Chapter 11: Transportation is inconvenient, so we go to the second aunt’s house
Speaking of her son, in fact, in the 1980s, she was accidentally knocked unconscious when she entered the county town. When she woke up, she found that she had been violated.
Later, three months later, she noticed changes in her body and secretly went to the hospital for a checkup to find out she was pregnant.
In order to prevent her family from being laughed at by the village, she chose to work outside.
Now think about how difficult it was to be pregnant and have a baby and crawl around alone outside. You have suffered so much and still dare not cry. It is so strong that it makes people despair.
After she was reborn, she must find an opportunity to find this scumbag, and then put a sack on him and break one of his legs, otherwise she would be sorry for the hardship she suffered in her previous life.
"Young maknae, what are you thinking about?" Liu Xiao'e saw Lin Shu in a daze and pushed her gently, "We are about to enter the countryside. Pay attention to the road and don't get hit by a bicycle."
Today happened to be the day for attending the fairing in their hometown. People from various villages came to attend the fairing. Lin Shu and Liu Xiaoe smelled the aroma of steamed buns when they entered the market.
In the state-owned restaurant on the roadside, there are many large meat buns that have just been cooked in the window next to the door.
“Mom, let’s buy some steamed buns to eat?”
I drank a bowl of porridge at home and had already digested it after walking for more than 20 miles. Now my stomach is upset.
"I only have 50 cents and some food stamps here. You can figure it out yourself." Liu Xiaoe was reluctant to buy food outside, but when she saw Lin Shu swallowing her saliva, she reluctantly took out the 50 cents.
The buns cost five cents plus one tael of food stamps each. Lin Shu bought four of them. The remaining three cents and the remaining food stamps were returned to Liu Xiao'e and she was given two buns.
"I'm not hungry. If you are hungry, I'll feed you." Liu Xiao'e stuffed the bun back into Lin Shu's arms.
Lin Shu didn't like pushing around, so he took out a bun and stuffed it into Liu Xiao'e's mouth, "How can you not be hungry after walking more than 20 miles? Money is not as important as health. If you are starving, The gain outweighs the loss, and the medical expenses are more expensive than steamed buns.”
"You kid." He swallowed the rest of his words because the buns in his mouth were so fragrant.
"Mom, eat quickly, the car is here!"
Lin Shu stuffed all the buns in his hand into his mouth, pulled Liu Xiaoe and trotted towards the bus.
Before the old-fashioned bus could stop, passengers gathered around it, and the driver was so frightened that he had to slam on the brakes.
The car stopped, and the people who wanted to get on the bus were all crowded in front of the door, squeezing each other. As soon as the door opened, the people who wanted to get off the bus squeezed down as hard as they could.
People who got on the bus pushed hard to get a seat. Everyone wanted to get on the bus as soon as possible and get a seat.
Two forces are formed invisibly on and off the bus, and the focus of the competition is at the door of the bus.
Suddenly, the bus became the busiest place in the whole village. Some people were stepped on, and they either cursed or screamed to vent their anger. The children were so squeezed by their parents that they cried.
Lin Shu came back from being reborn decades later. He had not seen this kind of scene for decades. He was stunned for a moment and hesitated, but sometimes the crowd hugged you and moved forward, letting you move forward. You have to go with the flow.
At this time, Lin Shu wanted to curse. Seeing the situation in front of the bus door, he wanted to let these people get in first, but the people behind him refused and pushed forward regardless. Liu Xiaoe was even more nervous. He held Lin Shu's hand and didn't let go.
The mother and daughter were almost squeezed into sandwich biscuits and could not reach the door of the bus.
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze. Let the people on the bus get off first. I told you not to crowd, but I didn't hear you! How can you get on the bus if the people on the bus can't get off?"
"Ouch! *&*% I want you to stop crowding, stand back and let the people on the bus get off first!"
This situation happens every day, but it still makes the conductor swear in anger.
"Yao Shou! You have no moral character of respecting the old and caring for the young. My old bones are about to be crushed by you!"
Lin Shu was trying to protect Liu Xiao'e, but was attacked from all sides. He felt like his internal organs had shifted, and he almost couldn't breathe.
"What kind of old bone are you? I am an old bone and I don't even call myself an old bone. You should be more careful with your speech in front of your elders!" Liu Xiao'e heard her words and spat at her.
"Oh, Mom, what time is it now, and you are still serious with me!" Lin Shu just complained a few words, but forgot about his current age.
