Chapter 20: The Ideal is Plump, but the Reality Is Too Skinny (I)

After a three-hour drive, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the Rushi Railway Station, and there were still more than two hours before the departure of the train

"Dad, I'm at the train station, where are you? ,,,I'm not familiar with this place, how can I find you?" I'm still waiting for you at the entrance," Feng Yan hung up the phone and walked towards the entrance

Although Rushi is a fourth-tier prefecture-level city, but the geographical location is very superior, is an important transportation hub, so although it is not the Spring Festival or the tourist season, the entrance is still crowded, Feng Yan does not want to go over to join in this lively, turned around and walked to the flower bed opposite the entrance to sit on the stone platform and wait for his father

"Why are there so many people in this year,,,,,," Feng Yan was bored looking at the flow of people who entered the station one after another and muttered to himself, at this time an elderly couple in front of the glass wall next to the entrance attracted Feng Yan's attention, and the old couple across the glass wall was a young couple, the woman was still holding a child who looked two or three years old in her arms, at this time the child was laughing and looking at the grandparents outside the glass, one hand kept beating on the glass, Although Feng Yan couldn't see the happy expressions of the old couple outside, it could be seen from their actions that they were very happy by their little grandson or granddaughter, and there was a sound in the waiting room that a certain train leading to a certain station began to check the tickets, and the young couple in the glass waved goodbye to their parents outside through the glass, and the woman held the crying child with her head down and turned around to follow behind the south, although she still saw the tears in the eyes of the mother holding the child through the glass. The old couple outside the glass were still standing outside, looking inside through the glass wall, raising their hands from time to time, as if wiping their tears, and it took a long time for the two old men to turn away, Feng Yan looked at the background of the pair supporting each other and trembling and slowly moving away,,,,,,

"Wind Strike, Wind Storm, what's wrong? Haven't adjusted your mood along the way? Feng Yan's father didn't know when he had stood in front of Feng Yan, looking at Feng Yan with tears in his eyes, his father asked Feng Yan a little lightly, maybe in the eyes of his father, who had never left home, Feng Yan and Mi Xiaojun sang this "Bitter Mandarin Duck" play today is very naïve

"I'm fine, I just smoked next to me and smoked my eyes," Feng Yan wiped away his tears and quickly stood up

"It's less than two hours, and there's no place to sit outside, let's go in and wait," Feng Yan's father said, and took out two train tickets from his jacket pocket, looked at the name on them, and handed them one, the two of them walked towards the entrance of the station one after the other, and after the security check, Feng Yan walked in front of his father and took his suitcase, and the two of them picked a corner, spread two newspapers on the ground and sat on the ground and waited for the ticket to get on the train. When his father woke him up, he had already started checking the ticket, and Feng Yan's father anxiously pulled Feng Yan towards the queue waiting for the ticket inspection

"Dad, why are you in a hurry, it's too late" Feng Yan followed his father closely, probably because his pants had ground the wound when he got up just now, and he began to feel a faint pain under Feng Yan again

"I forgot that we bought a seat, and I was thinking about going quickly to grab a good seat," Feng Yan's father slowed down, turned his head and looked at Feng Yan with a smile

"What's wrong with you? What's this expression? Does it hurt your stomach? ”

"Uh,,,yes, my stomach hurts a little,,, it's okay, I can hold on"

"You just got ice on the ground, right? Does it hurt? ”

"It's okay Dad, it's a little painful, it should be fine to go to the toilet after getting in the car for a while"

"Really? That's good, come to the suitcase for me" Feng Yan's father took the suitcase in Feng Yan's hand and walked towards the platform after checking the ticket, and the passage through the platform had to go up and down the stairs twice, but Feng Yan was embarrassed to die, and he had no choice but to press the pants with one hand and carefully pass the stairs with the zipper position,,,,,,

As soon as the father and son found their place and sat down, the train started

"Dad, I'll go to the toilet, you look at the luggage," Feng Yan explained and his father went straight to the toilet

"Hey,,hey,,, what are you doing, don't you see the overhead light showing that it's someone," a middle-aged woman in uniform walked up to Feng Yan who was twisting the toilet doorknob up and down

"Hehe,,, I didn't pay attention to it in a hurry"

"Get out of the way," the middle-aged woman pushed away the wind and took out a sleeve-like thing from her trouser pocket and twisted it on the doorknob, "It's ready to use."

Feng Yan smiled at the middle-aged woman a little embarrassed, and quickly got into the toilet

"Alas,,, fortunately, there is no more blood," Feng Yan lowered his head and gritted his teeth to check repeatedly to make sure that there was nothing major before he walked back to his seat with confidence, and his father was chatting with an old man in the next seat

"Feng Yan, why did you go for so long, come and come, introduce you to someone, this is our family, you have to call grandpa according to generation" Feng Yan's father introduced the old man next to him to Feng Yan, who was just sitting in the seat, Feng Yan looked at the old man with a bare head and a white beard, and thought to himself that it would not be too much to call grandpa according to generation

"Grandpa,,,"

"Hey,,, you're welcome, you're more polite, they're brothers when they're out and about, regardless of the age"

As soon as the old man said this, the wind that was drinking water on the other side almost didn't squirt out

"Oh my God,,, this is really reading thousands of books, it's better to travel thousands of miles, and just get out of the house to see it for a long time" Feng Yan looked at the little funny old man in front of him and muttered in his heart

Feng Yan's father rarely found a chat with himself to pass the time, and he was very active, either for the old man to take food or drink, and finally I don't know who took out a bottle of half a catty of liquor, and the two of them shared it with melon seeds and peanuts and drank it, Feng Yan leaned on the backrest, wore headphones, closed his eyes, listened to the song and rested, and let his father talk about the wine opposite,,,,,,

I don't know how long it took for the carriage to become quiet, and the sky outside was already dark, and Feng Yan's father was softly calling Feng Yan on the other side, and Feng Yan gradually changed from sleep to a confused state, and reluctantly opened his eyes to look at his father

"What?"

