1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 62: The crowd

(Something went wrong, so I'll post the free chapters first. Anyway, the public chapters haven't reached 20 yet, so I'll see if I can put them on the shelves next Monday. However, I need to accumulate manuscripts these days, so I'll post 4000 words a day.)
Even after living two lives, Yang Mo still felt that he did not really understand women.

Just like now,
It was hard for him to understand why Miss Mu, who seemed so high and mighty and had never touched a woman's home, would lower herself to grind wheat with a local dog.

It is also difficult to understand why Comrade Lu Yingying, who is fierce and always dislikes girls of the same sex who are effeminate, can actually chat and laugh with Miss Mu Liya.

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"Stop!~ Who are you? Tell me your name!"

Seeing Yang Mo coming in, a local comrade picked up the iron spoon for digging wheat and pointed at his waist in a majestic manner.

Seeing this fellow doing the same thing again, Yang Mo glanced at Miss Mu beside him and clasped his hands in silence: "I am a nobody in Jianghu. I heard that Master Lu was here, so I came to pay him a visit."

After slightly satisfying this guy's dream of becoming a hero, Yang Mo started to walk into the house - his stomach was a little painful now, so he had to quickly get some toilet paper and go to the bathroom.

Unexpectedly, this girl was so crazy that when she saw Yang Mo moving, she immediately jumped out and blocked his way: "Wait! Where are you from?"

Is this... the mountain gate?

Seeing the sword finger in this guy's hand and the excitement in his eyes, Yang Mo suddenly frowned. He glanced at Miss Mu who was standing beside him with a curious look on her face, and a strong sense of shame surged up.

Big sister, even if you feel like acting, could you please pay attention to the occasion? Didn’t you notice there are outsiders here?
Seeing Yang Mo didn't say anything, Comrade Tugou shouted again: "Where are you from?"

Noticing the threat in his eyes and remembering the majesty of his little iron fists, Yang Mo had no choice but to bow his head and say, "From the East."

Seeing that this idiot had finally come to his senses, Lu Yingying was overjoyed: "What's the evidence?!"

Yang Mo replied in a muffled voice: "There is a poem to prove it."

Lu Yingying swung the iron spoon in her hand majestically: "Poetry!"

Yang Mo's face trembled a few times, and he said sadly: "The sun and the moon are rising in the east, and millions of soldiers are protecting me. The whole hall is full of true gentlemen, loyal and courageous as ministers!"

Comrade Tugou was overjoyed. He patted his down jacket with his two little hands for a few times, then extended his hand with great generosity: "Please!"

Yang Mo consciously took only one step forward.

As expected, just as he took a step forward, this fellow stopped him again: "Why are you here?!"

Yang Mo blinked his eyes: "I am good at all eighteen martial arts!"

Lu Yingying: "What's the evidence?!"

Yang Mo looked like a dead fish: "There is a poem to prove it."

Lu Yingying: "Bring me the poem!"

Yang Mo said with a bitter face: "I am proficient in steel knife and chain, my spear skills may be similar to Zilong, my stick skills are as good as Xiying, and my single whip is better than Yuchi Gong."

Seeing this jerk reciting such a powerful passage like a monk reciting scriptures, Lu Yingying glared at him angrily, then stepped aside and said, "Please!"

Hearing this, Yang Mo ran towards the house as if he had been set free.

Seeing his expression, Lu Yingying was immediately unhappy and threw the iron spoon aside: "Wait a minute~How many roads did you take to get here!?"

Yang Mo's face darkened: "Hey, hey, hey, you dog Lu, that's enough... We agreed before that we only need to align one section of the incision... If you align all the incisions, people won't be able to enter the house... I'm telling you, I'm holding my stomach now, if you delay me from going to the toilet, and I poop in the yard, you'll have to help clean it up!"

Hearing this, Lu Yingying looked disgusted and waved the iron spoon in her hand as if to shoo away a fly, covering her nose: "How disgusting! Lazy cows and horses have a lot of shit and urine... Get out of here!"

One minute later,
Seeing Yang Mo rushing out of the iron gate with toilet paper in a triumphant manner, Mu Liya, who was watching quietly on the side, suddenly chuckled: "You two are really interesting... This is the first time I've seen someone live their life like a big show... Does Yang Mo usually let you fool around like this?"

