Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 21 Continue to work
After spending the night at the train station, Yan Hui slept very uneasily, and it can be said that he basically did not sleep at all.

He really didn't know why he fell asleep again on the train. Could it be that he was really drugged by this woman?
I just saw my elder brother's hand. It shouldn't have been scratched for long.

In other words, the man holding the mobile phone must have gotten off the bus midway, and then the woman took action. However, before the action was taken, she had already fallen asleep, and the specific reason is unknown.

He certainly had quite a bit of money on him.

Yan Hui placed his money in three places. The one on the right side of his pants was quite large, at least five or six hundred yuan. The one inside his clothes actually contained the least change. If his pants were ripped open and he fell asleep, the loss would be huge.

Forget it, I don't want to.

Yan Hui had no idea of ​​calling the police, and he knew it was useless. He just thought he was lucky.

After the Chinese New Year, Grandpa took Yan Hui to cast the Holy Grail, and Yan Hui cast the Holy Grail in one go. At that time, Grandpa told him that he would encounter many difficulties this time, but everything would be fine in the end.

Everything will be fine.

This sentence has been buried in Yan Hui's heart. At this moment, he felt for the first time that it was correct.

When he arrived at Tiexi Market, Yan Hui realized that today was Sunday and Sister Yan was off work.

Yan Yan will take the college entrance examination in a dozen days. She hasn't been under much pressure from studying recently. Her teacher told her to relax at this stage, but her fourth uncle felt that she shouldn't be discouraged at this time, so he found a tutor for Yan Yan to help her with math.

When Yan Hui came back, his fourth uncle was in the store. When he saw Yan Hui, he immediately walked over with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's my duty!" Yan Hui said with a smile.

"What about your legs?" Fourth Uncle looked at Yan Hui with some confusion. He seemed to have noticed that Yan Hui still had some problems walking.

"My fracture has healed a long time ago, but I got hurt again when I took the train yesterday."

"Ah? What's going on?" Fourth Uncle was a little worried. "Tell me what's going on."

Apart from the story of Shan Ge and Hong Chunp, Yan Hui told everything else, from beginning to end, without missing out on any of the main plots.

Fourth Uncle was quite knowledgeable, but he just stood there and listened for more than ten minutes. Finally, he nodded helplessly: "You can tell it's true now that you heard it."

"Ah? Why?"

“Because I can’t make it up.”

"Ah," Yan Hui said helplessly, "Fourth Uncle, do you think that man at the end really helped me, or was he just trying to trick me?"

"Is there really a cut on his hand?" asked Fourth Uncle.

"It's true."

"So, do you think this is a self-torture tactic? They only want 20 yuan! You've met a good person!"

"I thought so, so I gave him all the money in my pocket, a total of 55 yuan."

"Well, that's not much. You're lucky." Fourth Uncle smiled. "It's right to give more money for this kind of thing."

"By the way, Fourth Uncle, Director Li from the forest farm said you have something to talk to me about," Yan Hui said with some anticipation.

"Yes," Fourth Uncle nodded, "Two things, one is about Yan Yan, and the other is about business."

Fourth Uncle briefly explained that Yan Yan was feeling a bit stressed with the Gaokao approaching, and he hoped Yan Hui would spend more time with her. Lately, Yan Yan had been constantly worried about what she'd learned. She was sure she had enough knowledge to handle the exam, but her mindset wasn't right, and that would be a problem.

In addition, my uncle also needs someone to help at the freight station.

My fourth uncle is a timber wholesaler, but he doesn’t need to go to the forest farm most of the time. After all, his shipping volume will not always be that large.

Generally speaking, external shipments only take one or two carloads.

The freight station is very orderly. The wood from each family is piled up directly. When the train arrives, you just insert the wooden pole upwards, and the car body becomes yours. Then when the wood is moved over, you just move it directly onto the pile.

At that time, the transportation of bulk cargo was very regular, and there were no scammers or laymen, but Fourth Uncle had experienced a lot and his mind was complicated, so he called Yan Hui over and wanted Yan Hui to go to the freight station to help him keep an eye on it from beginning to end.

"Then I'll go there now." Yan Hui said.

"Not right now. The goods were shipped yesterday, and I'm not that busy here. I only make two trips a week at most." Fourth Uncle shook his head. "Dashan is here too. He'll take you there later."

"Okay." Yan Hui nodded, "Then I'll go find Sister Yan first."

"Wait a minute, she has tutoring classes in the morning, and you'll see her at lunch. It's just right, I'll give you a welcome at noon." Fourth Uncle said with a smile.

