The market in Niangen is rich in items. Some rare mountain specialties are displayed everywhere. It is good to be close to the mountains. Wild rabbits are fat and big and not expensive. Get two and eat one first when you go home.

I also hung one up to eat during the Chinese New Year.

I didn't feel bad about spending money on New Year's goods. I spent money, but I was very happy with it. Shi Dayong bought dried mushrooms to stew the two air-dried chickens, and also bought vermicelli, bacon and other things.

There were a lot of things, and thinking about how satisfied the family was eating a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, Shi Dayong couldn't help but smile. He whistled and started the vehicle to get ready to go home.

There were people going to the market on the road, and Shi Dayong didn't dare to drive too fast. He kept the steering wheel steady until he left the market far behind and saw that no one was around, then he picked up the speed.

Shi Dayong runs this road many times every day. Where there are curves and downhill slopes, he has long been familiar with them. There will be a sharp turn further ahead, and Shi Dayong is ready to slow down in advance.

"I am a soldier, from the common people..." Shi Dayong hummed in his mouth and skillfully operated his feet. The moment he pressed his right foot, Shi Dayong felt no resistance. In a hurry, he stepped directly on the bottom with his right foot.

I didn't feel the car stop or slow down in any way.

Broken! The brake failed! In an instant, Shi Dayong broke out in a cold sweat. You must know that if the speed of the sharp turn is too fast, if you are not careful, you will either hit the mountain or fall off the cliff. No matter what the result is, the car will be destroyed and people will die.

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The atmosphere suddenly changed from relaxed and comfortable to tense. Shi Dayong had a serious look on his face. He pursed his lips tightly and told himself to stay calm. He held the steering wheel tightly, looked ahead, and kept pressing the brakes.

"Squeak--" There was a harsh sound of braking, and the car jerked forward and stopped unexpectedly.

"My dear, you scared me to death!" Shi Dayong wiped off cold sweat and parked the car on the side of the road. According to his experience, the cause of brake failure must be a problem with the brake pipe. Shi Dayong stopped the car and

He lay down under the car and faced the brake system to inspect it. Sure enough, he found a tiny crack on the brake pipe. The gap was so small that he wouldn't have been able to see it if he hadn't looked too carefully.

"Grandma, it's really your business." Shi Dayong got out from under the car, grabbed a handful of loess from the roadside, and rubbed the oil on his hands.

The car started again. Shi Dayong drove very slowly. He stepped on the brakes from time to time to feel the condition of the brake pipes. Unexpectedly, the brakes became very sensitive, as if the failure just now was his illusion. "Did I feel wrong?"

?" Shi Dayong muttered, increased the speed, and stepped on the brakes again. They were still very sensitive. Until he got home, the brakes never acted abnormally again.

Shi Dayong arrived home late today, and Ruimin had already left work. Shi Dayong squatted by the basin and washed his hands. Ruimin stood beside him and asked, "Brother, you don't plan to go back to your hometown this year?"

Motor oil is difficult to wash off, so Shi Dayong grabbed a handful of laundry and rubbed and scratched it, "I won't come back, what? You want to come back?"

"Well, I have nothing to do. I want to go back and have a look." Ruimin has now moved to the reception room. The work is light and not tiring, and the management is not too tight. As long as there are no people in the room, he has discussed it with several workers.

, in the first year when he went back to his hometown, his shift would be filled in by fellow workers, and they would be replaced when he came back.

"When are you going to leave?" Shi Dayong looked up at Ruimin, who hurriedly took a ladle of water from the bucket to wash away the black foam on his elder brother's hand, "Let's leave tomorrow. If you don't leave tomorrow, we'll leave the day after tomorrow."

"Oh." Shi Dayong shook off the water droplets on his hands, pulled a towel from the rope and wiped it, "That's okay, you go back and see how the bricks are doing, how much is left, and tell me when you come back."

"Yes." Ruimin agreed and followed his elder brother into the house.

Shi Ke had finished his winter vacation homework long ago, and now he plays with his two younger sisters every day. The room is too small, and there are so many people. They have to stay in the room, and there is no room for them to stand. Shi Dayong was shocked on the road. Until now

He was still frightened, and the chatter of his three girls made him upset. Shi Dayong frowned and said, "Keke, take your sister and play with you."

"Oh." Shi Ke led the two sisters to the yard. Wang Ying was cooking under the eaves. This girl in the cold winter was not staying in the house to keep warm, so why did she go outside? She hurriedly called her daughter, "Ke Ke

, what are you three doing out here when it’s so cold?”

"Dad said let's play together." An An said first with her little mouth pouted.

"Why are you so angry? Come back and vent your anger on the girls." Wang Ying muttered dissatisfiedly and said to the three girls: "Go back to the house, stay in the back room, and are not allowed to come out."

When Wang Ying brought the dishes and entered the room, she took a special look at Shi Dayong's face. Seeing that there was nothing unusual about Shi Dayong, she felt relieved.

After setting the table, Wang Ying took Shi Nian from her mother-in-law's hand and said, "Mom, you eat first, and I'll feed Niannian."

