Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 101 Underground Workers

Li Muyang felt that his current mood was more nervous than the last time he had a blind date with Lin Xiuli.

He first stood under the tower and waited. After standing for a while, his heart started beating so hard that he finally had to sit on the steps under the tower and stared at the door of "Ma Laosi Mutton Restaurant" with all his attention.

They look very much like the underground workers of our party who are being followed.

He was just worried that Lin Xiuli might have gone in accidentally and he didn't know it yet.

What he was thinking about was to get in at just the right opportunity.

Not early, not late.

This mutton restaurant is not like the restaurants of later generations. You have to wait for someone inside, no problem. Just order something to eat and you can wait as long as you want. Usually no one will rush you.

At this time, especially when going to the market, the location of "Ma Laosi Mutton Restaurant" is still in high demand.

Basically, you enter at one location, finish eating and leave.

But you can't occupy the latrine and influence others.

People in the Ma family have very bad tempers.

Everyone knows the reason. They don't know how to reason with others. If not, they will just pull out the knife and become Brother Huaqiang.

Therefore, Li Muyang couldn't go in too early.

Of course, you can't go in too late. If Lin Xiuli goes in too late, it will leave a bad impression that he is not punctual or not active.

It ruined the image of the perfect object he had worked so hard to create in every aspect.

While waiting for someone, he saw Wang Tianxiao.

He was riding a weighted bicycle, carrying two large baskets on the back. The baskets were placed on the back seat of the bicycle with crossbars in the middle. They were swaying and looked very heavy.

He is here for the market.

When Wang Tianxiao got out of the car, he almost tripped.

His left leg has severe muscle atrophy, and he is considered a third-level disabled person, so his left leg has little strength. He can walk or ride at a constant speed, but if he suddenly exerts force, he may not be able to support it.

Li Muyang, with quick eyesight and quick hands, quickly ran over to help him hold the bicycle, and the two struggled to right the bicycle again.

Very heavy indeed.

"Thanks to you."

Wang Tianxiao was also shocked.

The profits of the egg business are very thin. You only earn two or three cents from one egg. But if you break one, you will lose two to three cents. It would take the profit of ten eggs to make up for it.

"It's okay, it's just why you did so much, it's so heavy, your legs are not convenient..."

"There is no way." Wang Tianxiao smiled bitterly and wiped the sweat from his face. It was not yet 9 o'clock, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

Seeing him like this, Li Muyang felt quite sympathetic.

It's like seeing your past self.

In his previous life, there was almost no difference between him and Wang Tianxiao. They both tried their best to survive.

I work like a scalper every day, working silently, waiting until the children grow up, and then I feel a little more relaxed. But within a few years of relaxation, the people are gone.

He looked at "Ma Laosi Mutton Restaurant" and still didn't see Lin Xiuli, so he helped Wang Tianxiao lift the egg basket down and carefully placed it on the ground.

"No, my child will go to high school this year. Regardless of whether he passes the exam or not, he has to prepare for tuition. The tuition for high school is quite a lot. I heard it costs four to five hundred a semester."

Li Muyang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He didn't say it, but he was actually thinking in his heart that it was four or five hundred, maybe six or seven hundred.

This requires you to pass the exam. If you fail, you still have to buy points.

Remember, every 5 points difference is 100 yuan.

Li Muyang watched Wang Tianxiao slowly placing the eggs, and suddenly remembered that Wang Tianxiao seemed to have been working in Ziwuling before, and he returned home only after something happened later.

Then he asked tentatively: "How much money do you have left in your company now that you are like this?"

"I don't have any money, just 45 a month."

"So few?"

45 is not a small amount for a farmer, but Wang Tianxiao belongs to the enterprise establishment, so he has no land. I remember that several of his children are from illegal households, so this little money is really not enough to do anything.

"Well, I'm on sick leave. Besides, I'm still being punished."

Punishment is because of the child.

It almost doesn’t need to be named, everyone in this generation knows it.

Li Muyang sighed.

"What did you do when you were in the workplace?"

"I started planting seedlings in a nursery. Later, when the nursery was restructured, I went to patrol the mountains..."

"You said you worked in a nursery?"

Li Muyang's eyes lit up.

"Well, I'm still a senior engineer..." When Wang Tianxiao said this, his eyes lit up slightly, but soon went out again, "What's the use of saying that now? It's useless."

After making a final summary, his eyes dimmed again.

Just at this time, someone came over to ask about the price of eggs. Wang Tianxiao went to greet him, and Li Muyang stood up and left the egg stall.

He had an idea that since Wang Tianxiao came from a nursery, he might be good at planting trees.

Li Muyang himself can only be regarded as a temporary worker in a nursery at best, but he has learned a lot because he has worked for a long time.

Wang Tianxiao is a formal worker, has a business establishment, and is a senior engineer. His level is definitely much better than him.

If he stabilizes and develops the orchard, if he can be brought over to help him, it might be of great use.

