The young man sighed and continued, their hometown is very poor, and the average person who is poor cannot imagine it. Some families have a few people and only have a better pair of pants, and whoever goes out wears them.

They lived in a cave and slept on a clay kang, and there was not even a decent mat on the kang, and the whole family covered a broken quilt.

In the summer, the villagers are better, as long as the men block the important parts, they can still work in the fields naked, or go out for a walk, but the women are not easy to do, so they can only stay in the village, because the families are basically the same, and no one will laugh at anyone. Being able to eat a full meal and wear decent clothes has become a luxury for the villagers.

For this reason, many people leave their hometowns to find work and find a way out where they can earn money. There are many people in the village who want to go out to earn money, but they don't even have the money to go out, so they have no choice but to borrow from their neighbors. Most of the people borrowed all over the village, and they couldn't borrow a few dollars, because everyone was just as poor.

In order to change the status quo, most of the people who can move around in the village go out to earn a living. A small number of people are willing to take risks and resort to illegal means, petty theft, and even roadblocks and robberies. In a word, it's all about poverty.

When he came out this time, in order to make up some travel expenses, he exhausted all means, borrowed all his relatives and friends, and only borrowed less than ten yuan. He regarded these few dollars as more precious than his life, for fear that others would steal them, and he didn't know where to hide them on his body.

There were a few poor young people in their village who couldn't even afford to wear pants, and they really didn't have the money to buy train tickets, so they didn't know how to get on the train to Lingnan.

Just a few days ago, they wrote that Lingnan was very good, and they thought of the people who made money over there, so they hurried over.

The villagers in the village who want to go to Lingnan to earn money, how to get there, which train to take, which train is easy to mix, the letter is clearly written.

He also wanted to go, but he didn't have the money to buy a train ticket, so he had no choice but to borrow it from acquaintances everywhere. I tried everything, but I couldn't scrape together enough money for the ticket. He could only do what the letter said, get on the train, and resign himself to fate.

The lad was unlucky and was caught by the conductor while checking the ticket. However, he was also lucky to meet a good Samaritan on the train.

The young man recounted the hardships of life in his hometown, and his face was calm beyond imagination, like a calm lake that had not been stirred by the wind, without a single ripple.

It was as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him, that could not be more distant. All the sufferings in the world, they should bear them with peace of mind.

If it weren't for a living peer who was not deeply involved in the world and was in it, standing in front of him, Fang Wei would not have believed what he said.

It has been a few years since the reform and opening up, and in some remote and remote mountain villages, there are poor and backward people, and it is really shocking that they are so poor.

However, reality is reality, and there is indeed such a poor group of people. The people they were born in remote, desolate, and isolated places can only struggle hard in order to survive.

Their village is very remote, and they don't see a few outsiders a year, and only a few people can be seen collecting mountain goods.

Strangers passing by the village would ask for a drink or stop to rest, and the villagers would give everything they had and bring out what they were reluctant to eat to entertain the guests.

The poor and kind villagers, who have lived in this place for generations, have resigned themselves to their fate, and they will not resent anyone, let alone the barren land that raised them.

In the eyes of the villagers, there is nothing to blame for the poor and difficult life, but if it is to blame, it is only to blame that he has a bad life and has the wrong birth. They prayed silently in their hearts, looking forward to a good place to go in the next life.

However, there is one truth they understand - knowledge can change fate. Maybe it's the influence of modern civilization, or maybe it's the kind desire of the people in the village to send their children to school and literacy, no matter how difficult the family is.

They believe that as long as the children have literacy, they can leave this poor place and live the same life as the people in the city.

The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Most families in the village really can't come up with money to continue to provide for their children to go to school, so that their children can recognize a few words and not be blind. There are only a few families that can do this for their children to go to high school.

"Comrade, please let go, don't stand in front of the door, the train will enter the station soon, passengers who don't get off the train, please return to their seats, passengers who get off the train, please pack your luggage and prepare to get off." The female conductor interrupted the conversation between Fang Wei and the others.

At this time, Fang Wei obviously felt that the speed of the train had slowed down, and the conductor had already taken out the key and was about to open the door. Passengers who want to get off the bus rush towards the door.

Fang Wei and the young man hurriedly shook hands, said goodbye, returned to his seat, and asked him in the neighbor's seat; "It's going to take so long to eat, you're not afraid of things being stolen?"

Fang Wei said with a smile; "With you watching, what am I afraid of, no one dares to steal it."

Sitting opposite Fang Wei was a young couple, the woman was holding a baby in her arms, it was a boy, the young woman was breastfeeding the child, seeing Fang Wei looking at her, she was a little embarrassed, she quickly pulled down her jacket, covered the exposed tits, turned her face to look out of the window, she felt that Fang Wei was an immodest person.

The young woman's misunderstanding made Fang Wei a little embarrassed, he felt a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't explain it to her.

Fang Wei likes children, and looked at the child in her arms a few more times, the young woman thought that Fang Wei was looking at her breasts, which caused her unhappiness, Fang Wei said as if explaining non-explanation; "The child is chubby, so good-looking, he rarely cries since he got in the car, he is very honest, how old is the child?"

The young woman's husband said with a happy smile when he heard Fang Wei praising his child; "It's been almost ten months."

