Chapter 5 Hitchhiking
After listening to Niu Guohua's words, Wang Lung's mind was full of doubts, thinking to himself what kind of plane the old ghost was doing? How did the other party know that I would come to Niu Guohua's house to borrow money.
This matter is still weird, if it was two days ago, it would be okay, the old ghost put Wang Long's holiday was not a temporary decision, there must be a few days to think about it, and make some preparations in advance.
What is the matter with this cloth bag? The old ghost not only knew that Wang Lung would ask Niu Guohua to borrow money, but also calculated it a long time ago.
Wang Lung opened the cloth bag with many questions, and the contents made him even more incomprehensible.
The cloth bag contained three things, a stack of money, the thickness should be 10,000 yuan, and it was quite new, an envelope, there were no words on the outside, and there was no content in it for the time being, and a piece of jade, which looked like a crescent moon.
Wang Lung first picked up the jade, an irregular half-moon shape, like half a gossip, with a key-like serration on the side, the tentacles were cold, the whole body was blue, and a trace of reflection could be seen in front of the light.
After carefully observing for a long time, Wang Lung didn't know what kind of thing this was, he felt that it was a piece of treasure jade, and he thought that when he was short of money, he would get it to the pawnshop for two money to spend.
Wang Lung didn't understand what was going on for a long time, so he simply put it aside and ignored it, looking down at the envelope, thinking that maybe there was an answer here.
As soon as he put down the nameless jade and picked up the envelope, Niu Guohua took the jade in his hand and said, "I'll see, what is this!"
Wang Lung didn't pay attention to Niu Guohua, opened the envelope and glanced inside.
The letter has been yellowed, and it is estimated that the letter was written a long time ago.
Wang Lung did not read the contents of the letter first, but first observed the handwriting.
After a little look, Wang Lung found that this letter was not written to him by the old ghost, but by someone else.
There are only a few sentences on the letter: Long'er is in trouble, hurry and rescue, send it to you, and return to the sect after success.
I don't understand, it seems to have something to do with me, because there is a dragon word on the letter.
The letter was not signed, only a graphic seal, and Wang Lung looked at the graphic seal as if it matched the nameless jade he had just seen.
Looking up at Niu Guohua, the other party was still staring at the jade stupidly, Wang Lung snatched it directly from the other party's hand and said, "Give it to me first, I'll do it." ”
Coldly snatched the jade away by Wang Lung, Niu Guohua was unhappy, and was ready to snatch it back, when he saw that Wang Lung was holding the jade and comparing it with the pattern on the letter, it also aroused his curiosity, and he stared at the two big eyes and came up together.
Wang Lung took the jade and the pattern on the letter for a long time, although the general outline is the same, but some of the tooth marks are always not right, and I really can't see the reason for the comparison for a long time.
The sullen Wang Lung shook his head: "What the hell is this, what is the old ghost doing?"
Niu Guohua saw that Wang Lung couldn't think of it, so he stretched out his hand: "Come, give it to me, I'll take a look." ”
Anyway, he couldn't think of it, so Wang Lung simply handed it over to Niu Guohua generously.
Wang Lung never did the nerve-wracking things, and he wasn't so stupid to abuse his brain cells. Whether it is in his hometown or Niu Guohua, there will naturally be someone to help him come up with ideas, and how to deal with it in the end depends entirely on his mood.
Wang Lung had nothing to do by himself, so he picked up the stack of coins and counted them.
Niu Guohua did not directly face the jade, but first looked at the letter carefully, and couldn't find anything special in the letter after turning it over, and only the graphic seal had research value.
Niu Guohua gestured back and forth, and finally figured out a little clue, and immediately raised his head and said to Wang Lung: "Xiaolong, come and see." ”
Wang Lung heard Niu Guohua say, then put down the money in his hand and leaned over.
"Xiaolong, look, look at the jade and the figure like this, do you see if the jade and the figure can fit together?"
Wang Lung took the jade from Niu Guohua's hand and compared it again, and found that it really matched.
Wang Lung is not a fool after all, through this discovery, he and Niu Guohua glanced at each other and nodded and said: "This piece of jade and the figure should be consistent, if you look at the content of the letter, then most of the people who wrote this letter should be my relatives, he has another piece of jade in his hand, I have to rely on this piece of jade in my hand to find the person who wrote this letter, and I know my life experience." ”
Niu Guohua felt that what Wang Lung said was very right, nodded at the other party and said: "Well, it should be like this, in fact, the old man has already thought about everything, and it is estimated that he has already arranged for you to give you a holiday, that is, to let you come out to find your relatives." ”
Wang Lung nodded, but then shook his head again.
