Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 248: You must bring a gun when you go out
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the lights in the carriage had been completely turned off.

Went to the carriage in the dark.

"Why have you been there? It took you so long? I just looked for you and couldn't find you!"

As soon as I came over, I heard Wang Qiuju asking.

Yang Xiaole climbed onto the bed and said, "Oh, uncle called me over. The two of us chatted for a while. We just came back. It's okay. Go to sleep!"

Didn't tell what happened today.

Otherwise it will be just another round of nagging.

After hearing this, Wang Qiuju didn't think much, lay down and continued to sleep.

Not long after I lay down, the train stopped. This stop lasted more than three hours. From the chatter in the carriage, I knew it was because loading and unloading were required at the station.

And not just this site, the stops along the way are very long.

Otherwise, even at the current speed of 3 or 40 kilometers an hour, it would take a day and a night.

But the stop in the middle took the train nearly three days to reach Xinyang Railway Station.

At noon on the fourth day, the train arrived at its destination.

Xinyang Station.

I slept in the car for too long. After getting off the train, I felt a little empty when I walked.

"You're talking about this kid, you didn't even tell me about such a dangerous thing, right?"

Wang Qiuju carried her things and followed Yang Xiaole, chattering non-stop.

Yang Xiaole was also speechless for a while.

She finally found out about what happened in the car, and the source of the information was naturally Captain Wang, who came to thank her.

Just saying the guy with the gun is a big fish.

I won’t go into details.

Looking at the old woman who kept nagging next to me, she knew it was for his own good, so she could only say helplessly: "This is all over now, why are you always talking about it? Your son is a hero now!"

"Bah! A hero, a hero like you."

The old lady spat at him angrily.

Approaching the office area of ​​the train station, she looked around: "Where to go next?"

"do not know!"

Yang Xiaole made a joke angrily.

Wang Qiuju gritted her teeth after hearing this: "Your skin is itchy, right? You really thought I didn't dare to beat you, did you?"

Yang Xiaole pouted and came to the ticket sales place.

The train station is very simple, just a two-story brick building with white walls, a ticket window inside, and a few other staff.

When he came to the ticket sales place, Yang Xiaole spoke with the accent of his hometown and asked inside: "Sister, I have a question. I always go to Feishi via Didi. Is there a car that can go there?"

The other party is a woman in her 30s.

Knitting a sweater there.

Hearing the sound, the other party looked up and said, "There are no cars. There are cars from Zhumadian, but not here."

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Is there a train to Fei City today?"

Not to mention walking half the distance by car, it also saves trouble.Just get off the car halfway and look for it.

"Yes. During this period, there are two or three trucks pulling supplies every day."

"Which bus is the earliest? Give me the two earliest tickets."

“有辆车已经到了，下午2点半出发，6块2毛8分钱一张票，卧铺要不要？卧铺贵一些。10块6……”

Wang Qiuju has been watching from the side for a long time!Hearing the conversation, he quickly came out to stop him: "Hey, we don't want sleepers, just hard seats. Just give us two hard seats."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole shrugged: "Okay, give us two hard seats!"

As he spoke, he handed over the money.

After a while I got two tickets.

He smiled at my mother and said, "Is this okay? Let's go, you're hungry, let's go eat! Mother, don't let me eat that pancake anymore. If you smell the smell, it's going sour. You're not allowed to eat it either." . I have a bad stomach, and the medical expenses are more than that."

When it was time to eat at noon, the train arrived at the station, and the two of them hadn't eaten yet!
My uncle was here before, so he took care of all the food in the car.

Wang Qiuju was confused for a while after hearing this.

After thinking about it, I finally followed him.

After coming out, there is a road, surrounded by low brick buildings and obviously some large warehouses.

There are quite a few shops along the street.

He looked around, pointed in one direction and said, "Mom, go over there, there's a restaurant over there."

Wang Qiuju felt a little worried about money.

But she still had to eat, and she was really worried that her son would have a bad stomach.

I could only follow him.

"Mom, follow me! There are many people over there! Don't let anything happen."

After walking out for a while, I saw a group of people in ragged clothes, holding crutches and broken bowls in their hands. At first glance, they were people who came out to beg.

There were too many people, at least a dozen people.

Most of them are old people and children.

Wang Qiuju naturally saw it, sighed, and took a slight detour.

They wanted to go around, but others didn't think so. After squatting for a long time, they saw two well-dressed people coming out of the train station.

They rushed over in a swarm.

"All right, give me something to eat."

"Yeah, we haven't eaten for a long time..."

"I beg you..."

People gathered around, begging in all directions.

