Call Me Daddy

"Son, look at what good things Mom found out!"

Not long after the crowd at the house dispersed, Deng Caihua moved out a large object from the warehouse for storing old things.

"Two eight bars, isn't this the bicycle that my father rode back then, and my brother also rode it for a while later, I thought you had already thrown it away, Mom."

Su Aobai looked at the old-fashioned bicycle in front of him and said in surprise that he really didn't have any impression of these things in his later memories.

He stepped forward to take the faucet from Deng Caihua and pushed it back and forth twice, tried the shaft chain, and it was OK, and it can be used normally after a little oil. This bicycle is quite old, and it is covered with a thick layer of dust. , but it's normal to think about it. They are all old objects from 20 or 30 years ago. They can be preserved until now, all because of the excellent quality of these objects produced in those years.

Kong Yao also brought a rag from the kitchen, dipped it in water and wiped the dust off the bicycle.

"Dad must have loved the bike."

Kong Yao said with a smile, although it has been used for some years, many parts have peeled off the paint, and there are some rust spots, but it still looks 40-50% new, and it can indeed be used normally.

"Isn't it? It cost your father a month's salary to buy this bicycle."

Deng Caihua smiled, with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

The eldest son also rode this bicycle when he was studying, but later the bicycle became more colorful, and the two-eight bars looked old-fashioned. Deng Caihua didn’t want his son to be ridiculed by his classmates, so he gritted his teeth and changed him to a new and lighter bicycle. , but she was not willing to throw away this one, after all, it was one of the few items left by her dead man.

However, the few bicycles that the family bought later were sold second-hand after she added electric tricycles.

It's all right now, the electricity is gone, and although my son has a car, he needs to save on fuel. Deng Caihua happened to remember this treasure hidden in the warehouse.

"It's all right now, this bicycle is passed into your hands, and it can be regarded as the hero of our family for two generations."

Deng Caihua said seriously that if the electricity is not restored, I am afraid that bicycles and tricycles will become the most important means of transportation in the future, and donkey carts, horse carts, and ox carts will soon be put on the agenda.

How does it feel to be back in the 1950s and 1960s?

At that time, there was no electricity, let alone mobile phones. Landlines and bicycles were still luxuries. Although Deng Caihua had not experienced the more difficult 1950s and 1960s, she still had no deep memories of her life in the 1970s. Their economic development Slow down, there were still many households without electricity in the 1970s. Thinking about it this way, the worst thing you can do is to relive the life of that era.

Thinking about it this way, the pressure in Deng Caihua's heart suddenly became much less. Then she looked at the little granddaughter who was full of food and played with chickens, ducks and geese. Deng Caihua was suddenly full of fighting spirit. Carrying this family, she must not fall down.

"You don't need to use that car as much as you can. Let's ride a bicycle to find your brother today."

The old lady calculated the distance, but she felt sorry for her youngest son. She had never experienced such a hardship. If the old lady hadn't been discharged from the hospital not long ago, she would have gone by herself by now.

Kong Yao wanted to follow, but seeing her little uncle's thin body, she swallowed back the words that came to her lips, thinking about whether the bicycles she used to ride at school and her father's bicycles were taken by her. Mom threw it away like scrap iron, and if she threw it away, she had to get a few back before the others came to their senses.

She pondered, in the current situation, mining, iron smelting, and casting are all very difficult to carry out. Bicycles, which are very likely to become mainstream means of transportation in the future, suddenly become treasured and difficult to reproduce. Securities are as difficult to buy as they were during the period.

These things should be done sooner rather than later, Kong Yao has always been a person with a strong ability to act.

"Mom, I'll go back to my parents' house later, and you can look after Yuanyuan for me."

Kong Yao doesn't plan to drive either. Her home is not too far from Tuanjie Village, so she can just borrow a bicycle or tricycle from the village. She has to remind her parents and a few uncles. Things, hurry up and find all these things and fix them.

Deng Caihua also guessed her plan and nodded, "Don't worry, I'm watching at home."

The huge 28-bar bicycle was quickly cleaned. Su Aobai oiled the shaft chain and then pedaled it for two laps. There was something wrong with the brake on the rear leg. When the time comes, tighten the copper wire. The bell is rusty, but I think of Caracalla's, it's not a big problem, I can ride it.

