Chapter 7 Catching Thieves at the Station
"Plum Fragrance", "Serve the Army"
"Mei Xiang, you're reporting to Xiangzhou University, right? It was also in this unlucky car. You got a new outfit today, and your hair was neatly caught, and you really didn't recognize it along the way. Xiaojun greeted as he approached.
The girl's name is Qin Meixiang, and Xiaojun graduated from the same school as Yuan Zhenyi High School, and her college entrance examination results are not bad, she belongs to a key undergraduate, and was admitted to Xiangzhou University majoring in business management. Although the two have been in the same class for a year, because Qin Meixiang has good academic performance and outstanding appearance, they usually interact a lot, and they can also be said to have been classmates for a year, and they know each other.
Qin Meixiang's family situation is better, her father is the deputy mayor of Guan Town, the county seat, and her mother is a teacher at Shengxian Middle School. Daughter eighteen and one flowers, for Qin Xiangmei, is not an exaggeration, the figure is well-proportioned and coordinated, except for a red mole the size of a mung bean in the middle of the eyes, a crystal melon seed face, curved willow eyebrows, a pair of bright eyes, a beautiful nose, pink cheeks red, although it is not rated as a colonel flower, it is also the kind of boy who wants to commit a crime when he looks forward and after looking back, and the return rate and attention are quite high.
"Xiaojun, you are going to Pingxi, what a coincidence, we can go the same way today. There were too many people in the car, and I couldn't sit in front of me, and I was about to be squeezed to death, and I was really sinned. There are many people who can still persevere, the road is not far, the time is not long, and it is really unlucky to catch up with a car accident. I was really afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch the train, so my dad and I couldn't leave the car for a while and a half, so we had to stop other cars and rush forward. You guys too, right? Mei Xiang's speech has always been crisp and pleasant, straight to the ear, very refreshing, sad, helpless, and chattering.
"Isn't it, in the back of the car, my glasses were smashed to the ground, and everything I saw was like looking through a window screen, and it was foggy. I'm really anxious, I can't help it, I have to walk a section is a section, my father said that it is not far to the city in front, you can take the bus. As Xiaojun was speaking, a Chang'an Star came from behind, slowed down, the co-pilot's window rolled down, and a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses asked softly: "Are you going to Pingdong Station, just by the way, I can give you a ride, five yuan per person." ”
Wu Pingshun saw that Xiaojun and the girl chatted more speculatively, knowing that he had met a classmate on the same road, the man must be the girl's father, and he also sent the child to school, so he stepped forward to talk to him, and soon the two talked. Seeing that there was a car to pull people, but there was no passenger sign, Wu Pingshun asked softly: "Brother, is this car credible, it can't be a black car, right?" ”
"Brother, I know this kind of car, it belongs to a private car, without any passenger transport license, often when I go out, I secretly solicit customers, and by the way, pull people to earn a little money, and make up for the fuel fee, which is generally no problem." The girl's father looked at Wu Pingshun and said with certainty.
"Okay, in a hurry, greet the kid and get in the car."
There were only the driver and a young man in the car, plus four people from the army, which was just full and not crowded. After everyone sat down, the car started and soon arrived in the city.
Pingdong City is located in the eastern part of Pingyuan Province, an important central city, is a famous historical and cultural city in China, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, with more than 5,000 years of construction
The history of the city, with a population of more than one million. With superior location and convenient transportation, Haining Railway runs east-west, and National Highway 1003 and 3005 intersect in the urban area, making it an important comprehensive transportation hub and trade and logistics center in China. Pingdong is a famous historical city again, there are many ancient ruins and relics, there are the Mausoleum of the Water Emperor in the era of the Three Emperors, the tomb of Shangjie, the ancestor of writing, the tomb of Zhan Yu, one of the five emperors, and the earlier viewing platform of the Chinese nation - the Gang Shen Terrace; There is a commemoration of the old master's Swentai, there is the tomb of the master of the German family, the "water wall" of the Qinghe embankment in the Ming and Qing dynasties, etc.; The ancient city of Pingdong is located in the southern suburbs of Pingdong City, surrounded by water on three sides, the urban area of the north, was founded at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, has a history of 600 years, is the most well-preserved ancient city in the country, is composed of three parts of the brick city, the city outline, the city lake, the trinity of the city wall, the city outline, the city lake, the outer circle and the inner square, constitute a huge gossip shape, majestic and magnificent, become a business card of Pingdong.
"Xiaojun, Pingnan Ring Road in front, you can see the ancient city of Pingdong on the ring road." Wu Pingshun said.
At this time, it is nearly nine o'clock in the morning, after the baptism of a night of rain, the dark clouds disperse, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the yellowing leaves are like hibiscus out of the water, spotless, it looks extraordinarily fresh, the combination of heaven and earth, it is refreshing. Xiaojun went out for the first time, and he had a sense of curiosity about the qiē outside. Hearing his father's reminder, he immediately doubled his spirits, opened the car window, looked north, and couldn't help but sigh, the scenery was picturesque. The water of the lake is clear, the blue waves are sparkling, like a streamer, traversing the east and west, and it is difficult to see from head to end; The boats ripple with the waves, the water birds rise and fall, and the two islands in the middle of the lake are like flat boats floating lightly on the water, leisurely and fluttering against the backdrop of the lake; On the north shore of the lake, the weeping willows are green, swaying with the wind, the arrow tower is gray brick and red column, towering and simple, reflecting in the water, as if the ink painting is in general, beautiful. Xiao Jun kept his eyes on it, enjoyed the beautiful scenery to the fullest, and took a qiē in his field of vision to his heart's content, never retreating. Only then did I feel relaxed and forget all the tiredness and troubles of the past.
