With the sound of a whistle, the car disembarks from the ferry.

Now it is not as convenient to go to Shanghai as it was later, there is Sutong Bridge, and you can only go by ferry.

Later, it only took two and a half hours to reach the Shanghai Bus Terminal by Sutong Bridge, but now it takes about four hours.

Wang Qiang got into the car at half past twelve and arrived at Shanghai at four forty-five.

North Square.

Standing in the time of the old Shanghai, he was a little confused, is this really the high-rise buildings everywhere and the roaring traffic in his memory?

On the way here, Wang Qiang saw countless barracks-style buildings, vaguely able to observe a long corridor connecting many single rooms, the long corridor is ventilated at both ends, shaped like a tube, if I remember correctly, this should be a product of the times "tube building", and then it has been invisible.

Just as he was thinking, a horn sounded to bring his thoughts back to him.

Wang Qiang followed the prestige, only to see that the two carriages seemed to be glued together by a black rubber layer, and two black "tentacles" stretched out from the roof of the car on the wire, another memory engraved with the imprint of the times - an old-fashioned tram.

"Alas. He let out a long sigh, there were too many things to remember in the old days, watching the sunset, Wang Qiang knew that he didn't have much time to appreciate anything, carrying a snakeskin bag and shuttling through the crowded North Square.

Although it is only 94 years now, there is no shortage of people in the North Plaza.

Everyone knows that Shanghai is a big city, and many people who have left their hometowns come to pan for gold with their burdens, some people have picked up gold in this city, and some people are drunk on gold, and they are finally eliminated by the times.

Ticket office.

Wang Qiang hurriedly walked in and shouted, "Borrowed, borrowed." "Stand in line at window three.

A middle-aged couple in front of them is talking.

"Tickets to Guangzhou sold out today?"

"Well, I can only buy tomorrow's. ”

"There are so few trains. ”

The woman complained a few words about her husband's late arrival, and said that she would sleep in the waiting hall tonight.

Hearing this, Wang Qiang frowned, he originally wanted to go to Guangzhou for the first stop, if there is no suitable thing, then go to Shenzhen, after all, the two places are not far apart and will not delay too much time.

Now that the tickets for Guangzhou are sold out?

Wait for tomorrow or go straight to Deep Town?

Thinking about it while queuing, he was a little hesitant, Guangzhou is developing better now, and there are more opportunities to go directly there, while Shenzhen has only started for many years, and it is far from the glory of the future, so it is very likely to run in vain if you go directly.

Unconsciously, the voice of the young woman selling the ticket rang out, "Where are you going?"

Wang Qiang sighed, only to find that there was no one in front of him, and he thought about it for a long time.

The young woman's voice was in a Shang Hai accent, "Ah what, where are you going?"

The attitude was not very good, but Wang Qiang knew that it was like this now, so he didn't give up and asked: "Is there still a ticket for Guangzhou?"

"It's gone, it's sold out. The young woman was a little impatient, "...... down"

Wang Qiang hurriedly said: "What about Shenzhen?"

The young woman checked, "Do you want an express ticket at eight o'clock in the evening?"

"Yes, yes. Wang Qiang said.

"One hundred and twenty-seven. ”

"Okay, I'll give you a hundred and three. ”

"Oh, tickets, hurry up and let go, don't hinder the people behind you from buying tickets. ”

Hurriedly picked up the ticket and changed and stood next to it, Wang Qiang stared at the ticket, the hard seat of the express air-conditioned car, the current express and the later express two concepts, the later express is the speed of the train has increased, now it is not, but a few stops, the actual speed is about the same as that of ordinary trains.

Because it was eight o'clock in the evening, he went outside to find a stall and ate a big bowl of wontons, with shepherd's cabbage and meat, the filling was very sufficient, and the taste was good, but it may be more expensive near the station, and it cost five yuan.

Then Wang Qiang ran a little farther away to find a commissary, prepared a few biscuits, instant noodles and ham sausages, he didn't know how long it would take for the train Shanghai to reach Shenzhen in this era, but he knew that at least it was not less than one day and one night, so the food still had to be prepared.

……

Seven fifty p.m.

Wang Qiang scrambled to the green car with a large group of people as if he was fighting, there were too many people, and several times he felt that someone had stepped on his feet, pushing and shoving behind him, and those people seemed to be afraid that they would not be able to sit in the car.

When squeezed into the small workshop, Wang Qiang suddenly smelled a foul smell, almost retched in disgust, and hurriedly covered his nose to find a place.

Today's trains are not like later, there are often people who take off their shoes regardless of others, but the smell of their feet is outrageous, and those people don't know about it - generally speaking, people with smelly feet can't smell their own feet.

Didn't give up the money to buy a sleeper.

Finally found the position, Wang Qiang found that a middle-aged man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes was already sitting on it, he was puzzled to see his votes, yes, and suddenly said: "Big brother, this position seems to be mine." ”

The thief raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, didn't say a word, stood up and let Wang Qiang in, and then sat in the outside position again.