Before going out, Deng Caihua hesitated for a while, then handed her son a sharp sickle.

"Forget it, why don't you take it with you?"

But before Su Aobai took it, the old lady took the sickle back with a suspicious expression on her face.

"...If there are bad people, don't be robbed by others and become their weapons."

The old lady looked at her big son, and always didn't believe that he could protect herself well.

Hey, it's all because she took too much control before, so this son has never taken any responsibility. If the world was peaceful in the past, the old lady would not be worried at all, but the situation is different now. Who knows how many bad people are out there? a lot.

Deng Caihua complained that she was not capable enough to be a mother, so that her sweetheart had to take risks to go out.

"Mom, I'd better take it."

Su Aobai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although he felt that he was here to lie down and win in this world, he also expressed his helplessness when he was regarded by his mother as a weakling who would even be taken away from his protective weapons.

He put the sickle on the waist belt, and it didn't affect the riding of the bicycle, just like that.

Ready, just about to go out, one of Su Aobai's legs was hugged by the little meat dumpling that suddenly rushed over. I saw Susu, who was still playing with his brother in the yard, tightly hugged his thigh with his hands, looking up He keeps his head down and doesn't speak, just stares at you with twinkling eyes, of course, occasionally he will quietly take a look at this big, big, dark bicycle.

Those cute little eyes didn't say anything, but seemed to say everything.

Obviously, the little girl's curiosity committed the crime.

"dad."

She raised her hands high, and stopped hugging Su Aobai's thigh, fearing that Su Aobai would not be able to reach her when he bent down, she stood on tiptoe, raised her hands high, and kept calling Dad, Dad.

She wanted to ride in this big car that was many times bigger than her own small tricycle, her big eyes swept over the front bar of the bicycle from time to time, her dark eyes turned around, she got tired of looking after a while, her mouth Gradually murmured.

Su Aobai's heart melted at the sight of Aijiao's appearance. Without even thinking about it, he bent down, put his hands under her armpits, and lifted his fat girl up, ready to put her on the front bumper of the bicycle.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Deng Caihua patted the back of Su Aobai's hand heavily, "Such a thin bar, your daughter can't sit on the buttocks, wait for me later."

As she said that, Deng Caihua walked into her room, and after a while, she found two thick cloth cushions.

This is a cloth pad that she cut out of old clothes. In the past, she only took it out in the cold winter months, and used it specially to go over her knees to keep warm. It was two cloth pads stuffed with cotton, and three ropes were embroidered on each side. Now it happens to wrap a few laps on the front bumper. The thick cloth pad not only plays the role of thickening the cross bar, but also increases the softness. As for the other cloth pad, it is tied to the rear seat by the old lady. superior.

"Come over, Yuanyuan, let your uncle take you for a walk."

Deng Caihua also waved at her grandson. The world of children is different from that of adults. In their eyes, these two bicycles are considered to be defective products, but in the eyes of children, this taller bicycle seems to be the one in the bicycle. Like a giant, looking handsome and surprised.

In the wishing generation, there are not many children who have ridden a bicycle. They usually ride a car or a battery car, and they don’t even know what it feels like to sit on the back seat of a bicycle.

Anyway, Long Wish felt that it must be very imposing.

"Susu, hold Dad tight and know."

Although he and his daughter were tied together by the old lady with a strip of cloth, Su Aobai couldn't say anything for a while when he saw Susu's small hands, which were not as big as his fists, clenched the cloth around his waist worry.

"I'm afraid it's chaotic outside. Let's take the children for a walk in the village. When we reach the entrance of the village, you can go."

Letting the children ride bicycles is just to let them fulfill this wish. Deng Cuihua is not big enough to let her unreliable son go to the city with the two baby dolls under such circumstances.

"Let's go, let's ride a small car."

After finishing speaking, the old lady urged Su Aobai to pedal quickly while protecting Susu with both hands.

So Su Aobai stepped on the crisp and clear cheers and left Su's old house.

*****

This section of the road, Su Aobai was not riding fast, because there was a fat old lady running on the bicycle beside her, just like an old hen guarding chicks.

