Hongxing Township is only 27 miles away from the county seat.
But for this mere distance of less than 30 miles, there are only two buses a day: one at 10 a.m. and one at 4 p.m.
These two buses were very late on time.
Just because there are many people along the way who need to get on and off the bus and carry large and small bags of items, it is very time-consuming.
The driver has a very bad temper and will scold anyone he wants.
But when the driver started driving, he was so unbelievable that he walked away whenever he wanted and stopped whenever he wanted.
In this way, it would be strange if the bus could be on time.
Today's drivers are too arrogant. If they look at someone they don't like, they will scold them anytime and anywhere.
The person who was insulted endured the scolding of the driver and those in the car, while at the same time he had to pass cigarettes to the driver and make smiles to the people in the car...
No one dares to bare their teeth in front of the driver.
I guess only the team leader dared to argue a few words, but the production team leader would never dare to argue.
This is not the case.
Luo Xuan and Liu Fugui were sitting on the pig cage in the aisle, feeling the warm touch of the piglets under their buttocks, and listening with relish to the driver's saliva flying around, loudly scolding the production team leader:
"Are you growing a watermelon or a pumpkin on your neck for nothing? I asked you to put the piglets on the roof of the car, and you put them in! You like to sleep with the piglets, and I don't care! But you can tell them not to poop, and you can still do it.
Keep them from peeing?”
While the driver tightened his grip on the steering wheel, he scolded the production team leader, whose veins on his neck were bulging like black earthworms: "It's in vain that you've lived for decades and can't tell whether this is a bus or a truck? If you see smoke, go to it."
Go up, why don’t you go to the fire brigade?”
The production team leader said: "The sun outside is really too poisonous. Aren't I worried about the piglets suffering from heatstroke? I'm still..."
The driver asked without looking back: "What are you asking for? Do you want to say that you paid for the ticket? Believe it or not, I asked you to get out of the car, including people and pigs?"
Swear a few words.
The driver became more and more angry as he scolded him, "Conductor, give him back the ticket he paid for! Isn't it great that I'm rich? I refunded the ticket and don't pull these donkeys!"
Hearing this, the people in the car suddenly had complicated expressions on their faces.
Liu Fugui and Luo Xuan looked at each other.
Both of them were thinking secretly: At this time, it is time for the bystanders to come out and make peace.
as expected!
As soon as they heard that the driver was going to drive the production team leader and the pigs out of the car, many people on the seats started to persuade him.
The driver got off the road along the slope, cursed a few words, and then concentrated on driving.
The mountain road is steep and rugged.
Although this is a major highway leading to the county town, the winding hills and rivers and the bumpy roads really make the passengers miserable!
The flying dust and the sultry and fishy smell made all the passengers in this dilapidated "Gaz" car covered in sweat. Everyone looked tired and embarrassed.
After enduring nearly two hours of bumpy rides on the dilapidated bus, Luo Xuan and Liu Fugui finally arrived at the county seat.
As the bus passed through the streets of the county town, wherever Luo Xuan looked, it was not as bustling and lively as he imagined.
This county, which is said to have a relatively good economy, is almost like an enlarged version of Hongxing Township, without much modern flavor.
I saw low houses with mud walls on both sides of the street.
There are occasionally two-room brick houses among them, which are considered to be relatively good houses among the residents in the county.
Since the street is not hardened.
When it's sunny, the sky is gray, and when it rains, the ground is covered with mud.
The blue-black tiles that were originally on the roof lay weakly on the roof, covered with thick dust.
The mud walls of the houses were covered with mud. When buses and trucks drove by, mud as tall as a person would be splashed up, mottled and blurring the walls, doors and windows of the houses facing the street.
It looks like a gray dog licking it, which is really ugly.
That is, the slogans scrawled on the wall can make people see some bright colors and make people feel a little more relaxed.
Seeing those slogans and slogans all over the wall, this was the first time Luo Xuan felt a sense of intimacy towards them.
No other reason.
Just because the place where the slogans are painted has been painted with white lime, it looks cleaner and neater. This is in sharp contrast to the walls with mud in the east and mud in the west.
When the bus squeaked into the passenger terminal of the "Transportation Service Company", Luo Xuan and Liu Fugui carefully moved the two large bamboo tubes out of the bus.
Due to the location of the county bus station, it is relatively remote.
After leaving the bus station, Liu Fugui held the tightly sealed large bamboo tube, turned left and right with Luo Xuan, and very skillfully found a house located deep in a small alley.
"Ta da da, da da, da da da..."
Liu Fugui knocked on the thick door in a very rhythmic manner, three long and two short, just like the underground work before liberation.
"Creak-" a sound appeared, and a thin old face appeared behind the door, "Come in."
The man opened the door, put Liu Fugui and Luo Xuan in, and then stretched his neck to look into the alley a few times.
Then "touch" the door tightly.
Back and forth, the man didn't say a word, as cautious as an old fox guarding his lair.
"Old rules, still don't take care of the food?"
The old man closed the door, walked up to Liu Fugui and asked him: "How many days will you stay?"
Then the old man glanced at Luo Xuan, turned around and continued to ask Liu Fugui: "Do you want me to get him a travel certificate?"
Liu Fugui looked at Luo Xuan and saw that Luo Xuan shook his head, so he replied: "No, he has proof. We will only stay for one night this time, as before, you don't have to take care of the food."
The old man nodded: "Datong shop or room for two?"
Although it was Liu Fugui who came to the county town this time to find a way out, the person who paid for it was still Luo Xuan after all.
So Liu Fugui looked at Luo Xuan, meaning to let him make up his mind.
Luo Xuan asked: "How much is a night at Datong Shop, and how much is a room for two people?"
"The main floor is 3 corners, and the two-person room is 1 yuan and 2 yuan."
The old man took out a bunch of keys from the drawer and said as he walked forward: "If you want to take a hot bath, add 8 cents...per person."
Luo Xuan thought for a while, "Then let's live in a room for two."
The old man's footsteps paused for a moment, then he walked up to the second floor without looking back, "Follow me."
When the old man opened the door to a room on the second floor, he pushed it open and turned sideways to Luo Xuan: "This is it. If you want hot water or want to go out, come to me at the concierge on the first floor."
Before leaving.
The old man also warned Liu Fugui: "These days, there are more people coming from the provincial and municipal water conservancy departments, and the patrol teams outside are more diligent in asking for travel certificates."
"If you don't have proof, just tell me the truth. If something happens to you after you go out, please don't involve me! I won't admit it when the time comes."
Liu Fugui was obviously very familiar with the old man. He laughed and scolded the old man as "verbose" and then entered the room with Luo Xuan.
Close the door.
Liu Fugui was about to open the two bamboo tubes to see if the Pipa fish was still alive.
At this moment, Luo Xuan reached out to stop Liu Fugui...
