After getting in the car, the two people quickly found a seat and sat down, and then Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
He said to Zhang Yu: "I finally squeezed in. Fortunately, I grabbed a seat. You didn't know that last year, those who squeezed in the front could still sit on their luggage, but those who squeezed in the back were miserable. They couldn't even stand.
It’s difficult, we have to squeeze in so many people, and there’s no room to turn around.”
"Then where are we going this time?" Zhang Yu asked curiously. This was his first time to participate in such an event.
"I'm not sure about this either. Our school was divided into several teams last year. We don't know where we will be divided into this year. I hope we can be divided into better villages."
The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Yu felt a little motion sick. He closed his mouth and stopped talking. Lu Zhen saw that his face was not very good, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you motion sick?"
"Um."
"Here are some pickled plums for you. I got carsick last time I went there, so my mom brought me some pickled plums this time. You can try it and see if it helps."
Zhang Yu couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, so he took the plum in his hand, put it in his mouth and took a bite. He was instantly struck by the thought, it was so sour.
"It's sour. My mother didn't add much sugar when she marinated it, but don't look at it as it's sour. It's really good for motion sickness." Lu Zhen said with a smile beside him, and stuffed one into his mouth, and then was
His sour eyebrows and nose wrinkled together: "It's still so sour. I will definitely ask my mother to add more sugar when pickling it this year."
However, plums are really useful. Zhang Yu held the plums in his mouth. Although he still felt motion sickness during the rest of the journey, he was not as uncomfortable as before.
The car drove slowly. After entering the suburbs of Beijing, people began to get off one after another. They were students who were assigned to the first few brigades. Judging from this situation, it is estimated that Zhang Yu and the others will be assigned to a group farther away.
village.
The car finally stopped at an intersection, and the driver shouted to the students behind him: "Get off the car from here."
"Isn't it here yet?" one of the students asked.
"The bus can't go further in, so we have to stop here, but don't worry, someone will come to pick you up." After listening to his words, the remaining few people got off the bus carrying their baggage. Zhang
Yu and Lu Zhen didn't expect that they would be assigned to the same place, but it was good, as they had to take care of each other.
After getting off the car, I discovered that there was indeed an old man driving a bullock cart waiting at the intersection next to the car. Next to the old man stood a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old.
Seeing them coming down, the old man opened his mouth and said with a smile: "You are the kids who came to work this year, right? My surname is Chen, you can just call me Uncle Chen."
As he spoke, he pointed to the young man next to him and introduced them: "This is the scorer in our village and a high school student. I thought you would have something to talk about, so I brought him here."
At this time, my chest was puffed up. This was the only one among several villages near them. People in other villages were envious that they had a high school student.
"Come on, kids, get in the car. It's still a long way from here to the village. If we don't leave quickly, we won't be able to get there even after dark."
After listening to his words, the group of people quickly moved towards the bullock cart and prepared to put the baggage on it.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came out: "It's so dirty, it's stained all my things." Everyone looked in the direction of the speaker, and saw that one of the better-dressed students was looking disgusted.
, looked at the bullock cart and was unwilling to get on.
"That's right, what is the black thing on it? It can't be that thing, right?" A girl next to him echoed his words, and then pretended to cover her nose, looked at her clothes, and pretended to take a photo.
There was dust on it, and he continued to complain: "I'm wearing new clothes today, won't they make me dirty if I ride in this kind of car?"
The old man's face was fine, but the young man's face was frighteningly dark, and his fists were clenched. It was the busy farming season, and it was not easy for the village to free up a cow to pick up these students. This was still
I was worried that they would be tired. Besides, they wiped the cart when they came over. Why was it dirty?
"Tch, do you want to sit down? If you don't want to sit down, let's sit down. Two less people will come up, which will save us the squeeze." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Lu Zhen quickly put the baggage on the bullock cart and pulled Zhang Yu.
Went up.
Seeing him go up, several other people quickly put their baggage on it and sat on it.
Seeing this scene, the faces of the young men and others became a little better. Lu Zhen was relieved when he saw this. The place he went to last year was also quite far away, but the people in the village did not send a bullock cart to pick him up.
They, they had to walk for two or three hours to get to the place. Thinking about it now, his legs were weak.
Thinking about the situation last year, he glanced at the two people who still refused to get in the car. Fool, he was waiting for those two people to slap him in the face.
Zhang Yu also glanced at them, but also said nothing. The last time he went to the village, he rode a bicycle. He was very tired. He didn't want to challenge himself and walk instead.
When the two people saw that other people ignored them, their expressions became a little bad. He just wanted someone to ask him and give him a way out.
Seeing their bad expressions, the young man smiled and said with a smile: "Get in the car, we'll be ready to leave soon."
"We're not going to sit down." Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, the girl said angrily before the boy finished speaking.
The male student next to her turned pale. He didn't want to carry his luggage and follow the bullock cart, but his companions had already said what they said. How could they regret it at this time?
In the end, the whole group was on the ox cart, and only the two carried their luggage and followed the ox cart slowly. The young man raised his whip and hit it in the air. He was not willing to beat the ox.
He was so happy in his heart that it was better not to get on the bus. With so many people and luggage, he was worried that he would be exhausted and would not get on the bus if he could.
Zhang Yu and the others were shaken by the oxcart along the way and almost fell asleep. However, the two people below walked up less than two miles and could no longer walk, so they came up dejectedly.
A group of them arrived at the place before dark. The bullock cart pulled them to an empty yard. The young man took out a key from his pocket, opened the door, and motioned for them to go in.
Then he pointed inside and said: "This is the house arranged for you by the village. There are four houses in total. You can decide which ones you want. The loudspeaker will let you know when it is time to start work tomorrow morning." After that, he drove the ox cart away.
