With this in mind, Gu Manman got into a taxi that was queuing up to pick up passengers.
The driver nodded to her kindly: "Miss, where are you going?"
She coughed dryly and said, "Go to Li's house."
The driver nodded slightly: "Okay."
Gu Manman spread her hands in front of the driver, and then said slowly: "I want to ask, do you charge this kind of money?"
Lying quietly in her hand was the currency of Country M.
The driver paused, then laughed awkwardly: "Sorry, I have never seen this kind of money. I only accept RMB. I also accept Alipay and WeChat payment."
Gu Manman coughed dryly, and then hurriedly explained: "Uncle, this kind of money is the money of country M. I just came back from there, so I didn't have time to change it into RMB. Just let me pay with this money! Obviously
You can take it to the bank and exchange it for RMB in the morning!"
"And the money of country m is more valuable than the renminbi. I will give you all of this, okay?"
She didn't forget to add another sentence.
The kindness on the driver's face suddenly disappeared: "You mean, you don't have RMB, you don't have a mobile phone, you can't pay online, and you only have this kind of money in your hand?"
Gu Manman nodded repeatedly: "Yes! That's it."
Bang - the car door opened quickly and then closed tightly again.
Gu Manman had already been thrown out of the taxi, and the driver complained dissatisfiedly: "Nowadays, the scammers are really advanced, and they use this new method to deceive people! I have been driving cars outside for so many years, and I can give you these
Are you a little liar?"
She stopped and patted the car window: "Uncle, I really didn't lie to you! If you don't believe me, you can check online to see if this is country M's money!"
The driver drove the car away directly, "It's possible to fake money, let alone money I haven't seen before!"
Gu Manman froze on the spot and looked at the loose money in her hand, then sighed softly.
Because everyone knows that country m is very chaotic, so few people will go to a place like country m.
I don’t even know that place, let alone the customs and money there.
So naturally I have never seen it.
After several encounters, Gu Manman failed to get a taxi.
In desperation, she had no choice but to walk along the edge of the road and move forward.
The sky seemed to be splashed with new ink, and the cold wind blew through, picking up the remaining leaves on the ground.
The street lights on the road flickered faintly. Although they were not clear, they could illuminate the road in front of them.
It's late at night, and the street lights on the road are extinguished one after another.
For a moment, Gu Manman could no longer see the road under her feet clearly.
She stretched out her hands and groped forward, then sang a song as she walked.
The airport was originally built in a relatively remote area. At this point in time, there were no more people, and even the only light was extinguished.
In such an environment where you can't even see your fingers, it would be a lie to say that you are not afraid.
Gu Manman didn't know how long she walked along the road. She only knew that she walked in this lightless environment for a long time.
From time to time I bumped into the telephone pole in front of me, and from time to time I tripped over some stairs around the roadside.
Along the way, I already had a lot of scratches on my body.
Looking at the faint light in front of her, Gu Manman wiped her eyes and quickly hurried forward.
There is a bank in front!
The bank was closed, but the light was on in the small room next to the ATM.
She just needs to wait inside, waiting for the bank to open tomorrow, and then exchange the loose money in her hand for RMB, and she can go back!
As soon as she entered the bank's ATM room, Gu Manman felt the body's temperature quickly return to normal.
Although there is no heating here, the space is enclosed, so it is very warm compared to the outside.
Finding a place to stay, she kept rubbing her cold hands, then sat in the corner, leaning her back against the wall.
She tilted her head and looked at the night scene outside. Tomorrow, tomorrow she could go back.
Return to the children, return to him.
Gu Manman's palms suddenly clenched, and she swore that this time, she would not let Gu Qingqing take away her things easily!
She stretched out her arms to hug herself tightly, and then slowly fell asleep.
The night in Yanjing is very cold, but it is not as cold as the ice and snow in country M.
The next morning, Gu Manman frowned when she felt the buzz and noise around her, and then slowly woke up.
She saw a crowd of spectators standing around her, pointing at Gu Manman who was sitting on the ground and talking.
"Why is there someone sleeping here?"
"I don't know, should I call the police?"
"This little girl looks pretty. Could it be that she ran away from home?"
…
Gu Manman opened her eyes, looked at the crowd around her and quickly stood up.
It's dawn! The bank is open!
She squeezed out of the crowd and rushed into the bank nearby.
After waiting in line to get the ticket number for more than ten minutes, it was her turn.
Gu Manman sat on the armchair, then took out the loose money from her pocket one by one and placed it on the table.
"I want to exchange all this money into RMB."
The staff member picked up the loose money on the table and looked at it with a frown: "Which country do you have money from?"
She nodded repeatedly: "This is country M's money!"
The staff member nodded in understanding, and then pushed all the loose money on the table to her hand: "Sorry, we don't accept money from country M."
Gu Manman paused and seemed to have difficulty understanding: "Can't banks exchange currency? Why not accept money from country m?"
The staff patiently explained: "That's it, we exchange the currencies of other countries so that other people can exchange them for the currencies of other countries when traveling. No one can travel to country m, and our country has also canceled
I bought all the travel projects to country m.”
"So, the currency of country m is of no use at all. Therefore, our bank will not accept it."
Gu Manman paused and said, "I know, but can you give me a little change, not a lot. Just give me the fare to go home..."
The staff member smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, our bank really doesn't accept it. Next person..."
The next number was called.
Gu Manman had been sitting on the armchair and had no intention of leaving.
"Change it for me once..."
The bank security guard came forward and dragged her out of the bank.
Gu Manman was thrown out of the bank by the security guard, with some annoyance on her face.
She got up from the ground and dusted herself off, but she couldn't get any money, so she went back to Li's house without money.
It's impossible to just walk back...
First, she didn’t know the route, and second, she didn’t know how long it would take to walk. She also had no food or money...
Gu Manman touched her stomach, which was already rumbling with hunger. She had to find another way to return to the Li family...