If you cut in, you will get hit. Do you call this a driving school instructor?

Jiaowang Village is located in the urban village of the county. Due to the village renovation project, the rebuilt residential area is also located on the edge of the county.

Yu Jie's house is located on the west side of the community, so Gu Yin took the west gate. There is a small road leading to the county town from here, which passes through a village and is at least two or three kilometers shorter, so there is no need to go around on the main road. Gu Yin, a local who grew up here, is very familiar with this road, so he drove directly in that direction.

"Everything here is built really well..."

Looking at the neat farmland on the plain and the distant villages along the way, I couldn't help but sigh.

“Yes,” Yu Jie nodded and said, “Now everyone’s living conditions are much better. People living in the village have all built two-story houses. It’s much better than when we were here.”

They were all poor when they were young. In those days before the real estate boom, it was hard to make money. Everyone, big and small, was poor. People in towns were struggling, let alone people in villages.

Yu Jie's family lives in an urban village, which is fine, but Gu Yin's family used to live in a village where there were all those mud-brick houses, I'm not kidding.

Look at the new rural areas now...

Almost every household has built a small two-story house, and the row of self-built houses is so enviable.

“Sometimes I actually envy this kind of house,” Gu Yin said. “You can occasionally meet up with friends, have a barbecue in the yard or on the roof, chat and drink beer in the summer. How wonderful that would be.”

He still remembers the days when he lived in his hometown. In the summer, he would buy watermelons and put them in a water tank instead of putting them in the refrigerator. That coolness was something that the refrigerator could never replace.

What he disliked most about his rural hometown used to be the dry toilets, but now many rural areas have built septic tanks, which are the flush type, and they are actually quite clean after some cleaning.

A well-built two-story house can be just as good as a villa.

“Indeed.” Yu Jie looked at the small buildings in the village in the distance and said with a touch of emotion, “Our generation has basically lost all of our family’s land.”

Tell me a joke...

In an era when people couldn't get enough to eat, a landlord bought a piece of land from a peasant with a single steamed bun.

Relocation and demolition may seem glamorous, but in reality, your land is given to someone else. This generation may get some money, but what about the next generation?

What about the generation after that?

Having land ensures you won't starve; without land, if you can't make money, you'll truly be left with nothing but the northwest wind.

"You see things quite clearly..." Gu Yin looked at Yu Jie strangely, thinking that she was the only one who had this idea.

“Things are different now,” Yu Jie shook her head. “In the past, everyone flocked to the cities, but now the countryside is the better place.”

In the past, people with rural household registrations would desperately try to transfer to towns and cities, but now, even if you want to move your household registration from your village, they might not allow you to.

As they drove, Gu Yin, seemingly lost in thought, suddenly pulled out the camera from his pocket for the program "Reconciling with Life" and said to Yu Jie, "I have to get full attendance."

Yu Jie nodded in understanding, but at the same time, she was a little puzzled...

"Your show has a perfect attendance requirement?" she asked. "What are you lacking in perfect attendance?"

Gu Yin doesn't seem like the type of person who would lack perfect attendance.

In fact, many people around Gu Yin have asked this question, but Gu Yin's answer is always the same: "Even a small fly is still meat."

Having grown up in a rural family in a small county, Gu Yin knew how hard it was to earn money. His mother, a middle-aged woman over 40, could no longer find jobs as a prep cook; she could only clean the streets and sweep the houses, earning just over two thousand yuan a month. It was all very difficult for her.

With a full attendance bonus of a few thousand yuan, wouldn't it be better to buy your mother a nice outfit?

This answer made Yu Jie look at him with new respect, but she didn't show it...

Gu Yin's broadcast time is not fixed, and today's broadcast time is considered early, since it's only a little past eight o'clock, not even nine o'clock. Usually, not many people watch the show at this time.

Even so, tens of thousands of viewers quickly flooded into the live stream, with the chat constantly scrolling through the comments:

[Are you out of your mind? Why are you streaming so early?]

[Goodness, when I saw the notification, I thought I was seeing things. It really is you!]

Where are we going? The pretty girl next to me looks kind of familiar.

[Hmm...it seems to be that beautiful policewoman who was with the policewoman last time.]

Oh?! You know what, you really shouldn't have said that!