The appearance of two big, two small, one-two-eight bars traveling also attracted a lot of attention, and people greeted them along the way.

Part of it is to ask Su Aobai for more information, and the other part is to be curious about the two-eighth bar. Everyone is thinking about going home and looking through it, to see if they can find out any transportation tools that don’t use electricity or oil and electricity. .

"The little animal ran, ran, and you ran again! You can peck out a hole in such a tight wire cage!"

A figure rushed out of a yard, and quickly hugged the old hen flapping its wings, cursing in its mouth. It was obvious that the poultry in the house had escaped again, but this time it was lucky and was caught again.

This barking was like turning on a switch, and immediately the howling of poultry and livestock rang out from all directions in the village, especially those who kept dogs at home. A head squeezed out of the gap in the door, some ran out over the low wall of their own house, and some were locked more tightly and could only scream behind the wall.

Because the cats and dogs also started to be restless, they were also locked. Even if they jumped out of the wall, they could only bounce around outside the wall, but they couldn't get close to them.

"Ah Huang, bye! Heizi, bye!"

Susu specified that she had a social certificate, and waved her little hand to say goodbye to every big dog earnestly. She didn't know that she would be hugged down when she got to the village entrance, but she thought she was going to go far away. Say goodbye to your friends one by one.

Deng Caihua noticed that every dog ​​who was greeted by Susu was much quieter than before. Although they were still whimpering softly, it was obviously a coquettish tone.

This reminded Deng Caihua of her poultry, which seemed to be particularly obedient and sensible. Could it be that her granddaughter had some strange changes like her? Deng Caihua guessed with some uncertainty.

In about ten minutes, they arrived at the canteen at the entrance of the village. Deng Caihua first carried her grandson from the back seat.

"Brother, goodbye! Grandma, goodbye!"

Susu stretched out her hand, opened her palm wide, waved it vigorously, and ruthlessly said goodbye to her brother who was carried off the bicycle.

Then he turned his head and pressed his cheeks with obvious baby fat tightly against his father's belly, but such a resisting action still failed to prevent grandma from untiing the cloth strips tied around her and her father, and hugged her too down.

When the little girl was carried down, her eyes and mouth were opened wide, her hands and legs opened unconsciously, and her whole body was like a big character.

Why did you hug me down, I clearly said goodbye to you, why is grandma so ruthless!

These big characters were clearly written on the little girl's face.

The mouth is pouting high, and she will soon be able to hang a clothes hook. Fortunately, the old lady taught her well, and Susu is good herself. Although it is sad that she cannot take a big cart, but seeing her father riding away from the back, she is also very happy. His eyes were just red, but he didn't cry.

It was just such a small sadness, and it passed away when a group of friends outside the canteen came to talk to her. She rubbed her eyes, and immediately grinned and mixed into the crowd with her brother.

As for Deng Caihua, seeing the children playing together, she didn't rush to go home, and joined the group of chatting villagers under the greeting of the proprietress of the canteen.

There is no electricity or internet, and only chatting can pass the time. Otherwise, if you stay alone, the unknown situation alone will drive you crazy.

"Hey, is there a car coming?"

While chatting, someone sharply saw a dark shadow at the end of the road. As the shadow got closer, the person could tell that it seemed to be a military truck driving towards their road.

All the children who were playing wildly were called back by their respective adults. Deng Caihua held a child in one hand and looked warily at the approaching car.

It was a convoy, and when the car stopped at the entrance of the village, and a group of people in camouflage military uniforms came down in the car and behind the car pocket, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. For ordinary people, there is nothing more amiable than them Honorable man.

The village chief also came over soon, and the soldiers who got off the car communicated with everyone. It turned out that the wild boar that almost beat Deng Caihua but accidentally killed itself was sent to this company. The order of the highest officer of the garrison required them to build walls for nearby villages and towns to strengthen protection. There happened to be Tuanjie Village in the villages within the scope of their company's responsibility, so they came here immediately.

"Repair the protective wall?"

After hearing these words, the villagers looked at each other and watched a group of young soldiers unloading building materials from the car in an orderly manner. They didn't say much, and hurried over to help.

Anyway, there are soldiers here, so they feel at ease now.

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