Siheyuan: The opening earthquake of stealing and replacing pillars

He Yuzhu bought an express soft seat, the 13th train from Kyoto to Jinling to Zhonghai. It was called an express train, but it passed through 46 stations along the way. The conductor said it would not stop at small stations but would stop at large ones, and the journey would take from twenty minutes to five minutes. After arriving at Zhonghai, he would take a bus to Hangzhou. The total distance was nearly 1500 kilometers. He got on the train at 17:22 pm. If there was no delay, it would take hours, almost a day, which was a bit torturous.

There were so many people on the train, it was like a festival, people were crowded and sweating profusely. Many of them were carrying bird cages, but they did not contain birds but chickens and ducks. In addition, the weather was hot, and the carriage was filled with the smell of sweat and chicken manure!

He Yuzhu found his seat with difficulty and immediately opened the window for ventilation. It was so uncomfortable.

A lady next to him looked at He Yuzhu and said with a smile: "Comrade, is this your first time taking a train?"

"You're right. This is really the first time I'm traveling far away!" He Yuzhu said as he lifted his collar to let the air in.

Upon hearing his accent, the eldest sister asked in surprise, "Are you from Kyoto?"

The eldest sister's face was full of envy, and for a moment, He Yuzhu actually felt very proud. What the hell.

He nodded, then changed the subject and asked, "Are you here for tourism?"

The eldest sister smiled and said, "That's right. We came to Kyoto this time just to admire the old man and take a look at the scenery of Kyoto!"

People of this generation come to Kyoto for only this one purpose, but He Yuzhu never felt that there was anything special about Kyoto. Anyway, he had never been there once.

He Yuzhu smiled awkwardly, and then the older sister seemed to open up and began to talk about what they had seen and heard. She talked about the vastness of Tianmen Square, the grandeur of the Forbidden City, and so on. She asked He Yuzhu to add to her comments from time to time. After all, he was from Kyoto and must know a lot about it.

An hour later, when the train stopped at Kamijinxi Station, the elder sister stopped chattering. She was just sleepy, otherwise she would have had something to say!

The train stopped for ten minutes and then set off again. Its next stop would be Dezhou, which would take three or four hours, and He Yuzhu also planned to take a nap.

I don’t know how long it had been, He Yuzhu woke up in a daze, looked at the watch, and found that it was already the next morning, the sky was just getting light. At this time, the train slowed down and slowly drove into a station - Xuzhou.

This time the stop lasted longer, about twenty minutes. He Yuzhu planned to get off the bus to buy something to eat. He stretched himself and found that the couple sitting next to him had turned into two grown girls. It was so embarrassing.

Breakfast is provided in the station, sold by staff pushing carts. There is no need to leave the platform. There are steamed buns, fried dough sticks and so on. He Yuzhu bought a few steamed buns with the national food coupons, then squatted aside to eat, admiring the people passing by while eating. They walked forward in groups of three or four with their heads down, and they didn't communicate with each other. Perhaps it was too early and everyone hadn't turned around yet, so they were a little listless.

After eating the buns, He Yuzhu smoked another cigarette, then got on the train and asked the conductor for a national map to see how far away his destination was. However, he sadly discovered that he had only moved forward a dozen centimeters on the map. According to the train's trajectory, there were still a dozen or so centimeters to go. It was really a life-threatening journey.

But the journey ahead won't be too lonely, because there are two girls sitting next to me. Through communication, I learned that they are from the same hometown. One is Tong Juan and the other is Xia Li. Both of them took the college entrance examination this year and were admitted to university. Because they have relatives in Zhonghai, they plan to go to their relatives to adapt to the environment first...

After the train traveled for another seven or eight hours, it finally arrived at Zhonghai. He Yuzhu said goodbye to the two girls and got on a bus to Hangzhou. It was already three o'clock. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to see Zhu Lin before dark.