Jiang Tao was exhausted.

The rugged mountain road, the uneven stones, the bicycle saddle, and the sore buttocks. Although the sun had already set behind the mountains, the aftermath of the summer sun still made Jiang Tao feel as if he had just been fished out of the water, and he felt that his feet often slipped on the pedals of the car.

Jiang Tao decided to rest in front, otherwise the steep slope in front of his house would be enough to choke. From the county seat to the village, there are basically mountain roads, and the kind of cars are daunting, and they dare not take this kind of road at all, only the tractors happily emit black smoke to pass back and forth on this road.

There was a bend in front of the road, and Jiang Tao knew that after that bend, there were a few large stones that were very flat, and he could sit and rest, or even lie down for a while. After riding around the corner, Jiang Tao got out of the car, and there was a middle-aged man sitting on the stone resting on the side of the road, and Jiang Tao smiled at the middle-aged man in politeness, propped up the bicycle, and took out two bottles of water from the bag in the back rack of the car.

"Uncle, drink some water". Jiang Tao handed the middle-aged man a bottle and sat down on another stone.

"Hehe, thank you lad". The middle-aged man didn't take it politely, unscrewed the lid and drank most of the bottle in one go, it seemed that he was really thirsty.

"Where are you going, young man?" The middle-aged man put the bottle on the lid and placed the water on the stone beside him.

"Go home. My house is behind the hill in front of me, and we are still thirty miles away. Uncle, where are you going? How to walk? Jiang Tao didn't see a bicycle or any other means of transportation next to the middle-aged man, so he asked strangely.

"Hehe, don't mention it, my bike fell into the ravine, no, my foot was twisted, you see it's all swollen." The middle-aged man lifted the trouser leg of his left leg, and Jiang Tao looked at it, really, the middle-aged man's left ankle was swollen and shiny, and it seemed that the injury was not light.

"Uncle, what's going on?"

"I was riding a bike, just after this bend, the front wheel of the car hit the raised stone on the road," the middle-aged man pointed to a stone on the road, "the car was crooked, when I fell inward, the bike fell outward, and suddenly slid to the bottom of the roadside slope, hey, I have to have my bag still hanging on the handlebars, and my phone and everything are in my bag." I had a broken foot and couldn't walk, so I had to sit on the side of the road and wait for someone to do me a favor. I saw you coming over just now, and you came over without waiting for you to be called. Jiang Tao looked back at the ditch on the side of the road, and a bicycle fell at the bottom of the ditch.

"Uncle, the slope is too steep, the car is not easy to get up, I'll go down and get the bag for you, right?" Jiang Tao stood up and said.

"Thank you, boy, if the phone hadn't been broken, I'd be saved."

To the bottom of the ditch is a slope of more than 40 degrees, more than ten meters deep, the slope is covered with shell Lang seedlings, the long stem of this plant is full of barbs, the hand is fine to touch, once it touches upside down, it is a blood mark.

Jiang Tao carefully grabbed the-shell Lang Seedling, and dragged the long stem to prevent his hand from slipping, otherwise the palm of his hand would be scratched. Jiang Tao walked backwards and carefully down the ditch, the gravel under his feet was easy to loosen, and once he stepped on it, he would slide down. More than ten minutes later, Jiang Tao finally went down to the bottom of the ditch, took off the bag from the bicycle handlebar, he grabbed the strap of the bag with his mouth, and began to climb up, the shell on the slope is very lush, although Jiang Tao has been very careful, but when he climbed on the road, the palms and backs of his hands were still scratched out of bloody marks, soaked in sweat, hot and painful, the taste is really uncomfortable.

"Uncle, give you the bag, can you still use your mobile phone?" Jiang Tao handed the bag to the middle-aged man and said.

"Come on, young man, drink some water, sit down and rest." The middle-aged man handed Jiang Tao the water he drank to Jiang Tao. "Yikes! It doesn't matter if you have your hands, right? There is no medical treatment here, but what can I do? The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Tao's injured hand.

