Chapter 148

Ning Chen woke up, checked the time, and found it was not yet five o'clock.

But his right eyelid was twitching badly.

He could never have imagined.

In a little while, a few hours later.

When he arrived at that ginkgo village, what a scene he would witness!

104. (5/10) As long as this socially anxious person isn't awkward, the awkwardness will ultimately fall on normal humans! (Requesting monthly tickets and self-subscriptions)

It was seven thirty in the morning.

Teacher Yao Shu had already been waiting at the township bus station in Shanghuai for nearly an hour.

The morning mist was heavy.

In the distance, it was hazy, finally.

From far away, two headlights were seen.

Piercing through the mist.

A huge black RV began to emerge from the distant road.

Yao Shu did not expect to see such a leviathan.

For a moment, she did not even think, "This is Mr. Ning's vehicle."

Until this black RV drove closer.

Stopped, and so, waited a few more minutes.

Then, Yao Shu's phone rang.

She picked it up to answer.

The people in the car saw it and thus determined it was her.

The horn beeped twice.

Only then did Yao Shu realize.

So, that Mr. was actually driving this big RV!

Yao Shu stared with wide eyes at the RV.

The window rolled down, and a man poked his head out, "Get in."

Yao Shu looked at the man in the car.

"Are you that Mr. Ning?"

The person in the car nodded.

"I really didn't expect you to come driving such a big thing!" Yao Shu laughed.

"But, it might not be able to enter the village; the roads in the village are too narrow, your car won't pass easily, and there is also a dam where the road is very narrow," Yao Shu said.

"It's fine, just park wherever we can," the person in the car said.

The passenger-side door opened.

Yao Shu climbed into the big RV.

After sitting down, she fastened her seatbelt.

The RV started again.

Yao Shu naturally had to express words of gratitude and the like.

This Mr. Ning beside her.

Was listening, hearing the words of thanks.

He usually just hummed or said "it's nothing."

Beyond that, there were no other words.

Later, Yao Shu had nothing to say.

She vaguely felt that this Mr. beside her had a very introverted personality.

She didn't know if he had always been like this.

Or whether it was the matter of his fiancée two years ago that caused him to become like this now.

Fortunately, since he was driving, the speed was much faster.

When they arrived at the dam Yao Shu had mentioned.

On the dam was a road that was not wide.

"We can only stop here; at least there is an open space here. Your car is too big to cross that dam," Yao Shu said, raising her hand to unbuckle her seatbelt.

Ning Chen also raised his hand to unbuckle his seatbelt.

Then, he raised his hand to take his backpack.

After getting out of the car, Yao Shu led the way.

Up the road on the dam.

After crossing the dam, the ginkgo village could be seen from afar.

The ginkgo village, overall, was originally a good place.

Facing the large reservoir in front.

The scenery of the reservoir was nice, but unfortunately, it was just a reservoir with no development; the reservoir had long been left wild, with bushes and weeds several meters high growing everywhere.

Gazing across the reservoir.

One could see a small village nestled against the side of the mountains behind.

And on the mountains were wild ginkgo trees covering the entire slopes.

In this season, although it is in the southwest region, it was already a pale yellow.

All in all, it sits with mountains behind and water before it.

It's hard to associate the words "impoverished village" with this place.

Eight-twenty.

At the entrance of Ginkgo Village.

Old Party Secretary Chen Liu, the old man, leading a large group of villagers.

Standing at the village entrance.

Gazing off into the distance toward this side.

At last, he saw Teacher Yao Shu and a man carrying a backpack coming up onto the dam.

The moment he saw this, the old Party Secretary turned around.

"They're here, they're here! They're here!"

"Everyone pay attention! They're here!"

"Remember this — when the time comes, everyone has to clap really enthusiastically! Clap hard! You hear me?!"

"Heard!" the villagers behind him said in unison.

"Right! Er Gou's Third Aunt — the things you prepared for them are all good, right?"

"Leave it to me, don't you worry! I picked the roundest eggs from the prettiest hens! There definitely won't be any problem. It's just that right now I feel so nervous, my heart's pounding… they're coming all this way specifically to buy our stuff!"

"Xu family's little girl, you've got to keep a good memory of your task!"

"I've got it memorized! I'll bring the kids along properly, and when the time comes we'll sing really well!"

"And that one — Zhuzi's daddy, the cigarettes and alcohol and such are fine, right?"

"Need you even ask?! The cigarettes are good, the liquor's good too! It's just that I'm afraid…"

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm really afraid, I mean if I give it to them and they don't want it, what do I do?! I get so nervous I can't even talk…"

"Just give it to them! Whether they want it or not is their business; whether we do it or not is ours! Besides, a Mr. who's come all the way from the city — how could he not understand us country folk?"

"…"

In the distance.

Yao Shu and Ning Chen, the two of them.

At last, arrived at the village entrance.

Ning Chen looked toward the village entrance.

There really were quite a lot of people.

This made him a bit uncomfortable.

He didn't like crowded places.