I am Fugui

Chapter 228 Arriving in Tongcheng
It wasn't until the train station that Zhou Weimin stopped nagging, Duan Xingguo finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Except for Tian Zhu, the rest of them had the experience of taking the train. After entering, they went straight to the platform without stopping.

As for the train ticket, Zhou Weimin called the train station yesterday to buy it through his relationship.

There were not many people in the train station in the early morning, and the empty platform was cleaned. Tian Zhu kept looking around, and asked a few questions from time to time.

Seeing his appearance, Xu Fugui smiled slightly. When he took the train for the first time, he also looked like Tian Zhu, full of curiosity about everything around him.

After waiting for almost half an hour, a green iron train rumbled towards him, and Tian Zhu took two steps back in fright.

"If this hits someone, won't it turn into a pulp?" He said with lingering fear.

Everyone laughed, "What are you doing on the railroad tracks? As long as you don't stand on the railroad tracks, the train will definitely not hit you."

At this time, the staff shouted loudly with a tin horn: "The train bound for Tongcheng has arrived, please get ready."

Zhou Weimin held a wicker box and beckoned them to the car.

Duan Xingguo trotted behind, "Director, aren't we going to the capital? What are we going to do in Tongcheng?"

Zhou Weimin explained: "The train station here cannot go directly to the capital. We have to go to Tongcheng first, and then transfer from Tongcheng to the capital."

"Where is Tongcheng, I haven't heard of it."

The five found their seats and sat down. Zhou Weimin yawned a lot, "Why do you talk so much nonsense? You'll know it when you arrive in Tongcheng. That's all right, don't talk. Let me sleep for a while. Call me when you arrive in Tongcheng."

After speaking, he took out a straw hat and covered his face, leaned his head on the wooden seat, and fell asleep directly.

Duan Xingguo was very excited and asked them if they knew where Tongcheng was.

The three shook their heads. They had never heard of Tongcheng before.

Fortunately, a middle-aged man next to him knew and explained to them: "Tongcheng is a good place, there are coal mines everywhere."

"Let me tell you, the railway station in Tongcheng is much bigger than the railway station in the province. The tracks are densely packed, like twine."

"However, I heard from others that most of these rails are used to transport coal mines. There are not many people in Tongcheng, and the workers are all in the mines outside the city."

"I still remember the first time I went to Tongcheng. As soon as I got off the train station, I heard a rumbling sound. I thought it was thunder at first, but later I realized that it was a coal mine blasting."

The middle-aged man was very talkative, and shared everything about Tongcheng with them, and the four of them listened with gusto.

Generally speaking, Tongcheng is a city developed by coal mines. There are many train lines passing through this place, and one of them is a train to the capital.

While speaking, the green leather train started slowly, rushing out of the provincial capital like a long steel snake.

Xu Fugui looked out through the window. On the empty field, there were dense patches of emerald green corn.

These corns are probably two meters high. After half a month, when the leaves turn yellow, it will be the season for corn harvest.

The speed of the train was neither fast nor slow, and the scenery along the way was left behind. Xu Fugui yawned, feeling sleepy, folded his arms on his chest, and fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up, it was not a sunny day outside the window, but dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and a rhythm of rain.

He rubbed his eyes, and asked Sun Zhiwen next to him, "Where are you?"

Sun Zhiwen shook his head, said he didn't know, then raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, "It's already twelve o'clock at noon."

"Have I been asleep for so long?" He said in surprise, but at this moment he was refreshed and full of energy.

Duan Xingguo held the book in his hand and looked at him winkingly, "Not long, not long, boss, sleep a little longer."

Xu Fugui rolled his eyes angrily, his thoughts were almost clearly written on his face, he just wanted to take this opportunity to read more.

Xu Fugui didn't have the habit of reading on the train, and always felt unable to read. He either slept or stared at the scenery outside in a daze.

"clap clap"

Bean-sized raindrops slapped on the windows of the train, rumbling thunder was heard endlessly, strips of lightning tore through the sky, and the train seemed to have entered a section of thunderstorm cloud area.

However, the speed of the train didn't stop at all, as if the bad weather couldn't affect it in the slightest, it still maintained its speed and moved forward.

Zhou Weimin was really sleepy, he was still sleeping, purring slightly, and turned a deaf ear to the movement around him.

"Box lunch, box lunch, fifty cents a piece, fifty cents a piece, freshly baked box lunch, it's hot."

The staff pushed a small cart and yelled loudly. Seeing Tian Zhu looking at him, he asked with a smile, "Do you want a lunch box, fifty cents apiece."

Tian Zhu shook his head, gestured to the steamed buns in his hand, "We brought our own food."

The staff was not disappointed either, and asked the people next to them to stop their legs and continue shouting.

Whether the box lunch can be sold will not affect his salary. Anyway, the public will benefit from the sale, and it has nothing to do with him, so he is just performing his job.

"Fourth, fill me with two steamed buns." Xu Fugui said.

Hearing what he said, the others also felt a little hungry, so the four of them started eating steamed buns with the water bottle.

The train didn't stay in the thunderstorm area for long, and it took about 10 minutes to pass through this area, and the bright sun shone down again.

The train stopped in many cities halfway, some people got off the train, and some people came up again.

Until night fell, Xu Fugui did not hear the staff say that he had arrived in Tongcheng.

Zhou Weimin woke up in the afternoon, ate some cold steamed buns, and said, "It's still early to arrive in Tongcheng, at least the next day."

Zhou Weimin was right, until the next day at noon, the train arrived at Tongcheng Railway Station.

The four of them got out of the car with a wicker box. Zhou Weimin found a staff member and handed him a cigarette. "Comrade, when is the train to the capital?"

The staff pinned the cigarettes to their ears, "Going to the capital? Let me see, oh, there is a bus at seven o'clock this evening, and another one at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

Zhou Weimin thanked him, turned around and said, "It's still early, let's go out to eat some warm food first, then take a stroll around Tongcheng, and catch the train at night."

Walking out of the train station, several people looked curiously at the city on the coal mine, which was indeed very different from the provincial capital.

The streets were pitch-black, especially on the side of the road, where there were a lot of cinders piled up. Occasionally, there would be a loud blasting sound, and the roar of the train could be heard even more.
(End of this chapter)