life struggle

Luo Xiao hurriedly got up from the bed, straightened the blouse and skirt pants, briefly combed her messy long hair, washed her face, and put some powder on her face. Seeing that Wu Xiaojun picked up her handbag and put it in the luggage bag, she hurriedly asked, "I have to take the bag with me, don't put it in there.【 | 】"

"Except for the fare and food on the road, don't take anything with you. It's safer to put it in the luggage under the car. This is common sense for travel, and you should know it."

"Okay, just put it in, it seems that you are quite careful."

Wu Xiaojun looked at it carefully again, and there was nothing left behind, "Okay, let's go!"

"Thank you for staying with me all night, I will reward you." He kissed Wu Xiaojun fiercely on the face, which made him feel very embarrassed, and touched his face with his hand, "You, I don't know how to say it , let's go."

The two picked up their luggage, went downstairs and ran towards the square of the Juhua Department Store. They were sweating profusely and out of breath. Fortunately, the car hadn't arrived yet.Commander Wu Xiao let out a sigh of relief, "Thank God, I'm not late, otherwise I'll have to take the train again!"

"Don't say it so easily, maybe something will happen again!"

Wu Xiaojun stepped forward and covered Luo Xiao's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, you can't say unlucky words when you go out."

Luo Xiao felt a little slip of the tongue, and quickly covered her mouth with a smile, "Just say you have a crow's mouth, and I don't have a guard when I speak, but I have the same smell as you."

This is a long-distance bus station. Vehicles do not stay here overnight. They usually come from other places and stop for three to five minutes to pick up people and leave.In less than 5 minutes, the bus bound for Yuanzhen drove over. The two put their luggage away, got on the bus and just sat down in the middle seat, the bus started whizzing and drove directly to the coach station.There were a lot of people on the station, noisy and noisy, and soon the seats on the bus were full.

Luo Xiao found four young men around 20 years old sitting behind him, with long hair and moustache, all of them were mischievous. Bad guys, you don’t feel at ease in your heart, so you have to be careful."

Wu Xiaojun glanced back and said, "Let's switch seats. You sit by the window, and I'll protect you outside."

The bus left the station and traveled for nearly two hours. Under the turbulence of the vehicle, most of the early drivers fell asleep due to exhaustion.Seeing that nothing happened along the way, Luo Xiao also felt drowsy, yawned, lay on Wu Xiaojun's lap and said, "I'll take a nap for a while, don't sleep."

"Just go to sleep, no matter what happens, don't look up." Then he put his arms around her waist, so as not to hit her with a sudden brake.

"Ah."

When the car entered the Eling Pass of Dongyao Mountain, Wu Xiaojun's nerves immediately tensed up, and he didn't dare to be careless at all.The altitude here is more than 600 meters. The end of this mountain road is extremely steep. There are 24 twists and turns, which are called "24 turns" by the locals.The road is built on the mountain, and the road surface is very narrow. It can only accommodate two passenger cars passing by. Every time the car arrives here, the driver will naturally slow down the speed. Therefore, this is not only a place frequented by road robbers, but also a road section with frequent accidents. , there is such a jingle circulating in the local area: 24 discs, 24 discs; accidents happen twice in three days; either the car hits the mountain, or the car falls into the ravine;It can be seen.

The car got on the 24th plate, and as the plate got higher and higher, the smoky and bottomless ravine was on the right side. Sitting in the car, Wu Xiaojun was like walking on the edge of a cliff, and he was in danger of falling off at any time. My heart is in my throat.

At a turning point halfway up the mountain, the four people behind suddenly stood up. Wu Xiaojun pretended to be nonchalant, squinted his eyes slightly, peeped at their every move from the corner of his eye, and his mind was spinning quickly what to do.I saw that each of them held a four-inch long three-edged knife in their hands, and searched the money in the pockets of the passengers one by one from the back to the front. The movements were surprisingly fast. It took less than 3 minutes before and after. Watches, jewellery, and money were all scavenged.Some of the sleepless ones turned pale with fright, no one dared to make a sound, and handed in their weapons obediently.

A thin man stood beside him, pointed a triangular knife against his armpit, and reached out to touch his trouser pocket.He suddenly opened his eyes, which frightened the man for a moment, stared at him fiercely, and threatened in a low voice, "Don't talk, you will die if you squeak." shake.He smiled at the man calmly, then took out a roll of ten-yuan bills, said in a low voice with trembling lips, "Brother, it's hard work, just eat breakfast and buy a pack of cigarettes."

