Quick Travel: From Beginner to Master

Prices are generally very low nowadays. Except for large items such as home appliances and sewing machines, few items are priced above 20 yuan.

Vegetables are a few cents to a few cents, pork is one or two pieces, popsicles are a cent, ice cream is a little more expensive, [-] cents, and fruit flavors are available for [-] cents.

The more than 2000 yuan that Ling Liang brought back was not a huge sum of money, but it would definitely improve the Zhang family's quality of life by several levels.

Jinbao was sitting on the threshold, with a bag full of snacks at his feet, eating happily.

After finishing today's snacks, he skillfully bit open the bottle cap with his teeth, drank a glass bottle of soda, narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, and lay down with his belly stretched out.

Grandpa went to work in the fields, and mother was in front doing housework with her two aunts.

Today is Sunday, so there is no school. The second sister dragged the eldest sister to the village to learn to ride a bicycle.

No one cared about him, Jinbao was very happy, and he leisurely hummed an adapted song that was widely circulated among students.

"The sun is shining in the sky, the flowers are smiling at me, and the birds are saying morning, morning, morning. Why are you carrying a bag of explosives? I'm going to blow up the school, but the teacher doesn't know..."

While singing, he patted his belly rhythmically, deeply intoxicated by his own singing.

at dusk.

Ling Liang walked to the door carrying farm tools, and Da Ya Er Ya happened to come back pushing a bicycle.

He stopped, and when he saw that neither of them was injured, he felt relieved and asked them how they were doing.

Erya scratched his hair in embarrassment, "Grandpa, I know how to ride, but I just can't hold the handlebars and I keep swaying around."

Staggering around and unable to control the direction, it seems that he has not yet figured out the skills to balance his body, but he is getting there soon.

Ling Liang felt relieved and looked at Da Ya again, "What about you, how far have you practiced?"

"I, I've learned."

Da Ya whispered, her face flushed, excited and excited.

Ling Liang was a little surprised and praised her with a smile: "Okay, Da Ya, you learn things quite quickly. That bike is not easy to ride. I didn't expect you to get started so quickly."

Most of today's bicycles have large bars, a high seat, a heavy body, and a lot of effort to pedal. It is really amazing that a child can learn how to do it in two days.

Da Ya pursed her lips shyly, and the smile on her face was only half revealed when she saw her mother walking out of the house.

Luo Zhaodi wiped her hands on her apron, looked across the two sisters and the bicycle, and frowned: "You didn't break the bicycle, did you?"

"No." Da Ya's voice was as quiet as a mosquito.

"That's good. You know, this car is very expensive to buy. I mean, it's true for you two kids. Why don't you have to learn to drive? If you have the time, you might as well do more work for the family..."

Luo Zhaodi wouldn't stop nagging as soon as she started. Ling Liang couldn't bear to interrupt her, "Where's Jinbao? He's been playing all day. Why don't you ask him to work?"

"Can this be the same, Dad? He is a boy, how can he do the housework that women do!"

Luo Zhaodi's attitude was quite natural.

"Why not, he has gold on his hands?"

Ling Liang asked back, and caught Jin Bao who was sneaking around him and running in, and asked him with a smile: "You came back so late, where did you go to play?"

You guys are making noise, why do you involve me?

Jinbao complained endlessly and replied vaguely: "In the afternoon, some tigers came to me to play marbles. I said I didn't want to go, but they insisted on letting me go. Grandpa, you can't blame me for this!"

Before Ling Liang could say anything, Luo Zhaodi immediately stood up to smooth things over, "Jinbao is a little playful. Don't do this again next time. Okay, dad, it's getting late. Let's go in and have dinner quickly."

Ling Liang didn't want to worry too much about such a trivial matter. After hearing Luo Zhaodi's words, he handed the hoe to Jinbao. He picked up the [-]-inch sedan next to the sisters, crossed the threshold, and went to the backyard to put the car away. .

Jinbao understood what his grandfather meant and quickly followed him, dragging his hoe.

He actually didn't want to act so naughty, but to be honest, he was a little scared of Grandpa now.

Obviously I have never beaten him or scolded him, and he seems to be very amiable, but he just doesn't dare to behave like he does to his mother in front of his grandfather.

His intuition told him that it was best not to do that, otherwise he would reap the consequences.

But Jinbao also likes his grandfather very much.

Because among peers, no elders will give their children two yuan as pocket money on time every month. They can only get a dime from their parents during the holidays.

So far, grandpa has paid 18 yuan to each of the three of them.

The two sisters didn’t spend much, so they saved most of it.

Jin Bao couldn't control his mouth, so he spent eight or nine yuan on food and drinks, and invited Hu Zi and the others to eat from time to time, and half of his money left him.

Now he only has seven dollars and twenty-eight cents left in his pocket.

According to Jinbao's past temperament, he would definitely try his best to snatch away the savings from his two sisters.

In fact, he did try this.

It was the first month after he got his pocket money. Jinbao was so happy that he didn't even agree to his mother's offer to keep it for him. He rushed to the village shop and spent the two yuan straight away.

Grandpa looked at him with a strange expression, half-smiling but not smiling, but in the end he didn't say a word.

After finishing the food he bought, Jinbao understood why his grandfather laughed.

Both sisters still have money, but as for myself, my pocket is cleaner than my face.

When the family went to the town market, he could only follow behind and watch eagerly as they bought the fragrant big meat buns, the delicious sugar-fried chestnuts, the soft and delicate lotus root flour dumplings...

Jinbao started causing trouble when he got home, and the boss went to his eldest sister to ask for money unhappily.

The eldest sister always loved him, so she immediately took out a dollar and put it in his hand, and comforted him with gentle words. Jinbao immediately felt much better.

When it was the second sister's turn, she was very unhappy. The two had an argument, and the noise alerted Grandpa.

The second sister was very angry and quickly explained what happened.

"You spend all your own money lavishly, and then rob other people's money. Do you think this is right?" Grandpa asked him.

Jinbao swallowed nervously and stammered back: "No, that's not right."

This approach was of course wrong. Even though he was still a child, he still understood it vaguely.

But what if we understand it again?

He has long been accustomed to asking for things from his relatives, but he is stingy with giving even a tiny bit.

"There's something I think you should know."

Grandpa looked at him and said calmly: "The reason why your mother and I are good to you is not only because we love you, but also because from the moment you were born, you were destined to become the responsibility of us elders, and we have to be responsible for you. , so I will take good care of your life."

"But, you have to know that your sisters do not bear this responsibility."

"They are all independent and free individuals. No matter when or where they are, they should not compromise on certain things for your brother."

Jin Bao's expression was blank, and his mind was greatly shaken at this moment.

No one had ever told him this before.

He felt at ease and turned a blind eye to the various grievances of his sisters.

But it turns out that they don't actually have to be responsible for him.

He tolerated everything because of his mother's oppression and her love for him.

Jinbao lowered his head and thought for a long time. He squeezed the dollar in his hand and knocked on the eldest sister's door in silence.

From that day on, some subtle changes quietly happened to Jinbao. He gradually got rid of his bad habits of arrogance and self-indulgence and became more likeable.