Twenty minutes later, with the countdown of the system, Pang Xuelin slowly closed his eyes.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven...... Three, two, one, welcome to the Chinese Sun World. ”

Pang Xuelin opened his eyes, and the sky was still dark, and there was a faint light from the wooden window lattice, a faint chill

Through the shredded window paper and the crooked cracks in the wood.

On the other side of the bed, there was a thunderous snoring sound, and a strong foot smell could be smelled.

Pang Xuelin closed his eyes again, and the identity set given by the system appeared in his mind.

Plane: Chinese Solar World

Identity: Pang Xuelin, 16 years old, his parents died in the third grade of primary school, and he was fostered in his cousin Shuiwa's house, and worked as a farmer at home on weekdays.

Mission: Use the Chinese Solar Project to explore as many star worlds as possible.

Rewards:

First, each time you complete a stellar world exploration, you can reward the host with a chance to return to the previous dimensional world.

Second, a technology from the Dimensional World is randomly selected as a reward.

The expression on Pang Xuelin's face gradually became serious, the task of the Chinese Sun World was much more difficult than he imagined.

In the original work, the "Chinese Sun" is a giant mirror located in space, through which the sunlight is focused to a certain point in the atmosphere, thereby changing the climate and environment of a certain region.

It was by using the Chinese sun that scientists changed the arid environment of the entire Great Northwest and turned it into the Saiwai Jiangnan.

When she was about to retire, as a representative of the first generation of space industry workers, Shui Wa proposed that the Chinese sun be transformed into a starcraft.

Using the light pressure of the sun, accelerate it to become a starship.

According to the plan, the "Chinese Sun" will first enter the orbit of Venus, as close as possible to the Sun, in order to obtain greater accelerating light pressure and longer acceleration distance.

This will be achieved through a series of complex orbit-changing flights, which will be driven in a manner much like that of a sailboat sailing against the wind during the Age of Discovery.

After the "Chinese Sun" accelerates to a certain speed, after seventy days, it will pass through the orbit of Mars; One hundred and sixty days later, it will pass Jupiter; Two years later. It will fly out of Pluto's orbit and become a starship, and everyone on board will be in the winter eye; Forty-five years from now, it will pass the constellation Centauri, the astronauts will wake up briefly, and a century after the departure of the Chinese sun, the Earth will receive their information about the constellation Centauri.

However, the Centauri star is just a stop on the long journey of the Chinese sun, passing the centauri star, and the Chinese sun will reach fifteen percent of the speed of light due to the further acceleration of the centauri star.

And it will reach Sirius sixty years later, a century after its departure from Earth.

As the Chinese Sun passes past the binary system of Sirius A and B, its speed will increase to two-tenths of the speed of light, heading deeper into the starry sky.

According to the limits described in the Winter Eye system of life on the spacecraft, it is possible for the Chinese Sun to reach the constellation Pojiang-ε, and possibly even as late as 79 Cetus, all of which are thought to have planets.

But this is only a theoretical plan, and no one can say whether it will succeed or not.

On a long journey. There are too many uncertainties about this kind of solar sailing spacecraft that uses sunlight for interstellar flight.

It's like humanity before the Age of Discovery.

People only remember that Columbus discovered the New World of America and ushered in the Age of Discovery.

But how many people know that before Columbus discovered the New World, how many navigators and explorers who went to the depths of the ocean were buried in the vast ocean.

This is a journey destined for nine deaths and no return.

The reason why the water baby chose to embark on this journey with no return. It's more to stimulate the curiosity of the human world about the starry sky.

Rather than really expecting to one day successfully complete the planned task.

But for Pang Xuelin, whether it is for the task or to satisfy his curiosity, he must complete such a journey.

But the problem is that now he is just a half-grown child on the Loess Plateau in the northwest with only a third-grade education level. For a short time, he couldn't do anything.

Pang Xuelin decided not to think about it anymore, anyway, he is only sixteen years old now, and the future is still very long, he has time to change all this.

