The matter of my aunt has come to an end for the time being. In the short term, it is estimated that there will be no problems. Jiang Yilu tossed and turned on the kang.
The eldest sister had already quit her temporary job and was waiting to go to school as soon as the junior high school resumed classes. As a result, her fate with Xiang Qianjin was also cut off. Jiang Yiliu thought about the note he had put in Xiang Qianjin's pocket during the day, and he didn't know whether the idiot would regard the note as a prank or believe the words on the note.
Jiang Yilu has never been a person who suffers injustice for nothing. He takes revenge when there is revenge, and he takes grievances when there is grievance. Since Yin Hong dared to do such a thing, she must be prepared for revenge. If Xiang Qianjin did nothing, he would naturally find another opportunity to let Yin Hong receive the punishment she deserved.
Jiang Yilu closed his eyes. The most important thing now was the trip to Haicheng. They would set off on the fifth day of the New Year. In these few days, he had to make all the plans and seize the opportunities in those days.
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Time passed quickly and the fifth day of the New Year soon arrived.
"Da Hai, please take good care of Xiao Bao along the way."
Old Mrs. Miao handed the things she had prepared to her son. It was a bag full of dry food for them to eat on the road. Old Mrs. Miao had started preparing them since last night. The old lady was busy all night and didn't close her eyes all night.
Transportation nowadays is not as simple as it is in later generations. If you want to get to Haicheng from Yuchuan County, you have to take a bus for two or three hours, and then take a green train to the provincial capital. They have to spend a night on the train and can only arrive in Haicheng the next night.
After the journey, old lady Miao was tired and hungry. She was worried about her little grandson and wanted to stop the man.
"The weather is so cold now, how can you, a bunch of grown men, take care of two children? Why don't you, Xiaobao, not go." Old Mrs. Miao tactfully expressed her opinion. They were going to Haicheng to visit relatives, so what was the big deal about Xiaobao going? If something happened to her only child on the way there, she would cry so hard.
"Ruan Ruan doesn't want to go either."
The little girl clung to Jiang Yilu's arm tightly. She still remembered what she heard that day. Although her grandfather promised her that he would not send her away, Ruan Ruan was still a little scared, fearing that her grandfather and brother Xiaobao would disappear in the blink of an eye.
"It's okay, Ruanruan, Brother Xiaobao will go with you." Jiang Yilu patted her little head comfortingly. The soft hair made Jiang Yilu couldn't help but touch it a little more.
"It's a good thing for the child to see more of the world. With so many people watching, nothing can happen." Old Man Jiang waved his hand, signaling them to leave quickly.
Ruan Yuanjiang looked at his old friend with gratitude, and the few of them left amid the sounds of roosters crowing and birds chirping.
Mo Dashuan drove a truck specially to take a few people to the county town today. When they arrived at the station, the sky had just begun to brighten, and they just happened to catch the earliest bus to the provincial capital.
It is now the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, and many people are visiting relatives and friends, and many people are going to the provincial capital. Jiang Dahai took the certificate issued by the team and walked towards the row of military green ticket stations in the station.
"All reactionaries are paper tigers, comrade, I want five tickets to the provincial capital." Jiang Dahai leaned over the ticket window and said to the ticket seller inside. After that, he handed the certificate in his hand to the person inside.
Nowadays, traveling requires a certificate from the team or unit. Without these certificates, if you travel alone, not only will you not be able to stay in a guesthouse, take buses or trains, but you may also be arrested as an enemy spy when you travel in a foreign land.
The people in the military green ticket station took a look at the certificate issued by the team. After seeing the personal information and purpose of travel, they couldn't help but glance at the few people waiting behind Jiang Dahai.
"15 cents for adults and 6 cents for children."
The conductor tore off five tickets and waited for Jiang Dahai to hand over the money.
"The total is fifty-seven cents." Jiang Yilu saw his father scratching his head and looking embarrassed as he couldn't figure out the price, and whispered a reminder.
Jiang Dahai looked at his youngest son proudly, and immediately calmed down. He counted out fifty-seven cents from his wallet and handed it in through the small window.
After the conductor confirmed that everything was correct, he handed the ticket to him. The train had not yet departed, but the vehicle was already waiting in front with the doors wide open. All those who had bought tickets could put their luggage on the train first. When the train started, station staff would come up to check the tickets. Those who did not buy a ticket and wanted to sneak through would be kicked off the train.
At this time, the driver was smoking leisurely beside the bus, and would drive away when the time came.
Their gifts were not much, Jiang Dahai and Huo Wu each carried a large bag, which was all their belongings. They only took the clothes they needed to change in the next few days in Haicheng, and the large package that Old Lady Miao handed to them before they left. In order to make Ruan Ruan feel at ease, Ruan Yuanjiang did not take her things with him. He thought that since Ruan Ruan would change her current clothes when she went to Gangcheng, he might as well not take anything with him.
Those things at home were just something he could keep as a memory.
When Jiang Yilu and his group got on the bus, the bus was already crowded with people. Because the weather was too cold, all the windows were tightly closed. Perhaps because they were visiting relatives and friends, many people brought chickens and ducks on the bus, and the bus smelled of chicken and duck shit.
