Chapter 1427: Meeting of the In-Laws

"I'm very curious, why can't this situation be improved?" Zhao Tiezhu asked while holding the steering wheel.

"First, there are too many people, second, there are still too many people, and third, there are too many scalpers." Zhao Ergou said, "How many people are there in China? More than one billion, how many trains are there? Naturally, if there are too many people and too few trains, then you can't buy a ticket. In addition, there are too many scalpers, which is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to get a ticket now. With collusion between insiders and outsiders, some people who are the first in the queue may not be able to buy a ticket."

"There are really inside stories everywhere." Zhao Tiezhu said with emotion.

"Of course, this train ticket is the most profitable. You add 50 yuan to each ticket and sell it. If you sell a hundred tickets a day, it will be almost 10,000 yuan. If you share it between two or three people, each person will also have several thousand yuan. How long is the Spring Festival travel? It is not difficult for one person to make 100,000 yuan in one Spring Festival travel. Doing this business in a year is enough to eat, drink and have fun. Who would not do it?" Zhao Ergou said.

"But aren't we cracking down on scalpers now? Even with such a severe crackdown, what can we achieve?" Zhao Tiezhu asked.

"What do you plan to do? Scalpers are a whole industry chain, and the people at the top are those from the railway bureau. Of course, I'm talking about some regions here, not the whole country. Think about it, if you are from the railway bureau, and you sell this ticket to a scalper, you can make 20 or 30 yuan per ticket, and if you sell 100 tickets, that's 2,000 or 3,000 yuan, isn't it easy to make money? As for how much he wants to add to the price, that's not your business, it's so easy to make money. These scalpers are protected by the people from the railway bureau, what can we achieve by cracking down on them?" Zhao Ergou said disdainfully, "Scalpers nowadays are almost becoming a semi-public profession."

"Then build a few more railways, the country is not without money." Zhao Tiezhu said.

"Aren't they all building high-speed railways? Hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested, and the speed is getting faster and faster, and it has become world-class, but the safety is not very good. There are accidents and deaths every now and then, and then they have to invest more money to slow down the speed, eliminate the equipment that has not been used for a long time and replace it with new ones. Let me tell you, a railway has created countless billionaires. You will see this kind of thing when you arrive in Beijing." Zhao Ergou said.

"Fuck, Dad, I have always felt that there is something I can't stand." Zhao Tiezhu frowned and said.

"What's the matter?"

"Our country always likes to say that it is one of the top economies in the world, how much its GDP grows every year, and it ranks among the top in the world. Our technology is also among the top in the world. But I think that if you can't even solve the problems of food, clothing and travel for the general public, even if you are the world's number one economy, it's just like farting, it doesn't make much sense. It's like the Ming Dynasty sent Zheng Taijian to Southeast Asia. The first time can be said to be for exploration, the second, third and fourth times, it was purely for money to save face. Don't you think this is a bit stupid?" Zhao Tiezhu said.

"Hush, be careful about crossing provinces." Zhao Ergou whispered.

"Yeah! Indeed, indeed." Zhao Tiezhu nodded, indicating that he would not speak.

The car moved forward slowly, and Zhao Tiezhu's car also slowly passed the queue of people. Just when Zhao Tiezhu wanted to step on the accelerator and leave quickly, suddenly, a man at the end of the line, who didn't know whether he was exhausted or not, actually stepped back a few steps, and then tilted his body and fell directly towards the front of Zhao Tiezhu's car.

Zhao Tiezhu's reaction was very quick, and he stepped on the brakes immediately, but he still heard a light bang from the front.

Hit someone!

Zhao Tiezhu immediately opened the door and rushed down, and Zhao Ergou followed closely behind.

In front of the front of the Q7, the man who was hit was lying on the ground, with his eyes closed, his body trembling slightly, but there was no blood on the ground. Zhao Tiezhu took a few steps, came to the man and squatted down, and said, "Are you okay?"

Zhao Ergou had already taken out his mobile phone and called 120.

"It's okay." The man who was hit was a young man who looked to be in his late twenties or early thirties. He had a dusty hat on his head and a set of dusty work clothes on his body. As for what kind of work he did, Zhao Tiezhu couldn't tell.

After Zhao Ergou finished the call, he followed Zhao Tiezhu and squatted beside the man. He pressed his hand on the man a few times and said, "It's really nothing, just some scratches."

"I'm so sorry." The man who was hit touched his head. There was some blood on his hand. It was the scratch when he was knocked down just now.

Zhao Tiezhu said, "Why are you embarrassed to us? We hit him. Don't worry. Wait for the ambulance to come and take you to the hospital for a thorough check."

"No, no." The man struggled to stand up and said, "I have to continue queuing. This is the sixth day I've been queuing. If I can't buy it today, I can't go home!"

"You really need to go to the hospital to see a doctor. At least you have to bandage your wound." Zhao Tiezhu pointed to the scratched part of the man's hand and said.

"No, really." The man said, patting the dust off his body, but the dust on many parts of his body seemed to be stuck on it and could not be wiped off at all. "You guys can go your own way. There is a traffic jam behind me. I have to queue up to buy tickets again!"

Zhao Tiezhu didn't know what to do for a moment. Nowadays, people can be blackmailed even if they didn't hit anyone. He really hit someone, but they didn't care about it. Has the social atmosphere become better after the last incident? Or is the importance of buying tickets far more important than other things?

"Let's go, he's fine." Zhao Ergou patted Zhao Tiezhu on the shoulder and said, "If he goes to the hospital and comes back later, he basically can't buy a ticket. You can't understand their eagerness to go home."

Zhao Tiezhu nodded, without saying much, but turned back to the car.

A few hours later, Zhao Tiezhu's Q7 arrived safely downstairs of Su Yanni's house in Dehua.

Su Shanghe and Ye Rou were waiting downstairs in person, because Su Yanni told them in the car just now that Zhao Tiezhu's parents would also come today, so they had to be more solemn.

"Tiezhu, long time no see!" Su Shanghe saw Zhao Tiezhu getting off the car and greeted him with a smile. Zhao Tiezhu hurriedly took a few steps, held Su Shanghe's hand, and said, "It's been a while since we last met. Uncle looks much more energetic now than before!"

"That's right, people are in high spirits when they are happy." Su Shanghe said with a smile, and then looked at Zhao Ergou, "This is Tiezhu's father, right?"

"It's me, Zhao Ergou, hello!" Zhao Ergou smiled and nodded.

(Some people say that Zhao Tiezhu doesn't even know about train tickets. How could it be possible? They say I'm just making up words. In fact, you should know that Zhao Tiezhu became independent very early, but he went abroad immediately after becoming independent. He has been hanging around abroad. How long has it been since he returned to China? He only took a train once, and it was not during rush hour. Do you really think Zhao Tiezhu is a god and knows everything?)