While kneading the dough, Lu Yingying said proudly: "Isn't this quite normal... We are in the countryside, not like you in the city. If we don't tinker with these things on weekdays, how can we pass the time... Let me tell you, if it was back in school, if Yang Shidan couldn't make a complete incision, I wouldn't even give him lunch... You don't know, he's very greedy, he always eats secretly, his mother always asks me to keep his lunch..."

After mumbling for a long time, the guy finally responded: "Eh? Living together... Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. We are childhood friends. I just live with him now because I have no place to live... This guy looks like no one wants him. If others misunderstand him, won't he be single for the rest of his life? He will hate me to death then!"

Mu Liya looked at the girl's carefree appearance and felt a little suspicious.

Although Yang Mo was notoriously lazy and often laughed and joked with Bao Shuxian and others on weekdays, she clearly felt that the man was always wary of the people around him, and even his jokes were extremely restrained... This was a kind of instinctive sense of boundaries.

To be honest, this kind of heartless mischief like today's was the first time she had seen Yang Mo. Yang Mo even felt a little unfamiliar with the completely defenseless feeling displayed by this tiger girl.

Childhood friend...huh?

Miss Mu pondered over the two words with some confusion. To her, who had few friends since childhood, the word was also very unfamiliar.

After thinking about it, she still agreed with Comrade Tugou's statement... After all, in her impression, even couples have their own little thoughts about each other. Perhaps only the so-called childhood friends can get along like this without any guard, right?

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More than half an hour later.

Yang Mo, who had washed his hands, took a freshly baked pancake, took a big bite with the green onions dipped in sauce, and glared at Comrade Tugou with disdain: "It's too soft, not burnt at all... bad review!" Comrade Tugou was furious: "Don't you see what kind of fire you use in this crappy place... just a little bit of natural gas, and you use that thin and light iron pan... and you like to eat freshly cooked pancakes, how can I make them burnt!?"

Yang Mo sneered: "If your skills have deteriorated, then so what? Why do you have so many excuses... By the way, why are you two together today?"

Lu Yingying was still indignant: "What do you mean by declining skills? If you have the guts, bring the big iron pot in the village over here so I can show you what I can do... When I went to fetch water today, I happened to run into Mu Liya. Seeing that she couldn't lift it, I helped her. I saw that she didn't have any pots or stoves in her house, so I just invited her to come over to eat pancakes with us!"

Perhaps due to geological reasons, the groundwater in the drilling company's area is extremely hard and must undergo defluorination and a series of treatments before it can be drunk. However, since this equipment is currently only available in the county, the drilling workers' drinking water is all brought back from the county by special vehicles and distributed at designated locations on the same day. Therefore, at 4:30 p.m. every day, you can always see long queues everywhere, carrying plastic buckets and water tickets, and getting defluoridated water in front of the water truck one by one.

Glancing at Miss Mu, who was biting the pancake that was bigger than her two cheeks without any green onions or sauce, Yang Mo picked up a few pickled vegetable shreds and put them into his mouth, smiling and saying, "Oh, Director Mu, there is no such thing as a visit without a request... You, old man, leave the company's small kitchen to eat and come to our place to eat coarse flour pancakes... I wonder if you have any advice?"

After spending some time together, Yang Mo naturally knew that this young lady was of Hui ethnicity and that they ate in the small canteen specially set up for Hui people in the company.

You know, even in school, the food and taste of the Hui canteen are better than those in the big canteen, let alone a drilling company?

That's why he didn't believe that if there was nothing wrong, the young lady would leave the canteen full of delicious food and come to him to eat coarse flour pancakes without any oil or water.

Seeing this fellow intentionally or unintentionally admonishing Comrade Tugou to avoid associating with people like her with "impure motives", Miss Mu glanced at him unhappily, then smiled nonchalantly: "You think too much, I just simply have a liking for Yingying, and since she invited me to be her guest, I naturally can't turn her down... It just so happens that I haven't tried this kind of whole wheat pancakes, it's also very good to broaden my horizons... To be honest, although it's a bit dry, Yingying's cooking skills are good!"

