Chapter 302 In 1985, the Spring Festival travel rush arrived and the number of passengers surged!

In 1985, New Year's Day.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, a grand wedding was being held at the Suifeng Hotel.

The male and female protagonists of this wedding were none other than Deng Shirong’s second nephew Bu Zhongshi and Liang Yuqing.

After visiting the family, Liang Yunfei found a time to tell the matchmaker Deng Shirong about his father's story. Originally, both parties were quite satisfied with this marriage, and now with the factor of Mr. Liang, they both hoped to get married as soon as possible.

After all, if Mr. Liang really can't survive this year as he said, then this marriage will have to be delayed for at least one or two years or even two or three years, which will be very difficult for both the man and the woman.

Therefore, after discussion, the two sides decided to hold the wedding banquet at the Suifeng Hotel on New Year's Day 1985.

The reason why they chose to hold the wedding banquet in the county town instead of in Bu Zhongshi's hometown was mainly to fulfill Mr. Liang's wish, to let him see his only granddaughter get married and attend her wedding, so that even if something bad happened to her, he could rest in peace.

In addition to the groom's relatives and friends, every household in Baoshan Village also sent people to attend the wedding.

If other people get married, in this era, if the villagers are asked to take a bus to the county town to attend the wedding, unless they have a very good relationship or are very close, it is estimated that the red envelopes will be there but the person will not show up.

After all, there weren't many buses from Shuangwang to Bobai, so how could they accommodate so many people? To get to Bobai, many people had to walk more than ten kilometers to Tanlian intersection to take a bus. Who would be willing to go through so much trouble to pay for your wedding banquet if they were not close enough? But the one getting married this time was Bu Zhongshi, who had five large trucks, so it was completely different. He could use his five large trucks to bring all his relatives, friends and villagers to Bobai County without any problem.

Therefore, there were quite a lot of villagers who came to attend his wedding this time, because drinking wedding wine in a big hotel in the county town was also a very novel experience for many villagers, and it was something they could brag about.

The villagers of Baoshan Village had long known that Bu Zhongshi's uncle had opened a big restaurant in the county town, but they actually had no idea how big the restaurant was.

It was not until now when they came to attend Bu Zhongshi's wedding that they were amazed by the sight of this large hotel of more than a thousand square meters decorated very luxuriously.

The county town can be considered the girl’s home turf. Although she doesn’t have many relatives, she still has quite a few friends and colleagues.

There were 22 tables in total at this wedding, which was quite a grand occasion.

Of course, it cannot be compared with the weddings of later generations that often have dozens of tables. The main reason is that people of this era did not have as wide social circles as people of later generations.

When people in later generations get married, they can invite hundreds of classmates from elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college, as well as friends they made in society. If you have social phobia, it’s okay that you don’t have many friends in society, but if you meet a social expert, it’s not surprising that you have hundreds of friends in society.

This is not the first time that Suifeng Hotel has helped someone hold a wedding. Although the number of weddings held for guests in the past two years is not large, there have been five or six times, so the hotel has already accumulated rich experience.

Moreover, weddings in this era were not as complicated as those in later generations. They were just announced to start with a few words. Unlike later generations, many people did not turn the wedding scene into a dance party, with the bride and groom, best men and bridesmaids going on stage to sing and dance. Such a wedding could not be held without some talent of the bride and groom.

The entire wedding process went smoothly. The food was both plentiful and delicious. It was a very prestigious event that received endless praise from the guests.

After the banquet, since the male guests lived far away, Bu Zhongshi needed to send a car to take them back, so the guests were not in a hurry to leave. The first to leave were the guests from the female side.

Before leaving, the old man surnamed Liang grabbed Bu Zhongshi's hand, looked at him with cloudy eyes, and said, "From now on, my Xiaoqing is handed over to you. You must treat her well and live a happy life with your husband and wife. Do you understand?"

Bu Zhongshi nodded and replied solemnly: "Grandpa, I understand. Don't worry, I will definitely treat Yuqing well."

The old man surnamed Liang hummed with satisfaction, then looked at his granddaughter and said, "Xiaoqing, you must also be a good wife and mother, and take good care of your husband and children."

Liang Yuqing responded obediently: "I know, Grandpa!"

The old man surnamed Liang said: "Then we will leave first!"

Bu Zhongshi immediately said, "Grandpa, I'll drive you back."

"No need, it's not far, we can get there in a short walk."

After saying that, the old man surnamed Liang took the lead in greeting his in-laws and Deng Shirong, the matchmaker and uncle.

Seeing her grandfather, parents and relatives leave, the bride Liang Yuqing was naturally a little depressed. Fortunately, she would continue to live in the county town in the future and could meet her grandfather and parents at any time. She was not as sad and wanted to cry as other brides.

