Li Aiguo had quick eyes and quick hands. Taking advantage of the moment when her right leg was raised, he turned his pedals and pulled out the hem of her skirt.
"Okay, now the most difficult part is over, just keep at it."
"Yeah, yeah, I can persist!" Lou Xiao'e's white teeth bit her light red lips and she managed to persist.
Li Aiguo stood up and lifted the bicycle.
Looking at Lou Xiao'e lying on the ground, he felt that there was a little trouble.
If you go directly to help at this time, you will be suspected of being a hooligan.
Li Aiguo bent down and reminded: "How about you stand up and take two steps by yourself?"
"I'll try." Lou Xiao'e also realized the embarrassing situation of the two of them.
She leaned slightly, put one hand on the ground, and slowly stood up.
But when she was halfway standing, she exerted force on her feet and gasped in pain, and her body instantly fell into Li Aiguo's arms.
"what happened?"
“My ankle is sprained and I can’t use my strength!
Lou Xiao'e was held in her arms, and she felt Li Aiguo's strong muscles through his thin shirt, and her face instantly turned red with embarrassment.
The toes in her little leather shoes stretched out and retracted, as if there was no way to place them.
The whole person seemed to have a fever, and the temperature of the body suddenly increased by several degrees.
At this time, there are more and more pedestrians on the road.
Passers-by, who were already doing something good, cast curious glances here.
Li Aiguo tightened her waist and reminded, "How about you try to see if you can walk."
But I was thinking in my heart, this Lou Xiao'e is indeed a girl from a wealthy family. She has good food, rich nutrition, and a plump figure. She also smells colorful, which is particularly good.
The age of eighteen or nineteen is the age of youth, full of youthful vitality.
In addition, her big black eyes were filled with tears at the moment, which made people feel pity.
"Okay." Lou Xiao'e's face turned red to the root of her neck. She didn't dare to raise her head and just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.
Shameful, so shameful, Lou Xiao'e is a lady!
With Li Aiguo's support, Lou Xiao'e tried to take two steps.
Although not awkward, he can still walk.
It would be impossible to ride a bicycle.
Li Aiguo saw that the scrap shop was not far away, and suggested: "Comrade Lou, why don't you go to the scrap purchasing point in front to rest for a while, and then ride back after your ankle no longer hurts."
Lou Xiao'e pursed her lips and smiled, humming slightly, with a blushing face, and nodded.
She also woke up now, "I just want to go to the scrap shop to sell scraps."
? ? ?
Li Aiguo turned to look at the bicycle.
Really, there was a thick bundle of newspapers on the back seat of the bicycle.
But he remembered that the Lou family lived in the suburbs of Beijing.
It's ten miles away from here. It seems a little wrong to come so far to sell scraps.
"I heard that the purchase price of your scrap shop is high, 1% higher than that of ordinary scrap shops." Lou Xiao'e explained quickly.
She was only halfway through her words, but she couldn't say any more. Her mouth opened and she couldn't make a sound, so she could only stay in place.
Are you kidding me, the daughter of big capitalist Lou Zhenhua.
For a penny, he braved the heavy fog in the early morning and ran for more than ten miles.
This is simply outrageous and fucking opens the door to outrageousness.
However, Li Aiguo did not expose her.
As a party to a traffic accident, even if he is not responsible, he should fulfill his obligation to provide humanitarian aid.
Smiling and nodding, he took Lou Xiaoe to the scrap shop.
On the green brick path.
In thick white fog.
The two pushed the bicycle and walked side by side.
There was silence all around, except for the sound of the wheels scraping against the ground.
"Driver Li, are you tired from driving a big train?" Lou Xiao'e broke the silence.
"It's not bad. I'm serving the masses. Even if I'm a little tired, I feel comfortable." Li Aiguo said.
Lou Xiao'e sighed: "I also wanted to do something to help the people, so I signed up at the street office. But when people saw my background, they didn't want me."
Li Aiguo remained silent.
"Have you ever thought about going to Hong Kong City?" Li Aiguo asked.
Lou Xiao'e didn't seem to expect that he would ask this question. She hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, my eldest brother and second brother are in Hong Kong City now. I also have a pass to Hong Kong City. It's just that my father can't let go of the family property and wants me to stay here. .”
Pass. Only then did Li Aiguo remember it.
In this era, there is still communication between internal independence and Hong Kong.
As long as you have the pass, you can pass through the port smoothly.
It seemed that Lou Zhenhua had already prepared to escape.
I think so.
As a big capitalist who bought such a large business during the war years, how could he not leave himself some way out?
