In 1998, Xia Yanni was 18 years old, the first in primary school every year, and when she reached junior high school, she fell all the way, failed the high school entrance examination, looked for relationships, entered a secondary school in the urban area, and through her own efforts, participated in the national 3+2 enrollment, and finally completed her dream of going to college. My mother has always said that the farther you take the exam, the better, so Xia Yanni was admitted to Beijing from Nantong.

In Nantong in 1998, there was no train, and Changzhou's cousin bought two train tickets, so Xia Yanni took Tian Tian, who was admitted to the Institute of Labor Movement together, from Changzhou to Beijing.

The Institute of Labour and Movement is a third-rate university. This is defined by Cousin Yanni. The fact is also like this, there is no fame, there is no one or two, basically all of them are junior colleges, and the green notice is a small red paper, without any sense of design. Yanni chose the Institute of Labor Movement for two reasons, one is in Beijing, and the other is the low admission score. The most important thing is to experience university life, regardless of how many universities he has.

"Sleeper. Thankfully, a 22-hour ride will kill you with a ticket. Yanni thought silently in her heart. The September weather was still sweltering, the windows of the train were all open, and the carriage was steaming, Yanni dragged the suitcase in one hand and quickly fanned the paper fan on which she had handwritten the full text of "Pipa Xing" with the other. Two lower bunks, Yanni is grateful to her cousin from the bottom of her heart, at the peak of the start of school, it is already good to be able to buy sleeper tickets, or two lower bunks.

Tian Tian first stuffed the luggage under the bed, then took out a bath towel from his bag and spread it on the bed, then sat down carefully, blushing and panting slightly: "It's too hot, there is no wind at all!" "Don't worry, the wind will be whirring when the car starts!" Yanni sat on the edge of the bed, fanning the wind while comforting Tian Tian.

Tian Tian's upper bunk and middle bunk are a little couple, the little brother on the upper bunk is feeding the young lady in the middle bunk from time to time, Yanni is envious for a while, coupled with the appearance of the little brother and sister, Yanni feels that this dog food is really pleasing to the eye.

Yanni's top bunk is an old father sent to school with a white-faced scholar-type son, the old father is wearing a military uniform, he should be a soldier, Yanni guessed.

The train started slowly, and the carriage began to be lively, first a wave of toilets, bustling for half an hour, and finally more than half of the people climbed into their bunks, and a small number of people sat at the small table by the window, drinking cold beer, sipping melon seeds, and nibbling on chicken feet and chicken necks. The northern and southern dialects were mixed in the small carriage, and Yanni liked this kind of thick fireworks, and after a while, she also joined these chatting armies.

Tian Tian's little couple on the upper bunk, one is from the University of Science and Technology, and the other is from the School of Finance and Economics, and they specially bought this overtime train, one because they can buy a sleeper, and the other is because this train takes a long time, and they will have to go back to their respective schools when they arrive in Beijing, so they naturally have to be reluctant.

Yanni's "white-faced scholar" on the upper bunk is called Liu Huben, when she first heard this name, Yanni was still shocked, but as soon as she contacted the owner of the name, she felt a little mismatched.

The old soldier's name is Liu Yong, who has been a volunteer for eight years, and has also been injured, made a personal third-class meritorious service, and has a leg injury, so he has not been able to act so far. Later, he was discharged from the army and came back to become a police officer. In the mouth of the old soldier, his son is excellent, his academic performance is among the best, he is sensible and obedient at home, and he is filial to his parents and elders, which sounds like the old soldier is asking for his son's marriage. The only dissatisfaction is that Liu Huben's motor cells are not developed, and he only knows to sit at home and read books every day, and he is about to look like a nerd!

Before I knew it, we chatted until ten o'clock, Tian Tian was already asleep, Hu Ben was still reading, Yanni took the initiative to change the bed with Liu Yong, and it was too inconvenient for the old man to climb to the top bunk. The veteran was very grateful, and Liu Huben also expressed his gratitude repeatedly. Yanni was afraid of the grateful eyes of others, so she climbed to the top bunk as fast as she could.

The next day, as soon as the day dawned, the carriage was lively, there were children crying, some went to wash together, some chatted, some packed their luggage and prepared to get off the next stop, and the cries of small carts: "melon seeds, soda, instant noodles!" Cigarettes, beer, ham sausages"! The little couple on Tian Tian's upper bunk has already washed up, and they are discussing whether to go down to have a look at the next stop and buy some local snacks by the way. The snacks at the station are all packaged kinds, and Yanni is not interested.

Seeing that the washing people were almost gone one after another, Yanni pulled Ueda Tian Tian and also went to the bathroom. There were two large trash cans in the washroom, maybe they were late, the trash cans were already full of all kinds of disposable items and instant noodle boxes, the taste was really not good, the two of them quickly washed up and returned to their cars.

