Confessions of a Salesman

I understood the expressions of the party secretary and the village chief just now. As long as someone comes, they will greet them warmly and get some money if they can get it!But they are doing this for the sake of the town. As a leader, it is difficult for them to be humble.

After thinking for a while, he said: "I actually know a few of their telecom leaders. When I go back, I will contact them and try to get them to come here and install a base station for you for free, so that you don't have to spend money!" "

Dasheng and Dasheng's wife looked at me at the same time. Dasheng's wife couldn't help but ask: "Are you serious? You're a liar!"

I was amused by her simplicity and said: "It's just a puppy to lie to people! I'll give it a try, I don't know whether it will work or not!"

Dasheng clapped his hands and said: "If you can do it, you can definitely do it! As soon as I look at you, I know that you are a big leader and a rich man!"

I waved my hand and said, "How am I a leader? I just happen to know someone who does this!"

At this time, Dr. Wang finished the diagnosis, frowned and said to me: "Your two friends are seriously ill, and I can't see them here. I suggest you go to the provincial capital. These two are just tired, and the problem is not big. I gave them a glucose injection and they will be fine after a night's sleep! Can I show you again?"

I shook my head and said, "I'm fine, I don't need it! Thank you, doctor!"

Doctor Wang smiled, packed the medicine box, and asked before going out: "There was a driver two days ago. I showed his wound. Is he with you?"

I nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, where are the others?"

Doctor Wang replied: "The car broke down and he wanted to make a phone call. The mountains were blocked by heavy snow and the signal was not working. The telephone line was broken! I saw that he was very anxious, so I asked him to follow the phone line to find it!"

I groaned and said, "How can we follow the phone line to find it in this snowy day?"

Doctor Wang sighed and said, "I said so too, but he didn't listen and was still injured!"

Then he glanced at me again, and said in a low voice: "What are you doing, I don't want to ask too much! Look at the injuries on his body... Hey, forget it, be careful yourself!"

I looked at Dr. Wang, who seemed to have a story, so I smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are all legitimate businessmen!"

Doctor Wang exclaimed, "That's the best!"

Doctor Wang is gone.

Dasheng began to cook for us. While cooking, he muttered: "We are the village chief. No one has come here for many years, but now there are so many people coming! It's really strange!"

The college student's wife also said, "Who says it's not the case! They probably all go to the ski resort!"

I thought about going out for a walk to see if I could find any traces of Lao Liu’s phone line. Just as I was about to get off the kang, I was stopped by Dasheng’s wife, who said, “Where are you taking your medicine? It’s snowy and the roads are slippery now. Better, don't move around. When the snow starts to melt tomorrow, I'll find a car to take you out for a walk! I know you are in a hurry to find your companion, but you also heard that Doctor Wang said, when is that time? It's already days ago. How could you find him if you were looking for him like this? Is he somewhere gone?"

I was still a little anxious and asked: "Then do you know how I can contact the outside world now? I have something urgent!"

Both of them shook their heads at the same time and said: "There is no way, the only phone line is disconnected, we have to wait for the operator to come and repair the phone line before we can talk!"

I sighed, thought about it and gave up the idea of ​​going to Lao Liu, at least I couldn't go in my current state!

After the meal was ready, the couple didn't eat, so they asked us to have a good rest and take us to the village tomorrow. They went home today.

After thanking them, I called out to Mr. Ma and Aman. They were really sleepy. I called them for a long time before they got up. When they smelled the fragrant rice, they didn’t even need to call. Mr. Ma started to devour it. .

I looked at Xiao Hei and Nangong. They were both okay. The bumps along the way didn't have any impact on them, but they didn't recover much.

It started to get cold here again in the evening, and the cold wind made the door rattle. Fortunately, the crack in the door was not big, otherwise, we would still have to suffer from the cold tonight. I added some firewood to the hot kang, and sat on the hot kang to plan the next day. What’s the next step?
Mr. Ma, who woke up and had a full meal, felt energetic now. He came closer to me and said, "Are they not going to catch us for a while? Are we out of danger now?"

