Rebirth Autumn Returns to the Countryside

"I'm going to the riverbank!" Ding Guihua couldn't wait any longer. "On New Year's Day, you stay home with your aunt and write your composition. I'll ride my tricycle to the riverbank to dig up sand and soil. I'll come back and make food for you."

Yuandan: “I’m going too!”

Leng Yanqiu grabbed the collar of the fat boy's cotton-padded jacket and pulled it back, winking at his mother: "Go drive, and try it out."

"That won't work! That's a new car, it will get dirty if it's used to transport dirt!" Ding Guihua felt so distressed.

Leng Yanqiu gave up on making eye contact and told her mother clearly: "Don't you know how to perform magic tricks? Go and do it in the car, and then do it again when you come back..."

Ding Guihua: Is this still possible? Really?

She ran out like the wind, and came back like the wind. There was a series of "bangs and clangs" in the next room. Old Mrs. Leng asked in confusion, "Your mother, are you moving?"

There is still an empty room, the old lady knows it.

Leng Yanqiu burst out laughing. Is my mother finally going to change her habit of hiding furniture? She keeps making trouble every day, taking advantage of the old lady's dim eyesight and forgetfulness. If someone smarter stays for two days, the story of the house being haunted will spread again.

Ding Guihua hurriedly emptied her Qiankun bag and drove her newly bought van. The roar of the engine lingered for a long time.

It was my first time driving independently and I felt nervous.

Fortunately, the east end of the village was secluded and no one from home came out to care, so Ding Guihua finally shifted into first gear and slowly drove away from the gate.

If I were riding a tricycle, I would have run back and forth a long time ago.

Leng Yanqiu finally withdrew the hand that she was holding on to Yuandan. As a cowardly person who could sympathize with Ding Guihua's temperament, she knew best that it was best to ignore her at this time and give her time to slowly adjust herself.

If she can maintain one gear back and forth, she will be considered successful!

Poor Ding Guihua met some villagers on the way. She didn't bother to identify them or not, and could only try to remain calm behind the open glass of the driver's door.

Well, the speed in first gear is still a bit fast; well, the door glass must be lowered, otherwise I will be too worried to look at the rearview mirror through it. What if I run over an ant or something?

However, such driving skills have spread in the Ma Liu Village group at the speed of light and purely through voice.

"It really is the Ding Guihua at the east end of the village. I couldn't recognize her at the time, and when I got there I only took a picture of the rear end of the car."

"My God, how old is she and still able to drive a car? She's so brave!"

"It's not decent to have no mother-in-law to supervise you. Who has ever seen an old woman in the village driving a four-wheeler?"

"That car often comes to our village, I recognize it! Ding Guihua is so brave, she dares to drive someone else's car around!"

……

A bomb was dropped into the deep well, and even Secretary Ma and his wife were blown out.

Leng Yanqiu's cell phone rang. The secretary's wife's voice was particularly bright: "Xiaoqiu, is it really your mother who drives the van? Your uncle said, driving without a license - what's the crime?"

She should have turned to ask Secretary Ma. As the most respected representative in the village and the one who aspires to lead the new trend among women in Ma Liu Village, she was secretly excited.

Leng Yanqiu spoke calmly and without the need for Secretary Ma to teach her new knowledge about driving without a license: "She has a license."

"Xiao Qiu, what did you say? Your mother?" Secretary Ma snatched the phone and started talking directly.

"I'm sure you took the exam while working outside." The secretary's wife's voice was mixed in.

Leng Yanqiu: "I got my driver's license yesterday. I started taking the test before the New Year."

"Hiss——" The couple were both gasping in front of the phone. It seemed like their worldview had been overturned again.

Anyway, the secretary’s wife failed to successfully lead the “old ladies” in the first wave of driving learning.

In the first wave, Ding Guihua was the one who got it.

It was a very cold day, and even with the car windows open, Comrade Ding Guihua was still sweating. When she arrived at an open area along the river, she stepped on the brakes and took a deep breath.

The handbrake was checked again and again before Ding Guihua dared to jump out of the car and fumble around, stealthily as if she was entering a minefield.

No one, confirmed no one. Who would come to the riverside to drink the northwest wind in the middle of winter?

My daughter said she could go to the river and perform a magic trick to change the sand back to its original state, but how could she do that? The furniture in the house was still out of control, and every time she put it back, it would make a loud bang.

Ding Guihua squatted down carefully, closed her eyes, and devoutly, placed her hands on the sand and chanted silently and aloud: "Collect, ah, collect, collect, collect, collect——"

I didn't feel any movement, so I continued to chant by groping: "Come, ah, come, sand, come, come, come--"

It seems that it still doesn't work. The imagined scene of flying sand and rocks did not appear, and the sound effect was even zero.

Ding Guihua opened her eyes a little disappointed.

This is - a river beach? Is it foggy? I can only see a few dozen meters away from me, the sandy land, the river beach, the frozen river water, and the other side of the river is all foggy and unclear. Behind me, where is my car?

Ding Guihua stood up with a cry. Oh my god, her precious new car was lost just after she got it and she hadn't even touched the steering wheel yet? She hadn't even completed the formal transfer procedures with Brother Wang!

With countless crazy thoughts swirling in her head, Ding Guihua ran wildly towards the general direction of the van. What was she running for? The familiar nightmare-like elastic wall feeling came again, and every charge would be bounced back to the original position again and again.

Ding Guihua was smart enough this time. After being bounced back twice, she figured out what was going on. This was her space, and her daughter said it was a bag that was good at camouflage.

But how did such a large piece of ice formed by river water get squeezed in?

"Get out! I want to go out!"

Everything outside seems to be the same as before. I look for the van first. If it's still there, that's good.

I took another good look at the sandy ground below me. It seemed that it had sunk, right? The altitude was a little low, and it seemed that there was a piece missing from the ice? Or was it just my imagination?

Ding Guihua ran back to the car like a thief, rolled up the window, made sure no one was paying attention, and silently said "go in".

There was no panic this time. There was even wisp of water vapor on the foggy river beach. In a moment, the ice that had just been brought in thawed. There was a "crackling" sound of ice breaking in the air. A white fish suddenly jumped out, and then fell back into the water with a "dong".

The elastic floor under my feet turned into fine sand. I grabbed a handful of it in my hand and it was solid as a rock.

The ice melted and the water was green. Ripples spread out on the surface of the water. The fish regained their mobility and swam happily. The air was fresh and there was no wind or rain. There was no sunlight but it was sufficient, and my whole body was warm.

The space was also much larger than before. Just as far as she could see, it must be several times larger, right? Several times more land, several times more water, several times more comfort and pleasure, just like that, all belonged to her?

How can you be so virtuous?

Ding Guihua went in and out, in and out, confirming and confirming again, until there was nothing left to confirm.

The van started off again, and with the first gear stepped on to the bottom, it felt like it was speeding at lightning speed.