Chapter Twenty-Three: Sending My Mother to the Station
My mother took the car back to the city at two o'clock in the afternoon, and after eating at Hao Xiao's house, we went back to my grandfather's house to prepare to send my mother to the station, and Hao Xiao also came with her.
Hao Xiao then drove the brigade's 24-horsepower tractor and parked at the door of his grandfather's house, Uncle Zhao's special approval, the tractor is rarely given away, and the brigade only has this tractor, which is like a treasure, and the control is strict.
At half past one, a tractor drove us to the bus station in Huangtun commune. Everyone else sat on the wheat straw on the bucket, and only the mother sat alone on a chair covered with cotton cushions, which was specially prepared by Uncle Zhao. Most of the country roads to the station are potholes, I am afraid that the road will be bumpy, and the tractor will drive strangely slowly, and it will take a quarter of an hour to arrive at the station, and it usually takes less than ten minutes to arrive.
With Hao Xiao and Ling Furong there, the road was particularly lively, everyone laughed all the way, and unconsciously arrived at the station. I think that if I drive all the way to the county seat like this, I will not laugh at it.
At about three or two o'clock, the car came, it was a passing car, and there was no departure from this small station. Today's car came on time, usually most of the late, ten or eight minutes late, even more than half an hour is not strange, sometimes simply do not come, what can you do.
There are not many people on the car today, less than half of them are seated, in my memory, this car has never been full, most of them are very empty, not to mention this car, other cars are similar, I am worried that there is no seat on the car.
Everyone got into the car with their mother, settled her and sat and chatted for a while, and it happened that the flight attendant knew her mother and came to chat. It is no wonder that my mother, as the leader of the county women's federation, often attends various activities and is well-known in the county, especially among women. As a result, the bus drove a few minutes late, and the driver was very cooperative.
Everyone watched the bus drive away from sight before returning. In fact, I really want to go back to the city with my mother, not for anything else, but I just want to get more college entrance examination review materials, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to get more, but this thought flashed, I was afraid that it would be bad to go back to the city so soon, and my father blamed. I even thought about how great it would be if Ling Furong could go back with me this time, the two of us could play crazy in the city for a few days, visit the county seat, and then go to the beach to chase the waves and chase the seagulls, what would it be like to think about it. But this is even more impossible, like a mirage.
On the way back, the tractor drove very fast, and the strange thing was that Uncle Zhao didn't stop it, and let it bump with us, and it was not fun. After the tractor turned onto the path, everyone couldn't sit still, so they simply got up and stood on the tow baffle; Look at the chair that my mother sat on, like a stir-fry in a pot, tumbling and jumping, a few times almost upside down the drag, strange is not to fall, comparable to a tumbler, everyone is even more happy to watch.
"Oops, hey, stop!" As soon as the tractor drove into Ling Furong's village, Lingjia Hezi, Ling Furong shouted to stop, Hao Xiao drove too fast, and almost missed her alley.
"-Squeak!" The tractor came to a sudden brake, if we didn't grasp the baffle firmly, it would have been thrown out. This Hao Xiao drove fiercely, and he was like two people when he was sent to the station.
"Anyang (mood particle) come!" Ling Furong jumped off and dragged the bucket with her hands on her thighs and complained to Hao Xiao, "Hao Xiao, Hao Xiao, are you in a hurry to go home and hug your daughter-in-law, you are crazy, you are pulling us like pigs, and our intestines are about to come out along the way!" ”
Everyone couldn't laugh when they heard it.
"Hey, I said, this is all at the door, everyone go to my house to sit for a while, the opportunity is rare." Ling Furong straightened up and said to everyone.
As soon as I heard this, I didn't wait for my mouth to agree, so I heard Uncle Zhao say:
"Forget it, let's go back another day, I have to go back today, there's something."
"Alas~~ Okay then." Ling Furong sighed and did not insist. She was even more anxious to go home, and it had been more than a day since she left home from noon yesterday to now.
Hao Xiao immediately drove away the tractor, but this time it was driving very slowly, which was too different from before. Ling Furong and I kept waving goodbye to each other until we lost sight. Uncle Zhao sat down again, and finally had the opportunity to light a bag of cigarettes and smoke slowly. I immediately regretted it, and then I remembered that I forgot to make an appointment with Ling Furong to meet next time, but I really didn't have this opportunity, in front of Uncle Zhao and Hao Xiao, how could I date her. However, after thinking about it again, it's nothing, now that she has returned to her hometown, she is only a river away from Ling Furong, close at hand, and the matter of two steps, as long as you raise your feet, we can see her at any time.
The tractor suddenly jolted violently and began to cross the river, and the wheels splashed high in the river, which was quite spectacular, like a speedboat speeding on the water.
Jumping on the embankment, Hao Xiao still drove strangely slowly, not slow, not good, 100 meters away from the embankment is a ramp, the slope is at least 30, a veritable mountain road.
Finally arrived at grandpa's house, from now on this is our home, the county town has become far away!