Tingting said disapprovingly: "If there is no gas, then there is no gas. It's not a big deal. The worst we can do is walk to the county seat and I will push the car for you."

It's okay, she just wanted to spend more time with this man.

Tingting was very active. A girl walked behind and started pushing the heavy motorcycle.

Zhang Guoquan also hurried down. How could he sit on it by himself and let a girl push him?

Leaning forward, he pushed hard, barely allowing Tingting behind him to exert any force.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Guoquan was thinking about how to go back?

Tingting spoke first, as if she mustered up a lot of courage: "Brother Guoquan, why don't you stay in the county for a few days, wait for me to earn some money, and then I'll cheer you on."

"That's not okay. Even if I don't have money to refuel, I can't let you make money to refuel for me. Besides, I really can't stay any longer. I have to go back. There are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with in the mine."

Tingting finally felt a little lost. She pursed her lips and muttered, "You are just a small worker. The mine can't live without you. It won't be a big deal if I stay for a few more days."

Her voice was low, and she didn't know whether Zhang Guoquan really didn't hear her, or he was too bored to speak because he didn't have money to refuel and go back.

After pushing for about a few hundred meters, Zhang Guoquan wanted to take a rest, but he couldn't exert any strength in his hands. His fingers had just been connected, so he couldn't just use brute force. He might become disabled again, and it wouldn't be worth it.

After pushing the motorcycle to the side of the road and tying it up, Zhang Guoquan said, "Let's rest on the side of the road for a while."

Of course Tingting was willing. She took the initiative to speak and asked about Zhang Guoquan's family affairs. She wanted to know more about the man in front of her.

"Your wife...should be fine."

Tingting felt that he did not go back to work in the mine. A small worker had too much to worry about. He was anxious to go back because he was homesick. Like her, she was homesick.

If a man can be homesick, then there must be a good wife who loves him and is waiting for him in his home.

"Of course, she's fine."

Although he didn't say much to praise his wife, it was just a simple sentence that made Tingting realize that this man's heart belonged to someone else.

When it comes to his wife Bai Ge, Zhang Guoquan seems to have endless things to say.

He sat on the curb and took off his cloth shoes. They were full of sweat and filthy since they hadn't been changed in several days.

"You don't know, just like my cloth shoes, she takes them out to dry every day. They are always clean and refreshing. But now, they are so damp inside."

Through this sentence, Tingting realized that Zhang Guoquan was just an ordinary country man, and his family was just like most, ordinary and happy.

Tingting murmured: "It's just plain, pretty good, and my sister-in-law is also very good..."

"Ouch, ouch..."

Zhang Guoquan suddenly exclaimed, causing Tingting to turn her head and look over. She saw him holding up the dirty cloth shoe and putting his fingers in it.

"I'm just saying, there is always a path, haha." Zhang Guoquan laughed.

Tingting looked again, Zhang Guoquan stretched out his fingers, first took out the wet insole, and then took out money from the crotch of the shoe.

Zhang Guoquan waved the money, which was also soaked with foot sweat, about thirty yuan.

"When I went to the market, I stuffed the leftovers into my shoe stalls. I didn't expect it to be a big help."

It's an unexpected surprise. Now it's better and I don't have to worry about going back.

But Tingting seemed unhappy.

"Hey... don't be unhappy." Zhang Guoquan took out a ten-dollar bill and handed it to Tingting.

"What?"

"Isn't it enough to take a car home? Then I'll give you some more. I just need to leave enough money for gas."

Tingting waved her hands quickly: "Enough is enough, but I can't ask for your money."

"Hey, you have to go home first. Listen to big brother. Don't stay here anymore. Go home first. Your parents should be trying to ruin you. You can't let them worry."

Zhang Guoquan said, ignoring Tingting's refusal and directly put the money into her hand.

"Let's go, keep pushing the car, we can refuel when we get to the county seat."

With money, Zhang Guoquan was immediately full of energy.

Tingting stood up and held the car from behind: "Then consider it as borrowing it from me. Leave me an address. When I have money, I will send it to you."

"No, it doesn't cost much."

For Zhang Guoquan now, as long as he spends the money in the right place, he won't take the ten yuan seriously at all.

Tingting murmured to herself, how much money can a small worker earn in a month?

"You can't make much money. If you give it to me directly, then I can't take it..."

"Okay, okay, I'll just treat it as if I borrowed it from you." Zhang Guoquan was eager to go home and had no intention of getting into trouble with Tingting about the ten dollars.

"Then tell me your specific address and I will send the money to you at that time."

"It's in Yangjiazhuang. You can just send it directly to the mine."

"Mining? Does that person know you?"

