"Beer, drinks, mineral water, peanuts, melon seeds, eight treasure porridge. Sitting outside, take your legs away. ”

The conductor's shouting echoed in the noisy and crowded carriage, and Chang An, who was sitting next to the aisle, nervously looked at the conductor who was pushing the small truck slowly forward, and the legs stretched out in the aisle unconsciously retracted inward.

This is the first time Chang An has taken a train in his life, and the 15-year-old sneaked out of a poor ravine in the northwest with his family on his back, and stepped on the train to Shenzhen with the 600 yuan he earned from selling turtles.

At this time, it was the end of February 1996, and the entire land of China was still immersed in the joy of the New Year. This year, Teacher Zhao Lirong's "Part-time Job Adventure" shined in the Spring Festival Gala, and Chang An decided to go south to work after watching this sketch and escape from the poor ravine where he had lived for fifteen years.

Sitting opposite Chang'an was a Henan brother who claimed to be from Shenzhen, and as soon as he got in the car, he chatted nonsense with the people around him. When someone next to him revealed that he was from Henan, he was not annoyed, but just repeated a sentence with a smile - they are all from Shenzhen.

This Henan eldest brother who claims to be from Shenzhen is named Wang Cheng, and he is a typical self-cooked. After seeing that Chang An went out for the first time, he turned on his braggaking mode.

"Xiao Chang, you don't know. Back then, my brother also met a Sichuan man on the train and bragged to me all the way. Later, I found out that the Sichuanese who bragged to me actually went to the big brother of the Soviet Union and sold four planes to the state......"

A young man with glasses sitting next to Wang Cheng interrupted at the right time: "Hehe, I can't see it." Are you still Boss Mu's guide back then?"

The young man's name is Zhao Xiliang, who claims to be a college student at NTU. This trip to Shenzhen is to respond to the country's call to support the construction of Shenzhen.

Wang Cheng was not annoyed by being exposed, his honest face was still full of smiles, and he was talking to Chang An about the mountains.

"Xiao Chang, do you know? Last year, there was a big hippopotamus on the American devil's side that exploded, killing more than 100 people. ”

Chang An shook his head gently, he was only 15 years old, and he was not interested in the news.

Seeing that Chang An didn't speak, Wang Cheng said with some excitement.

"If you want me to say, this American devil is damned, he knows how to bully us China every day. It's a fucking thing. ”

Without waiting for Chang An to pick up, that Zhao Xiliang spoke again.

"It's called Oklahoma City, and it's not a big hippopotamus. It was only the local federal building that exploded, not the entire city. And it was a terrorist attack, so what are you angry about? We should resolutely criticize the actions of those terrorists. ”

has been repeatedly demolished, even the best tempered person will have a temper. I saw Wang Cheng pursed his lips and retorted.

"As far as you know, it's also terrorism, as long as it's against the American devils, I will support it! Who makes them so bad!"

Zhao Xiliang was also young and vigorous, and when he heard Wang Cheng's words, he immediately said angrily.

"Lack of erection and conspiracy!"

“……”

“……”

Chang An smiled, he couldn't understand what the two people were arguing about. But in his opinion, these two people must be arguing about something important to him.

Seeing that the two in front of him were still arguing, Chang An's thoughts gradually drifted back to his home in the northwest mountains.

Chang'an's family is very poor, not only his family, but the entire village where his family is located is poor, and the poverty is unimaginably poor.

At the beginning of '95, the small village where Chang'an's family lived was finally connected to electricity. However, due to the high cost of electricity, every household in the village still keeps kerosene lamps for night lighting.

The only electric light in the village that can be lit at night is a street lamp located in front of the village council.

The village chief said that this is the façade of the village and cannot be extinguished.

In the summer of 95, Chang An saw TV for the first time.

It was a 12-inch black-and-white TV of the Panda brand, which was eliminated by the town and moved back to the village by the village chief. Since the day the TV was moved to the village, this black-and-white TV has become the only entertainment tool in the village every night.

Even on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, every family in the village did not even eat the reunion dinner. They all sat in the open space at the entrance of the village committee and watched the live broadcast of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

Speaking of which, Chang An has to thank this TV, if it weren't for the "Chinese soft-shelled turtle essence" and local advertisements for soft-shelled turtles on TV every day, he would not have the money to buy a ticket to Shenzhen.

Amid the noise of the carriage, the sky outside the window began to darken. Chang An closed his eyes and fell asleep in a trance, and when Chang An woke up again, the radio in the carriage had begun to whimper indistinctly with the sound of the arrival of Shenzhen Station in front of him.

Seeing that Chang An was still a little confused, Wang Cheng on the opposite side stretched out his hand and gently patted Chang An's shoulder.

Chang An woke up instantly, and saw Wang Cheng on the opposite side pointing out the window and saying to Chang An.

"Xiao Chang, I'm in Shenzhen. ”

Chang An hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and after saying thank you, he hurriedly rummaged through his simple luggage from the luggage rack.

Seeing this scene, Wang Cheng smiled.

Pointing to Chang An, who was rummaging through the luggage rack, Wang Cheng smiled at Zhao Xiliang beside him.

"You see, I said he was going out for the first time. Now I believe my brother, right?"

Zhao Xiliang smiled contemptuously, as if he was not interested in the subject matter of a hillbilly like Wang Cheng, and turned his eyes to the tall buildings outside the window, as if there was an indescribable amazement.

The train slowly entered the station, and the people on the train began to gradually become agitated. Chang An squeezed for a long time before squeezing from the seat to the position of the door.

After the train stopped and the conductor opened the door, the crowd squeezed Chang An, who was standing at the door, staggered.

When Chang An, who finally stabilized his figure, looked back at the car door, he began to secretly congratulate himself on the wisdom of squeezing to the door in advance. Countless human monkeys rushed out of the car door in a hurry, and the conductor on the side was hoarse and tried their best to maintain order, but to no avail.

Chang An was about to turn around and leave, but was tapped on the shoulder. Chang An turned his head to look and saw that Zhao Xiliang, the college student in the car, was looking at him with a smile.

Chang An was a little puzzled, scratched his head, and asked with some puzzlement.

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

Zhao Xiliang took out a small notebook and a black pen from his pocket, quickly wrote down a line of words, tore off the paper, and handed it to Chang An.

"This is my pager number and my address, if you can't get along in Shenzhen, come to this place to find me, it's no problem for you to have food and clothing." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Xiliang skillfully stuffed the pen and small notebook back into his pocket, and walked away with his luggage.

Chang An looked at the note in his hand, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

Shenzhen, I'm here.