The New Year is a joyful event, and it is also the first New Year that Li Wei has lived in this era.
She has been busy visiting relatives these past two days, and she also received a lot of New Year's money. It's a pity that Liu Chunzhi took away the money before he could keep it warm.
"How much money do you have as a kid? I'll keep it for you. I'll have to pay your tuition when school starts."
"Oh" Li Wei reluctantly handed over the new year's money.
Liu Chunzhi counted the money, and her daughter looked a little pitiful with helpless eyes. Then she took out a five-yuan note and gave it to Li Wei: "Take it, but don't buy anything randomly."
She got about 30 yuan in total, and only five yuan was given to her in the end. It's less, but it's better than nothing. Li Wei accepted it anyway.
Soon, the seventh day of the lunar month has arrived. The brother and sister had decided to go for a walk in the city that day.
Li Wei came to this era only a month ago, and the farthest he went was his aunt's house. Now that she can travel far away, she is very happy.
So that day, she got up early and finished her household chores very diligently. Then she changed her clothes for going out and went out with Li Jianbo.
"Second brother, how do we get into the city?"
"My eldest brother took the bicycle away early in the morning, so we had to go by car."
Is it that iron box full of people? Li Wei found it very novel and even a little eager to try it.
The brother and sister went to the town first, and then stood by the road waiting for the car to arrive.
Li Jianbo had a watch on his wrist. He looked at the time after a while and seemed a little impatient.
After waiting for half an hour, a long, smoking car drove up. Li Jianbo turned to Li Wei and said, "You must follow me closely, and you must not run around."
"I know." Li Wei replied obediently, and saw the car door opened and many people getting off. After everyone at the top has got down, only those at the bottom can get up.
However, swarms of swarms were squeezing in. The moment she was about to get on the bus, Li Wei suddenly felt a little scared. She had never been in such a car before. Someone from behind pushed her. If Li Jianbo, who was walking in front, hadn't reached out and grabbed her, she would have fallen to the ground.
Li Wei felt that his chest was pounding so fast. There were too many people entering the city and there was no place to sit, so he had to stand steadily.
"When the car starts to drive, you have to stand firm and hold on tight." Li Jianbo warned uneasily, and Li Wei agreed casually.
By the time everyone below came up, the car was packed to the brim. Li Wei almost pressed his whole body against Li Jianbo.
The driver started the car at this time. This was a bit sudden, and Li Wei almost lost his balance. Fortunately, he had his brother to rely on.
The car began to stagger away. How can I describe this feeling? It was certainly much smoother and faster than a horse-drawn carriage. There was just an unpleasant smell, coupled with the bumps and shakes, Li Wei felt his stomach churning and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Li Jianbo noticed that his sister's face was a little uncomfortable and asked worriedly: "Are you going to get carsick?"
"I don't know, it's really uncomfortable."
Sure enough, he still got motion sickness, and Li Jianbo regretted bringing his sister out with him.
The conductor was selling tickets, and Li Jianbo took out the money and asked someone to hand it over: "Two in the city." The fare totaled one yuan.
"Just hold on, we'll be there in half an hour."
Li Wei found it extremely difficult to stay in the car for half an hour, but it was rare for Li Jianbo to take her out. Li Wei didn't want to cause trouble to him, so she had no choice but to hold on.
The journey was shaky, with stops and starts. It was said that the drive was half an hour, but it actually took 40 minutes.
When she got off the bus, Li Wei's face turned pale. Then she couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the public toilet to vomit.
After vomiting and being blown by the cold wind, I suddenly felt a lot more awake.
"It doesn't matter to you, right?"
Li Wei forced a smile and said: "I feel better after vomiting. Where should we go next? It's completely dark here, and I can only follow you."
Li Jianbo said: "Just follow me."
When Li Wei slowly came over, he had the strength to look at the small county town.
Rows of small red brick buildings are very common, and occasionally there are one or two buildings painted white.
There are many people in the city, and there are also many cars. The streets are full of car bells ringing, and cars are coming and going.
Strings of red lanterns are hung on the trees beside the road, highlighting the joy of the festival.
In time for the Chinese New Year, the crowds coming and going were joyful and energetic in their new clothes. People here live a happier life than the people in Daqi.
Li Wei followed closely behind Li Jianbo, and the brother and sister walked through the streets. Later, Li Jianbo stopped in front of a stall, bought a bottle of drink for Li Wei, and handed it to her: "You look so bad, have something to drink."
Li Wei saw the four bright characters "Tianfu Cola" written on the red wrapping paper on the plastic bottle.
She unscrewed the bottle cap forcefully and took a big sip. The taste was a bit choking, but the sweet taste was completely different from the throat-choking taste of white wine. After taking two sips, he burped loudly and felt gas spurting out of his mouth. This feeling was so good. In all his years, Li Wei had never tasted anything so delicious.
"What kind of sugar water is this? It looks like medicine but not like medicine. It tastes pretty good."
Li Jianbo saw that his sister was so satisfied after just two sips of Coke. He couldn't help but smile. He reached out and touched the hair in front of Li Wei's forehead and said, "It's Coke."
"Things are expensive, don't they cost a lot?"
Li Jianbo said boldly: "In time for the Chinese New Year, we also have a luxury."
Li Wei continued to follow Li Jianbo with Coke in her arms. Li Jianbo walked into a small shop and said to the people inside, "Let me make a call." He randomly pressed a number, and after a while he said, "I'm here, I'll go to the park. I don't have Hu Zi's phone number, so you can call them."
From the time Li Jianbo dialed the number to the time he hung up the phone, it took less than a minute. However, Li Wei had long been dumbfounded. Obviously, she hasn't figured out what's going on.
Li Wei not only asked: "Second brother, who are you talking to?"
Li Jianbo smiled and said: "They will be here soon. You will know in a while."
Li Wei obviously still didn't understand. The times are so amazing.
Li Jianbo took his sister to the park in the center of the city.
There are many small vendors in the park, selling toys, drinks, candied haws, and kites. There were children running around in the square, which dazzled Li Wei. At this moment, Li Wei really felt that she was really just a country girl coming to the city.
About ten minutes later, a bicycle stopped in front of them. On the bicycle sat two teenagers, both of whom were about the same age as Li Jianbo.
(End of chapter)