Chapter 557: On the Green Train
"Bang dang~~ bang dang."
On the rickety train, Li Weidong sat on a hard seat with a bit of a bad ass.
The carriage was crowded with people who were on a business trip or going home.
The train's destination was Mohe, a small northernmost border county.
It was only three days after the leader talked to him, and the plan was carried out step by step.
This time, although Li Weidong was in charge of the operation, he was in secret.
On the surface, he was just an entourage.
Therefore, I am not eligible to sit in a soft sleeper car.
Because they were accompanied by two old experts from the north, nominally, they were in charge of sending each other home.
In order to cover up his identity and facilitate better actions over there, Li Weidong played his role well from the beginning.
They were accompanied by the Wolf's Tooth Special Operations Team, but they were standing guard in the sleeper car behind them as protection personnel.
At this time, on the seat next to Li Weidong, there was a fellow translator, named Chen Guangkun, in his thirties, who was a university teacher.
The other party had studied in the north before, and he knew Moscow well.
The reason why I asked the other party to be a translator was obviously to avoid suspicion.
However, even he didn't know Li Weidong's true identity, and only thought that Li Weidong was an ordinary staff member.
Compared with Li Weidong, who could endure it, Chen Guangkun seemed a little restless, but he didn't dare to get up and move, for fear that once he left, the seat would be snatched up.
Opposite the two of them was a young couple, and when they spoke before, they listened to the accent from the northeast.
Among them, the husband is wearing a pair of glasses, holding a book in his hand, and is reading it intently.
And his wife looked a little bored, and her eyes swept over Li Weidong from time to time.
It seemed a little curious, but because her husband was around, she didn't talk.
I don't know if it was her curious gaze that aroused Chen Guangkun's desire to perform, he moved his neck and looked at Li Weidong.
"Xiao Li, with the current relationship between the two sides, we are shouldering an important mission this time,"
Chen Guangkun said that this is not a leak, because on the surface, this is a very normal escort mission, or the kind of righteous and bright, which is clearly recorded in the relevant departments.
With Chen Guangkun's identity, he naturally can't get in touch with a deeper purpose.
So in his opinion, this is a gold-plated trip, and he can't wait to publicize it.
And what he said is also something that everyone is familiar with, such as today's affairs, it is everyone's business.
It does not limit the discussion.
Sure enough, with Chen Guangkun's words, the young couple opposite all showed the appearance of listening.
After all, the word mission sounds lofty.
"What mission?"
Li Weidong just gave Chen Guangkun a step.
"Icebreaker mission!"
Chen Guangkun waved his hand vigorously, feeling a little scolding.
"Since the withdrawal of the experts over there, we have entered a frozen period on both sides, but this does not mean that we will not get along with each other in old age, our country is now saving money just to pay off the debts of the big brother.
As long as we treat it sincerely, even if it is a thousand years of ice on Big Brother's side, it will gradually melt.
And our escort of the experts who were left behind at the beginning is a clear signal.
I believe that it will not be long before our two countries will return to the situation in which they once lived in harmony.
Therefore, our mission is very important.
When you get there, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, and you must not disgrace the country. ”
"Is that so?"
Li Weidong looked very 'shocked', as if he didn't expect this trip to be so important.
"Oh, ridiculous."
Suddenly, the man reading the book on the opposite side raised his head, his face full of disdain.
"What did you say?"
Chen Guangkun was waiting to receive a look of admiration, but he didn't expect someone to go against him, and suddenly glared at each other.
"I said you're ridiculous, you don't even know why we both entered the freezing period, isn't it ridiculous to be ashamed to talk about it here?"
The man on the other side said coldly.
Next to him, his wife pulled him, as if she didn't want her man to offend anyone.
But the man didn't appreciate it.
"You say I don't know? I had been studying in Moscow for many years, so I knew everything about the situation there, and did you know what we were going to do? ”
Chen Guangkun did not back down.
"No matter what you do, I can be sure that your trip is doomed to be fruitless, and the real reason for the breakdown of relations between the two sides is that the big brother once had bad intentions, and it was because the other side invaded Hungary and exposed its essence that the two sides gradually drifted apart.
At the same time, the other side intends to control our territory, and only intends to treat us as eternal little brothers, which will lead to further intensification of contradictions.
To put it bluntly, the Tao is not the same.