"My hand is fine, it's just a little skin injury, but you, what should I do if my foot is swollen? It was going to be dark soon. Why don't I carry you to my house on a bicycle, there is a barefoot doctor in my village, and I will tell him to show you. ”

"No, I feel like my bones are fine, but I twisted them, I'll just call someone." The middle-aged man said, unzipping his bag, taking out a mobile phone from it and starting to make a call. "Hey, office? Yes, I'm Ji Zhengxiang, and I'm on the way from the county seat to Jiangjiawa. Yes, the car is not easy to walk, the car can't pass, it's better to find an off-road vehicle. Okay, I'll wait. ”

Jiang Tao saw that the middle-aged man was using a small Samsung flip phone, which is rare on the street now, "It seems that he is a rich man|" Jiang Tao thought to himself.

"What's your name, young man?" Ji Zhengxiang finished the phone call and asked Jiang Tao.

"Uncle, my name is Jiang Tao."

"How old is this year and where is this coming home from? What's your village called? ”

"Uncle, I'm 21 years old this year, I just graduated from college, and I haven't been assigned a job yet, and my village is the Jiangjiawa Village you just mentioned."

"Oh, it's a college student, amazing, what school did you graduate from? What major? ”

"Uncle, I am from Qilu Normal University, majoring in Chinese language, junior college. I just reported to the county education committee today, and they asked me to go home and wait for the notice. ”

"Is your education system graduating more this year? Hehe, don't mind, young man, let's make small talk for a while. ”

"Hehe, uncle is fine, I heard you call just now, your surname is Ji, right? I'll call you Uncle Ji, right? Uncle Ji, we have a total of ten graduates this year, and we are divided into three of us, and the rest have stayed in the provincial capital. ”

"Oh? What's going on? Why didn't you stay in the provincial capital? ”

"Hey, my family has nothing to do with the provincial capital, the family is poor, I can't give gifts, and my mother's health is not good, and I don't want to be far away from home, the family is my own, I'm afraid that my parents will have no one to take care of, it's better to come back, no matter where it is, it's close to home after all." Facing a person who cares about himself, Jiang Tao has no worries and speaks out in his heart.

Ji Zhengxiang nodded secretly, it seems that this young man is still a filial son, "Okay, Xiaojiang, you go home quickly, it's getting dark, and the mountain road is not easy to walk." ”

"Uncle Ji, shall I wait for the car with you? I'm familiar with this way, it's fine. Jiang Tao saw that it was late, and he was afraid that the car would not come for a while and a half, Ji Zhengxiang was in a hurry, so he wanted to accompany him to wait.

"It's okay, the car is almost here, you go, pay attention to safety on the road." Ji Zhengxiang saw that Jiang Tao was kind and gratefully refused.

Jiang Tao saw that Ji Zhengxiang's attitude was very resolute, and he didn't insist anymore, "Okay." Uncle Ji, then I'll go, you can wait by yourself. Jiang Tao got up and opened the bracket of the bicycle, and the cart was about to go.

"Wait Xiaojiang, this is my business card, there is my phone number on it, I work in the county government, you can go to the government to find me if there is anything." Ji Zhengxiang stopped Jiang Tao, took out a business card from his bag and handed it to Jiang Tao, Jiang Tao took it and put it in the outer pocket of his shirt, "Thank you, Uncle Ji, I'm leaving." ”

Looking at Jiang Tao's distant back, Ji Zhengxiang's heart was thoughtful.

Jiang Tao didn't get home until more than 8 o'clock in the evening, and Jiang Tao was thinking all the way, how could this surnamed Ji come out by bicycle alone, work in the county government, and be able to use a mobile phone, should be an official, is it exercise? It's strange that exercising doesn't come to this kind of road.

But Jiang Tao would not have thought that it was this chance encounter that made his life path change dramatically, not only completely changing his life, but also changing the fate of the entire Huaxia Kingdom!