It seems that it really is true!

Xia Qianyi: Should I leave then?

……

As one of the most popular bloggers on the show "Reconciling with Life," Gu Yin has consistently enjoyed high viewership on the show. Unfortunately, Gu Yin didn't show his phone for reading comments today, and his live stream was just a routine check-in, so he didn't seem to be interacting with the audience.

Yu Jie, however, stared at the camera on Gu Yin's chest and, for some reason, said, "Actually, I'm a little curious. You always have so many accidents, are they really not intentional?"

As soon as these words came out...

Gu Yin was taken aback.

"What do you mean by 'intentional'?" Gu Yin's lips twitched. "The way you put it, we're law-abiding citizens, okay? Besides, who has nothing better to do than cause traffic accidents all the time?"

“But I heard from Captain Nuan that…” Yu Jie almost blurted out something, but stopped halfway through, carefully considering her words before saying, “But I heard you often have accidents. How come most people have so many accidents? I’m afraid…”

She stared at the camera on Gu Yin's chest.

Is this just a publicity stunt?

Is this just a script?

[Isn't this just a ploy to grab attention and generate traffic?]

The viewers in the live stream understood exactly what Yu Jie wanted to say. These kinds of things are often discussed online, and there are countless people saying that Gu Yin is part of a script. Everyone understood Yu Jie's question.

At this moment, Yu Jie transformed into an "internet mouthpiece" for netizens, asking them the questions they had always wanted to ask, questions that Gu Yin had never answered.

"...If I did it on purpose, I would have been arrested long ago, right?" Gu Yin said helplessly. "You have to understand that an accident is not just a matter between the two of us. You have to report it to the traffic police and the insurance company. No matter how much influence I have, I can't get the traffic police to cooperate with me. Intentionally causing an accident is also considered insurance fraud, okay?"

Gu Yin had encountered this question before, but he hadn't answered it because he felt it wasn't necessary. However, it seems that quite a few people are still wondering about it...

"But are there really that many rude people on the street?" Yu Jie asked again.

"...Are you interrogating a criminal?" Gu Yin couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Let's chat casually," Yu Jie said with a slight smile. The two chatted as they walked. The morning sunlight was bright and dazzling, slanting down the treetops and onto the car window. The interplay of light and shadow created a sense of tranquility and peace.

The country roads here are really well-maintained, with fields of crops planted on both sides. Although they are not wide, the air quality is really good.

"Chichi..."

Gu Yin couldn't help but open the car window, letting the fresh air in. The wind ruffled Yu Jie's hair and blew on Gu Yin's face, which felt wonderful.

Gu Yin gradually slowed down the car, not because he was craving the feeling, but mainly because...

There are a few electric bikes up ahead.

The road that Gu Yin and Yu Jie were traveling on was a country road. Although it was smooth, it was not an asphalt road, but a white cement road.

Because these roads are located in fields, they are not particularly wide. They are generally only wide enough for two cars to pass side by side, and at most, cars can pass each other normally, which is already considered quite good.

After all, there are farmlands on both sides. These days, farmland is so valuable. Who would occupy farmland just to widen a country road that doesn't usually have much traffic?

Taking this path, frankly, isn't a good thing...

Because if there are parked vehicles on one side and there happens to be oncoming traffic from the opposite side, it can easily cause a traffic jam.

It's fine if there are one or two cars parked on the side of the road. But in the section where Gu Yin just passed by, there was a black Passat parked on the side of the road. Even if there are cars coming from the opposite direction, they can just give way to each other and pass by. There aren't many cars here to begin with...

But too much wouldn't be good...

If there are too many cars, the road will only have enough space for one car to pass at a time. If there are oncoming cars, and if there are too many cars, cars from two lanes will share one lane, and the throughput will be extremely low...

In fact, Gu Yin didn't think much about it at the time. After all, this road was in a rural village, and there weren't many cars. Gu Yin thought that even if there were more cars parked on the side of the road, even if there was only one road that could accommodate one car, it wouldn't cause a traffic jam.

However, Gu Yin considered many factors, but one thing he didn't consider was something that was everywhere in this land, very common, called "electric vehicle"...

Gu Yin and Yu Jie were chatting as they walked, and they were about to reach the main road after passing the village ahead, but at that moment...