Fortunately, the passengers who were about to get off the bus found that the door was blocked, so they tried to find a way. As a result, many people jumped out of the window of the bus.
There was no crowd of passengers getting off the bus at the door, and the passengers getting on the bus squeezed into the bus smoothly.
When it was Lin Shu's mother and daughter's turn, Lin Shu was dumbfounded again.
Since there was someone hanging on the car door, how could she and Liu Xiaoe squeeze in?
If they don't squeeze in, how can they make it to the full moon party at their second aunt's house tomorrow?
"No, conductor, what should we do? You ask people to squeeze in more and make some space for my mother and me to get in."
"The seats are full and we can't squeeze in. Now, if we squeeze any more, do you want us to turn into paper figures?”
The conductor hadn't spoken yet, but the passenger hanging at the door was unwilling.
Liu Xiao'e jumped in a hurry, "We have something urgent and we must take this train today. If you don't let us get on, do you want us to measure the forty or fifty miles with our legs?"
As she said that, she squeezed towards the car door. When the people at the car door refused to let her go, she pulled down their pants.
A young man hanging at the door of the car was so frightened that he quickly tightened his pants without caring about anything else.
As soon as he let go of his hand, he was successfully squeezed out of the car without any support.
"No, aunt, you are acting like a hooligan!" The young man looked at himself being squeezed out of the car and wanted to cry without tears.
Liu Xiao'e managed to squeeze into the car with Lin Shu's help, but she was hung on the door. This posture was very dangerous if the car was driving.
The conductor also felt that it was unsafe for Liu Xiaoe to hang on the door. Even if he was the last one to get on the bus and hang on the outside, there was no guarantee that Liu Xiaoe would not fall off the bus in bumpy conditions along the way.
Finally, the conductor looked at the condition of the door, murmured a few words to the driver, lowered the folding ladder at the back of the bus, and let Lin Shu and a few passengers who were not on the bus climb onto the roof.
Lin Shu pointed to the roof of the car and asked in disbelief: "You want us to sit on the roof of the car? Isn't it loaded with cargo? Are you going to sit on it?"
"If you don't want to sit down, then you'll have to wait for the next train." The conductor was a bachelor and a coaxer, with an attitude of whether he wanted to sit or not. Lin Shu was so angry that he wanted to file a complaint against him.
It’s just that in this era, there is no awareness of safe transportation for future generations.
Although there are relatively few people going out, letters of introduction are required, and transportation is inconvenient, there are really few passenger buses for transportation. Between towns and villages, two trips a day are considered very convenient.
If Lin Shu didn't take the train today, he would have to rely on his legs to measure it.
It is more than twenty miles from Xiaohe Village to the countryside, nearly thirty miles from their village to the next town, and almost ten miles from the town to the second aunt's village, which is nearly sixty miles a day. Unless she and Liu Xiao'e don't want these legs anymore.
Before Lin Shu could reason, several young men standing behind her had already climbed onto the bus. Liu Xiao'e also pushed her, "Hurry up and climb up. There is an iron frame on top. If you sit on it, just hold on to the iron frame." Fall down."< br>
Lin Shu took two deep breaths and endured, "Mom, you climb up first, I will be behind you."
Liu Xiao'e happily climbed to the roof of the car now. Sitting on the roof of the car is better than hanging on the car. It's much more comfortable at the car door.
When they reached the roof of the car, Lin Shu asked Liu Xiao'e to sit among a few people. This way, even if the bus suddenly braked, there would be a buffer around other people, which was relatively safer.
Lin Shu got up last and naturally sat at the end. She sat with her head backwards and her hands tightly grasped the iron rack for loading cargo on the roof of the car.
After the passengers were settled, the bus began to move, and the bodies of the people on the roof swayed with the shaking of the bus.
Liu Xiao'e excitedly said to Lin Shu: "My youngest, don't tell me that you don't have to smell the smell of gasoline when you sit on the roof of this car. The air is fresh and I shouldn't get carsick."
Lin Shu felt a little nervous. Nervous, it was then that she remembered Liu Xiao'e's motion sickness. This...
"Mom, if you get motion sickness and want to vomit, tell me in advance. Let's get off the car and don't hold on." When the time comes, you want to vomit on the roof of the car. A very dangerous thing.
