The train ticket is really hand-painted by Xiao Lang, and the painting is enough to be fake.

"Lao Xiao, your craftsmanship collection is not revealed." The two praised.

Xiao Lang said: "Don't forget that I studied civil engineering at Tsinghua University, and I am good at drawing, I wanted to draw a few yuan and food stamps, but I didn't have suitable paper, so I used a few old train tickets to renovate it." ”

Without further ado, the three of them put on new clothes and threw their old clothes into the river, they have experience in dealing with the pursuit, and they must not let the police dog smell their own smell and trace it, in fact, this is too much, and the current criminal police team basically does not have police dogs.

Putting on a new outfit, Gong Zijun felt an envelope from his pocket, opened it and saw that it was a stack of RMB and national food stamps, he couldn't help but burst into tears, Xia Jingxi did not sell it, there must be something wrong with other aspects.

The three came to the railway station, followed the bustling flow of people to board the train to Shanghai, although it was a station ticket, but the mood of running to freedom was relaxed and happy, there were a lot of people on the car, the police were too lazy to check, all the way to the thrilling past, arrived at Shanghai Railway Station.

Their plan was to go to Wuhan by steamer from Shanghai, but thanks to the money and food stamps that Xia Jingxi stuffed in his clothes, they could eat, and Xiao Lang bought some things at the stationery store, made a new letter of introduction, bought a ferry ticket, boarded the ship at Shiliupu Wharf, and went to Wuhan.

It is much safer to get out of Jiangdong Province, China is so big, who cares about the fugitives from the three salt lake farms, marching west along the river, it is really the sound of apes on both sides of the strait can't be stopped, the light boat has passed the Wanzhong Mountain, and after a journey of three days and three nights, it arrived at Wuhan Port.

Gong Zijun's old illness relapsed, coughed badly, and his legs and feet were weak, but the situation did not allow him to seek medical treatment, so he could only stiffen up, in order to save money, he did not live in a hotel, Liu Youjin accompanied him to sit on a bench in Zhongshan Park, and Xiao Lang went to the train station to buy three hard seats to go to Guangzhou.

After the opening of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the millennium moat has become a thoroughfare, and there is no need to go to Wuchang Xujiapeng to buy a ticket, you can start directly from Hankou Station, which is also more convenient.

The Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was built in the Guangxu years, it was not opened to traffic until the 25th year of the Republic of China, the dark green long dragon galloped south on the fertile field, the car was full of passengers from all over the world, in order to build socialism in the land of the motherland, the train was broadcast from time to time, some of the PLA soldiers who took the train took the initiative to help the conductor clean up, poured hot water for the passengers, the train went south, the temperature gradually rose, the summer was high, the passengers sang revolutionary songs under the organization of the train captain.

The emotions of Xiao Lang and others were also mobilized, they were not good at singing, but they often sang during the labor reform on the Salt Lake Farm, and they would not be able to, the pleasant journey seemed very fast, the forty-four-hour journey ended quickly, and the train arrived at the end point, Guangzhou Railway Station.

Escaping thousands of miles away from the salt lake farm, the three of them felt safe, and they actually had the leisure to visit the Pearl River, and the people swimming and exercising on the beautiful Pearl River were like carp crossing the river.

The final destination of the three is Hong Kong, and they have to continue to the south, first to Shenzhen, which is separated by a water from Hong Kong, and then the idea of crossing the border, the ticket from Guangzhou to Shenzhen is not good, and the general unit letter of introduction is not good, in order to avoid trouble, the three chose other ways to go to Shenzhen, fortunately, the director of the Salt Lake Farm is Cantonese, Xiao Lang has more time to communicate with him, and he has learned a lot of Cantonese, and there is no problem with communication, otherwise it is really like going to a foreign country, his eyes are black, and he can't even understand what others say.

After tossing and turning in the bumps of buses, tractors, ox carts and other means of transportation, he finally arrived in Bao'an County, when he got off the car, he met a family doing a happy event, the crackling firecrackers, and the smoke and sugar everywhere, Xiao Lang leaned over and picked up a few cigarettes, by the way to inquire about how to go to Shenzhen, and then said with a happy face: "It turns out that this family is not married, but his son smuggled successfully!" ”

Gong Zijun and Liu Youjin were dumbfounded, how could they dare to publicize it with great fanfare after successfully smuggling, don't you want to die.

However, if you think about it, you can understand that Guangdong has not undergone a large-scale agrarian revolution, and it is not as tight as the people in the northern Central Plains who are nervous about the strings of class struggle.

The three of them were whispering, when suddenly a bearded man came over and asked them in broken Mandarin, "Do you want to smuggle to Hong Kong?" ”

Xiao Lang was startled, hurriedly denied it, and said with a beard: "Don't worry, I'm not a public security, if you want to smuggle out, look for me, wrap up, fifty yuan per person, and make water." ”

Gong Zijun said: "We are here on a business trip, not to Hong Kong, really not to go." ”

The beard smiled mysteriously, walked away, suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said: "There is a border guard in Shenzhen, you can't get through, you will be killed if you walk indiscriminately." ”

Xiao Lang shouted: "Comrade, we believe in you. ”

He said, "Then come with me." ”

The three of them were suspicious, followed him around a few corners, and came to a secluded place, a long-nosed bus was full of people, looking at the clothes and temperament, not only Guangdong locals, but also northerners, all of them or their eyes flashed, or they bowed their heads in contemplation, and they were probably stowaways.