I shook my head and said, "How do I know this? If the snow melts, they can drive over and chase us at any time! But they may not know where we are!"

Mr. Ma thought for a while and said, "I don't think so! There are only a few villages here, and you can think of it all! Besides, I don't know what happened to Mao Zai and the others? Once we catch them, we will definitely be able to force them to talk. Then it won’t be difficult to find us!”

I hummed and said, "You mean to leave as soon as possible?"

Mr. Ma nodded and said, "Yes, let's leave early tomorrow morning!"

I sighed and said, "Then you must have a car!"

Mr. Ma thought for a while and said: "Then go to the village tomorrow to see who has a car and buy it directly!"

I shook my head and said, "How to buy it? There's not even a mobile phone signal here! Do you have cash on you?"

Mr. Ma was confused: "How can I bring cash with me? Otherwise, we owe them first and write an IOU to them!"

I sneered and said, "Do you think it's realistic? Why do people believe you? Do you think you are still the same Mr. Ma as before? Do all the people in China know you? Not only is the transportation here inconvenient, but the information is also very blocked. It must not be I know you! Even if they know you, people may not believe you!"

Mr. Ma sighed and said, "Do you have anything valuable with you? Why don't you give it to them first?"

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "I think your big waist is worth some money!"

Mr. Ma smiled and said: "What should we do? If you are unfamiliar with the place and don't have a car, running out is no different from being trapped there! Sooner or later, they will catch you! Otherwise, we can call the police directly Well, there must be someone from the police station here, and they must have something to do!"

I shook my head and said: "This is just a village, where is the police station? Have you not heard that they have taken over the police station in Fengxue Town and it is useless! Now it seems that we have to wait for Lao Liu. I hope he can Contact the outside world!" Mr. Ma said disdainfully: "What do you expect from him? He is probably trapped in the snow like us, and he might be lying in the snow and falling asleep right now!"

I sighed and said: "A dog can't spit out ivory! You can't hope for something good! If something happens to him, our last hope will be gone!"

Mr. Ma curled his lips and said, "I'm just telling the truth!"

Early the next morning, we all recovered. Dasheng and his wife made breakfast for us and took us to their village.

The village chief is really not that big. Dasheng introduced: "Our village is the largest village in Fanjiatun. There are only 20 households in total. Half of them have moved to the town, and there are only a few households left. So now, It looks very barren!"

I asked in confusion: "Why have everyone left? I think this place is very nice! There are many high-rise buildings and good infrastructure. It doesn't look like an ordinary village!"

Dasheng sighed and said: "Well, this used to be a big countryside. There were coal mines and several coal mines underground here! But later, the coal mining was almost done, and there were two earthquakes, and the higher ups stopped digging. , they all evacuated at once! Without jobs, there will be no one left, they are all gone!”

I yelled and asked, "Do you have any big trucks or anything left here?"

Dasheng looked at me strangely, nodded and said, "Are you talking about the coal truck? It has already driven away, who will leave it for us?"

Mr. Ma sighed and said, "Then there aren't a few broken down cars left that no one wants?"

The college student's wife immediately understood and said, "You want to drive away? There's no way, we don't have a car here! If we want to go to town, we have to take a carriage! We don't even have a bus!"

Mr. Ma frowned and said, "Is it really so backward? What age are we in now? Why is it still so inconvenient?"

Dasheng's wife explained: "It wasn't like this before. Isn't this the government's call for us to move to the town? It also gave us housing subsidies. We even thought about asking everyone to leave here and sell it to developers for them to rebuild! Unfortunately, here we are. Several developers from other places were ready to invest after inspections. The town government also made many tricks. At one time, it had to hand over 30% of the profits for infrastructure construction. At another time, it had to fund the construction of some township communes. The developer had to turn around and leave! As a result, the demolition was not completed, and it is now in the shape of a bird, and no one cares about it!"

I oh and asked, "Then why don't you move away?"

