On the train, Yu Changle mentioned his name once in order to make the little girl talk. Unexpectedly, the little girl remembered it firmly.
Maybe in her heart at this moment, this big sister who treats her well, smiles at her, saves her, and protects her is as warm as her mother.
Yu Changle didn't ask any more questions, but he had a strong hunch in his heart that maybe as the trafficker said, the little girl's mother had passed away...
That’s why the little girl went out to find her father on the street holding her mother’s photo frame at home.
The cry of "Lele's mother" made Yu Changle feel sour in her heart. She knew very well what it was like to lose her mother.
So when she had the opportunity to give the little girl warm comfort, she held the little girl tightly in her arms without hesitation and responded with a choked voice:
"Good baby, don't be afraid, daddy will come to pick you up soon."
Yu Changle gently patted the little girl's back and comforted her with soft words. Jiang Yu was stunned. At this time, Yu Changle was full of maternal glory, not like a young girl who had just grown up. .
In order to coax the little girl, Yu Changle took off the homemade bow tie from his head and put it on the little girl's hand like a bracelet.
Sure enough, the little girl's attention was attracted by the sudden beautiful bow tie, and she temporarily stopped crying.
Yu Changle smiled and made an agreement with her: "Auntie has work to do. Before finishing the work, can this little butterfly accompany the baby instead of auntie? After auntie finishes her work, she will come to see the baby, okay?"
The little girl stared intently into Yu Changle's eyes, as if to confirm whether what she said was true. Under Yu Changle's sincere gaze, she finally nodded reluctantly with her mouth pursed.
The flight attendant who was in tears watching on the side had to step forward to take the little girl away. Time waited for no one. After settling the little girl, she had other tasks for the train. If she delayed any longer, it would be too late.
In the adult world, you can't even be sentimental or sad.
After coming out of the station, Yu Changle, who was still a little sentimental, was shocked by the army of bicycles in front of him.
In Jinbo, bicycles are not yet a "luxury item" that every household can afford. A bicycle costs at least 150 yuan.
What is this concept?
An ordinary worker needs half a year's salary to save this much money without eating or drinking.
Not only that, if you save enough money, you first have to have a national industrial ticket or a special bicycle ticket, and secondly you have to queue up at the supply and marketing cooperative. If there is no connection, you may not be able to buy it after waiting for three months or half a year.
At this moment, the traffic situation in Yangcheng that appeared in front of Yu Changle's eyes, apart from the wide and clean four-lane road and the various buses running on the road, the most eye-catching thing was the dense army of bicycles on both sides of the road.
This was the first time she intuitively felt that in 1980, there was such a huge gap between coastal cities and inland cities.
Seeing Yu Changle's surprise, Jiang Yu said calmly:
"Nowadays, planning is going on everywhere in Yangcheng. Many factories have moved to the suburbs. There are only a few buses, and they are crowded to death. If a family does not have a bicycle, it is too inconvenient to commute to and from get off work, so cyclists have to Very much."
Jiang Yu said it easily. According to him, every household in Yangcheng City buys a bicycle as easily as going to a restaurant for a meal.
Yu Changle could imagine that Yangcheng citizens had higher incomes than inland citizens, but she still had a question:
"Don't you need a ticket to buy a bicycle here? Or can every household get a bicycle ticket?"
When it comes to shopping with tickets, Jiang Yu feels that Yangcheng is much more advanced than Jinbo, and he feels a little proud of it:
"Supply and marketing cooperatives still require tickets, but there are many channels to buy bicycles, and you can't only buy them at supply and marketing cooperatives."
"The supply and marketing cooperative has to wait, so everyone should go to department stores to buy. Department stores are sold out, and there are also foreign goods stores. If it's not good enough, there are also smuggled goods. In short, as long as you have money, you can buy bicycles anywhere in Yangcheng."
Yu Changle nodded silently after hearing this. He thought that as the supply of daily necessities gradually becomes sufficient, the country will gradually cancel this temporary transitional measure implemented when basic living necessities are in short supply. By then, the people's purchasing power will be greatly released. The economy will also become more active.
At present, Yangcheng has begun to take shape.
It is now eight o'clock in the morning, which is the rush hour for work, so the huge queue of bicycles on the road are all workers rushing to work in the factory.
Jiang Yu originally planned to take Yu Changle off the train and go straight to a time-honored restaurant in Yangcheng to have morning tea, eat and drink before talking about accommodation.
Helpless, Yu Changle was really exhausted. She had not been idle during the thirty-plus hours of train travel. She was arresting human traffickers and taking care of children. She couldn't eat anything at the moment and just wanted to lie down and sleep. Sleep.
Jiang Yu could completely understand how tired she felt at the moment. He remembered that when he and his father traveled far away for the first time, they took the train for more than ten hours and slept for a long time before waking up the next day, not to mention such a delicate little boy like Yu Changle. Where's the girl!
There is a Friendship Hotel in Yangcheng. Jiang Yu thought the room conditions were good, but Yu Changle declined the offer.
It's not that she doesn't know how to enjoy it, it's that she is still in the entrepreneurial stage. If she saves the money she can buy one more piece of clothing, she can make more profit.
As for enjoyment, let's wait until she becomes wealthy and free.
At Yu Changle's insistence, Jiang Yu stopped a three-wheeler on the roadside and asked him to go directly to the nearest military region guest house.
Yangcheng is much larger than Jinbo City. It took more than 20 minutes to reach the nearest military area guest house by tricycle.
From the appearance of the military area guest house, it is not much different from the ordinary guest houses in Yangcheng. The only obvious thing is that there is a large and bright red five-pointed star on the door of the guest house.
Yu Changle walked into the guest house. The staff at the front desk were also wearing military green work clothes. When he saw them coming in, he asked:
"Hello, would you like to check in, or are you looking for someone else?"
There were countless people at the front desk. As soon as Yu Changle and Jiang Yu walked in, she felt that they didn't look like soldiers. They were probably looking for someone.
Yu Changle responded with a smile: "Hello, I'll check in."
The front desk staff glanced at Jiang Yu. Could it be that he had made a mistake? Or did the young couple go to the wrong guest house?
"We are a military guest house here. You need to show your letter of introduction to check in."
After Yu Changle heard this, he took out the letter of introduction. The front desk staff took it and looked at it. Hey, this pretty girl is really a member of the military.
After registering Yu Changle's information, she turned to Jiang Yu who was standing aside and said:
"Comrade Meng, please show your ID."
