Author: Hometown Three Thousand Miles

On September 24, after breakfast, Ai Lili drove Yan Xin to the train station and then went back to work.

Yan Xin was pulling a suitcase and carrying a backpack, which contained not a change of clothes, but gifts that Ai Lili had chosen for him.

The suitcase is not full, and there is still some space left, which is left for buying cigarettes and alcohol later.

After getting in the car and putting all the luggage away, Yan Xin sent a message to Aili, saying that he was already on the bus.

I sent another message to Feng Xi with the same content. No need to retype it, just copy and paste it.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday now, and Feng Xi is not planning to go home to celebrate the festival. She is not even planning to go home to celebrate the National Day holiday.

Yan Xin asked her what she meant, and knowing that she would not go home for the holidays, she felt inexplicably more relaxed.

He still doesn't want his hometown to know about him and Feng Xi.

It seems that Feng Xi doesn't want to know about it - after all, she is only a freshman now, and she is about to fall in love just after being admitted to Beijing University. It doesn't sound good to say it, and it seems like she has fallen.

After both parties reported his whereabouts, Yan Xin called his father and told him that he had boarded the train home and would be home in the evening.

Yan's father asked if he wanted to leave food for him, and Yan Xin said that he could leave it and he should be able to come back in time for dinner.

A few days ago, he told his dad that he would go back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. His dad was a little worried and asked if going home so frequently would make his boss unhappy. Yan Xin could only lie to him that the boss was a very rich man.

The humane people gave all the employees of the company a holiday so that everyone could be reunited with their families during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In this way, Dad Yan didn't say anything more.

Yan Xin bought a sleeper ticket and arrived at the station around five o'clock in the afternoon.

Those who work in their village generally do not buy daytime tickets. The main reason is that when they arrive at the station at this time, there is no shuttle bus back to the village, so they can only stay in the city or county.

That would cost a bit too much.

Otherwise, after arriving at the station, take a taxi home.

But from the city to the village, which is a hundred or two hundred miles, the toll is quite high.

At this time, most migrant workers only earn dozens of yuan for a dozen hours a day, and many even earn less than fifty yuan. They are not willing to spend so much money just to save this little time.

For workers, time is not that valuable.

So the general option is to buy a night ticket, sleep on the bus all night, and have the train arrive at the station in the morning, so you can take the bus back to the county town and then transfer back to the village.

And generally the hard seat is chosen.

Everyone knows that sleepers are more comfortable, but the price gap between sleepers and hard seats is too big. They would rather suffer for one night and save dozens of dollars.

Of course Yan Xin doesn't need to worry about that.

Unfortunately, there is no high-speed rail now, and there is no airport in his hometown. It is too far to drive, and there are many inconveniences. Taking the train home is already the most convenient option, and he has no choice but to do so.

In a few years, when the high-speed rail is completed, it will be convenient to go home.

In more than ten years, there will be an airport in my hometown city, and there will be more choices. Although in more than ten years, the airport in my hometown city will only have a limited number of flights, and it will not be able to fly large planes, but

At least there is one more choice.

Now I can only travel in this inconvenient way.

It’s not tiring to sit on a sleeper during the day. You can lie down easily. You can sleep when you want to sleep or play on your phone when you want to. When you don’t want to sleep or play on your phone, you can also look at the scenery outside the car window and eat some snacks.

, have a drink.

Yan Xin has ridden in the sleeper berth many times, and the journey was actually quite pleasant.

This time he chose the lower berth. Opposite him was a young girl who was also going home for the holidays. After getting in the car, she started chattering on the phone and made several calls in a row.

I called my parents again and called my friends again.

It doesn't end until the battery is dead, and then replace it with another battery.

——In this era, mobile phone batteries are all removable. In the era when there was no power bank to last, it was standard to bring a universal charger and a few batteries when you went out.

Yan Xin was similar. Although he did not bring a universal charger, he did bring two spare batteries because he was afraid that the batteries would not be enough on the road.

While the girl opposite was talking on the phone, he took out his newly purchased Nokia N95 and went online for a while, and also took some photos outside the car window.