Dasheng's wife sighed: "We want to leave too! But the old man at home refuses to leave, saying that he has lived here all his life and will never go anywhere. He will die here! If they don't leave, how can we leave? If they leave, who will Take care of them! Now in the village, our family is the only one who is young, and the rest are all old people!"

Mr. Ma curled his lips and said: "Isn't this just letting them wait for death here? The old man is old, what if he gets some disease? What if he doesn't even have a means of transportation?"

Dasheng's wife said: "Isn't there another Doctor Wang? He stays here just to treat them!"

I smiled and said, "It seems that Dr. Wang has quite a lot of medical ethics!"

Dasheng nodded and said, "That's not true. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be many elderly people in this village! He is a doctor who has worked in a big city. He can come to a small place like ours to treat the elderly. Easy! Good man!"

I suddenly remembered the way he was squeaking and hesitating to speak when he was treating Xiao Hei and Nangong. He must have noticed that Xiao Hei and Nangong were seriously injured, but he didn’t say anything and told me that Lao Liu He also reminded us about the incident and followed the phone line to find him. It seems that he is something special!

So, I asked: "Where does Doctor Wang live? I didn't thank him yesterday!"

Dasheng pointed to a dilapidated building in front and said: "He lives in that building alone. If I ask him to choose a better house, he refuses. He insists on living on the top floor. Every time I look for him, I have to go up." On the 7th floor, I shouted from downstairs, but he couldn’t hear me. It was very inconvenient, and I don’t know why he was shouting.”

When we got to the stairs, I saw that they didn't want to climb the stairs, so I said to them, "You guys wait below, I'll go up and thank him and then come back down!"

Then, Aman and I went upstairs. This building was the old staff dormitory building. Each floor had a corridor that served as a balcony. The bathrooms were all shared. Each floor was in tatters and full of garbage. Only when we arrived On the 7th floor, the entire corridor is clean, and there are several pots of flowers. There is a gas stove outside the door of the innermost room, which should be that room.

After knocking on the door a few times, the person inside responded: "Here we come, stop knocking!"

After opening the door, Doctor Wang looked at me with some surprise and asked, "What's wrong? Who is sick again?"

I smiled and waved my hands, "No, no! Everything is fine. I just came to thank you. Thank you for everything you did for us yesterday!"

Doctor Wang frowned and said, "What's there to thank you for! The leaders of the town asked me to go, and besides, I didn't do anything!"

Judging from his appearance, he didn't want to let us in. He just blocked the door with his clothes on, making us don't know what to say?

Dr. Wang glanced at me and knew that I was embarrassed, so he asked, "Do you have anything else to do?" After saying that, he was about to close the door.

I hurriedly pushed the door open and said, "Doctor Wang, I just wanted to ask, how do we get out? How can we get to the town? Mainly because we have two patients with us, so it's not convenient!"

Dr. Wang asked the doctor: "Ask this! We usually walk a few kilometers, then get on the national highway, and take a bus to the town! If you want to leave, you have to carry them on the national highway and try your luck. Let’s see if there is a car that can take you there?”

I groaned and said, "Is there a car here? Can we drive directly into the town?"

Doctor Wang shook his head and said: "No one here knows how to drive, so of course we don't have any cars! We don't even have bicycles, everyone here walks!"

I hummed and said, "Then why are you here, Doctor Wang? Nothing is convenient here, and there are only so many people! If you make money by seeing a doctor, you can't support yourself! Why don't you go to a place with more people?" What about big towns or villages?”

Dr. Wang rolled his eyes at me and said, "I just like the quietness here and the lack of people! I don't like places with many people. Although there are only a few families here, I have nothing to eat and drink! There is no need for money, here Very good! Why do you still have time to mind my business? The illness of your two friends cannot be delayed any longer. The longer it is delayed, the harder it will be to treat it! "

I hurriedly said: "So, didn't I just come to ask you for advice? I know you must have a way to get us out of here as soon as possible!"

Doctor Wang looked at me carefully again and asked, "What on earth are you guys doing? Why are you following me?"