008 Chapter 8 The stall owner's aunt

By the time the explosion sounded, the man in glasses had already climbed onto the side of the road. In the sugarcane forest not far away, four small flat heads appeared in unison, running towards the side of the explosion in the sugarcane forest. Xiao Li shed tears, cried Lao Hei, and ran down the dirt road towards the bottom of the mountain.

The man with glasses saw that the situation was not good, and the four little flat heads were not the armed police who checked them just now? This time, as soon as the mine sounded, there was a life lawsuit, and he was caught and he was not allowed to be skinned? Fortunately, he had already entered the border of the cotton country here, and the armed police would not cross the line to chase after him, so he hurriedly picked up his companion and ran towards the woods on the top of the soil slope. Xiao Li was thinking about Lao Hei and was running down the slope on the dirt road, not noticing that the glasses man was slipping away together.

Xiao Li ran down the slope, jumped into the small ditch, and desperately dug away the yellow mud with both hands, to dig Lao Hei out of the soil, in the soil blown down by the mine, there are grass roots, and there are thorns, unconsciously, Xiao Li's fingertips were drawn out of the blood, the blood was mixed with the yellow mud, and Xiao Li dug it up and threw it to both sides, he didn't realize it, he just wanted to save Lao Hei.

Unconsciously, there were two more hands next to him, helping him dig the soil, four more hands for a while, and then six more hands, and it turned out that the small flat-headed armed police also ran over, helping Xiao Li dig the soil to save people.

Soon, Lao Hei was scooped up from the muddy water, and he saw that his eyes were closed, his face was blue, and a wound had been cut in his calf, and blood was bubbling out.

It turned out that this small ditch saved Lao Hei's life, the mine explosion was on the grassy slope not far above the ditch, Lao Hei fell into the ditch, and the small ditch became a trench-like bunker, allowing Lao Hei to avoid the fatal shrapnel, but because of the close distance, he was shocked by the shock wave of the explosion and lost consciousness.

The small flat-headed armed policeman led by him took out a first-aid kit from the hanging bag, skillfully helped Lao Hei stop the bleeding, and an armed policeman next to him shouted to the headset next to the collar: "Call the base, someone was injured by a mine next to the border of Area 2, ask for ambulance support!" ”

Xiao Li looked at the busy armed police, he was idle, his heart was mixed, this group of armed police Xiao Li is only familiar with them, but I don't know who their army name is, usually Xiao Li doesn't like this group of armed police, only they will find fault and fine money to embarrass him, today in the crisis to get the help of the armed police, can't help but think of a sentence: "the people's army for the people".

Soon, a cheetah off-road vehicle rushed out of the machine farming road next to the sugarcane forest, and the armed policemen lifted Lao Hei together and ran towards the cheetah off-road vehicle. Xiao Li only knew that he was following them closely, his mind was blank, and he didn't know if Lao Hei would be crippled for life? Will it die? He can't get rid of his responsibility when he has an accident, he has a wife and children, if he is disabled for life, will he help him raise his wife and children? I often can't make ends meet, and it's not easy to support myself, do you have the ability? In a daze, he followed the armed police into an off-road vehicle and galloped towards the hospital.

Half an hour later, the doctor came out of the emergency room and said to Xiao Li: "The patient has a serious leg injury, there is a piece of shrapnel embedded in it and must be operated, there is a slight concussion in the head, it is caused by the shock wave of the explosion, there will be no major problems after treatment for a period of time, now you go to the toll office to pay a deposit of 5,000 yuan, and you must operate immediately." ”

When Xiao Li heard this, he hurriedly searched his pocket, and all his belongings were only more than 2,000 yuan, and he hadn't even paid the cost of maintaining the motorcycle. What to do? I had to say to the doctor: "Doctor, I only have more than 2,000, can I have surgery first?" I'm going to look for money separately. ”

The doctor looked at him and asked, "Is there health insurance?" ”

Xiao Li shook his head.

The doctor said, "Rural, right?" Is there a cooperative medical treatment? ”

Xiao Li still shook his head, he didn't buy it, thinking that he was strong, what did he want that thing to do without disaster or difficulty? But you're dumbfounded when you encounter something now, right?

Suddenly, he remembered again, Lao Hei seems to have bought it, this guy is old and thinks a lot. Hurriedly nodded again and said, "Yes, the patient has cooperative medical care."

The doctor said, "If there is a cooperative medical treatment, you can pay half of the deposit, so hurry up and do it."