Wang Qiang sat down at the window and let out a long breath, although there was no foot smell here, but the smell of sweat was still very strong, he could only open the window and take a deep breath of fresh air outside, it was not easy.

It's just that after a while, the conductor ran over and asked him to close the window, this is an air-conditioned car, and he won't let the window open.

Wang Qiang smiled bitterly, and simply closed his eyes to sleep, he knew that there were dragons and snakes on the train, so the hand close to the wall of the car had been inserted in the pocket containing the money, which contained a total of three thousand yuan, two thousand eight were given to him by his mother, and three hundred were originally returned to Lu Dahai, and dozens of yuan were left before, and it cost nearly two hundred yuan to buy things in the car, and only three thousand yuan remained, he knew that he had to protect it and not let others steal it.

With a whoop, the train began to move.

The train gradually accelerated, driving faster and faster, and the wind outside was beating on the glass.

It was getting late.

Wang Qiang fell asleep in a daze.

One hour ......

Three-hour ......

Five-hour ......

Minute by minute and second passed in the course of the train.

He was half-asleep, banging his head against the window from time to time, and then adjusting his position to continue sleeping.

I don't know how long it took, but a beautiful girl's voice suddenly came from my ears, "Uncle, this position is mine, right?"

"Oh. A man's voice rang out.

Then the connected saddles rise and fall, and then a scent enters the tip of the nose.

It smells good.

Wang Qiang couldn't help but sniff his nose, opened his eyes dimly, and found that it was pitch black outside the window, and he looked at the flowers in the fog again, and the man with thief eyebrows and mouse eyes was gone, and was replaced by a girl in a flower plaid dress, which seemed to be very good-looking.

His eyelids fell heavily again.

Wang Qiang fell asleep again.

……

It was past eight o'clock in the morning on the third day.

Wang Qiang woke up hungry, thirty-five or sixteen hours had passed since he got on the train the night before, and he felt that his bones were about to fall apart, and he yawned and couldn't help but pat his shoulder.

"Brother Qiangzi, are you awake?" Xiaoqing's buried voice came from the side, "Why has it been so long? ”

This girl also went to Shenzhen, yesterday during the day, the two chatted all day, it is relatively familiar, it is normal for two people who are not familiar with each other to talk a few words, and Wang Qiang is not willing to chat with the three old men who are yellow on the other side.

Wang Qiang stretched, "Well, where are you?"

"Probably to Dongguan Zhangmutou. Xiaoqing pointed ahead and said, "It should be the second line soon." ”

Wang Qiang looked into the distance, and seemed to see an endless two-meter high-speed rail network encircled, he didn't think much about it, ran to the bathroom and queued up for a short time to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then went to the toilet before returning to his position.

By this time, the train had slowed down.

After chatting with Xiaoqing for a while, two uniformed border guards came up at the door, and as soon as they got into the car, they shouted: "Take out the border guard card, let's check it." ”

Wang Qiang took out the border guard card from his pocket and sat there quietly waiting.

The two border guards checked one by one, and soon came to Wang Qiang's side, and one of the square-faced border guards said to Xiaoqing: "What about the ID card? ”

Xiaoqing rummaged in the small bag, and said in her mouth: "Immediately, immediately." A few seconds later, he pulled it out.

Wang Qiang glanced at it casually, and roughly saw that her name seemed to be Fang Yueqing, a good name, and then he retracted his gaze and took out his ID card, in the third year of junior high school, the school organized an ID card, although he was not under the age of eighteen, but at least he could prove his identity.

When Wang Qiang was found, the square-faced border guard said in surprise: "Jinghai people, sixteen years old running so far?" He said Wang Qiang's first birthday.

Wang Qiang smiled and nodded, and took back his ID card and border defense card.

Two border guards went to the back.

Originally, it was verified that this kind of thing ended quickly, but an accident still happened.

About two minutes later, Wang Qiang heard the voice of a middle-aged man from behind, "Government, okay, I have an urgent matter to go to Shenzhen." ”

"If you are in a hurry, you can't get out of the car. ”

"My wife went to Deep Town and didn't come home for more than a year, so I went to find her. ”

"No, no, get out of the car with me. ”

There was a sound of arguing with each other.

Wang Qiang saw that the guy sitting next to him the day before yesterday seemed unwilling to get out of the car, and was forced to be put down by two border guards, and his legs were still kicking in mid-air, not to mention how funny it was.

But he couldn't laugh, and he was glad in his heart, fortunately he had asked Secretary Li to get a border certificate, otherwise he would have his own share when he got out of the car today.

Later, several people without border protection cards were found, and all of them were pulled out of the car.

Wait until the inspection is over, and the train starts again.

Dongguan Zhangmutou is very close to Shenzhen.

After about forty minutes, the train finally arrived at the Shenzhen Railway Station.

Before the car stopped, Wang Qiang was already excited, and when he arrived, he finally arrived at the place where the dream began.