However, two slender, shiny tracks extend. It courageously circled on the mountainside, quietly tried to move forward, winding, winding, and finally bypassed the foot of Taiergou, then got into the dark tunnel, ran to another mountain ridge, and ran to the mysterious distance.
Soon, this line was officially put into operation. People crowded at the entrance of the village and saw the long green dragon whistling all the way, with a strange fresh breeze outside the mountain, rushing across the poor back of Taiergou. It walked in such a hurry that even the sound made by the wheels rolling on the rails seemed to say, hold on, hold on! Yes, what reason does it have to stand in Taiergou? Is anyone going out of town in Taiergou? Have people from outside the mountain come to Taiergou to visit relatives and friends? Or are there oil reserves and gold mines buried here? Taiergou, however, has no strength to hold the train and stay by.
But I can't remember when the "Taiergou" station was added to the train timetable. Perhaps the passengers on the bus made a request, and which of them kept his word was related to Taiergou; Perhaps the happy flight attendant found a group of beautiful girls of seventeen or eighteen in Taiergou. Whenever the train flies by, they stand at the entrance of the village in groups of three or five, with their chins up, looking up at the train greedily and intently. Someone pointed to the carriage, and from time to time one or two angry screams could be heard from beating each other. Maybe nothing, just because Taiergou is too small, which makes people feel distressed. Even the dragon of steel can't strut and stop before it. In a word, Taiergou got on the train schedule. At seven o'clock every night, the train from the capital to Shanxi stops here for one minute.
This short minute has disturbed the tranquility of Taiergou. Once upon a time, people in Taiergou used to get into bed after dinner, as if they heard the silent orders from the mountains at the same time. Then, at the same moment, the small stone house in Taiergou suddenly stopped completely, so deep and real, as if silently telling the mountains about its piety. Now the girls in Taiergou panic as soon as dinner is served. They absently took a few bites at random, threw down their bowls and began to dress up. They washed the loess and dust of a hard day, exposed their rough and ruddy faces, combed their hair black, and then competed to put on their best clothes. Some people put on new shoes during the Spring Festival, while others quietly put some fat on their faces. Although it was already dark when the train arrived at the station, they deliberately considered their clothes and looks according to their own ideas. Then, they ran towards the village entrance and the place where the train passed. Xiang Xue is always the first to go out, and Feng Jiao next door is the second. ?
? After seven o'clock, the train gasped and slid to Taiergou, and then slammed, and the body trembled before stopping. The girls rushed forward with their hearts beating and watched by the window like a movie. Only Xiang Xue hid behind, her hands tightly covering her ears. Look at the train, she runs at the front, the train comes, but she shrinks to the end. She is a little afraid of its huge front, which is majestic enough to spit out white fog, as if she could suck the Taier dog into her stomach at one breath. Its earth-shattering roar also frightened her. In front of it, she is like a rootless grass. ?
? "Xiang Xue, come here, look!" Feng Jiao pulled the fragrant snow and aimed it at a woman's head. She means a row of gold rings pinned to a woman's head. ?
? "Why can't I see?" Xiang Xue narrowed his eyes slightly. ?
"Is that inside, big round face. Look, there are watches, smaller than fingernails! " Feng Jiao has made a new discovery. ?
? Xiang Xue nodded and said nothing. She finally saw the gold ring on the woman's head and the watch on her wrist smaller than her nails. But she soon found something else. "purse!" She pointed to an ordinary brown leather bag on the luggage rack. It is the kind of schoolbag that can be seen everywhere in small cities. ?
? Although the girls are always not interested in the discovery of Xiang Xue, they still gathered around. ?
? "Oh, my God! You stepped on my foot! " Feng Jiao screamed and complained that a girl had squeezed in. She always likes surprises. ?
? "What are you twittering about? Do you want that handsome guy to answer you? " The girls who are complained are not weak. ?
? "I tore your mouth!" Feng Jiao scolded, but his eyes didn't swim, and he looked at the door of the third carriage independently. ?
? The clean young stewardess really got off. He is tall with black hair and speaks beautiful Beijing dialect. Perhaps because of this, the girls privately call him "Beijing dialect". "Beijing dialect" put his arm around his elbow and stood close to them, saying, "Hey, little girls, don't pry the window, it's dangerous!" ?
? "Hey, you were old when we were young?" Bold Feng Jiao replied. The girls burst out laughing. I don't know who pushed Feng Jiao so hard that she almost hit him, which only emboldened Feng Jiao. "Hey, aren't you dizzy when you stay in the car?" She asked again. ?
