Chapter 575
Su Yuanzheng dusted off his hands, stood up and said:
"Luckily, I made thorough preparations before setting off. There are two spare tires in the back, so I just need to change them."
It is very necessary to go to the repair shop before leaving. The spare tire that Master Wang asked him to buy was also used here.
He opened the trunk and took out the jack, tool box and spare tire.
Watching his father operate skillfully, Su Miao helped hand over the tools and said:
"Dad, last time you said that you have to learn to repair cars while learning to drive. So, will you also take the car repair test when you take the driver's license test?"
Su Yuanzheng said as he tightened the screws, "Take the test! We'll have the candidates repair cars on the spot. Everyone's test is different. I, your dad, just changed tires, so I have some practical experience."
His movements were quick and efficient, and he removed the tire in just a few minutes. After carefully examining the damaged area, his expression grew serious.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
"Miao Miao, look, there's more than one nail stuck in there! Luckily, the tire is of good quality and it's only leaking slowly. It didn't explode, otherwise it would have been very dangerous."
Su Miao leaned over to take a look. Those nails were quite large and deeply embedded in the tire. It would be strange if there was no air leakage in this situation.
But she vaguely felt that something was wrong and said:
"Dad, it's winter and there are hardly any cars on the road. How come there are so many nails on the road? They just happened to pierce our car. It feels like it was done by someone."
Su Yuanzheng paused, straightened up, and looked around vigilantly.
His actions also made Su Miao nervous. No way, could it be that someone was laying nails and intending to rob him?
There is no village or shop nearby. If we get robbed, no one will come to help us even if we scream at the top of our lungs.
However, my father said that the tire did not explode immediately after it was punctured, but it leaked slowly after driving for a while. Maybe they have driven out of the control circle. After all, they have been stopped for such a long time and no car has caught up.
"Miao Miao, get in the car. I'll change the tire quickly and get out of here as soon as possible."
Su Miao picked up a wrench and said, "It's okay, Dad, you change it quickly, I'll be on guard. Since going up the mountain and down the field again, I think I might be a little better at fighting."
The most important thing now is to change the tire quickly and get on the road, so Su Yuanzheng didn't say anything else, but just silently quickened his hands.
Fortunately, no unexpected situations occurred during this period, and the tire was changed smoothly. He quickly packed up his things and continued driving forward.
After the car started, both father and daughter breathed a sigh of relief.
After driving for a few more minutes, they saw a repair shop in front of them.
Just by the roadside, there is a simple, low wooden house. In front of it, on a tree trunk by the roadside, hangs a faded sign with the words "Tire Repair and Car Repair" scrawled on it in red paint.
There were two cars parked outside the shed, and the trunk of a silver van was open. Tools and tires were scattered on the ground. Three men were squatting beside the car, busy at work, and the person standing by and watching was probably the owner of the car.
"What a coincidence! There's a car repair shop here. If we didn't bring a spare tire, we could come here to get it fixed."
The car drove smoothly past the repair shop. Su Miao looked through the car window and saw that one of the people repairing the car raised his head.
His eyes followed their car with a hint of inquiry.
"No, Dad. I see that the two cars being repaired have tire problems. It doesn't take long to change the tires, which means that several cars passing by here in a short period of time have had their tires punctured."
Su Yuanzheng also came back to his senses and said with a tense expression:
"There's no village or shop here. If your tire is broken, you can either change it yourself or find him to change it.
In this case, no matter how high the price is, others have to bite the bullet and accept it. It is indeed possible that they are setting the nail themselves."
Su Miao now recalled the look in that person's eyes and said:
"Dad, luckily you were prepared and were able to change the tire yourself, otherwise we would have been ripped off by them. When we passed by, I felt that the man's eyes were not right, as if the cooked duck had escaped."
"Yeah! Regardless of whether they scattered the nails or not, it's better to stay in this place for a while and get to a more crowded section of the road."
After Su Yuanzheng finished speaking, he silently increased the speed of the car.
There were few villages and towns on the road they had just passed, and it took them almost half an hour to see another village.
At the entrance of the village stood a woman with two children, craning their necks to look over here.
When he saw a car coming, he waved at them excitedly, apparently wanting to hitchhike.
Su Yuanzheng didn't slow down, waved at them and drove away.
Before leaving, the Ye family invited the father and daughter to dinner at their home and told them about it during their conversation.
Some villages have inconvenient transportation. Sometimes there is only one bus passing by in a day. Sometimes villagers who want to go to surrounding villages and towns will hail a bus at the village entrance.
There is nothing wrong with giving the driver a few cents to drive a distance.
But some bad guys have mixed in, pretending to be villagers and robbing and looting the drivers. Many such incidents happen every year.
There were only two people in the Su family, the father and daughter, and they were not armed. She suggested that it would be best not to stop the car in such a situation.
Su Yuanzheng nodded and said that not only did robbers pretend to be villagers, but some villages also came together to rob.
The factory's large trucks transport goods at night and move slowly uphill, making it easiest for people to jump onto the trucks and steal things.
They threw boxes down one after another, and there were too many people to catch them, so they couldn't catch up at all. If they stopped the car, the loss would be even greater.
So, along the way, when they met someone who wanted to hitchhike, they just waved and didn't stop the car.
Not long after leaving the village, suddenly, a figure appeared on the roadside ahead.
A man in a thick cotton coat was standing on the side of the road, waving desperately at them.
"Dad, someone stopped the car again!" Su Miao subconsciously looked at his father.
Su Yuanzheng's eyes swept over the man. He looked to be in his forties, neatly dressed, with clean shoes and no snow or mud on his trouser legs.
What's strange is that in this remote place, he has neither a car nor luggage with him, and no one knows what he is doing here alone.
“We don’t stop.”
Su Yuanzheng said in a deep voice, stepped on the accelerator, and the man was filled with exhaust fumes.
In the rearview mirror, the man's expression suddenly turned gloomy. He put down his waving arms, stood there staring coldly at their car, and suddenly pointed at the rear of the car and started cursing.
"There's something wrong with this person. Why are all the things he encountered today so strange?"
Su Yuanzheng nodded: "This road is not safe, but fortunately it's not far to Quancheng. Once we enter the city, it will be much safer."
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