The two of them came to the scrap purchasing point while talking.
Residents generally don't sell scraps so early.
In addition, they have to deliver goods to customers at night, so the business hours of the purchasing agency start at nine o'clock. Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao will be sure that the cat is sleeping in the house.
Entering the yard, I saw that the doors were closed.
Li Aiguo parked his bicycle outside, helped Lou Xiao'e to the backyard room, and let her lean against the wall.
"Is this your place?" Lou Xiao'e saw Li Aiguo take out the key and unlock the door.
Li Aiguo said: "Comrade, the owner of the scrap shop, has been with me since I was a child. There is no need for this house. My house is being cleaned up, so I often live here."
Entering the house, he asked her to sit on the hot bed. "Your foot may be injured. Leave it here for now. I'll find some red potion and put it on you."
"Wait. Can you get me a basin of cold water? I want to wipe my clothes." Lou Xiao'e said a little embarrassed.
With the help of the dim light, Li Aiguo noticed that there were a lot of oil stains on Lou Xiao'e's white Bragi.
He nodded and said, "Just wait."
There is a faucet in the front yard two doors into the yard.
Li Aiguo took a basin of water and returned to the house, pulled off the towel on the rope and handed it over, "If there is no new towel, you can use mine first."
Lou Xiao'e blushed and hummed softly.
"I'll go find the red potion and put it on after washing." Li Aiguo turned around and left the room.
Lou Xiao'e thought to herself, this rough man is quite enthusiastic when he looks like he's snoring.
He took the opportunity to secretly look at the facilities in the house.
The furniture in the house is simple. They are all old furniture, broken benches, broken tables, etc. It does not look like it has been inhabited often.
The most eye-catching thing is a tall bookshelf in the corner.
The bookshelves are filled with all kinds of books.
There are historical books, comic books, literary books, reportage, and foreign language books.
Lou Xiao'e considers herself a progressive and educated young man. She often reads books and has a dedicated study room at home.
But compared to the books here, they pale into insignificance.
This is a wall of books!
Lou Xiao'e walked over, holding on to the wall, and pulled out a thread-bound book. When she saw the words on the cover, she blushed with embarrassment.
"Criticism of New Engraved Jin Ping Ci".
The pages are full of stains and the paper is yellowed. It must be an old book that was collected.
This train driver has quite a wide range of hobbies.
Lou Xiao'e looked around and saw no one. She took a small breath and plucked up the courage to gently open a page. Her eyes suddenly widened and a trace of disappointment appeared on her face.
The contents were completely different from what she thought. They were all criticisms of Jin Ping and there was no original text at all.
Even if you want to criticize, you still have to publish the original text, and it would be better to print a few illustrations.
At this moment, footsteps came from outside.
Lou Xiao'e hurriedly put the book back to its original place, picked up a towel, and wanted to wipe the stains on the corners of her skirt.
But her ankle still hurt and she couldn't bend down.
Li Aiguo walked in with a bottle of purple potion.
Seeing her clumsiness, he smiled and asked, "How are you doing? Do you need help?"
Lou Xiao'e hesitated for a moment, bit her lip and nodded.
Engine oil stains cannot be cleaned with clean water, so you need to use diesel to clean them.
Fortunately, the items in the scrap yard are diverse and of complete types.
After finding diesel, Li Aiguo squatted down, lifted up his skirt, picked up a towel, and wiped the skirt clean in twos and twos.
The time was short, but Lou Xiaoe felt that a long time had passed.
Every time his calf accidentally touched Li Aiguo's rough fingers, electric current would pass through his whole body, his body would feel numb, and his heart would throb.
"Okay, even though it's not washed clean, there's no problem with the appearance."
Li Aiguo put away the towel and stood up, washed his hands, took out the bottle of red potion and handed it over.
Lou Xiao'e bit her lip, almost murmuring in her throat: "Can you put it on for me?"
After saying that, maybe I felt it was too much.
She explained awkwardly: "The injured part seems to be on the side of the ankle and I really can't reach it."
Yes, we, the perpetrators, should be held accountable to the end.
Li Aiguo asked Lou Xiao'e to sit halfway on the kang, and gently helped her take off her leather shoes. He laughed in surprise when he saw the socks.
"How old are you, and you're still wearing children's socks?"
The socks that Lou Xiaoe wears on her feet are snow-white pure white socks.
The front of the socks is carefully embroidered with a pattern of a little white rabbit. This kind of socks can only be worn by rich families.
Lou Xiao'e was so embarrassed that she almost crawled into the cracks in the ground, and her voice trembled: "My feet are relatively small."
No wonder she was embarrassed.
