Chapter 5 Northbound

Old man Zhao had very little time to delay, and after reading the novel written by Wushan, he was amazed by the genius.

Without saying a word, I took out a red silk bag from the bottom of the bookcase, and slowly opened it layer by layer. South. He reluctantly handed the red silk and the pass to Wu Lixing: "Now, I can't call." Their phone numbers have changed a lot, and I don't know the new number. If you go, just take your documents and go in, and report directly to the guards to find the vice chairman of the great man, and he will arrange for you to meet Comrade Yi Ren. I'll write you a note to take with you. ”

turned around, took out the hero pen hanging in the pocket of his jacket, and wrote two lines of words: Comrade Yi Ren, Wushan Xiaoyou has a ravine, and I hope to help. Zhao Lisheng, July 8, 1974 in Bashuwu County.

Among the people who were decentralized, there was a man named Zhang Dajun, who was from the railway system, and wrote a note asking Wushan to ask his people for help after they arrived in Chengdu.

Everything is ready, and finally the day is ready to go.

In the early morning of the 20th day of the fifth lunar month in 1974, Wushan and his second father took a shuttle bus to Yixian County, took a boat to the capital in Yixian County, and then went to Rongshi to take a train to Beijing. Grandpa didn't come to see him off, and last night he gave the 1,500 yuan he had saved for many years to his second father. When he walked out of the old distance, Wu Shan looked back, and his grandfather came out of the courtyard and watched them by the courtyard gate.

The parents discussed it last night and sat in the car and watched them get into the car. The eldest father and the second father supported the grandmother, and the father Zhang hugged the little cousin Jianjun. Because of grandma's small feet, it took nearly 20 minutes for a group of more than 600 meters to reach Ximen Station.

On the corner of the station, a jeep stopped quietly, and her mother, Ruan Xiu, was lying on the shoulders of her father, Wu Lixing, her shoulders twitching. Wu Shan was also very sad in his heart, leaving his parents for the first time in his life. Last night, Wushan solemnly said to his parents: "Dad, Mom, I know that you love me the most, and you were afraid that younger brothers and sisters would take care of me, so you decided not to have children anymore." It's not fair to you. In the future, I don't know how far my son's road is, but the time he will spend with you may be very small, so you should ask me for another brother and sister. ”

The train departed at 5:50, and at about 5:45, a lean middle-aged woman took a small notebook to check the ticket: "Who is No. 1?" ”

Daddy immediately raised the ticket in his hand: "Sister Wu, the first to third are ours." ”

"Xiaoquan, are you going to Yixian County?"

"That's right, it's a bit of a matter to take the second sister and nephew."

"Huh? This is the boss of Director Wu's family? This kid is so good-looking. A serious face immediately became a blooming peony flower. In his pocket, he found two fruit candies: "Child, come, take it." ”

Wushan looked at his father, and his father nodded: "Wu Xianxian (dialect, referring to aunt) will take it for you." You take good care of me. ”

Wu Shan snorted in his heart: It's not that you are my father's younger brother. Still took the fruit candy and smiled sweetly: "Xie Lu Xie Wu Xianxian." ”

Wushan didn't eat fruits or snacks all his life, and brought the habit with him. Even with the lack of material resources at this time, except for three meals a day, I still don't eat. Wu Shan quietly stuffed the fruit candy to his grandmother. Grandma and two aunts were crying profusely, and cousin Jianjun saw his mother crying, and he didn't know why he was crying.

Grandma hugged Wushan: "My good grandson"

Wu Shan silently wiped his grandmother's tears with his hands: "Grandma, don't cry, this is a happy event, let's go out to play, and come back to bring you good things to eat."

"It's so good, grandma doesn't cry." Pull Wushan and kiss non-stop.

Daddy and that Wu Xian were chatting there, and the people behind them stopped doing it, Wu Xian Xian's face changed: "What's the noise, isn't the car still open?" "But the ticket inspection began.

A middle-aged man with a big belly walked out of the ticket office, and his father waved his hand: "Brother Qiang, are you still out of the car?"

"Yes, you're going to Yixian County?"

"Yes, this is my nephew." Daddy pulled Wushan from his grandmother's arms with a treasure silk again: "It's Uncle Qin, my buddy." ”

Seeing another change of face, the man grabbed a large handful of snacks from his pocket, which were quite abundant in those days: melon seeds, fruit candy, and a few biscuits. At that time, driving was a very popular profession.

"Is that the boss of your eldest brother's family? My comrades-in-arms gave it to them, and they took it to eat and play. ”

Wushan's hand is not so big, Daddy held it with both hands and handed it to grandma, and the family knew that Wushan didn't eat snacks. Wu Shan still shouted: "Uncle Qin is good." ”

Uncle Qin was born in the army, so he didn't talk much, he smiled and touched Wushan's head, and took out a handful from his pocket for his father. I opened the door of the cab casually, and with a "ziga" sound, the door opened. Daddy took Wushan's hand and got into the car. Daddy didn't call the second daddy sister. "Second, get in the car." The second father also got into the car under the advice of grandma and big daddy.

