"Oh, the place you mentioned is more than 100 kilometers away, and the fuel money to come and go is at least more than 100 yuan, so there are no two or three hundred people who go."

While driving the car, the driver peeked at Chu Bei's expression from the rearview mirror.

Du Hongjuan became angry when she heard this, she glared at Chu Bei and said, "Are you panicking with a lot of money?" Let's take a bus over, each person is only about 20 yuan at most, and it costs almost 300 yuan to charter a car, isn't it a loss?"

"What bullshit is for 300 yuan, in this way, 200 yuan for a trip, I am in charge of this matter"

Chu Bei didn't listen to Du Hongjuan this time, he shouted loudly at the driver. When Du Hongjuan's eyes widened and she was about to have a seizure, Chu Bei crawled in her ear and whispered: "The goal is small, if you meet an acquaintance on the bus, what should you do?"

After Chu Bei said this, Du Hongjuan did not speak again. Although she felt very sorry for Chu Bei's two hundred yuan, what Chu Bei said also made sense. In case she ran into some acquaintance, as soon as this word reached her husband's ears, it would be troublesome, and it was not a matter of two hundred yuan.

The driver peeked at Chu Bei from the rearview mirror again and said, "This boss! Add a little more! Two hundred yuan is a little less, and if you run like this, I will run for nothing."

"Nonsense! How could you be running for nothing. More than 200 kilometers back and forth, burning oil is only a few dozen yuan. And when you come, you are lucky enough to pull people, and if you can't pull people, you will also be empty and fuel-efficient. 200 yuan and you have to earn more than 100, you are not too little? Then stop the car, we can change the car."

Chu Bei was very shrewd at this time, and when he calculated this, the driver did not speak again. He hesitated for a moment, and saw that Chu Bei didn't mean to let go again, so he smiled and said, "I met an expert today, so let's do it! I'll run for two hundred yuan."

After the driver finished speaking, he suddenly slammed the accelerator, and the taxi let go of the speed and drove towards the outside of NN City.

It was still raining lightly outside the window, so the window couldn't be opened, and it was a little stuffy for people to sit inside. Gradually, Du Hongjuan fell asleep first, and she tilted her head to pill on Chu Bei's shoulder. The taxi didn't run long, and Chu Bei fell asleep unconsciously.

I don't know how long I slept, but when Chu Bei was dreaming, he was pushed by Du Hongjuan to wake up. Chu Bei opened his eyes and glanced out the car window, and found that the rain had stopped, and the sun was hanging obliquely in the sky, and there seemed to be a rainbow next to it.

"Isn't it almost there?"

Chu Bei asked Du Hongjuan softly.

Du Hongjuan nodded and said, "It's all over Changshui Town, and Xiaoli Village is more than ten kilometers away from Changshui Town, so it should be there soon."

Chu Bei nodded, he reached out and rolled down the window glass, and then put his head out of the window to take a beautiful breath of fresh air. The sky was so clean after the rain that the air felt like it had been washed with water.

In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the fields should be yellow in the northwest. But this place is still green, and I can't feel the taste of autumn. Also, the residents here feel that they live in a scattered area, and they can't see the appearance of the village at all.

The taxi stopped under a street sign that read Xiao Li Village, he turned around and smiled slightly, "When you get to the boss, do you want me to wait for you, if you take you back, add another 100."

"Don't wait, because we don't know if we'll be able to go back tonight."

Du Hongjuan said, motioning for Chu Bei to pay money and get out of the car. With Du Hongjuan's consent, Chu Bei gave two hundred yuan to the taxi driver, then pushed the car door and walked down.

The path is paved with sand, and as soon as the rain stops, there is no water on it. After Chu Bei got out of the car, he looked left and right for a while, but he didn't see any village at all.

"Where is this Xiaoli Village? Why are there only a few families, still scattered?"

Chu Bei couldn't help but ask Du Hongjuan softly.

Du Hongjuan smiled and said: "There were only more than 40 households in this Xiaoli Village, and from this side to which side of the hill belonged to Xiaoli Village."

"Oh mom, this is the village, where do you still find this Li Hongling's house? Don't say you can't find it, what if we can't go back at night?"

Although Chu Bei was born in the countryside, he has not suffered much since he was a child. Because he is young, and after he was born, his father has already started to do business. So he can be said to be the one who lives in the cellar of blessings.

Du Hongjuan looked around for a while before saying, "I also came here many years ago, and I really can't find it." You wait here, I'll go somewhere to ask someone"

After Du Hongjuan said this, Chu Bei found that there was a person driving a cow in the water in a field in front of him to plough the land. Which cow he knew, he had seen on TV, it should be a buffalo.

The man who cultivated the land was barefoot, with his trousers on his knees, and he drove the buffalo step by step with a little difficulty. This Chu Bei, who had never been in the field, suddenly felt that the peasants here were not easy. He did not see how rich the peasants of the South were, as people often say.

Du Hongjuan, who had gone to ask for directions, came back, and she pointed to a small courtyard at the foot of the hill and said, "That's where it is!" I heard from a person who cultivated the land that Li Hongling had only one father-in-law at home. Mother-in-law should have passed away a few years ago, and Li Hongling and his husband both went out to work."

