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Chapter 88: Prickly Pear

Today is a double number, not a market day. When I arrived in the town, the streets were a little deserted. Even the six shops of the supply and marketing cooperative were only half opened, and more than half of the rest of the shops with indigenous people were not open. As for the vendors on the street, almost no signs were seen.

But the market days in adjacent towns are staggered, and the first stop they are going to Xinchang Town is the Double Number Market.

I first filled my stomach in Beidou, and I would eat noodles. As for dry food, I had to choose steamed buns. The pots containing water were really hard to buy. The clay pots in the village were not tightly covered, so I had no choice but to buy a few bottles of soda, which was extravagant.

The bicycle started to speed again. The wind blew the hair, but it couldn't blow away the heat in my heart. After passing the Beidou, about a kilometer, we went to the right to go into the Bayi and Caiqi. The land was vast and sparsely populated, the mountain walls were steep, and there were very little land and farmland available, but there was a lot of limestone.

The car did not stop and continued to move forward. When we reached three kilometers, the front commune on the left was the Forward Commune, and the right was the Jixiang Commune. The river in the middle was a dividing line, and the exposed soil was a little red in color. This is clay, which is called clay locally. It can be made of jars, jars, pots, etc., which is almost not a cost. Just ask workers to dig it.

"It's here, the cement factory will be built in this place!" Fang Dajun parked his bicycle on the side of the road.

Li Yulan gently slid down the back seat, "It's this place, isn't it too remote? Look, there are no houses around."

Fang Dajun smiled and said, "The cement factory is polluted, and this kind of place is the most suitable!"

The two of them followed him into the site, which was not too big, but it was enough to clean up and build a cement factory. The cliff against this site was at least more than a hundred feet high, which was equivalent to a natural barrier. It was just because the underground was covered with gravel, so it could not be used as land. Even the weeds did not grow tall, which was a wasteland, and it was cheaper. He used it to build a cement factory.

"Look, there are prickly pears over there, they are already red." Li Yulan shouted happily.

Fang Dajun saw it and saw that as expected, a large prickly pear grew on the edge of a large stone slightly upside. The vine covered the surface of half a stone, and dozens of fruits were hung red on it. This is a common wild fruit in the mountains in Sichuan. There are two types of duck pears. The round ones are not delicious, and they only turn yellow when ripe. The oval is sweeter. The light is so bright that it can be sun red. It is slightly smaller, only the size of a thumb, and it is covered with thorns. Not only are there on the fruit, but also on the vine. As for the taste, it can be chewed with sweetness after it is red, it is a bit rough, and the pomace cannot be swallowed. Half of the fruit is seeds.

But no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Friends who often cut pig grass on the hillside will not let go of these snacks. Now that they can encounter dozens of ripe fruits, how can they let go of them?

"Let's go, we're going to pick it up." Fang Dajun greeted with enthusiasm.

"Okay, but how can we climb up?" Li Yulan had a bitter face. The stone was too big and it was difficult to climb up.

"Haha, if you step on my shoulder, don't you go up?" Fang Dajun suggested casually.

But unexpectedly, Li Yulan agreed as soon as she heard this, and then pulled him to the big stone, quickly took off her shoes, and waited for him to grab Li Yulan's exposed little feet, almost making a big beast, uh!

"Dajun, I really stepped on your shoulders." When the matter came, Li Yulan felt a little embarrassed.

"Come on!" Fang Dajun calmed down and then used his hands as a ladder to deliver Li Yulan to his shoulders, and said to himself: "This girl is so light, can she have ninety pounds?"

Just as he was thinking about it, his left shoulder suddenly lightened, and he also relaxed with his right shoulder.

"Here, wow, there are so many prickly pears!" Li Yulan shouted happily. She likes to eat sweets very much.

"Be careful, don't get the thorn."

Soon dozens of small prickly pears were thrown down, and Fang Dajun picked them up and piled them up. He thought that Li Yulan would take some effort when she came down, but this girl was actually flexible and easily grabbed the stone wall and fell down, which made him regretfully miss the opportunity to hold the nephrite.

