I was in my final year of high school, and my deskmate found out I was writing a novel!

"There's been a car accident up ahead, it's pretty serious. Let's wait, there's only one lane we can get through."

Looking at the posts from the people in the map software group, Ye Feng sighed helplessly.

He was happy after getting on the highway. Although there were many cars, there was no congestion, and the speed was quite fast, which was good.

But we hadn't gone far when, wow, there was such a long red line!

Those who saw it earlier posted it in the group chat: there was a car accident ahead, and it was quite serious. Only one lane was passable, and cars could only pass slowly, one at a time.

All the lanes were completely blocked, and every now and then you could see some impatient people running forward in the emergency lane. Ye Feng didn't have that thought. With such a serious car accident, there would definitely be rescue vehicles and ambulances coming soon, so why would he squeeze forward?

The car has now come to a complete stop. There are quite a few cars stuck in traffic ahead, and Ye Feng can see that some people have already gotten out of their cars to stretch their legs.

Ye Feng saw that two people had already started playing badminton in the gap between the cars, where there was very little room to move, but they were having a great time, and a group of people were standing around watching.

"Miaomiao, do you want to get out of the car and stretch your legs?"

"There are so many people, I'm not going down, or I might not be able to find a car later."

"Then I'll go take a walk around."

Although it's only been less than an hour since he got on the highway, he's already been driving for three hours; the traffic is really bad.

Ye Feng opened the car door and didn't go far. He just walked to the side of the highway to look into the distance and rest his eyes.

But I had only been standing there a short while when I smelled the aroma of barbecue skewers!

Ye Feng thought he must have smelled something wrong, since there was no village or shop in sight, so how could there be a barbecue smell?

After looking around, I actually spotted a barbecue grill not far away!

That's not a household barbecue grill; it's quite large, the long kind used for street vendors.

Smoke was billowing from the grill, and a group of people were gathered around it. Some were enjoying their barbecue, and some were even drinking beer!

It's just that the tables and chairs are missing; otherwise, it would truly feel like stepping back into a night market.

Ye Feng walked over unconsciously. The owner wasn't very old, probably around thirty years old. He had a towel around his neck and wiped his sweat from time to time. The barbecue grill was full of meat skewers.

Behind him was his car, a van with the back door open, revealing several insulated boxes filled with meat skewers.

The owner was chatting and laughing with the crowd eating skewers.

"Sigh, Shanghai is a good city, but people like us who don't know anything can't stay here. I've been running this barbecue stall for over a year now. At first, I was thinking of renting a shop, but when I inquired about the rent, it deterred me."

"Then I thought I'd get a car and set up a stall in a crowded place, but I kept getting chased by the urban management officers. I didn't make much money, but I got fined a lot. My wife and kids are back in my hometown, so I thought I'd just go back there and do it there."

"I sold all the vegetarian food to my colleagues; it's cheap and not worth much. They've been driving down the price of the meat food too much, so I got angry and was going to take it back. Who knew I'd get stuck here?"

The owner explained his situation in general terms; whether it was true or not, I don't know, but I definitely got to eat the barbecue.

"Your meat skewers are really good. Your business must be doing quite well!"

"Of course! That's why I can't bear to sell it to them. I spent five thousand to learn how to buy this house!"

The owner chatted with everyone while grilling the skewers. Ye Feng went over and bought ten skewers, which did smell really good.

The price wasn't cheap either, five yuan a skewer, and there wasn't much meat, but it was indeed quite delicious.

He ate as he walked back, intending to bring some back for Su Miaomiao.

"Where did this barbecue come from? It's freshly grilled!"

"There are some vendors over there. I bought some to try, and they really taste good."

Five skewers per person, and they were finished in no time, still wanting more.

"Let's go buy some more, I want to eat more!"

Su Miaomiao's craving was piqued, and she dragged Ye Feng along, intending to buy some more.

To their surprise, as soon as they got out of the car, they saw a police car parked there. Two policemen walked over nervously, and when they saw it was barbecue, they breathed a sigh of relief. The two were about to go to the front to provide support when they saw smoke coming from afar and thought something had happened. It turned out to be barbecue.

But this won't do either, this is a highway!

"We'll take it, we'll take it."

"What were you thinking? This is a highway, and you're having a barbecue here?"

"It's blocked, isn't it? I see a lot of people didn't bring food and I'm thinking of helping them out."

"You can't just leave it down to bake like that! Take it away right now, what kind of mess is this!"

The two police officers didn't intend to pursue the matter further. With so many people gathered around, they wanted to get to the front as soon as possible to resolve the situation and reopen the road. They were anxious about all the people stuck in the traffic.

However, there was a whole row of skewers grilling on the grill, and they were still half-cooked. We couldn't eat them now, and there was nowhere to put them!

"Whatever you're done baking, hurry up and pack it up, the road might open soon."

"Comrade, don't try to fool us. We saw it all. More than a dozen cars crashed together, and there were hardly any rescue vehicles that came by."

"Ugh, we're blocked by those people using the emergency lane, one after another!"

One of the police officers was furious when this was mentioned. They had been stopping and starting along the way, and those who used the emergency lane had all been noted down. They would definitely be fined, but the more important thing now was to get the cars in front of them moving quickly, otherwise no one could move if the traffic was blocked.

"No, officer, we're starving. The road won't be open anytime soon, so we need to eat. You go ahead and do your work. There are so many of us here watching over things, nothing will happen."

The people next to them were unhappy. They thought it would be so nice to have barbecue while stuck in traffic, otherwise they wouldn't even have a place to chat.

Now it's so nice, they can sit here eating barbecue and chatting without any rush. The boss even has beer in his bread truck, so those who don't need to drive can have some beer. That's why they're all unhappy.

"What kind of talk is this? Get out of here right now!"

The police officer repeated the same thing, telling them to leave. However, after saying that, the two men got into the police car and continued driving forward. They knew that being stuck here without food or water was really not an option, so they could only do this and didn't even issue a ticket.

Not long after the two policemen left, the rescue vehicles finally rushed over through the emergency lane, while over here, a large group of people almost had a bonfire and were having a great time.

I don't know which brilliant person came up with the idea, but they actually pulled out a portable speaker, plugged in a microphone, and started singing so happily.

The two of them didn't go back to the car. It was so lively here, eating barbecue, drinking beverages, and listening to people singing and dancing in the open space. Plus, it was on the highway, so it was all so novel!