Ordinary world (3) Chapter 19

The train sighed heavily before pulling the plow, shivered again, then made a few amazing whistles, and then slipped out of the station leisurely, spewing white fog

The train sighed heavily before pulling the plow, shivered again, then made a few amazing whistles, and then slipped out of the station leisurely, spewing white fog and heading south.

The clang of the wheels hitting the rails rose rapidly.

In the fascinating rumble, the dilapidated houses on both sides danced and quickly retreated behind.

The copper market disappeared in an instant.

Soon after passing through several deep tunnels in succession, the vast central plain appeared in front of us.

After a while, it was like coming from one world to another. Looking from the window, the multiple cropping corn in the wheat field on the plain has covered the earth densely, like an endless green ocean in the dazzling sunshine in summer. Beyond the distant horizon, the winding Nanling Mountains appear and disappear in the blue mist. Rivers flowing through the vast plains are like thin silver chains wrapped around dark green velvet. The train galloped like a frightened horse on the flat Yuan Ye.

Paper scraps, food bags, empty water bottles and waste beer cans keep flying out of the windows on both sides of the trunk.

In the trunk, the overhead electric fan buzzes and rotates 360 degrees, sending cold air evenly to all seats. Male and female travelers are naked, eating and drinking, looking at the lush green fields in midsummer.

Sun Shaoping sat in the window seat, his eyes shining with novelty and excitement. It was the first time for him to take such a comfortable train-before that, he just sat in the stuffy tank of the coal truck from Daya Bay to Tongcheng; By contrast, it is no different from sitting in a cage in a well.

This is also his first time to go to the provincial capital.

In this way, his freshness and excitement are not difficult to understand. If you come from a mountainous area, take the train for the first time, go to the plain for the first time, and go to a big city for the first time, you will feel the same as Sun Shaoping at the moment.

On behalf of Daya Bay Coal Mine, Shao Ping came to Tian Tong Mining Bureau to participate in the table tennis competition, and decided to travel long distances temporarily. He won the overall second place in men's singles and the first place in men's doubles in cooperation with another person. All the contestants were impressed by his left hand holding the fast break near the stage. It is said that Daya Bay Coal Mine broadcasted his achievements-a thing that may not be important, which made him a "celebrity" in their mine. In a place like a coal mine, you have some special skills, which will soon be displayed. After the table tennis match, there are as usual a few days off. For a miner, this is also very rare: you can get a salary bonus without going down the well.

Sun Shaoping suddenly thought, why didn't he use these holidays to go to the provincial capital to see spearmint? Besides, he himself has never been to this big city that he has always dreamed of. Besides, he has been depressed recently, and he wants to go out for a walk. Of course, deep down, he also wants to see Xiao Xia. He didn't write back to Xiao Xia because it made him sad and miserable. The personal emotional torture and the death of the master made him feel very confused during this time, and the days passed like years. Anyway, he wants to see her-even for the last time. If fate decides that he must break up with her, he'd better end it as soon as possible ... Now, he is sitting in the window of this car and in a happy mood. The speeding train and the rumbling sound made his heart surge. He thought proudly that it was the coal they dug out that turned into a raging fire and let the behemoth gallop away. His white T-shirt is printed with the scarlet letter "Daya Bay Coal Mine" on the chest, which was given to him in the mine before the table tennis match. At the moment, he is proud of being a coal miner. He actually looked around the passengers in the trunk with a sense of superiority and asked them in his heart like a tragic poet: Why do you think this train is rolling forward?

"Look at your ticket!"

Suddenly, he heard a soprano with Henan accent shouting. He turned his head and saw a female conductor standing in front of him, apparently talking to him. He quickly took the ticket out of his pocket and handed it to her.

The female conductor turned the cardboard over several times, then handed it to him and left without saying a word.

Shao Ping thought she was checking everyone's tickets, but she was just checking him. He couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva and turning his head to the window.

Outside the window, the green is flying. There was a long whistle ahead, and a mass of white fog came face to face, covering his face with a layer of cold water vapor.

Yes, he was proud of the scarlet letter on his chest just now, but it is these words that illustrate his humble status. In the eyes of the conductor, the only people who don't buy tickets are probably coal miners.

Fuck it! Just like a real coal miner, he unscrupulously performed a small "martial arts"-spitting out the window like a bullet, making the lady with red nails turn her head in disgust and give him an angry back!

He smiled and psychologically created a Q-shaped balance.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the train pulled into the provincial capital station. Sun Shaoping was pushed out of the wicket by the surging crowd.

He stood in the crowded station square for a long time.

Oh, my God, this is the big city?

Sun Shaoping is here, feeling as small and at a loss as a fallen leaf. He can't imagine how an ordinary person can live in such a world.

With a feeling of being swallowed up by huge waves, he absently walked out of the crowded station square and looked for a bus stop to north china university of technology. In the letter, Liu Lanxiang told him that when he got out of the train station, he could take the No.23 bus to their school gate.