The man glared at him, took the money and stuffed it into his pocket without even looking at it, and then walked forward. When the four of them met and gave each other a wink, one of them shouted, "Driver, stop, stop, we have to get off." car."

The driver hurriedly stopped the car, and the four of them drove away immediately.After the car started, Wu Xiaojun pushed Luo Xiao, "Get up, my legs are numb from your pressure." Luo Xiao raised his head in a daze, rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked around and asked, " Where are you?"

Wu Xiaojun said in a low voice, "24 games. The whole car was searched and robbed, and they all ran away."

Luo Xiao was so frightened that she fell silent, her face turned pale, she screamed "Oh my god" and fell into his arms, hugging his waist tightly with both hands, not daring to look up, waking up all the people in the car.

"Okay, okay, don't be afraid, it's okay."

"Oh, my pants were torn," a middle-aged woman behind me said loudly in a crying voice.

"My 500 yuan is gone."

"The gold necklace my boyfriend just bought me is missing."

"The money I earned from working in broken nylon bags was also taken away."

"Who did it, there is no movement, why don't you know at all!"

"I also know that you sleep like a dead pig, and you don't know what happened to you if you were stabbed to death with a knife."

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There was the sound of things turning over in the car, shouting and cursing, and there was a sudden commotion, with everyone chatting about their losses.Luo Xiao raised her head in shock.

"You drivers and conductors don't know at all, why don't you yell at everyone, it's so wicked, you just make money and don't care about the life and safety of passengers, you must compensate us for the loss." A migrant worker in his 40s and the conductor reasoned.

"Yes, you must compensate us for the loss." The excited passengers echoed in unison.

The middle-aged male conductor said dismissively, "What are you shouting about? When you get on the bus, I will remind you to take care of your belongings. Who told you not to worry about sleeping late? It's none of our business if you lose it. You deserve it."

"Bastard, how do you talk? You have no humanity at all. I think you and the gang of robbers are all in the same group." A woman around 30 years old cursed angrily.

The conductor was in a hurry, and pointed with his finger, "You bastard, please clean up your mouth, whoever is a bastard, if you talk nonsense, I will drive you out."

Just as Wu Xiaojun wanted to persuade them, Luo Xiao covered his mouth, "Don't say it, the driver and conductor on the long-distance running road know in their hearts that they don't interfere with each other and go their own way, so it's useless to talk about it. Tell us about our loss." How big is it?"

With a sad face, Wu Xiaojun stretched out five fingers and turned it over.

Luo Xiao asked distressedly, "One thousand?"

Wu Xiaojun shook his head.

"five hundred?"

Wu Xiaojun shook his head again.

"Don't be a fool, I'm not anxious to die, how much is it?"

Wu Xiaojun suddenly laughed stupidly, "It's not right, ten yuan!"

"Ten yuan, no way, who are you kidding!" Luo Xiao stared at him with deep and deep eyes, and said dubiously.

"I won't lie to you, really. Every time I ride in the car, I prepare some side dishes for them."

"Quickly tell me, what side dish?"

"It's actually very simple. Don't take so much money with you. But you can't be without money. Since the first half of last year, I prepared old money ranging from 30 yuan to [-] yuan before going out by car. I wrapped some old newspapers in it and rolled them into rolls. , put it together separately for emergency needs. This trick really came in handy, just now I took it out and stuffed it into the robber's hand, and he put it away and left."

"Okay, I've learned to deceive people. Why do you have such an idea?"

"This is a lesson my father bought back with his tuition fees. Last March, he pulled a cart to the county town to sell the wheat and came back. Not far from the county town of Xiguan, a man suddenly fell off a bicycle not far in front of him. A bag went straight away. There was a roll of money in the bag, so he bent down and picked it up. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got it, a person came from behind and stopped him, saying that he saw it and wanted to split it equally. My father thought, split it evenly Let’s split it equally. I opened the wallet and looked dumbfounded. Except for a piece of 50 yuan real money on the surface, it was full of newspapers. The man quit, saying that my father hid the money. My father insisted that there was no , I took out the money from selling wheat and showed it to that person, but it was all taken away by that person. Later I realized that this is called throwing a bomb. I had a similar thing happen to me on Pingxi Street in the morning, and I didn’t even look at it. , quickened my pace and left without bombing me. Since then, I have prepared some bombs every time I ride in the car.”

