Chapter 18: Departure (Thanks to "Wanguan Pen and Ink" Reward)
Hearing that her son was also going to Hunan, Hu Mengxian asked in surprise, "What are you going to do?"
Wei Mingrang replied: "Mom, don't I have summer homework, you can follow the fourth aunt and them out to gain knowledge." Besides, when my cousin got married, we had too few relatives in the past, so one more would be counted as one more to give my cousin a strong momentum. ”
As soon as Wei Mingrang said this, in front of his sister Hu Mengyue, Hu Mengxian couldn't say anything more.
If she says anything, it seems that she doesn't want her son to go, as if she doesn't want to fight for face for her fourth sister and niece.
Hearing Wei Mingrang say that he was going, Hu Mengyue was naturally very happy.
Her husband died early, and she raised several children by herself to grow up, and she was indeed a little lonely. It's always good to have one more relative on my mother's side.
Of course, she was still polite and said: "The distance is very long, and I have to change the car several times!
Wei Mingrang immediately said: "What's so tiring about this? Auntie, you're not afraid of being so old, I'm young, and I'm still afraid of taking a car?"
Hearing Wei Mingrang say this, Hu Mengyue was happy in her heart, nodded, and asked Hu Mengxian: "Sister, look at this ......"
Seeing the fourth sister's heartbeat, Hu Mengxian knew that she couldn't stop it.
This matter was brought up by his son himself, and he really didn't have summer homework, so he was not afraid of delaying anything, and he could go out to increase his knowledge.
If they were to stop it, the two sisters would definitely be at odds.
Anyway, it's only a few days of work, and my sisters won't be delayed in Hunan for too long, so let's go!
So, Hu Mengxian nodded and said, "Okay, let him go on a long trip with you, give his cousin a strong momentum, and increase his knowledge." ”
This is how it was settled.
The next day, Wei Mingrang went to the street to buy clothes, cut his hair, and straighten his head energetically.
When buying clothes, Wei Ming was really entangled.
There are not many styles in 2005, and Wei Ming makes the eyes from 2018 look at the high-end brand-name stores that are more expensive.
He is not afraid of expensive, and now he has more than 2,000 yuan from selling three handfuls of mushrooms and relatives, which is enough to buy clothes.
Mainly worried about the thoughts of his mother and two younger sisters.
In case he buys too expensive, his mother and two younger sisters will inevitably have thoughts in their hearts: the family is so poor, and they don't know how to save money with two dollars, so they are so lavish and don't understand!
After struggling for a while, Wei Mingrang decided to only buy ordinary ones, and when he got to the school and did the first business, it would be okay to buy and wear it casually.
Even so, it cost Wei Mingrang more than 200 to buy two sets of ordinary summer clothes in his eyes, plus a pair of sneakers and a pair of sandals.
When he returned home to report, Wei Mingrang also compressed, saying that it was more than 150, and his mother Hu Mengxian's face ached.
In 2005, the style and quality of rural children's summer clothes were indeed not good, and the price was cheap, generally twenty or thirty yuan a set, and 100 yuan could buy two or three sets.
Therefore, 150 yuan to buy two sets of short-sleeved clothes, pants and shoes is still expensive in Hu Mengxian's opinion.
However, after looking at the quality and style, Hu Mengxian thought it was worth 150 yuan, and she didn't say anything.
After all, my son is going to Hunan to attend his cousin's wedding and go to college, so it is understandable that he will buy two sets of better clothes.
On July 27, the third cousin Hu Yongjun came over again to determine the departure time and decided to leave early in the morning of July 30.
Wei Mingrang's house is the closest to the city, and it only takes ten or twenty minutes to walk.
Hu Yongjun, the third cousin who lives with his uncle, lives on Liuhedu Village Street, 10 kilometers from the city, and lives on a national highway with Wei Mingrang's family, and Yongxing Town, where his uncle works, is further away on the same national highway.
The fourth aunt's house is in the other direction of the township, Yuquan Town, about 15 kilometers away from the city.
Wei Mingrang's family of four people only has 3 beds, and the beds are not enough.
The bed is also relatively small, it is the wooden frame bed about 1.3 meters wide in the countryside in the past, and it can't be squeezed.
Therefore, the fourth aunt, mother and daughter, and Liu Jiayi's cousin went to her brother Hu Wencai's house on July 29 for a temporary stay for one night, and came over with Hu Yongjun early in the morning of July 30, called Wei Mingrang, and then went into the city to take a bus to Zunyi to take the train.
Because in 2005, the highway from Meitan to Zunyi was not yet opened, and the road in the mountainous area was narrow and steep, and the road surface was not good, but it was very busy and often jammed with traffic.
Although it is only 70 kilometers, it is not known how long it will take to get from Meitan to Zunyi.
In his previous life, when Wei Mingrang was studying in Chongqing, he traveled from Meitan to Zunyi, or from Zunyi back to Meitan, and the bus took two hours and five hours.
Once, it was even blocked for a day and a night, and the villagers on the roadside sold boiled eggs for 5 yuan a piece, and they had to eat them, which was really disturbing and had no choice.
However, Guizhou is also bold.
In order to achieve latecomer catch-up, curve overtaking, and change the appearance of poverty and backwardness, Guizhou vigorously developed transportation, and realized the county-to-county expressway in 2015, becoming the first province in the west and the ninth county in the country.
But in 2005, the plan may not have been put forward, and Wei Mingrang will not be able to enjoy this kind of transportation convenience.
Therefore, it is impossible to book the train tickets of Zunyi Railway Station in advance, for fear that I will not be able to catch up and miss the train, and I will have to refund the ticket again, buy the ticket, and waste the handling fee.
Anyway, this time is neither the Spring Festival, nor the time for college students to go to school or take vacations, so you don't have to worry about not being able to buy tickets.
It could have been possible to reach Zhangjiajie by taking a bus to Dejiang, Tongren, and Huayuan several times, but the bus is obviously much more expensive than the train ticket.
If Wei Ming asked a person, he was naturally willing to take the bus to save time.
But with the four aunts, you can't look so "wealthy", which doesn't match your current identity.
After everything was discussed, on the morning of July 30, Wei Mingrang got up early for breakfast, and then waited for the four aunts on the side of the road with toiletries and a set of new clothes and shoes.
At less than 7 o'clock, a shuttle bus to and from Meitan and Yongxing appeared in Wei Mingrang's eyes and stopped on the side of the road in his yard.
Hu Yongjun waved to Wei Mingrang at the car window and shouted, "Mingrang, get in the car!"
Wei Mingrang got on the shuttle bus and greeted his fourth aunt, cousin Liu Jiahui, and cousin Hu Yongjun, and then everyone waved goodbye to Wei Mingrang's mother and sister, and the shuttle bus started and went to the county bus station.
In this era, the overload was not strictly controlled, the seats on the car were full, and there were no vacant seats, so Wei Mingrang could only stand.
The fourth aunt wanted to give Wei Mingrang the fare, but Wei Mingrang didn't let it, and gave the fare herself.
His home is close to the city, which means that the starting price of the shuttle bus is only 5 cents.
When I arrived at the bus station, the fourth aunt wanted to buy tickets for everyone, but no one let me.
In the end, Wei Mingrang, Hu Yongjun, and Liu Jiayi's cousin Liu Jiaqiang bought the tickets with their own money, Hu Yongjun wanted to buy them for Wei Mingrang, but Wei Mingrang didn't let them.
Then the tickets for the fourth aunt and Liu Jiahui's mother and son were naturally bought by Liu Jiahui.
After buying the ticket, you just wait for the shuttle bus to depart.
PS: Ask for collections, recommended tickets!