He questioned pedestrians for a long time and finally found the stop sign of bus No.23. Fortunately, this is the starting point. He got on the bus and sat down. Along the way, he put his face on the window glass and looked at the scenery in the street. He could hardly see anything concrete, but felt colorful colors flowing out of his eyes like a flood.

Nearly forty minutes later, he got off the bus. He immediately saw north china university of technology's school card.

His heart has settled down.

Shao Ping didn't write to Lan Xiang in advance that he would come, so his sister was surprised and excited to see him.

She immediately ran to the school hostel to book a bed for him, and then led him to the student canteen for dinner. Brother and sister are so happy that they hardly care what they say.

Green mint bought a delicious meal. While they were sitting at a small table, a boy came to greet his sister.

Lan Xiang introduced her classmates and said, "This is my second brother!"

"My name is Wu Zhongping." The young man warmly shook Shao Ping's hand. "We are in the same class." Spearmint beside added.

"I'll buy some food. Can you drink? " Wu Zhongping asked him. Shao Ping nodded to him.

Soon, Wu Zhongping brought some big plates and two bottles of Tsingtao beer, and three people sat together for dinner.

To Shao Ping's great surprise, he didn't expect his sister to be so generous and so close to a male classmate!

Is this his sister with tears in her eyes and carrying a small basket to collect firewood? He doesn't even seem to know her.

I don't know why, but he feels a little hot in his eyes. He is satisfied with his sister's growth. She may be the first person in the family to really get rid of the yellow land. This change in his sister is exactly what he has been hoping for for a long time. At this moment, all his own misfortunes are gone. In order to have such a proud sister, he should also live with enthusiasm ... The next morning, his happy sister accompanied him to the street. Before that, she showed him around the picturesque campus.

Walking in the colorful streets of big cities, Shao Ping is not as timid as when he first arrived. He is an educated man and soon knows what the world is like. The only thing that makes him uncomfortable is that pedestrians take him and his sister as lovers with that misunderstanding.

Lan Xiang took his arm generously and kindly, and showed him the way in the street from time to time. She is wearing a sky-blue skirt and a white short-sleeved shirt. Her slightly hot black hair just overflowed her neck, and her innocence overflowed with youthful brilliance.

Walking to a place called Mule and Horse Market, Shao Ping insisted on taking her sister to see the clothes.

This is a big market where self-employed people sell ready-made clothes. The streets are colorful and endless. Most clothes are imported from Guangzhou and Shanghai. There are also some fakes from Hong Kong and abroad, which are a little more expensive, but the styles are quite fashionable.

Lan Xiang said that she had enough summer clothes, so Shao Ping bought her two pairs of jeans and an elegant spring and autumn shirt.

My sister blushed and said, "I haven't worn jeans yet ..."

"You must look great in jeans! However, don't put these pants back when you go back to Shuangshui Village on holiday. Needless to say, the villagers don't like our home! " Shao Ping said to her sister with a smile.

This afternoon, my sister arranged for them to go boating in Liu Hua Park downtown. Before that, her boyfriend Wu Zhongping had rented a boat in the park in advance. Lan Xiang also called Jinxiu and made an appointment to meet at the ticket office of the cruise ship by the park lake.

After his sister took him to the park, Wu Zhongping rented a boat and bought a lot of drinks. Soon, Jin Xiu also came.

I'm glad that his old classmates Gu and Jin Xiu came together. They shook hands tightly and scrambled to ask about each other. They are very excited. They didn't expect to meet again in such a place.

In a short time, five people set off the boat and headed for the middle of the lake.

Sun Shaoping knows that the other four people who are traveling with him at the moment may rarely get involved in this kind of public entertainment-they spend most of their time in the library. Today, they arranged such an activity purely for him. Yes, people in big cities receive relatives and friends in small places, and they must be arranged to visit the zoo and row boats in the park.

Oh, that's not bad. He is really an eye-opener, especially in such a beautiful environment. He is relaxed with close people, which makes him very happy.

The sun is shining and the lake is clear; The willows on the shore are graceful and full of flowers; The cool breeze gently caressed people's faces like down. Jin Xiu shouted happily, "Let's sing a song together!"

"New songs or old songs?" Wu Zhongping said.

"It should be said that the current song is still the song of the past." Spearmint smiled and corrected her friend.

Okay, okay, you're right. Before, I would sing "Let's row". "

"That's just right." Gu said.

So, starting with the splendid and sharp high notes, everyone sang along with her-

Let's paddle. The boat pushes away the waves, and the water reflects the beautiful white tower surrounded by green trees and red walls.

This boat is very light,

Drifting in the water,

There was a cool breeze blowing head-on ... Happy songs flowed in the green lake with the boat. , Jin Xiu, Gu, all immersed in singing like children, with bright smiles on their faces.

