After sending his classmates home in desperation, Song Haowen began to plan his own itinerary.

On the eve of rebirth, Huhai City has just opened a high-speed railway, and it takes five or six hours to reach the capital from the city. You can also take a civil plane from the city, and it will take an hour and a half to get to the Beijing International Airport. Whether you choose high-speed rail or airplane, it is very convenient and fast.

At present, Huhai City not only does not have an airport, but even the green train does not pass. There are two main feasible plans for Song Haowen to go to the capital. One is to take a long-distance bus from Linshan County to the capital, the fare is 26 yuan, it takes about 28 hours, and it takes 2 nights on the way. The second is to take a long-distance bus from Linshan County to Tangdu, the provincial capital, transfer to the train, if the transfer is timely, only need to spend a night on the train on the way, it takes about 22 hours, and the total ticket price is about 18 yuan. As for choosing to change planes from Tangdu, it was even more inconvenient, and he didn't want to think about it.

Both options have their pros and cons, and the first option is undoubtedly good for college students who are going out for the first time and have large packages such as clothes and bedding. Although the fare is higher and the journey is harder, after all, there is less trouble to transfer.

In order to reduce the trouble, Song Haowen planned to choose the first option.

In his previous life, Song Haowen went to university in Tangdu, the capital of Jiangnan Province, and it was not until the summer vacation of the new millennium that he traveled to the capital for the first time and played for five days. After that, he went there twice, once during the 2008 Olympics and once during the summer vacation of 2021.

Song Haowen's two trips to the capital were just a few glances, and there was a gap of about ten years between them. In the past 20 years, it was the time of great development of urban construction in China, and when he entered Beijing for the second time, he felt that the appearance of the city had changed greatly, and the original impression was strongly washed, and he felt quite unfamiliar. As for what the capital looked like at the end of the seventies of the last century, he couldn't imagine it at all.

Considering that he was not familiar with the place in the capital, Song Haowen decided to leave two days in advance. This gives me an extra day to get familiar with the environment of the capital.

Because Song Haowen set off today, before dawn, the family all got up. After he had breakfast and said goodbye to his mother, fourth brother and younger sister, his father rode him to the bus station in Linshan County. When they arrived at the station, it was only half past six in the morning.

Although it is the peak travel season and the ticket is a little tight, because Song Haowen has already entered the city yesterday to buy the ticket in advance, he does not have to worry about not being able to get on the bus. Before breaking up with his father, he gave his father another 1,000 yuan to supplement the family.

At this time, Song Haowen still had more than 15,000 yuan, which was a huge amount of money back then. In the seventies and eighties of the last century, 10,000 households were admirable. He is not reluctant to give more money to his family, but he is worried that giving more money will not only make his parents have a psychological burden, but also make it easier to arouse the jealousy of the villagers. Parents must have a long-term adaptation process before they become billionaires.

The long-distance bus to the capital is a sleeper car, with bunk and bunk beds, and it is full of 36 people, including two middle-aged drivers, one fat and one thin. Song Haowen was afraid that his head would be dizzy when he slept on the upper bunk, so he bought a ticket for the lower bunk. After putting his luggage on the roof of the car, he carried only a yellow canvas bag with books, a kettle, dry food, and toiletries such as towels and toothbrushes.

After Song Haowen got on the car, he found that there were three rows of upper and lower bunkers in the carriage, one row on the left side of the aisle, two rows on the right in parallel, and a four-person Chase shop on the rear of the car.

Song Haowen's bunk is in the middle of the window on the right side of the aisle, not only is there a bunk connected before and after, but there is also a bed side by side outside, to his own bunk, you have to pass through someone else's bunk, which is a little inconvenient.

This kind of sleeper car, Song Haowen sat in his previous life, and now he is back in this kind of car, although the smell in the car is choking, the environment is very poor, and it is inconvenient to stand, but it still makes him feel a little fresh and interesting.

After Song Haowen went to the bunk, he didn't take off his shoes, he was worried that the smell of sweaty feet was too strong, and if others found out, he would be embarrassed. He deliberately looked around the carriage and noticed that all the passengers lying on the bunks, except for a few women, were wearing shoes.

As soon as seven o'clock in the morning arrived, the car engine started on time, and the body immediately shook. Song Haowen found that in the entire carriage, only the bunk next to him was still empty. When he was thinking about the reason, he saw a beautiful girl wearing a yellow plaid shirt, a black pleated skirt and white sneakers hurriedly come up at the door of the car.

At this time, the car "banged" and closed the door. The thin driver, who was sitting in the passenger seat, counted the number of people, reported the destination, and the car slowly drove out of the station.

Song Haowen saw this girl, slender figure, white as snow, delicate face, and the same age as the second sister, he had a good impression of her in his heart, and wanted to chat with her and ask about the situation, but it could be seen that she was lying quietly on her side on the bunk, and kept her back to him flipping through the magazine, so he was embarrassed to speak. So, he suppressed his curiosity, turned his head to look at the passing scenery outside the car window, and soon forgot about it.

