8mi Chapter 21 I got scammed
Chapter 21 I got scammed
As Cao Erdan spoke, he got into the driver's seat, the car owner's reserved spot.
With a flick of the whip, he shouted, "Giddy up!"
The chestnut horse was about to move forward.
But seeing Lu Yao standing in front, he snorted and didn't move.
Cao Erdan cursed, "You country bumpkin, get out of the way, you're blocking my way!"
Lu Yao asked, "Why can't I ride in the carriage, but Ding Mei can? Is the carriage owned by the brigade or Ding Dahu's private carriage?"
"You little brat, how dare you say that? Aren't you afraid Captain Ding will beat you up? Can't you tell the difference between the big and small kings?"
Ding Mei quickly interceded on their behalf.
She didn't dare to directly say that she wanted to leave with Lu Yao, but said something like:
"Brother Erdan, why don't you take him with you? We're from the same village, how heavy can he be?"
Seeing Ding Mei speak, Cao Erdan nodded:
"Come on up, sit in the back."
Lu Yao got on the bus.
Ding Mei and I sat on a burlap sack.
Ding Mei quickly moved aside.
Cao Erdan didn't look at him with a friendly gaze.
With a flick of the whip, he shouted, "Giddy up!"
His imposing presence was like that of a great general who had conquered battlefields.
The carriage left the village, passed south of the village, and the Sitong River was frozen over, making the journey an hour shorter than taking the main road.
The wind was strong on the highway, so the snow couldn't stay and it became smooth and flat.
The horse-drawn carriage could run, and it was quite fast.
Lu Yao looked at Ding Mei.
Ding Mei rolled her eyes at him and turned her head away.
After a while, he sensed something was wrong out of the corner of his eye, turned around, and sure enough, the guy was looking at his chest.
The carriage bounced and swayed, going up and down.
Although she was wearing a cotton-padded coat, you could still see some ripples in her skin.
Ding Mei kicked Lu Yao:
"What are you staring at!"
"Look at my wife's baby bottle."
"You're taking advantage of me again!"
Ding Mei punched him twice, then glanced at Cao Erdan, who was driving the carriage, and moved further away from Lu Yao.
Lu Yao looked at her with a grin.
Zheng Shuang looks a lot like her, both in appearance and mannerisms, except that Zheng Shuang is gentler.
She is said to resemble her father, Zheng Wenli.
Ding Mei is a very feisty girl.
Lu Yao was thinking about whether he should find Zheng Wenli as soon as possible and help him and Ding Mei get together.
I really want to see Zheng Shuang soon.
The car entered Jiangzhou County.
"Creamy popsicles... three cents each..."
An old woman's shout from the roadside drew Lu Yao's attention.
I couldn't help but sit up straight in the car.
I craned my neck to look out onto the street.
Memories from decades ago have long faded, but seeing them again brings tears to my eyes.
This is exactly the taste!
The crowd was bustling, but there were no strangely dressed people.
The traffic was heavy, yet everything was orderly despite the lack of official order.
The noisy shouts of vendors and the carefree laughter of children.
Although poor, it was a lively scene.
At that time, there were still some individual business owners, but their options were very limited.
It's mostly the elderly, the infirm, and the disabled who are eligible; young people who graduate and have no jobs are basically all mobilized to go to the countryside.
A few small businesses sell popsicles, candied hawthorns, sharpen knives, popcorn, and children's comic books...
They earn only a meager income to make a living; it's impossible to get rich without resorting to illegal or shady methods.
At that time, Jiangzhou was still a county town, and there were very few cars on the streets; most of the cars were horse-drawn carriages or donkey carts.
Most pedestrians walk, so if someone can push a relatively new bicycle, they'll attract a lot of envious glances.
Occasionally, a Jiefang truck or a green jeep would drive by, attracting children to follow and watch.
Just to hear a few car horns and smell that modern exhaust fumes.
Cao Erdan's leisurely demeanor on the road was completely gone.
I no longer dare to sit in the carriage and shout to the chestnut horse.
He dismounted and walked, gripping the horse's reins tightly in his hand.
There were too many people, and I was afraid the horses would get spooked or accidentally bump into things at the roadside stalls.
Looking back, he saw that Lu Yao was still sitting in the carriage, so he called out:
"Hey kid, we're here! Get off the bus and go wherever you're supposed to go!"
Lu Yao looked at Ding Mei:
"I'm leaving now. Don't wait for me when you get back!"
"Who said I was waiting for you?"
Ding Mei twisted her braids, looking rather coy.
Lu Yao only looked back after walking a distance.
This kid has never been to the city before, has he? Don't get lost!
Lu Yao definitely didn't come to Jiangzhou when he was 17 years old in his previous life.
However, in the decades that followed, he not only settled in Jiangzhou, but also participated in the development and construction of Jiangzhou.
Many of the residential buildings in Jiangzhou were built by Lu Yao.
