The journey back home is not long, a three-hour drive.
However, after getting off the outer ring road of Tianzhou, there is still a section of patchy road. The road conditions are bumpy and the speed of the car will inevitably slow down.
Fortunately, the scenery on the road was pleasant, the air was fresh, and there were flowers, grass, mountains and water, which finally reduced some of the boredom of the journey.
Su Qing and Xiao Man played together in the back and got along very well.
Sophie asked out of curiosity: "Zhao Dong, are you going the wrong way?"
Zhao Dong pointed, "You can't be wrong, I went back once three years ago."
"The section just now is at the junction of two cities, so the road maintenance has not kept up. It will be fine in a while!"
"Besides, aren't there road signs?"
Sophie turned around and saw that there were still ten kilometers away in the direction of Kaoshan Town.
Among them, there is a scenic spot sign behind Kaoshan Town.
Sophie asked curiously: "Is your hometown still a scenic spot?"
Zhao Dong put a cigarette in his mouth, lowered the window and said, "There seems to be an ancient town there and a general's temple."
"In the past, the relevant local departments planned to turn it into a tourist attraction, but later, for some unknown reason, it was not implemented."
"Actually, it's not my hometown. To be precise, it's my father's hometown."
"After my father came out, he rarely went back."
"I am a native of Tianzhou, and my eldest brother has gone back more often than me."
As he spoke, a boundary monument appeared not far away, indicating that if he went further, he would leave Tianzhou and enter the boundary of Tiandu City!
Zhao Dong explained while driving.
In fact, if divided according to geographical location, Kaoshan Town should be closer to Tianzhou City, at least half closer.
It was only because of some historical issues that it was assigned to Tiandu City.
As he said that, the two cars passed the boundary marker at the same time, and the road conditions gradually improved.
Zhao Dong looked at the map on his phone and said, "We should be there after crossing the bridge in front!"
Su Qing lowered the window, put her hand out the window and said, "Wow, we're finally here, my waist is almost broken!"
As soon as I finished speaking, a stone bridge appeared in sight. Judging from its shape, it must be quite old.
Zhao Dong was about to drive past, but when he got closer, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
There is a railing across the bridge head, and the back is blocked tightly with stones.
Su Qing was depressed, "What do you mean? A dead end?"
"Brother-in-law, can you do it? Could it be that you really drove the wrong way?"
"I don't want to sit back again, I'm so exhausted!"
Zhao Dong looked at the map on his mobile phone and confirmed that the direction was correct. Could it be that it was for road construction?
As we approached, two men with red armbands signaled to stop.
Two cars stopped one behind the other.
Zhao Dong looked over and asked in a lower tone: "Brother, are the roads being built here?"
The man smoked a cigarette and said, "The roadbed of the bridge is under maintenance and is closed to traffic!"
Zhao Dong asked again, "What should we do? Can we just turn back the way we came?"
The man grinned and said, "It's simple, just pay me a maintenance fee and I'll have people move the stones away, and I can give you a special pass!"
"Based on the car, it's 200 for five seats and 300 for seven seats!"
Zhao Dong didn't ask any more questions. No need to think about it, he was meeting Roadhog.
If he were alone, he would definitely not pay this unjust amount of money, let alone nourish the unhealthy tendencies of these people!
But not right now, there are family members in both cars.
Moreover, this time he was returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors. It was better to do less than to do more. He was not willing to cause this trouble.
Zhao Dong kept an eye out, "Can I transfer money via WeChat?"
The man was already on guard, "No, only cash, and no invoice!"
“If you don’t bring cash, there is a small supermarket over there where you can exchange change!”
Zhao Dong didn't have the habit of carrying cash, so he turned around and went to Sophie to find money.
While she was rummaging around, Su Qing couldn't sit still and had already opened the door and got out of the car.
The elder brother didn't know the situation, so he also stopped the car.
Zhao Qing was frustrated all the way in the third row. When he saw Su Qing getting out of the car, he also shouted to get out of the car to take a breath.
Su Qing stretched out, revealing her beautiful figure.
The man's eyes widened when he saw it, and he deliberately moved closer, "Hey, little beauty, are you here for a trip? Where are you from?"
Su Qing noticed that the other party's eyes were a bit lewd and glared at him.
The man rubbed his chin, "Hey, you still have a bad temper!"
At this time, Zhao Qing came over from behind.
Seeing the lewd look in the other person's eyes, he felt a little unhappy and deliberately tried to show off: "Hey, grandson, what are you looking at?"
How could the two men be frightened by Zhao Qing? He slapped his face and said, "Little bastard, who the hell are you talking about?"
Zhao Qing stood next to Land Rover, feeling good about himself, and because he wanted to show off in front of Su Qing, his tone became more domineering, "I'm talking about you!"
"Just speak, don't look around!"
"Have you never seen a beautiful woman?"
"A bunch of bumpkins..."
Before he could finish his words, someone pushed him roughly on his shoulder. He staggered and almost fell down!
The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange!
The eldest brother hurriedly stepped forward, "What's going on? What are you doing? Why do you just do it?"
The man pointed at Zhao Qing and said, "If I don't have a clean mouth with you, I won't have to slap him with big melon seeds!"
Zhao Dong stepped forward to stop the person, and at the same time lowered his voice to warn the other person, "If you have something to say, don't move your hands or feet!"
While speaking, he clenched his fists and looked around!
It's not that they are really afraid of each other, but these people are obviously prepared, and they don't know how many accomplices are around!
In addition, he is surrounded by family members and is in an unfamiliar place. Zhao Dong does not want to cause trouble, let alone take risks!
The man frowned. If the person who said this was Zhao Qing, he would definitely ignore it.
Seeing that Zhao Dong's eyes were not kind and his aura was not like that of an ordinary person, he inevitably felt a little more cautious.
The man gave Zhao Dong this face, "Okay, pay the money, a total of five hundred yuan!"
The eldest brother is an upright person and is most unaccustomed to this kind of behavior.
Seeing Zhao Dong taking money, he asked suspiciously: "Xiaodong, what money? There is no toll station here, why should I give them money?"
Zhao Dong did not explain, "Brother, let's go, it's important to hurry up!"
The eldest brother was not convinced and wanted to argue.
The sister-in-law stopped him and lowered her voice to remind him: "Listen to Xiaodong outside and don't cause trouble!"
The eldest brother took a breath and said nothing more.
The man took the money and signaled to let him go!
At this moment, Zhao Qing looked a little unhappy.
Someone pushed him just now, which made him lose face in front of Amelia Su, so his tone became a little unhappy, "What do you do?"
"You just pushed me, but you still dare to set up a private road? Believe it or not, I'll call the police!"
The man grinned and said arrogantly: "Okay, you call the police, I'll wait!"
Zhao Dong raised his eyebrows, "Zhao Qing, get in the car!"
Zhao Qing was unconvinced, "Why..."
Zhao Dong repeated, "I'll let you get in the car!"
Zhao Qing was not convinced, but did not dare to disobey Zhao Dong's wishes.
But he felt unwilling to go up like this, so he found a step for himself in front of Su Qing, "Okay, you just wait, this matter is not over yet!"
Hearing this, Zhao Dong's eyelids twitched and he secretly said, "Oh no!"
Sure enough, the road pole that was just raised fell heavily again!