After getting off the train, it took some time to squeeze out of the train station. Lin Guoqing hugged Chen Chunhua tightly, and Chen Chunhua held Liu Ni tightly, fearing that they would be separated if they were not careful. Only when they really left the station did they breathe a sigh of relief.
Shanghai is indeed a century-old international metropolis. As soon as you step out of the train station, it gives all the country people from small places a big shock.
"It's so big... there are so many people..." Liu Ni stared with wide eyes, but moved closer to Chen Chunhua.
The large square at the station entrance alone was enough to make her drop her jaw. Actually, the current train station wasn't that big, not even a hair's breadth compared to the later ones.
So Chen Chunhua accepted it well, and just felt that the Magic City was indeed the Magic City, and even these days were better than their lives in the countryside.
However, Liu Ni hadn't even been to their own city before, and had come straight to Shanghai. Before this, the biggest shock she had experienced was the small area in front of the Suxian Railway Station. The moment she felt the power of the Absolute City, she subconsciously... panicked.
Liu Ni held on to Chen Chunhua's sleeve tightly, fearing that she would be a step slower. Lin Guoqing said that he would go and find out the most convenient way to get to the ferry, so Chen Chunhua took her here to wait.
Whenever someone passed by her, she would squeeze closer to Chen Chunhua like a frightened rabbit, almost making her stumble.
Liu Ni didn't know what she was nervous about. The excitement she had just felt in the car was gone in an instant. Seeing Chen Chunhua move a few steps after being bumped by her, she felt as if she had done something wrong, and her tone subconsciously became tearful.
"Aunt..."
"Hi! I'm fine!" Chen Chunhua reached out and patted her head. Wasn't this girl so happy just now?
"Wow, old man, this place is so big~"
A girl's babyish sigh came from behind, and the voice sounded quite familiar. Chen Chunhua and Liu Ni looked back together, and it was indeed the family from before.
The little girl was held in her father's arms with one hand, and her mother followed closely beside her husband, carrying a large package on her back, with an obviously nervous look on her face.
However, when the two groups of people looked at each other, for some reason, they suddenly laughed together.
"Have you found a place to stay?" Chen Chunhua asked.
The man nodded. "I've already sent a telegram to my fellow villager. He should be waiting for us outside. What about you guys? Where's that big brother we just met?"
Chen Chunhua pointed inside the station and said, "He went to ask for directions. He will come out later and take us to the bus station."
"That's good, that's good." The man licked his chapped lips and laughed dryly. "This place is too big. I'm a little scared looking at it, haha."
Liu Ni's crying had almost subsided, and after hearing what he said, she quickly agreed.
"Yes, yes, yes! So many people! My aunt said this isn't even the exit yet!" She pointed at the gate in the distance, "She said that's the entrance over there! It's so big! I've never seen anything like it!"
The little girl hugged her father and said, "I've never seen it either."
Although we are not from the same hometown, maybe we are all country bumpkins, and we inexplicably feel a sense of similarity. After getting together and chatting, we expressed our inner feelings to each other, and the nervous feeling just now was actually relieved a lot.
"Well, then we'll go first." The couple was afraid that the fellow villagers outside would be unhappy if they waited for too long, so they said hello to Shen Chunhua and Liu Ni and continued to walk out.
Chen Chunhu and Liu Ni waved goodbye to them and said, "Go ahead. Be careful on the road. I wish you all the best."
"Good luck to you guys too!"
By the time Lin Guoqing ran out, Chen Chunhua and Liu Ni had already comfortably found a corner to squat in. It really wasn't nice to always be blocking the road, was it?
"Let's go! It's not far from here to the ferry. They say the bus should take about half an hour to get there."
"I'm so hungry. Do you want to buy something to eat first?" Chen Chunhua said, holding her stomach. They specially mixed breakfast and lunch together today. Each of them ate a bowl of noodles before getting on the bus to avoid being hungry on the bus and to save the trouble of bringing more food on the bus.
Five hours later, the food had been almost digested.
She and Liu Ni squatted here, her stomach rumbling followed by Liu Ni's, and Liu Ni's stomach rumbling followed by hers, just like performing an opera.
If I had known earlier, I would not have shared the last two mouthfuls of noodles with Lin Guoqing and would have finished them myself.
Lin Guoqing was actually a little hungry, but he was used to saving money and not spending money on food outside if he could. He had forgotten that he had two more meals today.
"Then let's go out first and see if there's anything to eat on the way."
Walking out of the train station square, you'll see a sea of small tricycles and carts selling everything. They stretch along the wall, stretching far into the distance. It's bustling with activity, attracting those who aren't in a rush to catch a train, or those who've just left the station.
There are stalls selling popsicles with two large thermoses hanging on their backs; there are fruit stalls selling home-grown fruits such as apples, oranges, and grapes in baskets or on carts; there are stalls selling matchboxes by opening boxes; there are stalls selling handmade iron pots by hammering iron sheets on the spot with clanging sounds; there is also a stall selling tea eggs in a pot on a coal-fired stove.
There was another stall that was crowded with people. Peering through the gaps between the people, I saw cardboard boxes and glass cups all over the floor. The stall owner was loudly smashing the cups in his hands, demonstrating to everyone that they wouldn't break no matter how hard he threw them.
"Aunt! That glass cup really can't be broken!" Liu Ni exclaimed softly. It looks like a glass cup!
"It's tempered glass." Lin Guoqing examined it for a moment. "It's definitely more shatter-resistant than regular glass. Do you want one? Take two home?"
"Now?" Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes at him. "If you want to buy something, wait until we get back. Do we still have to carry so many bags to the chicken farm?"
It was indeed not very convenient. Liu Ni took a few more looks and planned to ask how much each one cost when she came back to take the bus. If it was not expensive, she would ask her uncle and aunt to borrow some money and buy a few more to take back as gifts for everyone.
There was a small blackboard hanging on a cart in front, and on the blackboard were written the price of soda: 0.25 yuan per bottle, and the price of cola: 0.35 yuan per bottle.
Lin Guoqing turned around and asked Chen Chunhua and Liu Ni if they were thirsty and if they wanted to drink Coke.
All the children in the Lin family have tried Coke, and the things Lin Guoqing brings back from his business trips from time to time are enough for them to keep up with the trends outside.
But Liu Ni has never drunk Coke.
She saw the price tag of 35 cents a bottle, hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice if she had enough money.
This made Chen Chunhua laugh. Before leaving, the girl stuffed 20 yuan into their pockets, saying that it was for their expenses on the trip to Shanghai.
"Enough, enough, enough! A few more days is enough!"
Lin Guoqing smiled and bought three bottles of Coke, one for each person, while Chen Chunhua's attention had been attracted by another stall.
It is said that this is a photo of the Spring Festival travel rush at Shanghai Railway Station in 1976. It really must be a big city.
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