Although the Wuyi Highway from Ma County to Wu City was much better than the country roads and had little traffic, the Jeep still needed two hours to make the trip.
Fortunately, nobody in the car got carsick. Even Du Chunfang, an old woman who rarely went out, could sit in the passenger seat looking at the scenery without any discomfort.
What surprised Li Long a little was that Li Juan and Li Qiang did not spend the whole journey looking outside. They mainly helped Gu Xiaoxia look after Mingming and Haohao, amusing the two children and keeping them from bumping into things or falling.
They were very attentive.
Mm, these two are good kids. I must give them a proper reward later!
They stopped briefly when they reached Beiting. Li Long had everyone get out to rest and stretch before continuing.
They drove straight to Wu City Zoo. Since they had an elderly woman and children with them, Li Long did not leave everyone there to pick up the others at the Bayi Guesthouse. He had already told his eldest brother the route, and they would come by bus.
It was the weekend, and the zoo entrance was bustling. Besides visitors, there were many vendors selling things, along with stalls offering games, such as prize wheels-not the elaborate kind from later years, but squares cut from cardboard boxes, with circles drawn on them and lines radiating from the center to divide the prizes into sections. A pointer in the middle could be spun by hand, and the section it landed on determined the prize.
Several children were playing there. Li Juan and Li Qiang were both curious, but they stayed with Gu Xiaoxia to help watch Mingming and Haohao rather than going over.
Li Long heard the stallholder calling