eighteen

At about 8 o'clock the next morning, Chen Yue begged her mother to go out to learn how to ride a bicycle, and after getting permission, she pushed her mother's small red bicycle into the garden. He parked his bike in the shade and sat on the lawn next to him. There were three children working on a piece of dry dirt in front of them, and they seemed to come every day.

An hour later, Jiang Yang and his sister came at the same time. "Hey!" Jiang Yang approached and greeted Chen Yue warmly.

"Coming?" Chen Yue stood up.

Today, Jiang Yang is wearing a white T-shirt, knee-length loose pants, and the hat with a visor on his head. His sister followed behind him, also wearing a white shirt and blue sweatpants. When she saw Chen Yue, she quickened her pace and stood side by side with her brother.

"Is this your car?" As he approached, Jiang Yang asked. Chen Yue nodded.

"I'll ride and see."

Before Jiang Yang could push the car to the concrete floor, his sister pushed him away from the side. "Brother, give it to me." My sister shouted.

"What are you doing?"

"Give it to me."

"I'll ride around the garden and come back to you, okay?"

"Okay."

Jiang Yang rode away, and his sister walked up to Chen Yue, and asked him with a smile, "Do you want to learn too?" ”

"I really want to."

"Then let me teach you, my brother will come back in a while, let him give me the car and go to the kilometer outside to study."

"You teach me?"

"That's right."

"Did you learn?"

"Last night, one night."

Chen Yue didn't believe Xiao Ai's words, and really wanted to wait for Jiang Yang to come back and let her teach him to see if she could really get into the car independently, if that was the case, then he would definitely be able to learn it today under the teaching of the two of them. He thought.

"Bring it," Jiang Yang rode back. My sister grabbed the bike and pushed it out of the garden.

"Just let me ride one more lap, one more lap."

"Don't forget, we're here to teach Chen Yue to learn bicycles, not to borrow a car to ride." Xiao Ai glanced at Chen Yue, then turned her face and glared at Jiang Yang.

"Okay, I'll see what you teach."

The trio walked on the cobblestone paved road that led to the garden door. Before she reached the door, her sister suddenly raised her foot and kicked on the pedals, "Chen Yue, let me ride it too." With that, she turned around on her bike and disappeared.

"Hey... Ay? Chen Yue ran two steps forward, trying to stop her, but to no avail. Jiang Yang looked at the figure of his sister who was slowly riding away in front of him, he waved his hand and said, "It's gone forever." ”

"Huh?"

"I guess she'll have to ride out into the street to get back." After Jiang Yang finished speaking, he left the road and walked into the garden.

Strange things, you have to rush to ride to see, is it so much fun to ride a bicycle? Chen Yue was a little confused, which also made him more eager to learn to ride a bike. Xiao Ai did not ride into the street, and returned after the end of the vegetable market.

Fifteen minutes later, my sister came back on her bike. "Where's my brother?" After she braked and landed, she asked Chen Yue.

"Punching with Chubby, they punching bags."

The younger sister looked through the railing at the group of children playing together in the garden. There was a pause. "Chen Yue, I'll ride one more lap, okay? I'll teach you when I come back. ”

Chen Yue didn't agree immediately, but after a while, she agreed.

When Xiao Ai returned, Chen Yue was resting on the stone slab under the eaves of someone else's house. She immediately felt embarrassed, pushed the car over, and said in an apologetic tone, "I've kept you waiting." ”

"It's okay," Chen Yue didn't blame her, but walked over happily. Xiao Ai gave him the car.

Since she has just joined the car dealership, Chen Yue still understands the truth of safety first. He sat on the cushion, one foot on the ground, the other on the pedal, and then tried to pedal with both feet, and as soon as he noticed that the car was unstable, he immediately put down one foot to support it. And so on and so forth.

"Why don't I help you hold it up?" Xiao Ai put her hands on the back seat and said to Chen Yue.

"Okay, it's time to hold on."

It's not too bad, but you still have to stop the car from time to time. Apparently he hasn't mastered the art of riding a bicycle yet.

Xiao Ai had an idea at this time. "Ah, I'll teach you how to ride." She said.

"How do you ride?"

"I'll help you push it in the back, you don't have to step on it, just hold the front of the car." She's learning from her brother's methods.

"Then you push it slower first."

"Don't worry, I'm not as careless as my brother."

Out of the desire and concentration to learn to ride a bicycle, halfway to the garden, Chen Yue said: "Xiao Ai, you let go." ”

She was a little worried, "Is it really okay?" She asked.

