Chapter 330: Race against time
"Lin Dong, you've been driving for a long time, take a break, do you want to get out of the car and have a meal?" Ji Jianming said.
Lin Dong was in good spirits, didn't look the slightest tired, and said: "Find a gas station to fill the car with gas, and you won't have to eat, don't we bring dry food, you eat something first." After filling up the gas, you will change the car. ”
"It's not like you to race against time, there are so many small restaurants on the roadside, and it only takes about ten minutes to eat." Ji Jianming said with a smile.
Lin Dong shook his head, "Old Ji, we've been working together for so long, don't you know me yet?" If I didn't see Guan Cangsheng, I couldn't settle down in my heart. ”
Ji Jianming said: "Okay, then I'll eat some first." He scooped out the prepared dry food and drinks and began to replenish his energy.
Lin Dong found the gas station, filled up the gas, and changed positions with Ji Jianming.
Ji Jianming ate and drank to his heart's content, sat in the driver's seat, and said, "Lin Dong, you can eat something quickly." ”
Lin Dong nodded, he was really hungry, so he scooped out the bread and gnawed it. Ji Jianming looked at him gobbling up and sighed, he really didn't understand what was the use of asking Cangsheng to take care of it. Jinding company has been running very well, Guan Cangsheng an outsider came in, it was inevitable to be boycotted by the company's old employees, and when the time came, it might be to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.
However, Lin Dong has always had his reasons for doing things, and Ji Jianming knows this very well. In the past, he often tried his best to go his own way, but the results proved that Lin Dong's decision was correct.
After entering the Penghui line, the road conditions are much worse. Pengcheng's generation has many mountains, and it is even more so to go north, the road winds and turns, winding up the mountain. Ji Jianming was very careful in driving, so he couldn't raise his speed. Lin Dong was anxious to see Guan Cangsheng, and because of the bumpy mountain road, he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to, so he kept his eyes closed and pretended to sleep.
It's getting dark. The road is getting harder and harder to drive.
Lin Dong opened his eyes and asked, "Old Ji, are you okay?" ”
The road conditions are complicated, Ji Jianming usually only drives in Suzhou City, and he was really uncomfortable at the beginning, but after driving for a few hours, he is also an old driver. I gradually adapted to this kind of road conditions.
"It's okay, don't worry. I've been driving for five or six years, and I'm a master. Ji Jianming said with a smile.
Lin Dong looked at the dark forest on the side of the road outside the window and asked, "Where is this?" ”
Ji Jianming said: "It should be a place called Heimu Forest, as it was written on the road sign just now, there are two hundred kilometers to Hui County." Guan Cangsheng's hometown is still in a small village below Hui County, Lin Dong, and it is getting late. Shall we find a place to stay in Huixian County and come back early tomorrow morning? ”
Lin Dong said: "I also have this intention. At night, the lights are dark, the road in the countryside is difficult to walk, and we are not familiar with the road. When I arrived in Nahui County, I first asked someone to inquire where the village in Guan Cangsheng's hometown was. ”
Ji Jianming said: "Well, let's do it like this, when we get to Hui County, let's go and drink a bowl of mutton soup first." I heard that the mutton soup in Huixian County is very famous. ”
Lin Dong smiled: "It's okay, I haven't eaten seriously for a day, and my stomach is also making trouble." ”
The two talked and laughed all the way, and Ji Jianming was old and steady. The drive was smooth and steady, and finally entered Huixian County at about eleven o'clock in the evening. The two of them didn't look for any particularly good hotels, and when they saw a motel on the side of the road, they drove over.
"Hello, do you still have a room?"
Entering the door, Ji Jianming asked.
The middle-aged woman who was looking at the store raised her head, looked at the two people who had just entered the door, and said with a smile: "It's really unfortunate that there are many customers today." There is only one room left, which is a standard room with two beds, so let's see if you can get together for a night? ”
Ji Jianming glanced at Lin Dong. Ask for his opinion. The middle-aged woman could tell at a glance that the tall, thin one of the two was the one who called the shots. …,
Lin Dong nodded.
Ji Jianming said: "Let's just one room, we want that room." ”
The two of them scooped out their ID cards and registered. I listen to your accents, and you're both from outside, right? The middle-aged woman asked with a smile.
Ji Jianming said: "Well, we are from other places, are there a lot of outsiders who come to stay with you?" ”
The middle-aged woman said: "In the past, there were very few, but today it is strange to say that they are all outsiders. Not only our family, but even the hotels near here are full, and the people living in them are all outsiders, which is really strange, as if we have a gold demand in Hui County, why are so many outsiders coming? ”
Ji Jianming smiled: "How do I know this." We came to visit friends. ”
"Boss, where is there a place to eat here?" Ji Jianming asked.
The proprietress pointed to the opposite side with her hand, "Did you see that?" There is a small restaurant opposite. ”
The two were not in a hurry to go back to the room, and after completing the registration, they walked directly to the small restaurant opposite.
"Hey, it's mutton soup!" Ji Jianming saw the words "Lao Ma Mutton Soup" written on the light box erected at the door of the small restaurant, and his mouth watered greedily.
There were only four tables in the store, and the innermost one was already occupied by three people. Lin Dong and Ji Jianming sat down at the outermost table.