The roads are wide, there are few vehicles and pedestrians, and the traffic is smooth and fast. Walk along the lakeside road for about five minutes, arrive at the intersection of the north gate of the ancient city, the four corners are more than 20 high-rise buildings, the shopping mall and supermarket downstairs, the vehicles shuttle, people come and go, set up stalls and open shops, the sound of selling along the street is endless, lively and extraordinary, Xiaojun feels that the metropolis in his mind is in front of him. When the green light is on, the car moves slowly, driving into the two-way eight-lane north-south avenue - Shengli Avenue, looking through the front glass of the car, the plane trees on both sides of the street are slim and elegant, high-rise buildings stand in a forest, day after day, compared with the county, the world is different, Xiaojun feels his own insignificance and the wonder of the outside world, maybe this is the real city, the city, into such a space, can be regarded as really jumping out of the farm, enjoy a new life.
The vehicle traveled for fifteen minutes to arrive at the square of Pingdong Station, and everyone got off the bus and went straight to the ticket hall. This is an old-fashioned hall, there are no ticket windows seventeen, and there are three large signs hanging above the window, two are train timetables, and one is a schematic map of the main stations of national trains, which is particularly eye-catching. In the off-season of passenger flow, there are not many people in the hall, Xiaojun and Mei Xiang came to the west in front of the train timetable, a total of 29 trains to the west throughout the day, all through Xiangzhou, after arriving in Pingxi there are six times, the most recent one is the direct express 1777 train sent by the harbor to Ningxi, arrive at the station at 11:5 a.m., stop for eight minutes, arrive at Xiangzhou at 2:31 p.m., Pingxi time is 4:52 p.m., just suitable for school, four people discussed, decided to take this car. Wu Pingshun and Mei Xiang's father went to the ticket window to buy tickets.
Because there was still more than an hour before the driving time, Xiaojun felt hungry, his mouth was dry, and he was tired, "Dad, it's still early, let's go to the neighborhood to have some food, I'm really hungry." ”
"So, go west out of the square in front of the station, where there are stalls selling food, so let's go there." Wu Pingshun said.
"Mei Xiang, let's go to the waiting room first, let's go outside and have something to eat, we'll see you later." Xiaojun said hello to Mei Xiang, and went straight to the station square with his luggage and his father.
Pingdong Railway Station is one of the largest railway stations in the surrounding area, built in the early years of the Republic of China, the station has two main buildings, about 15 meters high, a waiting hall is about 200 meters long from east to west, a ticket hall is about 60 meters long, all are the architectural style of the Republic of China period, inlaid with three golden characters of about three meters high outside the glass window above the two entrances in the middle of the terminal building - Pingdong Station, under the illumination of the sun, sparkling, very eye-catching. In front of the station is a square with two football fields, the east side is an antique building, three stories high, pentagonal, the door and the corridor column are all black, inlaid with gold characters, the windows are red painted, bright and bright, particularly conspicuous, the main door on the first floor faces west, and above the door head is the sign of "Pingdong Hotel". In the center of the square is a flower bed of more than 100 square meters, three circles of chrysanthemums are neatly placed around, and there is a rockery and a fountain in the altar, and the water is murmuring. Facing the flower bed in front is a straight and wide welcome avenue. On the west side of the square is Hangshen Street, which leads to Shengli Avenue, and there are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are many food stalls outside the shops.
Xiaojun father and son came to a shop called Kelaixiang, where there were fried dough sticks, porridge, steamed buns, and baked cakes, and there were more people eating, so they sat down by the roadside, and asked for ten fried sticks, six baked cakes, and two bowls of porridge each bowed their heads and ate. Due to the tight time, the two of them had no leisure time to chew and swallow slowly, and soon they were full of food and drink, and packed the remaining fritters and baked cakes and prepared them to eat on the train.
The two were about to leave, when someone behind them shouted: "Don't run, don't run, you put my bag down, put it down".
Xiaojun looked back, and from the west, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, not tall, sharp-beaked, and poorly dressed, with a black cowhide briefcase in his hand, was running towards him like a fly. Ten meters behind the young man, a man in his forties, medium and slightly fat, flat head, wearing gold wire glasses, wearing a dark blue suit, black leather shoes, and sweating profusely, shouted hoarsely as he ran: "Catch the thief, the thief is stealing something, stop it quickly, don't let him run away."
In an instant, Xiaojun realized that it was the thief who robbed the man's bag, and the people around him watched in amazement as the two cats ran wildly. Seeing the hatefulness of the thief and the anxiety of the man, Xiaojun thought to himself, in broad daylight, the thief is too bold, I might as well stop him from leaving quickly, and he won't get into any trouble, so I will do it. Xiaojun made up his mind, and at the moment when the guy was to himself, he turned around suddenly, flew up his right foot, and went straight to the guy's legs.