Chapter 8: Into the City
Liu Yu was still asleep when she was woken up by her mother.
It takes nearly four hours to reach the county seat in the countryside, so the drivers here get up quite early, usually at half past five.
Because of poverty, in this era, one or two four-wheeled vans in a township ran to the county, and it was already a village with good transportation.
Liu's mother and daughter waited on the side of the road at four o'clock, afraid of missing the only vehicle entering the city.
Due to poverty, there is no fixed place for the car to solicit passengers into the station, so there is a traditional way to pull people, which is to pick up people along the roadside.
Although it was summer, it was more than four o'clock, the sky was not yet bright, and the surroundings were also dark, and the wind was blowing, only to feel that goosebumps were frozen, and Liu Yu unconsciously pinched his arm.
Suddenly, a beam of light shone on Liu Yu's face in the distance, making her squint unconsciously, afraid that it was the pick-up vehicle coming. In a trance, Liu Yu seemed to see a figure floating on the road illuminated by the vehicle, the long black hair swaying in the wind, and the white robe swaying empty, which was very weird......
Liu Yu's heart stopped suddenly, and her eyes widened in horror, only to see her eyes gradually dull and focusless, and her footsteps slowly walked in that direction.
Suddenly, someone on the shoulder pulled twice, the mechanical footsteps stopped, and Xiaoyu turned her head in confusion...
"Xiaoyu, what are you doing, you don't agree to call you, what are you in a daze, the master is here, get in the car quickly!"
Mother said in a loud voice behind her.
Liu Yu was stunned, and followed her mother to the van with a pale face.
There were three men and two women in the car, three middle-aged men sat in the back row, and two middle-aged women sat in the middle.
At this time, a voice suddenly said in the car, "Master, why don't you leave, grinding and chirping, delaying my business, can you bear it?"
Liu Yu looked at her, and saw that she was wearing a really good floral shirt, looking mean, leaning against the window of the car, her face full of impatience. Next to her was a thick-looking woman wearing a plain style of dark blue cotton short-sleeved, and after hearing her words, she quickly pulled the corners of her clothes, and then smiled at Liu Yumen.
The three men in the back didn't talk much. But there seems to be an urging on his face.
The driver frowned when he heard this, didn't say much, and thought, you are a fart, and people didn't delay much. When I pulled you just now, you had a lot to do.
Liu Yu directly opened the car door and sat in the driver's right-hand drive position, letting her mother sit in the back. She felt that her mother was safer in the back row.
The driver skillfully turned through one mountain after another, without pause, and it was obvious that he was very familiar with this road, which was fast and slow.
Liu Yu was still a little frightened when she was sitting in the car at this time, did she meet the legendary "old chongzi"?
There is a ghost legend in the countryside, some children will meet the "old chongzi" when walking at night, it is good at attacking children, making people lose consciousness, unable to control themselves, follow it into the wilderness and remote mountains, disoriented, until the end of walking on the cliff and falling to death.
Liu Yu sat in a daze, his face was still pale, and he squinted unconsciously...... I dozed off under the swaying of the vehicle.
At around ten o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally entered the city, and Liu Yu had already woken up, just closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.
At this time, the driver said, "Hey, everyone, wake up, it's here, wake up......," and the driver turned his head to urge everyone who were still sleeping.
Then everyone yawned and woke up, muttering that it had arrived!
Liu Yu and the driver's master agreed to pick them up at this place at three o'clock in the afternoon, and by the way, they saved the driver's phone number and got out of the car with their mother.
I went to the department store with my mother and bought the repeater I needed. Then I went to the county hospital to have my teeth straightened. At this time, tying teeth is also a relatively large expense. It was about four thousand, but Liu's mother didn't blink her eyes and took out the money. Liu Yu was a little moved.
Seeing that it was still early, Liu Yu had dinner with her mother, and then walked around.
Although it is a small county town, it is still much more lively than the town. Liu's mother was very interested, and pulled Liu Yu from the street to the end of the street. Although Liu Yu was not interested, she had seen too much prosperity in her previous life, and when she saw her mother happy at this moment, she also felt happy.
Walking around, they walked to a slightly remote place, and saw that a few storefronts were empty next to each other, and they couldn't help but glance curiously. I saw an advertisement posted on the glass door, saying that the façade was for sale, and the homeowner's phone number was 136xxx.
Liu Yu couldn't help but think about it, although it is a small county town, but Liu Yu knows that the economy here can develop in the future, the reason is that they have a rare stone in the world... Red and blue stone.
Although there were not many people who bought at this time, with the development of the economy, this stone was speculated more and more expensive, and even surpassed gold for a long time.
The increase in its price has led to the development of the county, and then a large number of foreign businessmen have come here to purchase and trade. The economy of this small mountain town is booming, and the storefronts are booming like a train.
Liu Yu's later generations were very envious of the news reports, which old man, he went out to work after eating every day, and collected rent money from one family to another. After collecting a house on the same day, I went out to spend money, and I never worried, and when I collected all the rental money, it was a month away. Ah, Liu Yu really wants to be such a person!! she envies salted fish......
At this time, Liu Yu's heart swelled, but she didn't have much money in her hands, but she had New Year's money. Although her father pays little attention to her, she also gives five or six hundred New Year's money every year, plus her father's friends are all coal bosses, and she is very broad, and she pays a few thousand New Year's greetings, and those who want to seek benefits in her father's hands also take the opportunity to stuff a lot, but the money is taken by her mother, and Liu Yu also understands.
In this era, children have a good New Year's Day, and some are given, and after the New Year, they will be taken away by their mothers.
Mom still has hundreds of thousands in her hands. Thinking of this, Liu Yu said, "Mom, you see the façade here for sale, what about the county, if you buy it, you will definitely not lose money." ”
Mother Liu looked surprised.
Liu Yu paused, and then said, "You can collect rent when you sit at home in the future." And you're okay every day now, my sister and I go to school, you're bored, and the money is put there, so it's better to take it out and do something practical, and you will have a fixed income every month in the future, and you will be guaranteed when you are old. ”
Liu's mother lived in the countryside since she was a child, her mother died early, and she was used to being the master of the house since she was a child, and she made up her own mind about everything, but later she married her father, who was poor and good-looking, despite the opposition of her family. The poverty of life suffered a lot of blank eyes and broken words, and gradually wore away the pride. In order to maintain family harmony, he rarely made his own decisions in major matters, and encouraged his father to take ideas so that he could have confidence.
At this time, I was rashly said by my daughter, and I was a little moved, but I hesitated a little, and then said
"Xiaoyu, why don't I discuss it with your father..."
When Liu Yu heard this, it must have been useless to discuss this matter with his father, just saying that he bought a house in the city in his previous life, but Liu's father was afraid that his family would leave like a family, and no one would take care of his parents, so he retreated. Later, the investment failed, the family did not have much money, my brother grew up, the housing price developed rapidly, it was difficult to afford it, and then there was no way to borrow a little from the east and a little from the west, but in order to buy a house, the family was also greatly injured.
Moreover, Liu's father is an extremely serious machismo, if his mother discusses buying a façade for him, he will refuse directly if he doesn't want to, this is the period when his father's career is booming, and he disdains the small amount of money earned by this façade~