Reborn in 1977

Chapter 483: Heard He Got Fined?

It was pitch black, and Chen Fan didn't want to go to the backyard to see what the animal sheds looked like. He greeted Huang Ying and the others while affectionately interacting with the animals that ran over, sending them back.

Then he said to Yang Ju and Liu Dan, "There are some things on the boat. Find two carrying poles and carry the things back."

Without a word, the two of them went to find carrying poles and baskets, and one went to get a flashlight. After finding the things, they quickly ran towards the river.

Surrounded by Huang Ying and the others, Chen Fan entered the house and asked, "Did Zhang Company Commander and Xing Xiu hold their wedding? Was it lively?"

Hearing this, none of the girls spoke. Chen Fan turned to look at them and found that they were all suppressing laughter.

What's going on?

Just as he was about to ask, Huang Ying burst out laughing, "Zhang Company Commander and Sister Xing Xiu's wedding has been postponed for a week. It won't be held until the 16th of the twelfth lunar month."

Chen Fan was stunned and immediately stopped, turning to look at her, asking curiously, "Why?"

It couldn't be to wait for him to come back, right?

He guessed that he shouldn't have such a big face to make Old Zhang take the initiative to postpone the wedding, and Huang Ying's reaction was also wrong.

Huang Ying pointed forward, "Sit down, I'll tell you slowly."

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows and walked straight to the sofa to sit down. Liu Lu had already poured hot tea and brought it over, and Huang Li asked from the side, "Teacher Chen, have you had dinner yet? I'll make it for you."

Chen Fan originally wanted to take advantage of the night to go to Zhang Wenliang's house. After all, they had a good relationship, and he couldn't make it back for his wedding. Now that he was back, he should go see him as soon as possible.

But after hearing Huang Ying say that their wedding was postponed, he was not in a hurry now, and nodded to Huang Li, "Something simple will do."

Huang Li responded with an "Okay" and turned to walk out.

Yang Mei also dropped a sentence, "I'll go heat water for you to take a bath," and ran after her.

The last one, Liu Lu, was not idle either, "I'll go make the bed."

In the blink of an eye, only Huang Ying was left in the living room.

Waiting for Chen Fan to look at her, Huang Ying then smiled and said, "It's like this, a few days ago, Zhang Company Commander and a few friends went to the street to buy things for the wedding.

Oh, not the 'three rounds and one sound' [sewing machine, bicycle, radio, and wristwatch], those things Secretary Yang had already taken people to the district committee to buy back. What they wanted to buy were items for the wedding, such as towels,喜 (double happiness) quilts, bed sheets, double happiness red enamel basins, and thermos bottles.

In addition, because time was tight, it might be too late to make new clothes, so they also needed to buy ready-made clothes directly from the supply and marketing cooperative."

Chen Fan picked up the teacup and took a sip, watching her intently, "Isn't this normal? Does it have anything to do with them postponing the wedding?"

Hearing this, Huang Ying couldn't help but laugh again, "Because there were more things to buy, and many relatives and friends also wanted to go with him to give him advice, so there were more people going to the street, more than a dozen at once."

Chen Fan blinked, not saying anything, waiting for her to continue.

But he was wondering in his heart whether he should teach this girl to write novels? She has a talent for padding things out.

As a result, before Huang Ying continued, he heard her giggle again.

It took a while for her to stop laughing before she said intermittently, "The-then, they were re-reported."

Reported?

Chen Fan couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then looked at Huang Ying.

Is this girl a little slow? Zhang Company Commander was reported, and she's so happy?

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, "So, who reported it? What was the matter they reported?"

Huang Ying finally stopped laughing and continued, "According to Public Security Officer Zhu, it was someone from the neighboring commune who reported it. He doesn't know who it is specifically. One is to keep the informant confidential, so they don't require a real name. Another is that the problem with Zhang Company Commander and the others is indeed too obvious to hide, even if no one reported it, he would have to come to the team to remind them."

Chen Fan frowned slightly. It was not surprising that they were reported by outsiders. In the past year, Lujiawan has developed rapidly, from breeding to cooked food shops, earning a lot of money, which has aroused the envy of many people.

In fact, when the cooked food shop first opened, it had been reported, but Lujiawan had complete procedures, all the side businesses complied with the regulations, and even applied to the commune in advance, so it passed without any danger.

Later, Lujiawan led the other four brigades to get rich together, and the number of jealous people decreased a lot.

But if someone is caught with a pigtail, especially if it is seen by outsiders, then there is definitely nothing to say, and a wave of reports will take them away directly.

But Old Zhang and the others are not the kind of people who get carried away, and Huang Ying also said that the problem was too obvious, and even Public Security Officer Zhu had to come over to remind them?

