The train left the station and began to go all the way north, during which it stopped a few small stations, and the empty carriages were gradually filled, Geng Chaozhong and Kasuga had a small talk without a ride, but mainly Karuhi was talking, Geng Chaozhong was listening - as a traveler full of curiosity about Japan, Geng Chaozhong naturally did not hesitate to ask Kasuga some Japanese customs and customs, so as to make up for possible cultural loopholes, and Kasuga also took the opportunity to hone his Chinese, and the two took what they needed, but they also chatted happily.

Until the last rays of sunset disappeared into the sky, the train finally left downtown Tokyo and arrived at Urawa, the nearest medium-sized city to Tokyo. The vast majority of these sleeper passengers travel to Aomori and Mutsu, the northernmost part of Honshu, which are the fastest port cities to reach Hokkaido.

"There should be food on the train, right?"

After rumbling in his stomach several times, Geng Chaozhong finally couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, but I brought rice balls," Kasuga looked at Geng Chaozhong with a smile, "Do you want to eat one?" ”

"It seems that there is no more," Geng Chaozhong spread his hands helplessly, "I thought that such a luxurious train should always have a place to eat." ”

"I've never been on this train either, so I don't know," Kasuga spread his hands in the same manner as Geng Chaozhong, "Actually, I've always come to Tokyo from Hokkaido by boat. ”

"By boat? Aren't trains faster? Geng Chaozhong was surprised.

"But the fare is also expensive," Kasuga added, "and if it weren't for your blessings, I would have been on the ship from Tokyo to Narukawa right now." ”

The Narukawa River, a port city in the south of Hokkaido, is very close to Kasuga's hometown of Hidaka Parliament, and in fact, from Natsukawa to Geng Chaozhong's nominal hometown of Muroran County.

"Oh," Geng Chaozhong smiled dumbly, his question just now obviously meant that he didn't eat minced meat, Kasuga was just an ordinary student, and the cheaper the trip, the better, he touched his chin thoughtfully and said, "So, it's unnecessary for us to go to Sapporo?" ”

"Yes, you can get off the train from Aomori and take a boat to the Natsugawa River or Komaki across the sea, and it's not far from Hidaka Province and Muroran County." Kasuga replied with a wink.

"You don't want to go to Sapporo?" Geng Chaozhong quickly understood the meaning of spring.

"No, Sapporo is also a lot of fun, I haven't been there a few times," Kasuga smiled sheepishly, "Besides, Mr. Yoshida is probably reluctant to change the route at the last minute." ”

"Hmm." Geng Chaozhong nodded, lost in thought.

He showed homesickness in front of Yoshida, the purpose was just to pave the way for him to return to his hometown to visit his relatives - in this era of relocation, there is no one who is not homesick, and no one does not want to go home to see after returning to his hometown, this is human nature, if he does not have any homesickness, it is strange.

But Chief Hashimoto of Inspector Machi responded too quickly!

This trip to visit relatives is obviously an act of goodwill by Yoshida at the behest of Chief Hashimoto, which also means that Chief Hashimoto has shown unusual interest in himself, a spy from the military department, and it seems that his idle days will not be long.

However, returning to Muroran County is also a double-edged sword, after all, the North Tanwashi Iron Works in Muroran Town, Muroran County, Muroran County, is his nominal hometown, but he has never been to a place.

There, he also has two cousins, an aunt, and several nephews, which is why he did everything possible not to let Yoshida and Kasuga go with him - the devil knows what happened to the real Date Nosuke's childhood!

As long as one of these people has doubts about his identity, it will cause an uproar!

"Mr. Zhou, give you a rice ball, I made it myself." Kasuga took out the rice ball from a bamboo box and handed it over.

Geng Chaozhong hummed, took the rice ball casually, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mr. Zhou, do you have something on your mind?" Kasuga looked at Geng Chaozhong curiously.

"Oh, it's nothing," Geng Chaozhong woke up from his contemplation, "Seeing that you are in such a good mood when you return to your hometown, I can't help but think of my hometown." ”

"Your hometown is in Zhejiang? I heard that the hometown of President Jiang, the supreme governor of Nanjing, is also Nanjing. Kasuga said.

"Yes, a small county town in Zhejiang," Geng Chaozhong's gaze seemed to drift into the distance, and then he changed the topic: "Spring, what do you think of your hometown?" ”

"It's good, it's quiet, fishing, catching birds, painting, that's how I lived when I was a child," said of his hometown, and Kasuhi's eyes began to shine, "but then there were fewer and fewer people, young people either went to the big cities or enlisted in the army, and there were more and more old people in the village, but fortunately, there were many children in it, and I was quite happy with them." ”

"Their parents are in town?" Geng Chaozhong said curiously.

"Yes, life in the city is better," Kasuga blinked, "China is the same!" ”

"Well, that's the case, and there are a lot of people coming into the city." Geng Chaozhong replied.

However, compared to Japan, it is a lot less, Geng Chaozhong silently added.

Compared to today's semi-colonial China, Japan had already entered an industrial society ahead of schedule, and large-scale urbanization had already begun in the Meiji era, with hundreds of thousands of peasants moving from the countryside to the cities every year, much like the migrant workers of later generations.

Of course, there is the problem of left-behind children – no less so in Britain when the "sheep eat man" enclosure movement, an inevitable after-effect of industrialization and urbanization.

Knock knock!

There was a knock on the door of the box, followed by Yoshida's voice: "Mr. Zhou, can I come in?" ”

"Yoshida-senpai, please come in." Geng Chaozhong opened the door of the box.

Yoshida walked in with a smile on his face, still carrying a big food box in his hand, and saw Geng Chaozhong and Kasuga swallowing rice balls, so he hurriedly put the food box on the table and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I'm going to prepare a meal for you, but there are not many fresh vegetables on the train, and it took a long time, I'm really sorry!" How's it going, did you have a good trip? ”

"Miss Kasuga takes good care of me, and I'm really grateful to the contemptible, Yoshida-senpai, you're hungry too, so sit down and eat together!" Geng Chaozhong pointed to the food box.

"No, no, I'm ready outside." Yoshida hurriedly waved his hand and walked out the door.

"Mr. Zhou, you must be a big man in China." Kasuga looked at Yoshida's back as he went out.

"Big shots? I'm so young, what kind of big can I be? Geng Chaozhong said with a smile.

"No, you must be a big shot," Kasuga looked at Geng Chaozhong seriously, "Yoshida-san told me that as long as I take good care of you, I can stay in Tokyo after graduation, if you are not a big shot, how can they do this?" ”

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