Chapter 246: Xiangjiang

Finally retracted into the big shed, and the four columns moved very slowly.

There are so many things that people bring with them, and each person can only carry one bag like the expedition group...... No!

Most people carry four or five bags, and even carry things on a flat pole, and the bags are heavy and they don't know what they contain.

Maybe it's food, maybe it's for use, everyday items.

The staff here have to face so many people who pass through the customs every day, and the mood can be imagined, all of them check the customs clearance documents with sweaty faces, check the luggage, and see if there are any prohibited items, and the soldiers with guns on the side are also looking at everyone with blazing eyes.

Everyone was looking around restlessly, watching the people in front barely move forward, and the people behind began to make distraught noises.

However, this sound does nothing to speed up the level.

The delegation had a bottle of salt soda, which was Charlie Chen's suggestion, and now it seems to be very practical, without this water, someone may suffer from heat stroke directly, it is too hot in this greenhouse.

Zheng Wenjie raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Ah, when will there be no special passage for us to pass through first?"

As soon as he said this, some people in the two teams next to him cast contemptuous glances.

Lan Xiaolong stood in front of the line and looked at it, turned his head and said to everyone: "This is okay, I heard that the queue during the Chinese New Year is to queue for half a day to pass." ”

Zheng Wenjie was right behind him, and the strange queue order came according to the list.

Hearing what the regiment commander said, he also nodded: "Normally, it should be that the people who come over bring a lot of things, right? I heard that they bring everything, and in the early years, there were people who brought rice and meat to help their families." ”

"Normal, yes......" Chen Changqing smiled behind him, "But now there are also people who bring things over there, the food in Xiangjiang is very expensive, and the price of the same rice and noodles is several times the price, how do you think people are willing not to bring it in the past, but there are restrictions." ”

Lan Xiaolong nodded: "The salary is a lot, but I heard that the expenses are also very large." ”

"It should be specially brought to relatives and friends in the past, and it was very bitter to hear about it in the past. Chen Changqing said softly.

The directors looked at the people on the side and nodded in understanding.

"Well, what kind of trousers to wear, you should wear shorts!" someone has already begun to complain.

Lan Xiaolong's face was a little unsightly, but he himself was dying of heat, especially when he saw that so many people on the side were shorts and undershirts, and he had all pants here, it was too hot.

Everyone has suits and shorts in their bags, but so many people can't change them, and they said before leaving that they should pay attention to their clothing and mental outlook when crossing the border, which is still their own words, and now it seems that they have really made a dogmatic mistake,......

Lan Xiaolong poured himself another sip of salt soda: "Bear with me, it should be soon!"

Half an hour later, the delegation lined up at the entrance gate, and there were four people checking at the same time.

With few luggage and complete documents, one by one passed quickly,

Charlie Chen calmly came out with his ID and put the box on the table.

The inspector just opened the box and looked at it, then closed it, and Charlie Chen walked calmly with the box.

Li Yiming's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he heard that his tense muscles instantly relaxed, and he was still a little nervous.

Li Jianguo stepped forward, and Li Yiming lined up behind him.

In order, honestly and silently took the documents in his hand, put the luggage on the table and opened the bag for inspection.

Li Yiming looked past the people who were looking through his bag, calmly looked at the people around him, and looked over one by one.

"Hurry up, there are more people behind!" Li Jianguo pulled him forward.

After walking through this opening, everyone's speed became faster, but at this time, the crowd was also chaotic, because there were still more than 100 meters to reach the Naluohu Bridge.

Lan Xiaolong waved his hand anxiously for everyone to pull aside, and there were many people in the middle who carried large bags and sacks.

…...

The Luohu Bridge is divided into upper and lower double layers, the upper layer is in the past, and the lower level is over, all of which are one-way streets.

Hurried pedestrians lined up, most of them silent, with expressions of sadness, nervousness, excitement and fear, waiting to walk through the narrow passage.

Although the expedition group brought fewer things, they walked more slowly, and it looked like it was endless after getting on the bridge.

Standing on the side of the bridge, you can see both sides of the river bank, as well as the river below, it does not look like a river at all, like a small ditch, more than ten meters wide, there are stone slopes on both sides, there is a protective wall of barbed wire on the bank, there are buildings on both sides of the Luohu Bridge, this side is the new joint inspection building that has not been completely repaired, and there is a small white building on the first floor.

Farther away, the Old Luohu Bridge, a vaulted railway bridge with a pedestrian bridge on its side, now closed.

Li Yiming stood on the bridge and turned his head to look.