Seeing that Lin Shu was a beautiful girl, the young man sitting next to him blushed and said, "Auntie will get carsick if she smells the smell of gasoline. You don't have to worry about carsick when sitting on the roof of the car, because the wind on the roof is really strong. No smell of gasoline.”
"Yes, yes, I just can't smell that smell. I feel dizzy when I smell it." Liu Xiao'e nodded.
The passenger car travels slowly. Although the road is paved with gravel and compacted, it has been crushed by cars for many years. Many small potholes have been formed on the road. There are many potholes along the way. When the passenger car drives on it, the whole body is like a cradle. , swinging left and right. People sitting on the roof of the car are especially ecstatic!
The bus drove for half an hour and when passing a village, the bus stepped on the brakes.
With this brake, the smoke and dust that had been trailing behind the car came back and hit Lin Shu in the face.
"Puff puff puff!!! Cough cough."
It's terrible!
Take a breath of dust and car exhaust.
When the dust was almost dispersed, the car started again. As soon as the bus started moving, the wind blew and the dust completely dispersed.
Liu Xiao'e talked about her own experience: "When the car stops, you have to hold your breath and wait until the dust dissipates before breathing again. You will feel better when the car starts to move."
From what she said, I guess it wasn't her mother's first time riding on the roof of a car.
Lin Shu wiped his face, his palms were covered with yellow dust, "Bah!"
Spitted on the ground, and that is when he leaned forward and found the bus door. Two more people were hung up.
The left wheel of the bus passes through the puddle, and the bus tilts to the left, and the people hanging on the door also fall out of the bus. The bus goes to the right, and the people hanging on the door squeeze into the bus. This repeats. Lin Shu was horrified to see it.
If anyone loosens his grip, wouldn’t he be thrown out of the car?
I don't know if it was to confirm Lin Shu's worries, but when the bus passed through a big hole, the body tilted greatly to the left. Not to mention the people hanging on the door, the roof of the bus swayed even more.
Lin Shu almost flew off the roof of the car with the swing, and her heart suddenly stopped in her throat.
The front wheels of the bus were so high that I almost broke my waist.
Thick smoke billowed from burning oil, and the journey was long and the road conditions were bad.
The bus is racing ahead, but my mother’s soul is floating behind.
The only way to reach your destination by taking such a bus is to rely on your strength.
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Two hours later, the bus stopped at the parking lot at the entrance of the town. Lin Shu climbed down from the roof of the car in disgrace. He didn’t have time to wipe his face and immediately took the bus handed over by Liu Xiaoe. burden.
After Liu Xiaoe landed safely, Lin Shu took Liu Xiaoe to the public toilet next to the parking lot, paid two cents, and the two entered the public toilet.
“I’ve been holding it in for a long time. You take the baggage and let me take care of it first.” Liu Xiao’e had been holding it in for a long time and wanted to find the toilet.
Lin Shu had no objection. She found a towel from her bag, went to the toilet and washed her face under the faucet. She sat on the roof of the car all the way, with dust on her face and head. Those who didn't know thought she came from the construction site.
After Liu Xiaoe finished her work, Lin Shu stuffed the towel into her hand: "Mom, wash your face too. I don't know how much dust you ate along the way."
Liu Xiaoe didn't get car sick along the way. I was in a good mood. I laughed after listening to her words. , "Okay, I'll wash my face too."
There is still more than ten miles from the town to the second aunt's village. There is a bus leading to the lead-zinc-silver mine in the town. Liu Xiao'e and her daughter only You need to take the bus directly to the mine in the parking lot and get off halfway.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the second aunt's village.
There are many people busy in front of the second aunt's house. These people are villagers who have come to help for tomorrow's full moon banquet.
"Xiao'e, Lin Shu, you are here, come and sit down." Hearing that a guest was coming, the second aunt came out of the house and found that it was Liu Xiao'e and her daughter. She enthusiastically moved a stool and poured water.
When Lin Shu and the others sat down, she went back into the room and brought out a plate of peanuts and melon seeds, "There are not many good things at home, so don't dislike it. Lin Shu, hurry up and crack the melon seeds. These melon seeds are big and plump. Your eldest cousin planted it in his own plot last year."
"My eldest cousin is really good. Second aunt, please stop being busy and sit down and rest." Lin Shu saw that the second aunt wanted to turn around again. Go back to the house and stop her.
