was quiet.

After Xu Jichang returned to his home, he first put down his luggage and the fish he had caught, then moved the water tank out, went to the small river at the entrance of the village to fetch some water, and kept the fish in it.

There is a well at the door of the house, Xu Ji often seeks far away because the composition of the well water and the stream water is too different, and the fish may not be used to turning their stomachs if they stay in it. Compared with the river water, the river water is closer to the stream water.

When he threw the fish into the big water tank one by one, Shen Qingrui in the room had already gone to bed and returned to the cage.

Xu Jichang returned to the house after finishing his work, looked at Shen Qingrui, who was breathing evenly, and the two white jade rabbits moved up and down slightly, and smiled softly: "Going into the mountains this time really exhausted her."

Of course, Xu Jichang was very satisfied with her performance this time, and it was already rare for her to follow her into the mountain without being slowed down for the first time.

Not long after, the whistle to go to work sounded in the village, and the members of the commune got up one after another to start a new day of work.

Xu Jichang reckoned that Shunzi must have woken up, so he went to Chen's house to check on Shanhuo's situation.

When he came to the gate of Chen's courtyard, Xu Jichang saw Shunzi washing his face by the well.

"Brother Chang, good morning. You are worried about the mountain products we are posting, aren't you?"

After seeing Xu Jichang walk into her yard, Shunzi put down the towel and said.

"With you here, why don't I feel at ease."

Xu Jichang laughed.

"Thank you Brother Chang for trusting me so much. I did take back all the mountain goods before it rained yesterday."

"The mountain goods are all dry now, without any rain. Right now, they are all placed in the house to dry in the shade."

Sunja said proudly.

Xu Jichang nodded, but didn't go into the room to check.

My own childhood is sometimes a bit stubborn, but his words are still trustworthy.At least he won't lie when facing himself, so there's no need to go into the house to verify it today.

"It's fine if you don't get wet. Can you find a way to get a horse-drawn cart, a donkey cart or something, and let's take the mountain cargo into the city together."

This time there are a lot of goods to be sold, so Xu Jichang had to find a means of transportation in advance.

"Hire a carriage? Then I'll go to the old dog in the east of our village and stuff him with a pack of cigarettes. He will keep the production team's carriage."

"Sure, but remember to say hello to your father. After all, it is the property of the collective. After you find him, tell him that I will buy some fodder and grain to feed the horses as a car rental fee for the collective."

Xu Jichang didn't want to lose the reputation of taking advantage of the group, so saying this to Shunzi right now was tantamount to asking him to be a witness, so as to avoid gossip from the team.

Shunzi nodded in admiration: "As expected of Brother Chang, he is considerate in his work and doesn't let anyone talk about him."

After speaking, he went into the house and took a pack of cigarettes, and went out of the yard with the cigarettes to borrow a carriage.

After a while, Shunzi led the borrowed horse and pulled the cart back to the gate of the yard, but he didn't bring the old dog with the handlebar over.

"Brother Chang, this time we can drive the carriage by ourselves."

"Because that's what I think. Our business has just started, and we should try to involve as few people as possible. There is no need to expand the manpower unless it is absolutely necessary."

After Xu Jichang came out, Shunzi explained to him.

Um?Shunzi's words do have some truth.

Now there are only two of them in total. If they hire another handlebar, should they count each other as a worker, or as a partner?
If you count as a partner, how much should you share with the other party?If he is not regarded as a partner and only pays him a salary, will the other party be jealous and cause trouble in the end?
After a little thought, Xu Jichang approved of Shunzi's approach: "You did the right thing. When you encounter problems in the future, you should think about it a few times."

"With meticulous thinking, you will not make mistakes in doing things."

"Hey, I also had a flash of inspiration this time."

Shunzi patted her head and smiled sheepishly.

Then, the two entered the house, packed up the mountain goods piled up in the house, and packed them according to the type and water content.

After busying for a long time, Xu Jichang and Shunzi finally piled up six big sacks in the room.

"Two packs on the bike and the remaining four packs on the wagon."

