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Kurno is a young man living in rural Ukraine in Eastern Europe. His family has a small orchard. It is difficult to maintain the livelihood of the family.

Kurno also has two older brothers, who are the youngest sons in the family. Although his parents and brothers take good care of him, he is 18 years old and an adult this year.

He needs to start planning for his future. Because the economic situation in Ukraine is not good now, half of the country's banks have gone bankrupt, and even the government has lowered the monthly wage of the minimum wage to 42.5 US dollars a month.

The small orchard is already stretched thin to maintain the family's livelihood, especially after his eldest brother married a wife last year, the burden on the family will be heavier.

And his sister-in-law is pregnant, and after his nephew (niece) is born, the burden on the family will be even more difficult.

Kurno strolled through the fields, pouting a dog's tail and waving the grass irritably.

Do you want to be a soldier? Kurno thought that if he went to the army, at least he would be able to take care of his three meals a day and clothing, and he would have a little allowance every month, although not much, but he would be able to subsidize his family.

Or do you want to go to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and I've heard that you can still find some work there.

But Kurno didn't know what he could do, and he didn't seem to be able to do anything but exert his strength. The education level is only junior high school, and after graduating from junior high school, he began to help the family do farm work.

Drive a tractor, repair a tractor and some basic circuits and welding, he will do. Because you don't know these basic skills, you can't survive in the countryside.

It is impossible to go to maintenance workers after any agricultural machinery breaks, in which case most of the annual income will have to be given to maintenance workers.

I just don't know if there is a need to repair tractors in Kyiv? I don't know if repairing a car is the same as repairing a tractor? If it is the same, I might be able to do car repair or something.

Kurno thought about these things for a while, and strolled in the direction of his home. However, something unpleasant happened on the way, and he was almost entangled by several hooligans in the village.

They were bastards who didn't have a job, and every day they were stealing something to exchange money for, or going to the old factory area 30 kilometers away to find building materials and steel that could be dismantled.

The factory was built during the Soviet era as a tractor factory, which barely operated for a decade after its collapse and eventually closed down.

Kurno's father was an employee at a tractor factory, and the village used to be the factory's family quarter. However, after the factory closed, life became more and more difficult.

Just like now, those unemployed young people are idle all day long, and a village of 3,000 people simply does not have many jobs for young people.

If you don't want to do the hard work on the farm, then you can only mix with these village hooligans.

"Get out of here!" As Kurno was pestered by a few hooligans, a sound like a thunderbolt came from behind. Kurno's burly big brother was glaring at the little rascals with a wooden stick the thickness of his wrist.

He roared like a bell, "Get out of here, you bastards, stay away from my brother!"

Kurno's eldest brother was a soldier and the kind who had killed people on the battlefield, and almost most of the CIS countries were harassed at the height of terrorists in Eastern Europe.

A thirty-year-old strong man carries a thick wooden stick, which is still very fearful. A few little hooligans scolded and left. Originally, they were planning to extort the only 100 hryvnia (100 hryvnia is about 25 yuan) from Kurno.

"You need to be ruthless with this kind of person! Kurno, if necessary, you need to carry a knife with you!" "After the eldest brother drove away those little hooligans, he patted his third brother on the shoulder, because he was too hard, Kurno's shoulder hurt a little.

"Tap, tap, big brother. Kurno rubbed his shoulders and grinned.

"Why are they pestering you?" asked the eldest brother as he followed Kurno home.

"They saw the money in my pocket. Kurno said with some depression.

"What about a hundred hryvnia, it's your eighteenth birthday, it's our birthday present to you, you can go to town and buy something you like, I remember a baseball cap that you like very much, just the right price." The eldest brother asked as he walked towards the house with big strides.

Kurno looked at his eldest brother's face, which was already beginning to look senile at the age of thirty, and he didn't stop talking until he saw his dilapidated but well-maintained house appear in front of him, and he said, "I think my family needs this money more than I do." After all, birthdays are celebrated every year. ”

"And in the future, big brother, after your child is born, it will cost more money. Let's save it. ”

Kurno's words made the eldest brother stunned for a moment, and finally the eldest brother stared at his brother for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh and said, "This is your adult day." ”

Kurno smiled: "It's okay. ”

Because it is Kurno's birthday, the family has prepared a relatively rich dinner today.

My mother and sister-in-law made beetroot soup, freshly roasted big lieba, butter-fried sausages and stewed pork and mixed vegetables. It's a very hearty dinner, and it's usually only prepared at home during the holidays.

My father came back late, because he had only gone to the city, 40 kilometers away, to buy fertilizer.

In the evening, the family sat around the dining table and ate a big meal, and everyone had a smile on their faces. Everyone is blessing Kurno and blessing the youngest son in the family to grow up.