Niu Guohua understood what Wang Lung meant and continued: "The old man just didn't tell you his identity directly, I guess he also wants to refine you a little more." ”
Wang Long heard that what Niu Guohua said also made sense, so he didn't refute, nodded and put away the cloth bag.
Niu Guohua watched Wang Lung clean up, and also got up and took away the plates and wine bottles on the small table.
Niu Guohua said to Wang Lung while collecting it: "Xiaolong, you have to put away your things, and the money that the old man left for you, you can save some flowers yourself, you kid ......."
Wang Lung didn't want to hear Niu Guohua's mother-in-law, so he directly interrupted the other party: "Okay, I know it in my own heart." ”
Niu Guohua knew that Wang Lung was annoying him and didn't continue to nag, picked up the plate and walked to the side.
Wang Lung cleaned up, had nothing to do, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, bored to change the channel, and found that there were no good programs, but there were a bunch of disgusting TV series.
Wang Lung frowned, turned off the TV directly, and said to Niu Guohua, who was washing the dishes, "Andy, when will that Luo Song you said come?"
Niu Guohua was washing the dishes, and when he heard Wang Lung say this, he also felt that time had passed a little bit, why hadn't this Xiao Luo come over yet?
After only a moment of distraction, Niu Guohua said in his heart that he was begging others to do something anyway, and it was not easy to urge, and replied to Wang Lung: "Maybe there are other things delayed, wait a minute." ”
Wang Lung saw that Niu Guohua was busy and bored, so he turned around and walked out of the grocery store, and heard Niu Guohua remind him not to go far.
As soon as Wang Lung walked out of the store to stretch his stiff legs and feet, he saw a large number of trucks rushing towards him in the distance.
The big truck stopped next to Wang Lung, and as soon as the car stopped, two people jumped down from it, one of them was about the same age as himself, and the other was slightly older than himself, and both of them had a little dark skin.
One of them shouted directly at the grocery store, "Brother Niu...... Brother Niu......"
Niu Guohua rushed out of the store when he heard the voice, and when he saw the person who shouted him, he smiled: "Alas, Xiao Luo is here, ...... Fast into the house. ”
Wang Lung has never been careless about people he doesn't know, so he didn't follow Niu Guohua to make peace.
Watching them enter the store, Wang Lung looked up at the big truck in front of him, which was very large and estimated to be able to hold twenty tons of things.
Wang Lung circled around the truck, and because it was covered by canvas, he didn't know what kind of goods were loaded on the truck.
Turning back to the front of the car, Wang Lung wanted to see what was going on in the cab, but the front of the car was too high to see anything from the outside.
Wang Lung looked back at the grocery store, could faintly hear the conversation inside, turned around and quickly grabbed one side of the car door and rubbed it against the glass of the car door.
After looking into the cab, Wang Lung immediately jumped down.
After Wang Lung jumped down, he looked back at the front of the car and thought, it looks quite big from the outside, and the space inside is too small, so he can sit three people side by side, a little crowded, if you take this car to Jinan, this way can be a sin.
Wang Lung shook his head and stopped thinking about it, and at this moment, Niu Guohua walked out of the store and called Wang Lung to enter.
After walking into the grocery store, Niu Guohua immediately led Wang Lung and said, "Come, Xiaolong, let me introduce you, this is the Luo Song you just said, just call Brother Luo." ”
After all, Wang Lung was asking for help, and called Brother Luo with a smiling face.
"This is ......"
Before Wang Lung could finish asking, another young man said directly: "Hehe, my name is Mo Si, the fourth in line, everyone calls me Xiaosi, you just call me Xiaosi." ”
Wang Lung nodded slightly at Xiao Si and smiled in greetings.
Niu Guohua hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down and talk.
"Xiaolong, I briefly told Xiao Luo about your situation, Xiao Luo said no problem, wait for the three of you to walk together, and take care of each other more on the road. ”
When Wang Lung heard Niu Guohua say this, he immediately picked up the teapot and refilled the water for Luo Song and expressed his gratitude.