…

One night a month later, the old man surnamed Liang fell asleep and never woke up again. He passed away peacefully.

This incident shocked the Liang family, especially Liang Yuqing, a teacher who did not believe in ghosts and gods. It was unbelievable.

Although Liang Yuqing cooperated in the marriage, a big reason why she got married so quickly was because she was quite satisfied with this marriage, not because she really believed that her grandfather, who was in good health, would not survive this year. But now that the facts were before her, she really had to believe it.

When the news reached Deng Shirong, he was not too surprised. After all, even such an outrageous thing as rebirth could happen to him, so what was so strange about the old man surnamed Liang being able to predict when he would die?

Because the old man surnamed Liang repeatedly emphasized this matter, when he really passed away silently, his relatives were shocked but not too sad.

After all, I had been mentally prepared for this, and 79 years old is fully qualified to be called a happy funeral in this era.

Of course, the most important thing is that the old man surnamed Liang had no illness or disaster and died of natural causes. If he had passed away due to a sudden illness, his relatives would naturally feel differently.

…

Capital city.

A cafeteria on the Peking University campus.

As usual, the Guangxi Hometown Association organized a gathering here before the holiday. The purpose was naturally to count the number of people going home for the New Year, so that when the school is on holiday, everyone can go home together.

Those fellow villagers who choose not to go home for the New Year can also celebrate the New Year together at school.

When you go out, it is really beneficial to travel in a group. If you act alone and encounter something, it would be very miserable without anyone to help you.

At this hometown gathering, the old chairman Zhao Changzheng, Song Yu, a fellow native of Bobai, Liu Shangwen, a fellow native of Yulin who has a wife and children, and familiar faces such as Pang Feilong, Lin Jianjun, and Sun Baoguo are all gone. They have all graduated and started working.

Even Deng Yunheng is now a senior in college, and he will graduate and start working next year!

When they were almost done eating, Deng Yunheng asked, "Fellow villagers, who wants to go home for the New Year this year, please raise your hands."

After saying that, Deng Yunheng was the first to raise his hand. Ever since he came to Beijing to study, he has always chosen to go home during the summer vacation and has not been back to celebrate the New Year for two consecutive years.

If he had gone back home during summer vacation this year, he would probably have stayed in school to celebrate the Spring Festival. However, this summer he had to prepare for the National Day military parade marking the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so he had no time to go home. So he had to go back home for the Spring Festival this year.

After all, he is going to graduate and start working next year, so he needs to go back and have a good talk with his father and listen to his advice.

Soon, Liu Xiaoman and other fellow villagers raised their hands. More than half of the fellow villagers chose to go back home to celebrate the New Year, and a small number of fellow villagers chose to stay in school to celebrate the New Year.

Deng Yunheng saw this and said, "Okay, we've basically figured it out. Those who choose to go back for the New Year, gather around me and we'll discuss buying tickets together. For those who don't go back for the New Year, you can also communicate with each other so that everyone can take care of each other if they stay in school."

After hearing this, the villagers quickly split into two teams and started discussing the matter separately.

…

As the 1985 Spring Festival travel rush was approaching, the number of passengers returning home from Guangdong increased day by day.

When the Spring Festival travel rush officially arrived, Tenglong Passenger Transport Company took strong action and directly transferred 15 idle buses back from its hometown and deployed them to the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Huizhou.

Among them, the two heavyweight cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen have each added 4 buses. Together with the original 2 buses, these two routes now have 6 buses each. Under normal operation, 3 trips can be arranged every day. If the Spring Festival travel strategy of last year's non-stop operation is implemented, the number of trips per day can continue to increase.

In this way, the huge passenger volume of these two cities can be coped with.

Dongguan has added 2 large buses, and with the original 1, it now has 3 large buses.

For the other five cities, each city will add one bus, adding up to the original number of buses, a total of two buses.

With this allocation, as long as we implement the tactic of stopping for passengers but not stopping, we should be able to cope with the surge in the number of passengers this year.

Seeing the big move of Tenglong Company, the Jin Yuanbao brothers, who had been concentrating on running the Maoming route, were sweating profusely. Even Huang Qiang and Huang Qi, who had never thought of competing with Tenglong Passenger Transport Company at the beginning, were frightened.

The opponent was simply too strong. With 25 buses running to Guangdong, who would be able to survive under their attack in a normal competition? As for the abnormal means of competition, there was no need to mention it. Brother Jin Yuanbao had already received two yellow card warnings from different forces.

They will probably never forget the feeling of being slapped in the face in public. Unless they go crazy one day, they will never dare to have any bad thoughts about Tenglong Passenger Transport Company again.