"Well, I'll try."

Still worried, she only let go of the handlebars in the back seat, but didn't get her hands back. Seeing that the car was getting faster and faster, she stopped and watched in surprise that Chen Yue was able to move freely while balancing the body. She thought he must have practiced before, otherwise he would have learned it in less than ten minutes after only a while? She excitedly ran to the garden and told her brother the news.

Chen Yueke was excited, so convenient and effortless. Unexpectedly, I had already arrived at the gate of the cement factory after a while. He didn't enter the door, turned back. At a T-junction, he stopped his car and wondered if he should take two more turns down the street, but he couldn't contain his curiosity. When he felt it was time to return, he turned the car. Not long after, Chen Yue rode on the car and saw Xiao Ai sitting on the stone slab where he was sitting before, waiting for him.

"Where have you been?" Waiting for Chen Yue to stop the car, Xiao Ai got up and ran over and asked.

"I went around the streets."

"You're a quick learner." Xiao Ai said as he held the bicycle. Chen Yue complied with her wishes and gave up the car.

Chen Yue heard the appreciation, and scratched her head with a red face.

"But I taught you, you have to admit it."

"Well, of course."

"So, I will be your master from now on."

"Yes, Master."

"Hee-hee... It's polite. Xiao Ai said jokingly, and put his foot on the pedal of the bicycle, and continued: "Let's take turns riding out into the street, okay?" ”

"Well, ride back here and assemble."

"Okay, I think about it... I decided to ride to Lighthouse Elementary School and come back after that. ”

"Okay."

That's how they agreed. Throughout the morning, one person took one turn at a time, and felt the fun of cycling.

After eating at noon, Jiang Yang found a plastic bag at home and put it in his pocket. On the way out, his sister rushed over. "Where are you going?"

"Pick up the waste."

The younger sister glanced at the courtyard of Chen Yue's house, then walked to Jiang Yang's side and whispered, "Brother, you can help me call Chen Yue." ”

"What are you calling him for?"

"I want to borrow him a bicycle to ride."

After all, my sister just learned it last night, and it is inevitable that she will never forget it. Even he is now. "Chen Yue." Jiang Yang walked to the gate of Chen Yue's house and shouted.

Immediately Chen Yue appeared in the door, and he happily walked over and opened the door.

"No, Chen Yue. It's my sister who wants to call you. Jiang Yang explained.

"What about you?"

"I'll pick up the waste, and you can play with Xiao Ai in the afternoon."

Jiang Yang saw that his sister had asked him to complete his business, so he explained the situation to Chen Yue and left. Xiao Ai then said to Chen Yue: "You put the bicycle out, let's continue the morning game." ”

She treats cycling as a game, well, Chen Yue also admits that it is very interesting, but he still wants to accompany Jiang Yang to pick up the rags together. He always felt very embarrassed to stay with Xiao Ai. He always tried to keep a certain distance from her: he was afraid of her for no reason, and he could not refute anything she said, as if he had to comply with any request she made, which made him very difficult.

"Okay, you wait for me." Chen Yue entered the house and asked her mother again to push the bicycle out to play, but was refused.

"My mom said she would use it when she went out in the afternoon."

"That's really no way," Xiao Ai didn't insist on, and asked in a low voice, "When will your mother leave?" ”

"No, I'll ask."

"Right now." Chen Yue replied after running back.

"Alright, we'll see you later." Xiao Ai said and walked back to his house.

After a while, Xiao Ai saw Chen Yue's mother pushing the cart out behind the courtyard gate. She listened to the sound of wheels rolling on the gravel road, waited for the sound to go away, then opened the gate and looked at the intersection, and after confirming that her mother was leaving, she walked to the gate of Chen Yue's house.

"Chen Yue." She whispered. Chen Yue immediately walked over. The door was locked, Xiao Ai shook the iron door and said, "Let's go out and play." ”

And Chen Yue's response made her very disappointed. He said he was sleepy and wanted to take a nap.

"Hey, don't sleep, let's hang out together, okay?" Xiao Ai shook the door again and pleaded.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sleepy and want to sleep for a while."

"Ouch-"

"I'm sorry, Master."

Chen Yue's apology made her heart soften immediately, "Okay, the sun is weird and uncomfortable, it's good to recuperate more in the afternoon." Xiao Ai finished. The two waved goodbye.

