Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

Ten minutes later, Lin Xia looked at the scrap yard and thought, "Awesome!"

There aren't actually many kinds of things in the scrap yard, but they are all neatly sorted into piles. Broken furniture is in one pile, newspapers and books are in another, and there are also various daily necessities, broken glass, toothpaste tubes, and even bones.

Lin Xia actually found complete high school textbooks and newspapers here, and they were extremely cheap; she bought a large bundle for just a few cents.

"Yeah, I told you it's here."

Lin Xia gave Zhong Wenyue a thumbs up.

Zhong Wenyue also had a stack of newspapers in her hand, which was good for pasting on the wall, as the wall was always getting dusty.

After visiting all these places, it was just in time for the state-owned restaurant to open.

I was unlucky today and there was no braised pork, but there were pork ribs with sauce and braised fish, which made Lin Xia very satisfied. The chef in this restaurant has really good cooking skills.

As always, I packed another portion of ribs.

"Sister Lin, why did you bring a lunch box? I want to take one back too." Zhong Wenyue felt aggrieved.

"Okay, I have another one here, go ahead."

Zhong Wenyue's expression brightened and she also packed a portion of spare ribs.

Lin Xia did not accept Zhong Wenyue's invitation to dinner, as it would not be nice to eat and take something at the same time.

After finishing their meal, the two finally remembered their important business and went to the hospital to get a first aid kit. There were only a few medicines in the kit, so they would come back for more after they had used them up.

Come to the post office.

Looking at this huge package, the two men looked at each other in bewilderment. It was half a person's height and weighed dozens of kilograms. How could they take it back?

Zhong Wenyue didn't care whether she was in the post office or not. She immediately opened the package, found the envelope inside, opened it, and sure enough, there was a bicycle ticket.

Lin Xia was really envious. She had asked Heizi to help her keep an eye out for half a month but she still hadn't received any bicycle tickets. It was too difficult.

Now that it was convenient, Zhong Wenyue excitedly went to pick up a 28-inch truck. The two cars easily carried all the things.

When the two returned to the village, they immediately caused a sensation, undoubtedly because of Zhong Wenyue's new bicycle. In the entire brigade, apart from Lin Xia's rented bicycle, only Zhang Qiang and the brigade leader's family had one each, and even the branch secretary's family didn't have one.

The children followed them all the way and did not leave even when they arrived at the educated youth site, coming up to touch them from time to time.

It was Lin Xia's first time to visit the educated youth settlement. To be honest, it was better and bigger than the Sun family's house, but there were more than a dozen educated youth coming in and out, which was a headache to see.

Lin Xia helped Zhong Wenyue carry her things into the main hall. On the left side, there were two large rows of bunk beds, which were completely different from when the original owner was here.

After putting down her things, she said goodbye to Zhong Wenyue and left. It was too noisy, with so many children and adults, that she was getting socially anxious.

When I got home, I breathed a sigh of relief. It’s better to have fewer people around.

After putting down his things, Lin Xia went to the brigade headquarters to formally report for work.

It happened that the team leader Zhang Zhengbo was there too, and he saw that Lin Xia's eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose.

Zhang Zhengbo was blaming Lin Xia. Zhang Qiang had told him that it was Lin Xia who had framed him. If it weren't for Lin Xia's behavior, how could Zhang Qiang have come back in the middle of the night and eventually fallen into the river and drowned.

Lin Xia ignored the old man with a strange temper. She had finished her work yesterday anyway. She explained the progress to the branch secretary and all the work was ready to be completed.

Sun Changjian's incident did not affect the branch secretary. Instead, he became even more dissatisfied with the Zhang family. The old man Zhang Zhengbo had always been superior to him in the brigade and had never liked the Zhang family. Now that Sun Changjian's incident had happened, the Sun family had lost face and was even more angry with Zhang Zhengbo.

Seeing that Zhang Zhengbo was in a bad mood, Sun Xiaotian felt better.

He introduced Lin Xia to the others with a smile and announced through the radio that their brigade had a barefoot doctor and that they could look for Lin Xia if they had any questions in the future.

Because Lin Xia went to the hospital to get medicine in the morning, even if she came back late, her time would be counted and she would be given full work points starting today.

In the days that followed, Lin Xia began to work from nine to five, occasionally skipping work to eat melons.

The one who got the melon was Zhang Qiang's family. Last time, the factory asked for a new list of employees to be hired within a month, and the Zhang family fell out, mainly referring to the eldest son, the second son and Zhou Guilan.

You heard it right, it was Zhou Guilan. She was only 40 years old, at the age to work hard, and she also wanted to work in the city. In the end, Zhou Guilan won this job opportunity by using the reasons used by writers, such as not being partial and handing over most of her salary.