A group of people grabbed the clothes and bags of two people.

Some children even started to open the bags in the hands of two people.

Yang Xiaole frowned when he saw this. The two of them had been surrounded by people, and they couldn't break free after several attempts.

Of course, the main reason was that he didn't dare to use too much force.

There are either old people or children here, and they are all skinny and skinny, so don’t get injured.

"Hey, don't pull me!"

Wang Qiuju shouted anxiously when she saw the bag being opened.

"food!"

Suddenly, a childish voice came. It was the package behind Yang Xiaole that was opened, revealing the corn tortillas inside.

Immediately a group of people cheered up and grabbed the things.

"Hey, that one is sour, don't get upset."

Wang Qiuju shouted anxiously when she saw this.

But no one listened to her.

After a while, the pile of tortillas they brought were all snatched away, and the crowd dispersed in a hurry.

The two people were left confused.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole shook his head and packed his bag again.

Looking at the troubled Wang Qiuju, she comforted her and said, "Forget it, mother, it's gone if it's gone! I won't eat it anyway, just be more careful later."

Those people just now were not enough for him to punch one person at a time.

But he really couldn't do it.

Wang Qiuju also sighed: "I'm not talking about this, why is it so difficult here? This is the city!"

Yang Xiaole packed up, picked up the bag and said, "You think it's a joke that people across the country support Kyoto! We'll go to the village later, please be careful and don't get into trouble."

There are some things he still dare not say.

In He N, they seem to be present every time there is a severe drought.

It is also the worst place.

Huizhou, which is next door, is not much better either.

After cleaning up, the two continued to the restaurant across the street.

After entering, there was no one inside.

There were only a few waiters, sitting there lazily.

Yang Xiaole looked at the wall and saw that there were only three dishes in total.

Stir-fried shredded radish, stir-fried lotus root slices, stir-fried spinach, all vegetables, not even a bit of meat, not even egg soup.

The staple food is white rice.

After reading it, he said to the waiter: "Give me one portion of these three dishes, and one and a half pounds of rice."

Of the three dishes, the rice was a little short.

The waitress came closer and said calmly to him: "One and a half pounds of food stamps plus 9 cents and 2 cents."

When Yang Xiaole saw this, he took out one and a half kilograms of national food stamps and one yuan.

Seeing the national food stamps, the other party's eyes lit up, he collected the money and tickets, and said with a smile: "Find a place to sit, it will be fine in a while."

Yang Xiaole nodded and took his wife to find a cleaner table and sit down.

Only vegetables and no meat, the food is served very quickly.

The two of them ate there quietly.

There is not much time left, we have to rush back and take the train!
Nothing happened during the meal. After the meal, the two of them went back directly carrying their things.

After waiting at the station for a while, I got on the train directly.

The hard seats of the green leather train are made of wooden boards covered with a thin layer of cushions, making them hard.

After a journey of more than 300 kilometers, we didn’t leave the train station until around one o’clock in the morning.

After coming out of the station, Yang Xiaole was carrying something on his back and shook his head: "Mom, I won't sit on a hard seat next time. My butt hurts."

Wang Qiuju shook her head indifferently: "No, I'd better sit on the hard seat."

Although the ride is hard and comfortable, it is too expensive.Nearly double the price.

It's okay for short distances, but it's way too much money for long distances.

It's always an extra month's salary.

Who got it.

Yang Xiaole shrugged, and he just reminded him in advance that he would definitely buy a sleeper berth next time. It was too painful.

Today's hard seats are not like those of later generations, which all have soft cushions.

About ten hours is fine.

If you sit on a hard seat in a car for two or three days, your buttocks will feel numb.

After leaving the train station, it was pitch black outside.

Wang Qiuju looked at the dark sky outside and asked, "Where are you going?"

There is an asphalt road right in front of the station, with scattered street lights emitting orange light, making it look a bit eerie.

Yang Xiaole heard this and shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't been here either. Just wait a minute and I'll go ask."

Put the things on the ground and ask the people patrolling here about the situation.

After coming back, he carried his things and said: "The bus station is to the east, less than two miles away. There is a guest house in the middle. Let's go and stay there for one night. The earliest bus there is at 06:30. Get up early tomorrow and go there to ask."

Wang Qiuju nodded upon seeing this.

No matter how worried I am about money, I can only stay in a guest house at this late hour.

Along the asphalt road, relying on the weak street lights, a guest house appeared on the roadside about ten minutes later.

This is a cement compound.

The words "Station Front Guest House" are written in black letters on a white background at the door.The two of them went in directly.

