Chapter 107: Chapter 107
"Big sis, it looks like Grandpa and Grandma are here!" Bai Ruyun looked up and saw Grandpa Wang and Li Xiuying.
There are fields between the third and fifth teams, where Bai Ruxue and her siblings happened to be working, so Grandpa and Grandma came and saw them.
"It’s Grandpa and Grandma! Big sis!" Bai Ruxia glanced up as soon as she heard.
"Grandma! Grandpa! Here, over here!" Bai Ruchuan waved his hand and shouted.
The elderly couple saw the children and quickened their pace to come over.
"Kids, are you all working here? Why didn’t you go to the northern field in your village? The soil there is loose and easy to dig!" Li Xiuying said as she approached.
"This place is also pretty good! Although the soil isn’t as loose as the northern field, it’s easier to manage!" Bai Ruxue said, "Grandma, Grandpa, doesn’t your team have to work? Why did you come over?"
Li Xiuying immediately understood; sure enough, that northern side has a family they are familiar with!
"Xiao Xue! Grandma came over to ask about your uncle’s affairs!" Li Xiuying said, full of concern.
"What’s going on with Uncle?" Bai Ruxia asked anxiously, fearing something had happened to Wang Yongsheng.
"It’s about your uncle’s marriage! We came to ask your big sis when the dairy factory is taking a holiday!" Grandpa Wang responded to Bai Ruxia’s question.
The little ones understood and felt relieved; ah, it’s good news!
"Grandma and Grandpa, let’s go home and talk!" Bai Ruxue said as she packed up her tools, "Xiao Shan, go to the brigade leader and ask for leave, we won’t be working this afternoon!"
"Big sis, if we all ask for leave, it might not work out. Why don’t you take Grandma and Grandpa home, and the four of us will continue working! Besides, even if we go back, we can’t help much!" Bai Ruyun spoke.
Eventually, no one took leave; Grandpa Wang and his wife discussed things right there in the field, mainly asking when Wang Yongsheng would be free, and then talked about this morning’s matters, the betrothal gift.
"Grandma and Grandpa, I’ll take leave and go to town tomorrow to ask when the dairy plant will take a holiday, or let Uncle take leave and come back, and I’ll also inform him about the betrothal gift!" Bai Ruxue finally said to Grandpa Wang and his wife.
"Xiao Xue, you’ll have to make a trip for this, and Grandma and Grandpa feel a bit bad about it!" Li Xiuying felt really sorry, as the daughter had just started interacting with their family, and now they were troubling her family again, feeling particularly apologetic.
"Grandma and Grandpa, don’t be so polite with us. If you feel bad, then go to our house and keep my mom company this afternoon! She’s bored being home alone!" Bai Ruxue said with a smile.
Isn’t family meant for bothering each other? In the past, it was their family troubling Grandma’s family, and now that they’re capable, what’s this small favor?
"We had already taken leave when we came out, so your Grandpa and I will go see your mom!" Li Xiuying’s eyes became slightly red with emotion.
"Let’s go! Let’s not delay the kids from working!" Grandpa Wang spoke up, and Li Xiuying stopped talking, following Grandpa Wang.
When Bai Ruxue handed in the tools after afternoon work, she went to find the brigade leader to ask for leave and explained the situation.
"Xiao Xue, you say this... just a few days since work started, and you want to ask for leave! Can’t you wait until your uncle comes back on holiday?" Brigade Leader Wang Jianjun was somewhat reluctant to grant the leave.
"Brigade Leader, this matter can’t wait, you know my uncle is already twenty-two, this is the one thing that can’t be delayed!" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel✦fire.net
Bai Ruxue said with a face full of helplessness.
"That’s true, Yongsheng is not young anymore! So, how about this! You can have half a day off! Return to work in the afternoon! I need to go to the government tomorrow morning for something, let’s go together!" Wang Jianjun finally conceded.
