Volume 1: The Twin Towers Chapter 64: Going to the New Capital at Night
Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.
Ma Qingxue's complete recovery from his illness still needed the urine of the boy born around the Dragon Boat Festival, so Lu Yao went directly to Wang's house after the practice was finished the next day.
Ma Jingxue was still locked up in the prison of the police station, and when Lu Yao came to the door, he knocked for a long time before the door slowly opened.
Aunt Wang's spirit became in a trance after the last blow, and Lu Yao communicated with her for a long time before she gradually remembered Lu Yao.
Entering the house, seeing Ma Qingxue lying on the bed, and then looking at Aunt Wang, Lu Yao's heart was very uncomfortable.
After Lu Yao told the matter of the boy's urine, Aunt Wang went out.
Before coming, Lu Yao also brought the wild ginseng of Changbai Mountain that Wang Ping brought to Lu Yiqian's birthday last time, and he knew that even if he cured Ma Qingxue's strange disease, the other party would need some supplements to recover slowly.
But with the current situation of Mrs. Wang's family, it is difficult to come up with any decent supplements.
So after Lu Yao obtained the consent of his godfather, he brought this wild ginseng.
Skillfully open the gas tank and stove, cut the wild ginseng into two sections, put one of them in clean water and slowly fry it over low heat.
I don't dare to say that there is a difference between the poor people in this area, and there are still a lot of children.
In an underdeveloped border town like Twin Towers, there are also common problems like some other barren places in China.
The poorer the family, the more often there are groups of children, many of whom have two or three or even four or five children, but most of those wealthy families have only children or only daughters.
So this kind of thing is not very rare for people who live here, and Aunt Wang came back with a bowl of steaming boy urine soon after she went out.
Although her mental state is not very good, Aunt Wang is still very careful when she holds the bowl in her hand, maybe she also knows that this is her wife's life-saving thing.
Lu Yao followed what he told himself, soaked the carrion of the dried corpse Yang Qi Nest that he had brought back from Sanlong Bay in Jingxin Lake in the middle of the child's urine, and waited until the two completely reacted, and then helped Ma Qingxue, who was already breathing weakly, to slowly drink all the bowls of life-saving potion.
"Aunt Wang, there is a bowl of ginseng water I boiled on the stove, after Uncle Ma wakes up, you feed him some to drink, and there is a small section left, you also use the same method to boil, these two days have been using ginseng water to supplement Uncle Ma, if nothing else, Uncle Ma will be much better after three days!" Lu Yao took Aunt Wang's hand and told him repeatedly.
Aunt Wang looked at Ma Qingxue's body shaking slightly after drinking the potion, and gradually had hope in her heart.
Aunt Wang, who was surrounded by four walls, didn't know how to thank Lu Yao, so she knelt down.
Lu Yao was taken aback by Aunt Wang's movements, and immediately grabbed the old man when the other party's knees were about to bend down.
"Aunt Wang, what are you doing here?" Lu Yao said while holding Aunt Wang's arm.
"Lu Yao, it was you who saved my wife, you are the great benefactor of our family, I ......" Aunt Wang didn't know how to express her gratitude at this time.
"Aunt Wang, don't say that, who has made us neighbors, besides, if someone else sees you, they will help you if they have the ability." Lu Yao repeatedly comforted the old man.
In the end, under Lu Yao's repeated insistence, Aunt Wang gave up.
When Lu Yao came out of Aunt Wang's house, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and when he thought that he would have to rush to the new city in the afternoon, he hurried home to pack his things.
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On the night bus to Xindu, there were few people.
Only in the front row were four or five middle-aged women, in their forties, chatting with the conductor or the driver waiting to take over.
From which municipal party committee leaders have bought things in their clothing stores, to where they often go back to do spar, go shopping, drink coffee, etc., are all short things for some parents.
Then there were many beds in the middle, all of which were empty, until the back row of connected bunks was quietly a teenager.
With his legs crossed together, his hands flat on his thighs, and his eyes closed, he looks like a meditating monk.
This teenager is Lu Yao, who went to the new capital to take the exam, and he chose the cheapest sleeper car to go to the new city.
Because people who go to Shuangta City generally go out in the morning, after seven or eight hours of driving, and arrive at the new city at night, even if someone is in a hurry to go out at night, they will choose a car that specializes in running the line, and few people will choose the night bus This way of travel.
But Lu Yao chose this way of travel, the only reason is that it is cheap enough.
A car that specializes in running lines costs 280 yuan per person for a single trip, and this kind of night bus is generally about 150 yuan per person, especially the last Chase shop only needs 50 yuan per person.
The fifty yuan also includes several dollars of life accident insurance.
