For these students who are leaving home for the first time and heading towards a brighter future, such a night is destined to be unforgettable.
Xu Erlong no longer pretended to buy second-class tickets.
Like everyone else, he booked fourth class and arranged everyone's cabin together so that they could take care of each other.
Then, a group of young people, suffering from chuunibyou, were on the deck of the ship, pointing out the river view and scolding Fang Qiu.
Nothing more than that they should study hard, serve the motherland, and build a great country for the motherland in the future.
Xu Erlong believed that they really meant what they said at this moment.
These days, everyone really has such faith, and there is hope in everyone's eyes.
In the end, this group of men and women actually sang "Young Friends Come to Meet" together.
Young friends come to meet today,
The boat is swinging and the warm breeze blows gently,
…
At first, it was just a few young people singing this song, but as this familiar melody sounded, countless young people on the ship also sang this song.
Let's meet again in twenty years,
How beautiful our great motherland must be!
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Xu Erlong took Wen Ye in hand and joined the chorus:
Who does it take to create this miracle?
Rely on me, rely on you,
It depends on our new generation in the 1980s!
The song floated on the empty river and spread far and wide.
And everyone had tears of excitement in their eyes.
I believe that these young people will remember in the years to come that on the way to college, everyone sang this beautiful and inspiring song loudly on the deck of the ship.
After a night, the boat arrived at the pier around five o'clock in the morning.
Xu Erlong led the team, reminding everyone to take their luggage with them and put their important belongings in their underwear, so as not to allow thieves and pickpockets to take advantage of them.
Then, he led his team and disembarked from the boat in a mighty manner.
Everyone's goal is to get to the train station first, and then take the train to the north and south of the motherland.
In order to stand out, Xu Erlong picked up a small bamboo stick and held it in his hand. He then tied Wen Ye's handkerchief to the small stick and held it high.
In this way, a group of them can see Xu Erlong's location at a glance and will not get separated.
Wen Laowu was walking behind a group of old fathers. He was so proud: "Well, Wen Ye is my daughter, well, Xu Erlong is my son-in-law. Look how nice my daughter-in-law and son-in-law are to me. You know I haven't been to the capital yet.
, made a special trip to take me around the capital."
The parents of those students nodded and complimented him: "You are so lucky. Your daughter is good at reading and your son-in-law is also capable."
Wen Laowu smiled from ear to ear: "Of course, I fell in love with this son-in-law at first sight. No matter how much others objected, I was sure of him."
Everyone really admired him and it was true that he found this son-in-law well.
Xu Erlong took everyone to gather on the dam in front of the train station.
The train station is always a place where dragons and snakes mix. Xu Erlong once again tells everyone about the scams you may encounter outside.
He didn't want the first group of people he invested to end up being cheated or abducted on the road.
Aren't there many reports that some female college students were abducted to mountain dens and used as reproductive tools, and ended up going crazy?
He felt that he had broken his old father's heart.
As time passed little by little, everyone's trains arrived, and the students who were leaving dragged their luggage and said goodbye to other students.
Finally, the car Xu Erlong and the others bought to the capital arrived. Xu Erlong, Wen Ye and Wen Laowu, carrying their luggage, said goodbye to everyone.
"Everyone, take care all the way, take care all the way." Everyone cherishes each other.
The three of them lined up, checked their tickets, and entered the platform.
The green trains these days are crowded and slow.
This time period also happens to be when students from all over the country are reporting to universities. The carriages are crowded with people, and the luggage racks are piled with large and small bags of luggage.
Xu Erlong walked in front, asking Wen Ye to follow closely behind him, and then asked Wen Laowu to follow behind. Finally, they squeezed in front of their berths.
The sleepers here are much better than the hard seats in front.
"There are so many people." Wen Laowu was quite shocked.
It's really eye-opening to come out and see the world.
Xu Erlong also bought these sleeper tickets from scalpers, but he spent a lot of extra money.
However, if you spend a lot of money, you have to buy it.
He doesn't have any relatives in the railway department.
Even at the railway department, you may not be able to buy tickets.
Several people put their things in front of the berth, put their luggage bags on the luggage rack above, and put towels, water bottles and other necessary items on their berths for easy access.
Wen Laowu yelled that it was too hot inside the car and he needed to open the window to let some air out.
He just opened the window, and Xu Erlong quickly closed it.
"What's wrong?" Wen Laowu asked.
Xu Erlong said: "Don't open the window before the car starts."
You know, those brave little thieves who are skilled in art can take advantage of this moment to reach in through the window and steal things.
Wen Laowu knew that he was being reckless, but he couldn't lose face like this.
He said sarcastically: "Of course I understand. I'm just telling you. I'm afraid you are young and don't understand, so you just open the window casually."
Wen Ye pursed his lips and snickered, but of course he wouldn't expose it.
As the whistle blew, the train slowly pulled out of the platform.
Wen Laowu looked outside through the window and saw a group of men and women grabbing the locomotive on the line next door.
This is a locomotive that is going back to the locomotive depot to turn around. Some family members of railway department employees often just grab the locomotive and sit back to the family area in Huang Jueping.
He even saw a woman with a big belly running up to her and hoisting herself onto the locomotive.
"My dear, these people are so brave." Wen Laowu said in amazement.
This is also a characteristic of commuting in this era. In this day and age, everyone is going to such lengths to save some fares.
The train moved forward along the long railway track, left the city, and began to climb over the mountains.
In the 1980s, the 9/10 train from Chongqing to Beijing was pulled by a steam locomotive and passed through the Chengdu-Chongqing and Baocheng lines, with a speed of only 60 kilometers per hour.
There are 54 stops along the way, and a round trip takes 5 days.
It was not until the completion of the Xiangyu-Chongqing Railway in the 1980s and the completion of the northbound passage from Chongqing that the Beijing-Chongqing train detour through Chengdu became history.
It would not be until 1987 that the 9/10 expresses were changed to the Xiangyu and Jiaoliu lines, which shortened the transportation distance and time. The one-way was shortened from 2552 kilometers to 2087 kilometers, and the running time was compressed from 45 hours to 32 hours.
Hour.
There is no air conditioning in the car now, and there are many people. It is August again, and the heat wave is rolling inside the car, making the heat unbearable.
It is said that the overload capacity once reached 80%. You can imagine how crowded this train was.