Just as his thoughts were turning, Huang Ying had already stated the reason, "More than a dozen of them riding bicycles were too eye-catching. No unit in Nanhai Commune has so many bicycles. Even the commune government doesn't have that many, so many people watched as soon as they went to the street.

Then someone found that their bicycles were not licensed, and they were reported. In addition to saying that their bicycles were not licensed, the informant also suspected that they did not have driver's licenses.

After the police station received the report, they sent Public Security Officer Zhu to the scene to inspect. Public Security Officer Zhu found that most of the bicycles they were riding were indeed not licensed, and then almost everyone did not have a bicycle driver's license.

There were too many people watching at the time, and Public Security Officer Zhu couldn't favor them, so he issued a fine, fining each person two yuan and ordering them to get a license as soon as possible and retake the bicycle driver's license test."

Speaking of this, Huang Ying suddenly chuckled again, "After this incident, everyone in the commune knew that Zhang Company Commander was getting married. Many units in the commune and several other production brigades sent congratulatory gifts.

But Zhang Company Commander felt too embarrassed, and after discussing it with the Yang family, he postponed the wedding for a week on the pretext of taking the bicycle license test. Now everyone in the team who has a bicycle or plans to buy a bicycle is taking the driver's license test."

(Bicycle driver's license)

Many people know that bicycles in this era need to be licensed, and a "Bicycle License" will also be issued. This bicycle license is like the car driving license of later generations, registering the brand, model, purchase time, and holder's information of the bicycle.

(Bicycle license)

With a license, there is a license plate. Bicycles can only be driven on the road normally with a license plate hanging on them.

But few people know that there is also a "Bicycle Driver's License" in this era.

Bicycles are also transportation tools. Except for "old-fashioned transportation tools" such as horse-drawn carriages, all industrial products such as bicycles, motorcycles, tractors, and automobiles require a driver's license to be on the road.

In some places, there are few people riding bicycles, so there are no special bicycle driving schools. The police station just keeps an eye on people and asks them to ride around twice to be considered qualified.

In some places, there are many people buying bicycles, and even large factories plan to purchase bicycles in batches and sell them to employees as benefits, so they set up "Bicycle Driving Training Schools" to formally teach people how to ride bicycles. Those who pass the training are issued a graduation certificate, and the traffic police recognize it and witness the issuance of the certificate!

The bicycles in Lujiawan were naturally bought from the old goods store of the prefectural committee.

However, Chen Fan didn't expect that they hadn't even registered them.

But that's also true, registration costs 2 yuan, and there's an annual "inspection," which is actually just to make you pay money. Some places charge one yuan a year, some two yuan, and I haven't heard of more.

Once you have a license and registration, it's like you have to keep paying. It's strict in big cities, so there's no way around it.

Nanhua Commune is a small place, and everyone knows everyone in the winding streets. Unless required by superiors, they generally don't check.

However, in the past, those who bought bicycles in Nanhua Commune were basically employees of various units or administrative personnel in the government. These people had a "high level of awareness" and would generally take the initiative to get a license.

The various production teams were also similar. Those belonging to the public would also get licenses. For the very few private bicycles, it didn't matter if they didn't have a license, because no one cared anyway.

But who would have thought that Lujiawan would suddenly have dozens of unregistered bicycles?

It was already envy-inducing, and this collective "illegal travel" would be strange if no one reported it.

Although this was a rather depressing matter, well, mainly for the people involved.

But as long as Chen Fan thought about Zhang Wenliang having to go to a designated place to "learn" to ride a bicycle, he couldn't help but laugh.

Then he quickly held it back and turned to look at Huang Ying, who was laughing non-stop. "Ahem, I don't remember the commune having a bicycle driving school, right?"

Not to mention the commune, even the county didn't have one. He just didn't know if Yunhu City had one?

This thing was indeed rare. If he hadn't come to this era, Chen Fan really wouldn't have heard of it in his later life.

Did you need a driver's license to ride a bicycle?

Huang Ying laughed and said, "It's just for show. I heard Yang Zhijun say that they just gather and chat in the police station every day, taking turns riding a few laps in the police station courtyard, just as if they are learning."

"Moreover, in order to show fairness and justice, the police station even set up some obstacles in the yard, making it look like taking a car driving test. It's so much fun."

It could even be like this?

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, and he could only wish them a good time.

After chatting for a long time, Yang Ju and Liu Dan also returned with their loads.

These things looked like a lot, but except for the bag of rice issued by the machinery factory, the other things were not heavy.

The two carried the baskets in and placed them next to the coffee table.

