A small county town is a small county town, not that if you want to take a taxi, you will have a taxi.

We waited for about ten minutes before we finally saw a yellow taxi coming.

"You're looking for a hotel in the suburbs, right?" The driver asked us as soon as he stopped.

The section chief said, "Yes, how long will it take to arrive?" ”

"Ten minutes."

"How much? Is it calculated by jump table? ”

"Not by the meter, a fixed price, sixty."

Miss Tian said, "Sixty? Is it so expensive to travel for ten minutes? Why not by the meter? ”

The driver smiled and said, "That's the rule we have here, it's too expensive." You can walk! ”

"No, let's go." Miss Tian waved her hand and said.

The driver smiled and said, "Are you sure you don't want it, don't regret it?" ”

Miss Tian said angrily, "I regret your size!" Come on! ”

The driver drove away with a cigarette and drove away, without the slightest hint of nostalgia.

We had to continue waiting on the side of the street.

By the time it was past ten o'clock, there was still not a single car.

"Why don't we go." Ouyang Ni Neon said.

Miss Tian was the first to jump out and object: "I'm wearing high heels!" , walking, then my three-inch golden lotus will swell into a big fat pig's foot! ”

The section chief said: "It's impossible to go, the taxi takes more than ten minutes, we drag the luggage away, to say the least, it takes an hour, and when we find the hotel, people are tired to death." Let's wait. ”

As we spoke, the yellow taxi came up again and stopped in front of us.

"How's that, several? Still haven't waited for the car, have you? I'm not kidding you, we have a very tight supply of taxis here lately, and it's hard to get one. The driver poked his head out and said.

"It's okay to take your car, but you have to make sure we have a hotel to stay in there," he said. ”

The driver said, "That's no problem, you don't have to pay me if you can't stay in a hotel." But it's late, and you're four of you, and there's so much luggage, add five dollars each, eighty. ”

Miss Tian said, "Why are you like this? Didn't you just say sixty? In the blink of an eye, the price has risen again? ”

The driver said, "Miss, I said sixty wasn't just now, it was almost an hour ago, why is it called a price increase in the blink of an eye?" I'll tell you the truth, if you don't leave, you really won't have a car, even if you spend a hundred yuan, you won't necessarily have a car until dawn. ”

Miss Tian still wanted to speak, but was stopped by the section chief.

The section chief said: "Pack your luggage, get in the car, admit it!" ”

On the way, I asked the driver, "I saw on the road that your taxi here has a starting price of five yuan, why don't you just ask for a price by the meter?" ”

The driver said, "It's all done by you outsiders." ”

I asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

The driver said: "I don't know what's wrong, there are so many outsiders who have come from all over the country recently, all over the country say that they are here to collect debts, all over the city, hotels, hotels are all full, only the suburbs can have a house to live, you say, we drive a taxi, don't take the opportunity to make a profit, that's not a fool!" I'm okay, if I change someone else, I will charge you at least 100 yuan for this point. ”

About ten minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of a small building with lights on.

The driver got out of the car and shouted upstairs: "Boss, is there still a house?" Two double rooms. ”

A fat sister-in-law came out of a room, leaned on the railing of the stairs and said, "There are exactly two rooms, and there are no more, one for a hundred." ”

The driver said to the section chief: "Okay, I finally helped you find a room, and it's not expensive." ”

Section Chief said: "It's really not expensive. "I gave the driver a hundred dollars and said thank you.

The driver said: "If you want to find a house in our county these days, it is really more difficult than climbing to the sky, just a little bit in this suburb, maybe it will be good in a few days." ”

After the taxi driver left, we went up to the second floor, and the fat sister-in-law said that she would take us to see the house.

The section chief said: "What else are you looking at, it's all like this, I lived." ”

The fat sister-in-law said: "Don't worry, although the conditions here are not very good, not as good as in the city, but the hygiene is still very clean, you can rest assured." Pay 400 first, 200 is a deposit, and you will return it when you leave. With that, he pushed open the door of a room and turned on the light.

We saw that the room was indeed not well decorated and matched, but the walls were still white, and the sheets and quilts on the bed were still very clean.

Miss Tian fell on the bed all of a sudden, hugged the quilt as if she had seen her own mother, and said, "My mother, I can finally sleep!" ”

The fat sister-in-law said, "This room is for these two women, and you two men live here." With that, he took me and the section chief to a room around the corner. After collecting the rent and deposit, she gave the two keys to the section chief, and said, "The public test and bathing are on the east side of the first floor, and breakfast is eaten on the west side of the first floor, with cakes, steamed buns, buns, soy milk, porridge and pickles, ten yuan per person, you can eat as much as you want." ”

After the fat sister-in-law left, the section chief said, "It seems that our problem is big!" It's almost impossible to get the money back! ”

I said, "It seems that the problem is really not small, but why is there no hope?" ”

Section Chief said: "Judging from the conversation of the taxi driver just now, and the statement of the noodle shop owner, there are people from all over the country who come to collect debts, so it can be seen that it is not our family who has been deceived!" So many manufacturers have been deceived, what else can we do? ”

I said, "Still, we shouldn't be discouraged!" We must at least do our best to know the destiny of heaven! ”

Section Chief said: "That's right, even if it doesn't work in the end, since we are here, we should try our best to do what we need to do." From tomorrow onwards, everything is up to you. ”

I said, "No, no, no, you are the main person in charge of this mission, and you are also the supreme leader of our industry, and everything still has to be listened to you." As for me, I will give you advice and counsel as much as possible. ”

The section chief said: "Let's not discuss this issue first, you give me a staff officer first, what should we do tomorrow?" ”

I said, "My opinion is, let's go into town tomorrow and go to this company at the address on the contract to see what the situation is, and then think about the next step."

"Yes, that's what I thought, too. I'm too tired today to take a shower, so let's go to sleep. ”

The section chief was really tired, and he snored when he turned his head.

Tired!

Really tired!

After a day and a night on the train, a few hours of long-distance bus travel, and then a few hours without finding a hotel to rest, who wouldn't be tired!

However, everyone's tiredness is different.

After the hotel problem was resolved, Ouyang Neon and Miss Tian washed up and went to sleep - of course, did they really sleep? Do you sleep soundly? Or rather, which of them slept? Who can't sleep? I do not know.

But I knew that the chief was asleep. He was very apprehensive and worried, as can be seen from the conversation he had with me before he went to bed.

But he fell asleep anyway—very solidly.