When they returned to the station, there was still more than half an hour before departure. Lin Yi asked Qiao Sanye and Chunya to divide the bag of clothes among themselves, while he found a place to sit down and take a nap.
When the children heard that they would have new clothes to wear, they were all very happy. The adults felt a little burdened as the debt was getting bigger and bigger, but since they had already bought the clothes, they had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.
The clothes they were wearing were made of old coarse cloth woven by themselves, but due to lack of skills and professional techniques, the cloth was not wear-resistant and often had holes in it. It was also patched up with patches, so they really needed a set of replacement clothes.
The strong-willed young mother looked at the smiles on her children's faces and made up her mind: At worst, she could just give the pieces of silk she had woven to Comrade Cheng. After all, they were the only valuable things they had left.
Zhao Xiaohua was so anxious that she picked out a set of clothes from the bag and ran to the public toilet to change. When she came out, her whole temperament had changed. She had transformed from a country woman into a town aunt.
Of course, it would be more presentable if she could change the pair of cloth shoes on her feet that were worn out from walking on mountain roads for days and had exposed her big toe.
The others only picked out the portion that belonged to them, folded it carefully and put it into a clean backpack. They had been away from home for too long and missed home very much but were also afraid to go back.
Knowing that she was rescued after being kidnapped, and that it was not a glorious return home, she was also worried whether her former relatives could accept her and her daughter without any reservations, but she still did not want to meet her relatives in a humiliated manner.
Even if their families do not accept them after they meet again, they still want to maintain their dignity, so they will wait until they get home to change into the new clothes.
Although the little girls were reluctant to see their new clothes being put away by their mother, they were sensible enough not to cry or make a fuss.
Zhao Xiaohua stroked the lapels of her new clothes and thought these people were so stupid. They had new clothes but they had to wear tattered ones to make people on the street laugh at them. They couldn't even enjoy their blessings. Then she saw Chunya mumbling to her mother Su Xiaoou about clothes, bells, and selling them for two thousand yuan.
Two thousand yuan? Zhao Xiaohua perked up. She sat up straight and pretended to prick up her ears casually, but Chunya's voice became even quieter, and she could no longer hear any key words.
At this time, the ticket inspector reminded her that the train was coming, so she had to put this little episode behind her and followed the crowd to squeeze towards the train.
The car clanged along the uneven road, and the smell inside the car was really bad. The temperature was not high at that time, so the windows were open to let in cold air. If I didn't open them, the smell of cigarettes, sweat, chicken shit, engine oil, and the sour smell of people who didn't pay attention to personal hygiene in the car would be enough to suffocate people.
Lin Yi sat in the window seat in the last row of the bus. He opened the window a little and greedily breathed in the cold fresh air blowing in through the window. He ignored the old lady standing in front of him, who didn't get a seat and frequently gave him eye hints.
I'm sorry, old lady. It's not that I don't know what it means to respect the elderly and love the young, but there is really no other way. He has to rely on the air from the crack in the window to survive!
This long-distance bus from Y County to the provincial capital just happened to have a stop at the Provincial Public Security Bureau. After Lin Yi and his group got off the bus and walked to the Provincial Bureau, they discovered that there seemed to be some celebration going on there today.
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