Chapter 13: Returning Home in Glory
When Chu Hong came here, she took the train and bought a hard seat ticket for 4.80 yuan. When she went back, she took a sleeper berth that only cadres could afford.
The ticket price is certainly not cheap, 38.5 yuan, which is less than what an average worker earns in a month.
The ticket price is expensive, and now is not a holiday, so there are not many people on the sleeper berths.
When she came, she only carried a shoulder bag and a small package.
On the way back, he upgraded his weapons and carried two sacks on a shoulder pole.
The most fortunate thing was that the Yao family treated her as a terrible beast. When she left, Aunt Yao used the factory jeep to personally send her to the train station and watched the train leave before leaving.
Thanks to the special car she took, she was able to catch the 2:30 train.
Lying in the berth is much more comfortable, and Chu Hong feels much safer lying on the upper berth.
However, fearing any accidents might happen, he placed the kitchen knife under his pillow and stuffed the sack on the luggage rack opposite so that he could see it as soon as he opened his eyes.
It’s no wonder that she was so nervous. She was really scared by those two men.
Xiao Hei also got out of the bag, took a look with his mandarin duck eyes, and said disappointedly: "There aren't many people in the car?"
There were two middle-aged men and women on the lower bunk, no one was on the middle bunk, and no one was opposite Chu Hong on the upper bunk.
Chu Hong also warned Xiao Hei: "Don't run around. There are many kidnappers on the train. I need you to protect me."
Xiao Hei didn't find anything interesting, so he just cooperated and lay down beside him: "Don't worry, I will protect you."
At this moment, Xiao Hei felt that his new friend was very nice to him, except that he was too timid and afraid of death.
But cats like to sleep, and soon they started snoring.
Chu Hong was curious about when Director Yao would go to rescue people.
She did not go back to the small villa, but told Director Yao directly that she was kidnapped yesterday and the other party said that it was the Yao family who ordered them to come to her house.
As for whether Director Yao believed it or not, she didn't care.
In my heart, I still hope that Director Yao can give them a good beating.
She didn't get enough rest last night, and when the train started rumbling away, she fell asleep in a daze.
The food on the train tastes good. Braised pork costs two yuan per portion, which is a bit expensive, but the quantity is large and you don’t need a ticket.
Anyway, she and Xiao Hei were both full after eating five taels of rice and a plate of braised pork.
When Chu Hong was awake, she would chat with the person in the lower bunk, or listen to them talking about anything, and she didn't feel the time was unbearable.
She took the train on the afternoon of the 12th, and when she arrived at the station, it was already past nine in the morning of the 14th.
Fortunately, most people nowadays are kind and enthusiastic. Chu Hong asked for the route, carried two snakeskin bags on the bus, and after arriving at the bus stop, she just bought a ticket to town at 1:30.
When she goes out alone, what she fears most is that her luggage will be stolen.
Therefore, she didn't dare drink too much water, and for lunch she had the multi-grain steamed buns that she had specially packed from the train.
It’s not that she can’t bear to eat good food.
In fact, she was not someone who would treat herself badly. She had five meals on the train, alternating between braised fish fillets and braised pork.
I just thought that places like the station are crowded with people and if I eat too well, people will stare at me, so I bought two mixed-flour steamed buns.
Sure enough, two people saw the two sacks in front of her and the patched clothes she was wearing, so they walked slowly past her without even looking at her.
By the time we arrived in Jiangdong City, it was already past seven in the evening and it was already dark.
Chu Hong simply went to the guesthouse where she stayed when she came here. She saw a middle-aged woman with short hair and a round face knitting very seriously, so she spoke in the local dialect: "Hello, I need a room. I want to stay for one night."
The receptionist looked up and saw that she was wearing faded and patched homespun clothes, with a yellowish complexion and unkempt hair. He said sullenly, "Comrade, please show me your letter of introduction first and register with me. It's eighty cents a night."
Chu Hong just remembered that nowadays one needs a letter of introduction to go out. She took out the letter of introduction and more than ten banknotes, all in denominations of 10 cents, 20 cents, and 50 cents, from the pocket of her wrinkled, loose, side-opening trousers.
After the receptionist registered me, she handed me eight dimes and put them in the drawer. Then she took out a key from another drawer and put it on the counter: "Room 206 on the second floor. Leave before ten o'clock tomorrow morning. If you leave after ten o'clock, you will have to pay an extra eight dimes."
He stared at her seriously again and said, "You are not allowed to take anything out of the room. If anything is missing or damaged, you will have to pay for it."
This is definitely looking down on people.
And this service attitude really made her want to curse, but thinking of her current status, she had to smile and said, "Sister, I remember everything."
Then he took out a handful of hard candies from his pocket and stuffed them into her pocket: "Thank you for your hard work, big sister. Do you have any more water?"
This hard candy is also two cents each. You should know that you can buy an egg for four cents now. The waiter's face became much better: "You are too polite."
He immediately brought her a rattan kettle and a peeling enamel basin with a white background and red flowers: "If the water is not enough, come back for more."
Chu Hong soaked the six hard-boiled eggs she bought in the morning in boiling water.
Xiao Hei ate two and stopped eating, and asked her, "Is there no more meat?"
Chu Hong would save some of the food she bought on the train for Xiao Hei, so Xiao Hei had a hard time swallowing the food because of his frugality.
Chu Hong nodded: "Yes, meat is hard to buy now, but there are fish ponds and streams in the village. When we go back, you can enjoy a feast for yourself."
The yield per mu is not high now, and the food distribution is not much. If she wants Xiao Hei to eat the same food as her, she has to think about how to explain it to her family.
There is no cat food or dog food now. Cats and dogs eat leftovers or pig food.
If Xiao Hei wants to eat well, he has to be self-reliant.
She wanted Xiao Hei, but it was impossible for her to worship Xiao Hei as her ancestor.
But he would coax her: "Don't worry, Xiao Hei, no matter how difficult it is, I will give you special treatment every month."
She didn't want to feel upset, so she gave Xiao Hei some as well.
Xiao Hei is easier to coax now, and is a little touched: "I will support you, too."
Chu Hong closed the doors and windows tightly, and slept with Xiao Hei until seven o'clock the next morning before checking out. When they passed by a state-owned restaurant, they bought four delicious meat buns.
On the way to the station, I passed by a shopping mall and thought that I had returned home in glory, so I planned to buy some more food to take back.
She didn't buy the twisted sesame cake because it required food stamps. After asking which cakes didn't require food stamps, she spent 1.6 yuan to buy two pounds of glutinous rice sticks and 2.8 yuan to buy four pounds of hard candy, causing others to think that her family was going to have a wedding.
It was almost eleven o'clock when we arrived in town on the shaky bus.
Chu Hong wanted to go to the state-owned restaurant in town to have a good meal, but she saw someone rushing over, sobbing with eyes wide open, "You still remember to come back? Grandma and the others are so worried!"
Chu Hong was also stunned: "Sister, why are you here?"
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