Three days later, after getting back three pennants from Xu's mother, Lu Li thanked him and began to make final preparations. The money and corresponding documents were put away close to him, and the firecrackers and pennants were stuffed into a large tanning school bag, and under the pressure of my aunt, a large pile of medicine and food was packed. I bought a train ticket to Beijing (Beijing), waved goodbye to my aunt and two sisters, and embarked on a journey that I didn't know anything about.

I got off at Beijing (Beijing) and didn't leave the station, so I bought a train ticket to Yangcheng directly. 1:12 p.m.; The green-skinned hard-seat train began to slowly leave Beijing (Beijing) and began a long journey of three days and three nights. When departing from North (Beijing) Station, there were not many passengers, and most of them got off halfway, and there was almost no one like him who sat from beginning to end!

The speed of the green iron train was very slow, and after nearly two hours, from passing through TJ, then Cangzhou, Dezhou, and Yanzhou, all the way roaring forward, passing through the city and province, as the train went south, the air in the carriage became more and more humid and hot. Sitting in the seat and waking up in a daze, the sky outside was already bright, and the flight attendant replied: "It's still far away, you have to wait!" ”

When the train entered the border of Hu (North) Province, Lu Li couldn't understand a word of the passengers around him! These people may not be able to speak Mandarin, but they communicate with each other in dialects, and they speak quickly and chaotically, and they listen to them as if they have been in a foreign country.

After taking the train for more than 48 hours, seeing that the sky was dark, Luli's legs began to swell, and he asked the conductor and replied, "There are still 38 hours before we can get to Yangcheng." ”

Luli sighed deeply, stood up, walked to the entrance of the train, and stood against the door; Three or two men were swaying and smoking with the shaking body, and when they saw a stranger, they smiled at each other, and the smokers continued to smoke, and the ones who stood still stood, "............"

Luli couldn't understand the other party's dialect and pointed to his ear, "I don't understand." ”

"On the (north) side?"

"Hey, Tian (Jin)."

"Ah," the three men, apparently not knowing the name, said to the two companions, "over there, in that place on the barge?" ”

"It's very close to Beijing and not far from Tangshan."

"Ah, I see, from our province. of Ji (South) Province of Lu Province. ”

Luli nodded and smiled, "Yes, yes, what a place." Springs City! ”

Hearing that this stranger could name the most commendable characteristics of his hometown, the three Ludi men immediately burst into laughter, as if they had known him for a long time, and began to talk in a foggy manner, "To the south of the place?" ”

"Yangcheng. What about you? ”

"Lake (South), Hunan (Tan)!" SD was bold and enthusiastic, talked for a while, pulled Lu Li back to his seat, the distance between the two parties was not very far, so he moved to a zone, and put on cigarettes, alcohol, eggs, and roast chicken, "Try this, Texas grilled chicken!" Our famous. Can you drink a little? Seeing the young man on the opposite side nodding, the Ludi man was even happier, and poured him a cup with a bang, "Come, all brothers in the four seas!" Let's get together on a train, it's also fate, drink! ”

So, several people on both sides who didn't even know their names sat in the shaking carriage and raised their glasses and drank each other.

"Is it a business trip to the south?"

"Huh. Business trip. ”

"We are the business of Ji (South) Packaging Machinery Factory. Over the years, there has been no shortage of runs in the south barge, you have never been to Tianjin, you don't know how to do it. ”

Lu Li nodded frequently, facing these three men who had never known each other, but immediately opened his heart to strangers, he had to choose to lie, as if he was a little sorry for others, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Uh, brother can really drink?" Attaboy! ”

In the understanding of the people of Lu Province, anyone who drinks boldly and happily must be a good man! Immediately became more fond of him, chuckled, and poured him full of wine again.

In terms of the amount of alcohol, Lu Li doesn't know how many times he has drunk it in the past few years, and he has never been timid! But this time there is something different, thirty hours of train sitting, people are sleepy, and for fear of encountering bad people, one carelessly lost something, eyes dare not close for a while, really a little tired, drank three or five cups in a row, the mind began to dizzy, although a strong reminder to remind yourself not to sleep, do not sleep, finally still can't bear the physical exhaustion, the body is crooked, snorting to sleep.

I don't know how long it took for him to feel like someone was slapping him in the face, "Brother? Wake up? Wake up? We're off! ”

Lu Li was startled, and met the three people with kind and honest smiles, "Brother, it's time for us to get off, we have time to go to Ji (South) Mansion, and find us in the packaging machinery factory - the kid thief can drink, next time we meet, have a good drink!" ”

"Good!" Lu Li took a few steps out and beckoned to the three of them, "We'll see you again." ”

After stopping at Xiangtan for a while, the train continued southward without saying anything on the road, and finally arrived at Yangcheng Railway Station at ten o'clock in the morning on June 4. Lu Li carried simple luggage, as the passengers walked out of the station, the square in front of the station was full of pedestrians and vehicles, and the buildings on both sides of the road were lined up, and the eardrums were filled with Cantonese, and I couldn't understand a word!

Lu Lidang moved his body on the street, made a distinction left and right, and walked towards the post and telecommunications office at the intersection; Entering the door is a seamless long-distance telephone booth - no different from Tian (Tianjin), there is a door, there is a black hole inside, after people walk in, step on the floor, the small overhead light will turn on - at that time, answering long-distance calls had to have a very troublesome procedure: wait in the waiting area first, the phone you dialed is connected, and then go to the hut to talk to the other party. Of course, this kind of long-distance call is also limited to domestic and foreign calls, it is impossible!

