Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 34 The City and the Countryside

It rained several times in a row, the summer heat disappeared without a trace, and even the air was moist. Liu Junhao has been cooped up in the house for the past few days and is quite depressed.On the contrary, Professor Zhao is more adaptable to this kind of weather, and lives a leisurely life. Sometimes, when the rain stops, he goes to the backyard to pick up half a bowl of chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, and lotus for frying, or he goes to break fungus under the tree.

These two things grow very fast on rainy days, especially the fungus, which grows everywhere on the Chinese wolfberry tree that has been dead for a year or two in the yard.

Then again, Professor Zhao's culinary skills are improving day by day. He has retired and has nothing to do. Recently, apart from doing some research, the rest of his time is spent on eating, and he specially asked Wang Shengli to bring him a few This recipe comes here, and I am thinking about it when I have nothing to do. Now I am half a chef.

On the fourth day, the weather completely cleared up, and the hot sun reappeared in the sky showing off its power. At this moment, Liu Junhao and Er Mazi had arrived at the county joint operation station, and there were many numb drivers looking at their big and small bags. Some of them thought they had just got off the car, and stepped forward to solicit business one after another.

They arrived at the county seat early in the morning in Dr. Wang's private car. At the beginning, the dirt road on the mountain was particularly difficult to walk. The bumps and bumps almost broke the bones of Liu Junhao, who had been pampered recently.Fortunately, this state only lasted for half an hour before arriving on the newly built road, and the car sped up quickly.

Both he and Er Mazi showed joy in their eyes. After the road was completed, it would take about an hour and a half from Daqingshan to the county seat. It used to take nearly two hours for the mountain road alone.

Compared with Daqingshan, the county town is like heaven and earth, everywhere is bustling with indescribable prosperity. Er Mazi praised it repeatedly at first, but after eating a lot of car exhaust, he coughed again and again and said: " It’s because the air here is good, I’m afraid life will be short in this kind of place.”

Now there are luxury buses leading to every major city in the province every day in the county seat. After the two bought the tickets, they sat on the bus early when it was time for the departure. Because they had money, they didn't sit in the front, but Both sat in the last row of the car.

Originally, Liu Junhao advised him to deposit the money on the card and then withdraw it when he went to the place, which was much safer, but after Er Mazi asked that it would cost dozens of dollars more to do so, he said that he had no choice but to carry it with him. Liu Junhao had no choice but to follow his will.But when he was in the car, he was deliberately asked to sit on the side of the window.

When the seats on the bus were less than half full, the driver had already started the car. Someone stopped the car and got on the bus less than 50 meters away from the station. People began to shout dissatisfaction.

"What is it called, who told you to take the bus at the station, you have to pay the invoice, of course it is expensive." The conductor explained nonchalantly, which made Er Mazi feel distressed, saying that he knew that he was also taking the bus outside the station.

Along the way, I met many people who hailed cars halfway, and the charges were cheaper than those at the station, so Er Mazi muttered for a long time because of this.

Although the air conditioner was running in the compartment, it was still a bit hot, and the windows were closed and the air circulation was not smooth. After a while, most of the passengers in the car became drowsy. Liu Junhao could not help but tilt his head on his seat .

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly the conductor shouted loudly: "I feel sleepy, there are often thieves getting on the bus in front, everyone be careful."

After hearing this, Er Mazi immediately touched his pocket nervously, and was relieved to find that the money was still there.

Seeing that some people were still sleeping on their seats, the conductor woke them up one by one, so that they would be refreshed and not doze off during the journey. From this point of view, Liu Junhao found that this strong conductor was still very good.

Sure enough, not long after, many people stopped the car, and the driver stopped the car helplessly. This time, seven or eight people came up and surrounded the car, and there were three or four people who didn't even have seats. .

With the reminder from the conductor just now, the passengers on the bus were all alarmed, and no one slept anymore. About half an hour later, four people got off the bus just now, and the conductor said with a sigh of relief: "It's all right now. Now, everyone feel in their pockets to see if they have lost any money?"

After half a minute, when no one answered, he explained again: "That place just now was a waiting point, where thieves often waited for the bus, because there were other people in the bus, we had to pull them, I hope everyone will forgive me." This explanation changed most of the passengers' views on them a lot, and no one cared about paying ten yuan more at the station.After all, it's not easy to do anything these days, and the driver is also trying to earn more money.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, the bus finally pulled into the station. Although he had already seen the prosperity of the county, Er Mazi was deeply shocked again.Liu Junhao is better, he has been to the county town several times when he was in school.Er Mazi is different. Although he is relatively shrewd in the village, the farthest place in his life is to dig saplings in other towns for a few days. This kind of busy scene makes him like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden. I can't help but sigh.