? "The big blade on the roof is like that. What's that for? " Another girl asked. She refers to the electric fan in the car photo. ?
? "Where is the boiling water?" ?
? "What if I drive to a place where there is no road?" ?
? "How many meals do you city people eat a day?" Xiang Xue followed closely behind the girl and whispered. ?
? "It's hopeless!" "Beijing dialect" was trapped in the encirclement of girls and muttered at a loss. ?
? It was almost time to drive, so they just gave way and let him go. He looked at his watch, ran to the door, turned to them and said, "Next time, I'll tell you next time!" " "His long legs jumped up deftly and got on the bus. Then the green door slammed in front of the girl. The train sank into the darkness, leaving them beside the cold tracks. For a long time, they can still feel it trembling lighter and lighter. ?
? Everything fell silent again, disappointingly quiet. The girls walked home, arguing about a little thing on the way:
? "Who knows how many gold rings there are on his head?" ?
"Eight." ?
? "Nine." ?
? "no!" ?
? "Yes!" ?
? "Feng Jiao, where did you say?" ?
? "She is still thinking about Beijing dialect!" ?
? "Fuck you, whoever says it will think." Feng Jiao said and squeezed Xiang Xue's hand, which means Xiang Xue has them. ?
? Xiang Xue didn't speak, her face flushed with panic. She is only seventeen years old and hasn't learned how to help others in this matter. ?
? "How white his face is!" That girl is still making fun of Feng Jiao. ?
? "White? I hid it in that big green room. Tell him to try staying in Taiergou for a few days. " Someone said in the shadow. ?
? Yes, people in the city depend on it. If you want to talk about it, let them compete with us. Let's smell the snow, we are born with a pair of good leather, and then perm our hair into an arc according to the girls on the train, gee! It's hopeless! Sister Feng Jiao, wouldn't you say so? "?
? Feng Jiao no summer-planting, loosen xiang xue's hand. It seems that the girl is really belittling someone, and she feels a little wronged for him. Somehow, she decided that his face was not white but natural. ?
? Xiang Xue quietly sent her hand to Feng Jiao's again. She motioned for Feng Jiao to hold her hand, as if asking for Feng Jiao's forgiveness, as if she had misjudged Feng Jiao. ?
? Feng Jiao, are you dumb? The same girl. ?
? "Who is dumb! Who is like you? I only see people's faces in black and white. You can follow others if you like! " Feng Jiao has a hard mouth. ?
? "We don't deserve it!" ?
? "Are you sure there is no lover?" ?
? ……?
? No matter how noisy the road is, we are still friendly when we break up, because an exciting idea rises in our hearts: tomorrow, the train will pass and they will have a wonderful minute. Compared with it, is it still a bit awkward? ?
? Oh, a colorful minute, you are full of joys and sorrows of Taiergou girls! ?
? Over time, this colorful minute has become more colorful. In this minute, they began to climb into a rectangular wicker basket filled with walnuts, eggs and jujubes, stood under the window and spent time doing business with passengers in a friendly way. They stood on tiptoe, with their arms straight, and held the whole basket of eggs and red dates to the window, in exchange for rare dried noodles and matches in Taiergou, as well as the girls' own hairpins and soap. Sometimes, some people will risk being scolded when they go home, and get all kinds of towels and nylon stockings to relax. ?
? Feng Jiao seems to be deliberately assigned to "Beijing dialect", and she always goes to him with a basket. When doing business with him, she deliberately dawdled and didn't give him the whole blue egg until the car was about to leave. More interestingly, he took the eggs away first and then paid for them next time. If he brought her a bundle of dried noodles and two sand towels, Feng Jiao would definitely take back a catty of dried noodles and return it to him. She feels that only in this way can she be worthy of her association with him, and she is willing to make this association different from ordinary business. Sometimes she will think of the girl's words: "Are you sure you don't have a lover?" In fact, whether she has a lover or not is none of Feng Jiao's business, and she doesn't want to go with him. But she is willing to be nice to him. Do you have to have a lover to do this?
Xiang Xuehai is usually quiet and timid, but she is the most successful girl in business. Passengers love to buy her goods, because the way she looks at you is so trusting, and those crystal eyes tell you that the girl standing under the window still doesn't know what being cheated is. She didn't know how to bargain yet, only said, "You can give it at your discretion." When you look at her clean face, the face that seems to have been born a minute ago, and her lips as soft as red silk, a good feeling will rise in your heart. You can't bear to play tricks on such a little girl. In front of her, people who care about things will become generous.