Xiao Li hurriedly ran to the toll office, handed over the money, and returned to the door of the operating room, where the armed police who sent them had already left, leaving only the little flat head headed by him waiting for him. After doing these things, knowing that Lao Hei was fine, Xiao Li's heart also calmed down, and then he remembered, where did the two guests of the glasses man he brought go? Were you taken away by the armed police for questioning? So he asked Xiao Pingtou and said, "Officer, have you taken those two boys with glasses?" ”

The armed policeman with a small flat head glared at him and said, "Ask you, who are the two of them?" Why don't I go downhill with you to save people, but run away alone? ”

Xiao Li was dumbfounded, how did he know who the glasses man was? and saved him himself, but he ignored Lao Hei and ran away alone, is this still a human being?

Xiao Pingtou looked at the dumbfounded Xiao Li, pointed to his nose and said, "Next time, I will see you kid lead someone from me, discount your legs!" Now come back to the team with me, take a confession, and explain the matter clearly." Xiao Li had no choice but to follow him dejectedly.

Three days later, Xiao Li came to the exit of the South Umbrella Passenger Station to resume his old business, looking for people in need and taking them out of the country. It's not that he healed his scars and forgot the pain, but that reality forced him. Lao Hei was injured, he must not be able to get out of the hospital for ten days and a half months, he has to earn the medical expenses, and the only money left in his pocket was handed over to the hospital, and he has to eat, Lao Hei's mother-in-law is at home with two twin boys who have just turned one year old, and they can't go to work to earn money, so they can't watch their mother starve to death, right? went around the mahjong shop and lost the only 200 yuan left, so I had no choice but to come out and do my old business. Therefore, even if Xiao Li has palpitations, he still has to come out to try his luck. Since he didn't have Lao Hei as a partner, he borrowed a friend's three-wheeled motorcycle and was ready to complete the task alone.

In the afternoon, a long-distance bus from Kuncheng came into the station, due to the tense situation there, the number of people leaving the country was very small, and every potential customer became the object of everyone's scramble.

Xiao Li held on to the iron railing at the exit of the station and looked at two young people walking in the distance, one tall and thin, walking with a meteor. A bearded man with a steady pace, talking as he walked, was obviously in a group.

Xiao Li took two steps, stopped in front of them, and asked, "Sir, are you going to Lao Cai?" Take my car and go. ”

These two people are Wang Xiaoyu and Moon, and Moon has been in contact with his girlfriend Ah Zhu in Gokan for the past two days, but the phone just can't be connected. I heard that there was a tense situation over there, and the network was stopped. Fortunately, Moon had been to Azhu's house twice, and he recognized the way and decided to go straight to it.

When he saw that a customer had come to solicit business, he stopped and asked, "How much?" ”

Xiao Li said: "300 for everyone!" ”

"Get out!" The moon shouted angrily, didn't look at Xiao Li, pulled Wang Xiaoyu and turned around and left.

It's not that he hasn't been to the old street, at this time last year, everyone was only 50 yuan, when I was a fish, the slaughterer slaughtered me on my head.

Xiao Li was not annoyed, and said: "Sir, I didn't lie to you, or you should ask other people, someone stepped on a landmine a few days ago, and the risk of going there is very high, and many people are not happy to go."

The moon didn't care about him, and took Wang Xiaoyu out of the passenger station, and there were several groups of people in the square at the entrance of the passenger station, so the moon went over to talk to them and asked about the price of going to the old street. Who knew that even asking several passengers would cost 300 yuan per person, and it seems that they were colluding to raise the price collectively.

Wang Xiaoyu saw that there were still a few people waiting for customers on motorcycles under the head of the banyan tree not far in front of the passenger station square, so he said to the moon: "Brother, you go over and ask a few people over there, they may be cheaper, I will order two bowls of cross-bridge rice noodles at the stall next to me, and you will come back to eat it in a while."

The moon walked over in response, Wang Xiaoyu sat down on the stall, ordered two bowls of rice noodles, and watched the stall owner's aunt skillfully scalding the vegetables, Wang Xiaoyu decided to set some information and asked, "Auntie?" How much does it cost to get a bus to Kokan Old Street? ”

While the stall owner was busy, he responded to him: "It was 100 a few days ago, and the price has increased in the past two days, and I heard that Lao Mian has buried a mine, so I don't like to go."

