The factory is scheduled to be closed on the 26th of the lunar month. After the paychecks were paid, everyone began to pack their bags and prepare to go home. The factory chartered a bus to take the workers to the train station.

On the morning of the 26th, at five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the workers gathered at the factory gate to wait for the bus. More than ten minutes later, a van drove over, and before the car could stop, the workers hula-la-la, squeezed onto the car, Li Xiao did not stand firmly, and was squeezed to the back by the flow of people. I waited until everyone in front of me had gone up before I climbed up. Aren't they all fellows? Can't you line up to get on the bus, can't you let the woman get on first, Li Xiao thought to herself. Ay.

"Why are you so slow. You can't pretend to be Sven here. Wang Gan reproached, and Wang Ke'er sat around him. Wang Keer said, let's squeeze it. Li Xiao saw that they were sitting more crowded, and said, forget it, just stand up. From the factory to Guangzhou Railway Station, it usually takes four hours, and if it is fast, it will take three hours.

"Come, come to me, squeeze in." Liu Beida, who was sitting in the front row, moved his position and vacated a little for Li Xiao. Li Xiao didn't want to go, but seeing that Liu Beida was very enthusiastic, he passed. Li Xiao knew that Liu Beida actually liked Wang Keer, but he didn't show it in his heart. Li Xiao squeezed over and sat down next to Liu Beida.

Along the way, the car drove very fast, and Li Xiao fell asleep. In a daze, I felt that someone was looking at me. Anyway, it's ugly, just look at it. Li Xiao thought to himself.

In the shaking, the driver said that the train station had arrived. The bus stops in the square in front of the station. Everyone got off one after another. The train ticket was also bought in advance by the factory. At this time, Wang Keer said, I am on a different train from you, I won't leave now, I will go to a friend of mine first. Li Xiao and Wang Qian sent Wang Keer to the car. After walking a distance on the overpass, Wang Keer said, don't send it, I'll go by myself.

Wang Qian saw that Wang Ke'er was very resolute, so he said to Wang Ke'er, then you take care of yourself. Then he shook his head and left with Li Xiao without any worry or sadness. Li smiled puzzled, but didn't ask. Looking back at Wang Ke'er, she had already disappeared at the end of the overpass. When he looked back, Wang Qian had already walked far away, and Li Xiao hurriedly trotted to catch up.

The train was night, which meant they had to wait for a few hours.

The square in front of Guangzhou Railway Station is overcrowded.

"You hold me, don't lose it." Wang Qian said to Li Xiao.

"Hmm." Saying that, Li Xiao grabbed Wang Gan's clothes and followed Wang Gan forward step by step.

Li Xiao only felt that he was drowning in the vast sea of people, and his head was full of people, tall, short, fat, and thin; The bowing head is full of bags, yellow, black, blue, red. Shoes of various styles, wide, narrow, pointed, flat, slowly move forward.

The waiting room is nothing more than a temporary waiting shelter in the square in front of the station. It is estimated that half of the country's migrant workers have come to Guangdong, and the rapid flow of population in a short period of time has also become a peculiar phenomenon in Guangdong and even the whole country.

"Take the ** train to Wuhan, and the train will start to check the ticket and get on the train." The station's announcement starts calling.

"Let's go, let's go." Wang Qian smiled at Li.

So Li Xiao followed Wang Qian and ran quickly.

Those who checked in dragged their luggage and bags and ran forward, and those who did not check in kept looking forward to stomping their feet and wandering, hoping that it would be their turn soon.

The aisle underpass platform is full of people.

On the platform, Li Xiao found a long green passenger car parked there without windows.

"This is a temporary additional car, and it was not easy to buy a ticket in the factory." Wang Qian explained.

As soon as you get in the car, you enter a closed world.

Black.

The only light came from the door.

It is said that this kind of carriage is usually used to load pigs, but in recent years, due to the sharp increase in the number of migrant workers in the south, the normal passenger trains can not meet the demand, so these pig-loading trucks have to be temporarily deployed to load people. People and pigs have the same fate, and it cannot be said to be sad. For these migrant workers and working girls who have the same fate as pigs, Cantonese people are commonly known as "Lao Zi" and "Lao Mei". It means that they are here to make money in Guangdong. If it weren't for the policy tilt and the opening up of coastal areas, how could people in these areas get rich first, and it is normal for people who come for money to be discriminated against.

When the car was not open, the door was open, and Li Xiaoshang felt that it was okay. The car started and the doors closed, and Li Xiao realized what kind of dark world he had entered. All kinds of smells are mixed together, the last time I came to take an ordinary passenger transport, you can also open the window to breathe, this kind of car is completely a closed big iron box, all kinds of smells are mixed together, you exhale him and inhale, and mix all kinds of different smells into an unpleasant smell.

It's hard to move around here because the ground is full of people. The prescient man prepared a small stool and sat on it. The one who prepared the newspaper spread it on the floor and sat down.

Li Xiao didn't have anything, Wang Qian brought the newspaper, and Li Xiao sat down with him.

Even so, everyone will still have fun in the bitterness, and there are many people who play cards and chat and tell jokes.

"Oops, stepped on me." There was a woman screaming in the darkness.

"You stepped on me." Seeing that no one answered, the person who was trampled shouted again, and then grabbed the people around him.

"Ahh What are you holding me for? Another woman shouted.

"You stepped on me, apologize." Said the woman from before.

"Nope." The woman in the back retorted.

"Why not, it's you, you passed me just now." The woman from before yelled.

"The people who passed by you are long gone. I've been sitting here without moving, how could I step on you. The woman in the back explained.

"Yes, yes, she just sat here and didn't move." Someone next to him helped him.

"This is my fellow countryman, we are together, and we have been sitting in this position." Someone else said.

"Okay, count me out of luck." Seeing that there was no one to help, the woman who was trampled on had to swallow her breath and consider herself unlucky.

After a while, the carriage returned to silence.

At six o'clock in the morning, the train arrived at Yancheng Railway Station.

A group of men and women with bags and luggage walking in the cold morning light form a special sight. These migrant workers and working girls, who have been tired for a year, have returned to their hometowns after a long absence. They will continue to be shunted to the following counties, towns, and even townships and villages.

Because of them, trains were added, because of the increase in their waiting sheds, and because of them, the transportation lines began to be busy. They used their meager income to support the prosperity and prosperity of one city after another.

After Wang Qian sent Li Xiao to the bus station to buy a ticket and get on the bus, he also went to take the bus. It is agreed that we will set off again on the sixth day of the new year.