Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

The two brothers chatted until midnight before lying down to sleep, and so did Jiang's father and mother.

At lunch the next day, Jiang's father said to Jiang Xuyang, "Go up the mountain with your uncle tonight and tell your grandfather that you are going to join the army."

Jiang Xuyang's eyes widened in surprise and he said excitedly, "Dad! You agreed!"

"Otherwise, it's a good thing that you want to join the army. As your parents, can we stop you?

But first of all, you have to work hard with your brother, and don't act without thinking like you do at home."

Jiang's father and mother explained a lot, and Jiang Xuyang listened carefully. He was not as impatient as before when he listened to them talking about himself.

After Jiang's father and mother finished speaking, Jiang Xuyang stood up and said seriously, "Dad, Mom, and brother, don't worry. I will work hard in the army and will not let you down."

In the afternoon, Jiang's father and mother took Uncle Jiang to the village chief.

They had to write a letter of introduction for Jiang Xuyang, and they also had to trouble the village chief to get his household registration information.

The village chief agreed readily and sighed that Jiang Xuyang had grown up and become sensible.

After dinner in the evening, Jiang's father and mother asked Jiang Xuyang and his uncle to go up the mountain to see Grandpa Jiang. The couple and Jiang Jingcheng stayed at home to prepare dry food for Uncle Jiang and Jiang Xuyang to take on the road tomorrow.

The uncle and nephew had to stay on the train for three days, so they had to bring a lot of food.

Fortunately, the weather is not hot, so the prepared food can be kept.

Uncle Jiang's train is tomorrow at noon. Jiang's father and mother are discussing whether they should go find Old Wu to tell him that they should hire his car to take them to the train station tomorrow and let them take Uncle Jiang and Jiang Xuyang to the train.

In this way, Jiang Xiaoshu and Jiang Xuyang would not have to get up early to take the donkey cart. They would not have to walk to the city, and they could spend more time with them. After all, they didn't know when they would meet again.

Jiang Jingcheng thought about it and asked his father and mother to prepare at home while he went out.

Jiang Jingcheng knew that his uncle would definitely not agree to their requesting leave in the morning to send him off, and it would be a bit too conspicuous to specially ask Grandpa Wu to send them home. It would be better for him to ride his bicycle to send his uncle and Jiang Xuyang into the city.

So he thought about going to He Feiyang and the others to borrow a bicycle. There were two bicycles. He would ride one with Jiang Xuyang, and his uncle would ride the other one. There was enough space in the back for both of them to carry their luggage.

As for the return trip, he could ride both bikes together.

Of course, it would be better if He Feiyang and his friends wanted to take leave to go to the city. He knew that they often went to the city to visit relatives.

He also wanted to exchange some food with them for his uncle and Xiaoyang to eat on the way.

Although Jiang Jingcheng didn't usually chat with the villagers, he learned from them that He Feiyang and others often stayed at Song Shuangshuang's house.

So he knocked on the gate of Song Shuangshuang's house.

It seemed that it was Song Youlin who opened the door, and Jiang Jingcheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jiang Jingcheng? What's the matter?" They might not even say a word if they met on the way to and from work, so why did he come to his house today?

Isn't this guy here to look for his sister?

Jiang Jingcheng pretended not to notice Song Youlin's defensiveness and said that he wanted to borrow a bicycle to send his uncle and Jiang Xuyang away tomorrow. And if it was convenient, he wanted to exchange some food from them for them to take on the road.

But Song Youlin still had the decision to make. He asked someone to wait in the yard and went into the house himself.

"Who is it?" Today, He Feiyang and Tan Anjing went home after dinner. At this moment, Song Shuangshuang was eating fruit after dinner in the house.

"It's Jiang Jingcheng. He came to borrow a bicycle and wanted to exchange some food with us. It sounded like his uncle and Jiang Xuyang were leaving tomorrow, so he wanted to bring some food for them on the way."

The news that Jiang Jingcheng's uncle was a soldier spread throughout the village, but Song Shuangshuang didn't expect that Jiang Xuyang was also leaving?

"Is it because his uncle wants to take him to join the army?" Song Shuangshuang guessed.

"Maybe?"

Song Youlin also thought this was possible, otherwise Jiang Jingcheng's family were all in the village, and only Jiang's uncle was a soldier. In this era, you can't travel around, and you need a letter of introduction to go anywhere. It is likely that he wants to take Jiang Xuyang to join the army.

"Then you just take care of it for him. I won't go out."

After thinking for a while, Song Shuangshuang added, "Why don't you give him two empty cans? It will be convenient for Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang to bring them some pickles, sauces, etc."

Soon Song Youlin came out of the house with food.

Jiang Jingcheng, who was standing in the yard, didn't expect that Song Youlin would actually take out a basket.

"It won't take that much."

"Don't worry, I didn't give you much. Eh? I heard you say Jiang Xuyang was going with your uncle. Was he going to join the army?"

Jiang Jingcheng was not surprised that Song Youlin guessed that his brother was going to join the army with his uncle, and he admitted it generously.

"Yes, I'll leave tomorrow. I'll give you how much these things cost."

Song Youlin handed the basket to Jiang Jingcheng and said

"I didn't bring anything for you. I just put some dried meat and preserved fruits in it, and two empty cans with some pickles in them for you to eat on the road.

Just consider it as a gift from us siblings to celebrate your brother's joining the army. Don't give me any money."

How could Jiang Jingcheng agree to this and insisted on giving the money to Song Youlin.

"I can't take yours for free. We agreed to exchange them."

One of them said he would give it to her, but the other refused to take it, and the two of them were about to start a fight in the yard.

In the end, Song Youlin took fifty cents from the money Jiang Jingcheng had.

"That's it, neither of us will lose out."

Jiang Jingcheng also knew that it was meaningless to calculate it. The Song siblings had sent a lot of food to his grandfather, and it was impossible to calculate it clearly.

Song Youlin put the money in his pocket, took out the bicycle key, unlocked it, and pushed the bicycle to Jiang Jingcheng.

"Do you want to ride your bike back first and come back again? Or should He Feiyang and I take the bike back to you?"

"Jiang Jingcheng said he would go to He Feiyang first, as he wanted to talk to them about something.

Song Youlin couldn't guess what he was going to say, but he followed him out anyway.

After entering He Feiyang's yard, Jiang Jingcheng asked them if they wanted to go into the city together tomorrow?

If they were assured, he could ride two bicycles back by himself.

"We just entered the city a few days ago, so we won't go back there. Just be careful when you come back alone."

It would be boring if only one person could go, and besides, they were seeing off their relatives, so what was the point of the two of them getting involved?

"Okay then. Thank you."

There was nothing to do in the evening, and there was no need for Jiang Jingcheng to make another trip alone. The two of them decided to give the car to Jiang Jingcheng.

On the way to Jiang Jingcheng's house, Song Youlin told He Feiyang that he had brought food for Jiang Jingcheng. In order to prevent Jiang's father and mother from forcing them to eat, Song Youlin asked He Feiyang to watch his movements.

It was just as Song Youlin thought. Jiang Jingcheng arrived home first. As soon as the two of them rode their bikes to the door of Jiang Jingcheng's house, they heard Jiang's father and mother in the yard saying that they wanted to get something for them.

Song Youlin winked at He Feiyang, shouted into the yard, and the bicycle stopped at the door. The two of them ran away.

When Jiang's mother went out, she saw that there was no one at the door and didn't know what to say for a moment.