Listening to the gradual relaxation of brows, Luo Xiao showed excited joy, giggled and said, "When that kid is blown up by you, he might scold you! It feels like a thief eating a thief."

"Thieves eat thieves, this is called repaying others in the same way. Nowadays, people put money in all kinds of places to prevent thieves on the car, some are stepped on, sewn in clothes, and even Some of them hide in the crotch... Most of the girls wear clothes in summer without pockets, so they simply hide in the bottom of stockings and step on them, and some hide in..." Wu Xiaojun was embarrassed to continue.

Luo Xiao was listening intently, seeing that he stopped talking suddenly, and asked eagerly, "Where is it hidden, tell me?"

Wu Xiaojun clung to her ear and said in a low voice, "It's safe and secure to cover the boobs and the nipples. No matter how daring a thief is, he won't take the clothes off and take the money."

"Fuck you, I don't know how to be ashamed, thank you for saying it." He said and twisted his leg hard.

The momentary noises, yelling, and angry voices of lost belongings from the passengers were suppressed by the roar of the conductor. As the bus climbed up the cliff road, everyone was worried and full of fear. Soon there was silence in the car until When the car reached the top of the mountain, all the people breathed a long sigh of relief and let out sighs, as if they had come out of the gate of hell.

The surrounding mountains are connected to mountains, and peaks are connected to peaks. The mist is getting thicker and the visibility is getting lower and lower. The sky is gloomy and it seems to be raining.Although the windows were all open, it was still terribly stuffy. Many passengers fanned themselves with simple homemade fans, sweating continuously.

Wu Xiaojun's shirt was soaked in sweat, showing patches of imprints, his mouth was dry and hot, he drank a few sips of cold boiled water, and felt a little more comfortable, watching Luo Xiao's flushed and wet face kept wiping away his sweat with a towel, laughing Said, "Sister Xiao, you are very energetic, don't you think that riding in the mountains is very thrilling and exciting, and there are endless rivers and mountains of the motherland."

"I'm almost scared to death. It's hard to lose energy. In the future, don't drive past here. It's very dangerous. If you make a mistake, it's not a joke, so as not to make others worry about you. "

The bus wound around in the valley for nearly two hours. Just after leaving the Daquansi Reservoir, it came to a half-hillside. For a while, the wind was strong, the clouds were dense, the day was like night, lightning and thunder, pouring rain fell from the sky, and the whole car was submerged in an instant. Among the rain curtains.Passengers shut their windows and the car stopped on the side of the road.

It took more than an hour for the rain to stop, the dark clouds cleared, the sky revealed the sun, and the rainwater from the mountain flowed down along the path it opened up, washing away the dirt and dust on the mountain, and washing the damaged road surface Residual soot and gravel.After a torrential rain, the mountains, rivers and fields look extraordinarily green, and the clouds and mists float slowly on the mountainside, presenting a very magnificent picture in front of people.

The moment the car window was opened, the breeze blew the grass and soil in the mountains, driving away the heat and heat from the whole body.People got out of the car one after another, or enjoyed the rare mountain scenery after the rain, or exercised their muscles and bones, or smoked a cigarette to satisfy their cravings. Young women can't take care of so much, it's convenient to squat behind a few clusters of thorns.Luo Xiao was very excited. Standing on the side of the road and looking at the distant mountain, he greeted Wu Xiaojun enthusiastically, pointed, and kept comparing the shape of the distant mountain to him, describing the beautiful scenery in the mountain, which was quite pleasant.

The conductor yelled a few times, the passengers returned to their seats, and the vehicle continued to move forward.However, after driving for more than half an hour, the car stopped again when it was climbing a hill. There was a long queue of vehicles ahead, and the roadside was full of people, waiting anxiously for something.

The rain was so heavy that landslides appeared on both sides of the top of the slope, and the entire road was tightly sealed, not to mention cars, even people could not pass through.Moreover, this road belongs to the national road, and there are no villages, towns or roads nearby. All vehicles have no choice but to wait patiently for large machinery to clear the road.

With helpless faces, the two stood under the car for a while, and then got in the car again. After eating something, Luo Xiao leaned his head on Wu Xiaojun's shoulder and said guiltily, "Xiaojun, do you really hate me now? , Cursed me secretly, let you go two days late, and accompany me on the long and unpredictable journey home."