The bearded man sent the three of them to the car, walked to the front and talked to the driver, smoked a cigarette, took out the crank to start the car, drove south, swallowed slowly for an hour, arrived at the destination in the evening, drove people out of the car, and began to collect money.

"Fifty per person, pay first." Said the bearded man.

Smugglers from all over the world began to bargain, some said to pay later, some said to pay half first, and some asked for a lower price, 30 per person, listening to their accents Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangxi, of course, Guangdong is the most.

The beard is uncompromising, saying that fifty is fifty, and not a single point less.

After some arguments, everyone gave in and obediently paid the money.

After collecting the money, he lit a lantern and hung it on the eaves, took a branch and drew a picture on the ground: "There are two ways to go to Hong Kong, 'Governor' and 'Fluttering Net', respectively, there are people who take the western, middle, and eastern routes, but it is too dangerous, and we don't do it." ”

"The Governor is the waterway of the western route, Shekou is launched, and when it crosses Shenzhen Bay, it is Hong Kong; The netting is a central land route, starting from Sha Tau Kok and crossing the border barbed wire to the New Territories. ”

"The western front is safe, but you need good physical strength, and if you don't do well on the middle line, you will be killed by the border guards, but it saves physical strength, and it is suitable for the frail elderly and young children, you can choose which way to go, give you half an hour."

Time is limited, there is no room for much consideration, Gong Zijun is not in good health, and he takes the risk of taking the land route, Xiao Lang and Liu Youjin have been renovating the salt lake farm for ten years, and their physique is much stronger than when they used to sit in the office, although they are nearly sixty years old, they also choose a more reliable waterway.

Half an hour later, the smuggling team set off in two ways, all the way to Sha Tau Kok and all the way to Shekou, where the three fugitives said goodbye in tears and met again in Hong Kong.

It was dark, just to hide their whereabouts, the locals were familiar with the roads, and they could circumvent the border guards' checkpoints, and the fifty yuan was worth it.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, after a trek, Xiao Lang and Liu Youjin arrived at the beach, and the people who led the team saw that they were old, so they specially gave them two pairs of life-saving equipment.

"There's no lifebuoy, and a car inner tube is fine." Liu Youjin said.

The beard said: "Those are strictly controlled materials, you can't get them, it's not easy to get these, you don't want them, others want them." ”

"I want, I want." Liu Youjin hurriedly changed his words.

The smugglers lay down in the bushes, and after fifteen minutes, a patrol of border guards flashed flashlights and walked in front, and after another five minutes, the leader of the group beckoned everyone to go to the sea.

"Let's swim, swim forward an hour, and it's Hong Kong! It's freedom! Said with a beard.

Everyone went into the sea without hesitation, fluttering and swimming forward, all kinds of simple life-saving tools, some holding basketballs, some holding wooden boards, some blowing up their pants as lifebuoys, most of them have good swimming skills, it seems that they have been prepared for smuggling.

Xiao Lang and Liu Youjin can swim, when they were young, they often swam in the Huaijiang River, but it was carefree to play in the water, but now they are desperate, after swimming for fifteen minutes, Liu Youjin's physical strength is not very good, panting and said: "Old Xiao, leave me alone, you go first, I'll slow down." ”

Xiao Lang said: "Pay attention to the rhythm of breathing, don't worry." ”

Under the moonlight, on the sparkling sea, the stowaways have gradually widened the distance, the good swimming skills are the first, the poor skills are far behind, there is no wind on the sea, some stowaways from the mainland are not very good at swimming, and the life-saving tools are not the top of the matter, and it is common for one to be hit by Lang and never come up again.

Everyone is struggling with their lives.

Suddenly, a motor sound, everyone was terrified, desperately paddling, but the fierce action attracted two dazzling flashlights, followed by the sound of gunshots, it was the familiar clatter of the five or six submachine guns, there was once a labor prisoner on a salt lake farm who tried to escape, and was killed by the sentry with this weapon in the wilderness, Xiao Lang and Liu Youjin both remember it vividly.

It was the border guards who came on the water patrol boat, God knows how they changed the patrol time tonight, just to catch the stowaways, the superiors have a strict order, the smuggling is a treasonous act, can be shot on the spot, the soldiers either with submachine guns, or with rifles roll call, hit the water splash one by one.

Blood stained the sea.

"Dive down!" Xiao Lang shouted, but after all, he was still a step slow, Liu Youjin was hit in the back by a bullet, he used his last strength to take off the condom and table tennis ball on his body and threw it to Xiao Lang, shouting: "Go!" Don't come back! ”

After a lapse of several decades, Xiao Lang still remembers Liu Youjin's last cry and desperate eyes on the sea in Shenzhen Bay.