"Three divisions, mother."

"I, I!" There was a conversation between two people in his ears, and a man said yes loudly, ran into the phone booth, and the lights inside turned on, and then the sound of a conversation came out.

Luli walked to the side of the counter, picked up the city phone book, took out the record book, copied a few lines on it, and then turned around and went out, the whole process did not take more than five minutes, and some necessary information was already known. Out of the post and telecommunications office, the roadside is a sentry box, the city facilities at that time, known as a game of chess in the country, are red and white cement poured sentry boxes, nearly three meters high, above is the glass waiting area, the police stay at the intersection most of the time to direct traffic, when the work is not very busy, just sit in it, temporarily rest.

Luli walked to the command post of Lu Guo, and a policeman immediately spotted him, "Click? ”

"I want to ask you, go...... Yangcheng No. 3 Garment Factory, how to go? ”

Listening to the young man on the other side speaking as slowly as possible, the policeman smiled and nodded, and when he spoke again, he changed to non-standard Mandarin, "See...... see you...... That bus? Just sit on it...... Get. ”

"Understood," Luli nodded desperately, "thank you." ”

The policeman also nodded desperately, "Hmm...... You are welcome. ”

Luli turned back, and the policeman suddenly had a turn of his mind, jumped down, grabbed him, and shook his hand again and again, "Hmm, no! You don't know ...... Well, talk, I'll take you there! The last sentence is rightly pronounced.

"Thank you so much!"

The police pushed out a Happy 250 motorcycle with a sidecar from behind the sentry box, let Luli sit in the sidecar, suddenly started the motorcycle, and rushed out in a puff of smoke.

There was nothing to say on the road, and after what Luli saw as a lively street scene, the motorcycle stopped on the side of the road, and the police pointed with their hands, "Woo ......"

Across the road is a company, with the words Yangcheng No. 3 Garment Factory written on it, Lu Li was overjoyed, nodded and smiled to the police, "This is it, thank you!" ”

"......" the policeman said something in Cantonese, waved to him, twisted the handlebars, and drove back the way he came.

Luli adjusted his breath and crossed the street, heading straight for the garment factory across the street. In the mailroom at the door, a man was reading a newspaper, and he also had the appearance of a southerner, similar to the educated youth he had seen in Shanglin back then, "Knock knock, knock knock." He knocked on the glass a few times.

The man put down the newspaper and "............"

Lu Li didn't want to guess what he was talking about at all, so he took out the documents that had been prepared and handed them in, and the other party took and opened it, it was a letter of introduction, the content was the same: Comrade Lu Li, a revolutionary comrade of the No. 3 Garment Factory in Yangcheng City, and a member of our commune, came to work in your factory, please help. Sincerely, respects. At the bottom is the big red chapter of Tangshan Merchant Lin Commune.

The man nodded, indicating understanding, then grabbed the phone and said a few words. After waiting for a while, a few people ran out of the factory, looked around, and found Lu Li at a glance, "......"

"I'm sorry, I'm from the north, I don't understand...... Your Cantonese. ”

"Oh," the visitor immediately changed to Mandarin, and although the accent was still strong, it didn't prevent him from being able to understand it, "Hello, morning." ”

Lu Li didn't know that Cantonese said 'good morning' as 'morning', but looked at the sky suspiciously, it's morning, do you still need to tell me? The other party saw it and smiled, "This is Comrade Lu Li, right?" ”

"It's me." Lu Li took out his party membership card and handed it over. The other party took it and looked at it, confirmed it without a doubt, and returned it to him with a smile, "I am the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the factory, and my name is Kuang Jiu." Come, Comrade Lu, let's go in and talk, go in and talk. ”

Walking into the factory building, there were long workshops on both sides, invited Lu Li to the office on the third floor, poured a cup of hot water and put it in front of him, Kuang Jiu sat down next to him, "Comrade Lu, this time you are here, if you have anything to ask us to help, just talk." Although we are one in the south and one in the north, our revolutionary friendship knows no region. ”

Lu Li smiled, took out a pennant from his tanning bag, and opened it in front of him, with eight words on it: Comrade, love for the disaster area. The upper and lower payments are: thanks to Yangcheng No. 3 Garment Factory and merchant Lin People's Commune.

Kuang Jiu immediately stood up, "Oh, this...... Comrade Xiao Lu, wait a minute, I will let our factory director and secretary come over. ”

Lu Li was amused in his heart, it seems that the first step has already gone out, and the response has been better than he imagined!

After waiting for a while, Kuang Jiu accompanied two men into the office, and there were a few people behind him, "Comrade Lu, this is the senior director of our factory and Secretary Li." This is Comrade Lu from Tangshan. ”

"Hello, hello!" The factory director spoke Mandarin very well, and took a few steps to shake hands with him, "Hey, we are all revolutionary comrades, and it is right to help each other, in fact, we didn't do anything." ”

"Originally, we should have come earlier to express our gratitude to the brother provinces and cities that helped the earthquake-stricken areas in Tangshan, but as you know, many things have to be started from scratch, which will drag down the time. It wasn't until today, a few years later, that I hope the comrades won't blame us for our inconsiderate work. ”

"It's far away, it's far away!" The factory director and the secretary lifted the pennant and looked at it, looked at each other and smiled, handed the pennant to the colleagues behind them, and the two of them sat down with Lu Li, "Comrade Lu, you and the comrades of the merchant Lin Commune are ashamed of this kind of behavior - we have not done enough?" Well, I read your letter of introduction, and this time, if there is anything you need our help with, you can speak! ”

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