Four hours later on the second day, Xu Yao and Mo Xiaoqing arrived at the long-distance bus station in City M. This place is similar to most small and medium-sized cities in China. As soon as you get off the bus, you can immediately feel the noisy and bustling atmosphere of the long-distance bus station.

The sounds of selling food and drinks, newspapers, and mobile phones are heard

one after another. After leaving the long-distance bus station and turning to the south side of the station, there are rows of minibuses parked behind the railings. There are several women holding a handful of change in their hands and shouting various place names loudly.

Mo Xiaoqing can vaguely hear the three words "Langshanpu" in these shouts.

"Captain Xu, it's this car."

Mo Xiaoqing said as she pulled Xu Yao's sleeve and walked towards the woman.

The woman enthusiastically escorted them to the parked minibus. Xu Yao chatted with the driver for a while and quickly found out the departure time and the conditions of each stop along the way.

Langshanpu is a small county town. After they got to the county town, they had to take a small minibus to their destination, Lijia Village.

The driver said that it was an extremely remote mountain village, which used to be very shabby, backward and poor.

Unexpectedly, that remote mountain has now been transformed and developed into a tourist area. Many city people go there to experience farm life.

After arriving at Langshanpu, Xu Yao took Mo Xiaoqing to the police station in the county town and dispatched a car from there to drive directly to Lijia Village.

The road was rugged and winding.

When the minibus entered Lijia Village, it was already 3:30 in the afternoon.

Xu Yao drove around the village and was surprised. He didn't expect that the village was really well developed. All the farmers had three-story houses, and there were all kinds of shops on both sides of the road, forming the scale of a small town.

There were shops on both sides of the two-way asphalt road, including supermarkets, fish restaurants, massage parlors, clothing stores and other shops.

However, the main business was entertainment, such as hotels, restaurants and KTVs. After all, many of them were doing business with tourists.

After rushing for most of the day, the two of them were already very hungry, so they suggested finding a place to make dumplings and fill their stomachs first.

Unfortunately, they came during the peak tourist season and they went to several hotels but none of them had rooms.

They searched the entire village from beginning to end and finally found a shabby old shop with a single room.

Mo Xiaoqing asked: "Just one room? Boss, can you be so kind as to find us another room?"

A slightly plump woman was standing behind the front desk. She raised her eyes and glanced at Mo Xiaoqing and Xu Yao, then raised the corners of her mouth and smiled,

"Hehe, our countryside is not as rigid as before. Young couples all live in one room. Why do they have to live in two? It's so awkward!"

When the proprietress said this, Mo Xiaoqing felt extremely embarrassed. She was about to explain when Xu Yao took out his ID and money,

"Okay, proprietress, let's take this one."

Mo Xiaoqing looked at Xu Yao giving the proprietress 200 yuan. She didn't expect that such a small shop, especially a standard single room, would cost 200 yuan. The price was not cheap at all.

What made Mo Xiaoqing feel even more troubled was that there was only one room left, but now he and Xu Yao were no longer lovers, but ex-girlfriends. It was really awkward for them to live in the same room again.

Xu Yao walked in front, and Mo Xiaoqing followed closely behind him, hesitating, "That... Captain Xu-that..."

Xu Yao turned around and said very calmly, "Don't worry, I won't squeeze into the same bed with you."

The proprietress took them to the door and opened it. It was indeed very narrow inside, but fortunately the room was not as shabby as the appearance of the small hotel.

The bed sheets were clean and white, covered with beige tiles, and there were dots of wall paint. There was a small TV on a wooden table.

Going further inside, there is a relatively spacious bathroom.

After looking at it, Mo Xiaoqing decided, "Okay, let's live here." After all, they really have nowhere else to go.

If they don't live here, it is very likely that they will have to spend the night in the car.

Xu Yao glanced at the room and said directly to the proprietress, "Excuse me, do you have any extra mattresses or mats here?"

Mo Xiaoqing saw that the room was on the first floor, the ground was relatively damp, and there was a lot of humidity. She looked at the width of the bed in the room again and saw that it was still relatively large. Even if two people lay on it, there would still be some space.

The proprietress listened to Xu Yao's question and stood at the door in great embarrassment, staring at the two of them with strange eyes.

Mo Xiaoqing said quickly: "Boss, no, don't bother, just prepare two sets of toiletries for us."

The boss returned soon after leaving and handed them two sets of toiletries and a hot water kettle filled with boiling water.

Mo Xiaoqing took the things and closed the door.

"Captain Xu, this bed is actually quite big, and you don't need to sleep on the floor at night. I will sleep inside against the wall and will definitely not touch you."

Xu Yao turned around, glanced at Mo Xiaoqing with an ambiguous look, and silently fell on the bed to relax his muscles.

In fact, driving is very tiring.

Mo Xiaoqing walked to the bed, pulled open the curtains, and opened the window to get some fresh air.

A fresh breeze blew in from outside. The air in the countryside was indeed fresh. Mo Xiaoqing couldn't help but closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Xu Yao just lay in bed for five minutes before getting up and taking Mo Xiaoqing out to eat.

There was no restaurant in the small hotel, so they could only find a small restaurant to solve the problem of food and shelter.

Fortunately, there were quite a few restaurants on the street, with all kinds of delicious snacks.

They chose a store that looked very clean, went in, ordered a few stir-fried dishes, and ate them with relish.

She glanced to the side and saw that Mo Xiaoqing didn't even move her chopsticks. "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"

In fact, the food here is not to Mo Xiaoqing's taste, but she still said, "No, I'm a little carsick. I have no appetite after sitting in the car for a long time."

Xu Yao didn't say anything else, and continued to eat with his head down.

At this time, a little boy of seven or eight years old ran into the small restaurant, called the boss lady at the counter "Mom", threw his schoolbag on the table, and went into the back kitchen.

"Dad, I'll help you."

In a blink of an eye, the little boy held a porcelain bowl of soup in his hands and walked forward carefully.

The boss lady at the counter just raised her eyebrows and looked at him, smiling and saying nothing. It seems that this little boy is always sensible to share the burden for his parents.

The little boy walked to Mo Xiaoqing's table with the soup. Just as he was about to put it on the table, he accidentally broke the bowl and the soup spilled all over the table and onto Mo Xiaoqing's thigh.