(September 4, 2014) (Word Count: 5117)

The sky gradually darkened, and the train was speeding in the twilight.

From 6 o'clock in the morning to this evening, I knew that the final destination Qiqihar was about to arrive, and my heart was full of imagination and hope.

Sitting opposite was an old worker in his sixties, who got on the bus in Daqing West, his wife beside him, and his two brothers-in-law and his old mother-in-law on the seat on the right. More than a dozen of them are going to travel to Qiqihar, and the eighty-year-old mother-in-law has to go.

They ended up in similar places to us, except that they were friends and family, and we were classmates we hadn't seen each other for forty-six years. The old worker said that he was from Qi City, so I asked: "Sanshui Villa, how far is it from the city, and how is it there?" The old worker said: "It is more than 30 miles away from the city, so it's okay." ”

I listened to it and had a preliminary impression of Sanshui Villa. So, I called the liaison officer, Shan Wenzhen, and told her that I was about to arrive, and said, "Wenzhen, I'm wearing a red shirt, glasses, and a white piece of paper with my name in my hand, and I'm going out through the rightmost ticket gate." ”

Shan Wenzhen replied that they were about to arrive at the train station, and she was also wearing red.

When I finally arrived at the station, I became more and more excited, and walked to the ticket gate with my bag on my back. I have been to Qiqihar Railway Station more than once, but it has been a long time, and I have no impression in my mind, and I feel that the platform is still far from the ticket gate.

Finally came to the ticket gate, there were several ticket gates, I walked straight to the far right, of course, I couldn't help but look out, but I didn't see Shan Wenzhen and them. I carried both pockets on my right shoulder, held in my left hand a 16-carat blank paper with my name on it, and held the ticket tightly with my right hand.

When I arrived at the ticket gate, the ticket inspector did not collect my ticket, I still looked out, as soon as I walked out of the ticket gate, I looked for a woman in red clothes, a total of three women in red clothes, the first two, I don't see Shan Wenzhen, although they have been separated for forty-six years, but I still clearly remember the appearance of Shan Wenzhen.

Finally, I saw the third woman in a red top, and at a glance, she was Shan Wenzhen, her top was darker than the red of the previous two, I went straight over and said in surprise: "Wenzhen." ”

Shan Wenzhen also saw me, and she shouted my name loudly. Then, I saw Wang Guijuan and the squad leader Zhang Shicheng. When we saw each other, we all recognized each other, because everything has changed from it, and it is still the same face, but it is old.

Wang Guijuan is still in style, her clothes are fashionable, her hair is very dark, her hair is coiled in a bun at the back of her head, her face is still delicate and elegant, and she still doesn't open her mouth with a smile. Shan Wenzhen has gray hair, short hair, and big curls. Zhang Shicheng's face was as white as ever, with a smile that would never disappear.

Zhang Shicheng said with a misty smile: "We are looking for someone wearing a red shirt with a little top." Shan Wenzhen also smiled and said: "I heard on the phone that the jacket is a little red." I laughed and said, "You heard me wrong." ”

Shan Wenzhen is a little fatter, Wang Guijuan is not fat, and Zhang Shicheng is much fatter, and the three of them also say that I am fat. They wanted to take me to the station hotel, and Zhang Shicheng said, "Wang Shuzhen has opened a room there, otherwise, you will go to Shan Wenzhen's house for a night." ”

When we walked towards the station hotel, I suddenly remembered that I was going to Daqingxi, and I said, "Squad leader, when we are finished, I will go to Daqingxi, you can take me to buy a ticket." Zhang Shicheng said: "You can leave on the 28th." ”

I walked to the left and came to the ticket hall, where there were fifteen ticket gates, and there were thirty or forty people lining up at each window, and each window had a label, so I looked for a window suitable for me to buy tickets.

Zhang Shicheng said: "There are so many people, it's better to go to the automatic ticket gate to buy it." "I thought it was right, I turned around and saw that there was a ticket vending gate opposite, which was also a row, and I didn't check how many ticket vending machines there were, and there were only two or three people queuing in front of each automatic ticket machine.

