Chapter 3: All the way north
As this long summer vacation gradually came to an end, Lin Yi also began to pack his bags, to be precise, mainly Ms. Yu Xiujuan was packing.
"I see that the temperature in the capital is about the same as Lin'an in the weather forecast, and it is still so hot, I should still have to sleep on a bamboo mat, by the way, is there an air conditioner in the school?"
"Nope."
Jingdian's dormitory building is older than Lin Yi, and the conditions are very ordinary. Yu Xiujuan didn't care how he knew it in advance, so she believed it directly anyway.
"Then you have to bring the bamboo mat, the electric fan can always be turned on, otherwise how can you sleep at night?"
In fact, the voltage in the dormitory does not even support the proper fan, and it will overload and trip as soon as it is turned on, and at most it can only use the kind of USB cable connected to the computer Desktop pocket mini fan.
Lin saw that she was preparing this big bag and small bag, and couldn't help but persuade: "Mom, these things can be bought after school, and I can't bring so much." ”
Yu Xiujuan didn't raise her head while cleaning up: "You go with your father, why can't you take it?" ”
"Huh?"
Lin Yi didn't know when they made this decision: "I didn't say that I wanted my dad to accompany me, I'll just go alone." ”
"Then what's the matter, the first time the university started, the other classmates were sent by their parents, what are you going to report like alone? Others think you're an orphan without a father or mother. ”
Ms. Yu Xiujuan has no taboos when she speaks, and Lin Yi also wants to explain: "You think too much, many classmates go alone." ”
"Do you remember the letter that came with the admission letter? Many poor students travel thousands of miles to school alone. ”
When Lin Yi received the admission letter, a pink copy paper document was attached to it, detailing the conditions and procedures for students from poor families to apply for university student loans, and strongly advised new students not to give up their studies because of financial problems.
Moreover, the identification of poor students is not strict, basically as long as you can bring an official seal from the local explanation, the school will recognize it.
If you have difficulty even paying for your trip to Beijing, you can contact the school in advance through the contact information left above to get help from the school.
At that time, when Dad Lin and Mom Lin saw this, although they didn't need it, they still felt very warm, and Dad Lin sighed, "Now is really a good time to study."
Yu Xiujuan was unmoved: "Our family hasn't reached that level yet, and we don't miss your father's train ticket, and I don't want to take advantage of the country." ”
Lin Yi emphasized: "I mean, those classmates can report on their own, and I am already independent, so didn't I go on my own last graduation trip?" ”
"When I went on a graduation trip, I had a class of classmates, so a lot of people."
The mother was worried, and Ms. Yu Xiujuan insisted: "The first time you go out, let your father send you there, otherwise we will not be at ease at home." ”
Lin Yi excused himself again, he didn't know how many times he had traveled back and forth between the two cities.
"Just send it this time, I'll send you to school and I'll come back, and you'll go by yourself in the future." In the end, it was Lin Guoqing who made the final decision.
Lin Yiyi accepted the arrangement, but he still prevented him from bringing him almost a full set of daily necessities, on the grounds that they would be available when school started.
Ms. Yu Xiujuan counted dissatisfiedly: "Even if you can buy things in school, those bargains are definitely not as comfortable as those at home......"
Still, in the end, she packed a lot of luggage, filling two large suitcases enough for the father and son.
In short, on the afternoon before the reporting day, Lin Yi, accompanied by Lin Guoqing, walked out of the house and embarked on a journey north.
It was Lin Yi's uncle Cheng Shengli who picked them up to take them to the station, and on the way Lin Guoqing asked him:
"Victory, why did you come by yourself? When I called Guofang, I said that if Xiaohui had time, he would let him drive us. ”
Cheng Shengli waved his hand: "Xiaohui's car has not dared to go on the road recently. ”
"It's the same if I come to send it, just about Xiaojie's admission to a key university in Beijing, I should charge him more if the parents of high school students get on the bus, so that they can touch the joy of our family, hehe!"
The love of bragging is not unique to taxi drivers in Beijing, it should be regarded as an occupational disease, after all, it is quite boring to hold a steering wheel all day.
Lin Guoqing also remembered the reason he said, recently, a neighboring country that had a good life was making a scandal about buying an island, and domestic public opinion was in an uproar, and people everywhere were angry.
"During this time, the wind is tight, Xiaohui's Honda has recently parked at home and don't drive out."
"Who's to say it isn't? He took the cover and covered it all over. And now I regret it, I didn't buy Honda if I knew it. ”
Although it caused a little inconvenience in life, Cheng Shengli did not complain too much, but scolded the shamelessness of a neighboring country.
This event is of far-reaching significance, not only bringing the relationship between the two countries to a freezing point, but also affecting the sales of Japanese cars in China for a long time.
If this can only be regarded as a passive struggle, then the real exciting moment will have to wait until many years later, when the domestic automobile industry has accumulated in the new energy track.
Lin Yi thought of his own anger in his previous life, but this time his heart was much calmer, and he only felt that the goal in front of him was clearer.
When he got off the bus, Lin Guoqing stuffed the car money to Cheng Shengli after some tug-of-war, and then turned around with Lin Yi to enter the station.
This year, Lin'an Dong Station, known as Asia's largest transportation hub, has not yet opened, and there is no direct high-speed rail from the city to the capital.
So Lin Yi chose an overnight evening train, and the whole journey was about thirteen hours.
They bought two hard sleeper tickets, because Lin Yi can get a discount with his student ID.
When they got on the bus, it was already evening, and they found the corresponding carriage, the hard sleeper was with three bunks in the upper, middle and lower, Lin Yi chose the lower bunk, and Lin Guoqing was in the middle bunk above him.
They didn't have much communication with the other people in the same carriage, there were no hidden worldly dignitaries, and there were no dignitaries and dignitaries who paid private visits.
Everyone is an ordinary traveler, a hurried passer-by who is heading for their own future.
They didn't buy the food on the train, so the father and son took out the bucket of instant noodles prepared by Ms. Yu Xiujuan and settled their dinner with the boiling water on the train.
At about ten o'clock, the lights on the car gradually went out, and the staff checked the personnel according to the bunks.
This old-fashioned train is not quiet, and it will make a loud rumbling sound during the movement, which makes Lin Yi, who is used to sitting on the Fuxing, feel a little uncomfortable.
Late at night, Lin Yi listened to the noise of the train and the rhythmic snoring of the upper bunk, and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so he simply got up and opened the carriage door and came to the aisle.
It was pitch black inside and outside the window, and I couldn't see my fingers. Lin Yi glanced at his rice phone, it was two o'clock in the morning.
Calculating the time, the train should be running on the vast plain between the Yellow and Huai Rivers, which is fertile and rich, and has been the home of agricultural civilization since ancient times.
In those nights that cannot be seen clearly, there are villages and cities, fields and rivers, and people who are sleeping soundly.
Lin Yi stood there alone and was stunned, imagining this quiet and serene scene, and became more and more determined about his future.
I went all the way north, where there was a bigger world.