In a blink of an eye, it was the day to return to her hometown, Tong Yao booked three tickets for the twentieth day of the lunar month, and before the holiday of the milk tea shop, she wrapped ten yuan red envelopes for each of the employees in the store, which moved the eyes of several clerks to be red.

Ten yuan may not be a big deal for a rich person, but for a poor family in the countryside, it is the daily expenses of the family for two or three months.

The vegetables and grain in the countryside are all grown in the fields, and they are reluctant to eat meat on weekdays, and they don't need much money at all, with Tong Yao's ten yuan, they can buy a few catties of meat for their family during the New Year.

Having been consuming their parents' labor since birth, they can finally get something in return.

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Early in the morning on the twentieth day of the lunar month, Tong Yao and the three of them stepped on the train back to Licheng, In this era, everyone pays attention to a sentence, whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year, no matter how you mix it up in the past year, everyone wants to go home for a reunion.

Even if the roads in the countryside are muddy and not as prosperous as the big cities, the longing for their hometown and relatives stimulates their brains and makes them want to go back to their families and reunite with their families.

There are a lot of people going home for the Chinese New Year, and the train station is very crowded, especially the hard-seated carriages, the aisles are full of people, and the crowding looks suffocating.

In contrast, the sleeper carriage is simply a paradise on earth, Tong Yao's position is in the lower bunk, Si Chen is in the middle bunk opposite, and Si Boyi is in the middle bunk next door, although it is a sleeper, Si Chen and Gu Hongwei are not much sleepy, the two of them listened to the sound of the train 'rumbling', looked at the scenery speeding by outside the window and fell into thought, not knowing what they were thinking.

It was Tong Yao, who fell asleep not long after getting on the train, and it was easy to fall asleep when the train vibrate, and he woke up to Licheng.

In those days, although there was no heating in the train, it was an enclosed space after all, and it was quite warm with a quilt covering, so it was as cold as falling into an ice nest when getting off the train.

There was goose feather snow in the sky, and the snowflakes were like eyes, always drilling into the neckline, Tong Yao shivered coldly, Si Chen wrapped a thick neck around Tong Yao's neck, making her look like a Barbie bear, but the neck was tighter, and the person was indeed more relaxed.

The train's terminus was Licheng, and all the people on the train got off the train in a swarm, and the bustling crowd had the joy of returning home on their faces, laughing and laughing with their relatives who greeted them.

The three of them also slowly followed the crowd out of the station, the time was too late, and it was inconvenient to return to the village in heavy snow, I originally planned to stay in Licheng for one night, who knew that I happened to meet Uncle Zhang Lijuan.

Speaking of which, Uncle Zhang is also a money-minded person, he saw that there were many people coming back before the New Year, and it happened that his family had a three-wheeled car, so he wanted to bring some people back from other places home.

His car can pull more than 10 people, squeeze can pull 20, each person according to the distance to give five cents to a piece of road money, a trip can earn more than a dozen yuan, a few times a day, but can make a lot of money.

I originally wanted to go home after this trip, who knew that when I met Si Chen and the three of them, the two families would become in-laws, Uncle Zhang was very enthusiastic, and he had to send the three of them back, thinking that if he didn't leave tonight, it would be more difficult to walk tomorrow when the snow closed the road, so the three of them simply got on a three-wheeled car and went back to the village together.

Uncle Zhang also pulled the others, plus the three of them, there were thirteen people in total, and there were small benches on the car, although it was a little crowded, but it was much warmer to sit on.

Si Chen protected Tong Yao by his side, but those people in the car couldn't squeeze her, the snow was relatively heavy, Si Chen was worried that Tong Yao would have a headache when the cold wind blew, so he wrapped her head tightly with a scarf, just like Aunt Northeast, Tong Yao didn't look in the mirror, and they all thought she must be funny like this.

The sky gradually darkened, the sky was still drifting with snowflakes, and the ground was soon snow-white, like the moonlight, and the top of everyone's heads also turned snow-white, and they couldn't open their eyes when they were blown by the wind, and they all lowered their heads and put their hands into their cuffs.

The sound of the car was very loud, but they couldn't resist their joy, and the others quickly chatted, starting with asking each other where they came back from, which village did what work, and some people bragged a few words endlessly, and then pulled the topic to Tong Yao and a few people.

"Where did you come from?"

"Kyoto." Si Chen said lightly.

"You're back from Kyoto?" The questioner was surprised: "The salary over there is very high, right?" Kyoto is definitely better developed than ours. ”

A young man in his twenties answered, "No, I heard that things in Kyoto are expensive, and white-flour steamed buns are more expensive than the meat buns we have here." ”

was pulled by him like this, everyone chatted around Kyoto, first chatting about the prosperity of the big city outside, and then saying that the hometown is good, the people at home are simple, and they forgot about Si Chen and the three of them when they came and went.

In fact, everyone present knew in their hearts that no matter how good the outside world was, no one would want to leave their hometown if it wasn't for the sake of a good life for their families.

It's easy to make money outside, but many people disappear inexplicably after they go out, just like the evaporation of the world, and there is no shadow of life......

Compared with others, Gu Hongwei was a little thinly dressed, he kept his head down and didn't make a sound, his cold snot kept flowing down, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart at this time, so he kept pursing his lips.

The speed of the car was not fast, and the snow and the ground were slippery, Uncle Zhang drove even slower, the weather was too cold, even though he was wearing a thick hat and his cheeks were still frozen with a few scars, he didn't feel bitter, and he held the cigarette he made in his mouth.

"Fortunately, it's snowing, and the ground is frozen, and if it rains, we won't be able to drive on this road, so you'll have to walk back from the city. As soon as the snow stops, it will freeze early and late these days, and I can go to the city to pick up a few more people, and when the noon freezes at all, I can't drive at all, and you are also in good time, if it is in previous years, there is no ox cart to pull you back. ”

Usually everyone goes to the city basically to take an ox cart, although the speed is not fast, but the ox cart can pull things, back and forth is not tired, of course, people with bicycles do not use ox carts, but people like them go out to work, riding bicycles to the city has no place to put it.

"Not really! Thanks to you, otherwise we really don't know how to come back, staying in a hotel in the heavy snow, and getting a lot of money for one night. A man leaning into the driver's seat chimed in.

Uncle Zhang was in a very good mood when he said this, and took advantage of the situation to advertise, "I will run to the city for a while after the New Year, if you want to take the car, just wait on the road to the city, and I will pick up people at seven o'clock in the morning to go to the train station." ”

Don't look at Uncle Zhang, who hasn't read for a few years, but he has brains!

Now he pulls people back for the New Year, and when the New Year is over, don't all these people have to go out? When the time comes, you can make a lot of money.

(End of chapter)