The late-night slow train finally staggered to Xigui and arrived at Shunhe Railway Station. After getting off the train, the breeze was a bit cool. There was still a moon looming in the sky, but the brilliance was blocked by thick clouds.

Sometimes some light shines through the gaps in the clouds, making the shadows variegated...

Carrying my things, I followed the small flow of people to find the van that picked up the slow train. I got on and sat down. But the van driver was not in a hurry to start the van. I looked and saw that there were only three passengers in the car. I thought that the driver might have to wait a little longer.

Some passengers. Anyway, you are already on the bus, so just wait peacefully.

At this time, the local train had slowly driven away. Suddenly the illumination of the train lights was lost, and the surroundings were suddenly surrounded by darkness. The people in the car were each thinking about their own thoughts, and no one spoke. Except for the sound of breathing, this small

No other sounds can be heard in the cabin space.

In a daze, I feel that this person is so insignificant between heaven and earth.

Just as he was about to fall into deep thought, suddenly a middle-aged woman came over to the window and asked softly: "Would you like to stay in a hotel?"

A passenger asked: "How much does it cost?"

Woman: “Ten dollars.”

Seeing that the passenger did not respond, the woman continued to ask: "Are you kidding me?"

Passenger: "What are you doing?"

Woman: "Whatever you want."

Passenger: "How much money?"

Woman: "It depends on how you act. Some are in their twenties and thirty, and some are in their fifties."

The passenger was a little tempted and asked another passenger next to him: "Would you like to go play?"

Maybe they are traveling together? Another passenger said: "It's very cold, and I don't know how long it will take. If you want to play, I'll go play with you and lie down for a while."

Passenger: "You are so fake. You obviously want to play, but you still say you are accompanying me to play."

The two of them got out of the car laughing and joking, and followed the woman to a hotel.

I was the only one left in the car. I suddenly felt a little scared. Fortunately, the master had already returned to the car. I asked, "Master, why don't you leave?"

Master: "Brother, why are you asking me to leave alone? I don't even have enough gas to drive you, so why don't you rent a car?"

Me: "How much does it cost to charter a car?"

Master: "I won't beat you up, Bangbang. There are eight people in a car, one is twenty and one hundred lu, so I'll take you one hundred and fifty. Can't you go?"

Me: "Has the price increased? It was not this price when I came here."

Master: "You may have taken it during the day. The prices are different during the day and at night, the prices for express trains and slow trains are different, and there are many people and few people, and the prices are different. Do you know?"

Seeing that I was silent, the master enlightened me and said, "Brother, it's not cost-effective to charter a car. You'd better wait a little longer. When the express train comes, I'll pick up the person and we'll leave."

Me: "How long will it take to wait?"

Master: "It won't be long. It's almost four o'clock now. We'll almost arrive after six o'clock. If it's later, it will be later."

Me: "What if the express train comes and not many people get off?"

Master: "Don't worry about this. Even if I can't pick you up, I will only charge you. I promise to take you to the county seat and never ask you to get off the bus halfway."

After getting the master's promise, I had no choice but to wait.

I asked: "Master, how much money do you make by running along the river in a day?"

Master: "It depends on the situation. Usually I run to pick up the express trains. Now when the business is not good, I run to pick up the slow trains. If I'm lucky, the slow trains are full, I run back and pick up people to catch the express trains, and then I pick up the people on the express trains."

.In this case, the gross income will be five to six hundred yuan, excluding gas and wear and tear, it will be two to three hundred yuan."

Me: "Then your monthly income is still almost 10,000 yuan."

Master: "That's not how you calculate it. If the car breaks down, do you need to repair it? From time to time, you will be fined by the traffic police, road administration, etc. If you hit someone, you will be in big trouble, and you will lose all the money you earned.

It's clean. It's very hard to make money. I stay up late every day and work on this line all year round. I'm sick from running. I never have a rest except when I'm sick or my car breaks down. If you have a business, you have to run.

Even if there is no business, you have to run away. Not to mention that when the business is good, you can’t even earn gas money when the business is not good. I am very tired and miserable. You see I am so fat, it is actually puffy. I have stomach problems, and

Arthritis, there are many diseases..."

Alas. Listening to the masters complain, I truly understand their hard work. The life of staying up all night to pick up the train is really hard. In the past, I only heard people say: The wheels are rolling, and the gold is ten thousand taels. Who knows, it is not that easy to earn this kind of money.

.I can only say that I can barely support my family and earn some hard-earned money.

However, fortunately, this is at least a technical skill, and it does not require much effort, nor does it need to be exposed to wind or rain. It also costs tens of thousands of yuan to buy a car, and then you also need to buy a "line plate", which costs several tens of thousands. So

It would cost more than 100,000 to run a van down here.

Life is helpless. I don’t even have the conditions to drive a van. The future is really bleak and I don’t know where to go.

By the time it was already dawn, the express train arrived as scheduled and was not delayed. Fortunately, many people got off. The master quickly filled up the bus with passengers.

He repeatedly praised me as a "lucky star", saying that it was because I brought him good luck and that he had a lot of customers today. I thought to myself, where is the good luck I brought? It just happened that there were more passengers coming down.

Son, it just so happened that everyone accepted his solicitation.
Chapter completed!