fictionpage Chapter 19 Town
Chapter 19 Town
The next day, early in the morning...
Boom~
Sun Ran sat in the car and turned the key. As the car started, the engine roared.
The sound was quite loud, and the driver seemed to be breathing heavily, but there was nothing that could be done about it, as it was an old car that was almost ten years old.
A 15 domestically produced pickup truck with a 6-speed manual transmission and a 2.0T diesel engine.
There's no continuous large screen, no smart cockpit, and no intelligent driving features.
The car does have a built-in navigation system, but I haven't used it much since I bought it. I mostly use maps on my phone.
The interior is also a bit rough, mostly made of hard plastic at first glance.
But these things aren't a big deal. As long as it's usable for running errands at home, carrying things, or for people to sit on, it's fine.
The reason this old vehicle hasn't been replaced is because it's always been used as a work vehicle, for hauling things in the fields and such.
He felt bad about using a new car, so Sun Bolang was too lazy to change it and has been driving it ever since.
However, this car is quite sturdy and durable, and it hasn't had any major problems in seven or eight years.
"Mom, check if Ping'an and An'an have their seatbelts fastened."
After pressing the clutch and getting used to shifting gears, Sun Ran turned around and asked Zhou Yue'e, who was sitting in the back seat.
When he mentioned going to the city during dinner yesterday, Sun An'an couldn't sit still and eagerly expressed her desire to go to the city to play as well.
That's normal; kids love excitement, but the village isn't exactly great in that respect.
Although other families also had children left behind, there weren't many of them, and even fewer who were close enough to play together.
It's a little better that the two little ones are twins, otherwise they would be even more lonely.
The little ones helped a lot during the busy farming season a couple of days ago, so neither Zhou Yue'e nor Sun Ran could bear to refuse their small request.
The fishing season in the East China Sea just started on August 1st, and swimming crabs are now in season and freshly available.
So when the family sat down at the dinner table and thought about it, Zhou Yue'e simply made the decision: let's all go to the city for a trip.
He would drive to a busy shopping mall to drop the person off first, and then go to Wang Jun to handle his business.
His mother, Zhou Yue'e, took the two little ones to play for a while before going to Nonggang City to buy some seafood.
Once everything is settled on both sides, we can meet up at a designated place to go home, which will save us time.
So today the car was packed with a family of four, and the two little ones were dressed up beautifully.
Especially the little girl.
She wore a bright yellow dress, small leather shoes, and her hair was tied into small braids with colorful hair ties.
With that round little face and a pair of big, dark eyes, she's just too adorable.
I'm usually too mischievous and spend a lot of time outside in the sun, which has made my skin a bit dark; otherwise, I would really look like a doll.
"Everything's ready. Did you bring everything?"
Zhou Yue'e bent down to check the seat belts of the two little ones on either side again, and after confirming that there was no problem, she looked up and asked a question.
Sun Ran glanced at the passenger seat and nodded: "Yes, it's been checked before. Let's set off now."
"Let's go! An'an wants to play in the ball pit, play the claw machine, and eat ice cream and KFC!"
Before Zhou Yue'e could speak, the little girl beside her couldn't sit still any longer and excitedly shouted as she raised her little hand.
If it weren't for the seatbelt holding me back, I probably would have jumped up right away.
Although Sun Ping wasn't as excited as her, her little face was also flushed.
It seems the little guy had a lot of fun going to the city.
"Okay, let's go then."
Sun Ran smiled and said, reached out to shift gears, lifted his foot to release the clutch, and with the right foot sinking and the left foot releasing halfway through the engagement, the vehicle slowly started moving.
"Xiaoling, Xiaoling, I'm going to the city to play today!"
"Hello Grandma Jiang, we're heading to the city now, goodbye~"
……
The car moved slowly along the village road. After driving only a hundred meters or so, the little girl had already stuck her head out of the car window and greeted five or six people enthusiastically.
Her smug expression, as if she wanted the whole world to know she was going to the city, made Sun Ran, who was driving in the front, wish the car window was one-way.
What a shame!
If the roads in the village weren't so narrow, and if he didn't have to go down the mountain, he would have loved to floor the accelerator and rev it to 6,000 RPM!