In the sound of snoring like thunder, Pang Xuelin fell asleep again in a daze, and when he woke up again, it was already dawn.

In the cave, Shuiwa's father, who is also his third uncle, is smoking dry cigarettes.

The third uncle is not yet 50 years old this year, because of his perennial work, his skin is tanned, and deep wrinkles have carved traces of time and labor on his face.

The whole person has a stiff waist, and he looks like a little old man of sixty or seventy years old.

Pang Xuelin shrugged his nose, the smell of porridge came from outside, and his aunt was busy for breakfast.

In the memory given to him by the system, after the death of his parents, he was fostered in the third uncle's house.

On weekdays, the third uncle's family is not bad to themselves, at least there is no difference between food, clothing, housing and transportation and the water baby, and the water baby has some of them.

Of course, work is also indispensable.

Pang Xuelin got up from the bed and wrapped himself in a black cotton gown.

At this time, the third uncle said: "Lin Wazi, be quick with your hands and feet, we have to go to the field today to harvest all the two acres of wheat." ”

"Holo."

Pang Xuelin nodded, now is the time to be busy with farming, and he is also one of the strong laborers in the family, so naturally he will not shirk it.

Pang Xuelin first went to the thatched house to solve the physiological problem.

Then, he found a piece of cloth, dipped it in some of the remaining rice washing water when washing rice, and wiped it on his face casually.

In this arid and rainless northwest, drinking water has always been a big problem, let alone washing your face.

As a result, almost every household has a water cellar to store rainwater.

As long as there is a little spare money in the village, they will dig a cement cellar at home.

But the third uncle's family is obviously not in this ranks, and can only use the clay cellar handed down from his grandfather's generation.

When it's hot, the water in this kind of cellar is easy to stink, and when drunk, it has a bitter and astringent taste.

It can only be boiled, barely used as drinking water.

Fortunately, it is now autumn, the weather is not as hot as summer, and the water in the cellar is acceptable.

The third uncle has been counting on this year's wheat harvest, and after the autumn grain is put into storage, he can exchange the grain for some money, and then build a cement cellar at home.

It is said that half the size of the child, eat the old man.

Although breakfast was just millet porridge with pickles, Pang Xuelin and Shui Wa both ate very sweetly, and when they were halfway through eating, Pang Xuelin suddenly raised his head and said to the third uncle sitting on the side: "Third uncle." Wait until the farm work is over. I want to go out and have a good time. I heard that it's quite easy to make money in the south now. ”

The third uncle was slightly stunned and said, "No, Lin Wazi, how old are you?" Beware of going out and letting people cheat you. Besides, there is no such travel fee at home, so you can go out. ”

Pang Xuelin said helplessly: "Third uncle, I can earn my own travel expenses." ”

The third uncle put down his chopsticks and said with a straight face: "Lin Wazi, if I say no, I can't do it." ”

Pang Xuelin was a little helpless, and the water baby sitting opposite him smiled at him honestly

Shui Wa is two years older than Pang Xuelin, and she is only eighteen this year.

But he has a good temperament, and basically he listens to what his father says.

After breakfast, each of the three put on a hat and went out with a sickle.

Outside the house was a desolate and barren world, covered with a yellow-brown earth.

It was already autumn, and the entire Loess Plateau did not see much greenery at all, and the vertical and horizontal ravines were covered with traces left by soil erosion, like wrinkles on the faces of old farmers.

Pang Xuelin followed Shuiwa and the third uncle to the wheat field.

In the following time, the three of them worked in silence, and at noon, the third aunt specially sent oily noodles to the field, which was a rare delicacy at this time.

It can only be eaten during the busy farming season when heavy physical labor is required.

After a busy day's work, the three of them finally finished harvesting all the wheat on two acres of land, and then went home.

Although I experienced high-intensity labor and sweated a lot, it was impossible to take a bath, so I had to wipe it with a damp cloth.

