Qin Zihe and his entourage took the train at 2:45 p.m. from Songjiang Station, bound for the 128 express passenger train to Yanjing, passing through Huihe Station, stopping at Huihe Station for 12 minutes, because it is not the starting station of the train, the reserved sleeper ticket amount is very limited, Huihe Station has a total of 4 soft sleeper tickets, 12 hard sleeper tickets, a total of 16 sleeper tickets, and now it is the summer transportation period, Yanjing direction tickets are very nervous, Huihe Station deputy station director Jiang Jibin although he agreed to be refreshing, But the 22 sleeper tickets that Qin Zihe needed still made him work hard.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the delegation of 20 people gathered in front of the gate of the waiting room of Huihe Station, of course, there were Bai Wannian's wife Ge Fang and daughter Bai Ying, and more relatives came to see them off. Many family members and children were even moved to tears by the brief parting.

Municipal Party Committee Secretary, Executive Deputy Mayor and other municipal party committee and municipal axe main leaders to travel, especially the municipal party secretary Bai Wannian to send his daughter to study in the United States, the municipal party committee and municipal axe officials have come to see off, Mayor Peng Haiqing, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee Liang Xiangqian, organization minister Ma Changjin and others all went to the station, surrounded Bai Wannian and his party to ask long and short, wishing a smooth trip and a smooth journey. Xu Gang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tiedong Street, and Li Shuyan, deputy director, also came to the station to see off Qin Zihe, of course, Wang Jun, director of the office, and Shao Chengyu, who was building the road, also came.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it was when the sun was full, everyone stood in front of the waiting room door without covering it, and the sweat came down after a while, because the waiting room was crowded with passengers who wanted to get on the bus, it was more stuffy inside, and all kinds of smells were mixed together very unpleasant, everyone would rather stand here and bask than enter the waiting room, someone had proposed to take shelter under the shade of the tree on the west side of the square in front of the station, Bai Wannian looked at the place that was more than 200 meters away from not only some hesitation.

At this time, Jiang Jibin, the deputy stationmaster of Huihe Station, ran over while wiping his sweat with his hands, and saw Qin Zihe hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Oh, Brother Qin, I can't find you everywhere, why are you standing here, the sun is so sunny, hurry, follow me to the soft seat waiting room, there is air conditioning, cool!" ”

Qin Zihe couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw that Jiang Jibin had come at the right time, and after shaking his hand and expressing his gratitude, he said, "Stationmaster Ji, come and let me introduce Secretary Bai of our Municipal Party Committee." With that, he pulled him to the front of Bai Wannian and the others.

Qin Zihe said to Bai Wannian: "Secretary Bai, this is the stationmaster Jiang of Huihe Station, he came over and invited us to wait for the train in the soft seat waiting room!" There was air conditioning and it was very cool. ”

Bai Wannian was wondering if he would take shelter in the shade of the trees over there, and when he saw that Qin Zihe led Stationmaster Jiang to send charcoal in the snow, he was very surprised, shook hands with Jiang Jibin, and said very politely: "Stationmaster Jiang, hello, look, I also trouble you to run in person." Just, are we so convenient? At this time, only cadres at the department level and above can enjoy the treatment of soft seats, ordinary people have money and can not sit on soft seats and soft sleepers, soft seats waiting room is specially built for the chief to wait for the car, is the product of specific historical conditions, Bai Wannian is polite is also very normal.

Jiang Jibin is very good at being a man, and hurriedly said: "Secretary Bai, hello, hello!" No hassle, no hassle! Director Qin has made such a great effort and done so many good things for our railway area, so I have to say no. Secretary Bai, leaders, please come here. As he spoke, he led everyone to the soft seat waiting room.

The soft seat waiting at Huihe Station is not large, it can accommodate more than 30 people, if everyone who comes to see them off will definitely not be able to go in, Jiang Jibin looked at the mighty crowd of people to see them off, and quietly reminded Qin Zihe, Qin Zihe immediately went over and told Bai Wannian about the situation.

Bai Wannian walked to the door of the soft seat waiting room and stopped, turned around and said to everyone: "Thank you for coming to see us off so enthusiastically, but due to the limited space of the soft seat waiting room, it can't accommodate so many people, so let's send it here, go back to the work that should be done, and the family members will hurry up and go back after saying what they want to say!" ”

The secretary of the municipal party committee spoke that there were those who dared not listen, after a burst of blessings, the soft seat waiting room was slowly dispersed when Secretary Bai and his party were seen, and the family members who came to see off were the families of officials at all levels, and they all understood what Secretary Bai's words meant, and quickly waved goodbye after a few words.

Qin Zihe shook hands with Xu Gang, Li Shuyan and others in front of the door of the soft seat waiting room, and knew that Shao Chengyu had brought the car, so he asked him to bring it back to Xu Gang, Li Shuyan and Wang Jun.

"Zihe!" As soon as Qin Zihe turned around and was about to enter the soft seat waiting room, Xia Mei ran over at a trot while shouting his name.