The southern sun shines in the sea breeze, the wind drifts between the treetops and buildings, and the fallen leaves are tossed and rolled, undulating and up, as if left and right are disturbing.

Zheng Wenjie took out a camera from his bag to take pictures.

"Hurry up!" the soldier standing by the bridge waved his hand to speed up.

"Alright, let's come back and shoot again!"

"There's too much stuff when you come back!" Zheng Wenjie said as he quickly took two photos and carefully put away the camera.

More than ten meters away, there were two policemen in military uniforms from Xiangjiang, who seemed to be paying attention to this group of people.

"Hurry up!" Charlie Chen complained, on the other side of the bridge was the entry gate of the Xiangjiang River, but he had to queue up again, he was already tortured to the point of dehydration.

"It's so troublesome!" Mei Baozhen looked at the long line in front of him with blank eyes.

Lan Xiaolong kept drinking the bottle of salt soda for another half an hour, but faster than when he came.

After exiting the customs, I walked out of the sign of the Luohu police post and walked out of the door of the building, and the crowd dispersed at once, and all kinds of voices came and went, and the people who picked up people were chaotic.

There is a large platform in front of the building, followed by a few steps, below is a highway, Luohu Road, Li Yiming stopped and looked at the corner of the city in front of him.

Li Jianguo stood beside his son, and looked from a distance, the sky here was still the sky he saw just now.

"This is Xiangjiang! Why are it all mountains?" Someone in the team kept saying the same thing, it was not a question.

"It's kind of rural. ”

"Oh! There are also rural areas in Xiangjiang!"

"Yes!"

They looked particularly conspicuous in the crowd, and after standing for only a while, many hawkers surrounded them and shouted at the mainlanders:

"Comrade, do you want to buy a map? A map of Xiangjiang costs only 20 yuan! Two copies are 30 yuan, and it is cheaper to buy more, and you will not get lost if you have a map!"

While shouting, he was waving a map in his hand.

It's all Mandarin, and it's not standard but you can understand it.

There are also people holding up bills and shouting: "Staying in a hotel, only 50 yuan a day! There is a bathroom with breakfast!"

The card was written with the words "50 yuan for the hotel".

"Popsicles, Xiangjiang popsicles, one or two, authentic Xiangjiang flavor!"

Li Yiming looked at these vendors, they really knew how to do business, and they knew what the people who had just come here needed most, and who didn't want the map?

I really want to eat popsicles and buy a map to live in that store, maybe I will be cheated into something, I heard that the ruffians here also organized people to catch smugglers as slaves.

Charlie Chen whispered to Li Yiming: "These people don't want Hong Kong dollars, they want renminbi." You see, many people think that they want to buy Hong Kong dollars, but they turn out to be ......"

As a result, people immediately turned their faces and said that they wanted RMB, these scumbags, Li Yiming nodded: "I know, drive away!"

Seeing Li Yiming staring at these people with an ugly face, Charlie Chen hurriedly stepped forward and waved his hand to send away these hawkers with a few words in Xiangjiang dialect.

Xiao Li heard this conversation and conveyed it in the crowd, okay, several deputy heads of the regiment began to discuss again:

"This business should be arrested, there is no public here... Police?"

"We have to buy the map, or we'll get lost!"

"Get lost and find the policeman, it doesn't matter much, but it's true that you want to buy a map, it's just that twenty yuan is too expensive......"

"Yes, it's too expensive, fifteen is also expensive!"

"Fifty bucks... Our standard is 100, right?"

"That should be twice as good, a store here in Xiangjiang is so expensive, and the people would have rebelled a long time ago if they didn't pay a little salary!"

…...

A group of people with disappointment and curiosity, just stood there and looked around, in front of the mountain, although not high, but it is the mountain, and then looked up at the sky, there was no bluer, and down saw some scattered small buildings at the foot of the mountain, and then down was the road in front of them.

"I've heard there's a cemetery here. Zheng Wenjie whispered, and he didn't know where to inquire.

Charlie Chen understood, and nodded: "There are two in front." ”

"It's not surprising that people in Xiangjiang have to be buried when they die, just like in our mainland. Lan Xiaolong said with a serious face.

"It's like ......"

"It's different!"

As far as the scene in front of me is concerned, it is really much worse than Banyan City, and the difference is that these upstairs are full of signboards with traditional Chinese characters and English.

Charlie Chen stood next to Li Jianguo and pointed over there and said: "Those are all shops, specializing in border business, all of them are selling things, all kinds of clothing, small electrical appliances, electronic watches, radios, tapes, and selling food and drink. ”