书城外语阿米!走步!
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第58章 核!合!和!(44)

91.On the upper land in the middle ridge,Cai was still chasing after Huang,who was then lowering his head panting and keeping shouting out,"Run for it!He's coming!" Cai,on the other hand,bearing a black face,kept his head held high and ran after Huang almost out of his breath.He was a big guy with strong body,but the circling around did drain his strength much more.Still and all,upholding the club,he kept running and beating gently the sturdy tree trunk with the words coming out repeatedly of his mouth,"Run for it!" "Run for it!" When spotting the red ropes and strips attached fully to the tree and founding that Duode,Huode,"Wu Wang Sun" stood by the side counting carefully the number of turns Cai and Huang had made,Qiang did eventually figure it out: The two old guys were not at all quarreling or fighting at the moment,instead,they were,on another occasion and in another form,celebrating the completion of the new teaching building with a best-known local convention——"Da Zai Gui",in an attempt to pray for good health and favorable weather,and fight off the evil spirits and ailments.

92.Upon seeing Qiang and his colleagues,Cai stopped instantly.He put down the club,gasping raggedly,"I'm old and declined,and I can run no further.What a pity!I have to give in to old age!Actually,I would be able to run a hundred circles without stopping if I were in ten years ago,let along forty years." As soon as the remark popped out,Cai was bumped right into from his back by Huang who was still running around the tree blindly,and was thus nearly falling flop on his face.Still in the same moment,Mr.Qiang hastened to advance a few paces to have both Cai and Huang supported.Clasping the hands of the two guys,he enthused gratefully,"You have had a hectic day!On behalf of the whole county,I express my sincere solicitude to you.Since it is under your leadership and with the painstaking work you've done,that the rebuilding work here is going on in full swing,and our first victory in rebuilding homestead has been achieved within only two months.So again,let me take this opportunity to express our congratulations on and heartfelt thanks for your work!" Upon hearing these,Cai and Huang were both moved into tears and choking with sobs.Quite embarrassing,Qiang asked with a smile,"Who's going to treat me braised pork?I mean what's your contest turned out to be?" Cai led off by answering up,"I didn't lose anyway!" " I has won undoubtedly this time in the rebuilding contest,for Cai fired the firecrackers betokening victory before he had finished his work.He not only lost the game,but violated the rule as well!"interrupted Huang hastily."I didn't lose anyway!"argued Cai loudly.Huang took hold of Qiang's arm with one hand,and with another,grabbed hold of Cai's arm,and said excitedly,"Seeing is believing!Verbal statements are no guarantee!County head,let's go to check his house out and then my house,so everything will be clear!"

93.For County head's sake,Cai tried hard to behave,and said incessantly,"Easy,man!Easy!And please you keep your hands to yourself.Ok?" Unwilling to move,Cai was frozen in his steps.The more Cai was unwilling to move,the more unforgiving Huang was,and vice versa.Making out something queer,Mr.Qiang provoked Cai on purpose,"Village head!Wouldn't his idea be all right with you?What on earth worries you so much?It doesn't matter who win or who lose,and either it's not too big a thing to visit the new houses since you fellows are already so acquainted with each other." Realizing that there was no way out,Cai did nothing but followed Qiang and Huang way home reluctantly. On the way back,Cai briefed Qiang whenever they passed by a new building,"This is the building of the ‘five-guarantees' family,and the construction work is drawing to an end.It is to be completed within 10 days.The two-storey building over there belonging to disabled migrant worker Fan Bin is exactly the same as this one not only in the structure but the construction schedule as well." "Another contest is said to be taking place here?" asked Qiang."That's a woman's deal,let's just leave it!" answered Cai with a smile,"Both these two buildings are financed fully by the village and the owners are guaranteed to move into the new buildings before winter comes." Huang just couldn't wait to accompany Huang to see the new house of Cai.Cai,however,took his time perfectly and went on by fits and starts.In impotent fury,Huang kept winking at Cai to speed up.But Cai pretended not to get the hint,and still he briefed Qiang and his colleagues slowly and patiently,sometimes with gestures.Huang was furious all the more and took the chance to give Cai a violent shove when Qiang and his people were hanging on Cai's commentary.In fact,these actions didn't escape Qiang who then said tactfully,"Let's now make for the new house of Cai Danian and conduct the brief later." The words were really a shot in the arm to Huang,and triumphantly,he led the way ahead,his mouth uttered,"Hurry up!Hurry up!..."

94.Soon after,they have passed Xiaoshanwan,from which the new building of Cai was caught right in the eye from afar——it's a three-storey white building with red edge.And there was in every floor five rooms.The set of cornice double doors in bright red,with red tiles covered atop,surrounded perfectly by a white bounding wall,was standing erect breathing antique beauty and somewhat prosperity.Out of sheer admiration,Mr.County head improvised a poem:

We have built our home warm and beautiful,

Marble walls,vermilion tiles and vaulting eave.

Bidding farewell to the poverty for a happy life.

Why not come and see,and you will believe?