I said, "But I'm not going to buy it." Zhang Shicheng said: "You can ask someone to help you buy it." Zhang Shicheng's words inspired me, I nodded, and walked towards the ticket vending machine window. The three of them stood where they were, waiting for me.

I came to the second ticket vending machine from the left, there were only two people here, and behind me was a young man, taller than me, I patted him on the shoulder with my hand and said, "Young man, I don't buy tickets with a machine, please do me a favor." ”

The young man turned around and said cheerfully, "Okay, you can buy it for you when I'm done." "The young man's face is very delicate, I want to remember this face, this is the first time I have met in my sixties, and the last young life I have encountered, his name, I don't know, but this side of the acquaintance passed by, but he gave me help.

The young man bought the ticket, I stood behind him, watched him operate, I looked at the layout of the ticket machine, and suddenly I thought of the ATM, I think the two are the same mechanism, but there are some differences. But I won't.

After the young man bought the ticket, he flashed to the left, and I said, "I bought the No. 28 K7202 train and bought it at Daqing West Station." "The young man did the operation, I watched from the side, I saw in a trance that there was a train number on it, the location, I didn't see anything else.

The young man said to me, "You give me your ID card." "I gave my ID card to the young man, he put my ID card into the machine, he told me to take the money again, told me it was nine dollars five, I took out ten yuan, and the young man told me where to put the money in.

Then, the young man took out my ID card for me, let me take it well, and let me take the ticket, and the machine gave me five dimes, I forgot to take it off, but took the ID card and the ticket in my hand, my heart was very happy, and I thanked the young man, and he turned and left.

I took a closer look at the train ticket, it was duck egg skin, different from the color of the ticket I bought at the window, and the ticket was also in black font, and I was not happy to check each item. I looked at the ticket vending machine again, and I thought that I must learn how to operate it, this advanced thing must be able to do it, otherwise, it will be too outdated. Even if you are over the age of six, you must keep up with the pace of the times.

I was very relieved to come to Zhang Shicheng and the three of them, and we walked out of the ticket hall together and walked towards the Railway Hotel. The sky was darker, but there were lights shining on the road, and I came to the Railway Hotel, which can be used for accommodation and dinner, and is not far from the station, which is an ideal temporary residence.

The four of us took the elevator to the door of room 607 and asked, "Who?" I heard Wang Shuzhen's voice, and my mind immediately flashed her image of her when she was a student. I stepped forward, the door opened, I saw Wang Shuzhen at a glance, and before I could say anything, I stepped forward and hugged her and kissed her on the head.

After entering the house, I took a closer look at her, she was still short and thin, the image in front of her and the image of the teacher in Keshan, still coincided, but her hair was gray, not black anymore, she had a small bun on the back of her head, instead of the two small braids that drooped below the shoulders back then, her face was still light yellow back then, but it was still a little whiter than back then, and there were not many wrinkles on her face. She wears a yellow half-sleeved shirt with the same color as our gymnastics tracksuits, beige cropped pants on her lower body, and blue hotel slippers on her feet. A look of surprise appeared on her face.

The four of us went inside and sat down. Wang Shuzhen said: "I'm in a hurry now, I want to pick up Xiao Ying, but I'm afraid that I will be alone, I won't recognize it, I'll wait here." I sent a message to Shan Wenzhen, but she didn't reply to me, and I called Zhang Shicheng again, but he didn't answer. I called Yin Bo again, but she didn't answer. ”

The four of us listened and explained the situation separately, and I said, "I heard the call, but as soon as I answered it, it was gone." ”

Then, the five of us chatted for a while, and at eight o'clock, Wang Guijuan and Shan Wenzhen were going home, and at nine o'clock, they said, "See you tomorrow." And he went out.

