60s: I have a store

Chapter 418: Nothing in vain

The motorcycle sped along, and the wind whistled in my ears.

After leaving the residential area and driving into the main road of the city, the scenes on both sides of the street are like a slowly unfolding scroll of history.

The shop signs are simple in style, mostly made of wood, painted red or green, with words such as "Workers and Peasants Department Store" and "Food Supply and Marketing Cooperative" written on them.

The window displayed simple merchandise, including cloth, enamel pots, thermoses, and rubber shoes of a single style.

People on the road walked hurriedly, wearing clothes mainly in gray, blue and black. Occasionally, there were a few young girls wearing floral shirts, like small flowers blooming in the gray tone.

An intellectual-looking man wearing glasses and a Zhongshan suit was standing at the door of the bookstore flipping through new books. When he saw a motorcycle passing by, he pushed his glasses up, his eyes full of curiosity and thought, as if he was pondering the structural principles of this new thing.

However, before he could see the structure clearly, Zhou Yimin drove his motorcycle away from his sight.

Not far away, a three-wheeled cart loaded with cabbages was moving slowly. The old man pulling the cart was so tired that sweat was coming out of his forehead, and the cabbage leaves on the cart were swaying in the wind.

Zhou Yimin slowed down and shouted as he and the old man walked side by side: "Uncle, your cabbage looks really fresh!"

The old man grinned, revealing a mouthful of black and yellow teeth: "I grew these at home, and just brought them here to sell. Young man, you have a really handsome iron thing!"

After leaving the city and riding towards the suburbs, the scenery suddenly opens up.

In the fields, the wheat is green, like a green carpet covering the earth. The breeze blows, and the wheat waves rise and fall. The small river beside the road gurgles, and the water is so clear that you can see small fish and shrimps swimming at the bottom of the water.

Several children were laughing and playing by the river, trying to catch fish with their homemade fishing nets. When they saw the motorcycle, they stopped and looked around with their hands on their backs.

Zhang Yan pointed to the fields excitedly and said, "Yimin, look, the wheat seedlings are growing really well this year. Maybe it will be another bumper year!"

If this year had been a year of good harvest, everyone wouldn't have to live such a miserable life. Now, there are very few people who can have enough food to eat.

Zhou Yimin nodded and took a deep breath of the air with the fragrance of soil: "Yes, the air in the countryside is much fresher than in the city."

However, he knew that this year's grain harvest was the same as last year, and there was no bumper harvest. The famine lasted for three years.

Especially this year, in the past two years, there may have been enough surplus food to sustain us, but if nothing unexpected happens this year, many people will starve to death.

Thinking of this, I feel a little heavy, but I can’t help so many people with my own abilities.

They stopped the car by the river. Zhang Yan ran to the river, squatted down, stretched out her hand and gently stirred the river water, splashing crystal water.

Zhou Yimin looked at her back with tenderness in his heart. He walked over, picked up a flat stone, and started skipping it on the water, which made Zhang Yan applaud.

Zhang Yan quickly said, "Yimin, teach me!"

After saying that, she picked up a stone and imitated Zhou Yimin's action, but the stone sank to the bottom of the river before it could even bounce on the water.

"Yi Min, my movements are obviously similar to yours, why can you bounce so many times but I can't?"

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "There are some tips for this. You can't just learn it by simply looking at it."

Then he added: "If you want to skip a ball far, you must first choose the right stone. Generally, you should choose a flat stone, preferably in the shape of a disc, with a thickness of about 0.5-1.5 cm. Stones of this shape and thickness are easier to bounce on the water."

"The second thing is the throwing posture. You have to bend slightly, face the water sideways, and keep the hand holding the stone parallel to the water surface, usually below the shoulder."

"The last one is the magic method, which mainly uses the strength of the wrist and arm to swing the stone horizontally and quickly like a whip. When you swing your hand, you should loosen your fingers to let the stone fly out naturally."

"Instead of throwing it out with force and then holding on to the stone, the angle of the shot is also critical. The angle between the stone and the water surface is about 15-30 degrees, which is ideal."

Zhang Yan was a little dumbfounded. She didn't expect that a stone skipping stone could have so much knowledge.

But now that I have said it, I can't give up so easily, so I started practicing.

Zhou Yimin was standing by to help select stones so that Zhang Yan could learn quickly. However, it was obvious that Zhang Yan did not seem to have a talent for this. After studying for half an hour, and even with a master teaching one-on-one, he did not make any progress.

Zhang Yan was a little annoyed: "What are you studying? Playing with things will ruin your ambition. You can't learn Yimin!"

Zhou Yimin was a little helpless, but since his girlfriend said so, he could only go along with her: "Okay, I won't play anymore in the future. There's nothing fun to do."

But he was still naughty for a while. Before leaving, he made a beautiful water skip that bounced more than ten times, from this side to the other side of the river.

Zhang Yan was immediately furious after seeing the opportunity: "It is said that you should not indulge in pleasures and lose your ambition. You are still playing. Let me show you how to correct you!"

After saying this, he was about to "hunt down" Zhou Yimin.

When Zhou Yimin saw this scene, he ran away quickly.

In this way, the two of them played a game of chase and escape.

After chasing for more than ten minutes, Zhang Yan was really exhausted and sat down to rest.

"I don't want to play anymore. I don't have the energy anymore."

Zhou Yimin had no doubts and walked directly to Zhang Yan and sat down.

Who knew that Zhang Yan suddenly changed his mind, rushed over and pressed Zhou Yimin down.

"Finally caught you."

Zhou Yimin was a little helpless. He didn't expect Zhang Yan to cheat.

"You are cheating. If you are a hero, let me go and try again."

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "I am not a hero, so I don't have to let you go."

After saying that, he used his hand to tickle Zhou Yimin's waist.

Zhou Yimin immediately laughed out loud.

He begged for mercy immediately: "It's my fault. I won't do it again next time."

When Zhang Yan heard Zhou Yimin begging for mercy, he stopped and said arrogantly: "Let's see if you dare to do it again in the future!"

After saying this, he raised his forehead like a victorious general, but he was just hiding the fact that his face had turned red.

It was the first time for her to have such close contact with a boy, except for her father.

Zhou Yimin straightened his clothes and stood up.

In order to avoid embarrassment to each other, they could only pretend that nothing had happened.

Zhou Yimin suggested: "Why don't we go somewhere else?"

It wouldn't be so embarrassing to leave here.

Zhang Yan thought the same and agreed immediately: "Okay!"

The two of them got on their motorcycles, left here, and continued to ride aimlessly.

Zhang Yan has become accustomed to the attention that motorcycles cause.

Zhou Yimin was driving while chatting with Zhang Yan.

(End of this chapter)