After the girl saw his mobile phone, she looked at him twice more.

After a while, Yan Xin heard the girl whisper to her friend: "There is a handsome guy sitting opposite me, and the phone he is holding is N95, so cool!"

Yan Xin was surfing the Starlight Network. When he heard this, he didn't even raise his eyelids and seemed indifferent.

But I'm still very happy inside.

A girl says she is a handsome guy, which is a very happy thing.

I thought to myself: "Maybe she was right, I am really a handsome guy, otherwise why would I be so popular?"

Some like Ai Lili, some like Feng Xi, and even some like Xiao Shiyu.

He didn't know if there were any hidden girls who liked him, maybe there were some.

Looking at it that way, it's indeed a bit likable.

In the past, he thought it was more because he was rich, but now after listening to the girl opposite, he suddenly realized:

"It turns out that it's not only my wealth that attracts others, but my appearance as well."

It greatly satisfied my vanity.

After the girl finished the call, she changed the battery of her phone and turned it on again.

But I didn't call again.

One battery was consumed just after getting on the train. If I continue like this, I'm afraid the spare battery will be used up before I get off the train.

Her mobile phone looked a bit old, and the screen was small. Yan Xin estimated that it had a 2.2-inch screen.

I looked at the brand of the mobile phone and found it was very unfamiliar. It was probably a copycat brand, and it was one of the less well-known copycat brands.

Nowadays, there are many domestic copycat mobile phone brands, and they advertise all kinds of unbelievable black technologies, but in fact they are a mess, and it won’t take long for various problems to arise.

After she put down her phone, she looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, and then went to see Yan Xin again.

Yan Xin looked at her phone several times and when she got tired, he shifted his gaze and could see her peeking at him.

If she was more beautiful, Yan Xin might even chat with her.

It's a pity that this girl is pretty average-looking and a little bit fat.

His round face makes him look quite lucky, but Yan Xin is not the kind of person who cherishes his blessings.

So when he saw it, he just pretended not to see it.

I was murmuring in my heart: "Isn't this little fat girl attracted to me?"

It didn't cause him any trouble, on the contrary, he felt a little proud.

Although the girl is not pretty, her advantage is that she has good vision.

After lying down and playing with his mobile phone for half an hour, chatting with people on QQ and browsing the forum for a while, Yan Xin put down his mobile phone when his eyes got tired.

Then he saw the chubby girl opposite looking straight at him.

He nodded and smiled.

This smile gave the little fat girl opposite a lot of courage, and then she asked him:

"Handsome guy, is your phone the new flagship phone n95 from Nokia?"

Yan Xin nodded: "Yes, it's this one."

"How much did it cost?" the little fat girl asked.

"More than six thousand." Yan Xin said.

The little chubby girl exclaimed: "It's only more than 6,000? Did the price drop so fast?"

Then he said depressedly: "But it's still too expensive. That's half a year's salary, and I have to go without food and drink for half a year to afford such a mobile phone."

Yan Xin smiled and said: "You may have just started working. Work harder and persevere. Your income will get higher and higher in the future."

The words of this little fat girl reminded him of what happened in his previous life.

In his previous life, when such a mobile phone came out, he was quite greedy and wanted to own such a mobile phone.

The various functions seemed incredible at the time.

But at that time, his monthly salary was only about 1,000, not to mention food and accommodation.

At that time, I also had a lot of resentment in my heart. I felt that the world was too unfair. Some people could enjoy so many good things, but some people could only watch others enjoy them, and they could only struggle to live.

At this moment, the little chubby girl's complaints reminded him of his original self and the miserable youth in his previous life. He resonated with her and his eyes softened when he looked at her.

Seeing his friendly words, the little chubby girl said tentatively: "Handsome guy, can you let me take a look at your mobile phone? I've only seen it on the counter and haven't played with it yet."

Yan Xin originally wanted to refuse, but looking at her expectant eyes, his heart softened inexplicably. He handed over the phone and said with a smile:

"You can try using it and see how it works."

After he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong and quickly added: "Well, don't watch the videos on your phone."
To be continued...