A generation of soldiers begins with Feng Yuxiu traveling through time and space with Xu Sanduo

Chapter 285 Prejudice in people's hearts is like a mountain after a mountain.

"Hey bro, wanna get in?"

Feng Yuxiu stood at the hospital entrance, lost in thought, which attracted the attention of the surrounding shawl-wearing customers.

They gathered in small groups of two or three.

"I'm not getting on the bus."

Feng Yuxiu turned and left.

The three exchanged a glance and followed. "Brothers, we're just one person short, let's go."

"I'll just charge you twenty yuan and take you there."

Feng Yuxiu turned around and looked at the three of them with a half-smile, "Okay."

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The car drove from the city center all the way to the suburbs.

This is a minivan. Besides the three middle-aged men who had been soliciting passengers, there were also two girls wearing bell-bottoms and an old man.

"Oh dear, we drive this road seven or eight times a day, we know it very well. You can rest assured, I will definitely get you to your destination safely."

Feng Yuxiu sat in the last row, while the two girls nervously looked out the window.

In this day and age, owning a car is a sign of good fortune.

They can buy half a house in a year; people who can drive are a rarity.

"Grandpa, you got off in the countryside, right?"

The old man nodded. "Yes, I want to go home."

Half an hour later, the van stopped 300 meters away from the village.

"Sir, eighty yuan."

The old man stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "You said it was twenty yuan at first."

"That's the starting price. Old man, we also have to pay for oil and tire wear. These days, making money is like eating shit, it's not easy for anyone. Look, we're almost there, just pay and get off."

The old man clutched the leather bag tightly in his hand. "I don't have that much money. I'm going to the provincial capital for medical treatment."

"Old man, you're not trying to renege on your debt, are you? We're all honest people, this wouldn't be right."

The three men's expressions instantly turned hostile.

The old man was startled. "I really don't have any money."

How much do you have? Take it out yourself; any overpayment will be refunded, and any underpayment will not be charged.

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes. Eighty yuan was a considerable sum of money in those days.

An ordinary worker's daily wage is only twenty yuan.

It's obvious that these three are overcharging tourists.

Moreover, the fact that he deliberately asked for money 300 meters away from the old man's village clearly indicates that he was a repeat offender.

How disappointed Gao Cheng would be if he heard that he had ignored it?
He didn't want to disappoint the company commander.

This is the only person he can trust in this world.

He will always protect his own.

“I’ll pay for this old man’s money,” Feng Yuxiu said.

The three men were taken aback, then looked Feng Yuxiu up and down. "You're going to pay? How am I supposed to know if you have any money?"

Feng Yuxiu pulled out a stack of kraft paper from his pocket, and then pulled out a wad of cash, totaling a thousand yuan.

"Alright, alright, sir, take care. There are still good people in this world; someone has taken care of you!"

The three men politely opened the car door and saw the old man out.

The old man stood outside, sighing as he looked at Feng Yuxiu. "Young man, why don't you get off now? This car..."

"Hey, old man, how can you talk like that? We're all honest folks here. We've been very polite in letting you get off the bus. You can't just say things like that."

The car doors were closed, and the vehicle continued its journey.

Feng Yuxiu suddenly smiled and said, "You three are quite interesting. You seem to be very authentic in some ways."

"That's right, young man. You may not know this, but we are the most authentic and never break our principles."

The two girls huddled nervously inside the car. Apart from the driver, the other two people only glanced at their two fair legs before turning their heads to look out the window.

Feng Yuxiu glanced at it, his gaze showing a strange look.

Look again.

"Brother...brother...we're students, we don't have much money..."

One of the girls spoke cautiously, her voice trembling.

"Girl, what are you saying? We three are honest people, how could we overcharge students? As the saying goes, students are the flowers of the motherland, don't worry. We've agreed on a price, and that's the price."

"Um...that old man...why do you want so much?" another girl asked timidly.

The second brother waved his hand, opened the window, and lit a cigarette. "That old bastard is dishonest. He ran into a kid in the hospital corridor. The kid looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he extorted sixty yuan from him. Twenty yuan was a fixed price, and the remaining sixty yuan belonged to the kid. We'll get it back for him."

"Young man, sometimes things aren't always as they seem. Do you think the three of us are bad guys? That old bastard is the real culprit."

Feng Yuxiu fell silent.

The third brother laughed and said, "That's why I say prejudice in people's hearts is like a mountain."

"But the young man is also quite good; he's a kind and honest person."

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes, intending to see how much of these three he could fleece.

I've already decided where to serve these three dishes.

But now...

Feng Yuxiu was somewhat depressed.

The two female students arrived at their destination quickly.

"It'll be twenty yuan for the two of you. We're honest people, we don't overcharge our customers."

"Thank you, uncle." The two girls handed over twenty yuan.

It's been two and a half hours since we left the provincial capital, so twenty yuan is a reasonable price.

Feng Yuxiu asked again, "Isn't it twenty yuan per person? Aren't they forty yuan?"

