The Pentium Era - South to North

On the last day of 1994, it snowed heavily in Hangzhou. Overnight, the entire city was covered in silver. Looking out from the window of Zhang Chen’s office, the cement ships on the canal, including the goods they carried, were all covered with thick snow. Under a thick layer of snow, the boat moved in the dark canal like moving pieces of ice cream.

The snow is still falling, but it is much lighter than last night.

"Quickly, Zhang Chen, let's go to Peach Blossom Spring and see what it's like there on this snowy day."

Liu Ligan shouted as he walked in from the door and stood at the door, stamping his feet up and down on the ground, trying to remove the snow on his shoes.

Wenwen and Qianqian followed him. They stood outside the door in the snow, stretching out their arms to block the snow above their heads. Liu Li stamped his pole a few times, and Wenwen became impatient and pushed behind him. He slapped him and cursed:

"Oh, get in quickly and don't block the door."

Liu Ligan was pushed by Wenwen, and he staggered. He seemed to have just remembered that there was someone behind him, and smiled: "I forgot that I still have two tails."

Wenwen and Qianqian came in from beside him, Wenwen kicked him smoothly, Liu Ligan just stood firm, and almost fell down due to the kick. Liu Ligan was about to get angry, Wenwen and Qian Qian had already walked over with a giggle. They walked to the sofa in front and sat down on the sofa.

Liu Ligan shouted: "Hey, hey, what are you doing? We're leaving right away."

"I'm not going. It's so cold outside. Why don't you go to that shitty place? You have to go there by yourself. Every time you go there, nothing happens. You just stand there stupidly or just look around. I'm exhausted from walking. , and I can't even find a place to sit." Wenwen cursed.

Qianqian also said: "I won't go either. Every time I come back, my shoes and pants are covered in mud and I have to wash them for a long time."

Zhang Chen turned around and leaned against the window with a smile. Liu Ligan shook his head and cursed, there is no way, these two idiots are still in the art school and have no sentiment at all.

Wenwen scolded: "What a fool you are. In addition to flirting, you don't know any other emotions. You can't even sing a bad song out of tune."

Zhang Chen and Qianqian laughed, Liu Ligan waved to Zhang Chen, let's go, let's go, ignore them, these two people are unreasonable.

"Go ahead, go ahead, you'd better be buried there in the snow, you'll be in love." Wenwen waved her hand and said.

"It will just freeze into a strip, wait until the weather clears before digging again." Qianqian said, and the two of them were laughing randomly on the sofa.

Liu Ligan glared at Zhang Chen and cursed: "Hurry up, you won't be as timid as these two guys, right?"

Zhang Chen walked to the desk, took the car keys and said, "Drive my car, the chassis of your sexy car is too low."

The two of them were about to walk out when Zhang Chen's eldest brother rang. Zhang Chen picked up the phone and a trembling voice rang on the phone: "Instructor..."

Zhang Chen was shocked and shouted: "You idiot, is that you?"

"It's me, instructor."

"You idiot, where are you?"

"I was raised by force, I am in Shangrao."

"Where? Shangrao? Shangrao, Jiangxi?"

"Yes, instructor."

"Where's Brother Tan?"

"Uncle Tan..." The second-rate guy started to cry.

"You idiot, don't cry. Tell me what's wrong with Brother Tan?"

"The scaffolding collapsed at one of our construction sites here. Tan Shu was injured in the fall, and the foreman who was forced to raise him escaped."

Zhang Chen was surprised and asked quickly: "Is Brother Tan seriously injured?"

"I can't get up anyway, and we, we... don't have money to go to the hospital."

"Young man, please tell me where you are in Shangrao. I'll come right away."

"We are on Ganbei Northeast Avenue in Shangrao..." Just as the second guy said this, another voice rang: "Hey, who are you and where are you from? Why did you come to our office to make a call?"

The call was immediately hung up. Zhang Chen estimated that the second-rate guy probably didn't even have the money to make long-distance calls. He had gone to some work unit to make secret calls and was discovered.

"What's wrong with Lao Tan?" Liu Ligan asked anxiously.

"Xiao Zhao!" Zhang Chen shouted.

Xiao Zhao ran over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"How much cash do you have in the safe?"

"More than seventy thousand, what's wrong?"

"The second-rate guy just called and said that they are in Shangrao, Jiangxi. Their eldest brother fell and was injured, and they don't even have money for hospitalization..."

"Fuck!" Liu Ligan cursed.

When Xiao Zhao heard this, his heart sank and he asked quickly: "Brother, is it important?"

Zhang Chen shook his head: "I don't know, please bring all the money, I want to go there right away."

"I'll go with you." Liu Ligan said.

"Okay." Xiao Zhao ran away for a few minutes, then ran back with the money, his eyes were red, and Xiao Zhao said, "I'll go with you too."

"Don't go, it's snowing." Liu Ligan said, "Just the two of us can go. I'll call you when we get there."

"Is that enough money? Not enough for me to get it down below?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I still have it in the car. If it's not enough, I can pick it up over there. Let's go quickly." Liu Ligan said.

The two people took the money and ran out in a hurry. Xiao Zhao chased after him and said: "When you see brother, call me immediately and tell me the situation."

Zhang Chen waved his hand without looking back.

The two people ran to the parking lot downstairs. Liu Ligan went to his car and brought a bag of cash over. The two people drove away in Zhang Chen's car.