"Eat something, you haven't eaten yet?"

"I'm not hungry," Feng Yan said, closing his eyes again and continuing to fall asleep

This kind of lukewarm weather is the most uncomfortable to take the train, because the temperature is not too low, the whole carriage is filled with all kinds of unpleasant smells, and it is very humid and hot, you can imagine how sleepy it is to fall asleep in this environment,,,,,,

At six o'clock the next morning, Feng Yan finally woke up, stood up and stretched his waist, only to find that the bones all over his body hurt now, this is all in exchange for saving money for sleepers, Feng Yan saw that his father on the other side was still asleep, ignored him and stood up and walked towards the toilet, Feng Yan walked to the washing area and washed his face, combed his hair with his hands and then learned Yang Shao to stuff two chewing gum into his mouth, and Feng Yan looked at the rapidly moving terraced fields outside the car window, unknown vegetation, A sense of strangeness arose in the villages and small buildings with a southern atmosphere, which was then replaced by a strong sense of restlessness and impatience

"Hello, what time is it at Xijiang Station?" Feng Yan saw a conductor coming over, and quickly got up and asked

"Hello, the time to Xijiang Station is half past seven in the morning, and there is still about half an hour now, so it is recommended that you sit down and get off the train in advance."

"Okay, thanks"

Feng Yan took out his mobile phone and called Li Baichuan to tell him that the train would arrive on time, and it was ten minutes before he got off the train that Feng Yan called his father,,,,,,

"Feng Yan, did you call your Uncle Li? What are they going to pick us up? Father followed him towards the exit

"I called half an hour ago, and now I should be waiting for us outside the station," Feng Yan was talking to his father, and the phone in his pants pocket rang

"Hey, Uncle Li, we're walking towards the exit of the station,,, have you arrived? ,,,Eh, okay, I know, I'll see Uncle Li later" Feng Yan hung up the phone and turned his head to look at his father who was following behind: "Dad, let me tell you, it will be Uncle Li's son who will pick us up at the exit of the station and looks about the same age as you, according to Grandpa Dong, he is my equal, you must not see him as a brother" Feng Yan was worried that his father would recognize the wrong person, and once again instructed his father

"I know, you've told me several times, isn't it just that the seniority has risen?"

As soon as the father and son approached the exit of the station, they heard a familiar voice from the crowd opposite: "Feng Yan, Feng Yan, this way"

Feng Yan heard the sound and looked over, it turned out to be Li Fu

"Hey,,, brother,,," Feng Yan waved Li Fu as he walked forward

Li Fu also hurriedly walked through the crowd and greeted him at the exit of the station

"Hehe,,, Feng Yan, we meet again" Li Fu walked up to Feng Yan with a smile and patted Feng Yan's shoulder

"Yes, rich brother, I'm so happy to see you again so soon"

"This is Uncle Feng, right? ,,,Hello Uncle Feng" Li Fu saw a middle-aged man of about the same age standing behind Feng Yan and guessed that it must be Feng Yan's father, but where is the generation, although Li Fu was a little embarrassed, he still called Feng Yan's father Uncle Feng, and Li Fu made Feng Yan's father embarrassed when he called him like this

"Hello, hello," Feng Yan's father held Li Fu's hand, blushing to the base of his neck

"My father is waiting for you in the car, let's go now."

"I told Uncle Li that I didn't need him to come in person, he still came"

Feng Yan and Li Fu talked all the way to the parking lot, walked for about three or four minutes, Feng Yan saw the black Mercedes-Benz SUV that he saw last time at the door of Li Gui's grandfather's house, and the three of them were about to walk in front of the car, suddenly the front door of the car was opened from the inside, and a white-haired old man with a big belly walked down from the car

"Uncle Li, why are you still here in person, didn't you say that I would let my brother pick you up and wait at home?"

"I don't have anything to do today, so I'll come with me,,,Big brother, welcome to Xijiang," Li Baichuan responded to Feng Yan, and when he saw Feng Yan following behind, his father stretched out his hand with a smile

"Hello, hello, I'm sorry for your trouble," Feng Yan's father shook Li Baichuan's hand with both hands and responded slightly shyly

"What's the case, big brother, we don't have outsiders, come, let's get in the car"

Li Fu helped Feng Yan put his luggage in the trunk, and the group set off

"Feng Yan, let's go home for dinner first, and then we will go to the mine after eating," Li Baichuan twisted his head and explained to Feng Yan

"Uncle luggage, everything is up to you"

Originally, there was an EMU from Xijiang to Jiangping, and there was an EMU from Xijiang to Jiangping, and the 20-minute train went directly to the edge of Jiangping County, but because this was the first time Feng Yan came, and Li Baichuan was a person who wanted to pay attention to etiquette, he personally drove over to pick them up and go home first and then go to the mine,,,,,,