1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 366: My Wife Is a Bit of a Trap

Soon, a Forever 28-bar truck, a thermos, an enamel cup, and... three bars of soap were all received.

The 28-inch bicycle looked quite powerful in Liang Ziqiang's eyes. It was not as light as the bicycles of later generations, but just at a glance, one could feel that it was solid and durable.

The main part of the bike was black, with only the handlebars and bells shining white. Liang Ziqiang reached up and pressed the two bells, which made a crisp ding-dong sound, like the sunlight on the street making a sound.

The thermos is also very nice, without any plastic, and the shell is made entirely of natural rattan.

As for the soap, it's Grand Canal brand, which is... okay.

Seeing that they had nothing to put the small items in, the bank gave them a net bag for them to carry in their hands.

The staff gave Liang Ziqiang two keys, and he inserted the keys into the lock above the rear tire, and with a click, he unlocked the car.

At this moment, Liang Ziqiang almost pushed the bike and rode on it. After all, he was a car owner in his previous life!

At that time, the vehicle I rode most often to and from the construction site was a bicycle, so I was considered a typical veteran driver.

The bike he rode at that time was a little lighter than this 28-inch bicycle, but it was a man's bike after all, and the height was basically the same as this one.

A sense of familiarity came over me, and I lifted my legs. Then my head shuddered and I realized something was wrong.

In this life, I had never even touched a bicycle, but as soon as I got the new bike, I rode it like a fish in water. I was so scared that I almost dropped the thermos in my wife's hand!
"Go home quickly, I'm afraid my son will cry again at home!" Chen Xiangbei called him.

The two of them walked back along the street, one carrying a thermos and a net bag, the other pushing a bicycle. The Forever bicycle was so new that it looked so cool even when just pushed, and pedestrians kept looking at them along the way.

It was like driving a Porsche sports car passing by on the street in later generations.

We found a restaurant and quickly ate something, then rushed back to Sham Shui Po to board the ship.

On the way, the daughter-in-law couldn't hide her joy and talked more than usual:
"I originally thought that I would win the fourth prize at best, but who knew I would win the third prize! Ah Qiang, do you think this bicycle is difficult to learn? I think you should be able to learn how to ride it in two or three months, right?"

"Ah? Maybe, maybe..." Liang Ziqiang didn't know how to answer, "You have to learn it to know it. Some people are talented and can learn it in no time."

"What a pity! If I had known that my luck was so bad, I would have let you try the first few tickets." He felt a little sad when he saw the pile of soap. "I see that you like sewing machines very much. Maybe one of those lottery tickets can give you a sewing machine!"

"I just got lucky. Do you really think I can win all the time?" The wife raised her eyebrows. "Besides, I just think that sewing machine looks good. If I really move it home, how can we have so many clothes to make? Most of the time it will just sit there. This bicycle is better. When you go to the neighborhood or go to the street, you don't have to drive a boat and waste gas. You can get there in a short time. This can save a lot of trouble!"

Although I like sewing machines, my wife seems to be quite realistic.

When I pushed the cart off the boat, I was looked at curiously as soon as I arrived in the village. Several villagers gathered around me from the roadside.

"You're buying a bicycle now? I've seen people in the city riding this kind of bicycle, but I didn't expect that our village has one now!"

"It's so beautiful! Ah Qiang, don't walk so fast. I don't know how to ride a bike, so just touch it, touch it for me twice!"

Before I even rode the bike once, four or five pairs of hands were touching it all over. The key point was that those people looked very satisfied, as if they were taking advantage of it...

When asked by the villagers, Liang Ziqiang said yes with a smile. He had already agreed with his wife on the boat that if anyone asked him, he would say he bought it in the city, and never mention the idea of ​​depositing money in the bank and then winning the lottery.

When he got home, his mother and Lizhi watched the bicycle for a while. Lizhi turned over and tried to climb onto the back seat of the bicycle, but his mother chased him and said:
"Stupid girl, your brother can't even ride yet, why are you sitting on it? You'll fall and get your mouth full of mud, don't cry!"

Liang Ziqiang had to put on a show and began to "learn" how to ride a bike on the road in front of his house.

At first, he looked like he couldn't control the bike. He tilted a few times before he even got on and was staggering all over.

After Chen Xiangbei finished feeding the baby, she came out of the house and was so anxious that she ran up to him and supported him from behind.

