That night, the Li family made noodles to see off Qiaolian's mother and son.

Early in the morning of the third day of the lunar month, Qiaolian and the children got up, had some breakfast, and then said goodbye to the Li family.

As soon as I came out of Shijiagou, I saw horses climbing plows parked at the mouth of the ditch. Secretary Jiang said yesterday that the village would send someone to send Qiaolian to the township, and he sent someone to climb the plow early this morning.

In the northern winter, the means of travel are not only horse-drawn carts and ox-carts, but also climbing plows, which are better than horse-drawn carriages on ice and snow roads, lightweight, convenient, and fast.

It was one of Qu Weiyang's friends, Dalin, who was very attentive and laid a dog skin mattress on the plow.

When he saw Qiaolian's mother and son, he immediately asked the three of them to sit on the plow and covered them with the skin on their legs.

Everyone in the Li family also came out to see each other, and Sister-in-law Li came over to help Jiakang Jiayuan tidy up her hat, and told Qiaolian to take care of the child on the way.

"Sister-in-law, thanks to your family to take care of me these days, otherwise our mother and son don't know how to live, thank you.

That, there are 50,000 yuan in the mattress we slept on, remember to put it away when you go back, but don't lose it. Qiaolian thanked Sister-in-law Li.

"Brother and sister, why are you still like this? No, I can't ask for your money.

You wait, I'll go back and get the money for you. Sister-in-law Li became angry when she heard this, and turned around to go back to find the money to return to Qiaolian.

At this time, Qiao Lian waved her hand at Sister-in-law Li and the others, "Da Lin, let's go." ”

"Okay, sister-in-law, sit tight.

How sinful is it to go out on such a cold day? You have to take care of your eldest nephew and eldest niece, don't freeze them.

Cover your legs well, don't freeze. Dalin instructed two words, flicked the whip, drove the cart and horse, climbed the plow, and walked to the township.

Sister-in-law Li was shouting at the back, but Qiaolian smiled and waved her hand at the Li family, "Let's go back, it's cold outside, don't freeze, I'll write a letter when I get there." ”

As he spoke, the horse had already run a long way out of the plow.

Qingshangou Township is not far away, and the horses climb the plough and go fast, and it took more than half an hour to arrive at the land of more than 20 miles.

From Qingshangou to Daying Township, where my sister Chen Qiaojuan lives, the road is not close, and there is no direct car, so you need to reverse the car several times.

Take a car from Qingshangou to the county seat, then take a car from the county seat to Tonghua, and then reverse to Linjiang when you arrive in Tonghua.

Then Qiaojuan's husband will arrange someone to wait for him to pick him up on the Linjiang side, and he will have to walk a long way to Daying Township.

At the end of Qingshangou Township, there is a special shuttle bus to the county, so the horse climbs the plow and sends Qiaolian's mother and son directly to the station.

"Sister-in-law, then I'll send you here, this is the station, there is a car to the county seat. It's still early, so you take the child into the station to warm up. ”

Dalin picked Jiakang Jiayuan off the train, then pointed to the door of the station and told Qiaolian how to take the train.

"Dalin, thank you, let you run on such a cold day, go back and be careful."

Qiao Lian thanked Da Lin and watched Da Lin drive the plow away, then turned around and entered the station.

It is said that it is a station, but it is actually a very small room, and there are two benches in the room, and there is a small room on the other side, and there is a ticket seller sitting in it.

Qiao Lian walked over, "Comrade, a ticket to the county seat." ”

The two children are only four or five years old, and they are not yet the height to buy tickets, so they don't need to spend money, just Qiaolian can buy tickets alone.

"Two thousand." The ticket seller didn't look up and said the money.

Two thousand, converted to two cents, from the township to the county seat one hundred and forty miles, the ticket is only two cents, which is really not expensive.

Qiao Lian took out two thousand yuan from her arms and handed it to the other party, and the conductor tore off a ticket and gave it to Qiao Lian.

"The train will leave at half past nine, there is still nearly an hour, if you go out for a walk, you can watch the time, don't delay." The conductor reassured him.

"Okay, got it, thank you." Qiao Lian thanked the people, and then carried the ticket in her arms.

It looked like she was in her arms, but in fact, Qiaolian had already taken the opportunity to put the ticket in the portable warehouse.

It's been a lot of chaos outside these days, she is a woman with a child going out, and she looks like a bully, how can she care?

The money and letters of introduction are stored in the warehouse, so even if you encounter a pickpocket, you won't lose anything.

It was still early before the time to drive, and the house was already full, Qiao Lian thought about it, and led the two children out of the station to find a small restaurant nearby to sit down.

"Comrade, give me six buns." I didn't eat much at Li's house in the morning, one bowl of gruel per person, Qiaolian was afraid that the children would be hungry, so she simply led them to eat something to save them from hunger.

The owner of the small restaurant heard this, agreed, and immediately picked out six steaming buns from the cage drawer, put them on a plate, and brought them out.

"Here come the buns, yo, you three mothers, can you eat those six buns?" The boss had a good attitude and asked with a smile. "Do you want porridge?"

"Enough, I ate a bite at home in the morning, but I was afraid that I would be hungry on the road, so I ate some more.

If you want to go far away, I'm afraid that there will be no place for the children to relieve themselves on the road, so I don't dare to drink gruel, just buns, really. ”

Qiao Lian glanced at the buns on the table, good guy, average size, quite realistic.

"When we're done eating, I'll bother you to wrap six more buns, we're hungry on the way. How much does it cost? I'll give it to you. ”

Qiao Lian didn't know how fast or slow the car was going this year, whether she was prepared, or prepare a few more buns, and how much she could pad on the road.

When the boss heard this, he nodded happily, "Four hundred and one buns, twelve buns, four thousand eight." ”

Now that the economy is still recovering, the rectification has not yet begun, and these small restaurants and shops can still operate freely.

Of course, prices are controlled by the government, so things are not expensive.

Qiao Lian sighed in her heart, this old coin sounds really awkward, when she usually buys something, she has to convert it in her heart, and then she can understand the value and cheapness.

It's okay to pay four cents for a bun, and it's such a big one.

"Four thousand eight, you have it. When we're done eating, we'll wrap the other six for me. ”

The boss took the money and turned around and went back to the kitchen, where Qiaolian and the two children were eating steamed buns together.

The bun is made of cornmeal and white flour, and it is filled with radish, and there is a little meat in it, so you have to taste it carefully.

To be honest, this bun is average, but at this time, you can't be too picky, it's good to have something to eat.

Jiakang Jiayuan and the two of them each ate one and a half, Qiaolian ate three, and the three of them ate very quickly, and they finished eating in a short time.

So Qiao Lian went to get the bun wrapped in oiled paper over there, "Thank you, comrade, by the way, is there hot water?" I'd like to order some hot water. ”

"Yes, it's boiling on the stove, just carry it and pour the water yourself." The boss was so busy that he couldn't spare his hands to carry the water, so he let Qiaolian take it herself.