Chapter 227 Starting a new journey
It was six o'clock in the morning when Lin Manqing and the others left Chushan. This time was ridiculously early for children like them in the city, but it was normal for people who came from the mountains in the countryside.
Their hometown is in a remote mountain, and the only means of transportation into the city on weekdays is the shuttle bus that leaves on time at 6:30 every morning.
For them, learning requires far more than just the effort in the classroom, but also the journey they take from home to school.
It was 8:57 in the morning when Lin Manqing and the others arrived at the county seat. When they came here before, Bureau Chu wanted to treat them to a meal, but it didn't come true. When they returned to the county seat today, he wanted to treat Lin Manqing and the others to a meal no matter what.
The people in Fucheng were very hospitable, so Lin Manqing and the others couldn't shirk it, so they had to accept it.
Bureau Chu took them to eat a famous local dish, dry-pot beef.
This dry pot beef is not only stewed beef, but also has other famous local side dishes.
At the dinner table, Director Chu saw that they were not very young, so he didn't order wine, but just ordered a bottle of soda for each of them.
He Qing is almost twenty-six this year. Looking at Chu Bureau who treats her as a child like Lin Manqing and others, she feels a little depressed and happy.
She was depressed that she was still being taken care of after being out of school for several years. She was happy that this meant that she looked very young.
This meal was a feast for both the guest and the host. It was the first time for Lin Manqing to try this kind of dish. She silently made a mental note and planned to cook it for Pei Zheng after returning to the imperial capital.
Speaking of Pei Zheng, he hadn't called Lin Manqing for several days, but she wasn't worried at all. What could happen at school?
It was just that he was too pressed for time and couldn't spare the time to call her.
But every time Lin Manqing sent him a photo, there would always be a reply after a few hours or even a few hours. But sometimes Pei Zheng would disappear while chatting, and then he would reply again the next time he was online. she explained.
Director Chu asked Lin Manqing and the others to spend three days in the county town. He couldn't spare the time recently, so he specially found a reliable tour guide for them.
Under the guidance of the tour guide, they visited the entire county and nearby tourist attractions.
There are mountains and rivers, food and culture, everything that can be played and they are interested in, they have seen it.
On the fourth day, their trip to Chushan officially ended, and then they began a new journey.
It was Zhoushan in Fucheng, which was also a small mountain village that happened to be two counties away from the county seat managed by Bureau Chu. Bureau Chu had already called the local government after learning about their next destination.
They couldn't spare the time, so they only sent an assistant named Zhao Yi to receive them.
It took Lin Manqing and the others seven hours to drive from Chu Bureau County to Zhao Yi County. It was not because of the long distance but because the road was not good. It was all muddy and the driving was not smooth.
Even though they had experienced this kind of road before, Lin Manqing and the others were still not used to it, and they vomited in the car until the sky was dark.
Fortunately, no matter how difficult the road is, it will end one day. At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Manqing and the others finally met Zhao Yi.
Zhoushan is their next target, because there are still several places they need to go to, and they are far apart, so Lin Manqing and the others plan to make a quick decision.
It took another three hours to get to Zhoushan. This place was no better than Chushan. Although it was close to the county seat, there was no direct road. After driving for an hour and a half, Lin Manqing and the others had to get down and walk.
Although this road is often traveled, it is still deserted. The colleague in charge of taking photos at Xiguang Charity is so tired that he almost doesn’t want his favorite camera anymore.
Although Lin Manqing and the other person didn't have anything heavy on them, they were still very tired.
Looking at the wild fruits close at hand along the way, they had no desire to pick them anymore.
Fortunately, Huangtian paid off and Lin Manqing and the others finally arrived at Zhoushan when they were about to collapse from exhaustion.
Zhao Yi had never been to this place before, and they didn't have a phone number in the village, so they came very suddenly. It was already after eight o'clock in the evening when they arrived in the village.
Before they entered the village, someone noticed that the words they spoke here were different from those spoken in Chushan and the Imperial Capital. Lin Manqing and the others guessed that it was a dialect.
Therefore, without the help of a translator, only Zhao Yi could understand it.
When the villagers saw Lin Manqing and the others entering the village, they had already gone to find the village chief, who met them soon after.
Lin Manqing and the others could only ask Zhao Yi to tell the village chief their purpose, but after a while Lin Manqing and the others inferred from the expressions of Zhao Yi and the village chief that things seemed not going well.
Lin Manqing and the four of them decided to come to Zhoushan. They had noticed this poor and backward place on the national Internet, so they arranged it behind Chushan.
Strange words rang in Lin Manqing's ears, but unfortunately, Lin Manqing couldn't understand them.
After struggling for about half an hour, the village chief looked very annoyed and asked a few people next to him to push Zhao Yi.
Lin Manqing and the others were afraid of an accident, so they hurried forward to stop them, but the villagers still did not let them go. A group of people slowly gathered around and drove Lin Manqing and the others out of the village.
After leaving the village, Lin Manqing and the others, except Zhao Yi, were still confused, so they could only look at him in confusion.
Zhao Yi also seemed very angry and unbelievable. When he told Lin Manqing and the others, his tone was full of hatred and anger.
"They are people who only care about money. After I told them your purpose, the village chief actually said that you have evil intentions and that our arrival will anger the gods in the village."
"Who are these people? I made it clear before, but they kicked us out. I'm so angry."
Lin Manqing and the others did not expect that this would be the case. They looked at each other in confusion for a moment. It took them a while to realize that they had been regarded as liars.
Lin Manqing and the others couldn't explain how they felt now, they just felt uncomfortable.
Some grievances and discomforts.
They were driven out of Zhoushan and now had no place to live. Zhao Yi could only take them back to the county seat.
It was already dark, but they had no choice. Fortunately, Lin Manqing and the others were mentally prepared and had several flashlights in their backpacks.
Under the leadership of Zhao Yi, Lin Manqing and the others went down the mountain in the dark, found their car at the junction of Zhoushan Mountain and the highway, and then drove back to the county town for a long time under the cover of night.
After a busy day, Lin Manqing and the others felt that their bodies no longer belonged to them. They were taken by Zhao Yi to have a simple meal before returning to the hotel to rest.