There was a sandstorm last night.

This year's winter in Tuocheng is different from previous years. It has not snowed for a long time.

Sandstorms should be more common in late autumn,

Surprisingly, at this time when the New Year is approaching, such a big event is coming!

This sandstorm was so violent that the windows of the Dou family's old man Li's cave house with five holes were covered with paper and were riddled with holes by the sandstorm.

In every kiln,

I have accumulated almost as much as Old Man Li. He vomited it out in the morning. The first mouthful of phlegm was as thick as

"Oh! Oh my God! It's almost Chinese New Year. I finally cleaned up the five-hole kiln, but now I'm getting licked by a gray dog."

Old man Li held the dry tobacco pole and said, "Mother Rongrong! Why does it take you longer to feed a chicken than to give birth to a baby?"

"Well, it's not harmful. You're just taking your time. Why don't you go clean up the house quickly?"

Old Man Li was very dissatisfied and scolded his mother-in-law, "Captain, please arrange for me to ride the donkey cart today.

I’m going to Zhimi County in the afternoon, and I don’t dare to delay picking up the educated youth who jumped in line.”

Mrs. Li's surname is Ji, and her given name is Zhuanzhuan.

Here,

The idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is rather ahem.

If the first child is a daughter, her name will most likely be "Zhuan Zhuan", "Gai Gai", or "Tuo Zhuan" or something like that.

It means: change your luck, change your destiny.

The next pregnancy is to give birth to a son.

This is similar to how in some places, the first born daughter is named "Zhaodi"

Ji Zhuanzhuan is 36 years old this year. She is a very hard-working and very frugal farm woman.

At this time, she was busy collecting a few chickens that were frightened by the sandstorm last night and were flapping around.

Ji Zhuan turned around and said, "Dad, cars coming from the provincial capital are not allowed to back up in Suidan County? Don't worry, the educated youth who want to settle down will be too early to arrive."

Old Li's eyes widened, "Why are you so stubborn? The educated youth who come to jump in the queue are all educated people!

Let's not talk about embarrassing the production team leader. At least the house should be tidy.

Look at the inside of the kiln now, it’s all dusty, how can it accommodate people?”

Old Man Li's mother-in-law, Ji Zhuanzhuan, smiled and said, "I said Rongrong's father, why are you so impatient? It's exactly the same as the donkey you raised!

The educated youth will not be able to come if the sun does not set today.

It won't take much trouble to clean up a few kilns. Don't worry, I'm sure you won't lose anyone."

The direct bus from Xijing, the provincial capital, to Tuocheng runs every other day.

In order to save time, Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli chose to take the long-distance bus from the provincial capital to Suidan County first.

Then from Suidan County, take the inter-county shuttle bus to the destination of this trip: Zhimi County.

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Old man Li from the Shilipu production team in Zhimi County was urging his mother-in-law to clean up the cave dwelling quickly.

At this time, we were on a long-distance bus from the provincial capital Xijing to Suimi County.

Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli and Peng Yong.

The three people were enduring the painful torture of the long journey.

This semi-new and old "Songling" brand bus was driving rickety on National Highway 318.

This long-distance bus is traveling very slowly.

Moreover, because there are many heavy-duty trucks hauling coal on the road, the traffic volume on this national highway is large and the road conditions are not particularly good.

Especially after passing Yanzhou, the bus was originally considered to be very slow.

It immediately turned into crawling like a cow in its nest.

"Well, in my imagination, Yanzhou should be a very beautiful place."

Peng Yong made no secret of his disappointment, "I didn't expect that even a gray, small market town-like place feels smaller than the size of our Rongwei County."

Luo Xuan comforted him, "The size of the city has nothing to do with us. Do you think you can go to the city often after joining the production team?

Just working every day makes you half tired! I ask you to go shopping, but I’m afraid you don’t have the heart."

Due to the long period of turbulence, Zhang Xiaoli also looked depressed at this time.

I can only lazily take a nap on Luo Xuan's shoulder.

"This classmate, what you said is wrong."

at this time,

There was a student-looking person wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket and a semi-old military coat.

Kneeling on his seat, he turned to criticize Peng Yong, "That is a holy place! You have to look at the inner spiritual power it contains, not just superficially look at its surface!"

The forty-nine cities are magnificent, the buildings and pavilions are splendid, and there are enough palaces in the palace, right?"

This guy speaks loudly and loudly.

The tone of his words was always full of awe-inspiring righteousness, "What kind of people live in those Jinyuan mansions?"

This guy told Peng Yong in a serious and thoughtful way, "This fellow student, you still think the problem is too superficial. You need to hurry up and understand more the essence contained in his works."

Peng Yong was surprised and asked, "Who are you?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself to you. My name is Xu Daliang. I am an educated youth from Pengzhou County who went to Zhimi County to join the queue and settle down."

Xu Daliang pointed to the front of the bus,

A group of two men and two women introduced, "These are my classmates. There are five of us, all educated youth who went to the countryside in the beautiful and magnificent Saibei."

"This classmate, it seems to me that you are also an educated youth who wants to jump in line, right?"

Xu Daliang was very talkative, "And I saw you when I was buying tickets at Xijing Long-distance Bus Station.

I also heard a few words from you at that time."

Xu Daliang stretched out his hand, "We are all young intellectuals from the same province who came to join the queue. If there is a chance in the future, let's get together more often.

It would also be good to learn more from each other and discuss our experiences in studying the works."

Peng Yong shook hands with him absently, and by the way said that he, Luo Xuan, and Zhang Xiaoli were going to join the production team in Shilipu, Zhimi County.

"What a coincidence?"

Xu Daliang glanced at Zhang Xiaoli, and then exclaimed with exaggeration, "We are also going to the Guanzhuang production team in Zhimi County. The two production teams should be very close to each other, right?"

Peng Yong shook his head, "I'm not sure about this."

"Hey, this female classmate, do you know whether the Shilipu production team and the Guanzhuang production team are far apart?"

Xu Daliang turned to Zhang Xiaoli, "Are you feeling uncomfortable? If you get motion sickness, I still have a little orange peel there."

Luo Xuan said, "You don't have to ask her, she won't answer you."

"Why?"

Xu Daliang showed an innocent look on his face, "We are all fellow villagers when we are away from home. We should take care of each other and care about each other. Isn't this what we should do?"

Luo Xuan sighed, "Her mother said before she came out that people outside are very bad!

When you meet a stranger, never talk to him. Her mother also said that showing courtesy without reason is either adultery or theft."

Xu Daliang's face turned red and his lips pursed. After all, he borrowed the bus and suddenly braked.

I sat back down

Traffic jam!

There were two Jiefang trucks in front and they collided.

It seems that one of the two Jiefang vehicles belongs to the Yanzhou Coal Supply Station.

The other truck belongs to a coal supply station in another province across the Yellow River called Debao County.

Don't look at it, there is only a Yellow River across it.

Living on both sides of the Yellow River, the people of these two places are actually bitter enemies.

I don't know why.

Anyway, the two sides never see eye to eye.

When the truck here goes to that place, the driver has to be punished.

In the same way,

Even if the truck over there comes here, it will suffer a loss.
To be continued...