Qin Xiaobao is over ten years old this year, but he is not small at all. He is already over 1.5 meters tall and not thin at all. It seems that the little guy usually has a very good diet.

"Go ahead, just play in front of your house. Just don't go too far." Liu Ping'an looked at his impatient face and smiled.

Qin Xiaobao was waiting for his elder brother Liu to say this, so he said, "I know." Then he pushed his bicycle out, forgetting about his elder brother Liu Ping'an and not caring about what Liu Ping'an wanted to see his father about.

Just as Xiaobao pushed his bicycle out, an old voice came from Qin Dazhuang's house: "It's Ping An. Are you here to collect supplies again?"

Liu Pingan looked over and saw an old lady with bound feet. This was Qin Dazhuang's mother. She was standing at the door with a cane. Maybe she heard someone coming to her house and came out to take a look.

"Grandma Qin, your legs are not convenient for you, just sit down and take a rest. Don't worry about my matter."

"Oh, my feet are all the result of that evil old society." He stopped talking halfway and finally sighed: "The society today is still better!"

To be honest, foot binding is something that can only be seen among old ladies nowadays, mostly those living in cities. The deaf old lady in the No. 95 slum is an old lady with bound feet.

But in the countryside, there are not so many requirements. If you really bind your feet, who will go to work in the fields? Those who can bind their feet are basically from well-off families. It seems that Qin Dazhuang's ancestors did have some, but not much. Otherwise, Qin Dazhuang would not be the village chief at this time. If there were really many, it would be good if he didn't approve of you.

"When will Uncle Dazhuang come back?" Liu Ping'an asked after helping the old man sit down.

"I don't know the details. Maybe I can't come back until dark."

"Don't worry about him. If you are tired, just rest at home for a while and go to sleep in the house. I will wake you up when Dazhuang comes back."

"No need. I came here with an empty bike, so it's not tiring to ride. I don't have anything to do, so I'll go for a walk around the reservoir. I've been to our village so many times, but I've never been to the reservoir." Liu Ping'an hurriedly refused. He was not used to sleeping in other people's homes at all.

It's okay to be a guest, just rest, but I'm afraid of bothering the family. This hospitable family basically does nothing, just hangs around you all day, which is a bit embarrassing; if they don't welcome you, they always look at you with a sullen face, and it's common for the couple to quarrel, which is even worse.

"Our village depends on this reservoir for food this year. Otherwise, with this weather, the summer crops would have died of drought. I heard that many villages around Sijiu City have not had good harvests. Fortunately, our village has a reservoir."

"After the autumn harvest, the rainy season is coming, so Dazhuang took the farmers in the village to inspect the reservoir and catch some fish in the reservoir. This way, everyone can have a good year. If the reservoir freezes in the winter, it will be difficult to catch fish."

I was so lucky that I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest today. It seems that I can only go to the following villages another day. Although my 28-meter-long fishing rod can hold a lot of fish, it can't hold all the fish I caught in the reservoir this time.

In the end, just like last year, we had to ask the people from Qinjia Village to help send the fish to the steel mill.

"That's great, but I'll have to trouble Uncle Dazhuang and the others to deliver the fish to the city. I can't carry so much cargo by myself." Liu Ping'an said happily.

But this is a bit embarrassing. I can't leave today. Even if the dam is overhauled, it will take at least one or two days to catch the fish. I just said that I don't like to stay overnight at other people's homes, and now I've been slapped in the face.

It turns out that this flag cannot be set up casually, but fortunately Qin Dazhuang's family are all nice people. As long as I don't feel embarrassed, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Okay, you sit down and rest first, I'll go to the reservoir to take a look."

After chatting with the old man for a while, Liu Ping'an stood up and said goodbye, wanting to go and see how things were going at the Qinjia Village Reservoir.

If the maintenance work had just started today, or if there was any problem with the dam, he would ride his bicycle to other villages to purchase supplies, and Qinjia Village would be scheduled for another day.

This is the case with reservoir dams. Even today’s reinforced concrete dams have problems every year, and it takes a lot of money and manpower to maintain them. Again, there are no riverbanks as solid as iron in this world. They are all patched up and used as is.

"Okay, I'll let Xiaobao take you there." After the old lady said this to Liu Ping'an, she shouted a few words loudly outside the door: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao."

After a while, Qin Xiaobao appeared at his doorstep on Liu Ping'an's reinforced Forever-28. He looked like he was learning the moves quite well, but there was a lot of dust on his trouser legs and body, and it seemed that he had fallen a lot just now.

Just when Liu Ping'an had just finished praising Qin Xiaobao for learning to ride a bicycle quickly, this guy rode his bicycle towards where Liu Ping'an and his grandmother were sitting, with no intention of stopping at all.

Liu Ping'an was very strong at this moment and could kill a cow with one punch, so he was naturally not afraid. However, Qin Xiaobao's grandmother was an elderly person and could not withstand such a toss.

Immediately, Liu Ping'an stood up and walked quickly to the front of Qin Xiaobao's bicycle. He grabbed the front of the bicycle tightly with one hand, and steadily stopped his bicycle with Qin Xiaobao, who was pedaling with both feet. He performed a one-handed bicycle stopping show for everyone, but unfortunately no one was watching.

After parking the bicycle, Liu Ping'an went around to the side and lifted up Qin Xiaobao, who was still pedaling, with his other hand, also with one hand.

Grab the collar at the back of your neck and start walking.

After the job was done, the guy was still flapping his feet in the air, waving his claws and teeth, just like a monkey, which was very funny. Finally, Liu Ping'an landed him steadily, and the guy finally came to his senses, thinking of his confusing operation just now, and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"What's the matter with you kid? Do you want to kill me so that you can inherit my bike?"

"No, how could that be?" Qin Xiaobao lowered his head and said in a low voice.

After all, he is still a child, thin-skinned, and at the age of being proud, he has a strong sense of shame. It is normal that he can't follow Liu Ping'an's joke.

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