Chapter 16: It's five cents short
The poem says:
It's five cents short of buying a ticket,
In a hurry, the warriors turned.
The horns pick up five cents,
Just one is happy and in distress!
Qiu Dazuo secretly rejoiced that he had escaped again. Qiu Dazuo looked at the figures of the two murderers walking towards him, and secretly shouted: "If I don't leave now, when will I stay?"
Qiu Dazuo ran to the side of the road and got into a taxi. Qiu Dazuo sat in the taxi, glanced at the two bear-looking murderers through the glass window of the taxi, and sighed secretly: "Cough, I really didn't expect that there are so many vicious thugs in this MLM company, and a group of machetes just ran over, and there are two black-haired big bears, if they let them surround me, I will not be killed." - It seems that I can't stay in this Meicheng anymore, I should quickly escape from this demon cave, and let the pyramid scheme company defraud the 100,000 yuan, I have to find a way to ask them for it later. ”
Thinking of this, Qiu Dazuo shouted eagerly at the taxi driver: "Master, hurry! I have an urgent need to catch the train! Please hurry up and send me to the train station!"
The driver of the taxi was an old driver in his fifties, and his swarthy face was a little unsightly, and even a little ugly. However, the taxi driver was a warm-hearted person, and when he saw Qiu Dazuo's anxious face, he immediately started the car and sped forward. While driving, the taxi driver glanced at Qiu Dazuo in the car and said, "Young man, listen to your accent, you are not a local, right?"
Qiu Dazuo listened, and hurriedly replied very politely: "Back to the master's question, I am indeed not a local, I am from Huangcheng." ”
When the taxi driver heard this, he said, "Young man, are you in such a hurry to catch the train, are you in a hurry to go back to Huangcheng?"
"Yes. I was in a hurry to catch the train, just to get on the train and go back to Huangcheng as soon as possible. Qiu Dazuo continued to answer.
Although the taxi driver was ugly, he was very enthusiastic and talkative, and he continued to say to Qiu Dazuo: "Young man, have you bought a train ticket back to Huangcheng?"
"Not yet. Qiu Dazuo continued to answer, "I want to buy it now when I get to the train station." ”
The taxi driver said, "Young man, do you know what time it is this afternoon, is there a train from Meicheng to Huangcheng?"
"I don't know. Qiu Dazuo continued to answer, "I really don't know what time there is a car." Because, I didn't have any preparation beforehand. I was in a hurry this afternoon, so I remembered to catch the train. ”
"Young man, do you want to know, this afternoon, what time is the train from Meicheng to your Huangcheng?" the taxi driver glanced at Qiu Dazuo again and asked.
"Yes, I want to know. Qiu Dazuo continued to answer.
The taxi driver took out a pamphlet from his side, threw it into Qiu Dazuo's arms, and said, "Look for yourself, it's all written on it." ”
Qiu Dazuo picked up the booklet and looked at it, and it turned out to be a train timetable. Qiu Dazuo hurriedly flipped through it. "Master, at 3:08 p.m. today, there is a train from Meicheng to Huangcheng. Qiu Dazuo said to the taxi driver while looking at the train schedule.
"3:08," the taxi driver glanced at the electronic clock in the car and continued, "The time is 2:10, and there are about 50 minutes before the departure time of the train you said." It would take me about fifteen minutes to drive this taxi to the Meicheng train station, and if I removed those fifteen minutes, there would be more than forty minutes left. - Young man, in this way, if you want to take the train at 3:08, there is enough time. So, boy, you don't need to be in a hurry. ”
Qiu Dazuo listened to the taxi driver's explanation, felt refreshed, and said: "Master, hearing you say this, my heart is much more steady, so I won't be in a hurry to catch the train." - Master, thank you so much. ”
"Ahem, young man, I'm just talking about it casually, and I can't say thank you or not. The taxi driver said casually as he drove the car.
Just now, Qiu Dazuo let those murderers chase him, and he was very depressed. At this moment, the taxi driver took the initiative to chat with Qiu Dazuo, and Qiu Dazuo suddenly felt much more relaxed. Qiu Dazuo saw that the taxi driver was very warm-hearted and very talkative, so Qiu Dazuo also took the initiative to chat with the taxi driver. Qiu Dazuo looked at the taxi driver and said, "Master, do you often go on business trips to other places?"