Liu Huben stood beside the old father with a box in his hand, and was talking to the old father about something, when he saw Yanni and the others coming back, he immediately greeted him and said, "This is the pickled pepper phoenix feet made by my mother, give you a box to taste." Yanni was stunned, and quickly stretched out her hand to take it and said, "That's so embarrassing, thank you!" Tian Tian touched Yanni with her hand, meaning that she should excuse herself. Yan Nicole can't care so much, who let this Liu Huben give her favorite all of a sudden! Yanni didn't bother to put down the toiletries, so she opened the box and grabbed one with her hand and stuffed it into her mouth: "Wow, delicious!" The old soldier's happy laughter immediately came from the carriage: "Haha, Tiger Ben, your mother must be happy when she hears it, and someone praises her chicken feet for being delicious!" Yanni also smirked along with him.

After putting away the toiletries, Yanni sat at the window with the gift given by the tiger ben, nibbling on chicken feet and looking at the scenery. Growing up so big, Yanni went out for the first time, and all kinds of things in the north had only been seen in books and on TV before, and I always thought in my heart, those are all beautified, and if I really see it, maybe it's not like that! But the scenery in front of you is indeed beautiful and charming, the vast black soil is full of sorghum, which is the scenery that cannot be seen in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, the heavy sorghum ears bend the pole, the wind blows, swings with the wind, like the scarecrow in the rice field in the south of the Yangtze River.

The train skimmed over a large sorghum field and saw a large winding road. "Tian Tian, come and see, there is a carriage!" Yanni discovered the new world, grew so big, and saw a real carriage for the first time, and it was a carriage walking on the main road! "That's a mule." The big brother in the Northeast in the next carriage took a sip of the second pot, looked at the two little girls who had never seen the world, and said quietly.

"Mules? What is a mule? Why do you look so much like a horse? ”

"Mules are the product of a cross between a donkey and a horse, this is a horse mule, born of a male donkey and a female horse, so it is more like a horse, and there is another kind of male horse and female donkey, which looks more like a donkey."

"Ahh Yanni cheered: "I have to write it down!" She really climbed to the top bunk, took a notebook, and recorded it carefully! I was remembering, as if I heard someone laughing in the middle shop, Yanni looked at it and saw the corners of the tiger's mouth!

"Hmph, what's so funny!" Yanni said with a serious face: "Don't be ashamed to ask, do you understand?" ”

Tiger Ben still raised the corners of his mouth, noncommittal.

The train stopped suddenly, there was no platform, and there were still more than a hundred kilometers from the previous station. I called the conductor to find out that because the car was added, it was necessary to stop on the road to avoid those normal trains, and it had stopped twice in the night, but most people were asleep at that time and did not notice.

As soon as the train stopped, the wind stopped. Yanni put away her notebook, took a copy of "Cultural Journey" and sat at the window. But this temperature, coupled with the noise in the carriage, where can I still read the book.

"Ice-cold soda, ice-cold beer, popsicle ......" trolleys appeared at the right time, and there was a commotion in the carriage.

"Give me two cold sodas"

"I want beer, let's listen to beer"

"Get me a popsicle, it's hot"

……

Yanni asked for two bottles of cold soda and handed one to Tian Tian. Tiger Ben bought beer for his father, but he didn't buy anything, still drinking the water from his own cup, and the sweat-soaked spots on his shirt were faintly visible. The little couple bought popsicles, the little sister lay on the edge of the middle bunk bed, and the little brother stood on the side of the bed and fanned the little sister.

The train finally started slowly, the people on it cheered, the wind blew in through the windows again, and the heat dissipated at once.

After stopping and stopping all the way, the train finally arrived in the capital Beijing at 21:00 at night, a full 5 hours later than expected. Saying goodbye to Hu Ben's father and son, Yan Ni only then knew that Hu Ben was a new student. The National People's Congress is also in Haidian District, so it should not be too far from the Institute of Labor Movement, right? Yanni thought about it and walked out of the train station with Tian Tian. I didn't see the sign of the Labor Movement College at the exit of the station, and I knew that there would be no seniors to pick up new students at this point. Yanni pulled Tian Tian to find a public phone first, and each reported his safety to his family. On the phone, Dad told Yanni that her mother had fallen asleep crying, and she always thought that Yanni had been abducted! Yanni hung up the phone, Tian Tian had already finished calling! Tian Tian's family is not worried, because Yanni is here!

Stopped a taxi on the side of the road, got in the car, Yanni said to the driver: "Big brother, don't take us around, I'll give you as much as you say, it's too late!" ”

The driver's eldest brother is also refreshed, and a hundred yuan is negotiated.

Later, Yanni learned that from the train station to the school, it was up to 30 to take a taxi.

After receiving daily necessities, I arrived at the dormitory, and it was almost 11 o'clock.

The September night in Beijing was still very cool, and Yanni lay on her small bed, silently reading in her heart: "This is my university, my university!" ”