The car started. Grandma kept waving her hand under the car, Wushan pulled the sales out of the window, waved it gently to the jeep, and vaguely saw Dad watching silently and Mom waving. Grandma's white hair was so dazzling in the mist of the summer morning, even the little cousin Jianjun was raised with the help of Zhang's father, and shouted indistinctly: "See you again Aunt Ya, see you again in Ya Song, see you again in Duoduo." ”

I have never sat so far in my previous life and this era, and I can't imagine that the road conditions are so bad that they turn people upside down from time to time. At this time, Daddy hugged him tightly. After sitting for more than six hours, I arrived at Kai County, the hometown of Marshal Liu Zhaocheng, the founding father, and there were no people in the state-run hotel next to the station.

As soon as they got out of the car, Uncle Qin led Wushan and them to the back of the hotel.

The chubby manager came over and gave the driver a cigarette: "Lao Qin, are you out of the car again?" ”

Uncle Qin skillfully stuffed the cigarette to his ear, pointed at his father and said, "My colleague, dispatch Wu Liquan, the younger brother of our county director, that is the director's doll, and that is Ah Quan's second sister." ”

The fat manager immediately handed his father another cigarette, and his father waved his hand, and no one in the old witch's family smoked.

The fat manager skillfully put tea leaves in everyone's enamel jar and poured water from the thermos into it. "I'll call you Lao Quan, my name is Zhong Xiaofa, and I'll serve tea and water to everyone here. If you don't say anything in the future, you will find my old bell when you arrive in Kai County. ”

The dish soon arrived: a plate of cabbage with a few pieces of fatty meat, a plate of bean sprouts, and a plate of pickles: dried radish tossed with minced peppers. Master Qin also drank a little liquor, and Wushan estimated that there were two taels. There was no such thing as drunk driving back then.

After eating, the car slowly headed for Yixian County. Master Qin didn't say a word along the way, and he didn't talk to his father. At around half past five in the afternoon, the car finally arrived at the station in Yixian County. Master Qin parked the car near the station, stood up and shouted: "Yixian has arrived, get off!" ”

The second father got sick all the way, and he vomited when he was in Kai County. Daddy and Wushan slowly helped the second father get out of the car, and Master Qin was still waiting in the car: "Lao Quan, go." ”

"Brother Qiang, let's stay in a state-run hostel and have something to eat next to it. I still have to buy a ticket and go to the capital tomorrow morning. ”

"Do you still want to accompany the capital? Let's go, you call me Brother Qiang is my brother, I'll arrange it for you. Rest assured, brother. ”

Not far from the station, there is a shop along the street without a sign, and the door is closed. Master Qin went up and knocked on the door: "Godsister, my strong son, open the door." ”

The door opened, revealing the face of a young woman in her twenties, and Lao Qin introduced them to Wushan again.

It seems that that woman is a good friend of Master Qin, and Wushan has passed everything in his previous life, and she can see it at a glance.

The second father really thought it was his godsister, and kept thanking him. Lao Qin asked the woman in Wushan to cook and run to buy a ferry ticket by himself.

While eating dinner, the ticket was bought: "Ah Quan, some of my comrades-in-arms are in the steamship company, so they bought a third-class ticket." ”

The second father looked at the face of the ticket, took out the money wrapped in the handkerchief, gave Master Qin 63 yuan, and gave him five yuan for the running fee, which Master Qin confiscated for a long time.

The second father had never been on a ship, so Wushan explained to them that the ship had a first-class cabin and a second-class loose seat, but the general one only wore a third-class cabin and a loose seat. Lao Qin and the woman surnamed Luo stared at Wushan curiously, and looked at Wushan as Mao.

Daddy explained to them that Wushan read many times as many books as theirs, and the two kept praising Wushan for his prowess. I also slept at the woman surnamed Luo at night. The second father hugged Wushan, and he was still shaking when he fell asleep at night, which was estimated to be the sequelae of motion sickness, which caused Wushan not to sleep well all night.

When I got up early in the morning, Lao Qin had already driven back to Wu County, Luo Xian prepared porridge and pickles for everyone, and the three of them had breakfast in a hurry. Luo Xianxing led everyone to take the bus to the dock. Luo Xian is not the kind of woman who is very beautiful, but she is very attractive, she doesn't talk much, she is very practical, the boat has sailed, and she has been waving to these three people who have known each other for less than one night on the shore.