Before liberation, people regarded small feet as beautiful, and some women even bound their feet to make their feet smaller.
If a girl from a certain family has big feet, it will be difficult for her to get married once outsiders find out.
After liberation, the public advocated the honor of labor.
Big feet have become a symbol of labor. Whoever has bigger feet will be honored.
On the contrary, if any girl has a pair of small feet, she will be criticized and alienated from the working people.
"This thing is natural. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. I think it looks pretty."
As Li Aiguo spoke, he helped Lou Xiaoe take off her socks, revealing her snow-white feet.
He held his feet and looked at them for a long time, then raised his head and looked at Lou Xiao'e doubtfully: "Why didn't you see the injured place?"
".It's the other foot." Lou Xiao'e snorted.
Li Aiguo rolled his eyes and said unceremoniously: "You should have told me earlier!"
Lou Xiao'e: "."
Li Aiguo did his best and took off her other sock.
Sure enough, I saw that the ankle was already red.
But it's not serious. As long as you apply medicine, you'll be fine soon.
Li Aiguo made some red potion and applied it on her ankle with a cotton swab. "Bear the pain!"
"Hiss." Lou Xiao'e frowned and the corners of her mouth twitched. Her fingers clenched the corners of the quilt tightly, trying not to make a sound.
"It'll be ready soon."
Seeing her painful look, Li Aiguo moved faster.
Lou Xiao'e said gratefully: "Driver Li, thanks to you today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do anything alone."
"You're welcome. It's fate that we collided. It's just a matter of effort."
After applying the lotion, Li Aiguo stood up and washed his hands in the basin. He turned to look at Lou Xiao'e but was in trouble.
There is nothing wrong with her feet.
But now I can’t ride a bicycle, how should I go back?
Lou Xiao'e also became worried: "I sneaked out this morning. If I don't go back, my mother will be in a hurry."
"You may not know my mother's temperament. She looks gentle, but she actually has a bad temper."
"If I can't go back on time, she will scold me to death."
As she spoke, Lou Xiao'e suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Aiguo: "Driver Li, how about you take me back on a bicycle?"
The little girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.
I have a day off today and it's okay, so let's do another good deed.
"Okay, you come with me." Li Aiguo said.
Lou Xiao'e looked at his back, with a hint of mischievous success in her eyes.
Li Aiguo came outside and tied the front wheel of Lou Xiao'e's Feige bicycle to the rear bar of the tandem bicycle.
Let Lou Xiao'e sit on the 'co-pilot' of the tandem bicycle.
Don't tell me, this thing is quite stable for transporting the wounded.
Lou Xiao'e knew that Li Aiguo owned a tandem bicycle and had long wanted to ride it.
After sitting on it, I looked around and touched here and there, looking particularly excited.
"This car is really big and nice."
"When you go back, ask your father to help you build one." Li Aiguo joked.
Lou Xiao'e pursed her lips and smiled: "I don't want it, it's good to just ride in your car."
The two chatted and laughed and came to the front yard.
At this time Wang Dakui was coming out to pour the chamber pot.
I saw Li Aiguo riding a bicycle and carrying a beautiful girl out of the backyard.
He was stunned for a moment: "Brother Patriot, you started too quickly."
"Go, go, let's play. This is Comrade Lou. He's here to sell scraps today and he bumped into my car outside."
Li Aiguo remembered it mid-sentence, jumped out of the car, picked up the bundle of newspapers from the back seat of Lou Xiao'e's bicycle, and threw it to Wang Dakui.
"Ma Liu's weighing, I have to send the girl back."
"Okay." Seeing the business, Wang Dakui returned to the house in a hurry. When he appeared again, he already had a steel scale in his hand.
After a few days of hard work, his business has improved by leaps and bounds, and he is now an experienced buyer.
The scale is hooked on the newspaper, and with a slight lift, the weight is moved, and the tail of the scale rod is raised.
"Twenty pounds, tall."
Wang Dakui took out two cents from his pocket and handed it over.
When Lou Xiao'e saw the money, she seemed a little embarrassed and waved her hands repeatedly: "Thanks to Driver Li today. I don't want the money anymore."
"You're welcome, we're dealing fairly, take it."
At Li Aiguo's urging, Lou Xiao'e accepted the money and put it into her pocket.
Li Aiguo told Wang Dakui, tapped his toes, got on his bicycle, and roared out of the yard.
Wang Dakui held the newspaper and looked at Lou Xiao'e's back.
Scratching his head: "I remember that the donkey-faced man's partner seems to be named Lou, can they be the same person?"
(End of chapter)