The rest of us continue to chat, you a word, I a word, the chat is very warm, from the situation of the Keshi back then, until now, I am very happy, very excited, said a lot, Wang Shuzhen said: "Oh, you have changed so much, love to talk." You didn't squeak before, but you're willing to follow me. Others say, you two are good, it's weird, say I, one day, she doesn't squeak, how can you two be good together. ”

I listened, smiled, and said, "Ah, that's a fate between the two of us." Wang Shuzhen also smiled: "Do you remember, on the BJ tandem, one day I got motion sickness and couldn't sit in the car, so I walked and walked, and you followed me and accompanied me." You haven't talked to me much yet, I'll let you go by car, but you haven't go. ”

After I heard this, I laughed again and said, "When you mentioned this, I remembered that I don't remember many things back then." Wang Shuzhen said: "I still remember everything. Zhang Shicheng listened to the conversation between the two of us, and he also smiled.

I looked at the former senior squad leader, he sat on the left side of the bed with Erlang's legs crossed, and I asked, "Senior squad leader, how big an official are you?" Zhang Shicheng laughed more and more, and he replied: "Our LD County Labor Bureau Director is not big. I listened, smiled and said, "But there is real power." ”

Jiang He was a provincial and department-level cadre and director of the local taxation bureau; Yang Wenxue was also a provincial and department-level cadre and director of the prison management bureau; He Dianyong was a county-level cadre; Pang Yanli was the director of the county-level personnel bureau; and Li Guihua was the vice president of the county-level court. Others, with a bit of an official rank, a principal, a director of teaching and so on, and a few other cadres. Half of them are teachers, half of them are from all walks of life, and now, they have all retired and become ordinary people.

Unconsciously, the three of us chatted until nearly nine o'clock, Zhang Shicheng stood up and said, "Let's go, let's pick up Zhang Wanli, he arrived at nine o'clock." So, the three of us walked out of the Railway Hotel and came to the train station.

Zhang Shicheng called Shan Wenzhen and turned it off, probably the other party's mobile phone was out of power. We looked up at the timetable and saw that a train from Harbin arrived at 9:12, and the three of us stood at a ticket gate and looked at Zhang Wanli, but until no one came out again, none of us saw Zhang Wanli.

We had to turn around, Zhang Shicheng was going to call who to ask, as soon as he turned around, he saw Zhang Wanli. Zhang Wanli said: "Shan Wenzhen said to pick me up, saying that she was wearing red clothes, but she couldn't find it." Zhang Shicheng explained the situation and asked Zhang Wanli if he had eaten, Zhang Wanli said that he had eaten in the car, and the four of us returned to the Railway Hotel, and sat down to chat in room 607, and chatted until ten o'clock, and the two Zhang went back to the men's bedroom.

Wang Shuzhen and I continued to chat. I told about the ups and downs of my life, and Wang Shuzhen said with emotion: "Listening to what you said, it's really bitter, how did you get here, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to live." I listened to Wang Shuzhen's words and didn't say anything, but I knew how I survived, and that was the end of the word "forbearance".

Wang Shuzhen also told about her decades of life, at this stage, she and her husband went to BJ with their son to settle down, and their lives are very happy. At the moment, she is worried about getting angry, she said: "My son is going to go to XJ for three years, I am worried, XJ is not safe." But when I come back, I will Tige, and now, my son is at the department level, and when he comes back, he will be at the bureau level. ”

After listening to Wang Shuzhen's words, I couldn't help but think of my only child, if he is alive, isn't it also the period of rapid development of his career?

I saw my old classmates who had been absent for 46 years, I was very happy, I was even more excited, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and I chatted with Wang Shuzhen until one o'clock in the second half of the night, she stopped talking, and I stopped, but where can I sleep?

The next morning, I woke up at two or three o'clock.

In the morning, the students came one after another, there were already more than a dozen classmates, after forty-six years of absence, once they met, everyone was very affectionate. Dai Guoying sent a message and asked me where I was, and I told her that her eyes were sick, and Xu Xiuli and I took a taxi to pick her up.