The taxi driver listened and replied, "Well, I really don't travel much." ”
Qiu Dazuo said again: "Master, I see that you have a train timetable by your side, and I thought you often travel on business. ”
The taxi driver said: "This train timetable is specially prepared for outsiders like you who are in a hurry to catch the train." ”
"For us outsiders?" Qiu Dazuo looked at the taxi driver in confusion.
"Yes. The taxi driver continued to explain, "When I drive a taxi to pull customers, I often meet out-of-town guests like you who ask me about the departure time of certain trains in Meicheng, and some of them can answer and some can't." Later, I bought this train timetable and kept it with me, and if someone asked me about the train number again, I would show him this train timetable, and he would understand it when he saw it. ”
Qiu Dazuo listened and said, "Master, you can think about us outsiders in everything, it's really commendable." ”
The taxi driver said: "cough, like you outsiders, come to our Meicheng to do business, life is not familiar, as a Meicheng taxi driver, I should have the responsibility and obligation to serve you outsiders, I also hope that you outsiders, when you come to our Meicheng, there will be a feeling of home." ”
Qiu Dazuo looked at the taxi driver and thought: Look at this taxi driver's appearance is very ordinary, and even a little ugly, but he is kind-hearted and a person of noble character. Qiu Dazuo remembered the happy bird yellow warbler in Meicheng in the Red Leaf Internet Café again, Qiu Dazuo sighed secretly: "Cough, it seems that there are still many good people in this Meicheng, Fang Cai, those murderers who chased me are just a few stinky fish in Meicheng." ”
Qiu Dazuo and the taxi driver chatted non-stop. Before you know it, the taxi driver has driven the taxi to the Meicheng train station. The taxi driver parked the taxi on the side of the road in the square in front of the station, and whispered to Qiu Dazuo: "Young man, Meicheng Railway Station has arrived, please get off." ”
Qiu Dazuo glanced at the meter in the car and saw that the fare displayed by the meter was fourteen yuan and five cents. Qiu Dazuo hurriedly took out fifteen yuan and handed it to the taxi driver.
Not to mention, this taxi driver is really an exemplary driver. After he took the money handed by Qiu Dazuo, he glanced at it, and then sang: "Young man, you gave me fifteen yuan, and your fare is fourteen yuan and five cents, I should find you five cents." ”
The taxi driver said, lowered his head and took out five cents and planned to find Qiu Dazuo, but when he raised his head, he found that Qiu Dazuo had already gotten out of the taxi and walked forward quickly.
The taxi driver hurriedly got out of the car, and he chased a few steps forward, shouting at Qiu Dazuo, "Hey, young man, wait a minute...... Looking for your money, looking for your five cents......"
The taxi driver's shouting, Qiu Dazuo really heard it. However, Qiu Dazuo ignored the taxi driver's shouting, and did not turn around to pick up the five cents. Qiu Dazuo walked forward briskly without looking back, and sighed in his heart: "Cough, this taxi driver is really a rare good person, he saw that I was in a hurry to catch the train, and I was speeding all the way, just five cents, how could I be embarrassed to ask him for it? Qiu Dazuo thought so in his heart, and ran straight towards the ticket office of the train station.
The taxi driver saw Qiu Dazuo walking farther and farther, and saw a sign on the side of the road that read "stop and go" for taxis. The taxi driver shook his head helplessly and had to drive the taxi away.
Qiu Dazuo hurriedly walked into the ticket hall of the railway station, he impatiently shook his head to look at the train running schedule on the wall, and sure enough, he saw that there was a train from Meicheng to Huangcheng at 3:08. "Great, just take this bus!" Qiu Dazuo exclaimed happily.
Qiu Dazuo glanced at the price list of train tickets marked on the screen again. Qiu Dazuo saw that the fare of this train was 387 yuan.