In this life, he not only wants to expand his career further.
I need to make money so that my mother and sister can live a better life.
Moreover, I want to help my friends and the villagers in the village become wealthy as well.
Then I'll quietly wait for Zheng Shuang to grow up and live a good life with her.
After marrying Zheng Shuang, I will definitely stop messing around.
After having several children and achieving success, they can return to their village to live a peaceful and prosperous life.
Since Ding Mei was willing to live with her, he decided to treat her as his own...
Thinking about this made me laugh.
Although Ding Mei had been his mother-in-law for decades in his previous life, he never truly regarded her as an elder.
No, in this life, I will conquer her and make her willingly give her daughter to me as my wife!
To survive, you must first establish a firm foothold.
Now he has offended Yang Ming, the son of the commune secretary.
Ding Dahu looked down on him and would pick fights with him at any time.
Ding Mei also looked down on herself from the bottom of her heart.
She and I are currently in a mutually exploitative relationship; it appears harmonious on the surface, but the relationship could collapse at any moment.
Only by becoming strong can you avoid being ostracized.
Then you need to build up your network first.
Let's find Sister Ju Wen first.
Just as I was thinking this, I heard a lot of loud voices cursing and swearing behind me.
Looking back, it seemed that Cao Erdan's carriage was surrounded.
Lu Yao quickly turned back.
It turned out that Cao Erdan was being extremely careful as he led the horse forward.
Suddenly, there was a "whoosh" sound.
Then someone shouted loudly:
"Oh dear, you've bumped into me! My vase is broken!"
Cao Erdan quickly pulled the horse back and went around to the carriage to take a look.
A man in his thirties wearing a Zhongshan suit was shouting loudly.
A canvas bag was lying under the carriage.
When someone helped open it, they found that a blue and white porcelain vase inside was broken.
Cao Erdan was a little confused.
I once bumped into someone's bicycle while rushing to catch a bus in the city, and was slapped twice but didn't dare to say a word.
Back then, people in the countryside rarely went out. They were quite arrogant in the village, but they were a bit bewildered when they went to the city.
Without these working-class people, there would be no confidence.
I get scared when surrounded by people.
City people also like to bully country folk, and they gathered around, all talking at once, criticizing Cao Erdan.
This time, Cao Erdan smashed someone's vase again, and he was so scared that his eggs turned cold.
"Hey bro, what happened? I didn't see you bump into me!"
"Fuck you, you hit someone and you won't admit it?"
A young man wearing a military-style cotton-padded jacket walked over from the side.
He started cursing as soon as he opened his mouth.
A young man wearing heavy leather shoes came over from the other side and kicked Cao Erdan in the butt:
"Can't you even drive properly? You hit someone and you dare say you didn't see it!"
Cao Erdan was so frightened that his face trembled, and he assumed a Wing Chun starting stance to defend himself against being hit.
"No, don't hit me! Let's talk this out!"
"You fucking bastard, pay up!"
"How much...how much?"
The middle-aged man adjusted his glasses: "Forget it, people from the countryside have it tough too. I bought this antique vase for over two hundred, just give me two hundred, I don't need the change!"
Cao Erdan was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost sat down on the ground.
I only had 67 cents in my pocket.
I was even planning to go back and buy a pound of fruit candy for my wife, Shanxing.
Shanxing likes to eat sweet things.
They want two hundred?
Even selling myself wouldn't be enough!
At this moment, Ding Mei stood up in the car:
"You're trying to extort money from me! I saw him throw the vase bag under the car wheels himself!"
The middle-aged man, the man in the cotton-padded jacket, and the man in the big-headed shoes all erupted in uproar upon hearing this.
He roared at Ding Mei:
"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Pay him money, or beat him up!"
"You brat, yelling like that, I'll beat you up too!"
Cao Erdan hurriedly stopped everyone and tried to appease them:
"Gentlemen, please don't be angry. I didn't say I wouldn't pay, but I really don't have the money!"
"No money? There's cargo on the truck, right? We can use these dried mushrooms and wood ear fungus as substitutes!"
As they were talking, the group started to grab the goods from the truck.
Ding Mei was so angry that she grabbed a large whip and was about to swing it:
"I'd like to see who dares to touch anything belonging to the production team!"
But just as she raised the whip, the soldier in the cotton-padded coat grabbed the handle and pulled it away.
The big-toed shoe behind her was grinning as it grabbed the base of her braid at the back of her head.
"You little brat have quite the temper. Believe me or not, I can snap your neck in one go!"
Ding Mei jumped and leaped, but couldn't break free from the man's grasp.
Just as Cao Erdan was about to come to the rescue, he was knocked down by a punch from the soldier in the cotton-padded jacket.
"Damn it, you want to hit someone? If you can't come up with the money, I'll impound your carriage today!"
Cao Erdan was terrified, his body covered in cold sweat. He felt he was in deep trouble; the situation had reached a point where there was no solution!