A strong wind blew in the middle of the night and it didn't stop until the next day.
Li Aihua and Xu Mingzhu got up early and made breakfast for Hu Lin.
They also baked a lot of meat patties, wrapped them in oil paper, and asked Hu Lin to eat them on the road.
The military kettles were also filled with hot water.
Everything was ready. After Hu Lin finished his breakfast, he checked again. After making sure that he had everything he needed, he carried his small backpack and prepared to go out to the village to take the ox cart.
But when I opened the door, I saw Yang Qing standing in the cold wind, supporting his bicycle.
Hu Lin was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
"I'll take you there." Yang Qing's eyelids were a little gray, and it seemed that he didn't sleep well last night.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Hu Lin walked down the stairs and approached Yang Qing.
"I've asked for leave. I'll come back to work after I send you off."
Yang Qing looked at Hu Lin, who was shorter than him, and spoke with a guilty conscience.
He didn't tell Hu Lin about this in advance.
"Okay, that's great. I also have something to tell you, but I forgot last night."
"Okay." Yang Qing smiled foolishly.
He turned the bicycle around, waited for Hu Lin to sit on the back seat, pushed his feet, and rode away into the north wind.
After leaving the village, Hu Lincai asked, "You have been in the militia for so long, have you noticed anything?"
When she asked Yang Qing to join the militia, she had told Yang Qing privately to pay attention to those five people.
In order to prevent those five people from seeing Yang Qing's true ability, she had specifically instructed Yang Qing to tell Yang Shu to let Yang Qing join the team when those five people were not there.
She will be away for a long time now, and many things are beyond her control, so she can only take precautions before they happen.
"No, they are all normal and get along well with others.
I noticed that they didn't pay much attention to the Zhou family. When they saw people from the Zhou family during patrol, they pretended not to know them.
I mean, am I worrying too much? "
Yang Qing hesitated a little when he spoke the latter part.
He didn't know much about the Zhou family and those five people, and he felt that Hu Lin was making a big deal out of nothing.
"Didn't you see it when I left the village just now?"
Hu Lin asked back and explained,
“They did the same thing last year, just to keep an eye on the Zhou family when they go out.
Last year, when Aunt Xu went to the county town, they followed her all the way and did not leave until she came back. "
When she was leaving the village, the man who was following her looked at her straight in the eye.
They knew that she lived with the Zhou family, so she also caught the eyes of these people.
"Okay." Yang Qing pouted, "I'll pay more attention to it later."
"Please help me look after the house while I'm away.
If those people behave in an unusual manner, you should immediately notify the Zhou family and your father and ask them to work together to find a solution."
Hu Lin instructed.
"I know." Yang Qing agreed.
"You should also pay more attention to your business."
"Speaking of this, I haven't given you this year's year-end dividend yet!" Yang Qing said when Hu Lin mentioned it.
When he came to see Hu Lin off, he was going to talk about this matter.
In fact, he wanted to go with Hu Lin, but he had no reason.
Even if you want to see her off, you have to find a good reason.
He was afraid that if Hu Lin asked him, he wouldn't be able to answer.
"Pay me the dividend when I come back." Every little bit counts, and Hu Lin didn't mind just one month's dividend.
When they arrived at the county bus station, Yang Qing was reluctant to leave when he saw Hu Lin was about to get on the bus.
"Be careful on your journey."
"Okay." Hu Lin glanced at Yang Qing and got on the bus carrying the backpack.
Sitting by the window, Hu Lin saw Yang Qing standing on the side of the road, staring at her blankly.
Then the bus started and drove out slowly, leaving Yang Qing behind.
Hu Lin withdrew his gaze, showed the letter of introduction to the ticket seller, and bought the ticket.
After shaking all the way to the city, Hu Lin took a bus to the train station.
When I got to the ticket window and asked, I found out that there was no direct train to Beijing, so I had to transfer.
You have to go to the provincial capital to get a direct train to the capital.
Hu Lin had no choice but to buy a train ticket to the provincial capital, Chuncheng.
It's far from here.
Fortunately, there were not many people traveling far at this time of year, so she bought a sleeper berth.
When the conductor heard that she was buying a sleeper ticket, he looked at her in surprise, and the people who were buying tickets behind her also looked at her in amazement.
I thought, how could she, who wore a homemade cotton-padded jacket, actually afford a sleeper berth?
Hu Lin didn't care what the conductor and others thought. He got the ticket and queued on the platform waiting for the train to arrive.
She could only buy a hard sleeper ticket, as the soft sleeper was not available to someone of her status.
That is because of resource constraints.
By the time the train arrived at the station, it was already pitch dark. Hu Lin didn't know the exact time, but he felt cold all over from the wind.
I glanced at the station notice board earlier and it said the train would arrive at 8 o'clock, so I guess it should be around 8 o'clock now.
The train whistled as it entered the station, its huge iron wheels clanging and thick smoke billowing from the chimney at the front of the train.
The long handles between the wheels slowed down, and finally a long dragon slowly stopped in front of them.
The iron wheels squeaked on the rails and the train came to a complete stop.
Suddenly, the crowd became noisy and the station horn sounded, announcing the arrival of a train.
On the train, the conductor in a dark blue railway uniform opened the train door and got off.
The man came wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a railway badge on his chest, an armband with the word "conductor" on it, and holding a ticket tongs in his hand.
The crowd looked at the open train door and subconsciously squeezed forward.
The conductor blew a whistle to deter the crowd who wanted to rush on board, and everyone began to board the train in an orderly manner.
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