Chapter 1373: Drive Liu Zhenbang away and go to the city to buy information

Su Mingzhe walked out of the adobe house carrying an axe. As soon as he arrived at the firewood room, he heard a slight noise, which made him alert:

It is now the end of October and the Double Ninth Festival has just passed.

The wild animals in the mountains are fat and strong. Logically, they should not, and dare not, come to places where people live.

However, there are black bears in the mountains near Liujiatun.

During the autumn harvest season, the black bear likes to come to the cultivated fields in the village and pick corn cobs!

Su Mingzhe had only been here for more than three hours and had not had time to practice. Not only did he have no spiritual awareness, but his physical strength was only that of an average person.

If he wants to deal with wild beasts in the mountains now, he must act quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, and hit the vital points with one blow.

After thinking about it, Su Mingzhe dropped the axe in his hand and grabbed the fire poke by the door.

A fire poke is a one-meter-long steel stick with a pointed end, weighing about four or five pounds. Because it is made of steel, an adult with a little strength can use it to poke it into the flesh of a wild animal.

"Mingzhe, it's me..."

A shadow squatting in the darkness saw Su Mingzhe pick up the fire poke and was so scared that he quickly stood up and greeted him.

Su Mingzhe felt a little relieved when he heard it was a person, but he still frowned and shouted:

"come out!"

"Come out, I'll be right out..."

A figure walked out, revealing the appearance of an honest young man.

This young man looked honest and simple, but the eyes in his eye sockets kept rolling around, and it was obvious that he had no good intentions.

He came out, smiled and nodded to Su Mingzhe, saying hello:
"Mingzhe, have you had dinner with Teacher Ma?"

"It turns out to be Brother Zhenbang!"

Su Mingzhe recognized the person and finally felt relieved.

……

There are more than thirty households in Liujiatun, but there are only five surnames: Liu, Guan, Zhang, Lin and Tong.

The ancestors of the five families were gold diggers in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, in order to escape the war, they came here and settled down.

The great-grandfather and his wife of the Liu family had two sons and two daughters. The two daughters married the sons of the Zhang and Guan families respectively, and the two sons married the daughters of the Lin and Tong families respectively.

Later, the eldest and second uncles of the Liu family gave birth to six or seven sons and seven or eight daughters respectively.

During those turbulent years, nearly thirty children from both branches of the Liu family all grew up safely.

Nearly thirty people with the surname Liu, together with their spouses and children, suddenly account for three quarters of the more than one hundred people in the village.

Later, when the People's Republic of China was founded, when the authorities were taking statistics on this originally nameless mountain valley, it was natural to give it a name called Liujiatun.

Su Mingzhe's mother is the daughter of the second master of the Liu family.

Liu Zhenbang is the grandson of the eldest uncle of the Liu family, and he and Su Mingzhe are cousins ​​within the fifth degree of mourning.

Since he was a family member, Su Mingzhe relaxed his guard slightly. However, he still didn't show a good look and asked directly:

"Why are you coming to school so late at night instead of going home to sleep?"

This was in 1977, when Liujiagou still had no electricity and only a few households had flashlights.

Once it gets dark, most people stay at home and don't go out.

At this time, Liu Zhenbang was not hiding at home, but instead sneaked into the school. He didn't look like a good person!

"Um...I have something to ask Teacher Ma!"

Liu Zhenbang didn't know what was going on. Seeing his usually quiet little cousin, he inexplicably became a little timid today.

But after all, he is a man who grew up in the mountains.

When Liu Zhenbang saw his little cousin put down the fire poker, he immediately straightened his back, gave himself courage, and was about to walk towards Ma Suqin's bedroom.

He got some big news tonight, but it won't be useful after tonight.

"Liu Zhenbang, stop right there!"

Su Mingzhe had just arrived, so he might have to remain calm when encountering tigers and black bears. But facing an ordinary person like Liu Zhenbang who was shorter than him, he could easily defeat him!
"Boy, don't block the way!"