Within his field of vision, a row of vehicles gradually appeared on the right side of the road ahead of Gu Yin.

That row of vehicles wasn't a convoy; they all looked like private cars, spaced a little apart. To the right of the vehicles were self-built houses in the village, so it seemed like the cars were parked in front of their own houses.

"Officer Yu Jie," Gu Yin asked Yu Jie, who was standing to the side, "wouldn't this be considered obstructing public roads?"

“Strictly speaking, yes,” Yu Jie nodded, “but I’m not a traffic police officer, so I’m not very clear about the relevant rules.”

"You're really meticulous," Gu Yin couldn't help but praise.

To be honest, the private cars parked on public roads in these villages are indeed occupying public roads and should be fined. If they are blocking traffic, the traffic police can call a tow truck to remove them.

When Gu Yin's car was blocked by that Audi in the mall's underground parking garage, the traffic police could say that it wasn't a restricted road and they had no authority to manage it. But in this situation, they can't say it's not a restricted road, can they?

But then again, if the villagers don't park their own cars in front of their own houses, where else can they park them?

The village didn't build them any special parking lots, did it?
So these kinds of things are hard to explain.

Gu Yin understood this situation very well. During the Spring Festival, when he visited relatives with his mother and went to some villages, he would occasionally stop by the roadside.

"Tsk..."

Seeing this, Gu Yin couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement. Looking at the electric bikes in front of her and the several aunties chatting on the bikes, she showed a helpless expression.

"I told you not to overtake earlier, now it's too late, isn't it?" Yu Jie said with amusement.

Several electric bikes had been blocking their way since earlier, stretching for over a kilometer. Gu Yin could have easily honked her horn to get them to move aside, but she simply wouldn't...

You don't have to press the button; you can just overtake on the left. There aren't even any cameras on these quiet stretches of road, let alone painted lines. As long as you don't inconvenience others, overtaking on the left is fine.

But this guy kept insisting that he was "well-mannered," that he wouldn't honk at people randomly, and that he wouldn't overtake others...

Now it's all messed up. The right side of the road is blocked, leaving only the left side. The remaining space is very narrow. You have to be careful not to scratch the rearview mirror if you drive through normally. Even if several electric bikes give way to him, he still can't pass.

So we had no choice but to obediently follow behind a few electric bikes.

"Yes, yes, you're right~" Gu Yin said sarcastically, "You drive next time. You drive so well, we're nowhere near as good as you~"

Yu Jie: "(￢_￢) Shoot"

The two people inside the car were talking and chatting, completely unaware that a white Honda Civic was rapidly approaching from behind in the distance...

Because there was a row of private cars belonging to villagers parked on the right, Gu Yin was driving in the left lane. He was driving very slowly, not because he wanted to, but mainly because there were several older women riding electric bikes in front of his car...

The group of people were about the same age as Gu Yin's mother. Their laughter occasionally broke the silence. Since they would give way even if Gu Yin honked, she didn't care that they were about to cross the main road. Gu Yin was in no hurry and didn't honk to urge them on.

[A rare occurrence involving Coach Gu...]

Viewers in the live stream couldn't help but marvel at how Gu Yin, who usually honks his horn like crazy when someone struggles to park in an underground parking garage, could actually be so courteous.

That's rare, really rare!

Actually, the scene was quite harmonious at the time, and everything felt very warm, until...

"Beep beep!!!"

A loud horn blared from behind, instantly shattering the tranquility.

The Honda Civic that was driving from a distance quickly approached Gu Yin and started honking its horn from afar...

He not only honked the horn, but also activated the flashing light function.

Although the flashing effect of high beams isn't very noticeable during the day, from Gu Yin's perspective, the light shining through the rearview mirror can still instantly dazzle someone's eyes.

"Are you sick?" Gu Yin frowned.

There were electric cars in front of him, and he probably couldn't see the Honda because of the angle. But in this situation, is Gu Yin unwilling to move?

What are you doing, honking your horn nonstop?
Are you in such a hurry to leave?
Are they scrambling to be reborn into another family?

"Weren't you curious before whether this was a script?" Gu Yin pointed to the camera of the "Reconciling with Life" program on his chest and said to Yu Jie, "Look back now and see if this is a script."

...(End of chapter)