Yan Hui didn't go anywhere that morning, but helped out in his fourth uncle's shop. To Yan Hui's surprise, his fourth uncle actually vacated his old room for him again, and even replaced the bedding inside with new ones.

The wooden house before was completely uninhabitable and could freeze people to death, but it’s different now, the weather has warmed up a long time ago.

Fourth Uncle did not ask for money for going to the freight station to watch the trucks. Yan Hui thought about it and figured that this board house was just his wages. After all, he only needed to go there once or twice a week, which was not a long time.

So, he had to find a job next. Yan Hui asked his fourth uncle if the position at his second brother's place was still reserved for him.

So the next plan is to move the wood while inquiring about the store situation in the entire market, looking for business opportunities, and waiting for the opportunity to act.

Lunch was much more sumptuous than Yan Hui had imagined. In addition to his fourth uncle's family, there were also several workers under his fourth uncle. There were ten dishes on the table, including fish and meat, as well as a large plate of shrimp.

When Yan Yan saw Yan Hui, she was really happy and kept asking Yan Hui about what had happened in the past two months.

Leaving aside what happened at the forest farm, just what happened on the road yesterday was enough to shock Yan Yan.

"Oh my God, there are so many bad guys on the train. I have to be careful when I go to study in Beijing in the future." Yan Yan felt unbelievable.

"Well, but Fourth Uncle will definitely buy you a sleeper car. When the time comes, just put your things away, keep quiet, and then you can sleep and arrive in the capital." Yan Hui smiled, "Sleeper cars are only for rich people."

"Yeah, I'll try to have as little contact with them as possible." Yan Yan nodded immediately.

Although she is older than Yan Hui, her social experience is not as good as Yan Hui's.

Yan Hui has been away for a month or two, and his temperament has changed a lot.

At this table, Yan Hui was quite far away from his fourth uncle, so he didn't ask his fourth uncle why Brother Shan didn't come. While eating, he chatted with Yan Yan.

At the end of lunch, when leaving, Yan Hui gave Yan Yan the wooden peace locket he brought back from the forest farm.

"Is this hand-carved?" Yan Yan picked up the peace locket and held it up to the sun. The excellent wood had a beautiful luster and felt very comfortable to the touch.

"Well, I bought it specially for you." Yan Hui said with a smile.

"Thank you!" Yan Yan was very happy. "I will definitely take this with me for the college entrance exam!"

The two chatted as Fourth Uncle paid the bill and came out of the restaurant. He handed Yan Hui 50 yuan and said, "It's the weekend today, why don't you ask your sister to take you around Fengtian?"

"Okay, uncle." Yan Hui took the money and looked at Yan Yan, "Sister, where do you want to go?" "I've been to all of Fengtian. I'll take you wherever you want to go."

Yan Hui knew that his fourth uncle wanted him to accompany his sister to relax, so he thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go visit the university!"

"Ah? University? Can I get in?" Yan Yan had never been to university.

"Yes, my friend is from the University of Technology, and he said you can enter the school freely!"

"Okay!"

With the pocket money given by his fourth uncle, Yan Hui did not hesitate to find a rickshaw and asked someone to take them to the University of Technology.

The afternoon passed quickly. Including dinner, Yan Hui and Yan Yan spent a total of 32 yuan. When they returned to the timber market, Yan Hui gave the remaining 18 yuan to Yan Yan and sent Yan Yan to the store.

I didn't run into Ma Junliang today. Although Yan Hui knew Ma Junliang's grade and major, he didn't understand the divisions between majors and campuses. He asked a freshman about it, but couldn't get a clear answer. Today, he took Yan Yan with him, mainly to go shopping.

Yan Yan was a good person, and all day long she'd been chatting about Yan Hui's experiences over the past two months, which delighted her greatly. With the college entrance exam approaching, afternoons like this were truly rare.

After returning to his residence alone, Yan Hui first went to check on Shan Ge's room and found that there should be someone inside, but he didn't know whether Shan Ge was there or not, so he didn't knock on the door and went back to the room.

I hadn't been back for two months, and when I came back I felt so much better.

It's not cold anymore and the lights are working normally.

Yan Hui took out a pen and paper from his bag, turned on the light, and prepared to write a letter to his family and friends. He had a lot to say.

Just after writing two or three hundred words, someone knocked on the door. Yan Hui thought it was his fourth uncle, but when he opened the door, it turned out to be Brother Shan.

"Brother Shan," Yan Hui was still very happy, "You're back."

"Well, how are you doing lately?" asked Brother Shan.

"It's OK. I've been fine these past few days."