Sometimes she also takes time to ask the outside world if the universities in Beijing want Taiergou people, and what is "reading poetry for fun" (she happened to read it in a book at the same table). Once, she asked a middle-aged woman with glasses about a pencil box that can be opened and closed automatically, and asked about its price. Who knows that the bus has already started before people can reply. She chased it far away, and when the autumn wind and the roar of the wheels rang in her ears, she stopped to realize how ridiculous her behavior was.
The train disappeared in the blink of an eye. The girls gathered around Xiang Xue and were amused to know why she was chasing the train.
"Silly girl!"
"Improper value!"
They patted her on the shoulder like elders.
"Just blame me for dawdling and ask slowly." Xiang Xue doesn't think this is an improper thing. She just complained that she didn't hurry.
"Well, why not ask!" Feng Jiao straddled the basket and said to Xiang Xue.
"Who told us that Xiang Xue was a student?" Some people also distinguish Xiang Xue.
Maybe it's because Xiang Xue is a student. She is the only one admitted to junior high school in Taiergou. ?
? There is no school in Taiergou, and Xiangxue goes to the commune fifteen miles away every day. Although it is her nature not to talk, she always has something to say to her sisters in Taiergou. There are not so many sisters in Commune Middle School. Although there are many female students, their manners, eyes and gentle smile seem to make Xiang Xuehai realize that she comes from a small place and a poor place. They deliberately asked her again and again, "How many meals do you eat there a day?" She didn't understand their intention and answered "two meals" seriously every time. Then he looked at them kindly and asked, "What about you?" ?
? "Three meals!" They answer confidently every time. Later, I felt unspeakable pity and anger at Xiang Xue's dullness in this respect. ?
? "Why don't you take a pencil case to school?" They asked again. ?
? "Isn't it?" Xiang Xue pointed to the corner of the table. ?
? In fact, they know that the small wooden box in the corner of the table is Xiangxue's pencil box, but they still look surprised. At this time, Xiang Xue's deskmate fiddled with her wide styrofoam pencil case. This is a pencil box that can be closed automatically. After a long time, Xiang Xuehai knew that it could be closed automatically, because there was a modest magnet hidden in the pencil case. Xiang Xuehai's small wooden box is unique in Taiergou, although it was specially made by her carpenter father for her to go to middle school. But here, compared with the pencil case at the same table, why does it look so clumsy and old? It shrank shyly on the corner of the table and made a clatter. ?
? Xiang Xue's heart can no longer be calm. She seemed to suddenly understand the repeated questioning of her classmates, and how pitiful two dog was. For the first time, she realized it was disgraceful. Because of poverty, her classmates dare to question her again and again. She stared at her deskmate's pencil box, guessing that it came from a distant big city and its value must be extraordinary. Can you get thirty eggs? Or forty or fifty? At this moment, her heart suddenly sank again: how did you think of this? Mom doesn't save eggs to make her think! However, why does that seductive clatter always echo in my ears? ?
In late autumn, the mountain wind is getting cold, and it gets dark earlier and earlier. But Xiang Xue and her sisters are waiting for the seven o'clock train. They can wear cotton-padded jackets. Feng Jiao wears a light pink plexiglass hairpin on her head, and some girls have silk rubber bands wrapped around their braids. They exchanged eggs and walnuts on the train. They are fully armed like city girls on the train, neatly arranged beside the railway, as if waiting for the distinguished guests from afar, and as if preparing for inspection. ?
? The train stopped and sighed heavily, as if complaining about the cold in Taiergou. Today, it shows a rare indifference to Taiergou: all the windows are closed, passengers drink tea and read newspapers in the evening light, and no one looks out of the window. People who are familiar with the long-distance running line seem to have forgotten the girl in Taiergou. ?
? As usual, Feng Jiao ran to the third carriage to find her "Beijing accent". Xiang Xue clutched the purple scarf on her head, put on the basket in her arms and kept running along her body. She stood on tiptoe as much as possible, hoping that people in the carriage could see her face. No one found her in the car, but she found what she had been longing for for for a long time on a small table full of food. Its appearance made her never want to go forward again. She put down the basket, her heart was pounding, and her hands clung to the window frame, recognizing that it was really a pencil case, an automatic pencil case with a magnet. It is so close to her that she can touch it as soon as she reaches out.