…

night.

Guangzhou.

A factory dormitory.

Now that the factory has been closed for holiday, several workers in the dormitory have started packing their luggage, preparing to take the bus back home early tomorrow morning.

However, the passenger volume during the Spring Festival travel rush is getting higher every year. The workers in the dormitory were all frowning at the thought of taking the bus, only Li Zonghe from Bobai was smiling happily.

Before last year, the situation in the dormitory was completely opposite. Li Zonghe from Bobai felt overwhelmed at the thought of taking a bus home.

Because there were no direct buses to Bobai at that time, every time I went home I had to take a bus back to Wuzhou first, and then transfer to another bus back to Bobai. The journey was so troublesome, especially if I missed the Bobai bus on the way back to Wuzhou, I would have to wait in Wuzhou for a day and then take a bus back to Bobai the next day.

This process is scary when I think about it.

But things are different now. Since last year, Bobai also has buses that go directly to Guangzhou. He only needs to go to Xiuyue Station to take the bus and can go directly to Bobai Station without having to go back and forth.

"Damn it, it's getting harder and harder to get a ride home. Last year, a fellow villager and I almost couldn't get on the bus. We had to force our way in through the window."

"Yeah, it was almost the same when I went back last year. I almost squeezed the shit out of me while queuing to buy tickets. There were just too many people!"

"Now when I think about going home, my head starts to hurt. I don't know why there are so many people."

"There are indeed more and more people from my hometown working outside the village. Take our township for example. In the past few years, there were very few people working outside the village, but now the number is increasing year by year. It may become increasingly difficult to buy tickets and take the bus in the future."

"I can't help it. I come out to work and I can only go home once a year. No matter how hard it is, I have to go home for the New Year. I can only bear it!"

“…”

Several workers were chatting with each other, and they all lamented that buying tickets and taking the bus was becoming more and more difficult every year.

At this time, a worker saw Li Zonghe's leisurely appearance and couldn't help asking: "Brother Li, you were always worried about going home last year, why don't you worry at all this year?"

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Li Zonghe said with a smile: "I was worried about going home before, because I had to take a bus to Wuzhou first, and then transfer to Bobai. Even if everything went smoothly, it would take two days, and if it didn't go smoothly, it would even take three days to get home.

But since last year, our county has also had buses that go directly to Guangzhou. I can go directly to the bus station tomorrow and take a bus that will take me directly to Bobai. Of course, I don’t have to worry anymore.”

"Fuck, there's a bus that goes directly to the county town. This is really cool!"

"Yeah, this is awesome! Who the hell wants to take the train when there are buses?"

"Taking a bus is indeed much more comfortable than taking a train. It's a pity that our county doesn't have a direct bus to Guangzhou, otherwise I wouldn't have to go to the train station to fight for tickets."

“…”

All the workers expressed their envy for Li Zonghe, and Li Zonghe was secretly happy to hear that.

Before, he envied other workers whose hometowns had direct trains, but now the situation has changed and his fellow workers envy him too.

…

The same scene was played out in various factories in Guangzhou. Anyone who has taken a train during the Spring Festival travel rush knows how difficult it is to buy a ticket. It's really frightening just thinking about it.

Compared with workers from other provinces, workers from Bobai, Guangxi are much calmer, because they all know that there are buses from Bobai directly to Guangzhou. Moreover, when they took the bus last year, they were clearly told that the frequency of flights from Bobai to Guangzhou will be increased this year, ensuring that they can buy tickets smoothly.

With such a guarantee, many workers from Bobai no longer have to worry about going home.

…

The next morning.

Li Zonghe had a quick breakfast and then took the bus to Xiuyue Station with his luggage.

When he came here to take the bus last year, someone was holding a Bobai sign to remind the Bobai folks. At that time, the Bobai people working in Guangzhou did not know that Bobai had a direct bus to Guangzhou, so such a reminder was very necessary.

However, after last year's Spring Festival travel rush, almost all Bobai people working in Guangzhou knew that there was a Bobai train at Xiuyue Station, so there was naturally no need for people to hold up signs to remind people.

When Li Zonghe arrived at the station, he skillfully queued up to buy a ticket. Compared with the horribly long queues at the train station, the passenger flow at the bus station was naturally not so exaggerated. After only waiting in line for twenty minutes, it was his turn to buy a ticket.

Needless to say, I successfully bought the ticket to Bobai.

At this time, Chen Guohui and Chen Guomei, the two sisters who took the bus back with Li Zonghe last year, also brought several young sisters from the village to buy tickets and take the bus.

These young sisters in the village were brought out by the two sisters to work last year and they entered the same factory.

In addition to them, other Bobai people also came over one after another.

