The sun sets and the noisy bus station gradually becomes quiet.

Lao Li Tou suffered from hunger in the cold wind and waited for a whole day and night, but there was no sign of the few educated youths who came to jump in the queue.

Considering that there was a huge traffic jam caused by the snowstorm.

Lao Litou always fantasizes that maybe at a certain point in time, the traffic will suddenly ease?

The long queue of cars began to shuttle back and forth again, becoming a steady stream.

Isn’t it beautiful?

If this is the case, then the shuttle bus pulling the educated youth who came to jump in line will suddenly pull into the bus station in Zhimi County at some point.

so,

For fear of delaying Lao Li Tou, who was assigned to take over the mission of educated youth, he only went to the toilet or occasionally hid in the concierge to warm himself by the fire and catch his breath.

He did not dare to leave the gate of Zhimi County Passenger Terminal for a moment.

"Old Li, come in and warm yourself by the fire."

Lao Zhang greeted Lao Li, "You've been standing outside all day. Look at you now, how frozen you are!"

Old Li Tou sighed, "Old Zhang, why don't you ask the leader of the bus station if the cars on the road can move now?"

Lao Zhang took a puff of his cigarette and asked, "Why do you ask? Didn't you see that today, only buses heading towards Tuocheng can enter the passenger terminal?"

Coming from the direction of Suimi County, have you ever seen a car entering the station? That means it's blocked, it's blocked!"

"well"

Lao Li sighed, "Now those educated youths are going to suffer! It's so cold. Those educated people from the south are going to be really cold."

Lao Zhang smiled and said, "My butt is still leaking pus. Why do you still want to treat others' hemorrhoids? You haven't eaten all day, right?"

Lao Li chuckled and said, "Eat, eat! If you don't eat, who can bear it?"

"Please eat!"

Lao Zhang complained with heartache, "When you come here to pick up people, you are also working for the production team.

Well, if it were you, just go to a state-owned restaurant and buy a few steamed buns to eat, and ask for a mouthful of hot mixed soup. Then take the receipt, go to the accountant of the production team, and report it to the accountant and beg for it!"

Lao Li turned around and said, "You don't dare to do that. It has not been approved by the production team cadres in advance.

Well, if you spend the money like this and you don’t reimburse me when the time comes, what can you do?”

Lao Zhang complained endlessly, "You have been out for a day and a night, and there is still more. You can't be cold and hungry, right?

Even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to be manipulated like you.

Hey, let me ask you, are you going to go to the big shed over there in the repair department again tonight and spend the night together?"

yesterday afternoon,

After Lao Li Tou arrived at the Zhimi County Passenger Terminal, he waited patiently all afternoon, but he didn't even see Luo Xuan and the others.

At night.

No unrelated persons are allowed to stay in the gatehouse of the passenger terminal. Although it is a small gatehouse, there is actually nothing there.

But the public regulations are like this.

As a rural person, Lao Li did not dare to violate it.

At night, Lao Li was really helpless and had no choice but to apologize to a deputy leader at the bus station.

Ask him to allow himself to spend one night in the car repair shed at the bus station.

Seeing that Lao Li was pitiful, the deputy leader talked to Lao Li again and learned that Lao Li was actually the leader's distant relative who had gone over the mountain.

Then he agreed to let Lao Li spend the night in the shed.

But at the same time, the leader also made several requirements: First, after Lao Li got up, he must clean the shed.

Secondly, the leader asked Lao Li not to bring the donkey into the garage.

The last point is that Lao Li must ensure that not one of the miscellaneous discarded spare parts in the shed is missing.

At that time, Lao Li patted his chest and promised, "You pity a suffering person like me, how can we do that?

No matter how poor I am, Old Li, if you go to the Dou family and ask around, when will someone say that my hands and feet are dirty?"

The leader also knows that Lao Li's usual reputation is indeed good.

So the leader finally agreed and let Lao Li spend the night in the garage.

The garage was empty.

Even with ventilation from all four sides, it's not worthy of a carport with only three walls.

One side was just wide open, and the north wind was blowing into the shed!

Lao Li unloaded the donkey cart.

Then he tied the donkey to a dead tree in a corner of the station, and he himself pulled the cart into the shed.

The trolley is covered with carpets used by station repairmen to pad the floor.

Lao Li slept on the cart with his clothes on.

The blizzard at this time has actually stopped.

But there is the Mu Us Desert in the north of Saibei, and the temperature will drop sharply at night.

No matter how tightly Lao Litou wrapped his sheepskin jacket, the bone-chilling chill was unbearable.

After lying there for a while, Lao Li was so cold that there was nothing he could do.

I had to get up from the cart and go to the concierge to borrow a lantern.

Then I went to the garage to find a small paint bucket, filled it with some scrap motor oil, and added some dead branches into it.

Then Lao Litou was reluctant to use a match.

Make do with the flames in the horse lanterns and light the dead branches with engine oil to keep warm.

The smoke produced when the engine oil burns is beyond imagination.

The entire garage was suddenly filled with thick smoke and the smell was overwhelming.

If you choke, choke a little!

It's better than being cold and having nowhere to escape.

Later, Lao Zhang, who was on duty at the concierge, sent Lao Li a piece of tarpaulin from the car.

Only then did Lao Li warm a weak cupping pot in the thick smoke, and dozed for a while, half asleep.

This night, for Lao Li,

It was definitely a very long and very torturous time: Lao Li squinted for a while, and as soon as he heard the sound of cars passing by on the road outside the bus station.

Lao Li will wake up immediately.

Then I hurried to the bus station door to see if the shuttle bus for educated youths was coming.

The result is naturally disappointing.

When Lao Li returned to the cart, he just squinted for a while.

Between half asleep and half awake,

Lao Li was either woken up by the biting cold wind or choked by the thick smoke.

I was cold, hungry, worried and a little scared.

Lao Li was very frightened: those educated youths who came from far away places were overridden by cars.

Or maybe I got off the wrong bus halfway.

So that in the end no one can be found, and the consequences will probably be very serious!

As for how serious it is?

Lao Li couldn't explain it clearly either.

Because after all, he is an honest farmer who has lived in the mountains and valleys for generations.

Lao Li only knew that if he did not receive the educated youth, he would miss the things assigned to him by the production team cadres.

Then how can cadres still look good on themselves in the future?

Come to think of it,

At least in the production team, you won’t be allowed to drive a donkey cart again in the future, right?

You know, in the production team, you can get the job of driving cars. That is very beautiful!

The advantage of driving a donkey cart is that you can usually catch some black beans, soybeans and so on.

Even if you give the members a lift, you can earn a lot of favors.

Not to mention occasionally going out in the middle of the night and doing some private work for others can be a few cents, or even a few dollars in extra income!
To be continued...