Li Manjun saw that several people were eager to return home, so he discussed it and said: "It takes seven or eight hours to drive on the national highway. We are starting a little late today. If the situation is optimistic, we can arrive after six o'clock in the afternoon. Do you think that's okay?"
The three of them all said yes, at worst they could just drive instead. There were four grown men in their car who knew how to drive.
Li Jianjun doesn't express his opinion, he listens to his sister, and he can go wherever he wants.
Seeing this, Li Manjun asked Wang Dasheng and Mo Yang not to get on the bus first, and then go to the toll station to ask about the road conditions of the national highway.
Looking up at the sky, I can only see a large gray cloud at the intersection. The fog on the outskirts of the city is not too heavy, and the visibility is still about seven or eight meters.
It's raining lightly in the sky, but I can tell from experience that it's not going to rain heavily.
In this case, it's okay to take the national highway. Just drive slower and you'll be fine.
While Li Manjun was thinking about this, Wang Dasheng and the other two ran back and said that the national road was in good condition and could be walked on, no problem.
"Then let's get in the car and go. Let's take turns driving." Li Manjun motioned for the two of them to get in the car and prepare to set off.
The U-turn at the highway intersection took some time. Normally it is hard to see a few cars on the highway. I don’t know what happened today, but I was stuck in traffic for about ten minutes. The intersection was full of cars making U-turns.
However, after entering the national highway, this crowded situation got better.
The terrain of Dongshi is flat, the national highway is flat and straight, and the first two hours' journey is easy.
At noon, we stopped in a town to rest and eat. Steve retired to the back seat to rest, and Wang Dasheng drove.
This section of the journey is not as straight as before, it is getting further and further away from Dongshi, and there are fewer and fewer towns on both sides of the national highway.
Driving to the back, villages are almost invisible.
Fortunately, Li Manjun had just bought dry food and water for five people in the town, otherwise there would be no place to buy food on the road.
Halfway through the journey, the straight road gradually disappeared, and the five of them followed the national highway and drove into the mountains.
Li Manjun took a nap in the car. When he woke up, he found several private cars coming from the opposite direction.
Wang Dasheng concentrated on driving and didn't even notice the driver coming from the opposite direction waving at him.
"What's wrong? Why do they keep waving at us?" Li Manjun asked in confusion.
The three people in the back row were already fast asleep. Only Wang Dasheng replied to her doubtfully, "Did something happen up front?"
The winding road made it impossible to see what was going on ahead. Li Manjun frowned suspiciously. Coupled with the gray weather today, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
But just when she opened her mouth to ask Wang Dasheng to pull over first, a large group of villagers suddenly appeared in the middle of the road at the entrance of the village ahead.
The road was curved. They turned a mountain pass and suddenly saw these people. Wang Dasheng was startled and slammed on the brakes!
After a harsh sound of tires scraping the ground, the three people in the back row were awakened by the sudden change.
Li Jianjun shouted: "Sister!"
Li Manjun responded to him in shock, "I'm fine, are you three okay?"
All three of them said they were fine. They were wearing seat belts and were not thrown out. They were just very frightened.
But when the five people looked out the car window, it was truly terrifying.
I saw a group of villagers rushing over, tightly surrounding their car, and banging on the car windows.
Li Manjun's heartbeat quickened. He looked at the villagers who were surrounding him with vigilance and signaled to the people in the car not to act rashly.
Li Jianjun shouted through the car window and asked: "What do you want to do?"
Perhaps because he saw four young and strong men in the car, the banging on the door was gradually stopped by the leading middle-aged man.
The man leaned against the car window and smiled with big yellow teeth. The color was stained by years of smoking, and he looked disgusting.
Li Manjun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, hid to the left. Through the glass door, she felt that these villagers had bad intentions.
The middle-aged people asked them to pay tolls.
Li Manjun and the other five were a little dumbfounded. They did not expect to encounter villagers who stopped them aggressively and demanded tolls, and threatened not to let them pass without paying them.
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The two Sheng people quarreled with the middle-aged man through the car window and threatened them to call the police. They were not afraid at all and even ridiculed them in dialects they did not understand.
Li Manjun probably understood a few words, which were nothing more than genital greetings.
And there is no signal here, so the phone cannot be made at all.
Poor mountains and rivers bring out unruly people, and Li Manjun really saw it today.
Threats were useless, they were outnumbered, and if they had to fight, only the five of them would suffer.
After arguing for more than 20 minutes, Li Manjun asked Li Jianjun to test how much money they wanted. It was getting late, and if he continued to delay, he would not be able to return to Rongcheng until dark.
Li Jianjun didn't want to spoil these villagers at all, and he and Mo Yang were discussing a fight with these villagers. Suddenly, he heard Li Manjun asked about the price, and he was immediately discouraged.
The car windows were not dared to be rolled down, and the villagers did not smash their car windows. They just blocked the car and there were village women holding their children lying in front of and behind the car, clearly asking for money.
Li Jianjun asked the middle-aged man with a cold face, "How much toll do you want?"
Seeing their compromise, the middle-aged men and villagers smiled in triumph. Their dark and cracked faces looked really disgusting.
"One thousand yuan per person, five thousand yuan for the five of you."
"You are robbing money!" Li Jianjun couldn't control his anger and roared out, "If you have the guts to get out of the way, let's see if I don't hit you to death!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Manjun's eyebrows jumped and it was over.
Several women holding their children stood up, climbed directly onto the hood, and shouted excitedly: "Come on, come on, you drive, you kill us! Hit me to death, let's see who of you can leave!"
Steve and Mo Yang, two people who grew up in the city, were dumbfounded. Are these people really not afraid that they will be angered and just drive them to death?
Ignorance is so terrible.
Li Manjun took a deep breath, patted Wang Dasheng, who was still calm, and said, "Have a hard time bargaining with them. You will have to suffer this loss today."
Li Jianjun called him sister in confusion. He was young and energetic, and had served in the army for three years, so he felt that he would not necessarily lose to these villagers.
Li Manjun glared at him, "If you are angry again, just hold it in for me. If Mao Dun intensifies it further, none of us will be able to leave today!"
Perhaps her eyes were too sharp, and the angry young man lowered his head in depression.
Wang Dasheng actually suppressed his anger and waited for the noisy villagers outside the car to calm down a little before he opened his mouth to discuss it with them.
What Li Jianjun said just now angered the villagers, so Wang Dasheng also said a few good words, which made the other party feel embarrassed, so he changed the price again.
Five hundred per person, not even a penny less would be enough. He pointed at Li Manjun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, with a look of disdain that he knew you were rich at first sight, so don't pretend you have no money.
Who can drive a car and dress so fashionably if you don’t have money?