The boss came over and asked, "What do you two eat?" ”
Ji Jianming said: "Two bowls of mutton soup, soak some steamed buns." ”
"Okay, wait a minute, it'll be right away." The boss smiled and went busy, tonight's business is good, this time in the past has long been deserted, I didn't expect that there will be guests coming tonight, and they are all people with foreign accents, all of them look like they are very rich.
After waiting for less than five minutes, two bowls of steaming sheep's head soup steamed buns were served. Lin Dong added some chili oil and chopped green onions to the bowl, and when he raised his nose and smelled it, the aroma hooked the greedy insects in people's stomachs.
"Wow, it's authentic!" Ji Jianming only took the first bite and boasted.
Lin Dong smiled: "Yes, it's better than an alpaca." ”
At this time, the three people at the back table stood up and put a hundred yuan on the table, and one of them said, "Boss, I put the money on the table." With that, the three of them walked out the door.
"Mr. Wang, do you think we should go to Guan Cangsheng overnight or go back tomorrow morning?"
"Let's go tonight!" A deep and majestic voice said.
The boss saw the hundred-dollar bill on the table and shouted, "Wait a minute, I haven't found the money yet." ”
"No need to look for it."
When the boss heard this, he was overjoyed, and it seemed that he had met a rich master.
Lin Dong and Ji Jianming both heard the words of the gang just now, especially the three words "Guan Cangsheng" were heard clearly, and the words were in their ears! The two of them devoured the mutton soup in the bowl and ate the steamed buns, threw off a hundred yuan, and quickly ran across the road.
There are a lot of good cars parked in front of the motel, most of which have foreign license plates.
Ji Jianming said: "Lin Dong, it seems that someone is ahead of us." ”
Lin Dong said: "It seems that I can't rest tonight." ”
Ji Jianming said: "Well, let's set off now and find Guan Cangsheng before them." ”
"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, we still lack people." Lin Dong said calmly.
Ji Jianming was puzzled and asked, "Who is missing?" ”
"Guide!"
Only then did Ji Jianming understand that he and Lin Dong were both coming to Hui County for the first time, and they were very unfamiliar with this place, if there was no guide, the two of them would be blind, and they didn't know when they would be able to find Guan Cangsheng.
"In the middle of the night, where are we going to find a guide?" Ji Jianming muttered.
Lin Dong looked across the road, "Do you see the owner of the mutton soup shop?" ”
Ji Jianming smiled, "I'll see it." ”…,
The two crossed the road, and the owner of the mutton soup shop saw him go and returned, thinking that he was here to ask him to make change, so he immediately put his hand into the waist bag wrapped around his stomach, and said with a smile: "Just now the two of you left in a hurry, I haven't had time to make change, two bowls of mutton soup steamed buns are a total of twenty yuan, and I have to find you eighty yuan." ”
Lin Dong smiled: "Brother Ma, you don't need to look for it." My brother was new to this place, and he didn't know the place well, and he wanted to find someone to be his guide. Brother, let me ask, how much profit can you make in a day? ”
The boss surnamed Ma scratched his head and smiled: "The shop is small and profitable, and under normal circumstances, it will earn two or three hundred a day, and if it is good, it can reach five hundred." ”
Lin Dong said: "Brother Ma, I hired you to be our guide, and I will give you 2,000 yuan a day, do you want to do it?" ”
When Lao Ma heard that it was two thousand yuan a day, how could he not be tempted and asked, "Brother, where are you going?" I'll have to see if I can be your guide. If it's Hui County, then you have found the right person, in the early years I was a merchant, walking the streets and alleys, and there is no place in Hui County that I haven't been. ”
Ji Jianming wrote down the name of Guan Cangsheng's hometown in his mind and asked, "Old Brother Ma, we are going to a place called Guanjiagou, I don't know if you have heard of it." ”
Old Ma Luo groaned and said, "Is it the housekeeper ditch in Yangshan Town?" ”
Ji Jianming said with a smile: "Yes, it's the housekeeper ditch of Yangshan Town!" ”
Lin Dong smiled slightly, and it seemed that he had not found the wrong person.
The old horse took off his apron from his waist and said with a smile: "I will take this job, but you must pay me for a day's work first." ”
"No problem." Lin Dong scooped out two thousand yuan from his wallet and put it in Lao Ma's hand, "Brother Ma, you order." ”
Lao Ma smiled: "No need to order, I collect money all day long, and I can find it out when I touch it." After closing the store, he followed Lin Dong and the others across the road.
After getting into the car, Lao Ma sat in the co-pilot's seat, which was convenient for him to show the way. Ji Jianming drove the car, and Lin Dong sat in the back.
The old horse said: "Drive along the road in front of the door, and I will tell you when you are about to turn." ”
Ji Jianming nodded, turned his car, and drove onto the road in front of the hotel.
"Brother, why are you going to the housekeeper's ditch so late?" The old horse asked with great interest.
Lin Dong said: "Find someone." ”
Lao Ma lowered his voice and said, "Two, you won't be the police to arrest criminals, right?" No, if it's a policeman, why don't you ask the local police to take you? ”
Ji Jianming said with a smile: "Brother Ma, we are not policemen, have you seen any policemen driving Daben?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )