In the early summer of Showa 9, on a passenger ship bound for Honshu, Japan, from Shanghai, China, the air was filled with a "strange" smell. The deck was full of all kinds of horrible vomit. A young student dressed in black uniform
Just as he finished vomiting the last bit of soup and water, behind him, there were more people rushing towards the side of the ship. However, most of them said "Wow" before they could rush to the side of the ship.
Added new graphics to the colorful deck.
The young student emptied his stomach and finally felt a lot more comfortable, but what followed was a raging hunger. He shook his head helplessly, facing the humid sea breeze, and swallowed two mouthfuls of salty air, which seemed to be enough.
It can make your stomach fuller - you have to vomit it anyway, so why not drink some sea breeze to satisfy your hunger.
"Haha, I originally thought that being so poor that you drink the northwest wind was just a joke, but it turned out to be true."
The young student sighed self-deprecatingly, and was about to turn around and walk back when he found a person next to him holding the railing and looking calmly into the distance. The young student couldn't help but be a little curious. It was the gusty season these days. Even if he was sitting down,
Regular passengers who had been on the ship a few times were all vomiting, but this man seemed very relaxed, much more "peaceful" than most people on the deck.
"Aren't you seasick?"
After hesitating for a moment, the young student finally spoke.
"Oh," the man turned around when he heard the young student's conversation. A smile appeared on his angular face. He shook his head and said, "I got dizzy when I took a boat for the first time. But once I vomited after sitting for several months.
I'm used to vomiting."
"Haha," the student couldn't help but laugh after hearing the man's funny words. The physical discomfort immediately subsided a lot, but curiosity immediately arose in his heart and he asked:
"How many months? Where are you going?"
The man smiled and shook his head but did not answer.
The student's face turned slightly red, and then he realized that if we meet by chance, how can we have a deep conversation?
"We are going to Nanyang." The man resolved the student's embarrassment at the right time. "On this long-distance boat ride, the most fearful thing is to stay in the cabin. If there is an epidemic, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines on the boat, and sometimes you will not be able to survive."
You'll die when you reach the ground. So, I generally don't like to stay in the cabin. At least the air outside is fresher."
"That's true, but it's quite dangerous to stay outside. If you encounter any storms, it's not a joke to be swept into the sea." The student reminded with a slight fear, obviously thinking of the terrifying typhoon last night.
"Haha, that's true." The man smiled and nodded, but he had no intention of going back to the cabin. He looked at the petrels in the distance that came out to look for food after the storm, and said with a smile: "How about you go back first?
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"I'm reminding you, of course I'm not afraid anymore." The student's face turned red again, obviously not wanting the other party to see his timidity.
"Haha." The man looked at the student's embarrassed expression and couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Why are you laughing? Since I dared to go east to Japan, of course I considered the possibility of being buried in the belly of a fish. Why do you laugh at me?" The student was a little angry.
"No, no," the man smiled and shook his head, "I was thinking that dying in a typhoon would be considered heroic. At least you can experience the wonder of flying with the sky and the earth, the sun and the moon shining together. If you die in the cabin,
That would be frustrating. In the end, wouldn’t you be thrown into the sea?”
"That's true," the student looked at the endless skyline, imagining the scene where the man just mentioned the sky and the earth flying together. After a long while, he said, "If you can really fly, it will really be worthwhile.
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"Haha, if we really take a flight, we might even encounter Penglai Fairy Island!" The man laughed.
The young student smiled sheepishly, then turned to look at the man and asked:
"What's your surname, sir?"
Hearing that this man spoke in a funny and spirited manner, he couldn't help but feel the desire to make friends.
"My surname is Zhou. I'm a few years older than you. You can call me Brother Zhou." The man smiled.
The man surnamed Zhou was Geng Chaozhong. Three days ago, he left Nanjing overnight, boarded a ship from Shanghai, and boarded a freighter bound for Japan. However, it seemed that his luck was bad. Just two days after boarding the ship, he encountered a small typhoon.
The captain was quite experienced and finally managed to avert the danger and get through the storm without any danger.
"My surname is Liu, Liu Zongyuan, from Guangxi, and I went to Japan to study." The young students there were also introducing themselves, "What about you, why are you going to Japan?"
"Doing some small business," Geng Chaozhong chuckled, "Why, I see there are a lot of students on this ship. Are they interested in staying in Japan recently?"
"Yes, I originally planned to study in Shanghai, but then I heard someone say that two or three years ago, 100 Japanese yen had to be exchanged for 200-300 yuan of Chinese national currency. Recently, it can be exchanged for 70-80 yuan.
The price is 100 yuan. The difference is huge, so it is not as cost-effective to study in Shanghai as to study abroad in the East." Student Liu said seriously.
"That's it." Geng Chaozhong looked like he suddenly understood.
In the past two or three years, Japan's economic crisis has worsened. In order to stimulate exports, the Japanese government has actively guided the depreciation of the yen. As a result, with the same amount of silver dollars, living in Tokyo is actually easier than living in Shanghai, and the gap is even greater.
Three times as much. As a result, many young students who originally planned to study in Shanghai chose to go east to Japan.
"Aren't you afraid that others will say you are traitorous to the country?" Geng Chaozhong thought for a while and looked at Classmate Liu with a half-smile.
"Ahem, we are already on the ship to Japan, what are we still afraid of?" Liu classmate curled his lips nonchalantly, "Besides, learn from the foreigners and learn skills to defeat the foreigners. Japan is so strong. If we don't learn from it, how can we follow it in the future?
fight?"
"That's true," Geng Chaozhong smiled and nodded, "I don't see that you are quite patriotic."
"Ahem, who can't be patriotic?" Liu said with an embarrassed smile, "But having said that, our country is far behind Japan. Now, taking advantage of the truce, seize the time to go to Japan and learn something.
If the fighting breaks out again one day, I won’t be able to go even if I want to.”
"Can we go to Europe and the United States?" Geng Chaozhong teased him deliberately.
"It's easy to say," Mr. Liu rolled his eyes, "How expensive are things in Europe and the United States? I've heard that if you don't have much money left after buying a ferry ticket, it's still more cost-effective to go to Japan!"
"Haha, after all, it's still a matter of money. As the saying goes, people are poor and have short ambitions!" Geng Chaozhong sighed with a smile.
The ship was speeding, and the two of them chatted, not feeling lonely on the journey. Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and more and more ships were encountered along the way. It seemed that they were not far from the land.
Three days later, the ship finally arrived at Kyushu, the nearest city to China. When they saw the coastline, everyone on the ship couldn't help but cheer - taking a ship at this time was not a pleasant experience, not to mention the severe storms along the way.
The harsh environment is not something ordinary people can endure.
The ship docked and stopped near "Nagasaki", the largest city in Kyushu. However, it was still not far from "Tokyo", the destination of Geng Chaozhong's trip. After repairing for half a day, the ship finally set sail again. One more day and one night,
You will arrive at the Oshima Island where Tokyo is located, and it is also the largest "Honshu" island among the four mainland islands in Japan!
