life struggle

"Meixiang", "Xiaojun"

"Mei Xiang, you reported to Xiangzhou University, right? You also took this unlucky car. [ ] You changed into a new outfit today, and your hair was messed up, and you really didn't recognize it along the way." Xiao Jun approached said hello.

The girl's name is Qin Meixiang, she graduated from Yuanzhenyi High School in the same school as Xiaojun, and her college entrance examination results are pretty good.Although the two had been in the same class for a year, because Qin Meixiang had good academic performance and outstanding looks, they also had a lot of contacts at ordinary times.

Qin Meixiang's family is in a good situation. Her father is the deputy mayor of Guan Town, the county seat, and her mother is a teacher at Shengxian Middle School.Her daughter is eighteen and a flower, which is not an exaggeration for Qin Xiangmei. She has a well-proportioned and coordinated figure, except for a red mole the size of a mung bean on the middle left of her eyes. , pink cheeks flushed, although not rated as a school girl, but also the kind of boys who want to commit crimes from the front and the back, and the return rate and attention are quite high.

"Xiaojun, you are going to Pingxi, what a coincidence, we can go the same way today. There are too many people in the car, there is no place to sit in the front, and there is no place to stand. I am about to be squeezed to death. What a pity. There are so many people, but the journey is not far, the time is not long, and it is unlucky to catch up with a car accident. I am really afraid that I will not be able to catch the train. My dad and I will not be able to get on the train after watching for a while, so we have to stop other cars and go forward. Hurry up. Are you too?" Mei Xiang's speech has always been clear and melodious, straight to the point, very frank, sad, helpless, chattering endlessly.

"Isn't it? At the back of the car, my glasses were knocked to the ground and broke. Everything I saw was like looking at the scene through a window screen. It was foggy. I was really anxious. I had no choice but to walk for a while, my dad You said you will be in the city not far ahead, and you can take a bus." Just as Xiaojun was talking, a Chang'an Star came from behind, slowed down, the co-pilot's window was rolled down, and a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses asked softly : "Are you going to Pingdong Station? It happens to be on the way. I can give you a ride, five yuan per person."

Wu Pingshun had a more positive chat with the girl, and knew that he had met a classmate who was on the same road. The boy must be the girl's father and also sent the child to school.Seeing that there was a car that could pull people, but there was no passenger identification plate, Wu Pingshun asked softly, "Brother, is this car credible? It can't be a black car, right?"

"Brother, I know this kind of car. It's a private car. It doesn't have any passenger transport license. When going out, it's often sneaky soliciting customers. By the way, you can earn a little money by soliciting people to subsidize the fuel cost. It's usually no problem." The girl's father looked at the car. Wu Pingshun said with certainty.

"Well, in order to hurry up, greet the child and get in the car."

There were only the driver and a young man in the car, plus four Xiaojuns, and it was just full and not crowded.After everyone was seated, the car started and soon arrived in the urban area.

Pingdong City is located in an important central city in the east of Pingyuan Province. It is a famous historical and cultural city in China and the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.

City history, with a population of more than 100 million.The location is superior and the transportation is convenient. The Haining Railway runs from east to west, and National Highway 1003 and 3005 meet in the urban area. It is an important comprehensive transportation hub and commercial logistics center in the country.Pingdong is also a famous historical city. There are many ancient ruins and relics, including the Mausoleum of the Water Emperor in the era of the Three Emperors, the tomb of Shangjie, the ancestor of writing, the Mausoleum of Zhan Yu, one of the five emperors, and the earliest Tiantai of the Chinese nation—Huo The altar; there is the Swentai to commemorate the old master, the tomb of Guangzi, the master of the German family, and the "water city wall" of the Qinghe embankment in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, etc.; At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it has a history of 600 years. It is the most well-preserved ancient city in the country. It is composed of three parts: the brick city, the city lake, and the city outline. The gossip shape, majestic and magnificent, has become a business card of Pingdong.

"Xiaojun, the Pingnan Ring Road ahead, you can see the ancient city of Pingdong on the ring road." Wu Pingshun said.

It was almost nine o'clock in the morning, after a night of rain, the dark clouds cleared, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and the yellowed leaves were like hibiscus emerging from the water.It was the first time for Xiaojun to travel abroad, and he was curious about everything outside.Hearing my father's reminder, I immediately became more energetic. I opened the car window and looked north. I couldn't help sighing that the scenery was picturesque.The lake water is clear, with sparkling blue waves, like a streamer, running across the east and west, and the head and tail are hard to see; the boats are rippling with the waves, and the water birds rise and fall from time to time. The two islands in the middle of the lake are like light boats on the water. On the shore, weeping willows are green, swaying in the wind, and the gray bricks and red columns of the archery tower are towering and simple, reflecting in the water, like an ink painting, which is too beautiful to behold.Xiaojun couldn't take his eyes off, enjoying the beautiful scenery to his heart's content, taking everything in his eyes to his heart's content, and never receding.Only at this time, I feel relaxed all over the body, and all the fatigue and troubles of the past are forgotten.