Because he didn't sleep well at night, Wushan slept as soon as he arrived on the ship. At noon, I vaguely asked my father to call them to eat, and Wushan said that he wanted to sleep. When I woke up, the boat passed through the ghost town, and soon arrived at Chaotianmen.

I found the stop sign to go to Caiyuanba at Chaotianmen, and after waiting for more than 20 minutes, the car came. There were three canvas bags in total, and each brought a change of clothes or two. It's not like going out with a big bag now. Grandma also prepared an enamel jar for everyone, on which a few saluting soldiers in the model play were depicted, and Taizu should not forget the words class struggle under the portrait. The three cylinders are exactly the same.

When I arrived at the train station, I used the certificate issued by the Revolutionary Committee to buy a hard seat ticket to Rongshi. Until about nine o'clock in the evening, the train from Shancheng to Rongcheng arrived at the station. The revolutionary songs, which had been playing on the loudspeakers at the station, stopped, and the radio beckoned everyone to get on the train.

There weren't many people in the carriage, so I found a seat when I got on the train. The three of them changed seats and sat together, the second father sat by the window, Wushan was in the middle, and the father was leaning against the aisle. Although I slept in a daze during the day, Wushan yawned and fell asleep as soon as I got in the car.

It seems that since his rebirth, Wushan's nerves have been too tense. After all, it's a teenage body, planning for my father, and plagiarizing novel scripts, and I'm not idle every day, and I've been really tired in the past few years.

At five o'clock, the horn on the train played Dongfanghong's music. Daddy had already woken up, and when he saw that Wushan was also woken up, he pushed the second father too.

The three men opened the canvas bag and began to wash. After tidying up, through the window, I saw that I had arrived at the Pony Bridge. Daddy slung all three bags over his shoulders and went to the door to get out of the car.

Follow the flow of people and get out of the station. In the 70s, the Rongcheng North Railway Station was really small, and 20 years later, the Rongshi Hotel and Haifa Building are still a few low-rise unit buildings.

After looking at the general direction, Wushan beckoned the second father to walk towards the station office.

In the office, there were only three people, chatting with themselves, the person who was facing the door was about fifty years old, and when he saw the three of Wushan, the smile on his face immediately turned into frost: "Stand still, what are you doing?" ”

"Hello uncle," Wu Shan inadvertently became the one of the three who came out to speak: "May I ask Comrade Cao Xinghong is here?" ”

"Are you looking for Director Cao? Where are the people? What's up? ”

"We are relatives of Director Cao's family, from Wu County?"

Wu County? Three people with black lines on their heads. Wushan may not be clear when he looks at the three people: "A county below the Yixian area." ”

"You are Zhang, okay, wait here, Director Cao will come to work at half past eight. Have you had breakfast? ”

"We've eaten."

"You're welcome, my name is Wei Hongbing, come, follow me, let's go have breakfast."

Along the way, it was mainly Wushan who was communicating with them, and ate porridge and steamed buns in the canteen. Not long after returning to the office, Cao Xinghong came, and there was a small room in the office with a wooden sign from the director's office. The man surnamed Wei led them in Wushan, and then took the door out of the house.

Wu Shan took out the letter written by Zhang Dajun to Cao Xingyu. Three pieces of letterhead, all full of letters. Although the envelope was not sealed, they never looked at it in Wushan.

After reading the letter, Cao Xingyu immediately became enthusiastic. "Sit down, thank you for taking care of my master. Comrade Zhang Dajun is my master, and most people don't know how to do it, and he has taught me hand-in-hand since the time of the conductor. How many days to stay in Rong? Are they all going to Jingshi? ”

"Uncle Cao, thank you, thank you, we won't stop in Rong City, we will go directly to Jingshi."

"Okay, I'll take a look at the number of trains, there is a trip from Rongshi to Jingshi every day at 5:16 in the afternoon." Immediately open the door, "Xiao Liu, come in." ”

He asked them again, "Do you have a letter of introduction?" ”

The second father took out the letter of introduction, and Cao Xinghong handed the letter of introduction to Xiao Liu, who had just come in, and asked him to take three sleeper tickets to BJ.

After a while, the ticket was returned. The second father wanted to give money, but Cao Xinghong refused to accept it, "Didn't you slap me in the face?" Take such good care of my master. ”

Wushan kept Uncle Cao shouting, talking about Zhang Dajun's affairs, Cao Xinghong laughed from time to time. A sumptuous lunch was arranged for the three of them. When I got on the bus, I was sent to the car directly from the staff channel, and I also explained to the waiter in the sleeper that I should take good care of Wushan and his party before turning around and leaving.

Wushan still felt sleepy, he ate and slept every day, and every time he ate, his second father woke him up.

On the morning of the fourth day, Wushan was pushed awake again. In the symphony, the final station, Jingshi, arrived.