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Chapter 161 Flight Delay

After playing for ten days, I booked a flight ticket at the aviation service department, arrived at the airport as planned, and prepared to fly back to Jinyang.Shi Zhiyuan drove them over and had to wait for them to get on the plane.

Xing Yi refused: "It would be disrespectful of me to waste your precious time. You have accumulated a lot of things these days, so go back and deal with it as soon as possible."

Shi Zhiyuan said: "It's okay. Someone is taking care of the company's affairs. I spend most of my time playing with stones, which has become a part of my career. Remember, if you encounter a good stone after you go back, you will get it as soon as possible." Give me your phone number.”

"No problem, sure."

Shi Zhiyuan turned the car around, stretched out his hand, and waved: "Have a safe journey!"

Xing Yi reminded loudly: "Pay attention to safety."

Half an hour had passed and there was still no arrangement to enter the terminal. Xing Yi stood up and wanted to inquire at the information desk.

But a staff member came over, raised a loudspeaker, and told everyone: Due to thick fog in the destination Jinyang area, this flight has been postponed and the time is to be determined.

Xing Yi inquired further and received accurate information. Passengers can temporarily stay at the airport hotel tonight and come to hear the announcement tomorrow morning.

The original plan was to take a flight this afternoon, fly to Jinyang at [-] o'clock in the evening, buy a train ticket for that night, arrive at Jinxi tomorrow morning, take the bus at [-] noon, and then go to Jinxiu's house at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, rest for a while, freshen up and change. Dress up and attend the banquet at six o'clock in the evening.

Now because of the heavy fog, flights can't be operated, so I won't be able to reach Jinyang tonight. I don't know what will happen tomorrow, so the plan has been disrupted.

Ni Shuzhen became anxious and said, "Should we call home first and tell them about the heavy fog in Jinyang?"

Xing Yi said: "The invitations must have been sent out long ago, and the hotel has prepared the ingredients and entered the processing stage. When the family got the news, they must have been anxious, and they must not have been able to think of a way to deal with it."

"What should I do?"

"We have to think of a solution ourselves."

A group of people were still staying in the lobby, looking around anxiously. If there were staff members passing by, they would crowd around and ask questions. If they were not satisfied with the answers, their voices would become extremely sharp and harsh, venting their inner irritability.

But it doesn't work at all.

Xing Yi stared at the flight schedule and then looked at the aviation routes in various places, and his mind began to spin at high speed.

He saw that the airport in the capital of the neighboring province had normal takeoffs and landings. There would be a flight there in an hour and it would land at five o'clock in the afternoon. He would catch the train to Jinyang tonight and he would be able to reach Jinyang early tomorrow morning. He would be able to arrive before two o'clock at noon. When you get to Jinxi, you can call Yang Linxiang and ask him to pick him up. Speed ​​up the process and arrive before five o'clock in the afternoon, so you can make it in time.

I told Ni Shuzhen about my idea, and Ni Shuzhen immediately said that she could give it a try.

They went to the window to change their tickets, but were told that the tickets for that flight were sold out and they could only get a refund.

Ni Shuzhen was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes.Xing Yi comforted her: "Don't worry, I'll think about it later."

He asked Ni Shuzhen to guard his luggage. He went to a stall outside and bought a cardboard box. He opened it and took out the largest piece of cardboard. He went to a printing shop and bought raw materials for advertising paintings. He wrote on the cardboard: Want to buy so-and-so. flight ticket.

He held it high and walked up and down the hall twice.

Ni Shuzhen was puzzled and asked quickly, "What's going on?"

Xing Yi said, "Here he comes."

A man wearing a baseball cap walked past him, elbowed him and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to buy a ticket?"

Xing Yi nodded.

He said: "Is it really an emergency?"

Xing Yi said: "I'm very anxious."

"Come with me."

He folded the paper shell, placed it under his luggage, and whispered to Ni Shuzhen not to move.That is, following that person one after another, they walked to the corner of the hall and entered the bathroom.

The man opened each door one by one to make sure no one was there. He turned around and said to him, "You want to buy a plane ticket. It's not good to show off like this. The airport police will investigate."

Xing Yi said: "There are no tickets at the window. I hurried over because of something urgent, so I made this decision."

The man said: "I have two here. I can't board the plane because of something urgent. Seeing that you are anxious, I just want to ask you."

"I just need two."

"Here you go, but there's a handling fee."

"How many?"

"50 yuan a piece."

"Fake or not?"

"It's my problem that I can't change my boarding pass. It's your problem that I can't get on the plane."

"make a deal."

After getting the ticket, the man straightened his hat, washed his hands, and went out shaking the water drops.

As soon as Xing Yigang walked to the door, he was stopped by two people.

They looked at him up and down and asked, "Was it you who was holding the sign and circling around the field just now?"

"Ah? Maybe... you saw it wrong." He moved back to the bathroom.

A few minutes later, he walked out chatting and laughing with the two men.

Ni Shuzhen stood up to greet him, but he walked past her as if she didn't recognize her and went to the information desk to say goodbye to them.

I bought two bottles of mineral water and handed one to Ni Shuzhen. I bent down and picked up the paper shell, tore it into small pieces and threw it into the trash can.

Ni Shuzhen asked: "Those two people walked out with you, and you were still talking. What happened?"

"The behavior of holding the sign just now was a bit excessive and attracted their attention."

"What did they do to you?"

Look at his waist, there is a lot of money hidden there.

Xing Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "What else can I do? I have a protector." He stroked his waist up and down with his hands.

Then, like magic, two tickets suddenly appeared in his hand.

Ni Shuzhen took it and looked at it, surprised: "Did those two people give it to you?"

He smiled: "It's another one."

"What a coincidence? We met in that bathroom?"

"Yes, he saw me holding up the sign and said they had something to do and couldn't board the plane, so he refunded the ticket to me."

Xing Yi bent down to pick up his luggage and said, "Let's go and get our boarding pass."

An hour later, the two boarded the plane smoothly. After flying for an hour and a half, they landed in the capital of a neighboring province at 10:[-] in the afternoon. They walked out of the airport and took a taxi to the train station.

I asked at the information desk that there is no train to Jinyang tonight. The earliest train will not be until [-] o'clock tomorrow morning. It will take at least eight hours to get on the train. When we arrive at Jinyang, it is already [-] o'clock in the afternoon. It is still not far from Jinyang to Jinxi. It's more than three hours' drive, so we won't be able to catch the wedding reception anyway.

How to do?

Xing Yi was extremely nervous inside, even a little panicked, but on the outside he tried to be calm and comforted: "You sit here first, I'll go take a look."

After walking around the waiting room, I saw clearly that this is a comprehensive hub station for passengers and freight. In addition to passenger transport, freight trains are also organized here.

I saw a man wearing railway clothes passing by, so I went up to him and asked about the location of the toilet. I gave him a pack of good cigarettes and asked for further information.

I learned that there would be a coal truck that would leave at [-]pm, and its destination was Jinyang. The train would go all the way and arrive in Jinyang early tomorrow morning, so I could gain back some time.

After many attempts, Xing Yi found a signalman, told him the difficulty, asked him for help, and gave him 300 yuan.

The signalman asked them to wait and entered the dispatch room alone.

Ni Shuzhen said: "Will he come back?"

Xing Yi said: "Yes. If he doesn't come back, no one will look for him next time."