The old man was silent for a while, and helped the old-fashioned glasses on the bridge of his nose, but he smiled awkwardly, and couldn't help but look at He Yun and said, "I'm sorry, just now I thought you were quite familiar, but for a while, I couldn't remember where I saw you, maybe I remembered it wrong, young man, where are you going?" ”

"Go north!" When He Yun heard the old man's inquiry, he wanted to say that he was going to Kyoto, but after thinking about it, he replied vaguely.

It's always good to have an extra eye when you're away from home, especially in this day and age.

Although the old man in front of him seems to be "harmless to humans and animals", who knows whether he is a good person or a bad person? After all, knowing people and knowing faces doesn't know their hearts!

"Young man, you're very vigilant! is worthy of being a soldier, and it is indeed understandable to have this vigilance against strangers when he is away from home. If it were me, I would do the same. The old man was not angry at He Yun's "rudeness", he praised He Yun instead, then turned his head and waited patiently.

At this time, He Yun was naturally a little embarrassed, he wanted to continue to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

"Alas...... Forget it, after all, don't be too entangled. ”

Seriously, at this time, He Yun couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, after all, people didn't offend you, and if you reply to others with such an attitude, you will be angry.

But instead of bothering with you, they praised you, and to some extent, this is indeed a bit of an overreaction by him.

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Time passed little by little, and after He Yun lined up for half an hour, it was finally the turn of the old man in front of him.

"Hello, please help me buy a sleeper ticket, and if you go to Kyoto, choose the train from Spring City to Kyoto?"

"What? Sleeper tickets sold out? That got a ticket? …… What? Tickets are also sold out! Is there no seat? …… Not anymore! And there are no tickets for the next few days! When the old man heard the conductor's words, he hesitated for a moment and asked again.

"Is there a ticket for the train from Nan Ning to Kyoto?"

"Not anymore! Tomorrow and the next two days! ”

The conductor's words couldn't help but disappoint the old man, and also made He Yun, who followed behind, frown.

"No tickets? No way......? Is it so hard to buy train tickets nowadays? How can it be more ...... than the generations to come?"

"Wait, just now this old man asked for a train ticket to Kyoto, could it be that he also went to Kyoto? It's a coincidence. ”

He Yunzheng muttered to himself, but he heard the old man say again: "Is there a ticket to Wuchang Railway Station?" …… Yes, okay, get me a sleeper ticket...... Don't have a sleeper ticket? Didn't you just say there was? …… What? There's only a ticket, so okay, just give me a ticket. ”

After the old man asked for a long time, he bought a ticket to Wuchang Railway Station, he glanced back at He Yun, smiled, and left.

After He Yun waited for the old man to leave, he came to the window with his luggage, he hesitated for a moment, and said to the conductor: "Hello, bring me a sleeper ticket to Kyoto, this is my letter of introduction." ”

As he spoke, He Yun immediately took out the letter of introduction and handed it over.

"Going to Kyoto? The only two trains are sold out, so if you're going to Kyoto, you can go to Wuchang Station and then take a suitable line to Kyoto. The conductor glanced at He Yun strangely, but he still explained to He Yun very patiently.

After listening to this, He Yun smiled awkwardly, but still said: "Then buy a ticket to Wuchang, and ask for the nearest one." ”

"It's eleven twenty tonight, is that okay?"

"After eleven o'clock in the evening? Is it so late? Is there a recent one? ”

"No, this is the most recent one." The conductor replied and looked at He Yun.

He Yun hesitated again and again, and finally spent seven yuan and two cents to buy a hard seat ticket.

He took the ticket and looked at it, and found that it was indeed a ticket at 11:20 p.m.

"It's so late, it's still so expensive? It costs more than seven yuan to go from the provincial capital to Wuchang, so if I go to Kyoto this time, won't it cost hundreds of yuan just for the train ticket? It's still a one-way trip, and if you add the return trip, it's ...... It's too expensive, isn't it? ”

He Yun was stunned twice, holding the ticket in his hand, he really couldn't believe it.

After all, he had taken the train many times before he was reborn, whether it was a long distance or a short distance, he felt that the ticket price was basically reasonable, and it did not make him feel that he could not afford to sit down.

But today's train ticket prices give him the feeling of taking international flights, which is a bit ridiculously expensive.

You must know how far it is from the provincial capital to Wuchang, and it costs seven yuan and two cents, which is equivalent to a quarter of the monthly salary of ordinary workers!

"It's no wonder that few people in the countryside go to the coast or Yangcheng to work these days, maybe this is one of the important reasons!" He Yun sighed secretly, stuffed the ticket and the letter of introduction back into his luggage bag, and left the ticket hall.

He stood in the doorway, glanced around the square, hesitated, and finally walked straight towards the waiting hall.

Although there were still more than ten hours before the train departed, he didn't want to make a fuss, after all, this was a railway station in the 80s, and if he got into any trouble, it would be difficult to do.

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At eleven twenty in the evening, He Yun boarded the train to Wuchang Station on time with his luggage bag, and as soon as he sat down, he saw a person sitting on the seat next to him.

He glanced at it, but was stunned.

At this time, the other party was carrying a duffel bag and also looked at him.

"Huh...... Young man, what a coincidence? Are you going to Wuchang too? ”

That's right, the person sitting next to He Yun is the old man who bought the ticket before.

He looked to be in his sixties and had a pen pinned to his chest.

"Well, go to Wuchang and then transfer to Kyoto." He Yun didn't hide it this time, and directly admitted.

"Are you going to Kyoto too?" This is too coincidental, I also go to Kyoto, then we might as well be together, when we arrive in Wuchang, I will take you to transfer, I often go to Kyoto on business trips, this route, I am very familiar. ”

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, for the previous rude behavior, I am here to solemnly apologize to you, I was too vigilant." He Yun nodded and hurriedly apologized to the other party.

"Young man, look at what you said, you are not wrong, you don't need to apologize to me, when you are away, you should be more vigilant." The old man smiled, not blaming He Yun at all.

At this moment, in the carriage, the horn sounded: "Hello passengers, the K166 train to Wuchang Railway Station is about to depart, please ......."

With the sound of the horn, a few minutes later, the train slowly left the provincial railway station.

Since it was close to the early hours of the morning at this time, and the scorching temperature during the day had also dropped, He Yun smelled the indescribable "smell" in the carriage and slowly fell asleep .......

On the third day, at seven o'clock in the morning, He Yun was woken up by a commotion.

"Kyoto has arrived! Kyoto has arrived! They all woke up and got out of the car. ”

After He Yun and the old man got out of the car, they separated.

Along the way, the two chatted at the point, and did not ask each other about the purpose of coming to Kyoto, and even the identity and name, the two of them were very "tacit" and did not ask.

However, He Yun didn't know that when he walked in another direction with his luggage, the old man stood in place, looking at the direction he left, the corners of his mouth curled, smiled slightly, and said to himself: "This kid is worthy of being a soldier, and his vigilance is so strong, fortunately, I reacted in time, otherwise I would have really messed up." ”

"But why did this kid come to Kyoto?"

"Lao Kang, I'm really sorry, I've kept you waiting for a long time, how did the Hunan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles arrange it, your train is late, and you won't send a telegram to notify us."

"That's it! Lao Wang, let's go to the Writers' Association first. ”

"Okay, Xiao Li, hurry up and drive the car over."

"Okay, Elder Wang!"

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PS: uh...... I accidentally wrote too much, and there is one chapter, five chapters a day, it's really terrible!