In the evening, I, Dai Guoying, Wang Huicai, Wang Shuzhen, and the four of us lived in a small house in the south, which was the worst one, with a moldy smell and dampness.

In the morning, as soon as it was light, I got up, went to the kitchen and went to the bathroom, and saw Zhang Wanli washing his face in the yard.

During the three-day party activities, I rarely took pictures, I didn't like to take pictures, I was old, and I felt bad and lost when I looked at the old-fashioned appearance on the photos. But the classmates were crazy to take pictures, in addition to all the group photos, I only took photos with Dai Guoying, Wang Shuzhen, Zhang Wanli, Xu Xiuli, Yuan Ping, Wang Huicai, they all took the initiative to invite me.

When we met, I didn't recognize Pang Yanli, she may have changed a little more, I was at a loss when I saw her, but she said: "Don't you know me, am I not Pang Yanli?" I took a closer look and confirmed that it was her, her white face had become gray.

Of course, I asked, I had to ask: "Back then, did you receive the letter I wrote to you and Yang Wenxue at the post office?" Pang Yanli said: "I did, you stayed too short." I said again: "Zhu Xuewu told me that he went to your place, and you picked him up in a car." Pang Yanli didn't answer my words.

It was 1984, the teachers of the school were all evaluated for professional titles, I went to Keshan Normal to get a graduation certificate, Pang Yanli and Yang Wenxue were working as leaders of the KS County Party Committee, I just wanted to see them out of the affection of my classmates, not because of their official position and value, and I couldn't borrow them. But I didn't ask: What did you think when you received my letter? Now that her husband has been reduced to a prisoner.

Dai Guoying's eyes are sick and she can't see clearly, so I have been with her, I explained the situation to Wang Shuzhen, and Wang Shuzhen understood very well.

Wang Shuzhen is an activist, both boys and girls can socialize, especially like to socialize with male classmates. Wang Shuzhen also showed me the small photos I gave her when she graduated that year, and asked me to take pictures with my mobile phone. I don't have this little photo myself, that little photo, I comb two short braids and wear a military uniform.

In this class reunion, the youngest age, sixty-six years old, a total of five people: Pang Yanli, Xu Xiuli, Yin Bo, Li Guihua, Shan Wenzhen, we took a group photo of five cows (all of them belong to cattle). The oldest is 69 years old, and 67 years old is the majority.

The misfortunes are: three female classmates lost their husbands and were widowed, Wang Guijuan and Shan Wenzhen Yuanping. Three mothers who lost their sons, Dai Guoying, Yin Bo (only child), and Wang Huicai.

Eight male classmates, nothing unfortunate. The class leader also jokingly said, "Find a widowed female classmate." As a result, he was just talking, he couldn't do it, he didn't have any candidates, maybe, in the future, he would have it.

The students' life in their later years is guaranteed, and they all have pensions, the highest is more than 7,000 per month, and the lowest is about 2,000 per month.

The class leader also asked me to investigate each student's home address, phone number, and QQ number, and I investigated them all, but it was incomplete, and some of them couldn't remember clearly. However, it was not printed, somehow. It is very necessary to arrange for each student to buy a USB flash drive, and input the grand occasion and photos of the party into the USB flash drive, so that the students can often see these wonderful moments after they go home, and give the best memories of the twilight season.

I opened the USB flash drive, and the photos and videos were very good, good, great!

The three-day party was over, I went to Daqing West, and Zhao Yajing, Gao Lianfu, and Zhao Ruihua were in the same car.

Even if they are all classmates, they all come to the appointment to get together, although the love of classmates is still there, but there are also distant relatives, which is directly related to the relationship back then. This gathering was not easy, this was an unprecedented gathering, and the twenty-five people who gathered together were all out of "classmates for three and a half years, and they were in love with this life" and gathered in the Sanshui Villa of the Shuishi Camp in Qiqihar from all directions.

It is something to be remembered and remembered forever.