Reborn 1980 Get rich by eating melons

Chapter 254 Where Did You Come Back From?
In a blink of an eye, it was time to go back to her hometown. Tong Yao booked three tickets for the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. Before the milk tea shop was closed for the holiday, she wrapped ten yuan red envelopes for each of the employees in the shop, which made the eyes of several shop assistants turn red.

Ten yuan may not be a big deal for rich people, but for poor families in the countryside, it is the daily expenses of the family for two or three months.

The green vegetables and food in the countryside are all grown in the fields. They are reluctant to eat meat on weekdays and live with their trousers tight. They don't need much money at all. With Tong Yao's ten dollars, they can buy a few catties of meat for their family during the New Year.

They have been consuming their parents' labor since birth, and they can finally get something in return.

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Early in the morning on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the three of Tong Yao set foot on the train back to Licheng. In this day and age, everyone pays attention to a word, whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year. No matter how you spend a year away, everyone wants to go home Have a reunion year.

Even though the roads of their hometown in the countryside are muddy and not as prosperous as the big cities, the longing for their hometown and relatives stimulates their brains and makes them just want to go back and reunite with their families.

There are a lot of people going home during the Chinese New Year, and the train station is very crowded, especially the hard-seat carriages. The aisles are full of people, and the crowding is suffocating.

In contrast, the sleeper car is simply a paradise on earth. Tong Yao is in the lower berth, Si Chen is in the middle berth opposite, and Si Boyi is in the middle berth next door. Although it is a sleeper car, Si Chen and Gu Hongwei are not sleepy. Listening to the sound of the train 'rumbling', looking at the scenery passing by outside the window, I fell into deep thought, not knowing what I was thinking.

Tong Yao, on the other hand, fell into a deep sleep not long after getting on the train. The train vibrated and it was easy to fall asleep. When she woke up, she arrived in Licheng.

Although there is no heating in the train in this era, it is a closed space after all, and it is quite warm with the quilt covered. Getting off the train is as cold as falling into a nest of ice.

There was a heavy snowfall in the sky, and the snowflakes always drilled into the neckline as if they had eyes. Tong Yao shuddered coldly. Si Chen wrapped the scarf around Tong Yao's neck thickly, making her look like It's a Barbie bear, but the neck is tighter, and the body is indeed more relaxed.

The terminal of this train was Licheng, and all the people on board got off the train in a swarm. The faces of the bustling crowd showed the joy of going home, and they laughed and walked out of the station with their relatives who greeted them.

The three of them also slowly followed the crowd out of the station. It was too late and it was inconvenient to go back to the village due to heavy snowfall. They originally planned to stay in Licheng for one night, but they happened to meet Uncle Zhang Lijuan.

Speaking of which, Uncle Zhang is also a man with a money-making mind. He saw that many people came back before Nian, and it happened that his family had a three-wheeled car, so he wanted to take some people back home from other places.

His car can pull more than ten people, and twenty people in one squeeze. Each person is given fifty cents to one yuan for tolls according to the distance. He can earn more than ten yuan for one trip, and he can make a lot of money by running several times a day.

Originally, I wanted to go home after this trip, but who knew that when I met the three of Si Chen, the two would become in-laws. Uncle Zhang was very enthusiastic and insisted on sending the three of them back. It will be more difficult to walk when the road is blocked by heavy snow, so the three simply got on a tricycle and went back to the village together.

Uncle Zhang also brought other people, including the three of them, there were thirteen people in total. There were small benches in the car. Although it was a bit crowded, it was much warmer to sit on.

Si Chen protected Tong Yao by his side, but the people in the car couldn't squeeze her in. The snow was heavy, and Si Chen was worried that Tong Yao would get a headache from the cold wind, so he wrapped her head tightly with a scarf, just like the Northeast aunt. Yao didn't look in the mirror, so she thought she must be funny.

The sky gradually darkened, the sky was still covered with snowflakes, and soon the ground was covered in white snow, just like the moonlight, and the tops of everyone's heads also turned white. They were so blown by the wind that they couldn't open their eyes, and they all lowered their heads and put their hands into their cuffs. .

The sound of the car was loud, but they couldn't resist their joy. The others chatted quickly. They first asked where they came from, which village they were working in, and some of them bragged about it. Later, the topic was brought up to Tong Yao and the others.

"Where did you come back from?"

"Kyoto." Si Chen said calmly.

"He came back from Kyoto?" The person who asked the question asked in surprise, "The wages over there are high, right? Kyoto must be developing better than ours here."

A guy in his 20s answered, "That's right. I heard that things in Kyoto are very expensive. White flour steamed buns are more expensive than our meat buns."

Being pulled by him like this, everyone started chatting around the capital, first talking about the prosperity of the big city outside, and then talking about the goodness of their hometown and the simple people at home, and they forgot about Si Chen and the other three when they came and went.

In fact, everyone present knew in their hearts that no matter how good the outside world is, if it is not for the good life of the family, no one wants to leave their hometown.

It's easy to earn money outside, but many people disappear inexplicably after going out, just like disappearing from the world, they disappear...

Compared with the others, Gu Hongwei was dressed a little thinner, kept his head down and kept silent, his nose kept running down from the cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, so he kept pursing his lips.

The speed of the car was not fast, and with the slippery snowy ground, Uncle Zhang drove even slower. The weather was too cold. Even though he was wearing a thick hat, his cheeks were still scarred by the cold, but he didn't feel bitter. , with a cigarette pipe made by himself in his mouth.

"Fortunately, it's snowing and the ground is frozen. If it rains, we can't drive on this road at all, so you can only walk back from the city. When the snow stops, it will be freezing in the morning and evening these days. I can go Pick up a few more people in the city, and you won’t be able to drive when it thaws at noon, and you’re in good time, if it were in previous years, there would be no bullock cart to pull you back.”

Usually everyone goes to the city by ox cart. Although the speed is not fast, the ox cart can pull things and travel without tiring your feet. Of course, people with bicycles don’t use ox carts. However, people like them who go out to work , Riding a bicycle to the city has no place to put it.

"Isn't it! Thanks to you, otherwise we really don't know how to get back. It's snowing in a hotel and we can earn a lot of money for one night." A man leaning on the driver's seat echoed.

Uncle Zhang was in a good mood when he said this, and took advantage of the opportunity to advertise, "After the new year, I will go to the city for a while. If you want to take a car, just wait on the road to the city. I will start at seven o'clock in the morning. Take someone to the train station."

Don't look at Uncle Zhang who hasn't studied for a few years, but he has a brain!

Now he pulls people back to celebrate the new year. After the new year is over, don't these people have to go out?Then you can make a lot of money again.

(End of this chapter)