Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1522 - 731 - Doing Good Deeds_2

Chapter 1522: 731 Chapter Doing Good Deeds_2

Yan Fei felt his face blushing with embarrassment, thinking, you jerk, can you embarrass yourself any more? If you’re gonna show off, at least succeed! This situation is such a loss of face, isn’t it?

But it did have an effect. Those two young men were just here for some food, and they were ready to pay, not the kind looking to stir up trouble. Seeing Lin Haihu and Yan Fei’s attitude, and then noticing that President Qin, who had just been chatting with Yan Fei, came over, they tactfully backed off: "Forget it, forget it. We won’t eat! Is it necessary to be like this? Just for a bit of food..."

Grumbling, the two returned to their own car, and Yan Fei didn’t say anything.

It was Lin Haihu who was unhappy, staring at the tree, pondering back and forth: "Aren’t the roads lined with poplar trees? Why plant this kind here... cousin, what kind of tree is this? It’s so sturdy?"

Yan Fei really didn’t want to explain and turned to President Qin with a smile: "I’m embarrassed you had to see this, this is my cousin, always up to unreliable things!"

President Qin laughed twice, looked at Lin Haihu who was still figuring out what kind of tree it was, then let this little episode pass.

Before long, the road was finally clear, they said goodbye to President Qin and his family, and the four got back in their car and drove off. Lin Haihu started complaining, "Cousin, these shoes you got me are no good! I’ve only worn them for a couple of days and they’re already broken, what now?"

"Buy yourself a new pair at the next rest stop," Yan Fei said, glancing at the gloating Xu Xiaoyan and spoke irritably, "You had to show off without assessing the situation. There were all these poplar trees around and you chose not to kick those; serves you right!"

"All you do is talk nonsense, wasn’t it you who asked me to show off..." Lin Haihu was very disgruntled.

"I didn’t ask you to kick it!" Yan Fei wasn’t afraid to argue with him.

"Let’s just drop it," Lin Haihu was still annoyed. "It’s just bad luck! I wasn’t looking up, how was I supposed to know it wasn’t a poplar tree..."

It’s always said that when you’re down on your luck, even cold water can get stuck in your teeth. For Lin Haihu, that was exactly the case now. The roadside trees were all brushed with a patch of white lime, not easily distinguishable upon a cursory glance. Who would’ve thought that out of so many trees by the road, there would be one that wasn’t a poplar...

When it was almost dark, everyone in the car was not feeling tired. Since they were stuck in traffic twice these past two days, they wanted to cover more ground, so Lin Haihu kept driving fast.

Walking along, he suddenly shouted, "Cousin, let’s make a bet, I’m sure the person up ahead isn’t a scammer. If I win, you don’t need to give me anything else, just buy me another pair of sandals. What do you say?"

"No way!" Yan Fei was speechless at this stingy fellow; he knew how much pocket money this guy had saved, definitely enough to buy dozens of pairs of sandals. "Who would scam people by having a woman with children stop cars? Just pull over!"

It was already late, no village in front nor a store behind, a woman with two children, the smaller child looking even younger than Xiaochao, was clearly in trouble.

Lin Haihu stopped the car in front of the woman and shouted with his head out the window: "What’s the matter?"

His voice was a bit loud, the woman was visibly startled, stepped back clutching her children, and timidly spoke: "Brother, I’ve run out of money, can I hitch a ride with you? Just drop us off somewhere crowded..."

Xu Xiaoyan had already opened the car door and stepped out: "Sister, where are you heading? Come on in! We’re not bad people, we also have kids in the car who are just falling asleep!"

The woman stuck her head in for a peek, and then relaxed, her face showing gratitude: "Thank you, miss, and thank you sir, you all are good people, good people!"

Once the woman was in the car, Xu Xiaoyan saw her and the two children were too reserved, and made small talk intentionally: "Sister, where are you heading? If it’s on our way, we’ll take you further, we’ve got space in the car, and a few more of you won’t be any bother!"

