Chapter 66: The Story of the Road

Early the next morning, Ling Feng drove to Jincun Street on time to pick up Longyang to the station. I also came over every day, changing out of my usual sportswear, jeans and skinny T-shirts, delicate and tight, another scene.

Long Yang had already packed up, and the bag had been lifted to the car by Ling Feng.

"Grandpa Jin, I'm leaving." Long Yang held Jin Ren's hand, his eyes were slightly red and swollen, the result of not sleeping last night and parting this morning.

"Don't worry, I'll tell my family something." Jin Ren also reluctantly grabbed Long Yang's hand, although he said that he would let Long Yang leave with confidence, his hand did not let go.

Jin Ren's door was full of people from Jin Village, and everyone had already gotten up and came over early to see off Longyang. Some children also came over to pull Long Yang's clothes and didn't let Long Yang leave, they were just ignorant of age, they only knew that Long Yang was leaving, but they didn't know what to do when they left. The children behaved so that the adults couldn't stop laughing and crying, and they hurriedly stepped forward to pull them away.

"Okay, Longyang is going to school, and he will naturally come back during the winter vacation. Longyang, let's go, otherwise we will miss the time to take the bus. Ling Feng pushed aside the crowd and came to Long Yang's side.

"Yes, hurry up and go with Director Ling, don't miss the time." Jin Ren also hurriedly said.

"Goodbye. Rest assured, I'll take care of myself. ”

Long Yang followed Ling Feng into the car and waved his hand through the window. With the sound of the horn, the vehicle left Jincun Street, and Long Yang kept twisting his head and looking in the direction behind him.

"I can't see that your popularity is really good!" Sitting next to Long Yang every day, he said teasingly.

"The people of Jin Village don't travel far, and it is estimated that apart from my father, I am the first child to go out to school."

Long Yang turned his head and explained to Tian Tian seriously.

Seeing that Long Yang was not in the mood to speak, he was silent every day, quietly looking at the scenery outside the window.

With the Mercedes-Benz of the vehicle not stopping, they soon came to the Pingxian bus station. The so-called bus station is just a small station, with several half-used public coaches parked in the courtyard and conductors yelling for passengers to get on the bus.

At that time, the transportation was not very convenient, and the circulation of people was also small, and I would only go out when I visited relatives and friends. How many of the few people who went out arrived in Dongam City? The train to Dongam City is once a week, and there are not many people on the bus, so the seats can only be half empty and half empty.

However, there are also the advantages of fewer people, and the bags you carry with you can be taken to the car, and you can sit very loosely with one seat, one seat, and one seat. Tian Tian and Long Yang sat side by side, and their respective luggage were placed on the seats on the inside of their bodies.

Long Yang saw that Ling Feng was talking to the conductor, and it was estimated that they should take care of Long Yang and Tian Tian on the road.

Ling Feng came to Longyang's window again, "Boy, I'll leave it to you every day, you have to take care of our little princess more!" Director Tian is holding an important meeting, so I won't come to see you off, take care of yourself on the way. ”

"Uncle Ling, don't worry, this must be incumbent." Long Yang patted his chest and said.

"Goodbye, Uncle Ling!" Tian Tian also came over and waved his hand to Ling Feng.

The long-distance bus made a rumbling engine sound, and the sound was immediately on the verge of obsolescence and scrapping, and it drove away from the bus station as if it were convulsing back and forth. Ling Feng followed him all the way to the door of the bus station, waving his hand until he couldn't see it.

"How can Director Tian be willing to let you be so far away from home? I don't want to find someone to send you. "Riding in the car is boring, bumpy all the way, dangling, and it is also a hard errand, Longyang is looking for chatting every day.

"What is he reluctant to do, he hasn't taken me much since he was a child, and he is strict, but my mother is reluctant to let me go, fortunately someone sent me when I went out this time, otherwise she would have been worried about death." replied with a smile every day.

"Uncle Ling didn't just send you to the car, I meant to find someone to take you to school."

"Someone sent me to school."

"Huh? What about people? Is it halfway to the car? ”

"You! How stupid! Tian Tian laughed happily, attracting the curious eyes of others. She quickly lowered her head, hid behind her seat, and covered her mouth and snickered.

Looking at the speed of the car, it took a long time to arrive in Dongyan City, and Long Yang learned by asking the conductor that it would take nearly two days and one night to travel. Fortunately, the road became smooth, otherwise Shaking would have killed people.

At the beginning, Longyang was still very curious about the scenery on the road, after all, he had never been far away, and it was interesting to see anything. As time went on, he also lost interest more and more, no longer looking left and right, squinting and resting.

When it was almost dark, the vehicle stopped at a small restaurant on the side of the road. Those who need to eat can stir-fry a side dish here, and the driver can also take a break.

Long Yang opened the package, it was still the bread he ate at noon, he was reluctant to spend the money on his body, because it was the hard-earned money that the people of Jin Village had put together, and he cherished the tuition and living expenses for his future schooling.

"Longyang, let's go down and eat stir-fry." Tian Tian couldn't help but say, snatched the bread from Long Yang's hand and stuffed it into Long Yang's bag, and pulled Long Yang out of the car to eat.

"Let's eat when we get to Dongyan City." Long Yang tried to convince Tian Tian.

