The tall and thin man frowned and sighed: "Oh! It's my first time walking this road. I've been here for more than half an hour. I originally wanted to go up the mountain, but when I met a guy coming down the mountain, he said that there were about ten strong men halfway up the mountain, blocking the road with logs.
He drove an empty car and paid him two hundred yuan before letting him go."
He pointed to the driver who was leaning against the car window and said, "We were the only ones in the car. We brought two wooden sticks with us. We stopped at the foot of the mountain and waited for everyone to arrive, so we could cross the mountain together."
The drivers of the other two cars came from the same place. They had just arrived at the foot of the mountain for about ten minutes. They knew that the road was not smooth, so they put two knives and a shotgun in the car.
Duan Hongjun thought that the eight of them plus the four of him should be able to get through, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's cross the mountain together."
People in the three cars got out of the car and gathered around to discuss how to deal with it.
Duan Hongjun started his car and drove towards the mountain.
An hour later, there was a bend in the mountain ahead. Duan Hongjun stopped the car, and the men in the other three cars got out of the car. They climbed into the car with shotguns and sticks and grabbed the door with one hand. Li Bing drove the truck slowly.
Arrived at the turning point.
Duan Hongjun saw two logs lying across the asphalt road that required two people to hug each other. There were seven or eight tall and strong men standing on the roadside holding sticks as thick as adults' arms.
Li Bing pressed the horn several times: "Brother, please give way."
Seven or eight men holding wooden sticks came to stand next to the log and looked at him arrogantly: "You can move the log. The toll is 200 per head and 500 for the car."
Duan Hongjun thought that there were four people in his car, and the truck would cost more than a thousand yuan. A trip with just a few people wouldn't make that much: "How about we give it to you?"
"No," the man turned to look at the man next to him, pointed the stick at Duan Hongjun, raised his eyebrows and said, "Just keep the goods."
Li Xiangyang said to Duan Hongjun: "I think the only way is to break in."
"Yeah!" Duan Hongjun said to Li Xiangyang: "Get out of the car and move the wood."
Except for the driver, everyone else got out of the car. Duan Hongjun and two men with shotguns raised their shotguns and shouted at the man in the lead: "Give me up?"
The man in Jie Dao simply didn't believe that they dared to rob. He slapped his chest and shouted: "You bastard, you have the ability to come here."
As he spoke, he raised his wooden stick and hit the people who were moving the wood. Li Xiangyang rolled on the spot, dodged the stick, took out his pistol, shot the man on the tip of his toe, pointed at him and said: "Come up if you don't care about your life.
I will help him."
The men didn't expect that what they were holding was a real thing. They were so frightened that they didn't even dare to move.
Several other men moved the wood away and asked Li Bing to drive. When the car arrived in front of Li Xiangyang and others, they all jumped in and drove away.
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Lin Lan and Liu arrived at the provincial capital.
Liu Da stayed in the provincial capital and waited for the truck to come back, while Lin Lan got on the train back to Dongshi.
Lin Lan set foot on the Dongshi market at noon, took a deep breath, and strode towards Limin Street.
After eating and sleeping in the car for the past few days, Lin Lan felt extremely tired. She felt that she was not comfortable when she was busy at home. She felt that she had a hard life and was not suitable for a leisurely and leisurely life.
As soon as Lin Lan turned from the department store to Limin Street, she saw the signboard of the clothing store opposite had been put up. The black and copper signboard gave people a somewhat luxurious feel.
She walked past Limin Hotel and saw Carpenter Li and his brothers standing on a wooden operating frame, installing signboards.
Carpenter Li lowered his head and saw Lin Lan, and shouted in surprise: "Xiao Lin, why did it take so long to go to the provincial capital this time?"
"We went to Yangcheng." Lin Lan said and looked towards Zhou Xiaohong and found that her house was also being renovated. It seemed that Zhou Xiaohong and his wife had returned.
Carpenter Li didn't know where Yangcheng was: "Oh! I thought you went to the provincial capital!"
Zhou Xiaohong came out of the shop next door and waved happily when she saw Lin Lan: "Xiao Lin, you are back!"
"Yeah!" Lin Lan walked to her shop and saw Chen Dongming wearing a hat folded with newspapers on his head, holding a roller in his hand, and painting the wall.
Zhou Xiaohong patted the dust on her body and walked to Lin Lan: "Has your goods arrived?"
"No, Xiangyang followed the car back." Lin Lan looked at her, "What about you?"
Zhou Xiaohong nodded: "We came back with two big bags and a few more bags to be shipped with the truck. The freight is so expensive!"
Lin Lan smiled and said: "Don't worry if it's expensive, as long as you arrive safely."
"I originally thought that LTL would be cheaper and planned LTL, but Xu Mingxuan said that LTL is not safe and one package of goods would be enough for me to ship for a year." Then he asked, "What kind of goods did you buy?"
"Sweaters, coats... I took some of everything."
"Things in Yangcheng are so cheap!" Zhou Xiaohong whispered, "I also bought a sewing machine. I said it was eliminated from the clothing factory and it only cost 100 yuan."
Lin Lan laughed, nodded and said, "We also bought one."
Zhou Xiaohong said with some regret: "I should have exchanged all the money I brought for goods, but I was afraid that it would be too much for me, so I brought back a few hundred yuan."
Lin Lan didn't hide it from her, and said with a smile: "I was stupid and bold. I exchanged all the money I brought with me for goods, and I only have a few dozen yuan left."
Zhou Xiaohong glanced at Chen Dongming: "Dongming is not in good health, so he can't do anything without leaving some money."
Lin Lan smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, the business is guaranteed to be prosperous."
"Well!" Zhou Xiaohong looked at her, "Go back and have a rest. We'll start working when the goods arrive."
Lin Lan nodded, said hello to Chen Dongming, and walked towards Lexing.
Xiaodouzi walked out of the yard with his schoolbag on his back. Looking at Lin Lan who was looking at him with a smile, he happily rushed forward: "Mom, you're back."
Lin Lan bent down and hugged him: "Do you miss your mother?"
"I think!" Xiaodouzi nodded heavily and took Lin Lan's hand into the yard.
Lin Yuezhen and Qiao Hui stood under the eaves. Wu Shufen held Lin Lan's hand with a smile: "You're back!"
"Yeah! I'm back." Lin Lan looked at the people, "Are you exhausted these days?"
Wu Shufen shook her head cheerfully: "I'm not tired, Zhigang, Zhixue and the others are here to help."
Lin Lan put the backpack and the electric iron he was carrying on the small dining table and scratched his hair: "I need to take a shower. My body is itching to death. I may have picked up lice on the road."
Xiaodouzi put down her schoolbag: "Mom, let me pour you hot water."
"Auntie, go." Qiaohui and Lin Yuezhen took the bathtub and put it in the room. They scooped most of the hot water into it, "Cousin, come and wash it quickly."
Lin Lan nodded, touched Xiaodouzi's head, carried his backpack and went to the room to start taking a shower.
"Yang Xiaoguo, let's go." Xiao Kai called Xiaodouzi at the door to go to school.
Xiaodouzi glanced at the closed door, put her schoolbag on her back reluctantly, and knocked on the door: "Mom, I'm leaving."
"Hey!" Lin Lan responded in a loud voice: "When you get out of school, mom will pick you up."
"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Xiaodouzi jumped out with her schoolbag on her back.