A middle-aged stewardess came and pulled Xiangxue away. Xiang Xue straddled the basket and stood in the distance to continue observation. When she was sure it belonged to the girl student by the window, she ran decisively and knocked on the glass. The female student turned around and saw the basket in Xiang Xue's arms. She waved at her apologetically and didn't mean to open the window. Somehow, she ran to the door and grabbed the handrail while standing at the door. If she hesitated when running, the warm and unique smell of the train from the carriage strengthened her confidence. She learned the look of "Beijing dialect" and jumped on the pedal lightly. She intends to run into the carriage as soon as possible and exchange eggs for pencil boxes as soon as possible. Maybe, she can decide to get on the bus in a few seconds, because she has so many eggs, that's forty. ?
? Xiang Xue finally stood on the train. She tightened the basket and carefully took the first step to the carriage. At this time, my body suddenly twitched, and then the door closed. When she realized what was happening in front of her eyes, the train had slowly bid farewell to Taiergou. Xiang Xue jumped on the car door and saw Feng Jiao's face flash to the bottom of the car. It seems that this is not a dream. Everything is true. She really left her sisters and stood on this familiar and strange train. She slapped the glass and shouted at Feng Jiao, "Feng Jiao! what can I do? What can I do? " ?
? The train ran relentlessly with fragrant snow, leaving Taiergou behind in an instant. The next stop is Xishankou, 30 miles from Taiergou. ?
? Sanlidi, for the train, the car is really nothing, and Xishan Pass is just among the passengers chatting. There are many people getting on the bus here, and only one passenger got off, that is Xiang Xue. The basket disappeared from her arm, and she stuffed it under the girl student's seat.
In the car, when she blushed and told the lesbian that she would exchange eggs for her pencil box, the female classmate blushed for some reason. She must give Xiang Xue the pencil case, and said that she lives in the school cafeteria and can't eat eggs when she takes it home. Afraid Xiang Xue wouldn't believe it, she pointed to the school card on her chest, which really had the words "Mining and Metallurgy College" on it. Xiang Xue thought she was coaxing her. Doesn't she have a home except school? Xiang Xuehai fiddled with her pencil box and thought about her thoughts. No matter how poor the dog is, she has never taken anything from others for nothing. Just a few seconds before the train stopped, Xiang Xuehai suddenly stuffed the basket under the female student's seat and left quickly. ?
? In the car, the passengers advised her to stay at Xishankou for one night and then go back to Taiergou. Enthusiastic "Beijing dialect" also told her that his lover had a relative who lived at the station. Xiang Xuehai didn't survive, and she didn't intend to find any relatives of "Beijing dialect". What he said made her feel wronged. She wronged Feng Jiao and Taiergou. She just thought wholeheartedly: hurry back, go to school with confidence tomorrow, open her bag with confidence and put it on the table. The people in the car didn't know that the roar of the train had made her feel like a frightened deer, and they didn't know how capable the girl in the mountain was in front of the mountains and the night. ?
? The train soon disappeared from Xishankou Station, leaving her with an empty space. A cold wind blew and sucked her thin body. She wrapped the scarf that slipped onto her shoulder tightly around her head and sat down on the runway. Xiang Xue felt all kinds of fears. She was afraid of hair when she was a child. If she can't choose a hair, she will cry. When she grows up, she is afraid to go to the yard alone at night, afraid of caterpillars and being tickled (Feng Jiao likes to do this with her). Now she is afraid of this strange western mountain mouth, the dark mountains around her, the frightening silence and the sound of the Woods when the wind blows near her. Sanli road, walk all the way back, how many forests, large and small, you have to pass by!
A full moon rises, illuminating the silent valley, gray paths, withered grass in autumn, rough trunks, overgrown thorns and rocks, the ranks of trees all over the mountains, and the shiny little box in Xiang Xue's hand. ?
? Only then did she think of picking it up and studying it carefully. It thought, why don't you take a good look after all the trains? Now, in the bright moonlight, it can see that it is light green with two white calla lilies on the lid. She opened it carefully, learned to sit at the same table and patted the lid. With a bang, it closed tightly. She opened the lid again and felt that she should decorate things at once. She took a small box of cream out of her pocket and put it in, then closed the lid. Only then did she feel that the pencil-box really belonged to her, really. It thought of tomorrow again. When she went to school tomorrow, how she hoped they would question her again and again! ?