And between countries, there is no eternal friendship, only interests.
The other party recalled the experts who assisted us in order to limit our development, but our generation should be self-reliant, and only when we continue to improve ourselves and catch up can we change the current situation. ”
The young man on the opposite side obviously had some insight, and his words were loud.
On the contrary, although Chen Guangkun is in his thirties, he is full of innocence in an ivory tower.
This may have something to do with him being a teacher.
At the same time, the other party had studied in Moscow, and he had a better impression of that side.
"Nonsense, according to what you say, the other party sent so many experts to help us in the first place, but it was also ill-intentioned? People like you don't have any gratitude at all. ”
Chen Guangkun said angrily.
"Thanksgiving? That's your own person, and besides, do you really think the other party is so kind? It is nothing more than an attempt to use us against the Western camp, and besides, that aid is not gratuitous, and now our country is tightening its belt, isn't it just to pay off its debts? ”
The young man sneered at each other.
The two held their own opinions, and no one gave in to each other, and their voices became louder and louder, attracting the attention of many people in the carriage.
In this regard, Li Weidong has nothing to do.
At the same time, he also somewhat understood why the above would ask Chen Guangkun to be an accompanying translator.
Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more noisy, they finally alarmed the conductor, and the other party separated the crowd and strode over, still holding a stick in his hand.
"What are you two doing? It's forbidden to make a lot of noise on the train, don't you know? ”
At this time, most of the conductors were men, and they all carried 'weapons' in their hands, just to prevent anyone from making trouble.
If something really happens, it's a real beating.
And you don't have a place to reason.
Because the conductor does this to ensure the normal operation of the train and for the safety of most passengers.
"Comrade conductor, we didn't make trouble, just an argument with different points of view."
Chen Guangkun couldn't get off the stage, so he couldn't hold back.
"I don't care if you argue or not, in short, you can't talk loudly in the carriage, if you don't listen, I'll drop you down at the next stop and run by yourself."
The conductor glared at Chen Guangkun fiercely.
And he's tall and fierce, and he can really bluff people.
As if taken aback, Chen Guangkun didn't dare to continue to say anything.
The young man opposite also chose to be silent under the pull of his wife, but he still had a faint sneer on his face, as if mocking.
Waiting for the conductor to leave, Chen Guangkun wanted to open his mouth several times, but in the end, he didn't argue with the other party anymore.
Around, many people waiting to see the excitement were full of disappointment.
That's it?
The train continued to creak forward, occasionally making a long whine before entering the station.
It's getting evening, too.
In the carriage, there were already many people taking out the food they were carrying.
The staff of the canteen also began to shout from car to car, and if anyone wanted to eat, they should first pay the money and pay the food stamps, and the other party would register first, and then the food would be delivered.
But most people basically carry dry food.
Li Weidong is not hungry yet, or rather, he will find a random place to eat later.
The little daughter-in-law on the opposite side took out two nests from her bag, and then took out the wrapped pickles, and the two of them ate them.
Seeing this, Xie Guangkun also opened his bag and took out a white-flour steamed bun and a lunch box, which was fried in advance.
Although it will go bad after a long time, it will be fine in a short time.
Chen Guangkun, as a university teacher, has very good welfare benefits, and his wife also has a serious job, this time he went on a business trip, so he specially steamed a pot of steamed buns for him and filled the lunch box with vegetables.
On the other side, the young man glanced at the white-flour steamed bun in Chen Guangkun's hand, then looked at the nest in his hand, and then silently pretended to be back, looking not hungry.
Seeing this, Chen Guangkun showed a smug expression.
He clearly did it on purpose.
"Xiao Li, have you brought dinner? If you don't carry it, eat me. ”
Chen Guangkun looked at Li Weidong at this time.
Although he asked, he didn't take any practical action at all, obviously deliberately polite, showing his generosity.
"Thanks, I'm not hungry."
Li Weidong waved his hand.
"Oh."
Chen Guangkun nodded, and sure enough, he didn't give in again, after all, he was originally pretending to be polite.
If Li Weidong really accepted his kindness, it was estimated that it would be his turn to be uncomfortable.
After Chen Guangkun finished eating, Li Weidong found an excuse to leave.
Then I went to the food truck at the end.
The dining car on the train is exquisitely furnished, the tables are even covered with white cloth and decorations, and the curtains are the kind of floral cloth.