"According to you, Li Hongling's chance of coming back is not very good?"

Chu Bei frowned and asked Du Hongjuan.

Du Hongjuan looked up at the sun setting towards the west and said, "I don't know, anyway, I'll take a look." You will be clever in a while, Li Hongling's father-in-law is old and shouldn't know me. I've been here once in 10 years. After a while, we will act on the opportunity, and we say that it is Li Hongling's friend. Why don't you just stop talking and let me speak alone."

"Okay! I don't understand a word of your hometown anyway."

Chu Bei smiled and followed Du Hongjuan away.

When they came to the small courtyard, Chu Bei found that this place was not richer than the countryside of Tianbei City. The low and dilapidated houses, with the courtyard walls surrounded by bamboo poles, have the trance of a paradise.

The small wooden door was ajar, and the room to the west felt like someone was cooking. Du Hongjuan stood in the middle of the courtyard and shouted two words towards the West House, only to see an old man bowed out of the door, who looked to be sixty or seventy years old.

The old man exchanged two sentences with Du Hongjuan in his hometown. Du Hongjuan shook her head after hearing this, and she pulled Chu Bei out of the small courtyard.

"It's really a trip for nothing. This old man is Li Hongling's husband, and he said that Li Hongling has not been home for nearly two years. When his son returned, he was always alone. It seems that this little slut has changed his mind and doesn't want to go back to Xiaoli Village."

Du Hongjuan scolded while walking forward angrily.

Chu Bei hurriedly asked, "Where are we going?"

"Hurry to town, or you'll sleep on the road tonight."

Luck was not bad, Chu Bei and Du Hongjuan had just walked to the main road, and a farm truck pulling wood passed by. Du Hongjuan waved to stop it, and the car stopped. Du Hongjuan exchanged a few words with the driver in her hometown, and the driver let them get into the car.

It was only half an hour, and when the sun just set, Chu Bei and Du Hongjuan had already arrived in the town. Not bad, a street with buildings of different heights on both sides. At the very least, as soon as I got here, I saw pedestrians.

Du Hongjuan took Chu Bei to eat something casually, and the two went to find a hotel to stay. This is because buses from here to NN City only pass by in the morning.

The town is not very big, and it took not much to get to the head of the town. There is a sign called Fang Fang Hotel hanging on the roof of a small three-room building.

When they entered, there was a woman in her forties sitting at the service desk munching on melon seeds. When she saw the guests, she didn't show much enthusiasm, as if you couldn't hold on.

"ID card, are you husband and wife?"

The middle-aged woman asked lukewarmly.

Chu Bei was just about to reach out for his documents, but he didn't expect Du Hongjuan to step forward and say, "I forgot to bring my ID card, we are not husband and wife, are we brothers and sisters?"

When Du Hongjuan said this, Chu Bei almost couldn't hold back his laughter. The middle-aged woman looked up at them, and without saying a word, opened a house for them.

The service conditions in the small place are naturally a little worse, a house only has a small wooden bed, but there is a futon on the bed, otherwise the temperature in this mountain is a little low, I am afraid that it will be cold to sleep at night. The good thing is that they are two people sleeping together. What makes people uncomfortable is that there is only one public toilet on the first floor, but which one is separate for men and women. When you get to such a place, it can only be a moment.

Women love cleanliness. Du Hongjuan picked up the thermos and went to the bathroom, and when he came back, Chu Bei had already undressed and gone to bed. Du Hongjuan wanted Chu Bei to wash his feet, but this guy was afraid of trouble and pretended to snore.

As soon as Du Hongjuan got into bed, Chu Bei woke up, and he smiled evilly and hugged Du Hongjuan into his arms. There was no TV in the room, and the two of them were bored after talking a few words, so they started to do something.

The small wooden beds here are not sturdy, and they creak at the slightest movement, as if they will fall apart immediately. The frightened Du Hongjuan kept reminding Chu Bei, which affected the interest of the two in a certain sense.

When I was tired of tossing, I went to sleep, and when I was sleeping, I suddenly heard the sound of a key opening the door. Chu Bei sat up in shock, after all, there was no acquaintance for him here.

When he checked the door tonight, he found that it was not latched at all, and as long as people opened it with a key outside, the door would be easily opened. At that time, when he brought up this matter, Du Hongjuan said that it didn't matter, she said that it was safe to live in this small place.

Chu Bei, who realized that there was a problem, pushed Du Hongjuan, who was asleep, and said, "Hurry up, it seems that someone is opening our door."

Probably because of the unfamiliarity, the person who opened the door didn't seem to be able to find the keyhole, and he hadn't opened the door for a while. Chu Bei and Du Hongjuan's movements were quite fast, they had just put on their underwear, and the door was suddenly slammed open. With a click, someone turned on the light in the room.

Du Hongjuan screamed and wrapped the quilt around her body. Chu Bei was not afraid, he sat calmly on the bed in his big pants. There were four young men in camouflage standing in the room. They wore red armbands with several large letters on them on them.