Tingting believes that there will be many workers in the mine, and not everyone may know a small worker.

"I know, just tell me to send it to Zhang Guoquan in Yangjiazhuang Coal Mining District. Everyone in the mine knows it. Look, we're at the refueling place."

Zhang Guoquan stopped talking and pushed forward quickly with all his strength.

After filling the tank with gas, Zhang Guoquan patted the car seat: "Now it's good. It should be enough to go back. Even if we can't reach Yangjiazhuang, we only need to go to Pingshan County."

Tingting said nothing and lowered her head. It was really time to say goodbye.

From now on, I should never see this simple and kind-hearted man again.

After sending Tingting to the station and giving her a few words of advice, Zhang Guoquan rode his motorcycle and headed home.

He waved goodbye to Tingting, and Tingting stretched out her arms, tried her best to smile, and waved vigorously.

The motorcycle went further and further away, and after a while, it disappeared into the turbulent flow of people.

It was okay when Zhang Guoquan was around. Now, Tingting looked at the unfamiliar crowd around her, feeling indescribable fear and nervousness in her heart, but more importantly, she felt the joy of going home.

At the station, someone held a paper sign: "If you are going to ** City ** County, there are still seats, just get on the bus and leave."

When Tingting heard the name of the county town of her hometown, she was about to get on the bus, but before getting on the bus, she hesitated again.

He turned around and walked towards the newsstand not far away.

"Boss, are there any newspapers about Pingshan County? Preferably old newspapers."

"Pingshan County? You want old newspapers?" The boss glanced at the little girl suspiciously.

"Yes, anything from the past two years is fine."

"Ah? Look under the stall yourself."

Tingting knelt down and flipped through a pile of old newspapers stacked under the stall.

There is nothing about Pingshan County in the above newspapers. I have almost finished flipping through them and haven’t seen anything about Pingshan County yet.

Immediately, she was about to give up, and suddenly she exclaimed.

The boss was so frightened that he said, "I have a heart disease, so don't be surprised."

Tingting couldn't help but exclaimed, because she did find a newspaper about Pingshan County, and it was also information about the Yangjiazhuang Coal Mine.

This newspaper is not the one I saw a year ago, but it is the same as a year ago. Among the pile of text information, there is a photo.

Different from the big group photo taken a year ago, there are only three people in this photo.

She didn't recognize the two people on both sides, but in the middle stood a man wearing a big red flower with a bright smile. She was very familiar with it.

It was Zhang Guoquan who had just parted ways and was riding his motorcycle back.

Scroll down further and find several more newspapers about the coal mines in Pingshan County.

"Boss, I want these four."

"You want them all? Okay, a new newspaper costs 20 cents a copy, and the old newspaper will cost you 10 cents a copy."

"Thank you, boss."

"Hey." The boss looked at the little girl holding the newspaper and entering the station. He shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Hey, I'm quite happy to sign up for a bunch of old newspapers."

Tingting found the shuttle bus back to her hometown and sat by the window.

The sun was shining right on her, so she opened the newspaper and read the information on it carefully.

Suddenly, her body stood there, motionless.

"It turns out...he is the mine manager."

Scroll further down and you will see that the development history of coal mines in the past two years is almost all good.

There was also a bad one. There was a landslide in the coal mine and many people died underground.

At that moment, her heart was in her throat.

With the twenty-five days of extreme rescue, when she saw how many days had passed and how many people had been rescued, she felt happy for those people who had been rescued.

But as time went on, the rescue became more difficult, and many people had the idea of ​​giving up. She was worried about those who could not be rescued.

What if there are still people alive, waiting for someone to save them, just like her, she also hopes that someone will save her from Tuyagou.

What's the difference between the terrifying Tuyagou and the dark underground?

Suppressing the fear in my heart, I looked up the date of the newspaper. At that time, Zhang Guoquan should not have become the mine director, but if I looked down carefully, a person named Zhang Guoquan would always be mentioned in the text.

At the bottom of the newspaper, interviews with some villagers were recorded, all thanking Zhang Guoquan for his persistence. Without Zhang Guoquan, so many people would not have been rescued.

It was Zhang Guoquan who saved countless families and prevented those villagers from losing their sons, fathers and husbands.

Finally, she sat next to the window and just stared at a newspaper, which was a photo of the three of them standing in the sun.

The big title above reads: New beginning, new journey.

The subtitle reads: It is hereby announced that Zhang Guoquan has succeeded as the mine director of the Yangjiazhuang Coal Mining District Committee.

Through several newspapers, she had a general understanding of Zhang Guoquan's experience and personality, and then she realized that Zhang Guoquan's casual words were of great significance.
Chapter completed!