Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ruili, a Small Border Town
Back at the hotel, the brothers went to the toilet, and after convenience, they entered the guest room, and Meng Songhai lay down on the bed.
"You're going to sleep now?" Meng Guoqiang sat on the bed.
"No, wait a while, I have to go out to wash my face and brush my teeth, and wash my feet, I want to soak my feet in hot water." Meng Songhai said in a flat tone.
Meng Guoqiang stared at Meng Songhai for a few moments, smiled and asked, "Are you thinking about Lu Xinya?" ”
"Huh!" Meng Songhai smiled, got up, took off his shoes, and sat cross-legged on the bed, "To be honest, I'm a little moved. ”
"It's better to act than to be excited!" Meng Guoqiang joked, "Why don't we refund the ticket and stay in Spring City for a few more days?" ”
Meng Songhai asked lightly: "Do you particularly hate me for bringing you to Yundian?" ”
"Nope." A puzzled expression appeared on Meng Guoqiang's face, "Why do you say that?" ”
"For a girl I just met, you let me stay in Spring City for a few more days, and you and your girlfriend are like glue, the ancients are cloudy, one day is like three autumns, it's been more than two days, you ......"
"I see what you mean." Meng Guoqiang interrupted with a smile, "Since you don't accept my affection, I won't say more." ”
Meng Guoqiang yawned and suddenly felt a little sleepy.
"I'm sleepy and want to sleep." Meng Guoqiang said, "Let's go wash up." ”
After washing, the brothers lay down in the bed, chatted for more than ten minutes, and then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
At five o'clock in the morning the next day, there was no alarm clock, and Meng Songhai's biological clock woke him up.
After looking at his watch, Meng Songhai saw that it was not early, so he hurriedly got up.
"Second brother, get up."
Meng Guoqiang opened his worried eyes, saw Meng Songhai getting dressed, and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"It's five o'clock."
"It's five o'clock?!" Meng Guoqiang hurriedly got up, "Why didn't you hear a knock on the door?" ”
Last night, Meng Songhai borrowed an alarm clock from the innkeeper, but it was unsuccessful, and the innkeeper learned his purpose for borrowing the alarm clock, and said that he would wake them up when the time came.
Meng Guoqiang will pick up his clothes, and there is a knock on the door.
"It's five o'clock." The innkeeper's shouts rang out outside the door.
"Boss, I hear you, let's get up." Meng Songhai shouted to the door.
After a few moments, the knocking on the door died down.
Meng Guoqiang said while getting dressed: "I just had a dream. ”
"Spring/Dream?"
"You just had a spring/dream, to be honest, did you dream of Lu Xinya last night?"
Meng Songhai smiled and asked, "What dreams did you have?" ”
Meng Guoqiang said with a smile: "I dreamed that you made a lot of money on this trip to Yunnan!" ”
"The jade jewelry I bought and brought back to the capital, the price is very high, and it sells quickly?"
"That's right."
"Hope you can make your dreams come true!"
Meng Songhai was a little disapproving of Meng Guoqiang's dream, he did not plan to do retail jade jewelry business for the time being, this trip to Yundian was to gamble on stones, he had the magic power of discerning treasures, as long as his brain was not broken, gambling stones would definitely be able to make money, and he could make a lot of money.
After more than half an hour, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang, who had just eaten breakfast, boarded the long-distance bus bound for Ruili.
Before the bus left the station, the station was almost full, and there were only two empty seats left.
Driving from Chuncheng to Ruili, the total journey is more than 700 kilometers, at this time, the highway traffic in Yunnan is not developed, a lot of the truth is in the soil, the speed of long-distance buses is not fast.
At 5:50 in the morning, the car began to drive, and after a long journey of more than 14 hours, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang arrived at Ruili, the key station of the trip.
By the time I got out of the car, it was already getting dark.
After finding a restaurant to fill their stomachs, the Montessori brothers began to look for a place to live.
Ruili is a small border city, in a few years, the country will implement the strategy of opening up along the border, Ruili is listed as one of the 14 open cities along the border, and at this time, Ruili compared to the capital, as well as coastal open cities, the economy is still very backward, despite this, Ruili in recent years The border trade has become increasingly active, often Burmese people bring jadeite rough to Ruili for sale, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and jadeite merchants from other provinces in China will come here to buy jadeite wool.
Entering the hotel room, Meng Songhai sat on the bed weakly.
"Tired, aren't you?" Meng Guoqiang saw that Meng Songhai's face was a little tired, and asked with a smile.
"I'm tired." Meng Songhai yawned, "Brush your teeth, wash your face, wash your feet, and go to sleep." ”
After washing, the brothers closed the door and went to bed with the lights off.
After sleeping until dawn, the two were woken up by a noisy sound coming in from the window.
Meng Guoqiang got up, looked at Meng Songhai and asked, "Little Wuzi, let's go find a place to sell jadeite jewelry today?" ”
"Don't be in a hurry for the time being, Ruili County is not big, let's go around first, and it's not too late to find a merchant who sells jade jewelry tomorrow."
Meng Guoqiang began to put on his pants and asked, "How many days do you want to stay in Ruili?" ”
"It depends, shop around and don't suffer."
"In the car, someone talked about coming to the Jade Gambling Stone, I think you also heard it, are you interested?"
"Are you interested?" Meng Songhai asked rhetorically.
"Kind of interested." Meng Songhai smiled and said, "Spend dozens of yuan, buy a gambling stone to play, try your luck, this is harmless, like that to spend thousands, or even tens of thousands of gambling stones, let's not do it." ”
"Okay, let's try our luck by buying two gambling stones."
"If I'm lucky and spend dozens of dollars gambling on stones and make tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, what should I do?"
"What do you say?"
"I ask you, don't ask me."
"Huh!" Meng Songhai smiled, "When you really make money, I'll give you advice." ”
Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang are not picky eaters, and the first meal they ate in Ruili last night was very hearty, both full and well-eaten.
After washing, when he was about to go out for breakfast, Meng Songhai asked, "Second brother, are you hungry?" ”
"I'm not hungry yet, I ate quite a lot last night."
"Then I've eaten bridge rice noodles this morning."
I walked out of the hotel and found a restaurant to buy breakfast.
After inquiry, I learned that there was a seller of bridge rice noodles, and Meng Songhai said that he wanted two bowls.
After a while, two bowls of rice noodles across the bridge were served.
Meng Guoqiang had never heard of bridge rice noodles before, let alone eaten them, and when he saw that the ingredients in the bowl were very rich, he smiled: "I thought it was very vegetarian, but I didn't expect it to be so rich!" ”
Meng Songhai smiled slightly, didn't answer the stubble, and started eating with chopsticks.
After Meng Guoqiang tasted it, he praised the deliciousness.
"What kind of meat dishes are here?" Meng Guoqiang asked.
"You can't taste Mom?"
"Pork ribs, ham, and chicken...... This shiitake mushroom is quite delicious, and I feel better than I have eaten before. ”
"It's wild and tastes better than artificially grown."
"Before we go home, let's buy a few catties of dried shiitake mushrooms here and take them home to eat." Meng Guoqiang ate a piece of shiitake mushrooms and continued, "It's so delicious, I think this cross-bridge rice noodle can not only be used as a staple food, but also as a dish." ”
"When you return to the capital, you can suggest to the eldest sister that the dish of cross-bridge rice noodles be introduced in the Taibai Restaurant she runs."
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