There are quite a lot of people in the station, and the ticket to Dashiqiao only costs a dime.
Yang Liying waited for Lin Lan to buy the ticket and find the shuttle bus to Dashiqiao. She carried Xiaodouzi to the bus and said with a smile: "Be careful on the road."
Lin Lan nodded and said to Xiaodouzi who was looking around curiously: "Third Aunt has gone back. Say goodbye to Third Aunt soon."
"Goodbye, aunt!" Xiaodouzi said perfunctorily, then lay down in front of the window and looked at the starting bus next to her.
"Little bad guy!" Yang Liying smiled and touched his head, got out of the car and left.
Lin Lan saw that there were only a dozen passengers on the bus, some carrying bamboo baskets and backpacks beside them, and there were not many people on the shuttle bus next to them.
At this time, both the driver and the conductor got on the bus. The female conductor with shoulder-length hair looked around and shouted with great momentum: "Put your luggage on the luggage rack."
Everyone was sitting still, and a man said: "The seats are not full, and besides, it's raining. What should I do if I bow and let the ceiling get wet?"
"Yes! Lesbian, if anyone gets on the bus, we'll put our things on our laps to make sure they don't take up any space."
The old driver sitting in the driving seat turned to the conductor and said: "It's raining, let them put it on the bus!"
Lin Lan remembered going around the bamboo forest and walking for ten minutes before reaching the river embankment.
Lin Lan nodded, thinking about it and worrying about motion sickness for his first time in a car: "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
After the car started, it gradually drove out. Xiaodouzi sat on Lin Lan's lap and looked out of the car window curiously: "Mom, the big trees are running backwards."
Xiaodouzi looked out the window and shook his head: "No, taking a bus is fun."
After hearing this, Lin Lan remembered the last time Lin Guoliang and the others used a chicken cart to push those things. Such a heavy sack and the chicken cart had to be put on the roof. It was so laborious!
Lin Lan found a seat and sat down, holding Xiao Douzi in his arms: "Don't move Douzi, you will fall into the water later."
Xiaodouzi took it and ate it: "Mom, I like the red bean paste in it."
The more I thought about how the two brothers had sent something to Lexing from such a far away place with just one word from me, the more heartbroken I felt.
The old master shook his head: "No, how many layers do you want?"
Walking to the river embankment, the sandy land outside the embankment is full of sugar cane and peanuts. Lin Lan remembers that this kind of sugar cane is called white silk cane. It has a hard texture and a high sugar yield. It is a special sugar cane.
An old lady with little feet in a bun, wearing flower glasses, was sitting on the eaves of the steps doing needlework. There was also a bamboo sewing basket painted crimson at her feet. Lin Lan was reminded of the small town where she used to live. Could it be?
Also in this time and space?
Walking down the stone steps, you will find a bamboo forest by the river. Next to it is a cooperative bamboo shop, and the door is filled with all kinds of bambooware.
Lin Lan looked at her and felt something in her heart. She thought of how she often asked the passenger shuttle bus to help carry important things, so she took one from her pocket and handed it to her with a smile: "Comrade, try it."
The conductor suddenly realized: "It turns out to be a craft passed down from our ancestors. No wonder it is so well done."
The conductor sitting in the front row turned to look at the kidney bean roll in Xiaodouzi's hand and asked, "Where did you buy this bean roll?"
The old master pointed to the steamers: "These are all made of bamboo. The five-layer ones are more expensive. They cost six or eight yuan in total."
Xiaodouzi looked out the window for a while, then turned to Lin Lan and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."
After a while, the conductor turned to look at Lin Lan and said with a smile: "It tastes really good!" She looked at Lin Lan and thought it was quite rare for a country woman to make such a snack.
The conductor hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took it: "Thank you!"
She thought that in another ten years, such beautiful scenery would be replaced by steel and concrete, and the blue sky would also become gray. By then, everyone's living conditions would be much better than now, but they would not be as easy to satisfy as they are now.
The people who were walking leisurely in front also quickened their pace.
"You've already said that, what else can I say?" The conductor muttered and sat down at the ticket booth.
Lin Lan smiled and said: "The elders in my family used to do this and sell it, and I also learned some from it."
Lin Lan thought that she would need to steam beans in the future, so she walked towards the shop, and an old bamboo steamer happened to come out. She stepped forward and asked: "Master, do you need a ticket for this large steamer?"
"Thank you sir, I'll come back tomorrow."
I found out that the conductor's name was Li Hongmei and the driver Lao Chen, and they took the same train. The earliest one left at 7:30, returned to the city at 10:30, left Dongshi at 1:30 in the afternoon, and returned from Dashiqiao Township at 4:30.
.
There are mats, sun mats... and steamers stacked high with emerald green bamboo skins, available in three sizes: large, medium and small.
The two started chatting.
At this time, the ferry's whistle sounded, and the ship was about to dock. Lin Lan picked up Xiaodouzi and said, "The ferry is coming. Mom, hold her and run faster."
An hour later, the bus arrived at Dashiqiao Township. Fortunately, the rain stopped and Lin Lan became familiar with the conductor.
Seeing her carrying the child on her back, the old master thought she was not joking, so he nodded and said, "Yes, there are no restaurants opening these days, and it's not easy to sell the steamer baskets."
The mother and son passed by a street paved with bluestones, almost all of which were lined with antique wooden houses.
Lin Lan happily agreed, said goodbye and walked towards the river with Douzi.
After hearing this, Lin Lan felt relieved, hugged him and looked out the window. The bus drove out of the city. The misty and rainy suburbs were filled with green rice fields, low private houses and green bamboo forests. From a distance, it looked like a landscape painting.
When Lin Lan left, she picked up a few more bean rolls and gave them to her and the driver, Lao Chen. Li Hongmei and Lao Chen also said that if they had anything in the future, they would bring it to the car and they would help take it back.
Xiaodouzi looked at her: "Auntie! Mom made it!"
Lin Lan thought for a moment: "I want the fifth floor!"
Panting, Lin Lan hurried across the pontoon and boarded the ferry. It was probably not a market day, so there weren't many people crossing the river and there were still seats on the side of the boat.
"I'm hungry! Mommy gave you some bean rolls." Lin Lan put him on the empty seat next to him, took out the kidney bean rolls from the back of his wallet and gave them to him.
"It's okay!" The old master pulled up a chair, took out a cigarette stick, lit a leaf cigarette, smashed it, and started smoking.
Lin Lan felt that buying a bamboo steamer for a few yuan was not too cost-effective, so she asked him with a smile: "Is it in stock? If it is in stock, I will buy it tomorrow."
The conductor glanced at Lin Lan and smiled: "Your mother is very handy."
"Little greedy cat!" Lin Lan looked at his son who was much more lively with a smile, "Mom will make red bean rolls for you when you go back."
Lin Lan smiled and didn't say much.
Xiaodouzi looked at the big ship curiously, and then at the water waves lapping against the side of the ship: "Mom, Sun Wukong's raft is so small."
Lin Lan nodded: "Yes, Sun Wukong's is a raft, this is a ship, they are different."
Xiaodouzi thought about it and asked: "Why doesn't Sun Wukong take a big boat like this?"
Lin Lan thought for a moment and said: "He hasn't learned the skills yet and can't build such a big ship."