Gu Lin thought of something and gave up. No normal parent would allow a single man and a single woman to be together day and night.
Chen Xia was a little reluctant to leave this good friend for half a month, so he quickly comforted him:
"Alright, alright, stop looking so sad. I'll bring you something delicious when I get back. Also, please help me take care of Chen Qiu and Chen Dong while I'm away."
Gu Lin pouted, "I know, you're so nagging."
Chen Xia returned home and told Chen Qiu and Chen Dong that he was going on a business trip. The two little guys were already numb. Their eldest brother was running around all day and had never stayed at home for a few days.
"Third Brother, I'll give you 100 yuan and food coupons as living expenses for the next two weeks. In addition, I've put 1,000 yuan in the old place in the study, blocked with a brick. You can get it yourself if you need it. If you have any problems, you can go to my master, Brother Yu, or Sister Gu Lin. Do you understand?"
The two people nodded.
Chen Qiu sighed: "Let's go, let's go, the sooner we go, the sooner we come back. Anyway, it's the same whether you're here or not."
Chen Xia thought, if I wasn’t considering the future of the four of us siblings, I wouldn’t have to work so hard.
The next day, Chen Xia boarded the train to the provincial capital.
At Lin'an Railway Station, I asked a scalper to buy me a soft sleeper ticket.
These days, only cadres of a certain level can get soft sleeper tickets, but in this world, there is nothing that scalpers can't do.
With a few hours left before getting on the bus, Chen Xia went to a nearby grocery store and bought some drinks, roast chicken, and various braised dishes.
I also bought some sunflower seeds and peanuts, and a few novels to kill time on the train.
It is still a steam locomotive. It needs to be replenished with power coal and water after driving for a while, and then it moves slowly at a snail's pace of sixty or seventy kilometers per hour.
It took two days and three nights to get from Lin'an to Guizhou, which was definitely a torture. It was definitely not the refreshing feeling of the green train that was later seen on Douyin.
Chen Xia got on the bus and looked at the soft sleeper compartments. There were four beds in each compartment. He found his seat and thought the scalper was quite conscientious, as he got the lower berth.
Anyone who has taken a train knows that in a sealed environment, especially in a compartment, the quality of the passengers in the same compartment is very important.
For example, there are 4 people in a box, only one is a little girl, and the other three are men. Do you think the little girl can sleep well?
Or there is a little boy, and the other three people in the box are all old men, who cough up their lungs in the middle of the night. What would the child think?
So after getting on the car, Chen Xia kept praying, hoping that a few young people would come, preferably beautiful women.
Don't let a few grown men come over, as they will start smoking, drinking and snoring in the box. Otherwise, you will have a miserable two days and three nights.
Chen Xia didn't have to wait too long. After a few minutes, someone pushed the door open.
Chen Xia quickly sat up and saw that the one leading the group was a young and handsome guy.
"Oh, there's someone here. Not bad, not bad, little sister. Now you can rest assured. He's not some old man smoking, drinking, and perming his hair."
At this time, two figures flashed out from the door. Two young girls walked into the box carrying several drawing boards and smiled politely at Chen Xia.
Chen Xia was happy now. Well, with two long-legged beauties, he could finally rest assured.
Dirty~~~~~
The train started at 6pm.
The handsome young man was obviously good at creating an atmosphere. After putting the luggage away, he introduced himself.
"Hello, comrade. My name is Xu Rui, which means auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. I am a student at the China Academy of Art."
Chen Xia also shook hands politely, "Chen Xia, Xia as in Xia Tian, a doctor at Yuezhou Fourth Hospital."
The two beauties on the upper bunk were also quite generous. The girl on the upper bunk across from Chen Xia introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Lin Danqiu."
The girl on Chen Xia's upper bunk poked her head out.
"Hello, my name is Xu Yuan, and I'm Xu Rui's twin sister. That Lin Danqiu is my future sister-in-law. The three of us are all from the China Academy of Art."
"So you're all gifted people. Nice to meet you. To be honest, I was really afraid that a few grown men would come in and start smoking and snoring. I'd rather spend the night in the bathroom if that happened."
Xu Rui nodded repeatedly: "Great minds think alike. We were worried about this problem just now, haha."
In fact, Chen Xia could tell from their conversation and clothing, as well as the fact that they were able to enter this sleeper car, that they should all be second-generation rich.
However, the second generation is also different. There are domineering second generations, and there are polite second generations; there are second generations who like to resell permits, and there are second generations who like to paint like the three in front of us.
"By the way, where are you three going? Collecting folk songs?"
Xu Rui nodded and said, "We are going to Guizhou Miao Village to collect folk songs. Chen Xia, right? Why are you going to Guizhou?"
"I'm going on a business trip to Renhuai."
At this time, Xu Yuan poked her head out again and said, "What a coincidence, we are also going to Renhuai, and there happens to be an uncle working at the Maotai Distillery."
"Wow, this is such a coincidence. For this reason, I think the four of us can go on a train and swear brotherhood, or chop off a chicken's head and burn yellow paper to become sworn brothers. How about that?"
Chen Xia joked.
Xu Yuan and Lin Danqiu both burst into laughter, and Xu Rui even laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh: "Chen Xia, you are so interesting. It seems that this trip will not be boring."
After an overnight train, the train arrived at Yintan Station in Xijiang Province in the morning. This is a transfer station, so it will stop for about 10 minutes.
The four people in the compartment didn't sleep well, even the soft sleeper couldn't withstand the shaking of the compartment.
When Xu Rui saw the train stopped, he wanted to get off to see if there was any breakfast for sale on the platform. Before leaving, he asked Chen Xia if she wanted any, but Chen Xia shook her head.
After a while, Chen Xia put on his shoes and thought of standing on the platform for a while, just to promote blood circulation.
Who knew that as soon as he got off the bus, he saw three locals harassing Xu Rui and tearing him apart. Xu Rui's face flushed and he shouted loudly:
"Let go, you are robbing."
Chen Xia immediately understood that when one was out, especially in places with a large crowd like a train station, the social security was too poor. It was not until a few years later that the country had to launch a severe crackdown, which brought a few years of peace.
But that’s a matter for the future. For now, I have to help Xu Rui.
The staff on the platform looked at everything in front of them with indifference, as if they were used to it. Perhaps they even knew these robbers.
Chen Xia was about to run over when he saw Lin Danqiu and Xu Huan about to jump off the train. He immediately shouted at them to get back on the train and not get off.
Nonsense, if a woman is beaten and runs away like this, where can she seek justice?
He then ran up and kicked a gangster in the crotch. The kick hit the man's vital part. The man immediately fell to the ground in pain and lost his ability to fight.
One of the hooligans spat when he saw his friend being beaten, and walked towards Chen Xia arrogantly.
"I'll fucking destroy you..."
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