Qin Zihe hurriedly caught up and held Xia Mei's hand and said, "Xia Mei, didn't you say last night that you wouldn't come to see you off, why did you come here again?" ”

Xia Mei ran a little wheezing, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, she wiped it and said, "At this time, there was nothing wrong with the hospital, so I asked for a leave of absence." As he spoke, he looked at Qin Zihe affectionately, and his eyes turned red after a while.

Although Xia Mei's words were plain, they were full of affection, Qin Zihe was very moved, wiped the sweat on her forehead and said: "Xia Mei, don't be like this, I feel very uncomfortable with you like this, this time I will go to the United States for half a month, and I will be back soon, be obedient, wait for me at home!" ”

"Hmm!" Xia Mei held back her tears and nodded vigorously.

Qin Zihe's hands shook Xia Mei's hand vigorously and said, "Xia Mei, the time is almost up, you see that Stationmaster Jiang is still standing at the door waiting for me, I have to go in, you go back!" ”

"Hmm!" Xia Mei nodded and said, "Zihe, have a good trip!" ”

Qin Zihe called Shao Chengyu and asked him to send Xia Mei back to the hospital, watched Xia Mei get in the car and drive away, before turning around and walking into the soft seat waiting room. Although the soft seat waiting room is not large, the environment is very clean and bright, and the inside is very cool, and the outside is fundamentally two worlds. Although the cadres who saw them off left, Mayor Peng Haiqing and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Liang Xiangqian still stayed and sat with Bai Wannian chatting about something.

Jiang Jibin, deputy director of Huihe Station, is there, and the efficiency of Huihe Railway Station is very high, from checking to cutting tickets by the staff, which saves the members of the delegation a lot of troublesome procedures, and the train was notified 10 minutes before arriving at Huihe Station.

As soon as the station radio began to cut tickets, the members of the delegation entered the platform from the soft seat waiting room, among them, in addition to Bai Wannian, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Hu Chengjun, Executive Vice Mayor and He Xianghong, Deputy Mayor, Kang Kai, Director of the Finance Bureau, because of the title of assistant to the mayor, enjoy the treatment of deputy director, so the four of them are soft sleeper sleeper tickets, just a private room, the remaining 18 people including Bai Wannian's wife Ge Fang and daughter Bai Ying are hard sleeper tickets, the station staff took them to the sleeper car parked position, and the train entered the station.

The 128 train from Huihe to Yanjing traveled 17 hours and 05 minutes, drove from Huihe Station at 2:45 in the evening, arrived in Yanjing at 7:50 in the morning, and then took an international flight at Yanjing International Airport at 11:50 to the Kennedy Airport in New York, USA, the flight time was about 13 hours, and the rest on the plane must not be good, only on the train this night can sleep well.

The next morning, the 128 train arrived at Yanjing Railway Station on time, Huihe did not have an office in Beijing, but Tongjiang City did, before leaving Tongjiang Municipal Party Secretary Wang Guozhong gave a greeting, the office transferred a bus to pick them up, because the boarding procedures are very troublesome and take time, pull them to a restaurant after breakfast, and send them directly to Yanjing International Airport.

Arrived at the square in front of the terminal building of Yanjing International Airport just got off, there was a plane with a huge roar in front of their eyes landed on the airport on the other side of the terminal, many people here are the first time to take a plane, usually can only look at the plane flying in the sky, can not see what the plane looks like at all, this time to be able to see the plane up close and get on the plane makes them excited, surprise to see all this.

After a series of very troublesome check-in procedures, everyone felt very tired, and the freshness of seeing the plane for the first time was also diluted a lot, and it was not until they walked into the cabin and saw the equipment that they had never seen before that they became excited again.

Qin Zihe's seat is next to the window, which is very convenient for him to enjoy the scenery outside the plane, in his previous life, he flew around the world, this situation is commonplace, this is the first time to take a plane after rebirth, it is inevitable to be a little excited, but when the plane flies to the upper layer of the sea of clouds, there is a vast sea of clouds everywhere, and after watching Qin Zihe for a while, he lost interest, so he sat there and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Lunch and dinner were provided with free food and drinks on board, and everyone was excited for a while in the face of this novelty of food and drink, and after the excitement passed, everyone began to close their eyes or take a nap, and the cabin gradually fell silent.

Qin Zihe sat there in a daze and slept again and again, and when he woke up for the last time, the sweet voice of the announcer came from the radio: Hello passengers, flight CA121 has now flown over New York and is about to land at JFK Airport in 10 minutes, please fasten your seatbelts and pay attention to safety!

Qin Zihe looked at his watch, this time should be late at night, why is it still daytime? I just wanted to ask Wang Xue beside me, but I suddenly thought that this is the United States, and the middle of the night in Yanjing time is noon here! I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, it seemed that I was sleeping.

The radio was repeated in Chinese and English, and the stewardess also appeared in the cabin to check everyone's seat belts. was about to meet his aunt Chu Yao, who was thinking about it for a while, and Qin Zihe couldn't help but feel a little excited at this time. Turning his head to look down through the window, the whole of New York City came into his eyes like a condensed model, attached to the plane's approach and lowering altitude, this model gradually zoomed in, and the first thing he recognized was the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the two buildings that were blown up in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, like two lonely giants, standing tall above New York.

(To be continued)