"Young man, I was saying you were kind before. What are you comparing yourself to a student for? How much money do students have?"

Feng Yuxiu closed his eyes and refused to speak anymore.

He was taught a lesson by three taxi drivers.

The rest of the journey was through scorching, barren mountains.

The three men smoked cigarettes and gazed out the window at the scenery.

Feng Yuxiu closed his eyes and began to feel the inner strength within him.

The hospital couldn't find anything wrong with him. Could it be that this internal energy thing caused some big change? But every night this thing turns him into a blood pump, and if this continues, he won't have much blood left.

"Young man, open your eyes. Is this the place?"

The car stopped, and the three of them turned to look at Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu turned to look out the window, then smiled.

The surrounding area was barren hills covered with withered grass, and there were also dilapidated, stinking ditches.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the only way in is a narrow path.

Here, even if someone dies, the stench is so strong that no one will know.

Feng Yuxiu laughed because he thought, how could the world possibly get better?
The thousand yuan he had was a huge sum of money in this era.

After all, having 10,000 yuan is a symbol of wealth, and 1,000 yuan is one-tenth of that amount.

As expected, the three men stood outside the car smoking, staring at Feng Yuxiu inside with hostile eyes.

Feng Yuxiu remained silent for a few seconds, then pushed open the door and walked out.

After taking a deep breath of the sweltering air, he chuckled and asked, "Robbery or outright theft? Are you just taking money or killing someone to steal money?"

"We are all honest people, young man, hand over the money."

Feng Yuxiu was puzzled, "Then why didn't you just rob the previous three? Was it because I showed off my wealth at the beginning? So you made this decision on the spur of the moment?"

"No, those three obviously don't have much money. They were afraid you'd get off halfway if they didn't do that."

"So, what that old man said was a lie?"

"No, that old man is really a bad seed."

"So I'm a good person?"

"You are a good guy."

"You rob me just because I'm a good person? What kind of logic is that? Bad people rob good people instead of bad people? Good people should be the ones getting robbed?"

The three men paused for a moment, then said, "Brother, I don't have the eloquence to argue with you. Just hand over the money."

Feng Yuxiu stretched and took out a thousand yuan from his pocket, placing it on the roof of the car.

"Come on, take it."

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"Hey hey hey... Brother, be gentle, be gentle..."

"Your brother is just joking."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, my hand is broken, my hand is broken..."

The three of them lay on the ground and wailed.

Feng Yuxiu squatted down. "I really thought I was wrong at first. You three are all kind people."

“He’s a kind person. This is our first time doing this,” the leader replied, looking up.

"You can earn a thousand dollars in just a few days, so why take this path?"

In the past, Feng Yuxiu dealt with them directly, but now he has been taught a lesson by these three who were previously just pretending.

So he wanted to ask these three kind-hearted people why they didn't continue being kind.

Even someone with his villainous personality was almost moved; this was the first time he was speechless.

"There's no other way, the child is sick and we need money."

"Three people driving around the clock can only earn a few thousand yuan a month, why risk robbing?"

This was also when Feng Yuxiu was puzzled, because taxi drivers were a high-income group in this era.

Why do you have to think so negatively and do these things?

"We stole the car."

Feng Yuxiu was taken aback.

"Where's the driver?"

"In the trunk."

Feng Yuxiu turned around and opened the trunk, where a terrified man was found bound hand and foot.

Feng Yuxiu's eyes changed.

"The person is fine. We just robbed them today. We had no choice. Our child has a terminal illness and we need money. Other ways to make money are too slow."

“We originally planned to buy this car, but you took out a thousand yuan. It was just a small favor.”

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes. "Now... I can confirm that none of the three of you are telling the truth."

"I told you, I'm not a kind person."

Feng Yuxiu untied the driver and said, "Don't run yet. I'll tie these three up and you drive straight to the police station."

"A kind person, robbery is punished very severely these days, right? You can't add mountains every ten years."

The three of them suddenly looked at each other. "Big brother! We really are in trouble!"

"Really, I have an elderly mother at home."

"Me too, I just got married..."

Feng Yuxiu interrupted, "How old are you?"

"Forty-eight."

"Just got married at forty-eight?"

"A second marriage!"

"What about you?"

"School money is needed for children's education..."

"Didn't we just say the child was sick?"

"Did I say that? Oh right, right, I'm sick... Brother, please spare my life."

Feng Yuxiu was speechless. How could this person so casually set a ten-year sentence for himself?

He turned around, took a rope from the trunk, tied the three of them up, and threw them into the back seat.

"Driver, take us to the police station."

The driver trembled. "Brother, please tie it tighter. If it comes undone halfway, I'll be in danger."

"It's alright, even three oxen couldn't break free. Go ahead."

The car sped away down the narrow road.

Feng Yuxiu looked at the somber atmosphere and thought, "How honest... When have I ever made such a self-deprecating remark?"

(End of this chapter)