Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I want to go to the moon

Less than half an hour after Xu Damao left, a truck carrying seven or eight people drove towards Qinjiatun, but after driving for almost an hour, there was no sign of Xu Damao.

One of them said, "That shouldn't be the case. That guy was riding a bicycle, and we were driving. How come there was no one on the road?"

The driver was silent for a long time: "Maybe he took the wrong road. Since we can't stop him, let's find a place to hide first. When he shows a movie at night, there will be many people around, and then we can sneak into the village."

"Then we'll strike when the people have dispersed. It should be almost dawn by then. We'll kill them and leave without anyone noticing."

"Xiao Si, you are also from Xingshou Commune, do you know any place where we can hide people?"

"There is a place behind the mountain in Qinjiatun. It's winter now and not many people go up the mountain. There is a dry river at the foot of the mountain. We can sneak over there at night."

"That's it!"

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However, Xu Damao went directly north. He wanted to dig black soil in the three northeastern provinces, not Qinjiatun in the northwest. It was a completely different direction from these people!

The three northeastern provinces refer to Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, but Inner Mongolia must also be added as a province where black soil is distributed.

Among them, the place with black soil and closest to the old city should be Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia, and then the Liaohe Plain in Liaoning. If Xu Damao had not read the information in the library before, it is very likely that he would have headed directly to Heilongjiang now.

He went to the train station to ask how long it would take to get to Shenyang. It was 600 hours for a distance of 20km, which is about 30km/h. Moreover, there were no buses until the evening, and he also needed a letter of introduction from his employer.

As for the trains to Chifeng or Liaohe...it's even harder to wait and you have to transfer.

To put it bluntly, Xu Damao rides a bicycle faster than this!

But the road is not easy.

So, after much thought, Xu Damao decided to ride his bike by himself!

Because you don’t have a letter of introduction to go abroad?

Xu Damao usually lived directly in the commune team, and he showed movies to the communes around the old city, so he didn't need a letter of introduction.

He can only ride!

A journey of a thousand miles alone!

In 1959, I traveled across China on a -inch bicycle from Sijiucheng to Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Tell me, isn’t that awesome?

Moreover, it looked like he was going to show a movie, so no one stopped him to ask questions and he had a smooth journey!

It’s just a little troublesome, you have to ask for directions.

There were no satellites in the sky at that time, and he didn't have a GPS phone or anything like that, he didn't even have a compass or a map, so he could only ask for directions.

"My fellow, can I ask, is this the direction to go to Inner Mongolia?"

"Inner Mongolia? This is Miyun Reservoir! What are you doing in Inner Mongolia?"

"I'm going to put on a movie."

"Are you fucking sick?!"

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"My fellow countryman, where is this? Is this the way to Inner Mongolia?"

"This is Chengde! Inner Mongolia is so far away. What are you going to do in Inner Mongolia?"

"…show a movie…"

"You're crazy... Don't you know how to take a train? Which unit are you from? Hey hey hey hey - don't run!"

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"Fellow countryman, this is Inner Mongolia, right? Where is Chifeng City?"

"This is Saihanba! Chifeng is to the east! It's more than 100 kilometers away! What are you doing in Chifeng? Are you begging for food?"

Xu Damao looked at his clothes that were tattered, his hair that was disheveled from riding too fast, his face that was covered in dust, and even the third wheel of his bicycle that had just burst (he had found a repair shop and bought a few spare tires before leaving the city), which had already been put into the space - he really looked like a beggar.

Damn it - I was careless and ran in the wrong direction!

"Yes, I'm going to Chifeng to beg for food. Thank you, fellow villagers!"

So Xu Damao threw his arms around and started running, and his speed left the fellow villager stunned.

"Fuck! So fast? It's much faster than a normal person—"

"He's Superman!"

Finally, from 9:9 in the morning, riding and running until 4:5 in the evening, Xu Damao paid for 20 tires, 100 pairs of shoes, 1 bowls of ramen, more than white steamed buns, ton of lake water from Beihai Park, countless noodle nests and fried dough sticks, an uncounted amount of dried fish, and fruits, and finally ran to Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia...

"Fuck! Fuck! Am I a fucking slut?"

"Isn't it better to take the train? If that doesn't work, then hijacking the train is fine."

“Why do I have to ride and run?!”

"I've consumed half of my stock?!"

"How much does a train ticket cost? What a loss - such a huge loss..."

He lay on the ground, panting and complaining to himself, but he also understood that without a letter of introduction, it would be very troublesome for him to take the train. Hitchhiking on the train was an option, but he would have to move around a lot and would be easily exposed.

"Next time I get points, I'm going to modify my bike! Or get a motorcycle!"

After resting for a long time, Xu Damao finally caught his breath.

How to say it, this kind of complete discharge is also good for Xu Damao. It allows him to break through his own limits in the process of continuous running. Xu Damao feels that his upper limit has been raised again and his patience has also increased a lot.

First he ate and drank his fill, then he looked around where he was, which was a wasteland outside the city. It was pitch black and uninhabited, but the soil on the ground was indeed black soil.

Then, Xu Damao started digging directly. He had to fill the soil today!

There were still 200 cubic meters of vacant space, but Xu Damao always felt that it was not enough, so he decided to dig a small pond first.

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At this time, outside the Sijiu City, on the back mountain of Qinjiatun.

"That's weird. I haven't seen any movies shown in the village. There's no light at all?"

"Is it a mistake?"

The leader bit the short tree root in his mouth and said to everyone, "Never mind, let's go over and see the situation first. It's possible that we can rest today and release it tomorrow!"

"Everyone knows what kind of person the projectionist is. He takes bribes. Let's eat and drink our fill first. If he gets drunk, it's not impossible for him to show the movie the next day!"

"Let's get closer and check out the situation!"

So, a few people quietly went down the mountain and followed the dry river ditch towards the village.

Because they had to avoid people, they neither smoked nor lit torches or flashlights. They just groped their way forward relying on the little moonlight. It was now 1 o'clock in the evening of January 13th, and the moon was a crescent moon between the new moon and the first quarter moon. There was only a little light on the edge, and it was impossible to see clearly at all.

They hadn't walked far when the people in front of them fell down like gourds rolling on the ground. The people behind them didn't know why and fell in with them.

"I'm RNM? Who the hell is so wicked! Digging a hole in the middle of the river?!"

"What the hell is wrong with your brain?"

Everyone fell into the big pit dug by Xu Damao!

No one ran away!