Only Kurno himself clenched his fists under the table, and when his sister-in-law put a piece of fried fragrant sausage on Kurno's plate, Kurno suddenly whispered, "I'm going to be a soldier." ”

"What?!" The volume abruptly said to Kurno's mother: "What are you talking about?!You say it again!!"

As he looked at his parents' gray hair and the sumptuous dinner on the table, he said loudly, "I'm going to be a soldier!"

Kurno's father first stopped his emotional wife, and then calmly asked, "Why?"

"Because, because I'm an adult. I can't stay at home anymore and my family's orchard doesn't earn much. Dad, when you went to buy fertilizer today, I saw that my mother had taken out almost most of the family's money. But now the fruit cannot be sold at a high price, and the people in the city do not have much money to buy and eat. The price of fruit is getting lower and lower every year, and I can't stay at home anymore!"

The more Kurno spoke, the more excited his voice became: "If I go to the army, my family will not need to prepare my food, the army will provide food and clothing." There is also a monthly allowance of a few hundred hryvnias. As long as I save it, I can bring back a sum of money when I leave the army, just like my big brother, and I can buy a new tractor for my family!"

Bang! The eldest brother slapped the table hard, and the eldest brother, who had always been silent and loved his younger brother, looked at Kurno with a very fierce expression and shouted: "Daydreaming! Do you think you are so easy to mix when you enter the army? With your personality and physique, you will die in the barracks at any time! It is not heaven." ”

"Have you forgotten the previous war with Russia? Russia has waged war against us for the sake of new energy in Latvia! How many border cities have been destroyed in Ukraine? How many soldiers have been killed!"

Kurno could only say weakly in the face of the fierce big brother: "But now there is a truce." ”

"But war could start at any time!" Kurno's mother's voice was very high-pitched, and she was extremely reluctant for her youngest son to enter the barracks: "If you want to be a soldier, you can't wait until I die!"

The family was extremely opposed to Kurno's decision, but Kurno was very stubborn and said, "But what am I doing if I am not a soldier? I can't go around like those little hooligans." I don't want to be like them. Even if I am a factory worker, I want to be able to stand tall and straight. ”

"Either I'll go to Kyiv to find my second brother and ask him to help me find a job in Kyiv. Kurno mentioned his second brother, who works in Kyiv.

But the father snorted coldly: "Your second brother himself only works in a bakery in Kiev, and you also run to be an apprentice in a bakery?!"

"At least it's better than wasting food at home. "Kurno has the stubbornness of a teenager.

And the eldest brother, who had murdered Kurno before, was silent for a while and then said, "Actually, the second brother called me today. ”

The father still snorted coldly: "He still remembers this home? In a big city like Kyiv, he has already carried away, and he didn't even come back for Christmas last year." ”

The eldest brother smiled bitterly: "Dad, the train ticket is not cheap, the second child is just an apprentice in the bakery, the monthly salary is very low, and the cost of living in Kiev is very large, and he can hardly save money." If he wants to come back, he can pay for the ticket to come, but the family will have to pay for the ticket to go back. He just wants to save money on his family. ”

The father snorted and did not speak, and the old man did not seem very satisfied with this reason.

The eldest brother was also reluctant to convince his stubborn father, but turned his head to Kurno and said: "Your second brother made a phone call, there is a recruitment in Kyiv that requires a lot of people, and the monthly salary is not low. ”

Kurno's eyes lit up: "What is it about, and how much is the monthly salary?"

The eldest brother said with some hesitation: "It's about building a new high-speed railway." A monthly salary of three hundred dollars a month can be paid in dollars instead of hryvnia. ”

Kurno's sister-in-law is a high school graduate and has a little knowledge, and she said a little strangely: "High-speed railway? Ukraine still has the money to build a high-speed railway?"

"If the government has the money to build this, it might as well save the banks that are about to fail." Last month, I wanted to deposit money, but there was a long queue in front of the bank to run on the deposited cash. I was so scared that I had to get the money back, and I didn't dare to deposit it in the bank. "The sister-in-law didn't believe the news.

"And three hundred dollars a month? That's too much!"

When he heard about the monthly salary of three hundred dollars, Kurno was very moved. It's a high-paying job, and he doesn't care if it's hard to build the railway. As long as the sweat can be exchanged for payment, he doesn't mind sweating more.

But the sister-in-law's analysis is also reasonable, the construction of the railway must be the state's plan, but where does the state get the money now? Don't it be a scam? Thinking of this, Kurno's heart is half cold.

But the eldest brother quickly explained: "It was not the Ukrainian government that paid for it, it was a loan made by Latvia." It is the chairmanship of the new Commonwealth of Eastern Europe, to which our country is a member. Ukraine mortgaged the right to operate the railway for the next thirty years, and Latvia paid for the technology and equipment purchased from the Randall Group of the United States. ”

"It's like we're going to build some kind of super high-speed rail system. I don't know much about this, but I guess it's the same thing as the high-speed train in China and Germany. "Big Brother doesn't know enough about the super high-speed rail system, and he confuses it with traditional high-speed rail.