"Don't be afraid, I'm in for a treat, hehe." Tian Tian still pulled Long Yang into the restaurant.

The food in the small restaurant is average, but the price is really not ordinary, one dish sells for the price of two dishes. But this is not a new thing, roadside shops like this only earn money on the road, and do not want to repeat customers.

I generously ordered four dishes every day and asked for two large bowls of rice.

"Why do you order so much, you can't finish eating." Long Yang looked at Tiantian's generosity and persuaded her lightly.

"Why can't I finish eating, it's been a day, and I'm hungry. Besides, on the day of Uncle Ling's treat last time, you ate a lot, and I'm not a stingy person. Every day when he mentioned Ling Feng's treat, Long Yang felt that his old face was hot.

"Can you not mention the events of that day, besides, you also ate a lot, and the two of us are half a pound and eight taels. Eat! ”

"Okay, if you don't say it, you won't say it. Let's eat! ”

I also picked up the dishes and chopsticks every day, and the two of them swept away the clouds.

"Oops, I'm too full." Touching his stomach every day, he couldn't help but burp, and shyly turned his face to the door.

Long Yang walked to the counter and asked for the total price of the meal, and was told that it had already been paid. It turned out that he was afraid that Longyang would rush to pay every day, and he had already settled the account.

After eating, the passengers rested for a while and then boarded the bus one after another, and everyone waited for the driver and conductor on the bus. The drivers and conductors eat small stoves, and their meals are free of charge because they bring benefits to the restaurant.

"I can't come to them next time, look at the dishes fried today, what are they!" The driver muttered as he walked to express his dissatisfaction with the small restaurant.

"Hey, let's just order it! There is only one restaurant at this point along the road. Let's go! The conductor persuaded the driver to follow the board.

The driver was a man of about thirty years old, wearing canvas overalls, his face was full of unsatisfactory, and he started the car slowly. The conductor, a man in his fifties who looked somewhat similar to the driver, walked to the back of the car and counted the number of passengers.

"Alright, everyone, let's go."

The car started slowly, the seats on the car were free, and the conductor sat in the front row of Longyang. To his right are a young man and a woman, who appear to be a small couple.

"Master, do you often run this route?" The man asked.

"yes, I've been running for more than a decade. The one driving in front is my son, who inherited his father's business and became a driver. The old man seemed to be in a good mood and talked a lot.

"You see we're all a little sleepy, tell some stories on the road to relieve boredom." The man continued.

"You want to hear it?" The old man said.

"I want to hear it, I want to hear it." Nearby passengers all sat down, all interested in listening to the old man's story.

"Okay, then I'll talk about one." The old man was also interested, took the teacup hanging from his wrist, and drank saliva to moisten his throat.

"Dad, don't talk nonsense, I'm driving here." The driver in front yelled.

"Drive your car carefully!" The old man did not budge and yelled at his son.

"I'm going to tell you a story that we often encounter in sports cars, a little story, but you have to remember, don't do that. It is said that once we drove a long distance, which was also a distance of several days and nights, and the car was sleepy. It was dark that day, the driver found a restaurant to stop for dinner as usual, and the passengers also got off the bus to rest, and at the moment of eating, an incredible thing happened. ”

The old man paused. Long Yang saw that the woman on the right was holding her husband's hand tightly and leaning on her arm, looking scared.

"We were eating at a restaurant when we heard shouting outside. By the time we got out, there was a man lying down under our car, who had been crushed to death. The old man continued.

"Your car isn't parked?"

"How did that guy get under your car?"

The passengers around asked the old man, and their hearts were full of questions.

"Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me slowly. Our car was parked and turned off. The person who was crushed to death was a passenger in our car, and he didn't go in when everyone went into the restaurant. Because he found something at that time, and coveted it, he secretly left it alone. ”

"What's that?" Long Yang couldn't help but ask.

"A piece of clothing."

"A piece of clothing?"

"Yes."

"Why did a piece of clothing make him crushed to death by a car?" The man next to him then asked.

"We didn't understand it at the time, but then the owner of the restaurant told us why. It turns out that you can't pick up clothes on the road, and you can't wear them when you pick them up! The tone of the old man's speech also changed, making the sweat of the surrounding passengers stand on end, and everyone looked at the people next to them in surprise.

"Why?" It was Long Yang in the back row who asked questions.

"It turns out that there is a custom in this place, the clothes on the road are clothes to find a substitute, and the person who picks up and puts on the clothes will die for the owner of the clothes, so as to ensure the safety of the owner of the clothes. Our passenger died in a daze, and I don't know which one of them was safe. The old man sighed.

"And then?"

"Later, after the police investigation, the vehicle did stop and shut down, and the matter was treated as an accident." After speaking, the old man got up and walked to the front of the car, sat next to the driver, and helped look at the road ahead.

Long Yang estimated that the old man who sold the ticket was a story made up by himself, and he didn't take it seriously, and looked at Tiantian with a smile. Seeing that Tian Tian was looking at the position of the two rows in front of him, with a nervous face, Long Yang also looked forward in the direction that Tian Tian was looking at.

It turned out that two rows in front of Tiantian by the window, there was a middle-aged man, who was quietly taking off a coat from his body.