"Ning Hao, where did you borrow another twenty yuan?" Lu Yao ran out of the back room and asked suspiciously while getting dressed.

He thought it was inconceivable to find twenty dollars in one night in their poor ravine. Not only did Lu Yao think so, but his parents also thought so.

"Don't worry about this, let's hurry up, it's too late, we won't be able to make it to town today." Time is very important to us now, wasting time is a waste of money, and we will miss the opportunity to make a fortune!" Ning Hao urged.

"You have enough money to buy a ticket, but when you get there, you don't have any money. How will you solve the problem of food and lodging?" Lu Yao's mother asked worriedly.

"Auntie, don't worry! Lu Yao and I are both such big people, we are both sound hands and feet, and we can't die of hunger! There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and besides, didn't Lu Yao's cousin find a job over there? He will give us food. Ning Hao said.

"Then I'll make breakfast right away, bake a few more steamed buns, and take them to you on the road." Baby, dad, hurry up, go make a fire and cook!" Lu Yao's mother finished speaking, dragged Lu Yao's father, turned around with a lantern and walked into the stove house.

"Uncle, aunt, you don't have to be busy. We ate and drank on the way, and I had it ready two days ago. You can see what ready-made dry food you have at home, just bring a little for Lu Yao. We must go at once, and try to get to town tonight. Early tomorrow morning, we will take the morning bus to the county seat, and we can arrive at Qujiang Railway Station tomorrow evening. Ning Hao hurriedly said.

"Okay, I'll go get my luggage! Dad, Mom, there is no dry food at home, so I'll just pack two sweet potatoes." Lu Yao turned around as he spoke, walked to the corner of the hall, bent down and grabbed two sweet potatoes that were still covered in mud, and immediately rushed into the inner room.

In less than a minute, Lu Yao walked out of the hall with a rucksack on his back and walked with Ning Hao to the dirt dam.

Lu Yao suddenly turned around, knelt on the ground with his knees bent, kowtowed to his parents standing in the threshold, and said in a choked voice, "Dad, Mom, my son is gone." My grandparents, older brothers, and younger siblings were still sleeping, so I didn't go in to say goodbye to them. My grandparents and you are both old, and my health is not very good, but I can't stay with you to fulfill my filial piety, so I ask my parents to forgive me! I also ask you to ask my grandparents to excuse my grandparents on my behalf, and ask them to forgive my grandson's unfilial piety.

Ning Hao and I will go out this time, we must work hard and strive to send you money back as soon as possible. Then you won't have to work so hard, and you can also marry your brother a daughter-in-law. Father, mother! You must take care of your health! You must honor my grandparents on my behalf! My sister's physique is also very weak, I have put the boxing book in her school bag, you must take care of her more, and urge her to exercise! Goodbye, father and mother!"

"Uncle, aunt, I also kowtow to the second elder, thank you for taking care of me for so many years. When I left, my mom and dad were still sleeping, so I didn't wake them up. I'll kowtow to you again, even if it's for them! Uncle, aunt! Don't worry, Lu Yao and I will go out to work together this time, and we will definitely get ahead! Then we will come back together to honor you and let you live a good life. Take care, goodbye!"

After Ning Hao kowtowed to Lu Yao's parents, he quickly stood up, he held the snakeskin bag tightly with his left hand, grabbed Lu Yao's left arm with his right hand, and walked down the mountain road below the dam together.

"Lu Yao! Ning Hao, take the lantern! It's dark, it's not good to look at the road!" Lu Yao's mother ran out of the hall, stood under the low eaves, raised the lantern forward with trembling hands, and shouted loudly.

"Mom! We have good eyes, we can see the road clearly, we don't need lanterns! The night wind is cold, be careful of catching a cold! You and Dad hurry back to the house, close the door and sleep for a while!" Lu Yao's voice came from the woods below the dam.

Lu Yao's mother held a lantern in her hand, and Lu Yao's father helped each other to the edge of the dam, and looked at the black rumbling mountain for a long time. They used the kerosene lamps burning in the lanterns, the faint light emitted through the lantern paper, and in addition to seeing the treetops swaying wantonly with the mountain wind, they heard the creepy and strange cries of wild animals in the mountains.

After a long time, Lu Yao's parents seemed to feel that Lu Yao and Ning Hao had reached the foot of the mountain, so they wiped their tears, turned around, and walked tremblingly into the thatched house.

Lu Yao and Ning Hao rushed to Quanshui Town after three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, it happened to be the day of the market, and on the only stone road street, there were still sporadic people walking in the market, and the shops on both sides had not yet closed.

They just took a short rest, found a restaurant opened by an acquaintance, filled the kettle with cold boiled water, and hurried to the county seat without stopping. They don't think it's worth a night in the town, and they spend more money if they don't talk about delaying time. Their money is hard-won, and they can save as much as they can.

After a night of sleepless walking, they walked along the road leading to the county seat, and at six o'clock the next morning, when the first bus departed from the county bus station, they caught the morning bus to Qujiang Railway Station.

Return to Qujiang Railway Station Square. Ning Hao, who was shirtless, seemed to walk freely in the flow of people, like a loach. Coupled with his strong body, tall ox and big horse, he had just nibbled on a roasted bun, drank enough tea, and replenished his energy, so it didn't take much effort for him to squeeze to the periphery of the entrance of the iron horse.

Since the flow of people is so large and they are all rushing in one direction, it is not easy to break through the last line of defense composed of layers of human walls.

Ning Hao rushed left and right, leaving several scars on his chest and back that had been scratched by hard objects and scratched by human hands, and there were several blood marks scratched in several places.

Ning Hao only thought about buying a train ticket, he didn't care about the pain on his body, he tightly grasped the belt where the money was hidden with his left hand, and struggled to pull out the crowd with his right hand, and squeezed in to the entrance with all his strength.

He relied on his strong body, withstood the impact of several crowds, and finally squeezed to the entrance of the iron horse fence.

"Listen to the passengers in the square! All the train tickets for this station have been sold out today. You must get out of the square as soon as possible, we are about to clear the place!" shouted a man wearing a red armband on duty, standing on an iron frame inside the iron horse, with a sinister face, holding a loudspeaker.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of men standing at the entrance to maintain order lifted a few iron horses, and very rudely pushed away Ning Hao and other passengers who were standing at the entrance, and directly sealed the entrance.

"Big brother, I've been waiting for a day at the train station, let me go in and wait until tomorrow to buy a ticket, okay?" Ning Hao asked.