Stomp on the Journey (15) (Stomp on the Journey (15) standing on the platform...)
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Standing on the platform, it feels like the wind is really strong. Behind you is the small train station waiting room, with a few dusty benches on both sides, and the two sections ahead are rails full of rust. Looking around, it’s
Crop fields after autumn harvest.
It was said to be a passing train at ten o'clock, but it was already ten thirty-two now, and there was still no sign of the train.
The word "train" feels so familiar when I say it in my mouth. But when I think about it carefully, I feel that what comes to mind is the information obtained from the pictures published in the newspapers. I try to visualize it again, but I still can't.
Tongtong turned around and looked around. Several people wearing long robes and short coats wearing top hats and carrying black leather bags came out of the waiting room one after another. She whispered to Siye: "We are old people.
Damn it, I’ve never been on a train.”
Si Ye squeezed his hand and smiled, "It's good for a rustic to be like this. Those people are either small traders who often go to purchase goods, or they are businessmen who help with liaison and delivery of documents."
Tongtong raised his arm again, "It's ten forty-eight."
Only then did he stop talking, and a man came over. He was about forty years old. Before he arrived, he took off his courtesy and bowed to say hello, and then asked, "May I ask what time it is?"
It's ten forty-eight.
The other party thanked him and went to chat with his companions.
Yes! Watches are very valuable. But Siye can make watches. When there was no watch repair master in the county, Siye helped the shopkeeper of the bookstore repair an old pocket watch. Then the shopkeeper bought it when he went to the provincial capital.
There were two broken watches, one was a pocket watch and the other was a wristwatch. If it could be repaired, I would help repair it. But after it was repaired, I didn’t take it. I just said that if I didn’t dislike it, I would give it to Si Ye.
This thing is not expensive if it is recycled as scrap.
Si Ye originally wanted to keep the pocket watch for herself. After all, it was not elegant for a woman to hold a pocket watch. But the dial of the watch was too big and it didn’t look good when worn. Moreover, the wristband had to be removed in several sections.
How to do it?
Siye transformed the pocket watch, with a leather wristband and holder, and embedded the pocket watch dial inside. The wristband was decorated with various colored silk threads, and it looked Western.
Every time I look at my watch and lift up my other sleeve with one hand, I feel very proud - we are also people with watches!
The fifth time I looked at my watch, at 10:56, I heard someone shouting "Here we come". Then I looked in that direction, what a good guy, wrapped in a stream of white smoke, an iron guy with a tall chimney.
It came over with a bang. Then there was a loud 'beep--', which frightened people. As they got closer, and even closer, they saw that each wheel was connected with something special. The wheels
As soon as the child moved, the thing turned slowly and slowly, and finally, it slowly stopped.
When people see this guy, they think: Oh! I've seen it before, but it sucks.
But in fact, it's not bad. This car is only three years old at most, so it will break down somewhere.
Each person carried a suitcase and followed the others on the bus. This bus was going to the provincial capital and took half a day. The seats were quite empty and no one was next to anyone. You could sit wherever you found a seat.
As soon as I got on the carriage and sat down, a ticket checker came over. I guess the people who could take the carriage were all people with some status, and they looked quite polite.
The young man checking the tickets put his hand on Tongtong's suitcase, "Madam, let me put it on for you."
Tongtong held it down, "The seat we are sitting in is at the front, and it won't hinder anyone if we put a box. Just leave it like this!" Si Ye glanced at Tongtong and took out a copper coin from his pocket.
"Thanks for your hard work."
The man didn't force himself and continued busy with his work.
After the people left, Si Ye asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Tongtong replied, "He and the man at the end of the carriage made eye contact at least three times."
Siye didn't look back and understood what Tongtong meant. There were thieves following the car, and there were people in the car acting as agents. They were looking for people who didn't go out very often, or even went out, and used their status to gain customers.
Trust, provide information and convenience to the thief in the car.
Si Ye: "..." Without Tongtong following him, he probably wasn't so meticulous.
This is not meticulous, dear, I can’t tell you clearly.
Because of the restlessness in the car, Tongtong didn't dare to take a nap. She stretched out her legs and leaned against the two boxes, looking at the scenery outside the window.
You can go to the toilet in the car, so it’s not a big problem just to relieve yourself. Then there’s the matter of eating, because it only takes half a day, so it’s really just a matter of carrying it.
After spending half a day, the train entered the station, bustling with people, and there was already a city outside.
The ancient mottled city walls can be seen as soon as you get off the train.
This place is much more prosperous than the small county town. People are coming and going at the station, and all kinds of noises are heard all the time.
Although the crowd wasn't exactly bustling, it looked a bit lively at least.
As soon as she got out of the car, Tongtong felt that she was being targeted. She didn't succeed in the car, and she wanted to follow her. She looked back at the man with the top hat covering half of his face, which was meaningful. The man paused in his steps.
He turned around and went to the other side: this time, he met an insider and he was no match for him.
Tongtong dismissed the trouble here, and when he looked over there, he saw Si Ye pulling him towards a man in a suit and leather shoes.
Who is it?
"Li Bomin's cousin." Si Ye whispered, "Li Bomin arranged to pick us up."
The other party was particularly enthusiastic, "Brother, I've waited for you. Early in the morning, my eldest brother called me to remind me, but I was afraid that I was wrong." Then he politely said to Lin Yutong, "Brother and sister, I went back several times, but I couldn't get it.
