Chapter 64: Familiar and Kind
Tianqu City has two railway stations, one in the old city and the other in the XC district.
The railway station in the old city, which was built in 1908, has experienced more than a hundred years of ups and downs. Before the arrival of the high-speed rail era, the railway station was the gateway to Tianqu City.
Unfortunately, the faster and more comfortable high-speed rail era has arrived. Now that old railway station can only undertake some freight tasks and a few ordinary bus passenger tasks.
Tianqu East Station, built in 2010, is a railway station specially built for high-speed railways. It is the largest and highest-level railway station in the prefecture-level cities along the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway. Whether it is the construction area or the advanced facilities, it is far exceeding the old railway station in the city.
When Yang Jing was in Jinling, he had to take the high-speed rail from this railway station every year, so he was more familiar with this railway station.
After getting off the bus, I followed the not-so-large crowd and walked out of Tianqu East Station. As soon as I left the station, the familiar feeling immediately came to my face.
Whether it was the slightly dry air or the familiar voice around it, Yang Jing once again had the urge to cry.
Standing blankly on the side of the exit, Yang Jing breathed greedily, and the noisy sound seemed so friendly at this time.
It's been two years! I haven't breathed such familiar air for more than two years, and I haven't heard such a friendly voice.
"Master, do you take a taxi? You can leave at the bus station and the old railway station for 30 yuan." A question with Tianqu's unique accent interrupted Yang Jing's enjoyment, which made Yang Jing very dissatisfied.
He glanced at the taxi driver, and Yang Jing ignored him.
However, those who can be a taxi driver have already developed their faces. The driver did not think it was offended and continued to smile and said, "Master, where are you going? Take my car, it will be safe and comfortable, and save money."
"Oh, teacher, where are you going? Take my car?"
"Master, my car is parked there..."
......
Almost in just a dozen seconds, five or six taxi drivers had already rushed up, and they all asked Yang Jing in a voice of expectation.
No wonder these drivers have set their sights on Yang Jing. Before returning to China, Yang Jing was extravagant and spent more than 8,000 pounds to buy an Armani casual suit and windbreaker in London. Moreover, Yang Jing himself has a good figure and a full dress rack. In addition, the temperament he has developed in the past two years of studying abroad, this outfit tastes very much on him.
In Tianqu's words, it is very eye-catching.
Especially when Yang Jing raised his hand, he accidentally exposed the Patek Philippe World Time watch worth millions of dollars, which added countless charm to him.
Even abroad, many people cannot recognize the watch that Yang Jing wrist wears, let alone in China. Not to mention this watch, I am afraid that it is the Patek Philippe brand, among ordinary people in China, most people cannot recognize it.
But famous watches are famous watches, especially those created by Master Cottill. Even if you can't recognize them, you can tell the extraordinaryness of this watch. Famous watches are just like famous cars. Some luxury cars are not recognized by you, but you can tell at a glance that this is definitely a good car.
The same is true for famous watches.
Compared with the popular high imitation watches in China, the Patek Philippe World Time watch created by Master Cotill is like the crane standing among the flock of chickens. Even if the crane is not visible as a red-crowned crane, the crane is a crane, which is always incomparable to a chicken.
This is the case with taxi drivers in Tianqu, especially those who "sit in" near train stations and long-distance passenger transport centers. As long as they see customers, no matter whether they take the bus or not, these guys will surround them.
If you want to take the bus or not, say hello and ask. What if they take the bus? This is a job.
Nowadays, Tianqu’s taxi industry is not easy to do, and typical people have more monks and less porridge.
There are only less than 600,000 people in the small city, but there are more than 2,700 regular rental cars. In addition, the popular Didi taxi and those black cars without formal taxi procedures, it would be strange if the taxi in the small city is easy to do.
So many taxi drivers surrounded him, which made Yang Jing feel both annoyed and kind.
A few years ago, when I was in college in Jinling, I could encounter this situation every time I returned to Tianqu from Jinling and exited the high-speed rail station entrance.
Some taxi drivers with a firm will continue to follow you even if you say you don’t take a taxi, and they will continue to whisper in your ears, saying “Let’s take my car”, which is annoying.
This situation has never happened again in the two years when Yang Jing went to London. Now, when he first encountered it, Yang Jing seemed to have returned to two years ago in a trance.
After calming down, Yang Jing waved to the taxi driver who was the first to speak to him and asked, "How much does it cost to go to the East District of the Thirteenth Bureau?"
Tianqu East Station is located at the easternmost point of the development zone. Although Tianqu City later classified Ling as Lingcheng District, making Tianqu East Station the middle between Lingcheng District and the development zone, the development time here is too short, which is far from the prosperity of the old city. Therefore, when taking a taxi from Tianqu East Station back to the city, usually there are few taxis with meter, but only a price is agreed upon. Both parties think it is suitable, so they get on the bus and leave.
Yang Jing's home is in the dormitory of the 13th Water and Electricity Engineering Bureau. Yang Jing's father Yang Xiuping was an employee of the 13th Bureau. Later, the 13th Bureau built a building and employees bought a cheap house. Yang Jing's father bought a three-bedroom building there, and the family left a cotton dormitory and moved there to live there.
The Thirteenth Bureau dormitory is east of the old railway station and the long-distance passenger transport center in the city, so it is cheaper to take a taxi from Tianqu East Station than to the old railway station.
The driver thought about it, looked at the group of colleagues around him, and whispered, "Run at twenty-five."
Yang Jing nodded and signaled the driver to leave first. He pulled the suitcase and followed directly behind.
When the drivers around saw that they were not alive, they scattered and found their own positions to squat.
After getting in the car, Yang Jing suddenly realized that his mother was retired now and it was very likely that she was at her grandfather's house. So he took out his cell phone and chose the domestic mobile phone card, and then dialed the number.
"Mom, where are you now?"
"I'm on your grandma's side. Your grandma is hospitalized again. Your uncle can't do it alone. I'll come and help."
"Ah? What's wrong with my grandma?" Yang Jing was a little anxious. The ones who loved Yang Jing the most since childhood were grandpa and grandma. Yang Jing could be said to have been pulled by his grandpa and grandma with shit and urine.
"It's nothing, it's just an old problem. Go to the hospital for infusion and blood vessels, twice a year, don't you know?"
"Are you in the National Cotton Factory Hospital?"
"Well, I'm just there for infusion. I'm here to guard your grandma."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Jing said to the driver: "Master, let's go directly to Yimian."
The driver nodded and said, "Okay, but the price has to be added. It costs 40 yuan per cotton. Do you think it's okay?"
Yang Jing nodded and said, "Forty is forty, but you can go to the outer ring, go to the outer ring quickly."
The driver smiled and said, "Even if you don't say it, I'm going to walk on the outer ring! I'll sit there and be there within half an hour!"
Chapter completed!