At this time, there are not many people dining in the dining car, and they are basically those with status.
For example, high-level experts, or cultural celebrities, and those who used to be 'capitalists'.
These people are the mainstream of food trucks.
And they all ride in sleepers.
In a hard sleeper like the one Li Weidong is in, no one will come here at all.
Li Weidong found a table where no one was, ordered a set of rice and a stir-fry, and then ate it himself.
On the way over, he had already heard Meng Congwei say that the two experts in the soft sleeper compartment had already eaten and were resting.
So Li Weidong eats in the dining car, but he doesn't have to worry about being poked.
Although he was incognito and an ordinary entourage on this trip, it didn't mean that he had to nibble on steamed buns in the hard-seat carriage.
As for the personnel of the wolf's tooth special operations team, naturally he doesn't have to worry about it.
This time, Li Weidong gave them enough food stamps and money to eat early in the name of a business trip.
And on the surface, Li Weidong shouldn't know them either.
Naturally, they don't eat together.
After eating and drinking, Li Weidong returned to the previous carriage.
Sure enough, his seat was already occupied by an old man.
And although Chen Guangkun was sitting in his seat, he didn't help him occupy his seat.
When the old man saw him return, he simply closed his eyes and pretended not to see.
On this kind of long-distance train, especially when there are many people, if you want to sit, you basically rely on grabbing, and there is no such thing as a ticket at all, and basically whoever grabs it first is whom.
Even the conductor doesn't bother to care about this kind of thing.
Although Chen Guangkun also saw Li Weidong coming back, he didn't prompt the little old man next to him, and simply looked out of the car.
It is estimated that he felt that he had quarreled with the young man opposite just now, and Li Weidong did not help him.
And he felt that he had no obligation to help Li Weidong occupy a seat.
Or, as he once said, but this little old man was not easy to mess with.
However, Chen Guangkun's character belongs to bullying the soft and fearing the hard.
It was the wife of the young couple opposite who wanted to say something, but was stopped by the husband with his eyes and signaled his wife not to meddle.
Li Weidong is not the kind of character who doesn't know how to respect the old and love the young, but whenever the little old man gets up and gives way when he sees him come back, he will give up his seat to the other party, anyway, his body is good, and standing more will not hinder anything.
But the other party took it for granted, and even saw him come back, deliberately closing his eyes, looking like what can you do to me.
Li Weidong could sense the other party's emotions, and it was clear that he was bullying him for his youth.
Therefore, Li Weidong didn't bother to say anything, and directly carried the other party's clothes with one hand and set them aside.
The little old man only felt a burst of clouds, and then fell to the ground with a thud.
At this time, Li Weidong sat down unhurriedly.
"You ......"
The little old man opened his eyes, and his face was still a little incredulous.
Are young people so fierce now?
Do you still talk about martial arts?
Just without waiting for him to say anything, Li Weidong gave him a cold look.
Suddenly, the little old man only felt a chill all over his body, and he didn't dare to say the rest of the words.
The little old man walked from south to north, barely a ruthless man, and because of this, he clearly understood what this kind of gaze represented, and immediately didn't dare to say anything, got up and left in a gray manner.
Chen Guangkun looked at Li Weidong with a stunned face, as if he didn't expect Li Weidong to use this method to get back to his seat.
He moved a little uncomfortably, and explained with an embarrassed face: "I just told him that there are people here, but he didn't listen. ”
"Daughter-in-law, did you just hear someone talking?"
On the other side, the young man suddenly asked his daughter-in-law, clearly deliberately embarrassing Chen Guangkun.
In other words, when the little old man sat down just now, Chen Guangkun did not speak.
This can be known just by looking at Chen Guangkun's flushed face.
"Thank you, Brother Chen."
Li Weidong stands from the perspective of 'his own family'.
"No, you're welcome, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Yes, I brought a lot of steamed buns. ”
Chen Guangkun didn't expect Li Weidong to give face like this, he was a little moved in his heart, and he was busy opening his rice pocket.
"Brother Chen, I just went to the dining car to eat, don't bother."
As soon as Li Weidong's words came out, the young couple opposite immediately looked at him in surprise.
Even Chen Guangkun looked at Li Weidong with a strange gaze.
Being able to go to the dining car to eat seems to have made Li Weidong a little more unfathomable.
(End of chapter)