Liang Ziqiang kept pretending that he couldn't ride a bike, and he felt that pretending was extremely hard, even harder than actually learning to ride a bike. With his wife supporting him from behind, he started riding smoothly.

After riding for quite a while, I heard my wife's voice coming from far behind:
"No way, is it so easy to learn how to ride a bicycle? How long has it taken you to learn how to ride one?!" Liang Ziqiang turned around suddenly and realized that his wife was a bit of a jerk. She let go of him halfway through helping him.

So before he knew it, Liang Ziqiang rode forward a long way in a carefree manner, thinking that she was still supporting him from behind!
Now the truth is revealed.

"Ah, I really can do it?" He seemed even more surprised than she was. "It seems that learning to ride a bike is really not that difficult. I can do it all of a sudden while riding!"

He forced an explanation.

The daughter-in-law's confidence increased immediately, and her eyes lit up:
"I thought it was so difficult! So I should be able to learn it in half an hour!"

So the scene that followed throughout the afternoon was that Chen Xiangbei got on the bike countless times, and then fell down countless times.

Every time he held the back seat with his hands, but as soon as he let go, she would fall immediately, without exception...

Chen Xiangbei was about to fall and get confused:

"This is weird! Why doesn't the same method work on me? Am I just too stupid?"

Liang Ziqiang didn't answer, but gave a look that you could understand for yourself. Chen Xiangbei got even angrier and wanted to hit him:
"What are you looking at me like that? I'm usually a quick learner, I don't believe I'm dumber than you!"

Holding her breath, she had to prove it to him, and wanted to learn it in one afternoon. But by the time it was almost dark, she had only proved one thing: she was indeed much dumber than Aqiang...

The driving lesson had frustrated her greatly, and she followed him listlessly back home. Liang Ziqiang couldn't help wanting to laugh, and consoled her seriously:

"You don't know why I learn so quickly, do you? Think about it, what do I do on a daily basis? I often fish with stilts in the sea. For someone who is used to stilts, it's easy to master balance. Isn't it easy to learn to ride a bicycle?!"

"That's what I told you!" Chen Xiangbei immediately accepted this reason and she wasn't so discouraged anymore.

During the next two days of rest, Liang Ziqiang went to the homestead to help his eldest brother build a house.

As it is winter, except for people like Liang Ziqiang who can drive large ships to the deep sea, all other villagers have stopped going out to sea, so there are still quite a few people coming to work, just not as many as Liang Ziqiang hired last year.

Li Liang was also invited to help, and he built the wall with Liang Ziqiang. While building the wall, Li Liang chatted with him and asked:
"Brother Qiang, last time my sister-in-law gave birth, she went to the county hospital in advance. Was she able to get a bed immediately?"

The hospital has limited beds and you won’t be able to get a bed if you go too early. It seems that Li Liang is very clear about this.

Liang Ziqiang only remembered that Yuan Xiaomei was about to give birth. She had had two problems in the first few months, with abdominal pain and bleeding. Later, she ate Lao Qiu's special fish maw and gradually got better.

But with what happened before, Li Liang definitely didn't dare to let her give birth in the village, so she had to go to the hospital a little earlier and wait.

"I didn't go too far in advance that time. Xiangbei arrived almost at nightfall and gave birth early the next morning. She was immediately arranged to have a bed that night. As long as you don't go too far in advance, you should be able to get one!" Liang Ziqiang told her, and then asked, "When did the doctor tell your wife the due date?"

"There are still five days left. I'm wondering, should I start going to the hospital with her tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

"Then you have to pay more attention to see if she suddenly has a bloated stomach or keeps going to the toilet. If there are such signs, it should be one day or half a day away from giving birth. In this case, the hospital will give priority to arranging beds!"

"Not yet. How about I wait a couple of days and see how the situation goes?" Li Liang thought for a while and decided.

The two men were stacking bricks and chatting when suddenly someone came running towards them from the village road.

It was Li Liang’s neighbor Aunt Liu.

"Liangzi, go back quickly! Your wife's stomach is starting to swell and ache. If you plan to go to the county to give birth, you have to hurry up. If you're any later you'll have to ask someone to deliver the baby in the village. Your parents are busy packing, so they asked me to come over and call you!" Aunt Liu shouted to Li Liang as she ran over.

"How come it's so early?" Li Liang was so flustered that he didn't know where to put the masonry knife in his hand. "Tell your brother that I have something to do and I'm leaving first!"

After saying hello, Li Liang ran home...

(End of this chapter)