Let’s meet. I often hear my sister-in-law talking about you, so today I can count on meeting you.”
This is a relationship that is not easy to get rid of!
The rickshaw was waiting outside, and they didn't make me feel awkward. They took me directly to the chamber of commerce. "The place is not big, but you can live comfortably. People who come and go here are all familiar faces. If people from our county come to the province,
When doing business in the city, they all live in the guild hall."
That's it, the two of them settled in the guild hall first. As for the train to the capital, it may be three days or five days later, which is not very reasonable. But there are people running to the station every day here at the guild hall, called
The waiter helped me pick it up.
This person was unsure when he said this, "Why is the train time not up yet? Didn't I hear that it runs every other day?"
That was before!
The man said: "...the railway workers are on strike! Nowadays, it's either making trouble this way or that way. You can tell me how many places you have to pass along the line, or you just barely get on the train. After that, you don't know where to stop somewhere along the way.
.Then it’s better to wait. The strike is for the superiors to see, and it will take a few days without delaying everyone’s business, right?”
Si Ye felt that there was something wrong, "Even if it's a strike, it's because of the newly built railways. We definitely won't set up such obstacles on mature railway lines."
This person nodded and said, "You're right! It's normal for workers to want treatment. But if they don't give treatment, don't the higher-ups have to use some means? When everyone complains about this, then it makes sense.
Yes, it will become unreasonable."
Then the decision above is a bit bastard! If you want to use your strength to gain strength, this is not such a way to borrow strength!
Because of this matter, I originally wanted to delay the trip for a day or two at most, but now it may not be possible to make the trip in three to five days. I just said that I would go look for Juhua who was already married the next day. Who knew that before I even left the house, there was another student parade?
, this is a call for equality between men and women, asking the local government to open girls' schools and give girls equal opportunities to enroll.
Tongtong sighed. A few months ago, some universities in the capital also petitioned for suspension of classes, and the issue was about funding. The funds there probably haven't been resolved yet, and they are clamoring to open a girls' school.
I have no money, or I don’t know where the money has gone. I don’t know how far this appeal can be achieved.
After such a delay, it was only on the third day that we found the textile factory. But there were no chrysanthemums anywhere. There were low shacks everywhere, and children in rags gathered around to see what was new.
The adults all went to work during the day, and there was no one to look after the litter of children.
This made Tongtong's heart tremble. She found an older girl and asked her, "Have you heard of anyone named Lin Juhua?" The little girl nodded, "...gone! Going south.
.”
When did you leave?
"Leaving in the summer!"
Why did you leave?
"The foreman hit her and injured her man. He was afraid of being beaten again, so he left."
Tongtong took a copper coin and quietly stuffed it into the little girl's hand. She stood up and looked at Si Ye, "Let's go!" Who would want to mess around without forcing someone to live?
If you don't bother, you will still have some money, but if you bother, you may not have any money at all. But why bother? Such a big risk.
It must be that if you continue to earn that little salary, you won't be able to survive. But taking risks, you may not be unable to gain a chance of survival.
The truth is that simple and straightforward.
What everyone wants is just to survive.
Siye took her hand and walked out, "If you didn't come out and take a look, you wouldn't know that it was so shocking down there." When the two of them were in the county town, they only knew that the countryside was hard and farming life was difficult. It was a small business in the county town.
People, after all kinds of taxes, the profit is so thin that it can only support the family. I always thought that with so many people running out to make a living, it wouldn’t be too bad outside. But who would have thought that after coming out to see this, I would know that there is such a thing in the city?
These people are also struggling all the time. The two of them left that circle early. In the past two years, they have mostly come into contact with people who are materially decent.
Looking at it now, there are too few people in this world who can be materially decent!
After wandering around the provincial capital for five days, the train to the capital was not available until the sixth day. The Li family helped to book the ticket, which was a private room, which was a relatively comfortable environment. When the two sat down face to face, there was an indescribable feeling.
sense of familiarity.
But neither of them spoke. After a long time, Tongtong sighed: "I'm back to Beijing."
Yes! This is not a mentality of leaving home, but a mentality of returning home.
This was not the only thing that made Si Ye uncomfortable. He returned to the capital with the mentality of going home, but there was no roof in the capital to cover him.
He whispered to Tongtong, "Do you know how expensive the housing prices in the capital are now?"
Don’t know? I didn’t ask, “Can’t we afford it?”
Siye stretched out four fingers and Tongtong nodded, "Four hundred oceans?" We have it at home!
Four hundred? I’m dreaming!
"Four thousand!" The house price is more than three thousand, but if I want to tidy it up and place it well, four thousand is a small price.
Tongtong took a breath. Si Ye had earned 30 yuan per month in the past two years, 360 yuan in one year and 720 yuan in two years. In addition to various expenses, he also saved 600 yuan. In addition,
There are two large yellow croakers left from that year. They are for emergencies. One large yellow croaker is worth about 300 to 400 oceans. Calculated as 400, two croakers are 800. Plus the original
Six hundred oceans, a total of only one thousand four hundred - it is too far away from four thousand.
Tongtong's little calculations in her mind turned to look at Fourth Master: "So, if you have no place to live when you go back, you still have to rent a house?"
Yes!
Tongtong thought about the palace that she felt a little disgusted with ten thousand times, and felt deeply: Meng Po Soup is actually a good thing! How wonderful it would be to not remember having it before!
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