Rebirth 78, the beginning of the marriage was broken off by the female educated youth

Oh oh oh!

The train, carrying hundreds of passengers, sped south from Yanjing Station.

To say it was galloping is actually not accurate.

The average speed of trains at that time was only 70 kilometers per hour, which was far from comparable to the 300 kilometers per hour of high-speed trains in later generations. But at the moment, this speed was already very good.

Li Xiangnan stood at the tail end of the last carriage of the train, watching the city of Yanjing gradually become smaller and finally disappear from his sight.

Then the wilderness gradually occupied most of his sight, and in the distance, sparse smoke began to rise from the earth. He knew that the entire earth had begun the journey of a new day.

The vast land, the working farmers, the fresh and hopeful fields, all of these are refreshing.

He walked back to his carriage.

Li Xiangnan, who was originally prepared to starve until noon, called him and spent only two taels of food coupons to exchange for a steamed bun. He returned to the end of the carriage and looked around while eating the steamed bun.

The train is the Dongfanghong No. 3 diesel locomotive, and its exterior is painted in a very recognizable green color, commonly known as the green-skinned train.

At this time, diesel locomotives are mainly used to transport passengers, while steam locomotives are mainly used for freight transportation.

This Dongfanghong is currently the most advanced locomotive in China.

Li Xiangnan could clearly feel from some details that the train had just been put into service and many parts were brand new.

There were still more than ten hours to go, so he looked around for a while, drank some hot tea, ate some steamed buns, and then returned to his carriage.

Those who can take trains to and from major cities at this time are basically well-known figures.

Firstly, train tickets are very expensive. A sleeper ticket from Yanjing to Hongshan costs 33 yuan, and a hard seat is 11 yuan. This price can allow ordinary people to live for a month. Even if they are curious about trains, who would go out and spend this money for no reason?

Secondly, you need a letter of introduction from your unit or street office when you go out, which requires you to explain where you are going, what you are going to do, who you are looking for, and your purpose, which makes the procedure more complicated.

Of course, this excludes the need to go out for urgent matters.

Therefore, there weren’t many uncultured people in the carriage. Everyone was very simple and enthusiastic, and every face was filled with happy smiles.

Sometimes when you meet someone who is talkative, you can chat all the way on the train, and the atmosphere in the whole carriage is very good.

If there were people who were suffering from motion sickness or feeling unwell, everyone would enthusiastically help and call the conductor, because they all truly did not want to see others suffer.

As for the smell of feet, shoe horns, sweat, bad breath, and sauerkraut in the carriage... Actually, there is no such smell at all nowadays, and everyone is still very careful when going out.

There are five seats in a row of hard seats, separated by a corridor. Li Xiangnan's seat is near the window. He looks at the scenery outside the window, listens to people's chatter, and always has a smile on his lips.

Influenced by this mood, Li Xiangnan also politely responded to the conversations of people around him.

"Where did you get on the bus, young man? I just took a nap and noticed you were here!"

The guy next door is in his thirties, wears glasses, and has paint in the cracks between his fingernails. He looks like an artistic painter.

"I got on the bus from Yanjing!" Li Xiangnan answered truthfully.

This train came from the Northeast. After he said this, many people who had deep feelings for Yanjing noticed him.

The people sitting opposite me all looked over.

"Oh, Yanjing!" The painter smacked his lips, "I've been to Yanjing! I've painted Tiananmen Square, the Altar of Earth, and even spent a week in the Old Summer Palace..."

Hearing his tone suddenly sound a little sad, Li Xiangnan smiled awkwardly and had to smile along and said, "You've been to a lot of places!"

"There is no other way. For the sake of art, I have to collect inspiration from everywhere!" The painter took off his hat and stroked the hair beside his ears with a smile.

Only then did Li Xiangnan see clearly that his hair was longer than his ears, and it seemed that he had tied his hair into a braid before, but it was cut off.

This appearance seems unkempt, but it actually looks very clean.

"That's great! I envy you for being able to travel around and see the beautiful scenery!" Li Xiangnan said sincerely.

"Indeed, my paintings are not very popular, but I have a lot of experience... Eh? From your accent, I can see that you are not from Beijing? Where are you from?"

Li Xiangnan smiled and said, "I'm from Hongshan County, Southern Anhui!"

"Then what are you..."

"I'm working in Yanjing and I'm going home to visit my family!"

The painter nodded and reached for the cup on the table. His eyes suddenly lit up. "Hey? Where are you from?"

"Hongshan County!" Li Xiangnan looked at him strangely.

"Hey!" The painter was startled, and immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.

"Then you must know that there is a talent in your Hongshan County, named Li Xiangnan! The top scorer in the college entrance examination!"

"He's in the newspaper, the People's Daily!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people in the seats nearby stood up and looked at the painter with a smile.

"I've heard of it!" Li Xiangnan looked at the excited painter with a helpless smile and touched his nose.

The painter seemed to be afraid that he would not believe him, so he took off his shoes, stood on his seat, reached for the backpack on the shelf, and quickly took out a newspaper from it.

"Look!" He unfolded the newspaper and pointed to a painting on the back page, saying proudly, "This is my painting, Zhang Jingyang, this is my name! Look here, Hongshan County's top scorer in the college entrance examination, this is the headline of the second page!"

"If my painting hadn't been published here, I wouldn't have kept this newspaper! I wasn't kidding you! Your Hongshan County is a good place, blessed with natural beauty. I didn't expect there would be such talent!"

"Painter, let us have a look too!"

"Yeah, the top scorer in this year's college entrance examination is from Hongshan County? I haven't heard of that!"

"Southern Anhui is also a gathering place of talented people. I never thought that such a small county could produce such good results!"

People around him happily asked him to share the newspaper.

Zhang Jingyang was not vague and pointed out the seats to them. After they sat down, the way he looked at Li Xiangnan was different.

"Little brother, it's better to come at the right time than to come at the right time! Can you tell me about Hongshan County? I must go and see this place! What kind of a good place is this village that gave birth to the top scholar? The water and soil there must be very nourishing..."

As he was speaking, he saw the conductor coming and waved to him.

"Comrade conductor, I want to change my train ticket. I don't want to go to Hangzhou. I want to go to Hongshan County!"

"Hey, Painter Zhang!" Apparently, Zhang Jingyang was a celebrity on this line. Even the conductor was impressed by him. "There's heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below! You don't even go to Hangzhou, but you go to Hongshan County? What attracted you?"

The conductor wrote on his ticket with a pen and calculated the refund money while jokingly saying so.

"The blessed land of the number one scholar, the hometown of Wenqu, how can I not go and take a look!"

Zhang Jingyang pointed at Li Xiangnan and said, "I had a great conversation with this brother. I'll ask him to show me the way. I have to go visit the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion!"

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