After walking for almost 20 minutes, Ye Yaodong saw that his father's footsteps were getting slower and slower, not as brisk as before, so he patted him on the shoulder and let him rest for a while.
After resting for about five minutes, he got under the pole and picked it up.
Father Ye stopped rushing to do it now, and his shoulders felt a little sore after walking a long way.
Just said a few words to the side, "If you can't do it, just say it."
"A man can't say no."
Father Ye glared at him, spitting at him, but he didn't hold on to it. It wasn't the first day he knew his son's virtues.
"If you get tired later, put it down, and I will pick it up in turn. This way, you can take a rest. Now you have entered the city, and you can probably get there after a while. Buy some food when you arrive. , to fill my stomach, I don’t know what time I can transfer to home at night.”
"Um."
"If you had bought a store in the county at that time, you wouldn't have to go through such a hassle... It's a long way to come and go, and there is no car on the way. I don't know how many times I will come and go in the future. The fare will be quite a lot. ..."
"It's too much trouble to take a car by yourself. There are only two buses a day, which is no worse than the one in an hour or two in our county. It's so close, and it's convenient to go back and forth..."
Maybe there is no burden on the shoulders, so it is a lot easier. Father Ye started to think about it while walking.
Ye Yaodong was physically tired, hungry, and mentally tortured by his father, it was too painful.
"Don't talk about it anymore, there are no golden lumps to buy in the county, and..." After that, the traffic will be developed, and there will be a direct expressway, and it will take an hour to arrive.
"And why don't you say buy in the town? It's more convenient, you can walk there, ah yes, it's better to buy in our village, you don't have to go outside, you can walk with your eyes closed."
"You man, just say a few words to you with this attitude..."
"I've already bought it, so don't say 'what if', 'if' and the like, you won't lose money, it's already a certainty, why are you talking about it twice in three days."
People who listen to it are annoying.
"Don't you think it's troublesome to go back and forth, and you feel distressed about the travel expenses?"
"Isn't it all earned back? I sold eighty or ninety yuan today, and I earned fifty or sixty yuan for 2/3. Don't talk about it. There are advantages and disadvantages. It's good to make money. What's the trouble? Don't be afraid of being poor. Trouble, save your saliva, I've been talking all day, I'm dying of thirst."
Father Ye also shut up.
In the past, he would have scolded a few words anyway, but it is really meaningless and unnecessary to talk about the shop again after the cliché.
Moreover, he had already walked to the city, and the lively scene around him almost didn't stun Father Ye's eyes. His eyes weren't enough to see enough, so he couldn't care less about talking.
Before he went fishing for jellyfish, the farthest place he had ever been to in his life was the county seat, and he had only been there twice. He was sent there by the production team at the time, and he never went anywhere. He returned to the village immediately after finishing his work. up.
Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief after his ears were cleared. Seeing that the further he walked to the center, the more people on the street, the sound of hawking everywhere, and the sound of bicycles coming and going, he felt better.
"Father, there are tea eggs sold over there, let's buy two and eat first? Pamper your stomach."
Because he thought there was no shortage of food around the market, he didn't ask Ah Qing to prepare it at night.
"Well, there are still scallion pancakes over there, buy two too?"
"Okay, let me go. You don't speak Mandarin, so you can watch the burden here. Let me ask by the way, how far is it from the station?"
"Also."
Ye Yaodong hurried back, and found out that the station was only ten minutes away from here, they were not in a hurry, and they simply stood on the side of the road and ate.
During the period, half of the children were walking and shouting to sell newspapers, and even walked up to them and asked them if they wanted it.
Father and son are so hungry now, where is the time to talk? Almost choking on the egg yolk, he just shook his head, and the newspaper boy left immediately, asking about his next target.
Some burden-carrying shopkeepers also peddled while walking, and asked passers-by all kinds of questions.
The father and son looked around with their eyes while eating. After eating, they wiped their bodies casually and continued to walk to the station.
Father Ye also said happily: "This city is really lively. There are people everywhere, sellers everywhere, and bicycles everywhere. It is very rare to see a few in our countryside. The road is also good, clean, and the place It’s too big. We’ve been walking for almost an hour. If we walked to the town in our countryside, then all the long roads belong to the city...”
"Otherwise, why is it called a city?"
"I don't know if your mother will have a chance to come to the city to have a look in this life, it's so lively..."
Ye Yaodong sounded amused, and it was true.
He lived until he was 30 years old and never went to the county town once in his previous life. It is quite normal for the older generation not to visit the city once in their whole life.
The old lady has never been here before. She is so old that she can count the number of times she went to the county town on five fingers.
He said with a smile: "There must be a chance, the times are advancing, and it will definitely be convenient to come to the city in the future."
