Chapter 1: Chang Berry Seed abandons school and travels alone

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It's a big summer, and the delicate secondary school girl Chang Berry is on summer vacation. After a few days of working in the fields, she felt that she had grown strong. Look at yourself again, she has been tanned into a black beauty by the sun.

When Chang Berry helped the adults in the family harvest the wheat in the mountains, and made a scarecrow who wanted to scare chickens and ducks because of drying wheat in the open space in front of his house, he quietly packed up without telling his parents, and then secretly went out and embarked on the road to the distant city.

Chang Berry is equivalent to returning to the small county town where he studied again. Carrying his familiar school travel bag, dragging the small suitcase he had saved up and buying newly, he walked on the streets of a small county town in the mountains. She glanced at the familiar campus and the lush green trees, shook her long hair, and straightened her neck. When passing by the post office, Chang Berry took out the letter she had already written to her parents from her backpack, processed it through the express message at the post office counter, and handed it to the waiter. This is the only way she can say goodbye to her parents. She hopes that her parents will receive her express letter as soon as possible and not spend money to come to the small county town to find her. I also said to my parents in my heart: This daughter has grown up, and she has to make her own decisions about some things.

Berries came to the bus stop to the provincial train station.

The berry feels like a migratory little migratory bird, flapping its wings in the air in the season when it shouldn't be flying far away. As a poor girl born poor, although she has always been excellent in her studies, she is still inevitably despised by some rich girls. Besides, even if he survives until graduation and employment, he is just a kindergarten teacher who revolves around children all day long. The father is younger than the mother, but the younger brother who is sick all the year round and adopts has to go to school, and only the mother is considered a formal laborer, and no matter how much he digs the two acres of mountainous land, he can't dig up gold.

Chang Berry has always felt that she is a sensible girl with a mature and caring heart. She was really afraid that once her mother was exhausted, the family would collapse. So she doesn't want to see the eyes of the world again because of poverty, in fact, she is not in the mood to live in the pursuit of boys, and she doesn't want to drag down her already impoverished family because of her studies, so she wants to fly far away and fly to the outside world. No matter how far away she is, working is the way to go, but she has to work hard to live a leisurely life and support her family.

After several tosses, I boarded the train to the great distance.

At this time, the berries were already a little hungry and tired. But this was the first time she had taken the train, and she squinted leisurely as she watched the intense summer light pouring into the window, a novel spectrum that seemed to envelop the path ahead; The crowding, noisy and hot on the train is just a pleasant atmosphere, or a gratifying situation. Chang Berry felt like a dream fruit growing on the side of the road in the mountains of his hometown, under the fine sunshine and dense green leaves, he had a dream of finally making the trip.

She dreamed that she was going to an interview with a company. The company's several floors of office buildings are built like a crystal palace, and they are like mermaids, but there are no scales on their bodies, their tall and thin legs are gone, and their sturdy sun-dried bodies look like baked bacon, how can I go to an interview like this? Even if you pass the interview, who can arrange a suitable job for a mermaid with no legs? She thought she was ridiculous, so she laughed out loud.

Two men's voices came to their ears. One said that the little girl was in love in a dream, and the other booed and whispered not to wake her. Chang Berry woke up laughing, and naturally heard the conversation between the two men sitting opposite. She felt a little embarrassed, but also a little unable to suppress the joy that arose from the novelty of the dream. Yes, this dream may be a projection of her mood when she came to the outside world. The train "clangs and clangs" in four or three beats, and the voices on the train whisper like a chorus song.

She rubbed her eyes, raised her head and looked out the window, casually looking at the scenery running backwards outside the window, the mottled flowing colors like the brilliant dreams of life. So, Chang Berry remembered the dream just now, and couldn't help but smile. A man across from her looked at her, smiling; The other man laughed after her. Chang Berry remembers that when she first got on the bus to find a seat, she saw the two men sitting opposite. And the smiling man helped her, pointed out her seat number, and helped her get the small suitcase to the shelf above where the box was wrapped. Berry knew that they might be northerners farther north than her, and she knew that they had no ill intentions. She suddenly felt that there was nothing terrible in the outside world, and these people were warm and generous enough. Although I also heard that there are more perverts outside than ants, I don't believe that, but after all, I am a little woman who goes out and has no relatives, so I have to pay some attention.

It's time for the train to stop again, and it's bustling with people inside and outside the windows, and new passengers are crowding in one by one, selling snacks and snacks to trade with passengers. Chang Berry really wanted to buy steamed buns and buns to satisfy her hunger, buy a mineral water to quench her thirst, but she quietly swallowed her saliva and told herself that she came out secretly, if her parents knew and agreed, no matter how poor the family was, she would not be so hungry, at least her mother would boil a few eggs for her to bring; The travel expenses she brings now are all her mother's hard-earned money, and they are all saved by Chang Berry Zi through her own savings on weekdays, so she is reluctant to spend it.