That's right, the expressions of her sons seemed to be very dissatisfied and angry, and they had a lot of grievances against Zhou Guilan in their hearts.

Lin Xia looked very happy.

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Since Sun Changjian's disappearance, the Sun family has become much quieter. Ever since Lin Xia rebelled against Sun Changjian and left the beaten squad, Sun's mother has usually remained silent and just done things silently.

Last time, because Lin Xia bought two kilograms of wool for Sun's mother, Sun's mother cried bitterly and said that Lin Xia didn't need to learn how to knit sweaters, and she would do it from now on. She had good skills, so Lin Xia learned a method from her. She still knitted the sweater for Sun's mother, so she didn't go to find Zhong Wenyue.

Zhong Wenyue was busy arguing with the male protagonist and had no time to pay attention to anyone, so Lin Xia returned to her solitary life.

All the attention is focused on Sun's mother.

When I asked about my grandma's mother's age, I learned that she was 56 years old. I sighed in my heart and told her not to go to work next year and just do some housework at home.

This frightened Sun's mother so much that she almost knelt down and begged for mercy. After Lin Xia persuaded her, Sun's mother finally realized that she was just trying to make things easier for her.

Sun's mother is a complete tragic figure, and she had helped the original owner a lot in the past.

It's not that she really feels sorry for the original owner, but more that she sees her as a target. However, life always judges by actions rather than intentions, so Lin Xia is willing to treat her better.

Because Lin Xia often brought back some wild animals, Sun's mother's complexion visibly improved. She smiled more and more, talked more, and no longer said the kind of words that made people's blood pressure soar.

Time gradually came to the New Year.

"Xiaoqing, Chinese New Year is coming in a few days. Should we prepare some New Year's goods?" Mother Sun was still feeling uneasy and asked Lin Xia carefully.

"Okay, come with me tomorrow and tell me what your family needs." Lin Xia said casually.

Mother Sun was completely stunned. She hadn't been to the county for a long time. The farthest she had been was to the commune to buy soy sauce and salt.

"Can I go? I've never been there. How about I just wait for you at home?" Sun's mother refused in fear.

Lin Xia said calmly: "Follow me, what are you afraid of? I won't lose you."

Sun's mother is very careful and takes good care of her life. She decided to reward her with a piece of clothing tomorrow. The one she is wearing now is Sun Changjian's.

And Heizi said last time that the bicycle tickets were in sight and we made an appointment to meet tomorrow.

Lin Xia and Sun's mother arrived at the brigade's bus stop and happened to meet Zhong Wenyue, whom they hadn't seen for a month.

"Sister Lin, are you going to the county today too?" Zhong Wenyue spoke first.

"Yes, the New Year is coming soon, are you going together?" Lin Xia looked at the other three female educated youth in the car and raised her eyebrows. It seemed that her relationship with the educated youth had improved.

Zhong Wenyue felt guilty for a moment, as if she had betrayed Sister Lin.

"Yes, it's lively today. The educated youth camp is also organizing a New Year celebration. There were a few male comrades going too, but they left early because there were too many people." The answer came from another female educated youth who was sitting there. She had a round face and seemed to be named Su.

"I remember Comrade Su has been here for several years. Won't he ask for leave to go home during the New Year?" Lin Xia smiled.

"Many educated youth have asked for leave, so I thought it would be better for me to stay and celebrate the New Year together."

"Yes, some of our educated youth have asked for leave..." Others also started chatting, and Lin Xia fell silent.

Zhong Wenyue quietly pulled Lin Xia's sleeve, took out a Big White Rabbit Milk Candy, and smiled at Lin Xia ingratiatingly.

Lin Xia accepted it and gave her an egg in return.

Zhong Wenyue was surprised. After coming to the countryside, even with the subsidy from her family, the food was not as good as at home. People would say a few words if she ate an egg. She couldn't cook, so she could only eat from the big pot and couldn't even eat eggs.

If she wants to eat, others will use moral coercion to force her to provide food for everyone. She is not a big victim, so the food quality will naturally drop a lot.

"Thank you, sister. You are so nice to me." She giggled and put it in her bag. She didn't want the other educated youth to see it. It would be bad for Sister Lin.

"Sister, why didn't you come to me to learn knitting?"

"My mother-in-law knows how to do it, so I learned a few tricks. I usually have to go to the infirmary, and there are so many people getting sick recently that I don't have time. Now that I have a complete holiday, I have time."

"Okay, sister, I'll come and play with you today when I'm free."

He said he was playing, but his face looked bad and it was obvious that something was wrong.

"Okay, come back this afternoon and find me at my house."

Lin Xia agreed immediately, she wanted to eat some gossip.