"Did your uncle give you the money for your ginseng?" Brother Shan interrupted Yan Hui before he could finish his words.

"No," Yan Hui shook his head. He was not in a hurry.

Brother Shan frowned a little: "Do you still have money now?"

This made Yan Hui a little wary. After thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Shan, you gave me more than a thousand. I spent more than 900 on these two ginsengs. Adding to my expenses, I don't have much money left."

"How many more?" Shan Ge asked.

Yan Hui didn't say anything. He picked up his coat and took out all the money in one pocket, a total of 340 yuan.

"A little over 300," Shan Ge nodded. "I have something to do tonight, so I'll lend you 300 yuan and return it to you later."

"Okay." Yan Hui handed all the big bills to Brother Shan with a cheerful look on his face, but no one knew what he was thinking.

Brother Shan nodded, took the money and left. Yan Hui knew that Brother Shan had left the yard without looking outside.

Yan Hui is very frugal. He actually still has 1300 yuan. This time he came back and sewed 1000 yuan in advance, and the remaining money is in his clothes.

Before, Brother Shan didn’t give all the 2000 yuan to Yan Hui, so Yan Hui must have felt uncomfortable. This time he couldn’t refuse, so he had no choice but to do this.

After being interrupted by Brother Shan, Yan Hui lost his mood to write the letter. After more than ten minutes, he picked up the pen and started writing. However, the content of his writing was not so light-hearted at all, and it was mainly narrative.

The next morning, after Yan Hui sent the letter and had breakfast, he went straight to his second brother's place.

"Aren't you following your uncle to do business?" When Yan Hui came here, the first person he met was Uncle Cheng Gui.

When Yan Hui first arrived, he met Uncle Cheng Gui. Uncle Cheng Gui had wanted to arrange for his son to come over to help, but the place was not hiring. Over the next period of time, Yan Hui met Uncle Cheng Gui four or five times, and each time they were able to chat for a while.

"What kind of business?" Yan Hui shook his head. "I can only do some manual labor."

"I've heard that you have great potential!" Uncle Cheng Gui was in a good mood and pointed to a tall young man next to him, "Da Kai, come here."

The young man called Dakai came over when he heard the sound, and looked a little unhappy.

"This is Xiaohui. His uncle is the big boss." Uncle Chenggui obviously knew the relationship between Yan Hui and his fourth uncle, and introduced him to his son. "He will also be busy here in the future. You two are about the same age, so you can communicate more."

"I understand, Dad. I'll get busy now." Dakai said hello to Yan Hui and left.

"This kid!" Cheng Gui scolded with a smile, then chatted with Yan Hui for a few words, and then his second brother came.

Yan Hui always called his second brother "Uncle Li", and his second brother was always polite to Yan Hui.

To be honest, compared to what he encountered outside, Yan Hui felt that his second brother was doing well. At least his second brother took care of him for the sake of his fourth uncle.

Without much formality, Yan Hui quickly joined the work of moving wood.

The injury on his buttocks wasn't a big deal, and Yan Hui's physical condition was better than before, so it was relatively easy to move.

Yan Hui was in the same group with Dakai this time. Dakai was very tall, at least 1.85 meters tall, and looked like his father. Yan Hui felt a little uncomfortable moving with him.

As they were moving things, Yan Hui felt something was wrong. He had initially thought the height difference was the reason for his discomfort working with Dakai, but after moving more than a dozen times, he realized it wasn't the height at all.

Dakai moved the wood slowly, not because he lacked strength, but because he was used to being lazy and deliberately wanted to be slower than others.

This made Yan Hui frown a little. Anyone could see that someone was being lazy.

"Don't be so anxious," Dakai said proactively when he saw Yan Hui was a little anxious. "Here we pay according to the number of trains, so it doesn't matter how fast or slow it is."

"Yeah." Yan Hui nodded expressionlessly.

Finding an opportunity, Yan Hui took the initiative to move the small wooden boards that only required one person to move, keeping up with the pace of others.

After finishing one and a half cars in the morning, Yan Hui was exhausted and his whole body was sore. There was also a thorn stuck in his hand, so he went to get a needle to pick it out.

Lunch was still steamed buns and pickles. During the break, Yan Hui saw Dakai smoking in the corner and went over to say hello. After all, he was the only person of his age here.

"Do you smoke?" Dakai asked with some hesitation.

"No, thank you." Yan Hui found that Dakai seemed reluctant to give him a cigarette.

Dakai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Smoking has no benefits, so it's better not to smoke."

"Yeah," Yan Hui suddenly didn't know what to talk about, so he said a few words casually and left.

(End of this chapter)