When Comrade Tugou heard someone praising his craftsmanship, he exclaimed and stared at Yang Shidan proudly.

Yang Mo just smiled. With Miss Mu's beauty and background, her willingness to come over and eat pancakes was indeed a courtesy to a certain country dog ​​in the eyes of outsiders - there were countless people lining up to treat this beautiful woman to delicacies but unable to do so.

However, Master Yang has never hesitated to assume the worst of people's hearts. He doesn't really believe in any true friendship between women, and he certainly doesn't believe that a girl like Miss Mu, who has a hundred thoughts in her mind, would have any so-called affinity for a country girl like Lu Yingying.

Mu Liya noticed the wariness and disdain in Yang Mo's eyes. After thinking for a while, she suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, I really have something to do here today."

Seeing Mu Liya's frank look, Yang Mo was stunned, then he smiled again.

This is right!

How could a person like you, a young lady, just go to someone else's house for a meal?

He asked cautiously, "I wonder what kind of instructions Director Mu has for you this time... Is there something wrong in the north?"

Mu Liya shook her head. "We have just started packing the things. If you count the time in between, it will take at least a month to go back and forth. What's going on? I mean... I heard Yingying say that you are going to arrange a job for her?"

Yang Mo's heart was filled with alarm: "Yes, is there any problem?"

Mu Liya smiled lightly: "Do you have a destination now?"

Yang Mo's expression was a little stiff: "Not yet, this matter will have to wait a few more days."

Mu Liya said softly, "Oh!" and then looked at Tugou. "What a coincidence! I am also short of staff here. I originally thought that after the fifteenth day of the lunar year, I would ask the personnel department to help me recruit some college students to screen them, but now I think Yingying is pretty good..."

"So, Yingying, how about you come over and help me handle the external relations? Although you will only be a contract worker at first, I can make you a regular employee in two years at most!"

As she spoke, Mu Liya glanced at Yang Mo with a smile: "No matter what, I am at least a supervisor, so I am more confident than Yang Mo in helping you find a job... Even if he is very capable, he is just a small clerk now."

Seeing that this guy actually had such thoughts, Yang Mo was immediately furious: "No! This girl absolutely cannot follow you...!"

As he said that, Yang Mo turned his head and looked at Lu Yingying: "Country girl, trust me, I can help you arrange the work in ten days at most... You just wait quietly, but you must not go to Manager Mu's place now!"

Seeing Yang Mo's reaction so big, completely different from his usual calmness and slickness, Mu Liya smiled in surprise, but when she heard that Yang Mo strictly forbade Lu Yingying to come to his side now, she frowned and immediately fell into deep thought.

As the person involved, Tugou obviously didn't understand the trick, but with Yang Mo's agreement in mind, she hadn't thought about going to Miss Mu's place. She chewed her pancake diligently and nodded indifferently: "Okay, I'll just follow your instructions... Hey, hey, hey, your chopsticks have crossed the line... Don't pick up my pickled vegetables... Don't you see the 38th parallel... If you want to eat, cut some yourself!"

He glanced at the 38th parallel drawn on the plate with chopsticks.

Yang Mo: “…”

Mu Liya "..."

Hello, we are talking about your work problems now!

Such a serious topic,
To you, isn't it more important than those few pickled vegetables?

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PS: In response to the objections raised by some students, I would like to emphasize here:
1. As mentioned in the previous article, "For Chinese liquor, look to the north; for northern liquor, look to Shandong." The book makes it very clear that this sentence refers to the consumer market. Until 08, Shandong was the province with the largest consumption of domestic liquor (bottled), and even now it is still among the top three in the country.

2. I will not comment on the disputes over famous brands. Every period has its own popular brands. Whether it is Moutai, Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Zhuyeqing, Xifeng, Tuopai, Luzhou Laojiao, Langjiu, Quanxing, each has its own heyday, and each has its own merits in craftsmanship and taste. However, I never touch on these provocative topics when writing books.

To sum up, I am sorry if my writing is not rigorous and has caused misunderstanding.

As for the difference between vodka and Chinese liquor...

If you have ever drunk vodka, or the once-popular "water of life," and know a little about brewing, you will understand whether what I wrote in the book is true.

that's all.

(End of this chapter)