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

With the bicycles, Uncle Jiang and his family were not in a hurry to leave the next day, but Mother Jiang and Jiang Jingcheng still took half a day off.

The glass bottle that Song Youlin brought really came in handy.

Jiang's mother fried some pickles with the pheasant meat that Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang's uncle hunted in the mountains and put it in a glass bottle.

"These two kids are really thoughtful. When they heard your uncle was leaving, they brought you some jars and some preserved fruits. If you feel carsick, you can eat one to relieve the nausea."

Jiang Jingcheng just listened from the side without saying anything.

He didn't know whether Song Youlin prepared these things himself or his sister asked him to prepare them.

"It's almost time, let's set off quickly. It's better to leave early than late, so as not to miss the bus." Father Jiang had been looking at his watch in the room.

When Jiang Xuyang picked up the prepared luggage, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Dad! Mom!" He couldn't bear to leave them.

"Don't cry. You're going to be a soldier soon, how can you cry? Don't you know that as a man, you should shed blood but not tears?" Jiang's father said sternly.

Jiang's mother's eyes also turned red, and she pressed her eyes twice with her sleeves.

Jiang Xuyang sniffed and tried hard to control his tears.

Jiang Jingcheng and Uncle Jiang tied their luggage to the back seat and prepared to set off.

Jiang Xuyang walked up to Jiang's father and mother and hugged them respectively, then walked out of the house.

"Brother, sister-in-law, don't worry. I will take good care of Xiaoyang on the way. I will write to you once he is settled in the army."

"Okay, let's go. Be careful on the road." Father Jiang urged them to hurry up.

At this time, you have to go even if you are reluctant.

Jiang Xuyang sat in the back seat of Jiang Jingcheng's car and waved to his parents who were standing at the door.

When Jiang Xuyang could no longer be seen, Jiang's mother couldn't hold back her tears and leaned on Jiang's father's shoulder.

The two of them stopped when they rode to a place in the village, and Uncle Jiang and Jiang Xuyang waved towards the place on the mountain.

If you get closer, you can see clearly that there is a person standing in the direction where the two people are waving. That person is Grandpa Jiang.

Grandpa Jiang watched them leave the village with red eyes.

Last night, Uncle Jiang brought Jiang Xuyang to him and told him that he would take Jiang Xuyang to join the army. Although Grandpa Jiang was surprised, he also knew why Jiang Jingcheng was not going with him.

Now, watching the child leave, he couldn't stop feeling sad.

He still dragged the kids down.

The road out of the village passes through the fields, so many villagers saw the three uncles and nephews of the Jiang family leaving on two bicycles.

Everyone can see that the two bicycles belong to Song Shuangshuang and her friends.

I just thought that the Jiang Jingcheng brothers had a good relationship with Jiang's uncle and were willing to take half a day off to send Jiang's uncle to the station. I had no idea that Jiang Xuyang was also leaving here.

Jiang Xuyang has grown a lot. If it were in the past, Jiang Xuyang would have told the whole village that he was going to follow his uncle to join the army.

This time, only the village chief, the captain, and Song Shuangshuang and the others guessed who it was. No one else knew, not even the few boys in the village who were good friends with him.

Before leaving the village, Jiang Xuyang put his face on Jiang Jingcheng's back.

Jiang Jingcheng felt his clothes were a little wet, but he didn't say anything.

When they got to the city, Jiang Jingcheng found a place to park his bicycle and then followed the two to the train station.

Jiang Jingcheng helped Jiang Xuyang carry the luggage.

Jiang Xuyang wanted to take it himself, but Jiang Jingcheng didn't let him.

"I'll help you hold it for a while, from now on I'll have to rely on you."

Just this one sentence made Jiang Xuyang's eyes red again.

Several people bought tickets and entered the station waiting for the train to arrive.

Although Jiang Xuyang made Jiang Jingcheng angry during the Chinese New Year because of his careless talk, Jiang Jingcheng didn't pay much attention to him for a long time. But seeing his brother leaving, Jiang Jingcheng felt very reluctant.

"Remember to take good care of your luggage on the way, take good care of yourself, and don't rely on your uncle for everything. When you settle down in the army, remember to write home. This is the money your parents gave you, and your eldest brother also gave you some, so keep it."

As he spoke, Jiang Jingcheng took out a cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Xuyang.

Jiang's mother sewed the small cloth bag overnight, and she even used scraps of cloth instead of a whole piece of cloth.

It’s not that I feel sorry for the cloth, but I’m afraid that if I use a whole piece of cloth to wrap the money, someone will spot it and steal it.

Jiang Xuyang refused to take the money.

"I don't want it. Brother, you can take this money back. I won't have any use for the money when I join the army, and I will also receive an allowance. I will send money home when the time comes, so you don't have to work so hard."

He knew how hard his brother worked. Except for the autumn harvest period, he would get up early and go out late, either hunting in the mountains or selling things on the black market.

He is ignorant and doesn't even work hard. He often works for three days and rests for two days.

If it weren't for his brother who sold things on the black market to supplement the family's income, their family probably wouldn't have enough food to eat, let alone take care of their grandfather in the mountains.

How could he accept the money now?

Jiang Xuyang suddenly matured at this moment and realized how willful he had been in the past.

Other people of his age would have already become important laborers in the family, but he had never worked seriously, and five or six work points he could earn in a day was considered a lot.

But his family has always indulged him.

It wasn't until last year that his brother talked to him twice that he started to feel better. Also, after the beginning of this spring, he started to work seriously just to get his brother to forgive him.

When Jiang Xuyang thought about the past, he wanted to slap himself twice.

Jiang Jingcheng was not a very gentle brother and he directly stuffed the small cloth bag into Jiang Xuyang's pocket.

"Just take it if I give it to you. How can you buy paper, pens and stamps to send letters home if you don't take the money? Don't worry, our family has saved enough money. We are not as poor as you think."

"Really?" Jiang Xuyang was a little skeptical.

It's no wonder that Jiang Xuyang was confused. His family didn't bring much money when they left Beijing for Heilongjiang Province. Jiang's father basically didn't go to work. He would only go when there was some light work in the fields or when there was work that could be done while sitting.

Moreover, Jiang Jingcheng went up the mountain to the black market frequently, so Jiang Xuyang felt that the conditions at home were not very good.

His family brought a lot of money, but they were all sewn into clothes or hidden somewhere else. Jiang Xuyang was just over ten years old at that time and didn't know this.

It was also because he often got into trouble after coming to Jiangjia Village. Jiang's father and mother were afraid that he would become a bad person. Knowing that his family was rich, he took the money to fool around, so they discussed with Jiang Jingcheng and pretended that his family had no money.

Of course, there were thieves who were eyeing his house.

The brothers didn't say much before they heard the train whistle and the crowd began to move.

A few people could only move with the crowd.

After the train stopped, people swarmed towards the door again. Uncle Jiang walked in front, and Jiang Jingcheng walked at the back to protect Jiang Xuyang in front to prevent him from being squeezed away by the crowd.

When the uncle and nephew were almost at the car door, Jiang Jingcheng squeezed to the side, then moved in the direction of the two of them. When the two found a seat to sit down, Jiang Jingcheng quickly squeezed to the car window again.