As soon as Yu Qiuying and her companions came out of the train station, they were immediately surrounded by a group of drivers trying to solicit customers.
"Hey pretty girl, handsome guy, where are you going? Come ride in my car!"
"Hey girls, where are you going? Come ride in my car!"
Zhou Cailian was frightened by this situation and tightly grabbed Yu Qiuying's arm.
Zhou Jiadong was also a little at a loss. These touts were too enthusiastic. Some of them even tried to take their luggage.
When Zhou Jiahong saw someone reaching for their things, he glared at them and roared, "What are you doing? Trying to steal our things?!"
"No, no, young man, don't misunderstand. We just wanted to help you with your luggage." A balding man in his early forties spoke with a slightly accented Mandarin, clearly a local.
Yu Qiuying smiled and said to the group in fluent local dialect, "How much for four people, let's go to the new district?"
As soon as she said that, the drivers who were soliciting customers around them were stunned for a moment, unsure whether she was from out of town or a local.
Zhou Cailian and the other two were completely dumbfounded. What did Mom just say??
"Hey lady, take my car. There are four of you, I'll charge you thirty, how about it?" It was the balding man in his early forties who spoke first.
The other drivers tried to steal customers, each trying to persuade Yu Qiuying and her companions to ride in their cars.
Finally, Yu Qiuying and the others got into a middle-aged woman's car, which cost 25 yuan to get to the new district.
"Young lady, you speak the local dialect quite well. You seem to know this place very well. How long have you been here?" The female driver looked to be about the same age as Yu Qiuying, with short hair and a particularly strong build, taller than the average man.
She spoke to Yu Qiuying in Mandarin, which sounded like an accent from the southern part of the city.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Yu Qiuying replied in fluent Mandarin, "Right? I also think my local dialect is pretty good. You might not believe it, but it was taught to me by two educated youths from Dongguan back then."
These words, seemingly a reply to the female master, were actually meant for Zhou Cailian and the other two to hear.
However, Yu Qiuying's words were not entirely unfounded. Back then, there were indeed two educated youths from Dongguan Province in the village, and she did learn a couple of phrases in Dongguan dialect from them, but they were just two everyday expressions, such as "Hello" and "Have you eaten?"
At this moment, Zhou Cailian and the other two were completely stunned. Not only could their mother speak Mandarin, but she spoke it so fluently and so clearly!
What shocked them the most was that their mother could actually speak the Dongguan dialect!
Is this really their mother?!
The three exchanged a glance and remained silent for a moment.
However, the three of them were soon attracted by the bustling scene outside the car window.
As expected of a big city, it is surrounded by skyscrapers, and cars can be seen everywhere on the road. People are dressed in fashionable and trendy clothes, and women with permed hair and makeup are very eye-catching.
It wasn't until the car left the city center that the surrounding buildings gradually became much lower. After driving along a long and desolate road, we finally arrived at the new district.
This area is far less bustling than the city center; it's surrounded by industrial zones with many factories.
Yu Qiuying and the others got off the car in front of a state-run hotel, paid the fare, took their luggage, and then she led Zhou Cailian and the other two into the hotel.
We booked two double rooms and it cost sixty yuan.
"Mom, this is too expensive..." Zhou Cailian only dared to complain softly after entering the room.
Just one night's stay, only sixty yuan, that's enough to buy so much meat!
Yu Qiuying put her things down and sighed, "It's expensive, but we won't be staying for more than a few days. We'll go out and look for a place first thing tomorrow morning."
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