When Wang Xiaoyu heard this, he was a little nervous and asked, "Did Lao Mian bury mines?" Did you kill someone? ”

The stall owner's aunt straightened up and said to Wang Xiaoyu: "I don't know if it was killed by the explosion, but now there is another injured person who is being hospitalized." Young man, I didn't say you, the birds don't over there, what's the fun? Ten bets and nine losses, it is better to play here for a few days if you have money. Go call Miss? There is no shortage of beauties in our southern umbrella, women, the lights are the same, don't you say? ”

Wang Xiaoyu was robbed of the stall owner's aunt for a while, and she didn't know how to answer, so she had to change the topic and said: "We went over there to visit friends, well, don't gamble." ”

The stall owner's aunt was busy with the work in her hands, and this time she didn't answer Wang Xiaoyu's words.

Wang Xiaoyu asked again: "Among these motorcycle drivers with people, is any of them more reliable?" ”

"Nan Umbrella Xiao Li, have you heard of it? He treats people most safely," the stall owner's aunt replied casually without looking back.

"I haven't heard of it," Xiaoyu said, "Southern Umbrella Xiao Li? Is it that he collects money more fairly and doesn't rip off customers? Or is it safer for him to take people with him? ”

The stall owner's aunt straightened her waist, looked left and right, and found Xiao Li at the exit of the station, he was smiling at this side on a three-wheeled motorcycle, so she stretched out her hand and said to Wang Xiaoyu: "You see that young man riding on a tricycle is Xiao Li, I have been setting up a stall here for two years, I have never heard of Xiao Li slaughtering customers, but I know that if Xiao Li can't bring someone over, you don't have to find someone else." ”

Wang Xiaoyu followed her gesture and looked over, only to see a dark-skinned young man, wearing a sportswear with a blue background and white edges, riding on a Lifan three-wheeled motorcycle, smiling at him. I didn't expect it to be him, Wang Xiaoyu recognized that when he left the station just now, the young man who quoted 300 yuan, and he didn't kill customers for 300 yuan? At the beginning, Wang Xiaoyu heard the moon say that the motorcycle only costs 50 yuan.

He asked the stall owner's aunt uncertainly, "Is that young man Xiao Li the Southern Umbrella?" He just asked us for 300 yuan per person, it's too expensive, right? ”

The stall owner's aunt said disdainfully: "Now that the limelight is on fire, you go and ask how many people dare to take you there?" Is money bigger than life? ”

Wang Xiaoyu was about to tell the difference, but the moon had already walked back, and said to Wang Xiaoyu: "What the hell, those motorcyclists say that they won't bring anyone over, no matter if I say two hundred or three hundred, they are not happy to go."

Wang Xiaoyu thought to herself, it seems that what the stall owner's aunt said is true, the risk has been high recently, and no one is willing to go, so she has to go to find that southern umbrella Xiao Li.

So he said to the moon, "Don't hurry, eat something first, and then go and ask"

Before the rice noodles were finished, Xiao Li rode a three-wheeled motorcycle to the two of them and asked, "How is it?" You two, I didn't cheat you, did I? I'll take you there after eating, make sure it's right."

The moon couldn't contact Ah Zhu for a few days, and she was already very anxious, so she could only try to make as little money as possible, so she said to Xiao Li: "I used to go over from the south umbrella, just give you 50 yuan to lead the way, but now I can't give you 100?" ”

Xiao Li spread his hands and said: "There was no risk in taking Line 1 before, and you can get there over the wall, of course 50 yuan is OK, but now Line 1 and Line 2 can't go, you can only take you around Line 3 more than 20 kilometers away, not far from Mengding, which belongs to the three regardless of the zone, relatively safe, do you say 300 yuan is expensive?" ”

Wang Xiaoyu felt that it was very hard to travel continuously, and wanted to rest for one night and cross the border to Gokan tomorrow. But the moon said that although the border management here is not strict, after all, it is also a smuggling, and you can't swagger past it in broad daylight, right? was caught by the armed police, fined money, and spent money to ransom people and stay in the bureau for one night. Now it's just in the evening, when the police uncle is changing shifts, and a motorcycle is safe.