Luo Song vigorously rushed Niu Guohua and praised Wang Long for being sensible.
Without much gossip, Luo Song began to prepare to leave, saying that he was hurrying away.
Niu Guohua asked Wang Lung to pack his things and put what he wanted to piggyback into the cab.
Luo Song bought some daily necessities from Niu Guohua, the most of which were instant noodles and ham sausages, which were originally going to pay for it, but Niu Guohua blocked it back, and the two of them were polite for a long time, and Luo Song no longer insisted.
After saying goodbye to Niu Guohua, Wang Lung got into the cab, and as the truck slowly started, Wang Lung finally walked out of Muchuan County, which had not left for nearly 20 years.
The car Wang Lung was sitting in was not fast because it was pulling a lot of goods, and it walked slowly for more than two hours before getting on the highway.
Originally, seeing that there was not enough space in the cab, Wang Lung felt that it would be very crowded, but he didn't expect to wait for the car to get in the car, and found that it was not too bad, and there was a one-meter-two wide bunk behind the seat, which was used for sleeping after being tired.
Since it was the first time for Wang Long to leave Muchuan County, his mental state was highly excited along the way, and Luo Song and Xiaosi didn't care about him, sometimes they just smiled.
But as time passed, there was nothing to see except for the endless highways and overtaking cars, and Wang Lung's initial excitement slowly faded.
From the fourth Xiao, Wang Long learned that because Muchuan County is far away from Jinan City, and the car is pulling heavy goods, according to the current speed, it will take about five days to reach Jinan.
Wang Lung thought that it would take five days, and then looked at the endless highway, Wang Lung was as devoid as a frosted eggplant.
Luo Song smiled when he saw Wang Long's wilting appearance: "Xiaolong, don't be discouraged, this time is not too long, after I put you in Jinan, I will have to drive another day to get to the capital." ”
When Wang Lung heard that Luo Song had taken longer than him, his heart was much more balanced.
With the continuous understanding, Wang Lung's conversation box also opened, and he made a joke from time to time, once the joke was a little big, and Luo Songzhi, who was laughing, cramped and almost hit the guardrail.
Along the way, Luo Song and Xiaosi swapped each other every few hours, and when they were tired, they lay down and fell asleep in the back.
Since Wang Lung can't drive, in addition to sleeping, he chats with Luo Song and Xiaosi, and along the way, Xiaosi teaches Wang Lung how to drive, and there is nothing to say about theoretical knowledge, but he just can't get practice.
In order to relieve the fatigue of the journey, the three of them chatted nonsense in the south and the north and the sea, but the most talked about was the woman.
Time flies quickly, and it has been four days since I left Muchuan County in the blink of an eye.
Wang Lung looked at the roadside sign in front of him, which read: Jinan City is 69 kilometers. Sideways asked, "Brother Luo, is there still 69 kilometers to Jinan City?"
Luo Song looked at the sign in front of him and nodded, "Yes, it's coming soon, by the way, hurry up and call my sister-in-law, Xiaosi, give me your phone." ”
Xiao Si took the mobile phone in his hand, found the phone number of Niu Guohua's daughter-in-law, dialed it and handed it to Luo Song.
"Hey, sister-in-law, I'm Xiao Luo. ”
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"Well, it's all right, don't worry. ”
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"Hehe, look at your politeness. ”
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"Sister-in-law, I still have two hours to go, my car can't enter the city, and then I will park on the outer ring road in the west, what do you think?"
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"Hehe, it's okay, I'm not familiar with Jinan City, just tell me that intersection. ”
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"Okay, I know the way, okay, I'll see you later, goodbye"
After Luo Song finished calling, Wang Lung asked, with only such a short distance, why would it take two hours.
Luo Song handed the mobile phone to Xiao Si and said with a smile: "We are a big truck, we can't enter the city, and we have to get off the highway at an exit in advance, why don't you quickly find a place to wash it and eat something when you get to the place." Even now, you don't scare your sister-in-law with the way you look!"
When Wang Lung heard Luo Song say this, he immediately looked at the mirror.
Well, it's dark, with a scruffy beard (young, not very noticeable), and messy hair, which is a little scary.
Wang Lung scratched his head embarrassedly and didn't say anything more, but he thought in his heart that he must clean up his ghost image, it doesn't matter if his sister-in-law sees it, the key is the chicks on the street...... I'm a handsome guy!