After Qiu Dazuo understood, he walked to the ticket window, and while lining up, he took out his wallet and took out the money from his wallet: one hundred, two hundred, three hundred, three hundred five, three hundred and six, three hundred and seven, three hundred and eight, three hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and eighty-six.
Qiu Dazuo took out all the money in his wallet and counted it, but it was only three hundred and eighty-six yuan. Qiu Dazuo wanted to buy a train ticket home, but he was still one yuan short.
Qiu Dazuo hurriedly went to the pocket of his clothes and pants again, but as a result, he only found five cents from a corner of his jacket pocket. Qiu Dazuo wants to buy a train ticket home, and he still needs five cents.
Qiu Dazuo looked at the three hundred and eighty-six yuan and five cents in his hand, and thought to himself: Otherwise, I will take the ticket money that is still five cents short, go to discuss with the conductor comrade, and beg her to sell me one.
However, Qiu Dazuo immediately dispelled this idea. Qiu Dazuo knew in his heart that this railway station was a public sale, and the conductor was talking about a fraction, let alone a difference of five cents, even a penny, and the conductor would not sell him the train ticket.
"There are still five cents left, what should I do?" Qiu Dazuo looked at the money in his hand, a little embarrassed.
At this moment, Qiu Dazuo suddenly remembered that when he got out of the taxi, the taxi driver had chased and shouted for him for five cents. "Quick, let's see if that taxi is gone. Qiu Dazuo screamed in his heart, and quickly ran to the gate to look at the place where the taxi stopped, but there was still a trace of the taxi. Qiu Dazuo raised his arm in annoyance and punched him the head, complaining to himself: "Cough, Qiu Dazuo, Qiu Dazuo, you have reached the point of exhaustion, what are you pretending to be? Well, now it's just five cents short of a train ticket. Qiu Dazuo complained to himself as he returned to the ticket hall.
"I was five cents short of a train ticket, and the passenger was good enough to help me with five cents...... That traveler is okay, please help me with five cents......" Qiu Dazuo looked at the passing travelers around him and begged quietly. However, Qiu Dazuo's begging voice was so small that even he couldn't hear it clearly, let alone the passengers who came and went in a hurry. Even so, Qiu Dazuo's face was still flushed, for fear that people would say that he had come to the train station to ask for a small amount of money.
Time passed like this, minute by minute, and the time for the train to depart was getting closer and closer. Qiu Dazuo stood there, anxious as if he were an ant on a hot pot. What does it mean to suffocate a hero with a penny, Qiu Dazuo really realized it today. Look at Qiu Dazuo again, okay, the sweat on his head is also dripping down, and his face is suffocated.
Just when Qiu Dazuo didn't know what to do, suddenly, Qiu Dazuo heard a "dangchang" sound on the ground not far away, like the sound of a coin falling to the ground. In this noisy ticket hall, no one may have heard it, but Qiu Dazuo heard it. Qiu Dazuo hurriedly followed the sound of the voice. He saw that a traveler had accidentally taken a coin out and dropped it on the ground while picking something out. The traveler seemed to be aware of it, and he was looking down when suddenly the traveler lifted his leg and kicked the coin away. When Qiu Dazuo saw this, he shouted anxiously: "Don't mind! Don't kick it! Don't give it to me!"
The traveler kicked the coin and hurried away.
Qiu Dazuo hurriedly searched in the direction in which the coin had rolled. Not to mention, the passenger's feet were really hard, and Qiu Dazuo searched until the root of the back wall of the ticket office before he saw the trace of the coin. "There!" Qiu Dazuo cried out in surprise, and suddenly pounced in front of the coin, reaching out to pick it up. Qiu Dazuo saw that what he got in his hand was indeed a five-cent coin. "Great! The money for the train ticket is finally enough!" Qiu Dazuo exclaimed in more and more surprise.
Qiu Dazuo finally scraped together enough money for the train ticket of 387 yuan, and as soon as he turned around, he was about to run to the ticket window. However, Qiu Dazuo turned around and just took a step forward, and his body "popped" and fixed there again.
At the moment when Qiu Dazuo turned around, Qiu Dazuo saw a terrifying figure. Qiu Dazuo secretly shouted: "How can I be good?!"