It was only about ten minutes from the station to the second hotel. Li Xiangyang was still worried, so he sent the two of them back to the hotel, found a restaurant, and ordered food before going to the station.
Seeing that Li Xiangyang was so considerate, Zhou Xiaohong looked at Lin Lan with envy: "Xiao Lin, your Xiangyang is really surprising. He used to be such a cold person, but he is so attentive to people. Who would have thought!"
Lin Lan remembered the concise and concise way Li Xiangyang spoke before, and nodded with a smile: "Yes! I didn't expect that he would be annoyed when he said more than one sentence in the past."
Zhou Xiaohong rolled her eyes: "I think he is annoyed with others, but he has never been annoyed with you. Do you still remember the time when the joint defense team came to arrest us?"
Lin Lan couldn't help but laugh when she thought of that time: "Remember, I fell into a dog's shit, and that guy Dongzi still made fun of me arrogantly."
"Xiang Yang used to run faster than a rabbit, and he was never caught. But he couldn't run that time." Zhou Xiaohong pouted, "As a result, we were also caught."
Now that I think about it, Li Xiangyang was already plotting against Lin Lan at that time, and this kid was hiding deep enough.
Only then did Lin Lan know why Li Xiangyang and the others were arrested last time, and she said sheepishly: "Maybe he really can't run anymore."
"Humph!" The envy in Zhou Xiaohong's eyes could no longer be concealed. Why are there so many differences between people?
While they were talking, the food was on the table, fried pork with garlic sprouts and salt, egg drop soup, Mapo tofu... Lin Lan and Zhou Xiaohong ate in twos and threes. They paid a deposit to the boss and borrowed two enamel jars for Li Xiangyang and Chen Dongming.
Deliver meals.
When they arrived at the station, Li Xiangyang and Chen Dongming were already in the middle of the queue. Lin Lan and Zhou Xiaohong replaced them and entered.
After the four of them bought their tickets, it was already past eight o'clock. They went back to return the enamel basin to the restaurant owner. After returning to the hotel, they poured hot water from the thermos bottle, washed up, and went to sleep in their respective rooms.
Early the next morning, Boss Ge loaded the goods, and a tall, strong man rode a tricycle to load the goods.
Boss Ge said to Li Xiangyang: "Brother Li, you can go with Gu Dahai. He has an acquaintance who can take you on the bus."
"Okay, thank you, Boss Ge." Li Xiangyang said to Gu Dahai again: "Sorry for bothering you, Brother Gu."
Gu Dahai said cheerfully: "It's okay, just come with me."
Several people followed Gu Dahai into the station from an alley. When the man guarding the iron gate saw him coming, he opened the door with a smile and told him that the train to Dongshi this morning stopped at the same platform.
Gu Dahai thanked the man with a smile and led Lin Lan and the others towards platform number one.
Lin, Lan and the other two saw that the staff they met along the way seemed not to have seen him, and allowed him to lead them into the station.
Gu Dahai helped Lin Lan move the box to the train and put it on the shelf: "Okay, the ticket inspection has just started over there, you have to wait for a while."
Li Xiangyang took a pack of cigarettes from his bag and handed it to him: "Thank you, Brother Gu. Where can I find you if I need anything in the future?" He felt that this person was worth making friends with, and he would be used in the future to buy tickets or deliver goods to the bus.
Gu Dahai happily took the cigarette and grinned, showing his white teeth: "Brother Li is a nice guy. From now on when you come to the provincial capital, and for delivery, just go to the alley No. 69 and find me. If you can't buy a ticket, you can ask me for help."
You buy it.”
Li Xiangyang responded readily: "Okay, I'll come to you if I need anything in the future."
"Goodbye!" Gu Dahai nodded, cupped his fists at Li Xiangyang and left.
It was past eleven o'clock when Lin Lan and others arrived at Dongshi. Li Xiangyang borrowed a three-wheel trailer from an acquaintance at the station and towed the goods to the house at Limin Hotel.