"I’m going to see my children’s father, he’s working in Frozen Soil City, he called and told me to take the kids and stay with him for a few days over the summer break. We were just about to take the bus..."

The woman talked in a rather rambling way, probably because she hadn’t been out much and was a bit afraid to speak to strangers. After a lot of rambling, the few people on the bus finally understood what was going on.

It wasn’t a big deal. The woman took her children to find her husband. The folks from her village were concerned about safety on the road, and besides the fare, they only brought some food, thinking it was safer than carrying money since, except for the woman, there were only children. They thought once they arrived, the children’s father would meet them at the station, but unexpectedly, they encountered ’Road Meals’.

These are the common Long-distance bus stops at designated restaurants where passengers are somewhat compelled to buy food—the experienced ones know well that the hygiene of these restaurants is questionable, and ’cheap price’ is certain.

The woman didn’t bring money and wasn’t very savvy. She didn’t know to find a crowded corner to stay in, but instead, she stood outside with her children, which displeased the restaurant personnel.

Since they were currently cracking down on highway robbery and bullying, their compelled purchase behavior could be considered a form of road bullying. Therefore, they needed to keep it more covert and try not to allow people from outside to stand around. The behavior like the woman standing by the road with two children was kind of against their preferences.

Fortunately, seeing that it was just three women and children, they did nothing more than scold them. However, it wasn’t until they got back on the bus that they realized nothing was done by the restaurant folks, but instead by the driver—after driving not too far, the people on the bus kicked the three of them off.

At first, the woman did not dare to stop any vehicles, and did not know the place, but just walked along the road with her two children, thinking that begging all the way would eventually get them to their destination. As it got dark and the road ahead was still long, they finally realized how despicable the people on the bus were, forcing her to muster the courage to flag down passing cars...

The most sympathetic Xu Xiaoyan hadn’t spoken yet when Lin Haihu couldn’t hold back: "Damn it, how could the driver be so heartless? They paid the fare, and yet he kicked them off halfway. This is simply intolerable!"

Yan Fei kept silent, and Xu Xiaoyan was also furious: "It’s awful, people who run these vehicles are a scourge, always bullying honest folk. So awful, they should be reported and arrested..."

She and Lin Haihu went back and forth, getting angrier as they spoke, to the point of forgetting to find somewhere to rest.

It wasn’t until three children began to cry out in hunger that the other two joined in, and the woman remembered the food she had brought. She took out some wrapped cakes, a bit bashfully offering them, "Brother, don’t disdain this; these are homemade by us, clean and not dirty. Why don’t you let the kids have some?"

"Sure, I’ll try a bite." Yan Fei took one, chewed a bit and swallowed. "Pretty tasty, not bad craftsmanship. Xiaochao, you have some too."

The kids, without seeing any difference in social status and feeling hungry, took the food unhesitatingly when it was offered. The little fellow, politeness not forgotten, found a packet of beef jerky hidden away, woke out two pieces and handed them to the other kids: "I’ve eaten your cakes, now have my beef jerky. I tell you, this is made from beef..."

After talking, they finally reached a place with a restaurant. They got off to have a simple meal, topped up on some instant noodles and sausages, and decided to continue traveling throughout the night.

Lin Haihu felt resentful and tried to catch up to a bus on the road, asking every time he saw one: "Is this the bus that kicked you off?"

Asking around, he indeed caught up to it.

The woman, a bit worried, tried to persuade him, "It’s their bus, but let it go, big brother. We were lucky to meet you, let’s just leave!"

"No way, if we leave like this, I won’t be able to sleep for days," Lin Haihu said bluntly. Then he turned to Yan Fei, "Cousin, what do you think if I go down and smash their bus a few times?"

"There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s dark anyway, you drive and I’ll smash." Yan Fei gave him advice, then realized it might not be right. "Not good, there’s a whole bus of people, what if you cause an accident? Here’s what to do: pull the car over to the side of the road, we’ll cover the license plate, then you force them to stop and we both go down, smash, and drive away..."

"Right, cousin, you’re really something, coming up with this trick."