Today's Lu Yao is lucky, because there is no fixed bed for the Chase Shop ticket he bought, if there are many people in the car, the Chase Shop for three people originally set up at the back can be arranged for up to ten people to sit at the same time.
The middle-aged women in front of them, Lu Yao also noticed them when he got on the bus, and knew that their tickets were not charged.
This is because they are all small and medium-sized self-employed individuals in various counties and cities of Shuangta City, and they never stock up in order to avoid risks, but take the night shift every month to run a new purchase.
They have to pay one or two thousand yuan at one time for the transportation fee alone, so in order to attract them as a fixed source of passengers, the driver often does not charge them for the ticket, and not only that, but also arranges the best position in the entire carriage to them.
Lu Yao sat alone at the back at this time, and his brain was like a movie, filtering the key points repeatedly emphasized by the teacher in the book one by one.
Although he was confident about this exam, he still reviewed it over and over again for the sake of caution.
As the saying goes, it's just that it's not fast to grind guns in battle.
The night road, which was originally very boring, passed quite quickly because of this.
At half past two in the morning, after seven or eight disappearing bumps, Lu Yao finally arrived in the new metropolitan area.
Those individual female bosses have been to Xindu many times, so they haven't enjoyed the scenery outside at this time, and they slept soundly and sweetly.
On the contrary, Lu Yao was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, lying on the window and constantly looking at the beautiful scenery outside, such a night scene would never appear in Shuangta City in the early morning.
At night, the city is lit up with neon, and on the square in front of the department store, a snow-bright fountain rises to the sky, spreading the rain all over the sky, and the water in the pool keeps tumbling and changing, suddenly blue and red, and colorful.
The moonlight mixed with the surrounding lights, reflecting a large lawn planted with some small trees, and in the hazy haze, you can see a few people strolling or meditating, scattered everywhere, a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
At night, in this bustling street market, many shops, restaurants, squares, and the city that never sleeps are lit up with dazzling marquees, reflecting the whole air in mottled colors.
Compared with the daytime, it is more crowded and lively.
The light in the distance faded through the faint shadows of the trees, and became thin, but it seemed to have an aura, like a pair of beautiful eyes peeping into this land that has nurtured millions of people.
Xindu is the capital city of Xinlu Province, not counting the surrounding small county towns, but the urban area has a population of nearly 2 million, although it is not as good as those big cities in the south with a population of 5 or 600 or even tens of millions, but it is also a large city second to none in the northwest region of China.
Lu Yao had been here before, but he was not in the mood to appreciate it at that time, and this time he came here again, he felt that the night of the big city was charming.
The city was still crowded at night, and it took more than 40 minutes for the night bus to arrive at the long-distance bus station in Nianzigou.
Lu Yao took two changes of clothes and some books and tools to be used for the exam, and slowly walked towards the exit of the station.
"Sir, do you need accommodation, our hotel provides hot water 24 hours a day, and there are all kinds of services you can't think of!"
"Sir, come to our house, our family only needs 60 yuan for a night, which is cheaper and affordable than those big hotels that stay for 3, 400, 4 or 500 a night......"
As soon as he left the station, a group of small innkeepers with billboards in their hands surrounded them, and kept recommending their hotel services to Lu Yao.
Even some bosses came up directly to grab Lu Yao's schoolbag and pulled it to the door of their hotel.
"I'm sorry, I don't live in the store, I'm going to Xindu University to take the exam!"
Lu Yao did not speak ill of these people, but patiently explained.
He also knew that these people were forced by life, in order to support their families, otherwise no one would choose this point, and they were busy soliciting passengers at the gate of the passenger station.
As soon as those shopkeepers heard that Lu Yao was not staying in the store, but was going to rush to the next place, they dispersed in an instant, and the boss who pulled Lu Yao's schoolbag also directly shook off Lu Yao's hand.
A group of people started looking for their next potential customer again.
"Young man, do you want to take the car?" A man with half a low-quality cigarette in his mouth saw the crowd disperse, and leaned on the hood of his taxi to greet Lu Yao.
"How much does it cost to do Sinto University from here?" Lu Yao was not familiar with the roads in the new city, and he had no choice to go on the bus, so he asked when he saw a taxi driver asking himself.
"Xindu University, just by the way, I'm about to get off work, so I won't play the meter, you give me ten yuan, I'll send you all the way to the school gate." When the middle-aged man saw that there was a play, he immediately put out the cigarette butt still under his feet and walked towards Lu Yao.
Although Lu Yao was not familiar with the road, he had inquired before coming, and knew that Nianzigou Station was about ten kilometers away from Xindu University, and in addition to the twenty-eight traffic lights along the way, it would take forty minutes to drive at the earliest, and ten yuan was really not expensive as the other party said.
"Thank you, master!"
In this way, Lu Yao left in a taxi.