After dinner, Pang Xuelin had nothing to do, so he simply came to the hill behind the cave of the third uncle's house, watching the sunset in a daze.

I don't know when, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Pang Xuelin turned his head and saw that the water baby came over at some point

"Lin Wazi, do you really want to go out?" Shui Wa said curiously.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Brother Shuiwa, don't you want to go out and have a look?" ”

Shuiwa shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just think it's good to have a good day like this." If you can eat and clothe yourself, and when you are busy for a while, you will sell the wheat, build a cement cellar for your home, and eat water that is not bitter, and then your life will be comfortable. ”

Pang Xuelin said: "Brother Shuiwa, I don't want to live this kind of life facing the loess with my back to the sky. Don't you think it's boring to see old from the beginning of such a day? ”

Shui Wa said: "But our ancestors haven't all come over like this for generations, what's wrong?" ”

Pang Xuelin stood up and said: "It's because our ancestors haven't changed for generations that we want to go out and change our lives." Brother Shuiwa, have you heard of the outside world?

Shui Wa's face showed a hint of longing, and nodded: "I've heard of it, I heard that they can drink clean water, and there are a lot of lights, and at night, the roads are bright." ”

Pang Xuelin smiled: "You don't want to go out and have a look?" ”

Shui Wa shook her head and said, "Dad won't let me go." ”

Pang Xuelin was silent, and after a while, he said, "Brother Shuiwa, I must go out and have a look." When I make a name for myself outside, I'll take you and my third uncle and aunt over......"

"But didn't my father let you go?"

Pang Xuelin winked at Shui Wa and said, "Brother Shui Wa, if I want to go out, the third uncle can't stop me, but I will still talk to the third uncle." ”

Shuiwa hesitated for a moment and said, "You must talk about it." ”

After a whole week of hard work, the wheat harvest was finally completed.

After leaving the rations, Pang Xuelin, together with the third uncle and Shuiwa, sent the remaining wheat to the grain station, and sold it for more than 100 yuan in total.

Then, the third uncle went to the town full of joy, asked about the price of cement, and then came back like a frosted eggplant.

"Dad, why do you think the price of cement has risen even more than last year?"

The third aunt was a little sad: "When will I be able to drink the water in the cement cellar?" ”

The third uncle took a sullen puff of dry tobacco and said, "If we work harder this year, we will definitely be able to afford cement next year." ”

"Uncle, you said the same thing last year." At this time, Pang Xuelin stood up and said, "Uncle, it can't go on like this." Didn't the doctor in the army say? The water in the cellar is not clean. If you drink like this, sooner or later, you will have to go out and make money, you see that the country in our village is strong, and they have made a lot of money in the mine. Also, Brother Shuiwa will have to marry a daughter-in-law in two years, and he will have to pay for a new house......"

The third uncle was smoking a dry cigarette, this time, he didn't reject Pang Xuelin's proposal at the first time.

The third aunt on the side hesitated for a moment and said, "His father, I think what Lin Wazi said makes a little sense." ”

Pang Xuelin said: "Third uncle, let me go out and break through." If you really don't let me go, then it's a big deal that I leave quietly, and you can't stop me all the time......"

"You dare!" The third uncle glared at Pang Xuelin and said, "Lin Wazi, I promised your father and mother to take good care of you as an adult." Even if you want to go out and find work now, you can only go to the mines. The mine is dangerous, how many people will not be buried in which year? ”

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, I won't go to the mine." ”

"If you don't go to the mine, where do you go? Far away, there is no travel fee at home. ”

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Just go to the county seat and find a job to do, I have the strength." ”

The third uncle pondered for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to go to the county seat, but you have to let the water baby follow." ”

"Can I go too?"

Shuiwa stood up suddenly and said in surprise.

The third uncle took another puff of dry tobacco and said, "Lin Wazi, you have a good brain, when you go outside, bring more water baby brother with you." As for you, Shuiwa, when others bully your younger brother, you, who are your elder brother, must be the first to rush forward. ”

"Dad, don't worry, Lin Wazi is my own brother, if anyone dares to bully Lin Wazi, I will find him desperately."

