Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 143 Three grams of oil

Since he didn't receive the instructions from Section Chief Xu, the waiter didn't keep Watson. He immediately settled the bill for Watson, and then watched Watson walk out of the gate of the guest house.

Watson had already inquired about the location of the pier from Mr. Liu yesterday. He walked east along the street, and within a quarter of an hour he saw the pier by the Yangtze River.

During this period, Watson received widespread attention from the passing crowd, many of whom had never seen a foreigner and paid attention to Watson.Some people watched and pointed at Watson, as if they saw an endangered animal.

Watson didn't like the look very much. He put on his hat and covered his face with a towel.

After finding the ticket office, Watson handed fifty cents into the window, and told the conductor the place name of Aoshan.

This is the method Teacher Liu taught him. He said that there is only one passenger ship going to Aoshan Town. As long as you tell the conductor the place name Aoshan, they will not make a mistake.

When the conductor saw a foreigner, he nodded in shock and tore him a ticket to Aoshan without even looking for money.When Watson took the ticket and left the ticket office, the conductor was still paying attention to his back. Maybe she didn't even know that Watson gave him fifty cents.

Although Teacher Liu told Watson the correct way to buy tickets, he forgot to say that the passenger ship departs only in the afternoon.

Not long after Watson waited, a small passenger ship docked on the shore.He was just about to ask if the passenger ship was going to Aoshan, when the ticket inspector on the ship yelled at the crowd: "This is a ship going to Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory, if you don't go to Aoshan Town, you guys, don't get on the wrong boat!" boat."

Many people are illiterate these days, especially the older ones, who can't even write their own names, let alone understand the shipping information printed on ships.The ticket inspector encountered the situation of taking the wrong boat more than once, and she would kindly remind her every time she checked the ticket.

Watson originally wanted to follow the old method and come forward and say the place name of Aoshan.If the boat number is wrong, the other party will definitely shake his head, so that he will not get on the wrong boat.

At this moment, hearing the ticket inspector take the initiative to say the place name of Aoshan, Watson dismissed the idea of ​​asking.The reason is simple: if this is not a boat going to Aoshan, why did the other party mention the place name Aoshan?It just doesn't make sense at all.

If the ticket inspector is more careful, she can still help Watson save the mistake, but suddenly seeing a foreigner made her stupid on the spot.When Watson handed her the ticket, he smiled kindly at her. The ticket inspector immediately felt his heart beat faster, and he could not speak. He forgot to check the information on the ticket, and handed the ticket back in a panic. To Watson, as if he was afraid that his slow movements would offend the foreign guests.

By mistake, Watson got on the passenger ship to Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory. Although the destination was wrong, the direction was not wrong.After sailing for more than an hour, the passenger ship stopped at the pier of the agricultural machinery factory, and Watson disembarked along with other passengers.

Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory is the largest state-owned enterprise in Yuyang County, with more than [-] employees.In order to facilitate transportation, the county government built a wharf by the river.The wharf is actually several miles away from the county seat, but the agricultural machinery factory has cars for transportation, so the transportation of goods is relatively convenient.

After Watson disembarked, he found a person wearing glasses to inquire about the situation. He felt that people wearing glasses should have some culture and knowledge, and they would be easier to deal with.

This person wearing glasses is the secretary of Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory. He often goes out to do errands, so he has seen some of the world.Although talking to a foreigner still made him nervous, he appeared much calmer than the average citizen.

When Watson mentioned the place name of Aoshan according to the old method, the officer immediately understood what he meant, and quickly pointed behind him, "Aoshan Town is in that direction."

Watson breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled and said thank you.

When Watson left with his backpack on his back, the officer couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and muttered in confusion, "What are foreigners doing in Aoshan?"

Seeing Watson striding forward with his bag on his back, the officer muttered again: "There are dozens of miles of mountain roads, does he just walk there? I'm afraid it's going to be dark."

The straight-line distance from Yuyang County to Aoshan Town is only about [-] miles, but due to the rugged and winding road, it takes a detour of [-] to [-] miles to get there.Watson didn't know about this situation. He originally thought that he would arrive in Aoshan Town soon, but he walked in the direction pointed by the officer for an hour, and he didn't even see Aoshan Town.

There are not many pedestrians on the mountain road, and they basically travel by bicycle, and there are very few people walking like him.Watson felt more and more desolate as he walked, and he couldn't help wondering if he was going in the right direction.Seeing a person riding a bicycle coming towards him, he hurried forward to stop him, and said the place name Aoshan again.

The pedestrian on the bicycle happened to be from Aoshan Town, and he was on business in the county.He was panicked when he saw a foreigner blocking the way.Watson is tall and big, much bigger than him, and still looks very intimidating.If it wasn't for Watson's smiling face, he might have turned around and ran away in fright.

When Watson said the word concave mountain, the pedestrian seemed to understand something. He pointed to the direction behind him timidly, and stammered: "Go over there...then, there is concave mountain ..."

"Three grams of oil three grams of oil."

Watson made up his mind and continued to walk in the direction of Aoshan Town.

After he had gone far away, the pedestrian said in a daze, "What do you mean by three grams of oil? Do you want to thank me? Well, it should be like this. Since you want to thank me, you take three grams of oil." Come on, what's the use of talking? Foreign devils are really stingy, they won't even give up such a little oil."

If Watson kept walking along the mountain road, he would definitely be able to reach Aoshan Town before dark.It is a pity that there are many forks in the mountain road, and these forks connect various mountain villages. After walking for more than ten miles, Watson strayed into a fork and followed the mountain road to Niupengwan Village.

There are more than 300 households in Niupengwan Village, which is considered a relatively large village.As soon as Watson entered the village, he was spotted by a group of half-grown children, and it was a lot of fun.

Several children were so frightened that they turned their heads and ran home. Two children were so frightened that their legs limp, sat on the ground and burst into tears.The crying alarmed the local dogs raised by the villagers, and a dozen of them rushed out and rushed towards Watson.

Watson himself has two pet dogs, and he is quite familiar with the habits of dogs.He knew that he must not turn around and run away at this time, otherwise he would definitely be bitten by these dogs.

To ensure safety, Watson hurriedly picked up a dead branch on the side of the road, stood with his back against a big tree, and drove the dogs away with the branch.

(End of this chapter)