But it doesn't matter, as long as Kurno knows that this is true and not a hoax.

Kurno looked at his father with determination and said, "Dad, please let me go to Kyiv!

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It is most convenient to get to Kiev by train from Kurno's hometown. The train was built during the Soviet era, and the platform has not been modified for so many years, and it looks very old.

The train has a high overhang, but the platform is low. This makes it necessary for passengers to climb a section of the train's narrow and steep staircase. Dragging his package, Kurno struggled to squeeze into the train. He didn't let his family see him off, because the train station was too far away from where his family lived, and the cost of transportation was too large.

He was looking for his seat with his ticket, 46., 46, ah!

But in front of Kurno there was a girl lugging a heavy suitcase and trying to put the salute on the luggage rack. But the salute was so heavy that the girl tried several times but failed to lift the suitcase.

"I'll do it!" When the girl failed again, Kurno reached out and helped the girl push the luggage smoothly onto the luggage rack. Then he put his luggage on it as well.

"Thank you!" the girl smiled and thanked Kurno. She was wearing a black and white loose T-shirt and trousers of the same color, tall and tall, with a few freckles on her face but delicate features.

Even if she didn't trim her eyelashes, the girl's eyelashes were very long and beautiful, and under the eyelashes were a pair of turquoise eyes, like fine emeralds, very pure and beautiful.

It was the first time for Kurno to be thanked by such a beautiful girl, and he replied a little overwhelmed: "No, I mean, you're welcome. ”

With two thousand hryvnia in his pocket, Kurno sat down in his seat with a heartbeat.

And the beautiful girl I just saw sat directly beside her. This made Kurno can't help but look at her.

The girl glanced back at Kurno and said with a smile, "Why, I'm not welcome to sit here? ”

Kurno stammered, "Of course, of course." ”

The girl seemed to see an honest boy like Kurno for the first time, and said to him with interest: "My name is Katyusha, what is your name?"

"Kurno, my friends call me Kurno. Kurno quickly replied.

"Are you going to Kyiv?" asked Katyusha curiously.

"Yes. Kurno's reply was somewhat dry.

The train started and headed in the direction of Kiev. A pair of young men sitting in the same car were talking to each other, to be precise, Katyusha was asking, Kurno said.

In the process, Katyusha figured out the purpose of Kurno's trip to Kyiv. At the same time, he also told Kurno about his identity, a graduate of Kyiv University.

Kurno looked at Katyusha with some envy, which made the girl feel a little embarrassed.

Katyusha looked at the scenery flying by outside the window and said to Kurno: "Kurno, can you not look at me like that?"

Kurno was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Just graduates of Kyiv University. Kurno didn't say the second half, but just praised it.

Katyusha glanced at Kurno with some amusement, and there were few boys who looked at him not because of his beauty, but because of his knowledge.

Kurno continued: "I just think you're amazing, Katyusha. After graduating from Kyiv University, you would like to return to your hometown and improve the local agricultural products instead of staying in Kyiv. ”

Katyusha shook her head and said helplessly: "It's just a drop in the bucket." Now the seed industry in the world is monopolized by a few oligarchs, Ukraine does not breed its own grain seeds, and our farmers are just lambs to be slaughtered. ”

"In fact, it is not only farmers in our country, but in fact farmers in most countries are dough kneaded at will by big grain companies and seeds. After all, we can't do anything without seeds. The state also has no money to invest in research in this area. ”

Katyusha said a little helplessly, even with a little sadness.

"So, are you going back to Kyiv now? No, I'm not saying you gave up or something. I'm just asking casually. Kurno felt that he had said something stupid, because just now Katyusha was not looking at him well.

Katyusha turned her gaze out the window: "No, I was determined to make the life of our country, our people, better when I was in college. Especially from a farmer's family, because I was born in a rural area. I know how hard it is for farmers, especially now that the country's economic situation is deteriorating. ”

"I always wanted to do something, but I couldn't. Katyusha withdrew her gaze from the window, turned to Kurno and said: "You are going to Kyiv to participate in the recruitment of the super high-speed railway system, do you know the significance of this railway?"

Kurno was silent for a while, then shook his head honestly.

Katyusha said with a wistful glint in her eyes: "This will connect the entire Commonwealth of New Eastern Europe." Latvia's leader, Doom, called on the participating countries of the new Eastern European Commonwealth to ease border tariffs and allow goods to flow more quickly and cheaply. ”

"It hasn't been like this since the Soviet Union split. Can you imagine all this?" Katyusha looked at Kurno with excitement.