Shui Wa said with a smile.

Pang Xuelin felt that his nose was slightly sour, and said, "Third uncle, when I and Brother Shuiwa make money, I will take you and my third aunt to live in the city." ”

The third uncle's wrinkled old face relaxed slightly, and said, "It's good that you can have this heart." ”

Pang Xuelin smiled, looked at the excited water baby on the side, and stopped talking.

As for bringing the water baby, will it change the life trajectory of the water baby?

Pang Xuelin didn't care.

According to the inference, when the water baby came out of the village, it should have been in 98 or 99.

It's only 1992, and it's still early.

Not to mention, he has enough self-confidence to lead the water baby to a better life.

Three days later, Pang Xuelin and Shui Wa took the new cloth shoes, 20 yuan and a few steamed buns specially given to them by the third aunt from their arms, and embarked on the road to the county seat.

The third uncle squatted on the road at the entrance of the village, smoking in a sullen voice, until the backs of the two completely disappeared from view, and the third uncle never stood up.

……

"This is the county seat."

Shui Wa watched the reinforced concrete buildings and cement appear, and her face showed a look of shock.

In Pang Xuelin's eyes, this small county town in northwest China is nothing more than a small commercial street composed of crossroads.

Most of the buildings were built in the seventies and eighties, and the maximum height was not more than six storeys.

At this time, China belonged to the seventh and eighth parallel small counties, and in the eyes of Shuiwa, it seemed to have become a prosperous place that had never been seen before.

"Lin Wazi, let's ...... Where are we going now? ”

Shui Wa looked at Pang Xuelin a little blankly.

He was still a little overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment in front of him.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Wait a minute......

Saying that, he came to the store on the side of the road and said, "The boss brought me a bag of peonies and a box of matches." ”

"Okay, it's two and five."

Pang Xuelin took out a five-yuan banknote and handed it to the boss, took the cigarette and opened it directly, first lit one for himself, and then handed another one to the boss, and said, "Boss, where is the wholesale market in our county?" My brother and I just entered the city and want to find some work to do......"

"Big brother, you're polite."

The boss didn't refuse, took the cigarette and put it to his ear and said, "If you really want to find a job, the wholesale market is not interesting, it's all sporadic and small work." You can go to the coal yard of the train station to find a job, where people are being hired every day, and eight yuan a day includes food and accommodation. It is that the workload is relatively large, and it is necessary to work 12 hours a day, which is heavy physical work, and ordinary people cannot endure this hardship. ”

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Thank you, boss, my brother and I are not afraid of hardship." ”

Then, Pang Xuelin asked the boss about the general situation of the coal yard of the railway station, knowing that this is just an ordinary freight station, there is no special coal line for large freight yards to have dumpers, all of which are unloaded by workers manually.

Subsequently, Pang Xuelin and Shuiwa said goodbye to the boss and walked in the direction pointed by the boss.

"Lin Wazi, why are you still smoking? My good boy. This pack of cigarettes and a box of matches cost two and a half, and we brought a total of twenty dollars into the city. With this kind of flowering, where can it last for a few days? ”

Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Brother Shuiwa, if I don't do this, do you think the commissary boss will tell us in such detail that there is coal loading and unloading in the coal yard of the railway station?" ”

"Oh."

Shui Wa nodded, and asked again: "Lin Wazi, the train station that the boss said, can you really give us eight yuan a day?" ”

Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "Brother Shuiwa, don't worry about this, there is absolutely it." However, this work should be more tiring, and the average person can't bear it. ”

Shuiwa shook her head and said: "I'm not afraid of hard work, I'm afraid that I won't find a job." ”。

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "That's good." ”

Then, Pang Xuelin and Shui Wa walked for 20 minutes in the direction pointed out by the owner of the commissary, and asked several people on the way, only then did they find the location of the coal yard of Linxiong County Railway Station.