Chapter 17 Wudaohe
The bag Gu Yu carried was waterproof, but even so, he still put in several layers of protection to prevent the material from getting wet.
After coming out of the market, he walked all the way to the passenger terminal and boarded the five o'clock bus. The seat was in the last row, and there were still two empty seats before it was full. He leaned against the window and looked at Shengtian City at dusk, like
A tired giant elephant.
The car started slowly, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a few water droplets on the glass window. Just as he was leaving, the heavy rain that had been holding back all day finally arrived.
The weather forecast was true. As the bus drove away from the city, the sound of thunder was heard and the rain increased. As soon as we entered the highway, the outside was filled with mist, making it blurry.
"Whoosh!"
"Crack!"
Gu Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried when she heard Yu Si's publicity. The other passengers also stopped talking, leaving only a few whispers.
"Ding dong!"
At this moment, the phone rang, but it was a greeting from Jiang Xiaozhai: "Are you in the car?"
"I just left Shengtian, are you off work?"
"I'm getting ready to go downstairs."
"It's not easy to wait for the bus at this time. The subway is more convenient."
"It's still early, I'll go to the park first."
"Where are you going?" he asked curiously.
"Of course I'm going to pick flowers. Auntie can't wait for me."
Well!
Gu Yu immediately choked up and didn't know what to say. Then, another message came over: "Don't you think it's cool for me to hold an umbrella and pick a sprig of osmanthus in the rain?"
All right……
He fell to the ground and quickly typed three characters: "Sister, be steady!"
Then there was no movement. About ten minutes later, the girl sent a photo, which was a moist, light yellow and light white laurel.
The hand holding the flower branch has slender lines, well-proportioned bones and flesh, and is beautiful yet strong.
He suppressed a trace of surprise, a trace of yearning, a trace of flutter, and joked: "She's very beautiful, but she can teach the little ones bad things."
"Then I'll donate saplings to the park as a sign of repentance."
"Donate two trees and count my share."
"Farewell, I will take the blame for myself. Hey, don't you think what you just said..."
"Special routine!"
"Special routine!"
Gu Yu pursed his lips and pressed send. These three words appeared on the screen at the same time. Immediately, a big yellow smiling face came over there.
The two of them chatted like this, with Xiaozhai replying intermittently, sometimes very quickly, sometimes very slowly.
He occasionally looked outside and barely observed the road section. At normal speed, it would take four hours to get to Baicheng, but on rainy days, he had to drive slowly, and the two hours were less than half.
Unknowingly, the bus got off the highway and started walking on a rural road, passing through some villages and towns. After another ten minutes, the conductor shouted: "We have arrived at Wudaohe. Is anyone getting off the bus?"
"have!"
An old man stood up with his bag in hand, and he had actually seen it, it was the beekeeper from the medicinal materials market.
Wudaohe is a town under the jurisdiction of another county. It is relatively close to Baicheng, about 70 to 80 kilometers away. After he got off, the vehicle continued to move forward and soon entered a mountainous area.
The sky had already darkened, and the darkness seemed to swallow everything up. Only the car lights shone faintly.
Xiao Zhai had something to do, so Gu Yu leaned on the back of his chair, feeling a little drowsy. In a daze, he heard a "creak" and the car stopped.
"What's going on?"
"Maybe there's a traffic jam."
"Ouch, it better not be a car accident."
Amid the discussion among the passengers, the driver went out for a walk, came back and cursed: "The road is closed in front of me, I don't know what happened."
Got it! They were afraid of something, and everyone immediately started complaining.
But it was useless to call. After everyone waited for a few minutes, someone knocked on the door and got in the car. It was a policeman wearing a raincoat. He pressed his hand and said: "Quiet, there is a landslide ahead and the road is blocked."
Now this section of road is very dangerous. In order to avoid casualties caused by secondary landslides, all vehicles are now returning."
Okay, just one word and the whole thing exploded.
"It's almost here, let's go back again!"
"That's right, it's midnight when we return to Shengtian. Where can we stay?"
"Fuck, I have so many ideas today!"
The policeman was quite qualified and was not angry at all. He advised: "I understand everyone's feelings, but it is all for personal safety. It is better for us to go through it than to get injured and die, right? Besides, the road is blocked now, and no one can get through.
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In fact, everyone knew it, but they just couldn't accept it for a while. After nagging for a long time, the police turned to the next car. The driver had no choice but to slam down his coat: "Okay, stop making noise! Do you still want to live in the mountains?"
As soon as the person spoke, the car became quieter.
After a while, the police began to divert traffic and direct U-turns. The bus followed an SUV, and even the exhaust was filled with strong resentment.
Gu Yu was also very depressed, wondering where to spend the night. Shengtian's expenses were too high, even a small hotel would cost one hundred and eighty yuan. How about going to an Internet cafe to stay up all night?
While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw a crowd of people in front of him and dim lights. He paused for a moment and asked, "Master, is there a hotel in Wudaohe?"
"Yes, I have lived there before." The driver said firmly.
"Then stop the car ahead."
"Aren't you going back to Shengtian?"
"It's too far, I can settle for just one night."
"That's okay, it's faster to get to Baicheng from there."
The driver was very kind, gave a few instructions, and parked the car on the side of the road. Gu Yu jumped out, and as soon as he opened the umbrella, he heard crackling sounds like a barrage of cannons.
Good guy!
With his bag in his arms and an umbrella in one hand, he walked toward the town. Wudaohe is a small place, with only two streets, one horizontal and one vertical. Most shops are closed, except for a few.
The lights in the hotel are still on.
The driver was unambiguous. He found a hotel, pushed the door in, and saw the counter. There was a wooden bed behind it. A middle-aged woman was leaning on the bed, watching TV boredly.
"Is there a room?"
"Live by yourself?" The woman glanced at him.
"Um."
"If there are people in their 40s or people in their 60s, which one will you live in?"
"Can I see it?"
"..."
The woman's attitude was stiff, she picked up the key and went upstairs. Gu Yu curled his lips and followed to a room upstairs. The room was very small, with two plank beds, an old broken TV, and no bathroom.
"This one costs 40. The toilet is in the corridor. Do you still want to see the one that costs 60?" the woman asked.
He touched the bedding and found that it was not damp, then said, "No, this is the room."
"Deposit 100 yuan, come down and register."
"oh."
After everything was settled, Gu Yu went back to the house and locked the door. He checked the medicinal materials first and found that they were still dry.
He fell on the bed, adjusting the TV one after another. He originally wanted to tell Xiaozhai about the hard experience tonight, but after thinking about it, he didn't seem to be close to this level.
The reason why he came to live in Wudaohe was that he didn't want to travel back and forth, and the things he heard during the day made him curious.
Chapter completed!