Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 72: Rare Cars

The Mercedes Benz 500 was speeding, and fortunately Chen Guobang had good driving skills, so there was not much shaking, and it was relatively stable while maintaining speed. After seven hours of rapid advancement, he finally arrived at the entrance of his hometown village.

Arriving at the entrance of the village, Lu Shaohua couldn't help but sigh that having a car was convenient. If he took a bus, it would take at least ten hours to get there, but driving back by himself could shorten the time by 4 or 5 hours. When the country built expressways in the late s, it would be even faster, and it would not take more than three hours to get home from Shenzhen.

"Brother, let's drive in." For some reason, Chen Guobang stopped the car at the entrance of the village and waited for Lu Shaohua's instructions.

"Okay." Chen Guobang nodded towards the viewing mirror, lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car started to move slowly.

In the late 1980s, cars were extremely rare in rural areas, so when a car drove into the village road, many villagers came out of their homes and stared at the car, wanting to see who was in the car. But to their disappointment, they could not see who was sitting in the car from the outside.

The children in the village were even more curious when they saw the car. They all followed the car and some even ran in front to try to stop the car. This made Chen Guobang, who was driving, very helpless. He could not drive over the car, so he could only honk the horn desperately to drive away the crowd...

It would only take five minutes to walk from the village entrance to home, but Chen Guobang had to slow down for fear of accidentally hitting someone while driving, so it took him three times as long as walking, or fifteen minutes, to reach his home.

Lu Shaohua, who was sitting in the car, did not expect the villagers to react so enthusiastically, but after thinking carefully, it was 1987, and everything became clear. He could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Not long after the car stopped at the door, it was surrounded by people. Even opening the door had to be done carefully, for fear of hitting someone.

Lu Shaohua was the first to open the car door, got out of the car quietly, and greeted the villagers with a smile, calling them Uncle xx or Aunt xx. When they saw that it was Lu Shaohua who got out of the car, they all showed a look of relief, as if this was in line with common sense. After all, Lu Shaohua's family was the richest in the village and even the whole town at this time, so it was not surprising that he bought a car.

"Uncle Lu, please come in and sit down." After Lu Shaohua greeted all the villagers, he turned around and invited an uncle who was on good terms with their family to come in.

It would have been fine if Lu Shaohua hadn't invited him, but as soon as he did, the man whom Lu Shaohua called Uncle Lu suddenly felt embarrassed and scratched his head. "No, I still have something to do, you go in."

"Then go and get busy. Come over for tea when you have time." Lu Shaohua knew that this was an excuse. If he had something to do, would he still be here watching? This seemed a bit unreasonable, but Lu Shaohua would give him a way out and assume that he really had something to do.

With so much noise outside the door, there must be noise inside the house. Not long after, Chen Li opened the door and came out to see what was going on. When she came out, the first thing she saw was a car. Chen Li felt strange. Why was there a car parked outside her house for no reason? She was about to squeeze over to see what was going on. At this moment, Chen Guobang opened the door and got out. After getting out of the car, Chen Guobang glanced at the crowd, but when his eyes swept to Chen Li, he stopped and called out loudly. "Sister-in-law"

When Chen Li was called by Chen Guobang, she no longer looked at the car, but turned to the source of the voice. Seeing that it was Chen Guobang, she smiled and quickly squeezed over. "Brother Guobang, why are you back?"

Chen Guobang smiled without saying anything and pointed at Lu Shaohua, meaning, I came back with him.

"Mom." In fact, Lu Shaohua had already seen Chen Li when Chen Guobang called her sister-in-law, but he couldn't find a chance to interrupt her, so he called out when Chen Guobang pointed at him.

"Xiaohua! Aren't you in Hong Kong? Why are you back?" Chen Li asked two questions in a row. He really didn't expect Lu Shaohua to appear here.

Lu Shaohua secretly complained in his heart. If he wanted to ask, he should wait until he got inside. There were so many people gathered outside, and there were so many people talking. How could he answer? Fortunately, Yang Jianlong got off the car at this time, giving Lu Shaohua a chance to change the subject. "Mom, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Yang from Hong Kong. He came back with us this time."

When Yang Jianlong heard Lu Shaohua call Chen Li's mother, he knew who this person was. He smiled and nodded, calling her "sister-in-law".

When the guests came, Chen Li really stopped dwelling on those questions. "Mr. Yang, I heard our Jiayao often mentioned you..."

"Okay, Mom, stop nagging and invite them in." Lu Shaohua was really helpless with Chen Li, who kept talking.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Please come in, please come in."

"Come in, Mr. Yang." Although Yang Jianlong is their family's partner, he can only be considered a guest here. Lu Shaohua is also the host, and it would seem unhospitable not to say a few words.

"Okay." Yang Jianlong showed his fatigue. He had been in the car for more than seven hours. It would be a lie to say that he was not tired. What he wanted most at this moment was to find a soft sofa to sit down.

Chen Li held Lu Shaohua's hand and led the way, while Yang Jianlong followed closely behind. The onlookers automatically made way and walked along. After all, no matter how unfamiliar they were with cars, they had guests visiting and they couldn't block their way like that.

As Lu Shaohua was about to walk into the gate, he turned around and shouted to Chen Guobang, "Brother, please move the things in." The gifts brought back from Japan were placed in the trunk of the car. If Chen Guobang, such a straightforward person, didn't remind him, he might have forgotten about them.

"Oh! Got it." If Lu Shaohua hadn't reminded him, he would have really forgotten about it and would have closed the car door and prepared to go inside.

When they walked into the lobby on the first floor, Fang Jiasheng and Du Xiaofeng were watching TV. When they saw Lu Shaohua and the others come in, they quickly stood up to greet them. Although they were a little surprised why Lu Shaohua came back out of nowhere, it was just a question and they didn't ask it out loud.

"Haha, they are all here. Oh! Guobang is outside." Lu Shaohua knew that his comrades were like brothers, and knowing that Chen Guobang had also returned, they would definitely go out to meet him immediately. This would be a good opportunity to help Chen Guobang move things, killing two birds with one stone.

Sure enough, when they heard that Chen Guobang had also returned, they quickly walked towards the door.

"Please sit down, Mr. Yang. My father may have gone out. I'll ask someone to bring him back later." Seeing that Lu Jiayao was not in the hall, Lu Shaohua guessed that he had gone out, so he made a gesture to invite Yang Jianlong to sit down first.

"It's okay, let him be busy, he will be back in the evening anyway." Yang Jianlong sat down on the sofa first and waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to call him.

"Well, let's wait for him to come back. I'll ask my mom to make something to eat first. We haven't had lunch yet." Since Yang Jianlong said there was no need to look for Lu Jiayao, Lu Shaohua didn't say much. Filling the stomach was the most important thing. "Mom, is there anything to eat at home? We haven't had lunch yet."

"Oh, I'll do it right away."

"Just make something, we'll have dinner soon."

"I know, I know."

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