Liu Zhenbang was also obsessed with sex, and didn't bother with Su Mingzhe at all. He raised his fist, threatened him, and continued to move forward. "..."

Su Mingzhe didn't expect that this kid would dare to break into Ma Suqin's bedroom while he was standing here.

If he wasn't there, Ma Suqin, a girl, would have been bullied by him.

Thinking of this, Su Mingzhe became furious and reached out his hand to grab Liu Zhenbang's shoulder and throw him.

Liu Zhenbang, a 1.78-meter-tall man, shook his body, then flew into the air and flew backwards.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe had no intention of killing anyone and simply threw him on the pile of firewood in the school yard.

"Mr. Su, if you dare to hit me, just wait for me—"

Seeing Su Mingzhe easily throw him three or four meters away, Liu Zhenbang was almost scared to pee his pants. When he stood up, his legs were still a little weak. He could only force himself to say something harsh before running away in shame.

Then, nothing happened that night!
On the second day.

Su Mingzhe accompanied Ma Suqin to the county town to buy study materials.

More than eighty percent of the county is hilly land.

The straight-line distance from Liujiatun to the commune was six miles. The two men set out before dawn and needed to walk for two hours to reach the commune before 8:30.

There is a bus from the commune to the county town, which departs at 8:30 and the journey takes two hours.

The return bus leaves at twelve o'clock.

Therefore, after the two of them rushed all the way to the county town, they only had an hour and a half to move around.

Along the way, neither of them wasted any time.

After getting off the station, I went straight to the high school in the county to register for the college entrance examination.

The teacher at the registration office was very kind. Not only did he quickly help me with the registration procedures for the college entrance examination, he also gave me advice on what tutoring materials I should buy.

The two of them rushed to Xinhua Bookstore to buy tutoring materials.

The county town was relatively small, so the two of them ran around nervously for an hour and finally got everything done.

Seeing that there was not much time left, the two of them had no way of having a meal in the county town.

Su Mingzhe bought some marinated venison from a stewed food shop, asked the shopkeeper to chop it up, and then stewed it in a wok.

When you take a bite, the sweet, fragrant and soft pot-fried pork and the chewy venison are mixed together, it is so delicious.

When the two of them rushed to the station while eating, there were still ten minutes before the train departed.

After getting on the bus and buying tickets, the two of them sat directly in the back, just like when they came.

On the way back, since time was not tight, they didn't chat and just closed their eyes to rest.

After all, the two of them got up at five o'clock in the morning to wash and get ready for their journey, and had been busy for more than seven hours.

Next, we still have to walk for two hours back to Liujiatun, so we have to take a nap in the car.

As the bus started moving, the swaying motion of the bus was like a cradle in childhood, urging the passengers on board to fall asleep.

Not long after, Su Mingzhe felt his shoulder sink. He turned his head and saw that his teacher Ma was leaning on his shoulder.

Ma Suqin is about 1.66 meters tall, which is considered tall among local women, but she is still a head shorter than Su Mingzhe.

At this moment, Ma Suqin fell asleep and could only lean on the man's shoulder.

Su Mingzhe looked at the passengers in the car, hesitated for a moment, then reached out to support Ma Suqin and let her lie in his arms.

While sleeping, Ma Suqin consciously found a comfortable position and continued to sleep with her head resting on the man's thigh.

The other passengers on the bus saw it but didn't say anything.

After all, no one knew each other and thought they were just a couple.

The car traveled for several miles and many passengers got off.

After a while, seeing that there were no passengers in the back of the carriage, Su Mingzhe glanced around guiltily, carefully stretched out his right hand, and helped Ma Suqin hold up her trembling, swaying burden.

Ma Suqin, who was sleeping, realized that something was wrong and woke up immediately.

But when she found out that the dirty hand belonged to Su Mingzhe, a hint of shyness and joy flashed through her heart, and then she closed her eyes again and fell asleep peacefully again.

(End of this chapter)