"Thank you, Brigade Leader!" Bai Ruxue quickly accepted, anyway, she got the leave; whether it’s half a day or a full day, if she doesn’t return, what can he do?
If it wasn’t for the requirement to show up for work, would their family still care about those few working points? They would have moved to Pingyang Town, or even Chenxi County a long time ago.
She missed her small western-style building dearly.
But without an introduction letter, it’s troublesome even to leave the village.
Early the next morning, Bai Ruxue pushed her bicycle to look for Wang Jianjun and was dumbfounded.
Wang Jianjun had already prepared an ox cart, waiting for her.
With this ox cart, how could she return to work in the afternoon? Isn’t it almost ten by the time they get to Pingyang Town? Finishing the matters and coming back would be afternoon.
"Xiao Xue, are you going to ride your bicycle? You see, I forgot you had a bicycle!" Wang Jianjun looked at Bai Ruxue’s bicycle somewhat embarrassedly.
"Uncle, just as well, I don’t want to exert myself riding the bicycle, I’ll ride on your ox cart!" Bai Ruxue quickly pushed the bicycle into his yard, just as Wang Xuehua came out, she handed over the bicycle to Wang Xuehua.
What a joke, riding a bicycle isn’t as comfortable as sitting on an ox cart, right? Leisurely gazing at the scenery, although there’s not much to look at, you also don’t have to struggle to bike!
Finally, Bai Ruxue sat on Wang Jianjun’s ox cart, and Wang Jianjun held a whip to drive the cart towards Pingyang Town.
On the road, Bai Ruxue, feeling bored, started chatting with Wang Jianjun.
"Brigade Leader, what business do you have with the government?"
"You child, why do you ask about official matters?" Wang Jianjun said sternly.
"Bored, just chatting!" Bai Ruxue stuck out her tongue.
"Well... it’s not a problem to tell you! I’m going to the government to apply for a tractor!" Wang Jianjun pondered a bit, finally thinking Bai Ruxue was just a little girl with nothing secretive, so he spoke.
"Applying for a tractor? Shouldn’t that be at the commune? Why go to the government?" Bai Ruxue wondered, isn’t the level above the brigade the commune? Is the brigade leader overstepping?
"If the commune was effective, why would I make the effort? Alas!" Wang Jianjun sighed heavily with a face full of concern.
"Brigade Leader, is it so hard to apply for a tractor? Didn’t Xiangyang Commune already have them? Why is our commune struggling?" Bai Ruxue recalled the brigade leader mentioning before that every team in Xiangyang Commune had a tractor, during harvest and when handing over grain to the government, those tractors were very useful, while their Chaoyang Commune used carts and ox carts, by then Xiangyang Commune had almost finished handing over their grain.
"Can we compare with Xiangyang Commune? They have a brick factory, supplying so many bricks for government construction! Applying for a tractor needs special consideration, does our commune have anything? Nothing, just a lot of people hanging on! Applying for a tractor is as tough as climbing a mountain!" Wang Jianjun said, taking a puff from his handpipe.
"Brigade Leader, if a tractor is applied and returned, isn’t there still a need for a driver to operate it?" Bai Ruxue asked, switching topics.
"A driver? Apply for the tractor and then talk about it! At that time, for sure a driver is needed!" Wang Jianjun replied with a bitter smile.
Bai Ruxue started to think about it; she knows how to operate a tractor! Although driving a tractor may also be tiring, it’s definitely better than working the fields, right? Just carrying seeds and fertilizers, not even sure if there would be any! Every day wandering around the tractor, earning points easily, and when not needed she could rest!
"Brigade Leader, are you going to the mayor to apply?" Bai Ruxue asked upon thinking further.
If possible, she should make an effort to handle this matter!
If she wants to apply to drive, it would be an easy task then.
"Seeing the deputy mayor is already good enough! The mayor wouldn’t deal with this!" Wang Jianjun tirelessly replied to Bai Ruxue’s queries.