Chapter 13 The road is far away and you know the horse power
Li Dazhu and his sister went out at dawn, just to be in front of Third Grandpa's ox cart.
He felt that he could catch up with the bullock cart because of his walking distance, but his sister could not.
They roughly knew which road they had to take to get to the county, so they walked ahead of time, and when they no longer knew the road, they sat down and took a rest.
Then wait for the bullock cart to come, and then follow the bullock cart.
Li Dazhu thought proudly: He is so smart.
However, plans cannot keep up with changes.
As the saying goes: The long journey is insignificant,
As the saying goes: Horsepower is known by the distance.
After walking for three miles, he felt that the backpack on his shoulders was as heavy as a mountain.
Looking back at my sister, she was also huffing and swaying.
Looking behind, Third Grandpa's bullock cart is getting closer and closer.
And what should he do if he really wants to sit down and take a rest?
"Brother, do you have enough money?" Xiao Mian gasped and shouted, she wanted to take a car.
"How can I have money? My mother took all the money at home." He also wanted to take a ride.
"What? Didn't you say you had..."
Li Xiaomian couldn't help but rolled her eyes to the sky.
Well, she was a great golden elixir monk, but she was fooled by this little brat in front of her.
"Xu..."
The bullock cart stopped in front of me.
The third grandfather looked at the two children and asked lovingly: "Dazhu, Mianya, where are you two going so early?"
Dazhu stopped and politely replied: "Third Grandpa, let's go to the county town to see Second Uncle. Send us some food."
"Grandpa San" is the collective name given to the old driver in the village.
The old man is also a member of the Li family and has a very high seniority.
To be honest, Xiaomian's grandfather would be called the old driver.
It’s because of the seniority, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, and some people call them grandpa.
It’s not easy to talk about seniority when talking about tongue-twisting. Many children don’t understand how many “olds” must be added before “grandpa”.
Therefore, people in the village were shouting and screaming, and the hierarchy was in chaos.
Even members of the Li family can be called Luan Tao, let alone people with other surnames.
In the end, everyone, regardless of seniority, called him "Grandpa Three."
Third Grandpa is also easy-going and happily agrees to anyone who calls him.
There were four or five people sitting on the bullock cart, including Li Xiangjin, a scholar from Bai Jing's family.
Li Xiangjin went to the county town to study and worked as a bullock cart driver for the third grandfather's family every day.
He bought a monthly ticket.
Li Xiangyuan was dressed neatly and warmly, wearing a laminated scholar's scarf on his head, wrapped tightly, and sat in the bullock cart with his hands folded.
He glanced at his eldest nephew, who was breathing heavily, and frowned so hard that he could kill a fly.
He knew that the second brother's leg was broken.
Originally he should have gone to the medical clinic to visit him. Firstly, he was about to take the exam to become a scholar and was very busy studying, so he had no time. Secondly, his mother had told him that he should not take care of these trivial matters at home.
So after so many days, he didn't bother to visit his second brother in the hospital.
The third grandfather lovingly pointed to the empty seat on the oxcart and invited the brothers and sisters: "Oh, let's go to the county town. Then get on the car."
Brother and sister Li Dazhu did not move.
Xiao Mian glanced at Li Xiangyuan and said softly: "We have no money."
Third Grandpa wanted to laugh. He knew that this kid was in trouble at home.
The neighbors live there, so they can't help much, but they can still help with a little help.
So he didn't want to take any money from their siblings.
However, seeing the little girl staring at Li Xiangjin, the third grandfather also turned his head and looked at Li Xiangjin.
Yes, there is a close uncle sitting here.
If Li Xiangjin helped the two children pay for the car, the old man wouldn't object. No one would have trouble with money, right?
Li Xiangjin saw everyone's gazes and stared at Li Xiaomian with some annoyance.
He did have money, even if he paid for the car payment for his two children, it was nothing. It was only two pennies, but he didn't take it seriously.
But the problem is that he has no change on him.
Today he wanted to meet friends through literature. In the morning, his mother gave him five taels of silver, but not a single copper in change.
The second brother was hospitalized, and his father gave him half a tael of silver. My mother kept nagging about it for several days.
The second brother was hospitalized and had no money, so he was borrowing money here and there, and the whole village knew about it. If he could come up with five taels now...
Li Xiangyuan was in a dilemma.
He looked at his nephew and niece angrily. Why did he go to the county town to see his second uncle if he didn't stay at home when he had nothing to do?
Could it be that if you go and see, your second uncle will be able to jump around?
Seeing that Li Xiangjin had a dark face and said nothing, Third Grandpa sighed and said, "Get in the car, I won't charge you any money."
Xiao Mian grinned and looked grateful and well-behaved.
She stretched out her little hand to grab the edge of the car. As soon as her hand touched the car, she was grabbed by Dazhu.
Dazhu grabbed his sister's hand hard, then smiled and said to the third grandfather: "No, no, we know the way. We can still pick up Tencel if we walk slowly."
The wind has been strong these days, and the cotton that has not been picked from the cotton peaches will be blown all over the sky by the strong wind.
It flies in white strips and threads. People jokingly call it "Tencel".
Flying in the sky, there appear to be many silk threads, but in fact they are very few and very light. Even if you chase tencels to pick them up for a day, you will not be able to pick up a handful of cotton.
Watching the bullock cart drive away, Li Xiaomian looked at her elder brother depressedly, wondering why he didn't take the cart.
Li Dazhu patted his chest and showed his big white teeth.
"A good man does not eat food that comes to him."
Xiao Mian was speechless and looked at her elder brother accusingly.
This kid learned Chinese characters for two days and didn't remember anything. He just remembered the sentence "Don't eat what you eat when you eat it"?
Why didn't you remember that "a man can bend and stretch"?
Li Dazhu, like a young adult, rubbed his sister's head and said with great sincerity: "If we don't pay for the ride today, my mother will have to pay it back to the third grandfather sooner or later."
As he spoke, he spread his hands and said, "Sister, our family has no money."
All right,
An ordeal made this child grow up ahead of schedule.
The brother and sister continued to hurry on their way.
Tencels fly by from time to time on the road.
However, let alone running after each other, even if it flew into their faces, they were too lazy to take it.
The bullock cart had already disappeared.
The road under my feet seemed particularly long.
However, Li Xiangxiang said that since seeing the two children, he obviously felt that the people in the car were more or less alienated from him.
He was a little upset and regretful. If he didn't have any change, he could get it on credit, right?
Let the two children ride in the car first, and then give the money to the third grandpa tomorrow.
Why didn't you think of it just now?
Looking behind the car, the two people were no longer visible.
It's not okay to ask Third Grandpa to park and wait, and it's not okay to delay other people's classes.
Besides, this is the time to remedy the situation, and the impact caused cannot be undone.
So he hated the people in Dafang even more. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have had such a scandal.
The brother and sister walked around and asked questions, walking through villages and alleys, stumbling along the way.
There are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and the backpacks on my shoulders are getting heavier and heavier.
"Brother, are we going the wrong way?"
There should be a main road leading to the county seat, with people coming and going, so it shouldn't be so bleak.
Li Dazhu said: "Sit down and have a rest first."
He stopped and looked around, recalling what the man who had just shown the way said.
"That's right, don't you see there are three willow trees over there? The man just said that after the three willow trees, he went to Grass Carp Village. After passing Grass Carp Village, he went to the county seat."
I'm so tired. I need to rest more this time before leaving.
The two of them sat on the roadside, basking in the warm winter sun, which made Li Xiaomian gradually feel sleepy.
Just when Xiao Mian was drowsy, two sneaky figures slowly came closer.