At least, he knew that Wang Tianxiao's character was fine.

is a good man.

If he contracts a [-]-acre peach orchard, he will definitely not be able to handle it by himself, and some people will definitely come in.

Well, let’s talk about that later.

Put these thoughts in your mind first, and then look at them when the time comes.

It’s better if you can achieve it, and don’t force it if you can’t.

Li Muyang looked at the time again, 8:45.It's almost time.

He crossed the street and came to the door of "Ma Laosi Mutton Restaurant" to wait.

Originally, this kind of meeting required a matchmaker to act as an intermediary to introduce them.

But Li Muyang felt that he and Lin Xiuli knew each other, so there was no need for an introduction and they could just go on stage.

At this time, the crowd on the street began to get busier.

At a glance, they are all heads.

For a while, he couldn't see whether Lin Xiuli was in the crowd, so he had no choice but to stand on tiptoe to see.

But his height is only about 1.7 meters and a half, which is not really tall in a place like Longdong.

Even though I stood on tiptoe, I still didn't see anyone for a long time.

He had no choice but to look around and found a few pages of scrap bricks not far away. He quickly picked up the scrap bricks and built them into a small platform, and stood on the "platform" to observe.

Time passed by second by second and minute by minute.

It's almost 9 o'clock.

It's past 9 o'clock.

9 points.

10 points~
Lin Xiuli was nowhere to be seen.

Li Muyang was wondering what happened.

Lin Xiuli has always been a very punctual person. No matter what she does, she attaches great importance to the concept of time. It is impossible for her to forget such an important thing as a blind date.

Then why hasn't it come yet?

In this era, there are no traffic jams or no traffic jams.

The street from their Xialin Village is only seven or eight miles away. Although it is not close, it is not very far either.

Even if you walk, an hour is probably enough.

What's going on?

Could it be that the situation had changed, Lin Xiuli was no longer willing, and was still intercepted.

By Li Zhaohu?
But the Xue family's sister-in-law said that Li Zhaohu temporarily canceled the meeting due to work reasons.

If not Li Zhaohu, who is it?
In other words, something happened to Lin Xiuli's family, and she couldn't find time for the temporary delay?
The longer he waited, the more anxious he became. He looked at his watch every once in a while and felt that time passed very slowly.

It was also his fault that he was too anxious and his mentality was not as peaceful as usual.

If he had not only focused on the direction of the street from Xialin Village, but also looked at other roads, he would have found a young girl in a white shirt standing diagonally opposite the door of the barber shop.

It was Lin Xiuli who he kept calling for but never found.

In fact, Lin Xiuli arrived at around 8 o'clock.

When I arrived, I happened to see Li Muyang walking towards the "Ma Laosi Mutton Restaurant" from under the tower across the street.

The two people had obviously met briefly at the market before, but the image of Li Muyang was imprinted in her heart and she couldn't get rid of it.

This surprised her.

In her spare time, she would often think of that person's appearance. Nothing else but his eyes made her unable to forget him.

That look was gentle, but it was like a lake, making her completely immersed in it.

Whenever she thought of the look in his eyes, sentences about love would pop up in all the poetry collections she had read.

She didn't want to admit that it was love at first sight, but she couldn't find any other reason to explain it.

It's a pity~
Unfortunately, he already has a partner.

Think about it too.

He is already this age, how can he not have a partner? Generally speaking, men of this age, not to mention getting married, will probably have several children.

It's not fate.

She was here for a blind date today, and she didn't know what the man named Li Muyang looked like.

Hope it's not too bad.

I am already 26, so I am not too young, and I cannot expect very good people to stay.

As long as the person has good moral character, is honest, steady, filial and gentle, he can accept it.

Well, life is lived by two people slowly.

She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she didn't want the very attractive person to see her blind date, so she secretly hid in the crowd and slipped past, planning to wait until the person left before going to the mutton restaurant.

But I never expected that the man would not leave.

He seemed to be waiting for someone. He waited at the door of the mutton restaurant for nearly 10 minutes and still didn't leave.

It was calm at first, but gradually became a little restless.

He looked troubled.

"What happened? You hurry up and leave. Why are you standing there? I really can't get through like this."

She looked at the time on her electronic watch and became anxious.

Li Muyang was probably waiting for her inside. She was probably tired of waiting after waiting for so long.

Lin Xiuli was anxious when she suddenly saw the man crossing the street, as if he was going back to the tower.

The opportunity is here.

She ran quickly from under the barber shop, running through the crowd with her long legs. In less than a minute, she reached the door of the mutton restaurant.

But just as she was secretly rejoicing, she saw the man walking from under the tower again.

He seemed to be here just for himself.

The anxiety on his face was gone, replaced by one full of joy and pleasure.

He walked straight up to him, smiled and said, "You're here."

what is coming?
What am I here for?
Lin Xiuli was confused for a moment and didn't know what to say to him.

(End of this chapter)