Chapter 39 Walking the "Road of the Rocking Boat" at night

In the evening, I walked to Shengli Village with Xiao Li, a teacher from Yaojiazhuang Primary School. He stopped in front of a wooden signboard that said "Small Store" that was almost covered in coal dust, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll buy a pack of cigarettes." As soon as we entered the door, we saw that there were miscellaneous things in the hut, the counter, tables and chairs were covered with a thick layer of dust, and there was no one in the whole room. Xiao Li calmed down and shouted loudly: "Someone stole something!" Suddenly a man stood up from behind the counter: unkempt, with dusty eyebrows, beard, hair, and coat, holding a dim flashlight in his hand, staring into a pair of startled eyes, and asked, "Where is that?"

Xiao Li laughed loudly, and then said: "Ninth Brother, buy a pack of 'Princess' cigarettes." The boss who was teased scolded while taking out the cigarette: "You boy, move me Tudouzi immediately - roll the ball!" "Ninth brother, look at you like that, why did you make yourself infertile, why did you make this store look like a bear?" Xiao Li said with a smile. "Oh, don't mention it, this dog's 'corner' can cause disasters to people, no, I'm looking for such a donkey fuck along these biscuit scum!" The "in the corner" he mentioned here is an authentic "local dialect" popular in the local market, and the "metaphor implies" is a mouse.

According to Xiao Li, the owner of this small store was really named Wang Desheng, and his father died of cerebral hemorrhage due to high blood pressure.Wang Desheng often has villagers who come to play chess and stay up late at night. Some people say that this is a "club" for everyone.Wang Desheng likes to be lively, and likes to have fun with everyone.In recent years, the cultural life of farmers in the village has been lacking. With the "field effect" of the small shop, every night, if everyone is free, they will come here to "report" on time after dinner. Now he himself suffers from high blood pressure, and carefully follows the instructions of the hospital doctor every day, he must "go to bed early and get up early" and "have a good rest".After Wang Desheng got sick, he made a rule: every day before 9:30, the door must be closed, and people gave him the nickname "9:30", so Xiao Li called him "Nine Brothers" just now.

After going out, we continued to walk eastward. On the dusty side of the road, we saw coal trucks with the words "Red Whirlwind" on their bodies speeding past from time to time. Xiao Li said that most of the local coal trucks are domestically produced. Although this kind of truck looks clumsy, it is very popular with local coal bosses because of its "powerfulness", "hauling more", and "running fast". Another kind of car is the "Red Whirlwind" just now. Due to the long time of shuttling in the world of soot, the style of "Red Whirlwind" is difficult for people to see clearly. People often call it "Black Whirlwind" vividly.

In order to highlight the practical functions of trucks, some domestic automobile manufacturers have launched a "special purpose vehicle" with high-end performance, complete configuration, and outstanding transportation functions in response to the current situation of the coal market in Shanxi. Its reputation is "the king of coal transportation". Going forward, there seemed to be less dust in the air, but the road conditions in front of us were getting worse and worse: on the entire road, there were big pits one foot deep next to each other. It's also strange that the size and distance of the pits seem to be artificially designed, and they are regularly distributed on the road.

"In the middle of the night, if someone walks on the road, he may even twist his waist. There is New York City in the United States, and Shanxi has a 'waist-twisting' road." Xiao Li said helplessly. At this time, it was just dark, but due to the dusty roadside, it gave people the feeling that the night had come earlier. Using the headlights, I could see that on both sides of the road was a mixture of "camel soil" interwoven with coal powder and dust that was more than half a foot above the road surface. "This is the result of being squeezed by the wheels for a long time." Xiao Li said while squatting down and turning over the mound by the roadside with a half branch.

The two of us "uphill" on the asphalt "flat road" for a while, "high jump" for a while, and "long jump" for a while. On the hillside in the distance, there are coal trucks climbing up and down from time to time. Some of them can't move anymore, so they rest on the flat ground on the side of the road, while others move forward slowly, panting and staring. , looming under the dusty sky.