However, Sun Shaoping's eyes were moist. Through the hazy tears, he saw a deep ground in the distance. In the dark, the coal trough is turning, the steel beams and iron columns are bending and shaking under the ground pressure, the shirtless people are shaking with sweat ... shaking ... The ship is moored on the dock on the shore.

Sun Shaoping woke up from a trance and followed these happy people into the park restaurant. Enthusiastic Wu Zhongping immediately prepared dining tables.

Sun Shaoping forced himself to return to the present reality. Yes, although coal mines are very different from here, they are all life, and life is like this. Are you jealous of other people's happiness because of suffering? No, he thought about similar problems more than once when he was working in Huangyuan. The conclusion should still be: happiness, or the value of survival, does not lie in what kind of work we are engaged in. In countless hardships, doesn't it include the happiness of life? He is happy for his sisters' lives and proud of his own. To tell the truth, if he gives up the coal mine now and lives in a comfortable environment, he may not be able to stand it ... The next morning, my sister will go to class. Shao Ping said he would wander the streets alone again-he was too embarrassed to tell his sister that he wanted to find Xiao Xia. The clever spearmint guessed his mind. She said to him, "You should go and see Sister Xiao Xia. The last time she came to see me, she gave me a skirt and fifty dollars, saying that you asked her to bring it. In fact, I understand that she gave me this money ... "

Shao Ping froze. Xiao Xia never mentioned it in his letter!

For an instant, he couldn't tell happiness or pain, which made him feel a sour taste.

"Here is her address and telephone number." Sister said and handed him a small note.

He put this paper in his pocket. In fact, he knows Xiao Xia's address and telephone number.

Half an hour before the class in spearmint, when Shao Ping had not left for the street, the brother and sister never dreamed that their brother-in-law Wang Manyin suddenly arrived here.

The appearance of this vagrant really surprised them. For a whole year, no one in the family knew the trace of this man. How did he get here? "Ah, I heard that spearmint was admitted to the university! Happy event! I'm too busy to watch! " Wang Manyin's face was covered with black sweat, and he lifted his shirt and fanned his face. The almost transparent nylon back is like a baby's diaper.

"Have you eaten?" Spearmint asked him. Anyway, this man is still a brother-in-law and has come to see her. You can't really scold him. "I'm full!" Wang Manyin patted his stomach. "I just came to see you! Haha, you are not simple! Our glory ... will leave soon, and we will take the train to Lanzhou to sell white melons at night. I'll be back later ... I heard that you have arrived at Tongcheng Coal Mine? " Wang Manyin turned to ask Shao Ping a little timidly. It is because Shao Ping is here that he is ready to leave at once. He knows that his two brothers-in-law are not good things, and they dare to hit him!

Shao Ping ignored him. Really, if it weren't for his sister's dormitory, he would have been rude to this bastard's brother-in-law-he made his sister and two nephews suffer so much!

Wang Manyin took out a simple calculator for businessmen from his pocket and said to his sister-in-law, "Keep this for you! You need it! This thing adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides quickly and skillfully ... look! " He pointed his finger at the calculator and said, "One plus one equals ... Look, there are two!" " "Lan Xiang said in distress situation:" Take it away quickly, we don't need it! """Oh ..." Wang Manyin had to put it away, drank a few mouthfuls of tea made by spearmint for him and left angrily. Spearmint was just about to go to class when she left the dormitory with the brother-in-law of this bum.

After they left for a period of time, Shao Ping left school and went to the city to find Tian Xiaoxia.

When he walked from the bustling downtown of Jiefang Avenue to the door of the provincial newspaper, he hesitated.

Looking from the door of the newspaper office, it is a boulevard. An ochre red building is hidden in the depths of green. That's where she works. He doesn't know what will be waiting for him when he sets foot in that place.

The sound of the surrounding cities faded away, and there was a mosquito buzzing in my ear. He felt his vision blurred, and specious objects and mixed colors flowed in front of him. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and finally got up the courage to walk into the concierge of the newspaper office.

"Who are you looking for?" An old man asked.

"Tian Xiaoxia." He said.

"Oh ... is the industrial group. I'll give her a call. Please register first! "

Before Shao Ping finished registering, the old man put down the receiver and said to him, "Tian Xiaoxia is not here! I went on a business trip! "

Sun Shaoping put down his pen and was surprised.

I don't know why, but he also has a kind of relief-like generosity in regret. He immediately walked out of the newspaper door and came to the street.

Now, with the slack pace of coal miners, he bought Mingming a toy carbine and a grass-green military uniform with a collar on it in a children's clothing store!

Then, he swam to a grocery store and bought an iron pot for cooking. Hui Ying's wok is made of aluminum, and he knows that it is scientific to stir-fry in wok-this common sense is what he saw in the latest issue of Reader's Digest ... Sun Shaoping left the provincial capital the next day and returned to Daya Bay Coal Mine by train.