There aren't many bus services from the town to the county seat now, only four a day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.
The first bus in the morning is at 7:00 AM, and the second bus is at 10:00 AM. In the afternoon, the first bus is at 2:00 PM, and the second bus is at 4:00 PM.
It's well past seven o'clock now. Yuan Dasheng and the others left home after seven o'clock, so now they can only wait for the ten o'clock bus.
That means we'll have to wait another two hours.
They didn't have to leave so early to wait for the bus, but they wanted to avoid her, so they left early.
They're probably just waiting around in town now.
After leaving the small mountain path, Yuan Mengge slowly walked along the highway towards the county town.
The journey from Heshui Town to the county seat is nearly 30 kilometers, and the route passes through two other towns.
She walked from here to the next town, and by the time she reached that town, the bus would be almost here.
The town ahead is called Niutou Town, which is about 11 kilometers away from Heshui Town. If you go another 10 kilometers or so from Niutou Town, you will reach Baishui Town, which is only a few kilometers away from the county seat.
Eleven kilometers, which would take an average person two or three hours to walk to.
However, Yuan Mengge walks faster than normal people and can reach the destination in two hours.
Moreover, she can also jog a little to improve her running speed.
If I can flag down a ride to the county town, I can go to my fifth uncle's house and wait there.
If all else fails, we can go to the town ahead.
At that time, the road was still a dirt road, and there was a lot of dust on the roadside. When a car passed by, it would also kick up a cloud of dust.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Yuan Mengge heard the sound of a car behind her. She immediately stopped and turned around to see a two-seater pickup truck.
However, both seats on the truck were occupied, leaving no empty seats, but the open cargo compartment at the back was much emptier.
Yuan Mengge, who suffers from social chauvinism, waved to stop a car without saying a word.
The other driver stopped in front of her, puzzled, when he saw her flagging down the car.
The driver, a middle-aged man, leaned forward and looked at her: "Is there something you need, young lady?"
Yuan Mengge asked with a smile, "Uncle, are you going to the county town? Could you give me a ride?"
The driver was probably in his forties or fifties, and the passenger in the front seat was a young man in his twenties.
After hearing her words, he understood, and then looked at her and said, "But there are no seats left in this car... Would you dare to sit in the back?"
Yuan Mengge immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, thank you, Uncle!"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Then get in the car."
Yuan Mengge immediately went to the back of the car, jumped up, and then walked to the back of the car and tapped lightly: "Okay, Uncle."
The uncle said, "Then sit down, we're leaving."
The man then drove directly to the county town.
Yuan Mengge sat in the back as the car bumped along the road, watching the dust kicked up behind her.
Funding was allocated to build a cement road for this highway around the turn of the millennium.
Because Yuan Mengge was sitting in the back, she didn't have a chance to chat with the driver or anything like that.
We drove along this bumpy road until we arrived in Lishan County.
After entering the city, the driver stopped by the roadside and leaned out to ask Yuan Mengge, "Little sister, where are you getting off? We're going to the farmers' market."
Yuan Mengge said, "Then let's stop at Minzhong, I'll get off there."
Upon hearing this, the older man asked her, "Are you going to register? Isn't it too early? Registration is in a couple of days."
Yuan Mengge said, "Oh no, I'm going to my uncle's house. I can take the bus there."
The middle-aged man understood: "Oh, okay, I'll take you there."
The man then drove to the vicinity of Minzhong, because he needed to take another road to the farmers' market from there.
After Yuan Mengge jumped out of the car, she thanked the uncle again, saying, "Thank you, Uncle."
I wanted to buy them two bottles of water from the shop next door, but the uncle refused.
Yuan Mengge silently gave him a "good guy" card.
These days, the character of strangers outside is better than that of your own family members, even if they are awful.
Then Yuan Mengge turned around and went to the roadside near the entrance of the middle school where she could wait for a car.
Yuan Mengge's fifth great-uncle lived in a small suburban village on the edge of the county town. It wasn't far, but its location was opposite to Yuan Mengge's current position, so it was a bit further away.
There's a bus that goes there, but it's a bit hard to catch.
The most convenient way is to take a car from Fengcai.
At that time, in the county town, because there were few bus routes and the intervals between buses were long, and there were no taxis, the most convenient means of transportation were riding in a rickshaw or a three-legged cat.
But now it's very expensive to buy a three-wheeled vehicle, much more expensive than a two-wheeled motorcycle.
Both are tricycles, but Fengcai is a three-wheeled motorcycle that carries fewer people, while Sanjiaomao is a medium-to-large-sized three-wheeled vehicle that carries more people.
At this point, a novice is like someone who has just started taking the bus.
Moreover, at this time, if you want to take a ride in a luxury car, you have to find one.
Unlike a decade or two later when cars were competing for people, now it's people looking for cars.
It took Yuan Mengge a long time to find a Fengcai.
She walked over to the driver and asked, "How much does it cost to go to Wuhe Village?"
The driver, an older woman, looked at her and replied, "Five yuan."
These three-wheeled motorcycles are expensive to buy and expensive to ride.
She only needs two yuan to take a bus from Heshui Town to the county seat, a distance of 30 kilometers, but here it costs five yuan to take a Fengcai bus, a distance of 3 kilometers.
Yuan Mengge didn't say anything, got into the car and said, "Let's go."
When the driver saw her get on, she kicked the motorcycle starter and drove off.
"Put-put-put-da-da-da~~~" This car is quite noisy.
The car chugged along for only a few minutes until we reached Wuhe Village. After getting out, Yuan Mengge paid the fare and walked into the village.
She had visited her fifth uncle's house a few times when she was a child, and Yuan Dasheng had brought her there a few times every year when he visited relatives during the Spring Festival.
My fifth uncle's family originally lived in this village, but in the early 2000s, they moved to an apartment building in the city.
The village is mostly made up of brick and tile houses, and there aren't many households, maybe a dozen or so.
Yuan Mengge didn't bring any gifts and went to their door empty-handed.
After all, this family is truly exceptional.
Yuan Mengge still remembers that when she was in college, she came back home for the Chinese New Year once, and her newly bought computer was ruined by her fifth uncle's naughty child.
Her cousin, who smashed her computer, not only didn't apologize, but his parents also blamed Yuan Mengge for not putting the computer away properly, causing their son to get into trouble.
And they're already twelve or thirteen years old, yet they act like they don't care at all after causing trouble.
Her parents were also unreasonable; instead, they blamed her for not putting the computer away properly.
Enraged, she gave Tang Bei a severe beating and overturned the dining table.
A family gathering ended on a sour note.
She had no good feelings towards this family, and now they were even teaming up with Yao Dongqing to mess with Li Xue'e. She was lucky if they didn't bring a hammer to their door.
There are no gifts, but fists are ready.
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