With the driver's explanation, Li Du quickly understood what was going on.
Now the provincial capital airport was following in the footsteps of the train station. It had become chaotic, and many unlicensed drivers were waiting for an opportunity to scam passengers.
They first looked for foreigners and then offered a low price to attract the passengers. After taking the passengers away, they would find a deserted place to dump the passengers and then come back to continue waiting for an opportunity to scam the passengers.
After being bullied, the passengers would call the police, but the police did not care about these things.
It was not that the local police did not do anything, but that the passengers were in unlicensed cars. They had no evidence to prove that they had agreed on a destination with the driver.
When such a thing happened, the police could only put up signs in some parts of the airport, calling on passengers not to take unlicensed cars.
However, some passengers were greedy and chose to take unlicensed cars when they found that the prices were low, leading to such incidents.
The reason why they did not dare to scam Li Du was that Godzilla and Big Quinn were too big, and these people were afraid of being beaten up.
Secondly, they did not have the guts to scam foreigners. If they scammed ordinary people, the local police would not care because they could not find any evidence. However, if they scammed foreigners, the police would have to handle the case with a different attitude and force.
After listening to the driver, Li Du went back with a gloomy face.
There were two reasons why he was unhappy. One was that his hometown had become such a mess, and the other was that the police's attitude towards foreigners and fellow countrymen was so chilling.
However, as the minibus got closer to his hometown, his mood gradually improved.
There were still many problems in the country and his hometown, but there were fewer problems in terms of public security than in the United States. He believed that the government would deal with these problems in the future, and such chaotic phenomena would become less frequent.
Qi Meng County was an ordinary small county in northern China. It was mainly agricultural and light industrial. In the past, the urban area was small, but now, with the country's urbanization, the urban area had expanded rapidly.
Li Du remembered that when he went abroad, the urban area had more than doubled. This time, he found that the area had expanded even more.
Now, there were buildings being built everywhere outside the county. Looking at the construction sites in the cold winter, looking at the buildings rising from the ground, he was very curious. Why was the county's property market so hot?
His family used to be located in a town on the edge of the county. As the county expanded, the town was included, and his household registration changed from a village to a county.
However, urbanization was moving too fast, and there were many problems. The development of the software in their town had not kept up. There were high-rise buildings and farmland around, so the town had become a village in the city.
They set off at noon. The minibus couldn't go very fast, especially since it had just snowed a few days ago. When the minibus entered the former town, which was now the urban village, it was almost evening.
The car drove into the village. It was different from what he remembered. There were not many single-story houses in the village now. Instead, there were two-story or three-story buildings.
These small buildings were not beautiful bungalows. They were more like the kind of buildings that were forcibly stacked on top of the original house.
The appearance of the village had changed so much that Li Du was a little uncertain about the location of his house.
Fortunately, a tall and skinny middle-aged man was pouring something into the sewage ditch at the intersection. Li Du took a look. Wasn't that his old man?
Under his command, the minibus screeched to a stop beside Li Du's father.
Li Du's father thought that someone was asking for directions, so he raised his head to look. In the end, he saw the car window open, and a face that he had been yearning for day and night appeared in front of him.
Seeing his son's face, he did not react for a moment. Instead, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then jumped up in surprise. "Son!"
He had just jumped up, but then he staggered and hit the minibus.
Li Du was shocked and quickly went down to support him. "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Li Du's father reached out and grabbed his arm tightly. "It's nothing. I got up in a hurry just now. I almost lost my balance. Son, why did you come back so suddenly? "
Li Du smiled. "It's almost the New Year. I'm coming back for the New Year."
Li Du's father was still a little incredulous. "Why didn't you tell us in advance? Why did you come back so suddenly?"
Li Du said, "I was afraid that if I told you, you would be worried that I would have an accident on the way back, so I didn't say anything and came back directly. Come, let's go home."
"Go home, go home." Li Du's father nodded. "Where did you take this bus? Why is there such a bus going directly to our village? "
Li Du pointed to the back and said, "This is the bus I hired. I have three friends on the bus. I'll introduce them to you later. Now let's go home first."
After being separated for a year and a half, Li Du's father was really going crazy. He held his son's hand tightly and did not let go.
When he got home, he opened the door and shouted, "Min, come out and see who's back."
The kitchen door opened and Li Du's mother looked out. Tears flowed down her cheeks.
Li Du went over and hugged his mother. He laughed and said, "Are you too happy? Happy to the point of tears? "
Li Du's mother patted him and choked with sobs. "Oh, you heartless brat. You still remember to go home? You still remember that you have parents at home? "
Li Du's father frowned and said, "Look at you, old woman. What are you talking about? Our son calls home every day or two. You call forgetting about home? Isn't Xiao Du developing his career in America? We have to understand and support him! "
Hearing this, Li Du's mother turned around and glared at him. "Stop talking nonsense. You talk about our son more often than I do."
Li Du's father curled his lips and said, "Nonsense!"
Li Du laughed and said, "Alright, mom, dad. I'm back now. I've been staying at home for a long time, at least a month and a half. "
"You're going back?" Li Du's mother asked unwillingly.
Li Du's father said weakly, "Our son's career is in America. We have to go back to support it. But, sigh, we're quite rich now. Why don't we stay at home?"
Li Du said, "We'll talk about this later. Let me introduce you to three friends. They're my friends in America."
He called Hans and the other two in. When they saw Hans and his parents, they only smiled. When they saw Godzilla and the others, they were amazed. When the ferocious-looking and burly Big Quinn came in, the two of them were stunned.
Hans was a lively person. When he saw the two elders, he greeted them in Mandarin. "Susu, Ali, Mud Men Howl, Happy New Year!"
Li Du rolled his eyes. "We haven't celebrated the New Year yet. Why are you greeting us?"
On the way back, he had instructed the three of them to cooperate with him in deceiving his parents. They were to say that they were still studying in America and working for a professor.
That was why he had brought Hans back. Among the people around him, Hans was the most reliable.
Godzilla and Big Quinn did not look good. Lu Guan was covered in tattoos. Brother Wolf was a man of few words. It was impossible for them to appear as his colleague or classmate.
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