"Xiaohao, do you know where south is? Is it this direction?" Er Mazi stood outside the station, pointing to the east and asked loudly, immediately drawing the attention of several people waiting for taxis.

"Uncle Guangxi, this is Dong." Liu Junhao hurriedly pulled him away.

In fact, many rural people will become confused when they first arrive in the city, and their sense of direction will become very poor.This is mainly because the general buildings in the countryside are built according to the pattern of sitting north and facing south, but the city is different. In addition, it is difficult to see the sun because of the obstruction of high-rise buildings, so people who are not familiar with it can easily lose their way.

Different from Er Mazi's behavior of entering the Grand View Garden, he felt a kind of indescribable tension and depression. The crowded vehicles on the road kept making harsh noises. Everyone here was in a hurry, and there was no smile on their faces at all. On the contrary, looking around is indifferent.

No wonder people in the city can't stop running to Liujiagou, and Professor Zhao even wants to retire there.

The environment of Daqingshan is beautiful, and the life of country people is leisurely. They work in the fields during the day and chat with a large group of people at night, not making hearty laughter. You can't find this kind of life in the city.There are no deafening frog croaks or flashing fireflies in the city.

For a while, Liu Junhao actually missed those things at home. He wondered if Xiaopi would not get used to being away from him for a few days. Those half-sized rabbits should not eat dew grass and then have diarrhea...

They didn't go far, so they found a small restaurant not far from the station to have a meal. Liu Junhao was hungry for a long time, and quickly ate up a large bowl of noodles. After eating, he asked Er Mazi Wait there, go to the newsstand to buy a map by yourself, and you can't save the map when you go out.

Business at the newsstand was booming. He waited for a few minutes before buying a map for five yuan, but when he walked back, he saw a few people talking about Er Mazi on the side of the road. Someone has to pull him away.

What happened again?Liu Junhao was startled, hurried up and grabbed Er Mazi and asked, "Uncle Guangxi, what's wrong?"

"Who are you, are you with him?" Several people looked at Liu Junhao warily.

"He's my uncle, what are you pulling him for, let him go!"

"That's right, little brother," the man in black explained, "I lost my wallet just now, and your uncle and this gentleman found it..."

I didn't expect so many things to happen in such a blink of an eye. It turned out that after Er Mazi had finished eating and paid the bill, there were many people watching the meal, so he felt embarrassed to stay in other restaurants, so he left the restaurant with a big bag .Unexpectedly, within a few steps, he saw the man in black dropping a wallet. Just as he was about to call out, the wallet was picked up by a man wearing glasses, and the man in black left in a taxi.

After picking up the money, the man went straight to Er Mazi to share it with him, and accidentally opened the wallet, revealing a stack of hundred-yuan bills inside.

Although Er Mazi was a little moved, he also knew that such ill-gotten gains should not be taken, and it would be hot to handle.So he sternly refused, saying that he should return the money to the owner when he found the money, but the man wearing glasses refused to agree with anything. Purse in his hand, chasing after him.

The man in glasses had to return the leather bag, but after checking the cash in the bag, the man in black said that 3000 yuan and a bank card were missing. When they left, they had to make sure who actually took their money. They also said to go to the bank. At this time, a helper on the side of the road also said to let them go to the bank to prove their innocence.

Although Liu Junhao encountered such a thing for the first time, he could also hear the strangeness here. He thought for a while and said: "Going to the bank is so troublesome, let's go to the station police station, which is less than 500 meters ahead. Let's go now, wouldn't it be better to let the police search you..." As he said that, he was about to pull the man with glasses towards the police station.

Several people were stunned for a while, and the man in black suddenly slapped his head and said: "I remembered, the bank card and three thousand dollars were in another wallet, and I took the wrong bag when I went out, I'm really sorry Hold on, I'm really sorry..."

And the man in glasses also broke free from Liu Junhao's pull, and said, "Since there is nothing wrong, then there is no need to go to the police station. I have something to do, so I will go first." Then the man in black also left in a hurry, and several onlookers They also dispersed, but a 60- to [-]-year-old man patted Liu Junhao on the shoulder and said, "You are so excited, or else you must have been cheated by these people again. Hey, these people are just city shit. Specially to deceive foreigners."

(End of this chapter)