One day in late August, several days after returning from the mountains, Li Long finally drove out again.
Gu Xiaoxia would be leaving in less than half a month, and the watermelons at home were nearly ready to harvest. Li Long reckoned the work making big brooms might come through in September too.
He had to take advantage of this gap to go out and get things done, lest he end up scrambling and unable to attend to everything.
Gu Xiaoxia also knew Li Long was busy all year round. Although she was already a state cadre, her thinking was still somewhat traditional: a man was the rake that brought in the money, so wasn't earning money outside the home only natural?
So she supported Li Long going out to take care of business. Li Long had also explained that he would be back in three days at most. If everything went smoothly, he would return tomorrow or the day after.
Comparing it with the Wuyi Highway, Li Long wanted to complain about the road from the township to the Fourth Team.
It was a dirt road with ditches dug along both sides. Some stretches usually had loose, powdery dirt, though walking on it was a little better, and it was a little better in winter too.
Rainy days were the worst. With light rain, people could just about travel normally, but heavy rain turned the entire road to mud. One step could leave two kilograms stuck to your feet. Students could only walk in the roadside ditches on their way to school, or they would be slowed down considerably.
Vehicles went without saying. If a tractor drove out from the team on a rainy day, both the driver and the vehicle would have become mud figures by the time