"Sit still, and don't stick your head out! Otherwise, I won't take you to KFC for lunch!"
Fortunately, his mother, Zhou Yue'e, couldn't stand it anymore in the back seat. Her face darkened and she spoke up, which finally calmed the little girl down.
I lightly pressed the accelerator, drove out of the village, and then...
Upshifting, downshifting, braking...
If there's anything wrong with this old car, it's the manual transmission.
Especially the mountain roads leading in and out of the village, basically while driving on these roads, Sun Ran was constantly pressing the clutch and shifting gears, which exhausted him quite a bit.
The whole family was in the car, and the mountain road was narrow and winding, so he didn't dare to speed up.
Fortunately, there weren't many other cars on the road, so we drove slowly forward, letting him get used to the car.
And so, amidst the occasional exclamations of surprise from the little girl behind them, they drove for more than twenty minutes along the mountain road leading out of the village all the way to the town at the foot of the mountain.
wow...
The car had only been in town for a short time when everyone on board felt as if they had entered another world.
Outside the car window, a lively and bustling atmosphere filled the air.
It was only a six or seven-kilometer drive on the mountain road, but at that moment it felt like a different world.
The two adults weren't too bothered, but the two children were genuinely excited.
Sun An'an pushed her face against the car window with her little hands, her big eyes fixed on the breakfast stalls along the roadside, not even blinking.
Little Sun Ping wasn't much better off; he kept turning his head left and right, looking around busily.
yah~
A series of bubbling sounds rang out from the hot oil.
Clang~
The spatula clashed against the iron wok, creating a series of metallic symphonies.
The sounds of vendors hawking their wares and asking prices filled the air, along with the aroma of meat, cooking oil, and wisps of smoke rising from the stove.
Slurp~
"An'an is so hungry~"
Sun An'an finally couldn't hold back any longer on the bus.
She sat down with a long face, raised her hand to touch her tummy, and began to complain: "An'an hasn't had breakfast yet today~"
"But you're still going to eat KFC, aren't you? If you eat breakfast now, will you still be able to eat lunch later?"
Sun Ran, who was driving in front, couldn't help but tease her.
"ah?!"
The little girl was stunned when she heard this.
Oh yeah, I'm going to eat KFC again today.
What should we do then?
An An has been craving KFC for so long, but all the other delicious food outside smells so good too! How am I supposed to choose?
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. Her eyes welled up with tears, and the corners of her mouth drooped down as if she were about to shed a tear.
Snapped!
Zhou Yue'e slapped her son's arm: "Why are you teasing her again? She finally got to come out and have some fun, and you had to make her cry, didn't you?"
He turned his head, hugged the little girl, and started coaxing her again: "An'an, you silly girl, you didn't eat lunch after breakfast?!"
Ugh?
Sun An'an was taken aback. "That's right!"
You can eat breakfast first and then lunch!
"That stinky uncle lied to An'an again!"
The little girl, feeling both ashamed and angry, looked up and raised her little fist at Sun Ran.
With a wrinkled nose and showing her little tiger teeth, she looks fierce in a cute way.
This made Sun Ran burst into laughter. He quickly found a place to park the car and carried her out.
Other things are fine, but if I don't appease her about meals, she can be angry all day!
Stir-fried rice noodles, stuffed rice cakes, pickled shrimp, ginger soup noodles, wheat shrimp, rice cake rolls...
Walking along the street, the local delicacies sold at the breakfast stalls on both sides made not only the two little ones but also Sun Ran drool the whole way.
After all, I couldn't eat these things when I was studying away from home, so it's hard not to be tempted when I see them now.
However, he became somewhat conflicted when he started craving it.
With so many delicious foods, which one should I eat today?
Looking left and right, walking and thinking, I suddenly developed decision paralysis.
As he walked, he suddenly felt his hand become heavy.
He turned around and saw Sun An'an holding his hand, squatting by the roadside.
There was a big yellow dog in front of me.
In front of the yellow dog was a broken bowl, half of which was broken.
The bowl contains half a piece of inlaid cake.
The little girl slurped her saliva, staring intently at the broken bowl, muttering to herself.
"It smells so good! An'an is so hungry. The dogs get to eat their fill, but An'an just goes hungry..."