Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1620, go to the river
At Kaifeng Railway Station in Henan Province, Uncle Wang and Uncle Li were carrying a package, which contained a change of clothes, some steamed buns, and road vegetables, and they were queuing up to enter the station with their tickets.

"Grandpa, this train can go directly to Longtouzhen in the Western Regions. It takes about seven days. I bought you a sleeper ticket, and you can get there after you sleep every day."

Li Ye looked at Uncle Li who was going to the river, and couldn't help but kept telling him.

"There are food and shopping on the train, so you don't need to save money. You should eat and drink, just treat it as going out to have fun, eat and drink well."

"After entering the station, you and Grandpa Wang will go to the left side, go to the entrance on the far left and wait for the train to arrive at the station. If you don't understand, just ask the staff in the station. It's the people who wear that kind of clothes, and they'll tell you."

"I have already sent a telegram to the third uncle in Longtou Town. They already know that you are going, so they will pick you up here at the exit in advance."

Li Ye and Wang Yi were very worried.

Both of their grandfathers are in their sixties. Although they are still in good health, this time they plan to take advantage of their health to visit their immigrated sons and grandsons.

In the words of Uncle Wang, we will meet again in this life, so there will be no regrets after death.

Before I immigrated, I was annoyed by seeing my son, beaten and scolded, but now I have immigrated to a faraway place.

I haven't seen them for many years, and I actually miss them very much in my heart.

This person has reached a certain age, and he puts aside everything except his own child.

Uncle Li, who didn't want to go at first, decided to go to Hezhong with Uncle Wang to see his third child after hearing what Uncle Wang said.

Fortunately, there is now a train, which makes traveling more convenient and easier.

If they were going to the river by walking or riding horses as before, Li Ye and Wang Yi would definitely not agree with them. After all, they are very old, people in their sixties.

"Don't worry, don't worry~"

"Go ahead, we are not children, we will ask people if we don't understand."

Uncle Wang waved his hand, still very confident in himself.

"Yes, yes, go ahead~"

"The two of us can do it ourselves, if we don't understand, we can ask others."

Uncle Li also waved his hand impatiently. He is not a child, so why do he need to tell so many things, just ask someone if he doesn't understand.

Soon, Uncle Li and Uncle Wang entered the train station. As soon as they entered, they were dumbfounded.

There were too many people in the train station, and it was difficult to tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north.

Fortunately, the two heard their grandson's advice, and quickly found the staff in the train station to ask, and then they found the waiting gate.

While waiting for the train, the two couldn't tell which car they were in or which seat they were in. Fortunately, they met many kind-hearted people who helped guide them, so they arrived at their own car smoothly and found the The sleeping berth that my grandson bought for me.

"woooo~"

With the sound of the whistle, the train started to move.

Uncle Wang and Uncle Li didn't feel sleepy at all. Looking at the gradually receding scenery outside the window, and thinking about where they were going next, they felt a little panicked.

"I've never traveled far in my life."

"Now that I think about it, I feel very uneasy."

Uncle Li is also a little nervous now. In the past, the farthest he went was just to visit the state capitals around Kaifeng Mansion, and he had never even been out of Henan Province.

Now I want to go to the Hezhong area thousands of miles away, and I feel crazy when I think about it.

But as the old man Wang said, they have already reached the age of being buried in the earth. If you don't take advantage of your health to see your son and grandson, you may never see them again in this lifetime.

So Uncle Li and Uncle Wang set foot on the train to the river together.

"What are you worried about~"

"Sit comfortably and fall asleep. If you really can't sit still, you can go to the carriage to get some air."

"How comfortable this train is, it's fast without bumps, and you can enjoy the scenery along the way, isn't it great."

"There is food on the train, and there is a place to go to the bathroom. What are you afraid of? It's just not taking a shower for a few days."

Uncle Wang was very indifferent, and his mentality was very good. He lay down on the berth and fell asleep immediately.

Uncle Li looked at Uncle Wang, thinking about it. He also lay down, but he couldn't sleep. He looked at the scenery outside the window, listened to the sound of sirens, and thought about his life.

"Times are changing so fast!"

"I used to walk everywhere. If I go to Wanli Pharmaceutical, I don't know how many pairs of shoes I will wear."

"Now it's all right. I can take the train. I don't know who made this thing. It doesn't need people to pull it, and it doesn't need a horse to drag it. It can travel thousands of miles a day."