"Why are you still stunned? Come and eat it quickly. It's so sweet." Li Yulan greeted, and had bitten a small half of the prickly pear in her mouth. After it was ripe, the thorns on it would dry and scrape it off with her nails.

"Yeah, come here!"

The bicycle was on the road again, and it was about to cross a mountain range after walking three kilometers. At this moment, words that surprised him came to his ears.

"Open your mouth!" As soon as the voice fell, Li Yulan reached out her little hand in front, pinching a peeled red prickly pear on her finger. Fang Dajun instinctively moved his head and opened his mouth and bit it. He didn't want to use too much force, so he bit Li Yulan's fingers into his mouth...

"Hehe, why do you like Xiaoqin, like you, like Xiaoqin, like you!" Li Yulan giggled, pulled her finger out of his mouth indifferently, wiped her clothes casually, and began to peel the remaining prickly pears.

Fang Dajun licked his lips. It tasted so good. It was only then that he suddenly thought of a question. Could it be that Li Yulan still doesn’t know what he is thinking? Is it because Jin Chi didn’t say it or she didn’t explain it clearly to her? Then does Li Zhengyang know about this?

But even if Li Yulan didn’t know it before, she hasn’t discovered it yet? If a man is not interested in a woman, how could he go on a self-driving trip together?

Are all women of this era too simple, or are they too evil?

"What are you asking!"

“Yeah, it’s delicious, so sweet!”

"Hehe, I'll peel it and feed it to you, but you can't bite my finger anymore, it's so tickle."

“…!”

The mountain road appeared in front of him, and both of them had to get off the car. Fang Dajun pushed the bicycle and looked at Li Yulan with big eyes beside him. He couldn't believe that the other party was so slow in his relationship. He couldn't help but ask: "Malan, did Jin Chi tell you something? For example, about me?"

"Of course there is. Sister Jin Chi said you are the best at lying people, but you have never lie to me." Li Yulan was very depressed when she talked about this. She really didn't realize that Fang Dajun was a liar.

Uh! "What else? Have you said anything else?"

"No more!" Li Yulan shook her head and said.

Fang Dajun is now hoping that Jin Chi has said something. Half an hour later, the two climbed to the top of the mountain, and then they felt good. They didn’t have to work hard to go downhill and could glide all the way to Xinchang Town.

"Wow, the mountains outside are so short, and there are so many fields!" Li Yulan shouted.

"Well, how long has it been since you came outside?" Fang Dajun asked casually.

"I haven't had Beidou since I was in elementary school. Are there many mountains in Jingxian we are going to?"

"Well, there are many mountains, a radius of hundreds of miles. Why, do you don't like mountains?"

"No, I just want to see what the place without mountains looks like outside. There must be a lot of farmland, and you can grow a lot of food. There are also the sea, there are a lot of fish in the sea. If you want to eat meat, go fishing." Li Yulan said longingly.

Fang Dajun couldn't help but think of the text "On the Other Side of the Mountain", "When I was a child, I often lie on the window and wonder, what is on the other side of the mountain? My mother told me: Sea! Oh, is the sea on the other side of the mountain? So, with a secret hope, one day I finally climbed to the top of the mountain, but I almost cried back, and on the other side of the mountain, it was still a mountain!"

"Look, there is Xinchang Town over there. The planning is too poor. There are so many wide plains outside that they actually built the town in the bend." Fang Dajun pointed ahead. The speed of the bicycle was only more than ten yards. In theory, it would take about four hours to ride to the county, but he was carrying someone, and his speed would be greatly reduced. He was a little tired at this time, so he simply went to Xinchang Town to have lunch and talked about it.

Li Yulan continued: "I think it's great to build a mountain bend, and I don't waste farmland."

Fang Dajun could only smile bitterly, but what he didn't know was that in a few years, the market town would be abandoned and the entire town would be moved outside. This situation is not uncommon in China. With the development of the economy, the previous plans could not keep up with the times, and countless new urban areas appeared everywhere.

"Dajun, I heard that Xinchang Town can grow watermelons. Is it still available for sale now?"

"Haha, the season is over. Why, do you like to eat watermelon?"

"I like it, the watermelon is very sweet, I like to eat sweet things." Li Yulan said embarrassedly.
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