Early the next morning, Jiang Xiaobai took people out of the hotel, found Yichun, handed him the two cakes he bought yesterday, and asked him to pass one to the office director.

The remaining portion was given to the aunt in the cafeteria during the morning meal.

"Okay, I wish you a safe journey." Yichun sent Jiang Xiaobai and others to the gate of Bayi Iron and Steel Plant.

"Thank you, Brother Yi. Goodbye." Jiang Xiaobai waved and led the people towards the station.

Li Siyan's mood was not very high along the way, because she and Jiang Xiaobai were about to part ways and return to the capital as soon as they arrived at the station.

"It's okay, it's just over a month. We'll meet in Beijing then. You can pick me up at the station." Jiang Xiaobai comforted Li Siyan as he walked.

"Well, when I pick you up at the train station, you will wear a white shirt and I will be able to find you at a glance..." Li Siyan looked at Jiang Xiaobai with a look of reluctance on his face.

"Well, white shirt, I will buy a new one when the time comes. It will definitely be as white as snow,"

"Well, I will wear a pink floral skirt when I go there. If you come to me when the time comes, I will hold up a sign with the three characters Jiang Xiaobai written on it."

"Well, write it bigger, otherwise my eyesight is not good and I can't see clearly..."

"Okay..." Soon everyone arrived at the bus station. Liu Aiguo led others to buy bus tickets back to the county seat, while Jiang Xiaobai accompanied Li Siyan to buy tickets to the provincial capital.

There is no direct train from Shangdang City to the capital. If you want to go to the capital, you need to take a bus to Longcheng, the provincial capital, and then take a train from Longcheng to the capital.

"Go to Dragon City, a ticket costs 1 yuan." In fact, many people say that prices are cheap at this time, but people's incomes are also low.

So relatively speaking, prices are not much different from those of later generations.

Take the bus from the above party city to the provincial capital, the ticket price is one yuan. At this time, one yuan is already the daily income of many people, and even more people can't even reach one yuan a day.

During the 40 years of reform and opening up, the price of tickets increased 70 times, with a ticket reaching 70 yuan.

But relatively speaking, people's income has become even higher. Basically everyone can earn up to 70 yuan a day.

"Okay, give me one." Jiang Xiaobai took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it into the ticket window. After a while, a ticket was handed out.

"The train will leave soon. You can go to the backyard to find the train." The ticket seller said coldly. Then she turned around and started chatting with other conductors in the window.

Jiang Xiaobai and Li Siyan didn't care about the attitude of the ticket sales lady. It was like this at this time anyway.

When Jiang Xiaobai and Li Siyan found the car, there were already many people sitting in the car, and the driver was starting the car.

The old bus made a "chugging" sound, and black smoke billowed out from behind.

"Xiaobai, I have almost packed all my things in Jianhua Village. When you go back, pack them up for me and send them to the post office in town, and then send them to the address I gave you."

Li Siyan looked back at Jiang Xiaobai and warned.

"Okay, I've made a note of it. If you don't have enough money when you get back, call the post office in town. I'll say hello when I get back and ask someone to call me and I'll wire you the money."

"Well, don't worry, this thousand yuan is too much, there is no need..."

"Let's go, get in the car." The driver honked the horn in the car again, and Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

Li Siyan nodded, turned around, and was about to get in the car when he suddenly turned around again, threw himself into Jiang Xiaobai's arms, and hugged Jiang Xiaobai tightly.

"You must come, I will wait for you in the capital." Li Siyan whispered in Jiang Xiaobai's ear.

Later, there was a poem called "Slow in the Past", and there was a sentence in it: "In the past, the sun became slower. Cars, horses, and mail were all slower. There was only enough time to love one person in a lifetime."

It sounds very romantic, but in fact, only by truly living in this era can we experience more sadness besides romance.

Every time we parted, due to the inconvenience of communication and transportation, seeing each other again was far away.

"I know, I will definitely go." Jiang Xiaobai nodded.

"Didi didi." The bus made an urging sound again. The two let go of their hands, and Li Siyan turned around and got on the bus.

The bus spewed black smoke and drove away suddenly. Jiang Xiaobai stood by the platform and looked at Li Siyan, who was waving his hands hard with hot tears in his eyes and saying something by the bus window.

Jiang Xiaobai also waved his hands vigorously and said goodbye silently.

The car had gradually moved away until it disappeared from sight, and time seemed to be frozen at this moment.

The girl waved her hands, shed tears, and shouted goodbye as the bus slowly drove away until it disappeared.

Jiang Xiaobai had never felt like this before. It was obviously a short separation, but it made people feel heartbroken.

When Liu Aiguo came over to greet Jiang Xiaobai, Jiang Xiaobai came back to his senses.

On the bus back to the county town, Jiang Xiaobai still felt a little heavy. Looking at the changing scenery on both sides of the road outside the bus window, his mood gradually came out of the atmosphere of prices.

When we returned to Zhangxuan County, it was already noon. This time we had time and we were not in a hurry. Jiang Xiaobai led everyone to Lao Kaifang's small restaurant for dinner.

Seeing Jiang Xiaobai coming with so many people, Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then quickly smiled.

"Xiao Bai is here. There are not enough tables and chairs. I will borrow some more and you guys will make do with them first." Lao Zhang said with a smile, explained to Jiang Xiaobai, and walked outside.

His small restaurant only has two or three tables in total, and there are not so many chairs prepared. There is no room for more than a dozen people to sit down at once.

Soon Lao Zhang and a middle-aged woman came back carrying tables and chairs.

"This is your sister-in-law, and this is Jiang Xiaobai." Lao Zhang gave a brief introduction, and then asked: "Xiaobai, what are you eating?"

"Hello, sister-in-law. Brother Zhang can just make some simple things. Whatever you want to do, just eat enough. You can take care of it."

Jiang Xiaobai said casually with a smile.

"Okay." Lao Zhang nodded, his face full of excitement. Jiang Xiaobai was different from other acquaintances and neighbors who came to eat.

Jiang Xiaobai has always been generous with his money, and with so many people, he can earn at least several yuan, or even more than ten yuan, from this meal.

Liu Aiguo and Wang Xiaojun were not surprised that they had followed Jiang Xiaobai here, but others were talking about it. They didn't expect that someone would open a small restaurant at this time.

You don't need food stamps or anything like that to eat, you just need to give money, but when you think about the existence of the black market, everyone understands.

Lao Zhang's cooking skills are pretty good. A few simple side dishes, plus fragrant rice, kept everyone full.

When I checked out, I spent a total of 24 yuan, which is less than two yuan per person on average.
Chapter completed!