Since he did not receive instructions from Section Chief Xu, the waiter did not keep Watson, and immediately settled the bill for Watson, and then watched Watson walk out of the door of the guest house.

Watson had already asked Mr. Liu about the direction of the wharf yesterday, and he walked all the way east along the street, and saw the wharf by the Yangtze River in less than a quarter of an hour.

During this period, Watson received a lot of attention from passers-by, many of whom had never seen a foreigner before, and they paid attention to Watson. Others looked at Watson and pointed at Watson as they looked like they had seen an endangered animal.

Watson didn't like the look so much that he put his hat on and covered his face with a towel.

After finding the ticket office, Watson handed five cents into the window and said the name of the place Cave Mountain to the conductor.

This is the method taught to him by Mr. Liu, saying that there is only one passenger ferry to Aoshan Town, as long as you tell the conductor the name of Aoshan, people will not be mistaken.

When the conductor saw that a foreigner had arrived, he was shocked and hurriedly nodded, tore him a ticket to Aoshan, and didn't even find the money. When Watson left the ticket office with the ticket, the conductor was still paying attention to his back, probably not knowing that Watson was giving five cents.

Although Mr. Liu told Watson the correct way to buy tickets, he forgot to say that the passenger ferry would only depart in the afternoon.

Watson waited not long before 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 shouted at the crowd: "This is a ship to Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory, don't go to Aoshan Town, don't get on the wrong boat." ”

In these days, many people are illiterate, especially the older ones, who can't even write their own names, and it is even more impossible to read the shipping information printed on the ship. The ticket inspector had been on 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 to say the name of Aoshan. If the boat is not right, the other party will definitely shake his head, so that he will not take the wrong boat.

At this moment, hearing the ticket inspector take the initiative to say the name of the place, Watson dispelled the idea of asking. The reason is simple: if this is not a boat going to Aoshan, why would the other party mention the name of Aoshan?

If the ticket inspector had been careful, he could still have helped Watson save the mistake, but suddenly she saw a foreigner, which made her stupid on the spot. Watson smiled kindly at her when he handed her the ticket, and the ticket inspector immediately felt that his heart was beating faster, he couldn't speak, and he forgot to check the information on the ticket, and handed the ticket back to Watson in a panic, for fear that he would offend the foreign guests by moving slowly.

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

Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory is the largest state-owned enterprise in Yuyang County, with more than 2,000 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 car transportation, so the transportation of goods is relatively convenient.

Watson got off the boat and asked a man with glasses about the situation, and he felt that the person with glasses should have some culture and knowledge, and it would be easier to deal with.

This man with glasses is an officer of Yuyang Agricultural Machinery Factory, who often goes out to run errands, and can be regarded as having seen some of the world. Although he still felt nervous talking to a foreigner, he was much calmer than the average citizen.

When Watson said the name of the place according to the old way, the officer immediately understood what he meant, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed behind him, "The town of Aoshan 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 breathe a sigh of relief, and muttered with confusion: "What are foreigners doing in Aoshan?"

Seeing Watson striding forward with his bag on his back, the officer then muttered: "Dozens of miles of mountain roads, is he just going to walk over like that? I'm afraid it's going to be dark." ”

The straight-line distance between Yuyang County and Aoshan Town is only about thirty miles, but due to the rugged and winding road, you need to detour sixty or seventy miles of mountain roads. Watson didn't know about these situations, he originally thought that he would be able to reach Aoshan Town soon, but he ended up walking in the direction pointed by the secretary for an hour, and he didn't even see the shadow of Aoshan Town.

There are not many pedestrians on the mountain road, and most of them travel by bicycle, and there are very few people like him who walk. Watson felt desolate as he walked, and he couldn't help but wonder if he was on the right track. Seeing a man riding a bicycle coming towards him, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said the name of the place again.

The pedestrian on the bicycle happened to be from the town of Aoshan, and he was on his way to the county seat to run errands. When he saw a foreigner blocking the way, he was very alarmed. Watson is tall and much taller than him, and still looks very intimidating. If it weren't for Watson's smile, I'm afraid he would have turned around and fled in fright.

When Watson said the word Ayama, the pedestrian seemed to understand something, he pointed in the direction behind him with some cringe, and stammered, "Go that way...... That, that's the mountain ......."

"Three grams of oil, three grams of oil. ”

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

It wasn't until he walked out that the pedestrian was confused and said, "What do you mean by three grams of oil? Do you want to thank me? Well, it looks like this, since you want to thank me, you should bring three grams of oil, what's the use of just talking about it? The foreign devil is so stingy, he can't even give up such a little oil." ”

If Watson had kept walking along the mountain road, he would have been able to reach the town of Hollow Hill before dark. Unfortunately, there are many forks in the mountain road, and these forks connect various mountain villages, and Watson strayed into a fork after walking more than ten miles, and followed the mountain road to Niudeng Bay Village.

There are more than 300 households in Niudeng Bay Village, which is a relatively large village. As soon as Watson walked into the village, he was seen by a group of half-grown children, and it was a lot of fun.

A few of the children were so frightened that they turned around and ran home, and two of them were so frightened that their legs went limp, and they sat on the ground and cried. The cry alarmed the villagers' native dogs, and more than a dozen native dogs swarmed out and pounced on Watson.

Watson himself has two pet dogs, and he has a good understanding of dog habits. He knew that he must not turn around and run away at this time, otherwise he would definitely be bitten by these dogs.

In order to ensure safety, Watson hurriedly picked up a dead branch on the side of the road, stood with his back against the tree, and used the branch to drive the dogs.