Not long after turning onto the main road, we arrived at a rest stop, and before the car could stop steadily, I heard the cries of small vendors, and the garlic cloves crackled outside the window like a pot.

As soon as the bus left the departure station next to the prison, most of the passengers who were returning from visiting were in a bad mood and got off the bus in silence.

Sheng Makeup sat still, the nylon bag hung in the protruding corner of the back of the chair, one hand twisted the bus ticket, and the other hand unconsciously drew circles on the hem of the clothes.

She was waiting for a phone call, a command to tell her what to do next.

Two hours later, the bus drove into the city and crashed into the city at 90 o'clock in the morning. The noise is like the waves of the sea, the more people surge, the higher the waves.

The speed of the car has slowed down significantly, and the scene that jumped past with a flick of the tail just now is now pacing slowly outside the window.

The voices in the car are also rich. There were passengers on the train all the way, except for a few who had been sitting from the departure station just now, everyone else was added one after another, and almost none of them got off halfway.

***

Just now, everyone was sitting in the cradle-like car and infecting drowsiness, but now the car slows down, the smoke and fire pour in, and the faces of people are vivid.

Sheng Makeup looked at the steaming bun shop on the sidewalk opposite, and his clothes seemed to be a little warmer.

Pet shop, flower shop...... When she saw the pho shop, her heart beat a beat slower, and her saliva secreted unconsciously.

Distant memories are awakening in the taste buds.

Her heart moved, she quickly took out a small notebook and pen from her nylon bag, unscrewed the cap, turned to the latest page, and wrote a sentence in the notebook: I like to eat pho.

After a pause, this time I didn't write R after it.

I don't know whose stomach growled, and the sound ignited collective laughter.

"Hey, I'm going to have a good meal when I get home later, there's a small restaurant in that place, and every time I go there, it's the same beef rice noodles."

"You were the same last time, right? It's a coincidence, it's always the same time. ”

"There's no way, the sisters in the family are doing evil, and the old lady can't take care of it, so we have to bear it. Who are you going to see? ”

"My sister-in-law...... is also a sin, poisoned her husband's food, and was sentenced to 20 years. ”

A flurry of discussion ensued. Looking around, the people who were drowsy just now could listen attentively.

"Little girl, I see that you also got on the bus from this place, who are you going to see?"

The two eldest sisters in the front row turned their heads and asked her.

Sheng smiled and smiled, tilted his head, and used the scenery outside the window to modify the silence.

The eldest sister turned her head in a sneering manner and muttered in a low voice, "All the same people, what are you proud of." ”

Before you know it, the car has arrived at the station.

The driver turned around after braking the car, stepped on the console, and urged impatiently, "Hurry up, bring the things you should bring, and the next trip, don't delay your efforts." ”

She was last in line, waiting for a car of passengers to pile up the big bags and small bags in the aisle and retie them on their shoulders before following Yuguan to get off the bus.

The eldest sister who had just accosted her was checking her belongings on the side of the road, and when she inadvertently looked up, she saw Sheng Makeup getting into a yellow taxi while answering the phone.

***

The car paused for a moment, and when he opened his eyes again, he broke into a half-new residential area. This is it.

After getting out of the car, she stood on the side of the road and looked at the four dignified wrought iron characters on the gate of the community: Longcheng Community.

When I returned here after a year, I wonder if the neighbors who participated in the testimony at that time would still recognize her.

She took a deep breath and walked into the small supermarket next to the gate to buy a pack of cigarettes.

***

She used to be a non-smoker.

On her first day in prison, she was in the same cell as five women who had already served more than three years in prison.