After Niu Feng finished looking at the map Xiao Jiu gave him, his eyes were filled with shock.
They had already surveyed the valley, and they thought the pile of soil looked like fresh soil.
With that thought in mind, his brain raced, and he began to think of ways to lead his teammates in that direction.
They weren't an ordinary reconnaissance team; they came with a mission, but after a day of investigation, they found no clues.
Who would have thought that his future sister-in-law would bring him such a big surprise?
Meanwhile, sitting in the dilapidated car, suffering from motion sickness, Xiao Jiu was inwardly lamenting his bad luck.
Although she earned more than a thousand yuan on this trip, and had a lot of uncounted bills, she even did her country a great favor.
But she suffered!
The original plan was to take a trip during the summer vacation, but what happened?
Not to mention returning the way we came, we didn't even reach the provincial capital until late at night. Because it was already late, there were no more buses to Luoyang.
Xiao Jiu wandered around the train station for a while, and then a patrol team came up to her and asked to see her letter of introduction.
With no other option, she could only spend 50 cents to book a room at a guesthouse near the train station.
The reason I went through all this trouble was so I could get some rest and at least not worry about being alone tomorrow.
Although this 50 cents is expensive, it's worth it. It can buy me a hot shower and breakfast tomorrow. Of course, I'll need to pay with food coupons, but I won't be charged any more money.
Now that things have come to this, she has resigned herself to her fate. "I'll go back and study hard, and look for another opportunity later."
After all, it's not easy to go out these days.
She kept the three or four blank letters of introduction. As for the other letters of introduction, they were no longer needed, and she would return them later.
I took a shower at the guesthouse that night, then slept on the playmat in the warehouse. The next day at seven o'clock, I went downstairs to the restaurant for dinner.
A bowl of cornmeal porridge, two cornbread cakes, pickled mustard greens, and two ounces of grain coupons were paid.
The food was simple, but it was affordable, and being able to eat cornbread was already a pretty good treat.
If someone wants to eat more, they have to pay more money and pay a ticket. The portion is limited to one person and that's all the food they can eat.
I had no appetite all day yesterday, but I feel much better today. I don't want to take a car anymore, so after eating, I went to the train station and bought a train ticket to Los Angeles. It will take three or four hours to get there, unlike the ordinary green trains of later generations which only take two hours.
Because there is an important railway line between Zhengzhou and Luoyang, there are many train services.
The ticket price is even cheaper than the bus fare, only 56 cents.
This is why you have to squeeze to get on the bus, and once you're on, there's not even a place to stand.
She went through all that trouble because she gets carsick.
After boarding the train, she went straight to the dining car. It was not yet 11 o'clock, so there were not many people. Moreover, because the food on the train was relatively expensive, although there were not many people buying food, there were still some. Most of them were people on business trips wearing cadre uniforms.
Two liang of rice cost one mao, minced meat and eggplant cost three mao, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar cost one mao, and five mao didn't require food or meat coupons.
The so-called minced meat eggplant is just a bit more meaty, with very little minced meat. Even so, it looks and tastes pretty good.
Being able to eat a meat dish, a vegetable dish, and two ounces of rice for only 50 cents on the train was a real bargain. It was fortunate that it was during the planned economy era, when everything was state-owned, so the price was expensive but not outrageous.
Xiao Jiu also served a free bowl of mung bean soup, but it was so thin you could see your reflection in it. Only people who bought food could get a free bowl, and it was limited to one bowl; more was not allowed. There was a special chef watching over it.
Xiao Jiu came here to eat, to put it bluntly, just to buy a temporary resting spot. She arrived early and got a seat, so if someone else came later and there were no seats available, she didn't need to give up her place. She ate her meal very, very slowly.
The rice wasn't very tasty; it was steamed too much and was old rice, giving it a strange smell. But thankfully, the flavor of the dishes masked its flaws, and I managed to finish it.
"No, no, I'm not full! I want more! Buy me another serving! I want more!"
After finishing her meal, Xiao Jiu put the lunchbox aside without rushing to clean it up, thinking she would take it home to wash, otherwise there might not be any room left when she got up.
Just as she was about to take a nap on the table, the noise of a noisy child made her look up.
But then they saw an old woman with a little boy, fawning over a man dressed in a cadre's uniform.
"Comrade, please have some mercy. Look, he didn't finish his meal. Why don't you buy us another one, or rather, two? I haven't eaten yet. Wouldn't it be better to go all the way?"
The refined-looking man in cadre uniform and glasses turned red with anger upon hearing this. Xiao Jiu shook her head, too lazy to look, and turned her head directly to the window.
Such kindness shouldn't be given indiscriminately, especially on trains, where you might easily become a target.
In the end, this old woman, with her incredibly shameless attitude, made the man buy two servings of rice, but not any vegetables. She made a quick getaway before they could bother her, losing a whole three cents. And he still wanted to eat meat? What a load of crap!
"You two are finished eating, right? If you're done, get up and give up your seats."
Xiao Jiu was sleeping when she was roughly woken up by the old woman's hand. Next to her was a young man in military uniform.
Clearly, he didn't want to get entangled with this scoundrel and was about to stand up when Xiao Jiu pulled him back to his seat.
"Brother, where are you going? We finally managed to get these seats, why should we give them to these two scoundrels? Didn't you see how they were trying to scam people out of their food? Aren't you getting up? There are so many people on the bus, why are they targeting just the two of us? Isn't it because they think we're easy to bully?"
After pulling the young man in military uniform back to his seat, Xiao Jiu casually handed him a handful of sunflower seeds and a bright red peach.
"Eat, don't get up!" Then, worried that the other person would be taken advantage of, she looked up and shouted fiercely at the old lady who was about to start eating.
"Get out of here, don't get in our way. I'm not as easy to talk to as that guy from before. If you dare to take our seats, I'll tell the train conductor you're fare evading!"
Just by looking at the little boy covered in dust, you could tell he had crawled up from under the train.
She can't control how others do good deeds, but she will never give such a shameless person a kind look.
The old woman retorted, "Who said we skipped the fare?"
"Okay, then wait here. I'll call the train conductor over, and you can show everyone your ticket!"
"Grandma, I'm hungry! Are you coming or not? If you don't come, I'm leaving!"
The little boy had been wanting to eat rice with vegetable gravy for a while. He had managed to get some gravy by arguing with them earlier, and now he was crying out in frustration. His grandma was still nagging him, which was so annoying that he just wanted to eat the rice with his hands.
Seeing that her grandson was getting impatient, and faced with Xiao Jiu's fierce appearance, the old woman could only curse under her breath and pull the brat away.
As soon as she left, the young man next to her pushed the peaches and melon seeds toward her, saying in a serious tone.
"Young man, I can't accept something for nothing. Thank you for your help earlier!"
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