? She stood up and suddenly felt very satisfied, and the wind softened a lot. She found the moon so clear. The mountains are shrouded in moonlight, like mother's solemn and sacred breasts; The leaves of the walnut tree dried by the autumn wind are rolled up like golden bells on the tree. For the first time, she clearly heard them singing at night inspired by the wind. She was no longer afraid, strode onto the sleeper and walked straight ahead. Dashan is like this! The moon is like this! Walnut trees are like this! Xiang Xuehai walked as if she had recognized the valley where she grew up for the first time. What about Taiergou? Somehow, she quickened her pace. She is eager to see it as if she had never seen it before. Taiergou will definitely be "like this": at that time, the girls in Taiergou will no longer beg for others or answer repeated questions. The beautiful men on the train will come to the door, and the train will stop for a longer time, maybe three points, four points, maybe ten points and eight points. It will open all the doors and windows leading to Taiergou. If this happens again tonight, anyone can get off the bus calmly. ?
? What happened in Taiergou tonight? By the way, Xiang Xue was taken away by train. Why does she still remember it like a joke? Forty eggs are gone. What would mom say? Isn't dad looking forward to having a wife and daughter every day? At that time, he didn't have enough work to finish. He could play with those cabinets, cupboards and crates day and night with his bare copper back to earn Xiang Xue's tuition. Thought of here, Xiang Xue stopped, the moonlight seemed dim, and the sleepers at the foot became blurred. What do you mean, go back? She looked around the mountains and was silent; She looked at the nearby Yang Shulin again. Yang Shulin rang the doorbell with interest, but didn't really tell her what to do. Where is the sound of running water? She searched and found a shallow stream a few meters away from the tracks. She stepped off the tracks and sat down by the stream. She remembers washing clothes with Feng Jiao by the river when she was a child, and she met an old man who changed sesame candy. Feng Jiao suggested Xiang Xue exchange a sweatshirt for some sweets and taught her to be kind to her mother? Said the skirt was accidentally washed away by the river. Xiangxue wanted to eat sesame candy, but she didn't change it. She still remembers that the old man waited for her sincerely for a long time. Why did she think of this little thing? Maybe it's time to tell a lie to mom, because sesame candy is not as important as a pencil case. She wants to tell her mother that this is a treasure chest. Whoever uses it can go to college, run around on the train and eat whatever he wants, and will never be questioned about how much food he eats every day. Mom will believe it, because Xiang Xue never lies. ?
? The song of the stream is getting higher and higher. It ran forward happily, hitting the stones in the water and splashing small waves from time to time. Xiang Xue is also going her own way. She washed her face with a stream, and then licked her hair with her hands stained with water. The water was cold, but she felt refreshed. She bid farewell to the stream and returned to the long railway. ?
? What's ahead? This is a tunnel. It stands there like the black eyes of a mountain. Xiang Xue stopped again, but she did not go back. She remembered the pencil case in her arms and the envious eyes of her classmates, which seemed to flash in the tunnel. She bent down and tore off a hay and tied the stem into a pigtail. Mother told her that it can "ward off evil spirits". Then she ran towards the tunnel. To be precise, it is rushing.
Xiang Xue is getting more and more popular. She took off her scarf and put it around her neck. How many miles did she walk? I don't know, although the "Weaver Girl" and "Oil Gourd" in the grass are always singing to remind her. Where is Taiergou? Looking forward, she saw black spots crawling on the tracks. She didn't find it until she got closer. It was a person and a group of people came to meet her. The first one is Feng Jiao, and behind Feng Jiao is the sister gate of Taiergou. ?
? Xiang Xue wants to run quickly, but why does her leg become unusually heavy? Standing on the sleeper, she looked back at the straight rails, shining in the moonlight, calmly recording Xiang Xue's journey. She suddenly felt a tight heart and began to cry somehow. Those are tears of joy and satisfaction. Facing the severe and warm mountains, she felt a kind of pride that she had never felt before. She wiped away tears with the back of her hand, took off the straw stick inserted in the braid, lifted the pencil case and ran to meet the crowd opposite. ?
? In the valley, the girls burst into shouts of happiness. They called Xiang Xue's name, and their voices were so unrestrained and warm. They laughed, so openly and recklessly. The ancient mountains were finally moved to tremble, and it gave out a broad, bright and low echo and cheered with them. ?
? Oh, Xiang Xue! Xiang Xue! ?
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