Fang Wei said; "It's not easy to take the train, the child is in his arms, and there is no place to sleep, and the child suffers, and the adult suffers."

Her husband said; "But isn't it, after a lot of connections, I didn't buy a sleeper, so I can only let the child suffer."

During the conversation, Fang Wei learned that the couple with children, the woman was from the north, the man was from the south, and the two were college classmates. After graduation, the woman came to the south with her husband, worked for more than a year, and gave birth to a boy in her arms.

The woman's parents were overjoyed to learn that their daughter had given birth to a boy, and wrote to urge her to take the child and go back to her parents' house for a while. The man's parents were afraid of being offended on the road because of their child's small size, mainly because they were reluctant to let their grandson leave them.

It was delayed until half a year later, the woman's parents wrote many times, asking when their daughter would be able to bring her grandson back, but the man's parents saw that they couldn't drag it on, so they reluctantly agreed, and the daughter-in-law took her grandson back to her parents' house.

The young woman returned to her parents' house with the child, and her grandparents liked it very much, and they were reluctant to let their daughter and grandson go, and they lived for a few months. often chattering in front of his son; "Did the mother and son eat well? Is grandchild fat or thin? Can children adapt to the climate in the north? When will you come back from grandma's house? ”

The two old men kept nagging in front of their son all day long, and their ears were calloused, and he also wanted his son and daughter-in-law, this time to pick up their mother and son home, but he never expected that there were so many people on the train, and the sleeper could not be bought, which made the child miserable.

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After noon, Fang Wei bought a box of fast food, and after the meal, he was a little sleepy and fell asleep on the back of his seat.

I don't know how long later, Fang Wei heard the sound of the horn in a daze, and the carriage was in chaos. The passengers around him were busy packing their things, and he asked the passengers next to him to know that the terminal had arrived.

Fang Wei packed up the things on the table, quickly put them in his bag, straightened the clothes he was wearing, put on his bag, and wanted to squeeze to the door of the carriage, ready to get off with the young man.

There were so many people in the carriage that they stood in the aisle one by one, pushing their luggage and preparing to get off the train. Fang Wei tried a few times, but he couldn't squeeze through, and he was sweating profusely, so he had to give up the idea of finding that young man.

The carriage shook back and forth a few times, as if someone had pushed Fang Wei from behind, and his body leaned forward suddenly, if he hadn't been quick to hold on to the shoulders of the person in front of him, he would have to fall. It took a lot of effort for Fang Wei to gain a firm foothold.

With a long gas, the long-distance train finally stopped.

The passengers crowded and walked towards the door, because the speed of moving forward was too slow, Fang Wei was a little annoyed, and simply returned to his seat.

After waiting for a while, the carriage was much thinner, and then he stood up, followed the people moving forward, slowly walked off the train, and walked out of the train station with the flow of people.

After leaving the station, Fang Wei stood not far from the exit of the station, looking around with confused eyes; Crowds of people, coming in and out, walked past him; The station square is full of cars, busy, shuttling back and forth, one after another, busy passengers carrying large bags and small bags, waiting in line for taxis.

On the square of the railway station, many people sat around the luggage, like small dirt bags, piled up next to each other. These people may be newly recruited workers at factories or construction sites.

Groups of people came to Lingnan, most of them were fellow villagers. Whether that young man was among them, because it was far away and densely crowded, Fang Wei couldn't see clearly.

Not far ahead, the street lights were exceptionally bright, and the fluorescent lights on both sides of the street were flickering, changing various colors, dazzling Fang Wei.

The people who walked together, talking, laughing, and laughing seemed relaxed and happy, and so natural. Fang Wei, who was alone, felt a little lost, and there was a faint sourness in his heart. His wandering eyes wandered a little, and he didn't know what he was looking for.

The scene in front of him, Fang Wei thought of the small county town in his hometown, which was many times more lively than it, and in comparison, it was simply another world.

After taking the train for more than 30 hours, Fang Wei felt physically and mentally exhausted, his brain was dizzy, he was too lazy to take a step and didn't want to move, he stood dumbfounded.

A few people who solicited accommodation walked up to Fang Wei and asked if they wanted to stay in a hotel, and talked endlessly about how good their hotel was and how cheap it was.

Fang Wei had never seen the world, and he was extra cautious in the face of the living, afraid of being deceived, so he politely refused.

Fang Wei relieved himself, settled down, and thought to himself, he couldn't stand here all the time, he had to leave quickly, if he didn't leave, someone would come to entangle.

Coming to a strange place, Fang Wei was unfamiliar with his life, and there was no one to help, so the top priority was to find a hotel to live in first.

So, Fang Wei took a tired step and looked for a few hotels along the street, which were either expensive or unhygienic, which did not meet his expectations.

When Fang Wei walked quickly to a hotel, he saw a few people standing in the shadow of the building in front of him, and he didn't pay attention to it.

He was just about to walk over, when several people came around, Fang Wei immediately realized the danger, and thought to himself, he might have encountered a robbery.

Fang Wei's brain was running quickly, he reacted quickly, took a few steps back sideways, stabilized his position, and shouted loudly at the few gangsters who surrounded him; "Who? dared to block the road and rob in public. ”