Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 244 - 104: Stop for a Meal_1

Chapter 244: Chapter 104: Stop for a Meal_1

The reckless youth in Pang Laosan’s eyes was none other than Yan Fei.

After he got on the bus, he immediately noticed the exceptionally ’unique’ appearance of Pang Laosan amongst all the passengers. He sat down next to Pang Laosan, curious to see if he could resist stealing his money.

If Pang Laosan dared to steal his money, he would be the first target of his ’cleaning the streets’ mission today.

Luckily, the words that the fatty spoke earlier made him correct his ’tempting people to commit crime’ behavior promptly. Upon hearing so many tips about traveling abroad, he completely trusted this fatty.

At least for now, despite his poor image, the fatty seemed to have a good character.

Well, looking at it now, the fatty has good judgment. He could tell at a glance that I, Yan Fei, am not a troublemaker.

Anyway, as long as others don’t bother me, don’t interfere with my affairs, don’t annoy me, and don’t affect my mood. Oh, and also my wife, as long as they don’t annoy my wife, don’t interfere with my wife’s affairs, don’t irritate my wife...

For all these things, I, Yan Fei, couldn’t care less!

While Pang Laosan was babbling on about the safety rules of travel to the reckless youth next to him, the bus gradually slowed down, then slowly made a turn on the road and headed into a dilapidated courtyard.

"Hey, bro, we’re at a food stop. Remember what I told you before, watch and listen more and speak less. When you get off, just follow the crowd, buy a few eggs to eat. If you’re not too hungry, don’t eat anything else."

The yard was quite torn down, and in front of the gate was a small downhill dirt road covered with some coal cinders. Taking advantage of the slowdown of the bus, Pang Laosan hurriedly whispered his advice to the reckless youth next to him again.

"Remember, prepare some change if you need to use the toilet. Do you have any? If you don’t, I have some. If you do, never mind. Don’t flash big money, and don’t use big money to buy things, even ten bucks is not okay, use change! Also, don’t refuse to buy anything, I’ve told you to just buy an egg or something like that. Remember! Now, go ahead and get off the bus!"

Yan Fei watched as the fatty repeatedly gave advice to him, almost making him feel like he was talking to an old friend. Just as he was getting off the bus, Yan Fei suddenly remembered a question: "By the way, you just mentioned that after we pass this food stop, there won’t be any thieves ahead, right?"

"You can relax. After this point, we will soon enter the boundary of Provincial City. Who dares to commit a crime here? When we finally leave the bus station later, there may be some pickpockets around the train station, you just need to be careful then. In the Provincial City, could it compare with this wasteland?"

Speaking of Provincial City, Pang Laosan couldn’t help showing a bit of pride in his voice. He himself is a local of the Provincial City!

Urged by the bus driver, the conductor and a few accompanying crew members, Yan Fei got off the bus with the crowd and stood on the bumpy and uneven dirt ground.

There were two other buses that arrived earlier. At this moment, the courtyard was filled with people eating and drinking. On both sides of a wall with the word "toilet" written on it, long lines of passengers were slowly moving forward, waiting to use the toilet.

One reason for the slow movement was because the toilet was a bit small and run-down; another reason was that someone was collecting toilet fees.

The so-called restaurant consisted of low, small brick houses. There were quite a few houses, but they looked makeshift and barely put together. In front of each house was a shed, supported by wooden posts, selling food.

The food included common fare in a variety of types: fried dough sticks and flatbread, porridge and steamed buns with eggs, flatbread rolls stuffed with vegetables, as well as fried dishes served with rice, and a large pot of steamed noodles. All the food was prepared and placed outside, ready for passengers to buy and eat immediately without having to wait.

There were also beverages and cigarettes available, but they were not within Yan Fei’s observation range.

Yan Fei first bought two eggs. They were rather expensive, with two eggs costing one yuan. He knew that in the current market, six or seven eggs for one yuan were considered expensive, but here, each boiled egg costed fifty cents.

While peeling the eggs, he continued to observe the other dishes. There were quite a few people buying food, and at this time, the sun was already in the west. Some of the passengers who rushed to catch the bus in the morning probably didn’t have a good breakfast, so by this time, they were so hungry that they didn’t care about the quality of the food.

Yan Fei used his sharp sense of smell to distinguish the food here one by one. Fortunately, there was nothing spoiled or smelly. As for the fried dishes, he couldn’t distinguish them because they were all fried beyond recognition. But other than that, vegetables and the like are not expensive now, it was just the rice that didn’t look good, clearly it was of poor quality.

While observing, Yan Fei decided to buy a bit of everything to taste. It was indeed quite expensive, almost two to three times the price of normal meals. But the food still looked okay.

He held a small sieve which contained a bit of everything: fried dough sticks, flatbread, and steamed buns. Then he got a bowl of porridge and went inside to eat - now that he was here, he might as well taste everything. His wife would also have to travel by bus soon, and might even have to eat here, so this could be considered a taste test.

Upon entering, he found that the fatty with the Green Dragon on the left and the White Tiger on the right, who had disappeared as soon as they got off the bus, was eating merrily inside with a bowl of porridge and two flatbreads stuffed with vegetables.

When he thought about it, it was normal. They were strangers. The guy could not always stick with him. Otherwise, should he offer to pay for the other’s meal? What if the other person takes it seriously? The meals here are not cheap after all.

Seeing Yan Fei come in with his food, the fatty immediately enthusiastically beckoned him: "Brother, come here. I have space at my table."

The small house was not small inside, but it was already full of people, just this fatty had a table all to himself – it was clear that the fatty’s image was effective: nobody dared to fight him for a table.

Seeing the amount of food Yan Fei bought, the fatty continued talking while eating, "Brother, you must be really hungry? It’s quite inconvenient to eat when you’re on the road. But the food here today is okay, the taste is not good, but at least nothing is spoiled."

After taking a bite, Yan Fei felt that the taste was basically just salty and agreed with the fatty’s words.

Before he could eat a few bites, noise suddenly erupted from outside. The fatty just briefly lifted his head to look, then lowered his head to continue eating. While eating, he said: "See, someone must have carelessly used a big bill and let others make change for him. Now, isn’t there a problem?"