Chen Fan went over to divide them up, "Put these rice, flour, and oil in the storage room of the dining room, and let's eat them. Take out half of the fruit, and also take half of the canned fruit. I'll take it to the brigade headquarters tomorrow. Let's keep the canned meat and canned fish to eat."

"Put these things aside, and put the others in a bag and take them to the brigade headquarters tomorrow."

Finally, he took a bag, turned it upside down, and poured the things on the coffee table, laughing, "These are the gifts I brought back for you from the provincial capital."

Now he had learned to be good and knew what things he couldn't give to girls casually, such as pens, handkerchiefs, clothes, and shoes.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, glancing at the three people who were beaming with joy. It seemed that he had given them everything except shoes.

Well, '法不责众' (the law does not punish the masses), it's the same with giving gifts, right? They shouldn't misunderstand, right?

Huang Ying and the others couldn't see any other expressions, and each of them squatted in front of the coffee table to pick and choose, so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.

After a while, Huang Li came over with a tray, on which were two dishes, a bowl of noodles, and a pot of yellow wine.

After Chen Fan finished slurping it down in a few mouthfuls, Yang Mei also prepared the bathwater.

He took a hot bath in the bathroom, put on clean clothes, wrapped himself in the sheepskin military coat that Captain Xiao had given him, and went upstairs to the second floor to sleep.

Liu Lu had already heated the fireplace upstairs, and the room was warm. The bedding on the bed had also been changed. Taking off his clothes and lying on the bed, pulling open the quilt and wrapping himself tightly, Chen Fan comfortably let out a groan, and then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

… …

The next morning, Chen Fan got up on time, opened the curtains, and there was another thin layer of white snow outside.

Snowflakes were still falling from the sky.

But fortunately, the snow was not heavy and did not affect travel.

First morning exercise and then wash up. When he went downstairs, the girls had already prepared breakfast.

It didn't have as many varieties as the breakfast shops in Yunhu City, but it was also very rich.

Rice porridge with big meat buns, plus a plate of pickled radish and sauerkraut. After eating, Chen Fan wiped his mouth and prepared to go out.

Outside, Yang Ju had already put on the saddle. The little mare excitedly stepped in place on the threshing floor, constantly neighing.

Seeing Chen Fan coming out, it immediately ran over and nudged him with its head.

Chen Fan laughed and hugged the horse's head, stroked its nose. In the panda garden next to it, Rolling was already clinging to the railing, calling non-stop.

There was no way. He had Huang Ying open the door of the panda house again and went in to play with Rolling and the two panda babies for a while.

Seeing that it was already past 7:30, he came out and jumped on the horse.

Departure.

On the country road, the little mare trotted lightly, and the little horse, which had grown very tall, followed behind, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, playing with the two dogs.

Not far above, the hobby chirped as it circled, while the myna obediently stayed on Chen Fan's shoulder, keeping its mouth shut.

After holding it in for a minute, the myna couldn't hold it back. "Little Chen, do you want me to go and report the news?"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes, "Get lost."

The myna immediately flapped its wings and took off, "Okay."

In the blink of an eye, it fluttered into the wind and snow and disappeared.

Since Team 6 was not far from the brigade headquarters, a few minutes later, even though the little mare slowed down, it ran to the front of the brigade headquarters.

When entering the village, many old people who couldn't sleep had already opened their doors, moved a chair and sat at the door, listening to the news from the loudspeaker.

Seeing Chen Fan coming back, they all waved and greeted him, and Chen Fan also responded with a smile.

When he arrived at the brigade headquarters, he let the little mare go to the stable by itself, and he walked in carrying the bag.

In the office, Secretary Yang, Team Leader Zhang, Captain Xiao, and Team Leader Ye were all there, and even Zhang Wenliang was there.

When they saw Chen Fan, each of them smiled before saying a word.

Zhang Wenliang grinned, "Hmph, busy man, you've been gone for so many days. Did you forget when I'm getting married?"

Secretary Yang also quickly restrained his smile and coughed, "Didn't you say you were getting married on the 17th? Why did you go to the provincial capital?"

Team Leader Zhang laughed, "How was it? Any good news?"

Xiao Liewen and Ye Shubao looked at him expectantly, their expressions even more exaggerated than when waiting for the turnover of the first day of the cooked food store.

Chen Fan put the bag on the table, first smiled and nodded at Secretary Yang and the others, took out the Writers Association souvenir Golden Dragon filter cigarettes, and gave one to each of them, "Try this, it was given by the Writers Association."

He handed the last one to Zhang Wenliang, with an exceptionally bright smile on his face, "I heard that you were fined for going out, and even the wedding was postponed?"