But Kurno could only blush and shake his head. Katyusha didn't care about Kurno's embarrassment, but continued to introduce him: "Kurno, you said that your family grows fruits, but now your family's fruits can only be transported to nearby cities to sell, and the farthest is no more than 300 kilometers. Even if a merchant comes to buy your fruit, the furthest is to sell it to Kiev. ”

Hearing this, Kurno nodded, and Katyusha continued: "But the economy of Ukraine is not good, fruits are not a necessity of life, and everyone is saving money. If you have money, you would rather buy a little more food and save it, and fruit has become a luxury. In fruit shops in Kiev, fruit is expensive. But in the fields, the purchase price of fruit is cheap. ”

Kurno sounds a little confused, why is the fruit in Kiev very expensive, but the fruit sold by his own family is very cheap? The complicated economic relationship in this is something that Kurno does not understand.

"But if the super-high-speed railway is opened, and the new Eastern European Union lifts customs duties between the member states, then the fruit of your family in Kurno can be transported to the railway station and then sent to Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan! Your family's income will also get better. ”

"And it's not just the fruit of your family, it's the various specialties and handicrafts of each country. Or some much-needed supplies. For example, country A needs a product X, but country A does not have inventory. But there are many in the market in country B. ”

"Importing goods from country B through traditional trade can indeed relieve the pressure on country A, but the people of country A have to pay a high price. This is determined by the market economy. However, after the opening of the super high-speed railway, although the market price increase factor still exists, the cost and tariff have been infinitely reduced. This will benefit more people. ”

Katyusha's explanation made Kurno gradually understand the meaning of the railway.

Katyusha continued: "Whether it is food, light industrial goods, or other necessities of people's livelihood. The exchange of goods and people is often hampered by transportation and geographical constraints. What this railroad does is break it all once and for all. Do you know how fast this railway is?"

Katyusha's question once again made Kurno shake his head a little embarrassed, he just went to work for a high salary, and many things he didn't know.

Katyusha said with a smile: "As long as it is repaired, it will not take more than half an hour from Ukraine to Latvia or Poland or Kazakhstan in the future!"

Katyusha's words shocked Kurno a little: "This is faster than our village to the nearest city!"

Katyusha sighed: "This is the use of speed to change the world! When the world is flattened, when geographical barriers and alienation are broken, everything will become so different." ”

Katyusha: "Do you know Iron Man, Nightcrawler, Captain Rogers?"

Kurno nodded and shook his head: "That's some American hero? ”

Katyusha clenched her hands into fists and waved: "They are the heroes of this world, and the second is the Americans." They're all about driving change in this world, like the Horizon Foundation and the Randall Group's HyperSpeed Rail program. ”

"I came back to Kyiv because I also wanted to be involved in this change, and even though I was just an ordinary person, I wanted my knowledge to help. It is my dream that when I grow old one day, I will be able to say like Paul Kochagin: I have no regrets in my life!"

Kurno said, "Your dream is so great, and I ...... it" and I can only be a road builder.

Katyusha patted Kurno on the shoulder, and she put her arms around one of Kurno's shoulders with the boldness of an Eastern European woman and said, "Dreams are not great for others to see. It's just a willingness in the heart, and it depends on whether you are willing to pay. ”

Looking at the various scenery speeding by outside the window, Kurno's heart kept changing his thoughts. One moment it is the advice of parents and the care of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the other is the second brother who is far away in Kiev. I also think that I can do something for my family after I can earn money in the future.

Then he thought of what Katyusha said, connecting the world, communicating what is not. Maybe one day the fruit from your own orchard will be able to be sold in any of the countries of the New Eastern European Commonwealth?

And after that, Kurno almost couldn't help but want to see what Katyusha said about the world-changing super-high-speed railway.

If the railway is really that good, then even if it is just a road builder, Kurno feels honored.

If I could, I would like to spread this railway to the ends of the earth, to every corner of the earth. Let all people like yourself be able to change their lives because of this railway.

On the train, Kurno made his first dream in life, and this day had just passed his eighteenth birthday.

And countless young people, like Kurno and Katyusha, boarded the train and went to Kiev, to Astana, to Warsaw. Go to any of the hyperspeed rail recruitment sites.

There are engineers, there are ordinary workers, and there are students who have just graduated.

With enthusiasm and excitement, dreams and ignorance, everyone changes the world or changes themselves. The endless stream of trains and automobiles has brought together countless young people, this time in order to change the world, but also to change themselves. For the whole world and for the family.

In this era, the blood is still not cold.

It's like the familiar melody played by the accordion in a train car, and even after a century, it is still sung.

Just as the pear blossoms are blooming all over the world, the river floats with a soft light veil.

Katyusha stood on the handsome shore, singing like a bright spring light.

The girl was singing a beautiful song, and she was singing about the eagle of the steppe.

She is singing about her beloved, and Katyusha love will always belong to him.

Oh, the singing voice of the singing girl, fly away with the shining sun!

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