Uncle Wang thought of his third son again.

"Back then, he was a little harsher. He was beaten and scolded at every turn. After the immigrant left, it was difficult to meet him."

"His mother left early again. Although what was said in the letter was not bad, but this person who left his homeland did not know how much hardship he had to endure all these years to get over it."

"It's time to go for a walk and take a look. I don't know how many years I have to live. It's good to meet up. I can talk to the old woman when I go to the underworld."

Thinking, thinking, Uncle Li slowly fell asleep.

When I woke up again, it was already dark outside, but the train was still moving forward, without any intention of stopping because it was night.

"Old Wang, Old Wang~"

Uncle Li looked at the empty shop next to him, and Uncle Wang didn't know where he went.

"Here~"

At this time, Uncle Wang's voice sounded outside, and he came back with some steamed buns and buns.

"Oh, the things in this car are really expensive."

"This steamed bun costs five yuan, and a steamed bun costs ten yuan. It's really expensive."

"Why are the steamed buns bigger? Even the steamed buns are not enough for two bites of me."

Uncle Wang brought the hot steamed buns and steamed buns to the small table between the two sleepers, and couldn't help complaining.

"Is it too expensive?"

"Five Wen for a steamed bun, and ten Wen for a steamed bun?"

"They're stealing money."

When Uncle Li heard this, he couldn't help but blow his hair. The steamed buns usually cost a penny each, but the steamed buns are only two pennies each, and they are even bigger than the ones on the train.

"That's right. I had a good argument with them, and they finally said that it is difficult to cook food on the train. It is expensive and there is no way."

"It's really annoying to say what we like to eat or not."

Uncle Wang looked very angry when he spoke.

"Forget it, forget it, the more expensive it is, the more expensive it is, the people who are away from home, the poor and the rich, that's what they're talking about."

Uncle Li quickly comforted Uncle Wang, and then tried the steamed buns and steamed buns, and they tasted pretty good.

"Although that's what I said, but thinking about it, I feel irritated. The steamed buns worth five cents are sold for five cents, which has doubled several times."

Uncle Wang said angrily, "You don't know how good their business is."

"Everyone is queuing up to buy it. How expensive things are still selling well."

"There are other things like rice and vegetables that are even more expensive. A meal costs fifty yuan, which is not affordable for ordinary people like us."

"That's not enough rice and vegetables to feed my great-grandson."

"Those who are away from home are not short of food money, especially those businessmen, all of them are very rich, so eating this little food is nothing."

"The railway bureau should also take care of it. They can't let them slaughter passengers like this."

"The railway bureau can't control these things. The railway is private and must make a profit every year. This is already a good conscience price."

"In those unscrupulous shops in the past, I heard that these steamed buns can sell for more than 100 yuan a piece, and you have to buy them. If you don't buy them, your legs will be broken directly. That's really black."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Of course there are. A few years ago, there were countless black shops set up on concrete roads, and there were countless passing business travelers."

"Later, the imperial court didn't vigorously rectify these matters, sweeping up gangsters and eliminating evil, and cracking down on road bandits and bullies. That would be much better."

"Although the things on this train are expensive, they are actually okay. At worst, we can just eat dry food and road vegetables, and we can deal with it."

"If you say it like this, I think it's over."

Uncle Wang and Uncle Li were chatting while eating expensive steamed buns and buns.

"If you want to say it, it's better to talk about the present time."

"Look, you can take this train when you go out. Even at night, when it's dark outside, this train can travel. In this day, you can travel more than a thousand miles."

"I'm still in Kaifeng at noon, so I can go to Shaanxi in the evening."

"Yeah, this train ride is not tiring at all. You can sit, sleep, chat and chat. It's pretty good. If we are asked to walk to a place thousands of miles away, our old bones will probably fall apart. gone."

"Isn't it? I don't know how the train goes. It doesn't need to be dragged by people."

"My grandson said that the train is propelled by some steam engine. At the locomotive in front, someone is constantly burning coal. The coal boils the water in the boiler, and the water turns into steam to push the train forward."

"Anyway, it's very complicated, that is, those young people can understand that Zhuge Liang's wooden cows and horses are not as good as this train."

"That's right, I took a look at this train. There are dozens of carriages, and it can pull thousands of people at a time. How can it be compared with wooden cows and horses~"

"..."

(End of this chapter)