There were people from the security department at the entrance of the compound. They saw the two people carrying their luggage and didn't bother them. They continued to sleep with him.

After entering, there are many ordinary red brick houses. There is a red brick hall on the left that is obviously the registration office.

"Mom, wait a minute! I'll go ask."

Yang Xiaole asked him to wait here.

Today's guest houses are divided into 5 levels and 13 levels. The best ones are double rooms, and the worst ones can even accommodate 20 people in one room.

If I go, I will definitely choose the cheapest one.

Wang Qiuju didn't think much, nodded and looked at the package waiting there.

After Yang Xiaole opened the door and came in, it was dark inside.

"anyone there?"

After shouting a few times, a whispering voice came from the service desk: "Wait a minute!"

After a while, the lights were turned on, and an aunt in her 40s climbed up from the small bed behind the bar, rubbing her groggy glasses, wearing a thick military coat.

The aunt squinted her eyes and asked: "Are you staying? How many people are there? Have you brought your letters of introduction?"

"Yeah, I've got it. Do you have a double room? Give me two. My mother and I will go together."

As he spoke, he handed the certificate to her.

The aunt took the money, looked at it, and nodded: "Yes, 1 yuan 2 for a bed."

Yang Xiaole nodded and handed the money directly to her.

After the aunt took the money, she registered with the letter of introduction, tore off two handwritten coupons and handed them over: "This is the list and key, room 103, you can't take a shower now, there is a bottle of hot water there, I will bring it later." Go over there."

As he spoke, he pointed to a pile of thermos bottles in the corner.

After yawning, he went back in a daze.

Yang Xiaole took a look, went over and took an old iron thermos bottle and went out. Before he could go out, the light was turned off.

"How is it? Are you done?"

Wang Qiuju saw him coming and hurriedly asked.

Yang Xiaole nodded.

"Let's go! It's ready. 103."

After that, he led her to find room 103 in a row of brick buildings in the compound.

After opening it, Wang Qiuju saw that it was a room with two beds, so she asked: "Why do you open a room with two beds? It will be dawn in a while, so you can just make do with it."

Yang Xiaole ignored her.

"What time is it! Go to bed, you have to get up early tomorrow! Besides, the house where those dozen people live is cheap, and everyone can live in it. What should I do if I lose my money? And it's not convenient. !”

He took out his towel, went to the triangular washstand, found the basin for washing his face and feet, and started washing.

The horizontal thermal insulation effect is very poor, and the water at this time is no longer hot.

Wang Qiuju said nothing more when she saw this.

He nodded, washed up with him, and went straight to bed.

After washing and cleaning, he turned off the light and lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

In my previous life, I grew up in this city.

I didn't expect it to come back again now.

It was impossible to go to the orphanage at this point, so I had to wait until I came back to see it.

Judging from his age, the old dean should still be a child in the orphanage now.

How did I end up in an orphanage in my last life?

At this moment, he wanted to know why he was abandoned at the door of the orphanage because his body in his previous life was intact and he had no disabilities.

The thoughts in my mind kept spinning there.

Every bit of the past life reappeared in my mind.

I don’t know if I still exist in this parallel world of my own, but even if I do, I don’t know if it’s still not me.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it.

After a long, long time, he gradually fell asleep. In a daze, he returned to the orphanage and continued his life again.

Until the moment he died, it was like watching a movie all over again.

"Xiao Le, Xiao Le!"

The constant shouting made Yang Xiaole open his eyes again.

Wang Qiuju looked at him with concern.

"Hu~~"

Yang Xiaole breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously: "Mom, what's wrong? Aren't you going to sleep?"

Wang Qiuju shook her head: "Wake up, it's almost dawn, what's wrong with you? Are you having a nightmare? I heard you calling me Grandpa Dean, fat man, don't hit me, let me go."

Yang Xiaole shook his head when he heard this.

Feeling a little sore, I glanced outside the window. It was already slightly bright outside.

Looking at the time, it should be almost six o'clock.

He quickly sat up and said, "Mom, I'm fine. Hurry up. It'll be too late in a while."

Wang Qiuju breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was okay.

"Well, just go and take a shower."

After saying that, the two of them started to wash up with half a bottle of warm hot water from last night.

Just pack up and go out quickly.

After coming out, many people in the compound got up, probably on their way like them.

on the road.

Although this is the provincial capital, it has only been a provincial capital for a short time. Except for some of the buildings that are newly built, most of the other buildings are dilapidated brick and tile houses, mixed with some adobe houses.

I came to the bus station's courtyard, asked around, and found a car going to the Lu'an area.