Wang Ying gave her son a steamed egg custard. She scooped up a small spoonful and blew it, put it to her lips to test if it was no longer hot, and stuffed it into her son's mouth, "Dayong." She touched Shi Dayong's arm, "It's the Chinese New Year.

Last time you said you were going to Changzhi to see He Xiaoxia’s brother before the year before, should we go?”

He Xiaoxia's eldest brother was in the army and was assigned to serve as a military representative at the bearing factory in Changzhi. Changzhi is not far from here, more than 200 miles away. With such a close relative, Shi Dayong wanted to move around before the year.

People like them who gather together from the south to the north these days, let alone such close relatives, even from the same province, are all fellow villagers, and they are all close to each other emotionally.

"Go." Shi Dayong said with some fear: "However, my car is going to be repaired. Wang Wendong's car seems to have a slight problem and almost caused an accident today."

Wang Ying's heart skipped a beat. The car was the driver's lifeblood. She hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter if you visit relatives. Safety is the most important thing. You can't get into trouble." At this point, Wang Ying put down her job.

, grabbed Shi Dayong's arm, "Hurry up and tell the captain tomorrow that we won't get out of the car."

Feeling his wife's nervousness, Shi Dayong patted the back of Wang Ying's hand and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, I will go find Captain Chen tomorrow."

After breakfast the next day, Wang Ying urged Shi Dayong, "Hurry up and tell the captain that we won't get out of the car."

"I'll go right away, don't worry." Shi Dayong agreed, put on his cotton-padded jacket and walked out.

Shi Dayong took the key and went straight to Chen Ping's office. He knocked on the door first, and then pushed the door open directly, "Captain Chen."

Chen Ping made a cup of hot tea. He held the newspaper in one hand and the teacup in the other and drank it in his stomach. He heard a knock on the door and raised his head, just as Shi Dayong came in, "Dayong, are you okay?"

"I'll hand over the key." Shi Dayong shook the key. "I can't drive this car. The brake pipe is leaking. I almost had an accident yesterday."

"Can't you?" Chen Ping thought Shi Dayong was making excuses, and his face darkened, "I know Wang Wendong. He is very careful about his car, and he will repair it immediately if there is any minor problem."

"Really captain, I won't lie to you." Shi Dayong's tone was a little anxious, "I almost couldn't stop the car yesterday."

"Is it just a small leak of air?" Chen Ping didn't listen to Shi Dayong's excuse at all, and continued: "Look, everyone else has left the car. If you don't do it today, I won't find anyone to take your place. Otherwise, you

Just keep doing it for one more day, and I will arrange for someone else to do it tomorrow."

"Captain -" Shi Dayong wanted to say more, but Chen Ping pushed out with the back of his hand, "Okay, it's getting late, go quickly, don't forget to close the door for me."

Chen Ping's words meant that he was chasing people away, so Shi Dayong had no choice but to withdraw. He knocked the keys in his hand and walked to the car dejectedly. He sat in the cab and thought for a moment, and luck prevailed.

It should be fine. It was fine all the way back. Anyway, the captain said, just do it for today and replace it tomorrow. When I hand over the keys tomorrow and explain the car's condition clearly to the person taking over, everything else will be fine.

Shi Dayong drove the car to the gate of the family home and returned home to find Wang Ying.

The weather was nice today, so Wang Ying wanted to take a look at the cabbage in the vegetable cellar. As soon as she got down to the vegetable cellar, a musty smell hit her nostrils. Wang Yingxin said: "It's bad. One of the vegetables must be rotten."

The vegetables in the cellar will start to rot until next spring. What will happen next year? When her eyes adjusted to the light in the vegetable cellar, she discovered that the smell was from the cabbage in the village. Fortunately, the weather was good today, so she removed the rotten leaves outside.

, basking in the sun can also help.

Wang Ying climbed up from the cellar, exposed half of her body and shouted into the house, "Keke, come here and help mom dry the cabbage."

Shi Ke heard his mother's voice and hurriedly ran outside. An An and Xiang Xiang were now sister's little tails. They would go wherever her sister went, and they would all run out behind her.

"Coco, mommy handed you the vegetables. You place them along the wall." After Wang Ying finished speaking, he started to go back to move the cabbages. Wang Ying placed the cabbages at the door of the vegetable cellar, and the three little sisters placed them one by one against the wall.

While the work was in full swing, Shi Dayong came back.

"Yingzi." Shi Dayong squatted at the door of the vegetable cellar and called inside.

Dayong came back, Wang Ying hurriedly raised his head and asked: "Dayong, have you told the captain?"

Shi Dayong handed the dish at hand to his daughter, "I told the captain, and he said he would let me continue working for one more day and change people tomorrow. Will you go to He Xiaoxia's eldest brother's place?"

"Where are you going? Didn't you see that the cabbage is all rotten? I can't go there. I have to dry the cabbage." Wang Ying climbed up two steps, looked at Shi Dayong worriedly and said, "Didn't you say that the brake pipe is leaking?

, is it okay to get out of the car again?”

"I told the captain, but he didn't believe me. I'll drive carefully today. It should be fine."

"Then you should make fewer trips today and come back earlier."

"Okay, don't worry."

Wang Ying kept watching Shi Dayong go out of the door, and then she continued back to the vegetable cellar.
Chapter completed!