There were still a few empty seats in the bus, and they quickly found their seats and sat down. Jiang Dahai originally wanted to sit with his son, but Ruan Ruan wanted to sit with her brother Xiaobao. So Jiang Dahai entrusted his son to Ruan Yuanjiang, and he and Huo Wu sat in the back.
They were lucky, because those who came later had no seats and could only stand in the aisle, keeping company with the chickens and ducks.
There is no such thing as overloading now. As long as the bus can still accommodate more people, tickets will be sold as usual at the ticket station.
"Okay, stop letting anyone in. There's no place to step." The person standing in the aisle saw people continuing to squeeze in and yelled outside.
This scene happened almost every day during the Chinese New Year. The ticket inspector peeked inside from the door, but he had no way of getting in to check tickets.
"Okay, let's go, and you don't have to go in." The driver put out his half-smoked cigarette, carefully put it back into the cigarette box, blew on his hand and said to the conductor.
The ticket seller nodded helplessly and had no choice but to let the car pass.
The car finally started, and Jiang Yilu reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief. He sat on the chair, but the space under his butt was already half occupied by people in the aisle, and judging by the trend of those people, there were signs that they were squeezing in.
"Little baby, let grandma hold you and sit down."
A smiling, chubby old lady felt that half of the space was not enough for her to sit, so she waved to Jiang Yilu, and without waiting for his response, she picked him up, sat down on the chair, and placed Jiang Yilu on her right thigh.
There was a little boy sitting on her left thigh, about two or three years old, chubby, and looked exactly like the old lady. At this moment, he looked at Jiang Yilu sitting on his grandmother's lap and smiled.
With a "slurp" sound, Jiang Yilu's eyes widened, watching the little kid suck the snot into his mouth, licking his lips, and showing his tiny teeth to Jiang Yilu. After a while, a transparent and crystal clear little snot hung down from his nose.
Jiang Yilu smiled stiffly at the other person, turned his head away, and looked as if he had lost all hope in life.
"Brother, are you taking your grandchildren to visit relatives in the provincial capital?" The old lady spoke to Ruan Yuanjiang who was sitting next to her in a very familiar manner.
Ruan Yuanjiang was sitting by the window holding his granddaughter, while Jiang Dahai and Huo Wu were sitting several rows away from them. As there were too many people on the bus, neither side could see each other at all.
"We are going to Haicheng." Ruan Yuanjiang replied with a stiff smile, obviously he had also seen what happened just now.
"What a coincidence!" The old lady slapped her thighs excitedly. She forgot that there was a baby sitting on her legs, and her palm like a palm-leaf fan slapped Jiang Yilu's body.
With a "bang", Ruan Yuanjiang and Ruan Ruan both closed their eyes. The strength of the hand was so strong that they felt pain just by hearing it.
"Sister, please let me hold the child. I'm afraid of tiring you out." Ruan Yuanjiang looked at Jiang Yilu, who seemed to have lost all hope in life, with sympathy and wanted to take the child back.
"No, no, don't be polite to me. You look so gentle, how can you hold two children?" The old lady said generously, "Don't look at my slim figure, I am actually very strong. I am not tired at all holding these two cubs."
Ruan Yuanjiang laughed awkwardly a few times and looked at the old lady's body which took up half of the seat. He and she might have different understandings of the definition of the word slim.
"Brother, I am also taking my little grandson to Haicheng. We are unfamiliar with the place. How about we go together? I heard from your accent that you are from Haicheng, so I can help lead the way. Don't worry, I will take care of this boy for you along the way."
After the old lady finished speaking, she lifted Jiang Yilu, who was about to slip off her thighs, with her fan-sized hand and hugged him tightly in her arms.
"Don't be polite to me, it's settled."
The old lady spoke at a rapid pace, leaving no chance for anyone to refute.
Ruan Yuanjiang glanced at Jiang Yilu and shook his head, indicating that he could do nothing to help.
Along the way, Jiang Yiliu was like a baby elephant entangled by the trunk of an elephant, unable to move. The only advantage was that the old lady's thighs were much softer than the car cushions. Half of the road now was dirt road, which had become bumpy due to the erosion of time and rain. Along the way, the bumps of the bus caused the passengers in the car to scream and complain, but Jiang Yiliu sat on the old lady's soft thighs and did not suffer at all.
After more than two hours of driving, the bus finally came to an end and everyone in the bus rushed out.
Jiang Yilu walked out of the bus surrounded by chickens and ducks and took a breath of the cold but fresh air.
Long live freedom.
"Little kid, why are you running so fast? Wait for grandma."
Just as Jiang Yilu was about to take a look at his father and Grandpa Ruan, he was caught by the old lady who came out right behind him.
"Little kid, you mustn't run around. Be careful not to get kidnapped. Grandma and you will wait for your grandpa together."
The smiling old woman grabbed Jiang Yilu by the collar and held him closely beside her, staring at the car door, waiting for the old man who had "agreed" with her to go to Haicheng together to get off the car.
When Jiang Dahai got off the car, he saw his son being held in the arms of an old lady.
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