Chapter 3 ■Half a silver dollar

In a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of September.

In this month, Gao Daquan has already begun to plan how to face the matter of going to college.

As early as July, he had already received an admission letter from the university.

After the incident of peanuts being stolen from the field a few days ago, Gao Daquan's parents, although they were a little disillusioned at the beginning, are now in a much better state.

After all, Peanut has also been held back, and he has also received a compensation payment, plus today is the day when Gao Daquan is going to report to Chang Young University, how to say that the old couple are very happy.

In the courtyard, Gao Dong has always emphasized to Gao Daquan that he must study hard after arriving at school, and not be a poor farmer for the rest of his life like himself.

Xu Guiyun on the side saw that her son was about to leave home, and her heart was a little soft, and she didn't know if she was so happy that she left tears, or she was reluctant to leave.

Before leaving, Old Man Gao put down the work he was doing, and walked over while smoking a dry cigarette, intending to say goodbye to Gao Daquandao.

"Xiao Quanzi, don't be in a hurry to leave, grandpa also has something to tell you. ”

"Eh, grandpa, you say. ”

"Is your academy a young man?"

"Yes, the eldest university. ”

Old Man Gao nodded and did not speak, and then took out a glittering silver round that was only half of the side from the bag with dry tobacco in his pocket.

"You take this first, if you have any difficulties in Changshao City in the future, take this half of the silver yuan to the martyr's cemetery in Changshao City to find the janitor there, you show him this half of the silver yuan, he will naturally know what is going on. ”

"Grandpa, what's the point of this half silver dollar?"

Old man Gao "chirp", took a puff of dry tobacco, and his face showed a look of fascination, "Then let me tell you, when I joined the guerrillas, I picked up a silver dollar, I was still young at that time, and I didn't have much concept of money in those days, and then I handed the silver yuan to my guerrilla captain." ”

The captain smiled with the silver yuan, touched my head and said, "When the little devil is repelled in the future, he will marry a daughter-in-law for me, saying that this silver yuan will be kept for me for the time being." ”

"Later, in an operation to fight the little devils, the captain was almost killed by the enemy's machine gun, and it was considered lucky, God favored him, and the bullet hit a silver dollar in his jacket pocket, and that silver dollar, which was the one I gave him, was cut in half by the bullet. ”

"Later, in order to express his gratitude to me, the captain insisted on becoming a brother with me, and he also promised me that in the future, whether I or our Gao family have any difficulties, you can go to him for help, the silver yuan that was broken in half, we each took half, and since then it has become a token between the two of us, although he is more than ten years older than me, but he is still alive. ”

Gao Daquan didn't want to accept half of his grandfather's silver yuan, but he couldn't resist the old man's bitter nagging, saying that the outside society was too complicated, and he had to take it, in case there was any trouble, there was finally someone worth relying on.

In this way, Gao Daquan had no choice but to put it on his body and keep it, he didn't expect this thing to be of any use at all.

At this time, the fat man Qin Liang came to ask him out.

Gao Daquan said goodbye to his parents again, and then hitchhiked with Qin Liang to Dam Town.

If you want to go to Changshao City, you have to take a bus from Dam Town to Huayuan County, and then take a bus from Huayuan County Bus Station, so that you can go directly to Changshao City, which is also the fastest route.

Today is not only the weekend, but also the day of the market in the dam town, there are a lot of people in the town, people are rubbing shoulders, jubilant, a lively scene, selling everything, almost blocking the road.

At the three-way intersection of Dama Town, there was a minibus bound for Huayuan County, and just when Gao Daquan and Qin Liang were about to get on the bus and prepare to leave, Wang Changqing saw them not far away.

He immediately came over on a motorcycle, and his face was still so enthusiastic, "Daquan, what's wrong? Where are you two going in the car?"

"Ah, Mr. Wang, if it weren't for you a few days ago, I was afraid that something big would happen in my family, and I wouldn't have had time to go to your house to thank you. ”

"It's just a gesture, so you don't need to be polite to me. ”

Gao Daquan first bowed gratefully, and then explained: "No, the university is about to start, Qin Liang and I are going to report to the school." ”

"Oh, I forgot when you said that, yes, college started a little later than elementary school, so you both went to the same university?"

"Uh-huh. ”

"Oh, which university?" Wang Changqing took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and lit it in his mouth.

"Elder University"

"It's a coincidence, my daughter Siqi is also studying at Changshao University, she is the same age as you this year, she is a sophomore, you should know her, but she didn't come back this summer, she insisted on asking herself to do temporary work in the summer vacation. ”

Gao Daquan seemed to think of something, and replied: "Teacher Wang, are you really so relieved that she lives alone in Changshao City with a girl's family?"

Wang Changqing smiled bitterly and said, "Her sister also works in Changshao City, and it is precisely because this girl is taken care of by her sister that I can put my mind at ease." ”

At this moment, the minibus was about to start, and the driver shouted, "Okay, is the car about to leave?"