Soon the bus was full, and then it did not stop and started immediately for home.

…

The same is true for cities such as Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhuhai, etc.

As long as the bus is full, they will just drive away. Unlike other buses, they will try their best to cram in as many people as possible as long as the bus can fit. Many buses make huge profits because they will carry more passengers without considering the consequences, and in some cases, they can carry more than ten or twenty people.

These large buses usually have small stools prepared for overloaded passengers to sit on.

You can indeed make a lot of money by doing this. After all, the cost is the same. Every time you pass a passenger, it is equivalent to picking up some money for free. If you pass a dozen or twenty passengers, you can make a lot of money for one trip. During the Spring Festival travel season, you can make a lot of money.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that nine out of ten buses in this era are overloaded. The only difference is that some are overloaded to death without considering the consequences, while some only have a few extra passengers. There are very few buses that can operate honestly according to regulations.

Since its establishment, Tenglong Passenger Transport Company has always adhered to operating in accordance with regulations and never overloaded.

This was the rule set by Deng Shirong at the beginning.

It is undeniable that overloading can indeed bring huge economic benefits, but the increased benefits are also accompanied by high risks. Since you can make a lot of money by operating according to regulations, why bother to make money that comes with high risks? ...

That night.

Chengdong Village.

The three Jin Yuanbao brothers are dividing their money.

The Spring Festival travel rush had already begun for several days, and the three brothers' bus business had started to flourish. The bus was packed with passengers almost every day, and they made hundreds of dollars in revenue every day, making the Jin Yuanbao brothers very happy.

At this time, the three brothers had already divided the money. Qin Bao held the several hundred yuan in his hand and said with a painful look on his face: "Running passenger transport is indeed very profitable. If we brothers can proceed according to the previous plan and take over all the Guangdong vehicles step by step, how much money can we make?

Unfortunately, we encountered Tenglong Company, a dragon that we cannot afford to offend. It's really... "

Qin Yuan also looked regretful and nodded, "Yes, we only have one bus running to Maoming, and we can make a few hundred yuan a day. Tenglong Company has 25 buses, which run farther than us, and the ticket price is more expensive. They can make at least 20,000 yuan a day. They make money faster than robbery."

Qin Jin also sighed and said, "This is the profit of Tenglong's buses without overloading. If they are willing to overload, they will definitely make more than 30,000 a day. This earning power is really terrifying."

Thinking of Tamron's income and comparing it with their own income, the Jin Yuanbao brothers suddenly felt that the few hundred dollars in their hands were not worth much.

As the saying goes, contentment is the greatest happiness, which is really a true saying.

Why do some people live in obviously better conditions than the average person, but are still unhappy?

There is only one main reason, and that is that the mentality is not adjusted well. People always envy how others live, and never think that their lives are also envied by others.

This kind of person probably won't be happy even if he becomes a billionaire, because after reaching that level, the people he comes into contact with will be of higher level, and there will be more people who are better off than him, so naturally he will start to envy others.

The Jin Yuanbao brothers now have a similar mentality. With the speed at which they make money, they are already a group of outstanding people in the county at that time, but they insist on comparing themselves with Tenglong Company, so naturally there is a psychological gap.

In sharp contrast to the three brothers, Huang Qiang and Huang Qi from Chengxi Village were also dividing the money. The two of them chose the Zhanjiang Line, which is a better route than the Maoming Line. Although it is not as good as the routes chosen by Tenglong Passenger Transport Company, it is also very good.

Now, with the arrival of the Spring Festival travel rush, the two of them earn hundreds of dollars a day. Unlike the Jin Yuanbao brothers, Huang Qiang and Huang Qi are very satisfied with this income. They happily divide the money, and then have some snacks and a few drinks, feeling really happy.

…

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

The bus from Nanning to Bobai stopped at Bobai Station.

Deng Yunheng got out of the car with his suitcase and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The experience of taking a bus back from Beijing this time is really hard to describe. If I had not come back with a dozen or twenty fellow villagers, but had come back alone, the process from buying the ticket to squeezing into the bus would probably have driven me crazy.

Not to mention, those days and nights on the train were extremely difficult. The carriage was so crowded that it was extremely difficult to go to the toilet. It was not uncommon to have to wait in line for an hour or two. Many people's faces turned green from holding their urine and feces.

In short, choosing to take the bus during the peak of the Spring Festival travel rush is really terrible! Fortunately, I finally made it through these few days!

Deng Yunheng has already decided that this is his first time taking a train during the Spring Festival travel rush, and it will probably be the last time. Unless there are special circumstances, he will never choose to take a train during the Spring Festival travel rush again, even if he is beaten to death.

Once, I got scared!

(End of this chapter)