The second aunt wanted to go to her daughter-in-law's house to get some biscuits to satisfy Lin Shu's craving, but she was afraid that her daughter-in-law would not take them out to entertain the guests. Now that Lin Shu stopped her, she gave up the idea of entering the house.
Lin Shu looked at the busy villagers in front of the house. She was too embarrassed to let the boiling water wash her hair, so she cracked a handful of melon seeds and drank a bowl of water. She was thinking about going to help when she heard someone calling her.
"Third aunt, Lin Shu, have you just arrived?"
Lin Shu turned around and recognized her second cousin Ding Zaichun, who is twenty-one years old this year and is younger than her. He is one year older, not yet married, and has grown up like his second aunt. He is a handsome and motivated young man.
"You are so diligent in Zaichun. Are you carrying water?" Liu Xiao'e said with a smile.
“Cousin Spring.”
Ding Zaichun poured water into the water jar, wiped his sweat, and picked up a basket, "Third aunt, Lin Shu, you sit down, I will go to the fields to get some vegetables."
Mainly There is a banquet at home tomorrow, and there is not enough meat and vegetables to make up for it.
Lin Shu felt uncomfortable staying here while being looked at by the villagers who were helping her. When she heard that she was going to the vegetable field, she stood up quickly.
"Cousin Chun, I'm fine, I'll go with you."
The second aunt knew that the young man couldn't stay, so she smiled and waved: "Go, go, whatever you want." Let’s go play.”
"Er Xiu, your niece is so beautiful. Please ask Zaichun to take her around the village more often. Our Ding family production team has green mountains and green waters and convenient transportation. It is a good place. If you find a suitable youngster, please introduce her. If the wealth does not go to outsiders, it will not be a loss for your niece to marry into our village." The aunt who had something to do said loudly and couldn't help laughing when she saw Lin Shu speeding up and leaving.
Walking in the village, many people greeted him when they saw him. When he walked out of the village, half of the village knew Lin Shu.
Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "Cousin Chun, the aunts, aunts and uncles in your village are so enthusiastic."
"Isn't this the case in every village? Whoever comes has relatives basically Everyone in the village knows it." Ding Zaichun looked back at her funny.
Some aunts and aunts with good memories are even more exaggerated. Whenever they come to the village to visit relatives, they will know whose relatives they are as soon as they see them.
Lin Shu just smiled after hearing this. Decades later, people living in the same building would not be able to recognize each other, but now people are simple. Ding Zaichun's words are not an exaggeration. The aunt and uncle in the village met the relatives who were visiting. People really know whose relatives they are.
Some even know the family members of others, and can have a quality chat for half an hour just by saying hello.
When they arrived at the private plot, Ding Zaichun took out a three-tooth rake and prepared to dig half a basket of potatoes back. "Lin Shu, you stand aside and rest while I dig the potatoes first. If you are bored, you can walk around and look around. Don't go to the reservoir. "
The private land is in a mountain col, and there is a reservoir downstream. There are many swamp fields at the end of the reservoir, where many lotus roots grow. People in several surrounding villages are short of money at home. Vegetables will be dug here.
Lin Shu picked up the sickle in the basket and asked: "What other vegetables are there? Tell me, do you want to chop some of these olive bags back?"
The olive bun in Lin Shu's mouth is cabbage, but the name is different in different places. They don't call it cabbage here, but call it olive bun.
This kind of olives are so tightly packed that a family of four or five can eat two meals.
When Lin Shu traveled back through time, he would often fry this kind of olive buns at home. The taste was better than the cabbage made decades later, soft and sweet.
Ding Zaichun had nothing to do with her, "Yes, if you really want to help, just help chop down five or six trees."
There are not many lazy people in rural areas, especially when visiting guests. Not to be lazy, but to be diligent when appropriate.
Of course, Lin Shu really didn't want to stand around and watch Ding Zaichun busy alone.
Cut the olive bag and pick off the outer layer of old leaves and take it home. The chickens, ducks and pigs at home can eat it and there will be no waste.
After the olive bags were chopped, Lin Shu helped chop a dozen lettuce trees. In South China, these are the only vegetables in this season. In more than a month, green beans and West Lake melons will grow. Then there are summer vegetables such as peppers, eggplants and luffa.
"Lin Shu, I heard my mother say that she wants to introduce you?"
"Introduce me?" Lin Shu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
The meaning of introduction here is different from the kind of introduction in the workplace. The meaning of introduction here refers to matchmaking.
(End of this chapter)