On January 3, 1984, Wan Feng took a car south and then northeast, circled Wuxian County for most of the way, and finally returned to the 42nd Company.
Next we will go to the south. Although Bei Liao has the word "North" in its name, for the 42nd Company in Wu County, Longjiang, it is the south, although it is still in the north.
My mother was also preparing to return to Beiliao. She wrote down many things in a small notebook with a pen, and then forced my father to recite them like a teacher scolding a primary school student, so that he would not forget them when the time came.
His father laughed heartily. Wan Feng knew that it was a waste of effort to ask his father to carry these things, so he was worried about the chickens, ducks, geese and dogs at home, wondering if these guys would starve to death.
The younger brother and sister were still being naughty and had no idea that they might face a life without food for the next half month to a month.
Not necessarily. Maybe I’ll eat noodles for a month.
The only thing Wan Feng's father knows how to do is roll noodles. His skills are far inferior to those ramen noodles that are so delicious that they can be smelled all over the world. If the noodles rolled by the ramen chef can be described as a drizzle, then the noodles rolled by his father are a downpour. The difference between finger-wide noodles and dough sheets is only their length.
Such products left a deep impression on Wan Feng, who was fond of his father's noodles, as one meal could keep him full for several days.
Wang Dong was a very ambitious child. He was determined to go with Wan Feng to see poetry and the distant places. This made his father very angry. He beat him up with a feather duster, and then went to Wan Feng's house to ask questions about the distant places and poetry.
Wan Feng described the distant place as more beautiful than poetry, which made Wang Dong's father's doubts disappear, and he generously gave Wang Dong one hundred yuan.
The pain Wang Dong felt from the feather duster disappeared in an instant under the light of the hundred yuan, and he was as happy as a dog sticking out its tongue in summer.
He still had more than 80 yuan with Wan Feng, and 180 yuan was enough for him to have a very carefree trip.
Everything was ready, and Wan Feng set off with the wind blowing towards the east.
It was the morning of January 6th.
In the twelfth lunar month, more people went to the county town to buy New Year's goods, so there were almost no empty seats on the bus when it arrived at Dalinzi. Wan Feng managed to get a seat for his mother, while he stood at the bus station.
When the car passed the 45th Company, Guo Wu and Li Xin got on with the leader. Because the people in the car were as crowded as fish in a can, they could only wave to Wan Feng through the air and countless heads wearing dog-skin hats.
After the bus arrived at the bus station, Wan Feng immediately bought eight tickets to Long Town at 9:30, and then waited for the rest of the group to arrive.
The first person to arrive at the bus station was Zhang Xuan, followed by her mother He Yanxia and her younger brothers and sisters. Judging from the luxurious farewell ceremony given by her relatives and friends, people who didn't know her would have thought she was going abroad.
Zhang Xuan wore a pair of bright red bell-bottom pants and a blue tight ski jacket, making herself look graceful. She dared to look so graceful in winter, so how could she let men survive in summer?
However, Wan Feng's perspective was different from others. If Zhang Xuan didn't wear a military coat over this outfit, he would definitely freeze to death before reaching Harbin.
Zhang Xuan had become radiant again and politely introduced his mother to Wan Feng's mother.
So, the two middle-aged women started gossiping on the bench in the bus station in a not-so-hot temperature.
Zhang Chong felt a natural affinity for Wan Feng. The reason was very simple: every time he saw Wan Feng, he would get a huge amount of small change for him.
For example, Wan Feng now slapped a five-yuan bill into his hand and asked him to keep it to buy candied haws.
This made Zhang Juan very dissatisfied.
"Brother-in-law, I need money too!"
"Go away, a girl has no money to spend, so stubborn!"
The way Zhang Juan pouts looks very much like the goose in “The Wonderful Adventures of Nils”. I wonder which lucky guy in the future will be able to ride this white goose like Nils.
The distance from Yifenchang to Wuxian is thirty miles farther than the distance from Sishier to Wuxian, so the bus arrived half an hour later from Xiao Wu's house.
He Yanfei, He Xiao and Li Mingdou got off the bus. As soon as they entered the bus station, He Yanfei hugged He Yanxia.
At this time, it would be inappropriate to keep the money that the four guys had deposited with Wan Feng on him, so Wan Feng gave their money to them and told them to keep an eye on it and not let it get away from thieves.
Thieves are like stubborn grass that cannot be burned by wildfire. The best way to deal with thieves is to give them a big slap in the face. Don't give me any face.
This is what Wan Feng told those who were going out for the first time.
The time for departure finally arrived. After checking the ticket and getting on the bus, my mother did not sit with Wan Feng but sat in the same row of seats with Wang Dong.
When getting on the bus, Zhang Xuan distributed the tickets and coincidentally assigned himself and Wan Feng to the same seat. He also falsely apologized to Wan Feng's mother.
These people, who had rarely traveled far, blew circles out of the thickly frosted car windows with their breath, pressed their eyes against the circles and marveled at the scenery outside.
Zhang Xuan was also very surprised at first, but an hour after the bus left, she was no longer excited. Although she was wearing a coat, her feet and legs became cold.
Wan Feng moved her outside to be closer to the heater in the car, then took out a pair of cotton boots from his bag for Zhang Xuan to wear, and then took out something that looked like cotton sleeves and put them on her legs.
"You're showing off! You actually dare to wear leather shoes in the middle of winter! I knew you'd dress like this. Without me, your feet would freeze off."
Zhang Xuan was moved again, with tears in her eyes. When Wan Feng put the sleeves on her legs, she felt as if her legs were not her own, and waves of numbness came over her.
Don't get me wrong, it's frozen.
She really wanted Wan Feng to rub her feet, but she was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
It was already past two in the afternoon when the bus arrived at Long Town. After leaving the bus station, Wan Feng told He Xiao to remember everything about the journey, because these people still had to rely on him for their return, and he was the only adult in this group of people.
The train to Harbin leaves at around 6pm and takes an overnight journey to arrive in Harbin the next morning.
Wan Feng still bought a ticket to Harbin, so he had to change trains in the middle of the journey. If he didn't go to Harbin, he had to change trains in Changchun or Shenyang.
Except for Wan Feng and his mother, the rest of the people saw what a train looked like for the first time.
When they were getting on the train, Zhang Xuan was frightened by the loud noise of the train and Wan Feng came over.
"Why are you afraid of the train whistle?"
Wan Feng was depressed. Was he sure that this woman wasn't trying to take advantage of him?
There is no need to worry about finding seats on the train departing from Longzhen. There are plenty of empty seats and you can choose which one to sit on.
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