Zhou Xiaohong and his wife helped move the goods upstairs and stack them. Zhou Xiaohong's family lived next door. Not only did they feel vulnerable to thieves, but the upstairs was not prone to moisture.
The four of them went downstairs, and Li Xiangyang returned the car.
Zhou Xiaohong smiled and said to Lin Lan: "We are next to the department store, which is the best place to sell clothes. It would be great if we could go to Yangcheng together!"
Lin Lan said: "It's okay. You go to the front station first and come when I make arrangements." She thought about it and asked, "Are you still setting up a stall these days?"
Zhou Xiaohong smiled and said: "Today is only Thursday, and there are still five days before leaving. I can earn more than 100 in these days. Just remember not to sell my goods on Wednesday."
"Okay!" Lin Lan waved to her and walked home.
It was past two o'clock when we got home, and Lin Yuezhen and Qiaohui were loading goods into the cart. When she came back, she said, "Cousin, the carpenter said the shelves are ready. We asked him to pay the labor and remaining materials tomorrow.
"
Lin Lan nodded: "Qiaohui, go and set up a stall. I'll take a shower and change my clothes."
"Okay, cousin." Qiaohui loaded up the goods and pushed the cart away.
Lin Yuezhen hurriedly went into the house and turned off the charcoal fire in the stove, scooped a full pot of water into it, and gestured to ask Lin Lan how the purchase was going.
"We brought the goods back and piled them next to Sister Zhou." Lin Lan said and went to bring the big wooden basin over. "Have you been good, little Douzi these days?"
Lin Yuezhen nodded, scooped hot water into the basin, added a few more ladles of water to the pot, closed the door and went out.
Lin Lan washed her hair, wrapped her hair in a towel, changed her clothes and dried her hair, said hello to Lin Yuezhen and rode to the eucalyptus forest.
Qiaohui told her that they had almost sold out fermented bean curd and several kilograms of dried mushrooms. She also told her customers that after Eucalyptus Forest closed down the market, they would open a shop selling miscellaneous local products in the east of the city, and asked them to go to the east of the city to buy in the future.
"Not bad, Qiaohui," Lin Lan said with a smile, "From now on, my cousin will go out to do errands, and I will feel relieved to have you at home looking after the store."
Qiaohui blushed and pointed at Yang Zhigang, who was giving him meat: "Brother Zhigang taught me this. He said that business people must be sweet and find ways to retain customers, so that business can only get better and better."
Lin Lan thought that the next few stores would have to be managed by store managers, so she said to Qiaohui, "Qiaohui, have you read a book?"
Qiaohui said sheepishly: "After reaching the fourth grade, there are no teachers in the school. It's too far to go to another brigade."
Lin Lan looked at Qiaohui in surprise: "Where will Xiaoyu, the Red Soldiers, the Red Army and the children in the team go to study?" She didn't expect that the children in the mountains didn't even have to go to school, thinking that every brigade had a primary school.
Qiaohui said sadly: "Only a few boys went to study at grandma's house, and the rest didn't study. The team leader went to the commune several times but couldn't find a teacher willing to teach in Shishanling. He said the salary was too low and the road was too short.
It’s too far away and even private teachers don’t want to come.”
"Adults think that studying is of no use, so they might as well pick up mushrooms at home and help take care of their younger siblings. It's a real job."
Lin Lan thought about the road to Shishanling and the salary of private teachers. She felt that if it were her, she would not want to spend more than ten yuan to teach in such a remote mountainous area where wages could not be paid on time.
Yang Liying took a few pieces of tofu skin and a few pieces of dried tofu and walked to Lin Lan's stall and handed them to Lin Lan: "Qiaohui said that you went to the provincial capital to buy aniseed. The eldest sister said that she would buy aniseed stew from you when you come back.
Dried incense is sold.”
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Okay! The goods have arrived. If you need any seasonings, please give me the list and I will get them for her."
"I'll talk to her when I get back."
Book friends, Mao wishes everyone a happy Labor Day in advance!