The road is wide, there are few vehicles and pedestrians, the traffic is smooth, and the walking is fast.Walk along the lakeside road for about 5 minutes, and arrive at the intersection of the north gate of the ancient city. The four corners are high-rise buildings with more than [-] floors. The shopping mall and supermarket downstairs are shuttled by vehicles. Xiaojun felt that the metropolis in his mind was right in front of him.When the green light is on, the car drives slowly and enters into the two-way eight-lane north-south avenue—Shengli Avenue. Looking through the front glass of the car, there are sycamore trees on both sides of the street, tall buildings, and the sky. Compared with the county, it is a world of difference. , Xiaojun feels his own insignificance and the splendor of the outside world. Maybe this is the real city and city. Only by integrating into such a space can he really jump out of the farm and enjoy a new life.

The vehicle drove for 15 minutes and arrived at the square of Pingdong Station. Everyone got off the bus and went straight to the ticket hall.This is an old-fashioned hall without seventeen ticket windows. There are three large sign boards hanging above the windows, two of which are train timetables, and one is a schematic diagram of the main train stations across the country, which are particularly eye-catching.It coincides with the off-season of passenger flow, and there are not many people in the hall. Xiaojun and Meixiang came to the timetable of the west-bound train. There are 29 west-bound trains throughout the day, all of which pass through Xiangzhou, and six of them arrive at Pingxi. It is the direct express train 8 from the seaport to Ningxi. It arrives at the station at 31:52 am and stops for [-] minutes. It arrives at Xiangzhou at [-]:[-] pm, and at Pingxi at [-]:[-] pm. It was just right for school, the four discussed it and decided to take this bus.Wu Pingshun and Mei Xiang's father went to the ticket window to buy tickets.

Because there is still more than an hour before the driving time, Xiaojun feels hungry, dry mouth, and tired all the way, "Father, it's still early, let's have some food nearby, I'm really hungry .”

"In this way, go west from the square in front of the station. There are food stalls there, so go there." Wu Pingshun said.

"Mei Xiang, you go to the waiting room first, let's go out to eat something, see you later." Xiao Jun greeted Mei Xiang, and went straight to the station square with his luggage and his father.

Pingdong Railway Station is one of the largest railway stations in the surrounding area. It was built in the early years of the Republic of China. The station has two main buildings with a height of about 15 meters. A waiting hall is about [-] meters long from east to west, and a ticket hall is about [-] meters long. It is more than [-] meters long, all in the architectural style of the Republic of China period. In the middle of the waiting building between the two entrances, three large golden characters about three meters high are inlaid outside the glass window - Pingdong Station, shining in the sunlight. Luminous, very eye-catching.In front of the station is a square as big as two football fields. On the east side is an antique building, three stories high and in the shape of a pentagon. The doors and porch columns are all black, inlaid with gold letters, and the windows are painted bright red. Conspicuously, the main gate on the first floor faces west, and above the gate is the sign of "Pingdong Hotel".In the center of the square is a flower bed of more than [-] square meters, surrounded by three circles of chrysanthemums neatly placed, inside the altar is a rockery and a fountain with gurgling water.Directly facing the flower bed is a straight and wide welcoming avenue.On the west side of the square is Huoshen Avenue leading to Shengli Avenue. There are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are many food stalls outside the shops.

Xiaojun and his son came to a store called Kelaixiang, where fried dough sticks, porridge, steamed buns, and sesame cakes were available. There were many people eating, so they sat down by the side of the road and ordered ten deep-fried dough sticks. Six biscuits and two bowls of porridge were eaten with their heads down.Due to time constraints, the two of them had no spare time to chew and eat slowly, and soon both had enough to eat and drink. They packed the remaining fried dough sticks and sesame seed cakes and prepared them for eating on the train.

The two were about to leave when someone shouted behind them: "Don't run, don't run, put down my bag, put it down quickly."

Xiaojun turned his head and saw a [-]-year-old, not tall, sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked, disheveled young man running from the west, holding a black leather briefcase in his hand, walking like flying, and ran towards him frantically.Ten meters behind the boy, a man in his forties, with a medium build, a flat head, gold-rimmed glasses, a dark blue suit, black leather shoes, and a man sweating profusely shouted at the top of his lungs while running: "Catch me!" Thief, the thief is stealing, stop him quickly, don't let him get away."

In an instant, Xiaojun realized that it was the thief who had robbed the man's bag, and the people around were watching in amazement as the two chased away the mouse and ran wildly.Seeing the hatefulness of the little thief and the extreme anxiety of the man, Xiaojun thought to himself, the thief is too bold in broad daylight, I might as well stop him and leave quickly, so as not to cause any trouble to the upper body, just do it like this.Xiaojun made up his mind, and at the moment when the boy came to him, he turned around suddenly, flew his right foot, and went straight to the boy's legs. The movement was fast and completed in an instant.