In the past, carriages and horses were very slow and letters were far away.
In order to deliver a letter to Jinbao to the post office, Su Jianmin took out the useless bicycle that had been piled in the warehouse, reassembled it, and prepared to ride it to town.
Although it is easier to be pulled by a mule, it is relatively more convenient to send letters by bicycle, and the little white guy has a bad temper. Without Jin Bao, he can't control it.
In the yard, Jiang Yun watched Su Jianmin assembling a bicycle and curiously stepped forward to take a look.
"Uncle Su, is this a bicycle?" His eyes were full of novelty and excitement, "You actually have a bicycle."
"Haha, it's a second-hand bicycle bought by Jinbao's mother and others. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to buy it. I don't have a ticket..."
Jiang Yun couldn't help but sigh and said: "Bicycles are so expensive. My family has tickets but no money."
"Do you have a bicycle ticket at home?" Su Jianmin asked casually while assembling the bicycle.
Jiang Yun nodded, "Yes, one year my father was rated as an advanced teacher, and the school gave him a bicycle ticket. My father has always wanted to buy a bicycle. He said that it would not only make it easier to go to school and work, but also I could take my mother to and from get off work, but unfortunately I didn’t buy it in the end..."
When he said this, his eyes turned slightly red and his voice became choker.
"Ah! Do you miss your dad?" Su Jianmin hurriedly turned to look at him, "Don't be sad. Since your dad has done nothing wrong, he will definitely come back to you soon."
"Um."
Jiang Yun sniffed and tried hard to hold back tears.
In order to ease his sadness, Su Jianmin asked him, "Can you help me? I want to install this wheel."
"Okay!" Jiang Yun squatted next to Uncle Su and helped hold the tire.
Seeing how Uncle Su easily assembled a bicycle that was broken into various parts without looking at any drawings, he couldn't help but praise: "Uncle Su, you are so awesome! I heard that you used to
He is the director of the machinery factory. Does the machinery factory only produce bicycles?"
"Hahaha, we produce large-scale machinery, such as textile machines, cranes, tractors, and so on. This bicycle is just child's play to me."
After hearing what Su Jianmin said, Jiang Yun looked at him with admiration in his eyes, "Uncle Su, can you teach me how to produce tractors? I want to learn from you."
As soon as he said this, Su Jianmin laughed out loud.
"Want to learn to produce tractors? It's difficult. You have to learn mechanical design and manufacturing, CNC technology, CNC equipment application and maintenance, mechatronics technology, automobile manufacturing and assembly technology... there are too many, I can't teach you
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“So how do I build a tractor?”
"You have to study hard, especially math..."
Su Jianmin sighed when he thought that there was not even a primary school in this village.
Behind him, Jinbao suddenly said: "Brother Ayun, if you want to study, my brother has books. My eldest brother has finished high school. I have brought all the books he and my second brother studied in school. You can
If you want to see it, I can give it to you."
Hearing that there was a book to read, Jiang Yun, who had not been to school for more than two years, brightened up and asked, "Can you really lend it to me?"
"Of course you can. If you don't understand something, you can ask my third brother if he is good at studying."
Having said this, the two children ran upstairs excitedly to find textbooks to read.
Su Jianmin was about to go out while pushing his bicycle when he saw Xiaosi and Xiaowu coming back with baskets of pigweed on their backs. He shouted to them: "Xiaosi, Xiaowu, Jinbao and Jiang Yun are taking Jiang Yun to read a book. You guys should go too."
"Okay." Su Xiaowu put down the backpack.
His fourth brother looked reluctant, "I'd better go to the pig pen and help mom."
"Why don't you like studying so much?" Su Jianmin knew that it would be useless to say anything, so he waved his hand, "Forget it, just don't study if you don't want to study. I don't think you are the material for studying. You go and clean the pig pen."
Feces, don’t forget to feed the chickens and ducks..."
"Okay, Dad, please leave quickly and send the letter out early so that Yao Hua can reply."
Su Jianmin resisted the urge to hit Xiao Si on the head, "You brat, do I still need you to urge me? I'm leaving!"
On the road, a bunch of people looked at Su Jianmin in surprise, talking about him actually riding a bicycle...
At the entrance of the village, scalpers blocked the road when passing by, and Su Jianmin had to stop.
One of them greeted him and said, "Wow! This is a bicycle. I've only seen postmen riding bicycles. This bicycle has only two wheels, but you won't fall down while riding it."
"It's just a beginning. Once you master the balance, it will be easy."
"Where are you going? To the town? Why don't you ride a mule?"
Su Jianmin smiled and said: "It's more convenient and faster to deliver letters to the town by bicycle..."
"Yeah! Delivering a letter," the middle-aged man asked, "Can you deliver a letter for me? It's a letter I wrote to my son. He went to serve in the army. I want to ask him when he can come back to see his grandma.
, his grandma has been thinking about him a lot lately, she misses him so much.
The postman only comes once a month, it takes a long time, I already have stamps on my envelope."
Su Jianmin thought of his second son, whom he had not seen for a long time, and was extremely concerned about him for a moment. He nodded quickly, "Okay, sit down and I'll take you home to get the letter."
"Thank you, Comrade Su Jianmin, you are such a kind person..."
"Call me Lao Su. I have lived in the village for a long time. You don't have to be so polite to me."
The man laughed and said: "Okay, okay, Lao Su, my surname is Luo La. I am the son of Aqiang's third uncle. My name is Chang Gen. Everyone calls me Lao Gentou. You can also call me that in the future."
They chatted all the way, and when they learned that Su Jianmin's second son was also serving in the army, Luo Changgen suddenly felt closer to him, thinking that Su Jianmin was a really nice person, enthusiastic and straightforward.
In the past, he often heard people chatting about the Su family, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Since Su Jianmin helped him deliver letters, he would always interrupt anyone who talked about the Su family, "He is a very nice person, and he earned his money by himself."
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As time went by, I saw that the pigs raised by the Su family were getting fatter and fatter, and the Su family did their duty without causing any trouble. Everyone rarely gossiped about the Su family anymore.
Luo Minghao was the only one who hated Jiang Yun and wanted to get angry. However, due to Jin Bao's brothers, the fierce-looking dog, and Xiao Bai who kept raising his hoof at him, he never did anything.
Time flies, and a month passes quickly. On the day of the winter solstice, every household wants to eat something good. Even if they can't eat meat, they must have a bowl of sweet pills.
Sweet balls are similar to glutinous rice balls, but they have no fillings and are made with glutinous rice flour and sugar water.
It was on this day that a blockbuster news spread across the country, and every village and town used loudspeakers to repeatedly broadcast the news.
"It is necessary for educated young people to go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants! We must persuade urban cadres and others to send their children who have graduated from junior high school, high school, and college to the countryside for a mobilization.
Comrades in rural areas everywhere should welcome them..."