At a quarter past 5 p.m., Jiang Yang returned home after selling the four plastic bottles he had only picked up in the afternoon. After washing his hands, he went to the bedroom, where his sister was writing an exercise book. The thick booklet marked with the words "summer vacation homework" was placed on the stool next to the bed, and Jiang Yang understood that his sister had finished writing it. As for the workbook she currently writes, there are almost a few left.

"Did you have fun with Chen Yue in the afternoon?" Jiang Yang asked as he walked to the TV and pressed the button. My sister didn't answer.

Jiang Yang turned to the CCTV channel and was playing advertisements. He turned his voice down to the lowest and sat down on the bed. After a pause, Jiang Yang turned his face to his sister, "What?" What's the problem? ”

"Nope."

"Then why ignore me?"

"I'm answering your last question."

"Why?"

"No why."

The advertisement jumped to the cartoon, Jiang Yang didn't continue to ask, turned up the volume, and happily watched TV.

For the next week, Jiang Yang insisted on going out to pick up waste every day, and Chen Yue accompanied him, saying that he could also help him find it.

One evening four days later. Jiang Yang was in his room, closed the door, walked to the bedside, lifted the sheet, and took out the flattened banknotes and coins. He counted. "Forty-five," Jiang Yang thought, "is there still a little less?" ”

He borrowed 2 yuan from his sister, and then borrowed 2 yuan from Chen Yue the next morning.

"I'd like to borrow another dollar from you."

Xiao Ai was watching TV, and Jiang Yang was standing in front of her, but he didn't block his view.

"Still borrowing? Nope. My sister said directly.

Before lunch, Jiang Yang ran out to try his luck and see if he could pick up something valuable and sell it. But when I came back at noon, I found nothing. When his mother returned home after work and rested after eating, Jiang Yang asked for 1 yuan to go out to buy popsicles in the afternoon. His mother promised him.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, shortly after his mother left for work, Jiang Yang excitedly ran to the street and found a bicycle store. He explained to the shopkeeper that the car should be as cheap as possible, with a green body and a rear seat. The shopkeeper happily responded to his request, pushing a turquoise low bicycle out of a column of bicycles, and then the shopkeeper pushed the bike to the non-motorized lane outside, "Come on, you can try it if it's good or not." ”

Jiang Yang was excited, got on the car recommended for him by the shopkeeper, rode forward for a while, and turned back.

"How?"

"It's good, I like it."

"Then choose this one."

"Well, how much?" Jiang Yang realized that he hadn't asked the most important question yet. But the boss didn't answer him, but struck up a conversation with another customer who came over.

"Old friend, long time no see." The new customer asked, patting the shopkeeper on the shoulder.

"Ah, it's you, come on, come in and sit." The owner warmly invited the customer into the store.

didn't ask for the price, but the car was still in Jiang Yang's hands, and he watched the boss leave strangely. After a while, a young shopping guide walked out.

"Are you the one who wants this car?" Apparently, she was instructed by the shopkeeper.

"Yes."

"$58."

"Oh! Worst. There is not enough money. ”

The shopper was silent, waiting for him to continue, until he asked her, "Can it be cheaper?" Then he said, "And how much money did you bring?" But the customer didn't continue to ask, but let go of the handlebars of the bike.

"I'm sorry I don't have enough money." Jiang Yang scratched his head awkwardly. He was so embarrassed that he should have asked the owner before he let him test the car.

Jiang Yang thought about whether to go to other stores to have a look, but then the lady who told him the price spoke.

"We have other cars that are cheaper than this, I wonder what price you want to buy?"

"About 50 bucks." Jiang Yang replied.

"This is it." The shopping guide looked at him puzzled.

"No, I mean 50 at most, I only brought 50."

"Okay, you come with me."

The shopping guide said a few words to the shopkeeper, and then beckoned to Jiang Yang.

"What do you think of this one?" She asked, pointing to a bicycle stacked on the wall, which was also green.

"How much does this cost?"

"Fifty."

Jiang Yang hesitated for a while.

"Good! That's it. ”

"Do you want to try it?"

Out of negligence just now, Jiang Yang was embarrassed to say that he wanted to try again, so he insisted: "Don't try it, just this one." ”

"That's a good idea. Pay the bill here. ”

When Jiang Yang just bought the car home, it was basically used by his sister. She always had a good rest early in the morning, just after lunch, and then happily pushed the cart onto the road, and then rode out into the streets without fatigue, until she was far away in the city, and then turned back. "This car is awesome!" Riding home, she praised in front of Jiang Yang more than once.