"Mr. Wang, I have to go. ”

"Eh, okay, Daquan, you remember, I met Siqi at school, and if you don't understand anything, you can ask her for advice, after all, you are all from the same village, and you can take care of each other outside. ”

Wang Changqing said while waving goodbye.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I know, thank you, goodbye!" Gao Daquan also waved his hand.

Out of the dam town, the minibus drove up the winding mountain road.

The section here is quite treacherous, passing directly through cliffs, abyssal valleys, dark tunnels, etc., if you are not an experienced driver, the average novice will not dare to drive.

As soon as he got in the car, the fat man Qin Liang had been eating snacks he had bought in Dam Town, and had even drunk a bottle of beer.

Gao Daquan didn't eat anything, but closed his eyes and recuperated.

More than two hours later, the minibus stopped at the bus station in Huayuan County.

Gao Daquan shook Qin Liang and didn't wake up, and the thing was still snoring.

"Smack!"

Gao Daquan slapped him angrily.

Qin Liang seemed to be taken aback, and Iri wowed, obviously disturbed by a good dream.

After getting off the bus, Gao Daquan and Qin Liang walked directly to the ticket hall with a duffel bag on their backs, intending to buy tickets for Chang Shao.

There was a big clock hanging on the wall of the ticket hall, and it was exactly twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.

But Gao Daquan regretted that he asked the conductor to know that the bus to Changshao had been sent out today, and there were only two classes, one at half past ten in the morning, and the other at half past eleven.

"What should I do? It seems that we have to wait for tomorrow's car. ”

Qin Liang asked helplessly.

"Today is the 6th, and the beginning of school is the 9th, so it stands to reason that the time should be in time. ”

"Quanzi, why don't you find a hotel and stay for one night?"

Gao Daquan sighed: "That's the only way, but don't pick an expensive hotel to live in, I don't have as much money as you." ”

"That's what you said, how can you make your brother pay for it? ”

Qin Liang patted his chest and said.

At night, eleven o'clock.

The sound of running water in the bathroom kept ringing, Qin Liang had been washing for more than half an hour and hadn't come out, and he didn't know if he had washed it or not.

"Qin Liang, hurry up, okay?" Gao Daquan sat on the sofa, knocking melon seeds while watching the anti-Japanese drama on TV.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer, it'll be right away. Qin Liang's slightly muffled voice came from the bathroom.

"It's been almost an hour, what the hell are you doing? Don't let me scold you, I'll tell you. ”

"Uh-huh...... I rub it, it's so comfortable...... Okay, I'm not going to come out right away, really. ”

It wasn't until Gao Daquan took a bath that it was already twelve o'clock at night.

At this time, Qin Liang had already fallen asleep, snoring loudly in his bed.

In the afternoon, because Gao Daquan and Qin Liang walked around the county before returning to the hotel, the whole person was still quite sleepy.

At this time, Gao Daquan just lay down, and found that he was full of energy and had no sleep, because it was because he had just taken a bath.

Suddenly, he thought of the treasure that the Hundred Flowers Fairy had given him, the Jade Bottle.

If it weren't for it, I wouldn't know if my life would still be there.

Gently took out the jade bottle from his trouser pocket, Gao Daquan opened the lid and looked at the mouth of the bottle, only to see a drop of milky white liquid flowing inside, it seems that this must be the nectar he took at the beginning.

"The Hundred Flowers Fairy once said that every other month, the jade bottle will automatically produce a drop of nectar, so I think this nectar must be produced by month. ”

Gao Daquan thought so in his heart.

After a while, unconsciously, he began to feel dizzy in his brain, his eyelids closed, and he gradually fell asleep......

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At ten o'clock in the morning, Gao Daquan woke up from his sleep.

After looking at his watch, he immediately jumped up from the bed, he hurriedly woke up Qin Liang and prepared to go to the bus station to take the bus to Changshao.

If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid that I will have to stay here for another night today, because the first bus at half past ten has already left.

Due to the procrastination of the fat man Qin Liang, by the time the two of them finished washing, it was almost eleven o'clock.

The two hurried towards the bus station and went straight to the ticket office to buy two tickets.

"Catch him!

Just as Gao Daquan and Qin Liang walked through the ticket hall, a robbery occurred outside the square of the bus station!

Following the sound, Gao Daquan saw a man wearing a peaked cap on his head and his face completely covered by a mask just snatching an old man's purse.

The old man was full of gray hair, and he looked quite good, I am afraid that he would be sixty years old at most.

Seeing that the bag had been snatched away by the gangsters, the old man tried desperately to catch up, but his left leg couldn't keep up with the speed at all.

There are a lot of pedestrians coming and going in the square.

People dragged their luggage and walked in a hurry, and no one stopped to help the old man intercept the gangsters

Yes, but only the indifferent eyes of the bystanders.

At this time, Gao Daquan saw that the situation was not good, hurriedly threw down his luggage, and pounced on the gangsters like a cannonball!