Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Chunni went to the yard next door to find his uncle. If they didn't return home in time, he asked him to help find someone to plant the land. He also asked him to look after Qiuguo and Donglin for a few days.

Qiuguo ended his day schooling this semester, so when school starts, he will live on campus and no one will have to worry about him. The most troublesome one is Donglin, who will go to the commune primary school after school starts.

The old man readily agreed. Then Chunni went to the captain Yang Anzhang to get a letter of introduction.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Chunni bid farewell to Qiuguo, who was crying sadly, and Donglin, who was about to cry but was holding back, and took all their belongings totaling 1236 yuan, and set off for the south with Xiazhi and Yang Bangming.

Chunni and her group walked to the county town, took a train from the county town to the provincial capital, and then took another train to Guangzhou. It was two days later before Chunni boarded the train heading south.

Maybe it was because of the early Spring Festival travel rush, but there were a lot of people on the train. Chunni and her friends had no way to buy sleeper tickets, so they could only buy seat tickets. Chunni and Xiazhi sat in a row of three seats, and Yang Bangming sat opposite them.

The green trains of this era are not as clean and tidy as the high-speed trains of the past. Passengers bring all kinds of things, not to mention clothes, shoes and socks, but also food to eat on the train, agricultural products, live chickens and ducks, and of course, the excrement of live poultry...

All the seat tickets were sold out, and there were still many people standing. The smell was really bad! Fortunately, it was not summer, otherwise, with the addition of sweat and foot odor, it would have been really stinky.

Chunni was lucky. She was sitting by the window with Xiazhi next to her, so she was safe.

They got on the bus and started eating and drinking, including the big meat buns they bought on the way and the eggs they cooked in advance. It was getting dark when they were full. The past two days of busy travel were really a bit tiring. Chunni looked out the window and dozed off. Just as she fell into a deep sleep, she was woken up by a boy who seemed familiar.

"What are you doing?" the voice was a little stern.

Chunni opened her hazy eyes, still a little confused. She saw a short and sturdy young man standing in front of her. The young man was grabbed by the man next to Xia Zhi. The young man's hand was towards the bag in her arms. Chunni woke up suddenly, and she kicked Xia Zhi to wake him up.

"Get out of here!" the kind-hearted man whispered to the young man!

The young man saw that the matter was exposed, so he did not argue any more. He smiled and said to the kind-hearted person: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just came to pick up my pen!" Then he bent down, picked up the pen on the ground, and left. He had thought of the reason in advance.

"Thank you." Chunni was not stupid enough to believe the young man's words. He was undoubtedly a thief. Knowing that it was this kind-hearted man who helped her, she hurriedly thanked him. Xiazhi also hurriedly thanked him and took out the food buns from under the seat.

"Thank you, brother. Try this. It's the cold rabbit my sister made. It tastes great."

"It's just a piece of cake. These thieves are all gangs. Since nothing has been stolen, let him go. Otherwise, he will be targeted by the countless thieves on the train." The kind-hearted man explained why he didn't hand the thief over to the patrolman on the train. The train was very chaotic at this time. There were too many people evading tickets. Thieves also took advantage of the situation and many passengers suffered from it.

"I understand." Chunni thought about it and understood. But the voice was so familiar, but she couldn't remember it.

At this time Yang Bangming also woke up and looked at the kind-hearted person.

"Ah! You are the one..." He knew him, but didn't know his name.

"Yes, it's me!" The kind-hearted man obviously knew Chunni and her group.

Chunni carefully observed the kind-hearted man's face and found that he had three-dimensional features, fair skin, tall and strong, and was quite handsome. But she didn't know where she had seen him before. It was Yang Bangming who cleared her up. Wasn't this the bearded man who guarded the gate of the black market?

Chunni was extremely shocked. The bearded man was clearly in his thirties, so how could he be the handsome guy in front of her who looked only twenty-five or twenty-six?

Seeing Chunni still looking incredulous, the kind-hearted man quickly explained: "I grew a beard in order to open a black market!" He smiled brightly, and there was no trace of the ferocious look of the bearded man at all.

Chunni really believed it this time.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Wang Hao, and Hao means upright and righteous!" The kind-hearted man, who is also the bearded man guarding the gate of the black market, said with a righteous look on his face!