"The times are changing, who can say for sure? Maybe it's bad luck if you're unlucky, isn't that how it was in those years."
"I will not do it again."
"Well, it's almost there, it should be right ahead."
Both father and son saw that there were people in front of them, either carrying suitcases, bedding, or burdens, so they couldn't help but quicken their pace.
Everything looks shabby in this day and age, especially the station.
The surrounding walls are full of mottled marks, and the red slogan occupies the entire wall, but there is a large bulletin board on the wall next to the station, with various announcements and recruitment notices posted on it.
The front of the bulletin board was also full of men and women of all kinds, people crowded, one came out and one came in, they walked from far to near, and the number of people around them did not decrease.
"Dongzi, what is posted on it?"
"Some announcements, newspapers, recruitment, renting, everything."
"Oh, the information is quite comprehensive, no wonder so many people gathered around to look at it, and there is nothing missing."
Father Ye stretched his neck and was very curious, but he didn't know how to read, otherwise he would squeeze in to see what was written.
Ye Yaodong was not very interested in the bulletin board. After putting down the sack, he let his father watch it.
"It's just a little early now, and it's still a long time before the 2:30 bus. You can wait here for a while, lest there are too many people inside, I'll go to the station and buy the ticket first. , confirm the time."
"Okay, you go, I'll watch over here, and you should cover your money tightly, so that it won't be stolen. There are many thieves in this kind of place, and it's easy to be stolen if you don't pay attention."
"I know, I'm careful."
He was carrying a cloth bag made by Ah Qing, which was specially used to hold money, just in case, he carried it next to his body.
First he carried a layer of cloth bag, then he put on a autumn coat, then a sweater, and finally he put on a padded jacket. With his layer of protection, it's no wonder it could be stolen.
And he only put 3 cents in his pocket, which is enough for him and his father to eat, drink and buy a bus ticket. If he is really taken away, he doesn't feel bad.
Before when he was setting up a stall to sell goods, he also received the pockets first, and then turned his back when he was free, picked up his clothes, and put the money in the cloth bag.
Although it was only a three-dollar bill, if it could not be stolen, of course he had to try his best to keep it. He kept his hands in his pockets the whole time to avoid being stolen.
Even when queuing, the money is tightly held in his hands, or his hands are in his pockets, and he only takes out his hands to buy tickets when buying tickets at the window.
What surprised him was that after he bought the ticket, he looked down for a few seconds while walking, and then put his hand in his pocket, which turned out to be empty.
He has more than one yuan left over from the ticket, which is gone...
It was still there when I took out the money to count the money, but when I put it back, I walked a few steps with the ticket, and the pocket was empty.
Master in the folk!
The stunt of these three hands is really amazing!
Fortunately, he carried his cloth bag close to his body, and he could feel it was still there. This kind of place is really too chaotic.
He looked around, but he didn't see any suspicious characters, and there was nothing unusual about the spirited or bitter faces.
Now I can only admit that I am unlucky. Fortunately, there is only one piece left. If it is stolen, it will be stolen.
He didn't dare to put the ticket in his pocket anymore, so he held it directly in his hand.
Anyway, the pocket was already empty, so there was no need for him to put it in the pocket, and put it directly on his chest, hugging his chest and continuing to squeeze out into the crowd.
These days, the hospital is not as crowded as the station.
After a few years, the popularity of the hospital caught up and overtook the station.
But, during holidays, the train station is even better!
He trotted to the corner where his father was standing, and said out of breath: "I bought the ticket, it's 2:30, you can go in later, just wait outside, just go in half an hour earlier." It’s too chaotic inside the station. I just bought a ticket, and before I walked a few steps, the left over one yuan of the ticket in my pocket was gone.”
"Huh? Stolen? I said that there are many thieves here, so many people, crowded, it is very convenient for thieves, I told you to be careful..."
"I kept my hand in my pocket, and I took it out when I bought the ticket. Who knew it would be gone after a while? Forget it, it's okay, it's only a little more than one yuan. If it's gone, it's gone. I think I'm unlucky."
"Fortunately, it's only a little more, that..." Father Ye looked around, afraid of being heard, and said in a low voice, "Is it still there?"
"Um."
"That's good."
Ye Yaodong looked around, but couldn't find any place to sit, and there were many people sitting on the ground or squatting around, so he simply opened the sack, took out a bag from inside, spread it on the floor, and sat down.
He would never stand up to follow if he could sit down, not to mention that he just walked a long way with a load and was quite tired.
"Sit down, dad, take a break."
"Um."
"What's the smell? A little fishy?"
After Ye Yaodong sat down, he left the sack open without tying it up. Passers-by sniffed it a few times and smelled the smell of fish.