In order to divert this hunger and thirst, she began to think about some things that had been interesting, and then she thought about the scarecrow she had made up yesterday, and the scarecrow remembered the old song about Sanmao's journey. So she hummed softly and quietly: "The girl named Sanmao, she came from afar, her long fluttering hair, with a faint sadness, the wind, blowing slowly, the waves, gently patting, she said that the family was too lonely, came out alone, walked out alone; The girl named Sanmao, she came from afar, leaving the innocent scarecrow, blessing the world early Kangtai, the wind, blowing slowly, waves, patting gently, Sanmao told everyone that the rainy season will not come again, the rainy season will not come again. The girl named Sanmao, she came from afar...... "Chang Berry can't sing it here, I forgot the words." She smiled helplessly, and resumed her previous expression of looking out the window.

The man on the opposite side took down the travel bag from above, took out some bread, eggs and other food, and put it on the table. The man who had smiled at her greeted her and motioned for her to eat. The man who had laughed with her also urged him to eat it, and anyone who went out could order it casually. At this time, the berry was indeed too hungry, and she didn't care about the reserve that a girl should have in this regard, so she smiled a little shyly and took two slices of sliced bread. The smiling man also said, "Take a few more pieces." So the berries took a few more slices. She thought while eating, no one knows me outside anyway, so I can eat more if it's delicious, and I will save some food expenses. Later, the smiling man gently pushed a bottle of orange juice over her, and the berry smiled gratefully at them and unscrewed the cap unceremoniously......

The cool wind rushed in outside the window, the sun dimmed, and the white clouds in the sky turned into a black-brown desert, she felt that her growth was carried forward, her face felt very comfortable, and a sense of going out floated from the bottom of her heart. The man who occasionally smiled dozed off on the table; The man who always smiled at her occasionally looked at her. She can watch it if you want, although I don't like people looking at me like that in my hometown, I'm not ugly anyway, I'm still a little beauty.

The berry knew that it was getting dark. It was the first night of her journey. It's not because she won't go to her own provincial capital on this trip. And after this night, tomorrow is her real new life, and the sun rises as usual, but it is no longer yesterday's sun, and she is not yesterday's self. When she grows up and can make a living on her own, she wants to find a job that suits her level. Thinking like this, Chang Berry dozed off unconsciously.

There was a shouting that woke up the berry, and the train stopped again. Chang Berry felt that it was no longer as hot as during the day, even though the air conditioner was turned on, and there was a burst of coolness in the carriage at this time. Travelers came and went, and the empty seats were filled with new arrivals. Chang Berry squinted, I don't know if it was because she was really tired from farming these days, or because she was affected by the snoring and sleeping of the two men opposite, and after a while, she threw herself on the table and began to doze off.

When Berry opened her eyes again, she heard someone say that she had reached the end of the line. She raised her head in a little panic, opened her eyes to see the movement of the people in the carriage, and looked at the dawn flowing outside the window, knowing that it was another morning, and perhaps a red sun was rising. The man who had smiled at her on the other side also woke up, bowed slightly at her and said, It's almost there, where are you going? Berry smiled at him: Maybe, let's go meet a friend first. The man sighed and then turned his elbow to the passenger next to him and said: It's here, still sleeping? The man opened his eyes and smiled and said that he would be there so soon.

Only then did Chang Berry pay attention to the appearance of these two men, and they looked nearly middle-aged. The man who occasionally smiled had green hair, a very intellectual style, straight eyebrows and half-moon eyes, a wide forehead and a high nose bridge; The other has round rabbit-like eyes, and although he has clear eyebrows, he feels a little unpleasant. The train finally stopped in its habitual drive. The smiling man helped Berry remove the small suitcase again, then smiled at her and walked away with the other man carrying the suitcase with the package on his back.

The berries hurriedly followed the flow of people, and felt that the weather here was very hot. She was sweating profusely, and it took a long time to get out of this big station. Chang Berry stopped to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and looked up at the sky, where clouds were floating on the shoulders of the towering buildings of the city, like sheep running by in the morning sun, and in the gaps of the clouds was the indigo skylight. Chang Berry sighed in her heart, oh, this is the sky of the big city! She backhanded her backpack behind her back, pulled her small suitcase and marched through the bustling crowd. She felt a little ashamed of what she had just said to the man in the car, and felt that she was indeed a little ridiculous in the face of people in the outside world, and said that she would meet friends even though she had no friends outside. Where's your friend? It's really urgent to think about my current situation.

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