"Everyone, listen up!" Lin Xiang shouted loudly on the bustling street, "I was walking along pushing my bicycle properly, and he suddenly rushed out, crashed into my bike without a word, bent my bicycle wheel, and now he’s accusing of hitting him and refuses to get up from the ground! Can you all judge this for !"
Although there were no surveillance caras on the street, there were many passersby. If she just rode away indifferently, and the old man shouted, so enthusiastic bystanders could stop her, and then she would truly have a hard ti explaining herself.
This is also why Lin Xiang didn’t leave the "scene of the accident" imdiately.
However, it didn’t stop her from lying through her teeth. Whether the bicycle was ridden or pushed, who cares about such nuances?
The old man clearly didn’t expect Lin Xiang to be so shaless. He pointed at Lin Xiang’s nose and cursed, "How can you twist the truth like this, young girl? It was clearly you who hit , yet you say I hit your bike?"
Lin Xiang blinked her round eyes, "Huh? Didn’t you just say yourself, that you hit my bicycle tire?"
She didn’t give the old man a chance to reply and asked the onlookers around, "Everyone, you heard it just now, didn’t you? He said himself that he hit my bicycle tire, right?"
Being nosy is etched in the genes of the people in Hua Country, so as soon as the old man lay down on the ground, a crowd gathered around for the spectacle.
What he said was naturally overheard by others.
"Poor my bicycle." Lin Xiang covered her eyes with her hand, sniffing, "Our team saved money for a long ti to buy these two bicycles, and today I encountered an accident scene. How am I going to explain this to the team leader when I get back!"
Bicycles were a rare sight in the seventies, and so bystanders were initially jealous that Lin Xiang, so young, was riding a bicycle. But as soon as they heard it’s a collective asset, they turned supportive and spoke up for Lin Xiang.
"This comrade is right, you just said yourself that you hit the bicycle, you can’t back out now."
"Exactly! A bicycle is expensive, not to ntion needing an industrial ticket to buy. You bent her bicycle wheel, and now you accuse her of hitting you?"
"Old man, you are behaving quite improperly. That’s unacceptable!"
For the first ti, the old man experienced what it ans to be left with no words to defend himself.
He glared fiercely at Lin Xiang, who was smiling back at him.
"It might have been a misunderstanding, she didn’t hit , I carelessly lost my footing and fell."
"Ah, once a person reaches a certain age, the body is full of ailnts. It’s also my fault for not explaining clearly earlier, causing this young comrade to misunderstand ."
This excuse was flimsy at best, but given that the other party took the initiative to offer a way out, should she insist on arguing relentlessly?
"Old man, misunderstandings don’t affect us as long as we speak clearly. And here, your shoe, please wear it quickly; catching a cold would be bad."
Old man: Who took off my shoe, don’t you have any idea?
He put on his shoe with grumbles and curses as he left.
Lin Xiang politely thanked those who spoke for her one by one.
"Nowadays, scams are endless; everyone needs to be cautious. When encountering sothing, identify carefully if it’s a scam or if soone is truly hard."
"This young comrade is right; last ti I was on a unit’s bicycle ride to shop and was falsely accused by an old lady of hitting her, I had to pay a dollar before I could leave!"
"A dollar? The money cos fast!"
Seeing everyone discussing the matter, Lin Xiang laughed and walked away pushing her bicycle.
She was anxious to get back.
Not far away, in a military vehicle, a dignified middle-aged man asked the person in the back seat, "Is this the young comrade that Secretary Wu praised, Lin Xiang?"
Secretary Wang imdiately responded, "Yes, sir, that’s her. She not only can make Western cuisine that foreign guests complint, but she also speaks fluent foreign languages. Our Mianyang Town managed to secure the first foreign exchange order from Ji City thanks to Lin Xiang acting as the translator."
"Lihua Team? Surna Lin?"
"Yes, she’s from the Lihua Team!"
The middle-aged man’s eyes flickered, "Let’s head back."
Just as the car engine started, Lin Xiang was riding her bicycle past the passenger side window, and the middle-aged man couldn’t help but take another look at her.
She seed like a lively young girl with a sharp tongue!
At the onset of winter, the daylight was getting shorter, and by the ti Lin Xiang rode her bicycle back to the Lihua Team, it was already dusk.
She first went to the team office to return the bicycle, as usual, paying five cents in rental fees.
Accountant Xu only accepted two cents.
"Five cents is the price for renting a whole day, you only rented for about three hours, it’s not right to charge five cents."
If this precedent started, renting for half a day would also cost five cents, and the team leaders might be silently criticized by villagers behind their backs.
Since she could save money, Lin Xiang obviously wouldn’t foolishly refuse it, and after thanking Accountant Xu, she went ho with her purchases.
On the way, she was stopped by the aunts exchanging information at the village entrance.
"Hey, girl, just back from town? What good things have you bought, let your auntie take a look." As she spoke, she ca to snatch the net bag from Lin Xiang’s hand.
Lin Xiang deftly avoided her, leaving the aunt’s hand empty, her expression not very pleasant, she pouted, "You just bought so things, is it necessary to guard us like this?"
"Aunt Lu, a few days ago I saw you returning from town carrying two large burlap bags. What good stuff do you have in there?"
"What good stuff? Nothing at all! Do you think everyone can be like you, appearing in front of the town leaders and bringing good things ho?"
Lin Xiang remained unperturbed, smiling as she replied, "You’re right, being presentable in front of leaders does have its benefits. The town leader said that since I am so smart and learn quickly, they suggest I start the new school term at Town First Middle School to learn more cultural knowledge and serve the organization better."
"Auntie, your Xingzi is about the sa age as , which is a great age to absorb knowledge. Why not let Xingzi go to school with ?"
Aunt Lu replied testily, "Is schooling free? Besides, if she’s gone, who would do the housework at ho?"
"I think Aunt Lu, in this regard, you can’t compare with my mom. When my mom heard that the leaders gave a chance to return to school, she insisted that I go study, saying only by studying and getting into a good university can one make a na for oneself, otherwise, you’ll end up doing housework and farm work all your life."
"How co, having daughters, the gap between you and our Zhao Xiuli comrade is so wide?"
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