Seeing Wang Haodu introduce himself, Yang Bangming quickly replied: "Hello, my name is Yang Bangming, this is my cousin Chunni, and this is my cousin Xiazhi!"

After chatting for a while, Chunni found out that Wang Hao had actually been to the south several times.

Chunni was worried about the south, and felt like a headless fly. Unexpectedly, someone handed her a pillow when she felt sleepy. Isn't the guide right in front of her?

"Brother Wang, this is the first time my brother and I are going to Guangzhou. We are unfamiliar with the place. Could you please take us with you for two days?" Chunni asked shamelessly.

Unlike what one might imagine, Wang Hao was very easy to get along with. He readily agreed to let Chunni take care of them for a few days when they got there.

Chunni was almost robbed, so she was not willing to be careless.

After discussing it, they decided to take turns to keep watch, two hours each, to avoid encountering any more criminals.

Chunni was the only girl among the four people, so she was specially taken care of. She stayed up until 11:00 p.m. Even so, Chunni was tormented by the four-day and three-night train life. Fortunately, they finally arrived at Yangcheng Railway Station in the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

Yangcheng Railway Station has always been a hub for railway transportation in southern my country, and by 1980 it was already very busy.

In order to facilitate travel, there are many buses parked outside the waiting hall and the exit. Of course, if you have money, you can also take a taxi and go wherever you want.

The Zhujiang Hotel where Chunni and her friends were going to stay was only one kilometer away from the train station, which was not too far. For someone like Chunni who was used to walking, it was not a problem at all, so they decided to walk.

As soon as I got out of Yangcheng Railway Station, it suddenly started to rain heavily.

Wang Hao didn't know when the rain would stop. The hotel where he usually stayed was only about 500 meters away, so he ran forward with Chunni and a few others.

When they were almost at the hotel, Chunni and her friends saw a man carrying goods in the rain. He was soaked, but he was still carrying goods into the store. Even so, there was still a large part of the goods on the tricycle.

Chunni seemed to see her former self, strong, independent, not afraid of losing, and not believing in fate.

She put her luggage in the man's shop and rushed into the rain to help him. Seeing this, the other people put down their luggage and joined the team to move the goods.

With strength in numbers, all the goods were moved into the store in just ten minutes.

"Thank you. If it weren't for you, this batch of goods would have been ruined." The man kept thanking you and took out a few towels from the store and gave them to Chunni and the others.

"Hurry up and dry the water off your head. This is the time when you are most likely to catch a cold."

When the person spoke, Chunni realized that this person was actually a girl. She had a short man's haircut, wore a Dacron shirt and jeans, and from behind she didn't look like a girl at all.

Chunni subconsciously glanced at her chest and found that the white shirt was beginning to drip water, so she let out a soft cry.

The girl also noticed something was wrong, her face turned red, she let out a cry, and bent down to find a coat on the ground and put it on.

Xia Zhi and the other men turned around and pretended they saw nothing.

But this attempt to hide her true identity only made the girl's face redder. This girl was not an ordinary person. She put on her coat slowly and then looked calm.

"Hello. My name is Xue Shaohong. Nice to meet you."

"Hello, my name is Chunni, this is my cousin Yang Bangming, my brother Xia Zhi, and this is our friend Wang Hao! Nice to meet you."

After both parties introduced themselves and exchanged a few pleasantries, Chunni prepared to leave.

"Chun Ni, wait a minute, it's still raining." Xue Shaohong hurriedly tried to persuade her to stay.

"No need, we are all wet. We need to go back and take a hot shower and change clothes, otherwise we will catch a cold. Besides, we don't live far away, we will be there in a while." Chunni declined and prepared to go out.

"Hey, clothes. The last thing I need is clothes." Xue Shaohong quickly picked up a few clothes from the store and handed them to Chunni. "Come on, go inside and change."

Chunni didn't have the nerve to ask for her clothes and refused again.

Chunni and the others rushed into the rain, and heard Xue Shaohong shouting behind them: "Leave me your address, I'll come find you when the rain stops and treat you to a meal!"

The rain was too heavy, so Chunni and a few others left without looking back, and just waved to Xue Shaohong with their backs.

The group soon arrived at their destination, the Pearl River Hotel.

Chunni and her friends booked three rooms, one for Chunni, one for Xiazhi and Yang Bangming, and one for Wang Hao. After booking the rooms, they hurried back to their rooms to pack up.