Wang Xiaoyu had no choice but to say to Xiao Li: "You pull one person is also pulling, and pulling two people is also pulling, and it doesn't add any cost to you, or the two of us will charge 500?" ”

Xiao Li said seriously: "The No. 1 and No. 2 routes you used to take were planted by Lao Mian with landmines, and a few days ago they were injured by the explosion, and they climbed the stairs for 50 yuan, so you don't have to think about it." We also had to ride a long distance on motorcycles, and on the way we would run into armed police, and if we were caught, we would have to pay a fine. There is also the old Burmese association fee, 300 per person, which is the cheapest. ”

Wang Xiaoyu saw that it was not early, and he wanted to arrive there and settle down in the old street before the curfew. So he pulled Xiao Li to the side of a magnolia tree and said, "Brother, you add me to WeChat, and when I come back, I will ask you to take me." This time it's 500 yuan for two people, okay? ”

Xiao Li looked at Wang Xiaoyu and said, "Okay, be a friend, remember to follow my arrangements on the road, don't run around, and don't talk nonsense."

"I know this," Wang Xiaoyu nodded.

So the two added WeChat friends to each other, shouted to the moon, and went straight to the town on three wheels.

This is the edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, where peaks of more than 2,000 meters can be seen everywhere, and mountain roads wind through the valley at the foot of the mountain. Wang Xiaoyu's mood slowly calmed down, no matter whether he found his grandfather or not, it should be regarded as a trip. The vegetation in the high mountains is very dense, and from time to time you can see a few towering ancient pines on the top of the mountain, and some trees have several magpie nests. There are many thrushes here, some of them stand alone on the branches and sing, and some of them compete with each other across a hill, making the empty mountain forest seem lively.

By the river, there are a series of large-leaved banyan trees, and some birds chirp on them. From time to time, I also found a few golden birds jumping on the branches, which reminded people of a learned text: "Bird Paradise".

What surprised Wang Yu the most was that when crossing a mountain col, he encountered a group of macaques unhurriedly crossing the mountain road, coming to the vegetable field on the other side of the road, pulling off the ripe papaya next to the vegetable field and eating it. A few will squint at Wang Xiaoyu and his party, but most of them are like no one around, peeling peanuts and peeling peanuts, and gnawing papayas.

Wang Xiaoyu couldn't help but say to Xiao Li: "Xiao Li, your environmental protection here is really good, wild animals can be seen everywhere, and they are about to become a wildlife park."

Xiao Li replied without replying: "Over the years, the Forestry Bureau has been stricter, but the most important thing is that on the other side of the mountain, those cotton people openly take all kinds of wild animals to the market to sell, and put them in the vegetable market to sell them together with vegetables and pork for everyone to eat." No one cares about killing tigers and eating leopards, it's a capital crime on our side. ”

"Uh", Wang Xiaoyu said, "Does it mean that many animals actually run from the mountains over there?" ”

"Yes," Xiao Li nodded.

Wang Xiaoyu sighed: "Heaven on one side and hell on the other, although animals have no borders, they are not stupid."

Xiao Li sighed and said: "The people over there are all running this way, not to mention the animals, only people like you who like to take risks and find excitement go over to play." ”

They chatted for about 30 minutes on a dirt road in the mountains, and came to a valley, where it suddenly dawned on them, the intersection of two rivers, where the larger Nu River turned a bend and flowed out of the country, and was called the Salween River. From here, the smaller boundary river joins the Nu River, forming an irregular Y-shape. At this junction of the river, there is a boundary monument. On one side is Huaxia, and on the other side is cotton country. A mountain road passes by the boundary marker, less than two meters wide, cars can't walk, barely a tricycle and motorcycle, there are no checkpoints, and no one is watching. Xiao Li said that although border guards patrol the road from time to time when the residents of the border are working, the border residents on both sides can almost walk freely.

Xiao Li stopped, pointed to the boundary monument and said: "Even if you leave the country after passing the boundary monument in front, you may encounter armed police checking documents after a while, as long as you don't break the law in the country, boldly hand it over to him for inspection, it's okay." ”

Wang Xiaoyu and the two nodded yes.

Xiao Li said again: "No one has checked over there after crossing the boundary monument. There is a small wharf three miles ahead, with fishing boats and sand mining boats, which can be asked to take you across the river. On the other side of the river, there are Chinese and Brazilian people, and you can go wherever you like. ”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "Okay, you can send us to that small pier."

"Okay", Xiao Li answered and slowly drove forward. Until the boundary monument was crossed, there was no armed police inspection document as Xiao Li said.

Although Wang Xiaoyu was glad to leave the country smoothly, he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, if he crossed the border so relaxed, wouldn't the poisonous X in the Golden Triangle easily flow into the country? It can't be, right? In fact, Xiao Li is also questioning in his heart, the usual armed police who were in ambush should come out to check their ID cards, why did they disappear at this time?

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