As the car approached Liuhe Pagoda, Zhang Chen remembered and said, "Pole, look inside the car to see if the map is there."

Liu Ligan opened it and said he didn't have it. Zhang Chen then remembered that he had taken the map upstairs, but it was okay. We were just going to Shangrao. We just drove along the 320 National Highway. At worst, we bought one on the way, but after arriving in Shangrao , how to find them, the second guy only mentioned Northeast Jiangxi Avenue, where exactly, but before he could say anything, the call was cut off.

"It's okay, it's okay. How big is Shangrao, and there are so many construction sites on one street. As long as we get there, we will go there one by one." Liu Ligan said.

Zhang Chen nodded.

"From what I heard earlier, he and Lao Tan should be working under someone else's contractor now. Why didn't he call us earlier?" Liu Ligan said.

"You still don't know about his temper. Will he ask for help or complain to others? I guess he doesn't even know about the phone call that the idiot made today. If he knew, the idiot would be scolded to death by him, the idiot. There must be nothing else he can do, otherwise, he wouldn't even listen to Lao Tan's words." Zhang Chen said.

"Yes, this snowy day, for the rich, is a sign of a good harvest, but for the poor, it means the road is frozen to death." Liu Ligan sighed, "Not only Lao Tan, even Qihang and Li Yong didn’t even get a single call.”

"Not only them, but you, how many months have you had a phone call?" Zhang Chen remembered the past and cursed, Liu Ligan chuckled.

In fact, it was not only them, but also Zhang Chen himself. When he had just arrived in Hangzhou and was struggling, how could he have the mood and courage to call the group of people in Hainan? When he made the first call, he was not Brother Tan scolded him, blaming him for not having a call for so long. Unexpectedly, today, he got another call.

When people are in trouble, or when they are in a bad situation, people with self-respect, especially men, will withdraw all their tentacles, try not to disturb others, wrap themselves up as tightly as possible, and avoid contact with others. .

He has to carry all the big things by himself. Only a sissy would look for someone to cry about when something big happens.

They turned onto National Highway 320. From here to Yongcheng, they didn't need a map.

It’s still snowing outside. Fortunately, National Highway 320 is the main road connecting Shanghai to Ruili, Yunnan. It passes through five provinces and one city in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan. The traffic is busy and large trucks are available 24 hours a day. The stream was flowing continuously and there was no snow in the middle of the road.

But there was not only thick snow on both sides of the road, but also ice. In the twenty minutes they drove out, they saw two cars, one small car, crashing into the cliff on the roadside. A few people stood beside the car in the steam, watching a car pass in front of them in a daze. In this weather, I don't know how long it will take for the rescue vehicle to arrive.

There was also a large truck that crashed into a poplar tree. The front of the truck had already rushed off the road. If it were not supported by the trunk of the broken poplar tree, it would have gone into the wheat field on the roadside.

Cars still driving on the road, watching this live snow driving safety education, everyone is very careful, no matter big cars or small cars, they are crowded in the middle of the road, close to the side of the median, making the originally two-way four-lane road , turned into a two-way single lane, and the speed was very slow. Although Zhang Chen was anxious, there was nothing he could do.

After passing Fuyang and before reaching Tonglu, the entire traffic stopped, but the lane opposite the isolation belt was open. You didn't need to ask to know that a car in front had an accident, and the lane that was originally only one lane was blocked. It was also completely blocked.

Not long after the accident happened, people got out of many cars in front and walked to the front to see what was going on. Liu Ligan also opened the car door and walked out. He said, I will go and have a look too.

Zhang Chen was sitting alone in the car, looking at the snow flying in the sky outside. He couldn't help but think of the last night he and Xiao Zhao were in Haicheng. All the roads out of the city were blocked by Hong Ganglu's gangsters. At that time, they were really desperate. It was the eldest brother who helped them find a way out of the island through connections. Otherwise, I don’t know what would happen.

He remembered that on the internal pier of the Haidian Island Border Defense Hospital, his elder brother gave him the money, but he refused to take it. The elder brother scolded him and said, "Take it. When you go back to your hometown, if you encounter any difficulties, just remember to call me." , don’t hold on!

But brother, why are you holding on now? Why didn't you call me earlier?

Tears couldn't help rolling down from Zhang Chen's eyes.

Zhang Chen remembered that his eldest brother was worried that those bad guys would chase them to the internal dock, and he and Xiao Zheng had been guarding the dock until their ship sailed away, and then he left with peace of mind.

Zhang Chen remembered that when his shop opened, his eldest brother came with Liu Ligan, Meng Ping and the others. They were too busy at that time and there were too many friends there. They didn't say anything alone, but eldest brother should know that I am open here. In such a shop, there is always enough for a bowl of rice. If you want to go to some construction site to work, what are you trying to do?

When Zhang Chen saw Liu Ligan coming back, he quickly wiped the tears from his eyes with his hands. Liu Ligan got on the car and looked at him. Zhang Chen turned his head, and Liu Ligan didn't ask anything.

"It was about to be opened. A van broke down. Many people lifted the van together and lifted it to the side of the road." Liu Ligan said.

"Why the hell don't you lift it?" Zhang Chen scolded.

"I don't think I can even squeeze in."

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I feel that the chapters I couldn’t change were all changed to the point of retardation, which seriously affected my writing speed. I’m even later today, I’m sorry!