"Let me drive the carriage, and you can ride my bicycle."

Xu Jichang arranged.

Before crossing over, he drove a horse-drawn cart to sell mountain goods, because at the beginning of the new century, there were still no road cars in some places.

Over time, he also learned to drive a car and became a half-handlebar style.

"Haha, it's my first time riding a bicycle."

"When I come back, I can show off to the folks in the village that I have ridden a bicycle."

Shunzi was very happy with Xu Jichang's arrangement, and rubbed her hands excitedly.

After deciding on the division of labor, Xu Jichang rode his bicycle over from his home, and hung two packages of wild goods on the back seat, one on the left and one on the right.

Twenty-eight big bars are good, such a big sack is hung behind, and it won't rub against the ground.

"I'll try this horse first, and if there's no problem, we'll set off tomorrow."

After Xu Jichang finished speaking, he sat in the harness, held the rein in one hand, and the whip in the other. After a sound of driving, he swung the whip down, and the horse began to trot forward with the cart.

Of course, his whip just brushed the horse's ear, and didn't really hit the horse.

The main purpose of the whip is to frighten the horse. Unless the horse is running wildly or lying still, the driver seldom really whips the whip.

The horse that pulls the cart is very big, and it is a typical work horse. It can't run fast but has great strength, and it can endure hardships and stand hard work.

Xu Jichang drove the carriage on the village road, and when he passed by his house, he gave an order and pulled the left rein of the horse, and the horse turned with the cart and ran towards Shunzi's house.

Back outside the gate of Shunzi's house, Xu Jichang got out of the car, tied the reins to the tree stump, and told Shunzi that the horse was very good and that he would use it tomorrow.

"Hey, that's the best workhorse in the neighborhood. I used to let him out when I was little."

Shunzi patted the horse's back, and proudly said to Xu Jichang.

"Yes, remember to treat it better and feed more fodder. I count on it to work hard tomorrow."

Xu Jichang confessed, after patting the horse's neck twice, he turned and walked towards his home.

Not long after walking, Xu Jichang saw smoke rising from the roof of his house.

It seems that Shen Qingrui has woken up.

Xu Jichang was overjoyed, he quickened his pace and walked home, returning home in half the usual time.

In the room, Shen Qingrui had already cooked a pot of wontons and was filling them out of the pot.

Hearing Xu Jichang's footsteps entering the room, Shen Qingrui turned her head and smiled sweetly: "I'm going to look for you, let's have breakfast."

"Okay, let's have breakfast first, and get down to business after eating."

Xu Jichang said with a smirk.

He had already noticed that Shen Qingrui spread a white handkerchief on the bed in the back room, obviously ready.

and many more……

handkerchief?

Xu Jichang realized something, and his mind moved slightly.

Could it be... my original guess was correct, Shen Qingrui is really...

At this time, Shen Qingrui brought up the breakfast, staring at the ground, embarrassed to look at Xu Jichang: "Eat, cabbage and pork wontons."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Jichang immediately immersed himself in eating.

"Eat so fast, don't be afraid of burning."

"It's not hot, you should eat it quickly."

Xu Jichang swore that this was definitely the fastest meal he ate in his life, he wiped out a large bowl of wontons in the blink of an eye.

After a while, Shen Qingrui also finished her bowl.

"Put it here first."

Just as Shen Qingrui picked up the bowl and was about to wash it, Xu Jichang hugged her by the waist.

"Um……"

Shen Qingrui put down the bowl obediently, and lay in Xu Jichang's arms like a docile lamb, her fair face was flushed with flushes, her chest was heaving violently, and even the sound of her breathing was so charming.

Xu Jichang closed the door of the house first, then hugged Shen Qingrui to the back room, kissed her together, and kissed her on the bed unconsciously.

"I, I will always be your person from now on..."

A moment later, Shen Qingrui was lying on the bed with her beautiful eyes slightly closed, her hands clutching the sheet nervously, and while allowing Xu Jichang to unbutton her coat, she said in a trembling voice.

(End of this chapter)