At this time, Lu'an had not yet been established as a city. It was just a special district, but its authority was no less than that of a city.

We have to go to Jinzhai there.

Seeing that there were about 10 minutes left before the train departed, Yang Xiaole quickly ran out of the station and bought some meat buns.

The two of them ate steamed buns and waited there.

After driving for more than 90 kilometers for four hours, we arrived at our destination at 10:30 noon.

A shabbier little county town.

Without wasting time, Yang Xiaole inquired around the station about the address on the letter.

Finally found the car to get there.

But there is only one bus a day. It goes in the morning and the driver comes back after lunch.

There was no car to go there, there was no navigation, and Yang Xiaole didn't know the way. He could only have lunch in the county town and find a guest house to stay again.

Early the next morning, I got on the bus to Jinzhai Commune.

The road is less than [-] kilometers, because the car has to stop in communes and villages with larger populations, so there are many detours.

The journey that took more than an hour in later generations ended up running for four hours.

It was already noon when we arrived at the commune.

But when we arrived at the commune, the next road was the most troublesome.

Because Jinzhai is very large, there are hundreds of kilometers of road from the edge to the farthest point, and it is also a mountain road.

Although my mother's home is not at the far edge, it is still in the middle, with a distance of more than 40 kilometers.

If he was alone, it would be better to let the car out and search while asking.

But if I take my mother with me, I can only obediently find the car over there.

Follow the instructions from the people at the station and wait at the intersection to the west to see if there are any cars going there.

When they arrived at the place, the two of them were waiting there.

Fortunately, the two of them had better luck. After waiting for about an hour, a mule cart was heading to the brigade.

The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a ragged cotton-padded jacket.

Knowing where the two people were going, they got on the carriage.

There are a lot of things piled on the car.

During the chat, the two also learned about each other's situation. Like Zhang Laohan, he was from the sales agency of the brigade and came to the commune to purchase goods.

Li Changshun

Li Changshun drove the car and asked curiously: "You said you are Wang Shuisheng's sister? I know Shuisheng, but it's a pity that he left last year. When did he have a sister!"

"Oh, I married in Yangtai and fled the drought in 42."

Hearing this, Li Changshun suddenly realized that many people who had escaped nearby in those years also came here. He asked casually: "You said you are from Yangjiazhuang? Do you know Yang Mandun?"

He basically knows everyone in the group and his peers, and he also knows some things about them.

When Wang Qiuju saw this, she said directly: "That's my uncle!"

Li Changshun thought of something and asked curiously: "Oh~ I know, is your father-in-law named Yang Mancang?"

"Hey, yes, yes, this is our home!"

"Then I know! You guys have been living quite well these past few years!"

He could still tell by the clothes of the two people. Only a few people in the commune could dress like this.

Wang Qiuju also sighed: "It's so good, I just entered the city last year."

Although Wang Qiuju is several years younger, they are of the same age after all, and Wang Qiuju was already seventeen or eighteen years old when she left, so she can still vaguely remember many things.

The two of them can also chat together.

After walking for an hour out of the commune and entering the dense mountainous area, Li Changshun picked up a shotgun next to him and put it next to him.

Wang Qiuju was surprised when she saw this: "Brother Li! You still carry a gun when you go out!"

Li Changshun sighed after hearing this: "The world is not peaceful now! Fortunately, you came here at noon. It would be dangerous to walk on this road at night."

"Is there a wolf?"

Wang Qiuju didn't understand and thought there were wolves in the mountains!

After hearing this, Li Changshun thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Absolutely. There are sometimes wolves in this mountain, but is there anything more disgusting than wolves?"

"What is it?"

"people!"

Wang Qiuju didn't understand what was going on after hearing this, "What's wrong with him?"

Li Changshun thought for a moment and then said, "During the Chinese New Year, the commune found that a man who came back to visit relatives was dead. Only the skeleton was left."

When Wang Qiuju heard this, she was subconsciously afraid.

People visiting relatives?

Not just them.

But thinking of what Li Changshun said just now, Wang Qiuju's eyes widened and her lips trembled: "Brother Li, you... you mean... that was... done by someone?"

Li Changshun nodded calmly.

While rushing on the road, my eyes would look at both sides of the road from time to time, especially at some hidden bushes.

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju felt her stomach churn.

My throat felt a little itchy.

Feeling sick.

Yang Xiaole listened and said nothing.

This kind of thing does happen, and it is not unheard of for people to exchange their children for food, but such people are in the minority after all.

But once you encounter this kind of person, it is very dangerous.

(End of this chapter)