After only half an hour of driving, some passengers began to get motion sickness and shouted to stop. Some enthusiastic people handed plastic bags and hot water to people with motion sickness. Soon, there was a sound of vomiting in the car, and an unpleasant smell wafted through the air.

Although Song Haowen does not get motion sickness, his stomach is also a little uncomfortable under the interference of this smell. So, he opened the window and took a few deep breaths, which made him feel better.

Song Haowen glanced at the girl on the side, and found that the other party had put down the magazine at some point, lay down, closed his eyes and rested, everything that happened in the carriage seemed to have nothing to do with her.

After a while, someone started to get sick again, shouting to get out of the car. The two drivers were so used to this situation that they were not at all moved. It wasn't until later, when several people yelled for to urinate, that they pulled over to the side of the road.

As soon as the car stopped, many male passengers rushed out first. The motion sick man squatted on the side of the road to gasp, and urinated on the woods on the side of the road. After Song Haowen got out of the car and liberated, when he came back, he found that the girl in the next bed was still in the car, so he was concerned: "You don't go down to take a breath?" ”

The girl glanced at Song Haowen, smiled faintly, and said, "I don't want to get out of the car." Then he turned his head to the side and paid no more attention to him.

After Song Haowen went to the bunk, he took out the novel "The Second Handshake" from his shoulder bag and read it with relish. Before you know it, it's lunchtime. The bus drove up to the threshing floor in front of a row of bungalows on the side of the road, and was parked side by side with several other dining buses.

"Get off, get all off! The doors are to be locked. If you need to eat, you can buy it yourself at the front canteen. The meal time is 20 minutes, and we also meet here. Please remember the license plate and don't get on the wrong bus. The skinny driver shouted as he stood at the doorway and urged the slow passengers to move faster.

After Song Haowen got out of the car with the girl, he followed the flow of people to the cafeteria. It's bustling with people and bustling. He queued up to buy a fried shredded pork set, found an empty seat and sat down.

Across Song Haowen's table, there was a customer who had just finished eating and left, and someone immediately sat down. He looked up and saw that it was the girl from the neighboring shop, who had ordered a scrambled egg set with red scarlet.

At this time, the other party also found Song Haowen, smiled slightly, said hello, did not speak, and immediately lowered his head and ate. She ate quickly, and as soon as he was halfway through it, she had finished eating, looked at him, said nothing, and left.

After Song Haowen finished eating, he saw that the door had not yet opened, and a large number of passengers were chatting by the door, so he went to the bathroom for convenience. By the time he returned, everyone was already in the car. He walked to his bunk, and saw that the girl was already sitting in the bunk reading a magazine, so he went directly to his bunk and continued to read the novel. Until the car restarted, there was no communication between the two.

Before you know it, it's already dark. The skinny driver was shouting for everyone to get out of the car for dinner again.

Song Haowen got out of the car and ate a bowl of noodles, and when he returned to the car, he felt a little sleepy, so he fell asleep in a daze. After some time, he was awakened by a commotion. In the dimly lit carriage, I saw two young men with daggers in their hands, searching for money one by one in the aisle, and two strong men, controlling the two drivers, drove the car onto a dark country road.

At this time, a bearded young man came to Song Haowen's neighboring shop, snatched the girl's satchel, rummaged through, and did not find the banknotes, so he pointed a knife at her face and asked her to hand over her belongings. She was frightened, and hurriedly took out more than 100 yuan and more than a dozen catties of food stamps from her personal pocket and handed them into the hands of the bearded man.

The bearded man collected the money ticket, laughed, and touched the girl's chest with a black hand. The girl was shocked, and while stretching out her hand to refuse, she dodged on Song Haowen's bed.

Song Haowen hadn't figured out how to deal with these four gangsters, and suddenly his chest sank, and the girl sat on top of him, making him almost unable to get out of his breath.

When the bearded man saw that the girl had hidden in the bunk, he did not intend to let her go, so he crossed over to the bunk and pulled her hair. Song Haowen had the heart to help her, but because he was pressed by her, he couldn't move for a while.

The bearded man did not catch the girl's hair, but grabbed her by the arm and tried to drag her to his side. She resisted desperately with one hand, and held Song Haowen's hand tightly with the other.

Song Haowen was trapped in the bunk, and it was difficult to make a move, so he had to find a way to stabilize the robbers with words first.

"Hey, I said hero, do you want to rob money or people?"

The bearded man glared at him and scolded Song Haowen: "Your kid's money hasn't been handed over yet!" ”

Song Haowen smiled bitterly and said, "You see that I, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, sneaked out of the house, where did I get the money?" I'm still worried about how to ask people for it after getting out of the car. As he spoke, he handed over his satchel.