Chilechuan is located outside Outer Mongolia, a full thousand kilometers away. That train is destined to be a long journey.
Fortunately, Li Jie and Qin Nan didn't take the sleeper berth that time.
The train headed west. After a few days, the scenery outside the window gradually changed. The trees on both sides of the railway became shorter and shorter.
At first, it even disappeared and was replaced by endless grassland.
Seeing the vast grassland, Qin Nan instantly became energetic, and the fatigue of the journey was swept away.
The train happened to pass by a pastoral area. Looking at the herds of cattle and horses and the galloping horses, Qin Nan finally had some expectations for his future life.
"Zhihua, let me look quickly, there are many herdsmen over there."
Not long after, Qin Nan excitedly pulled Li Jie and asked him to watch it together.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them came to the window and admired the scenery outside. However, the aisle of the sleeper car was a bit narrow.
Excluding the high and low beds placed on both sides, there is only a few dozen centimeters of width left. And the two of them are squeezed in the window, so it is inevitable that they will be closer to each other.
It was so close that Qin Nan could detect the warm breath.
At first, Qin Nan didn't notice that. Her mind was focused on the herds of cattle and sheep and the herdsmen grazing.
But slowly, she felt something strange.
No, she didn't push back. In fact, she liked that feeling very much.
Not only did she not give in to the side, but she consciously followed her heart and moved a few steps to the side.
On the side, a middle-aged man in the shop couldn't help but smile when he saw that scene.
Youth.
very nice.
After a few glances, the middle-aged man wearing glasses withdrew his gaze and focused his attention on the newspaper again.
In front of the car window, Li Jie obviously noticed Qin Nan's little move, but he also ignored it.
Wouldn't that be nice?
They understand each other tacitly and rush to each other.
The two of them just crowded in front of the window like that, looking at the scenery outside the window and talking quietly.
During this period, Qin Nan was mostly talking, thinking about the 'beautiful' life in the future.
Before, she felt that Chilechuan was too far away and the conditions were too difficult.
Now, she has expectations instead.
Listening to Qin Nan's description of the future, Li Jie smiled occasionally and agreed. He did not crush Qin Nan's fantasy.
Winter in the grassland is very cold.
If there is a snowstorm, there will be a vast red mist between the sky and the earth, making it difficult to even see the road.
Li Jie met him several times when he was in Saihanba.
Even if he saw that kind of power, he would be filled with emotion. Many of the young people at the dam would be scared away.
However, compared with those people, Qin Nan was at least lucky because she did not go with Li Jie.
If we really encounter bad weather, the best we can do is stay at home and spend the winter.
It's not a big deal if you just need to stock up on food in advance.
The following month.
The train arrived at the station. Qin Nan did not expect that from the moment he got off the train, the journey had just begun.
The educated youth point they wanted to go to was very remote, so they had to take a car and take another route before notifying the educated youth point to pick them up.
The road over the pasture is very poor and not open to traffic. To this day, animal-drawn vehicles are still the main means of transportation.
When they arrived at the Educated Youth Office, Li Jie and Qin Nan waited for another three days before waiting for someone from the Educated Youth Office.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
Outside the Educated Youth Office, a middle-aged man with dark complexion and lean body, dressed as a herdsman, waved his leg towards the two of them with a smile.
"there!"
Walking closer, the middle-aged man looked at the two of them carefully. Slowly, the smile on his face seemed to diminish a little.
'Those with delicate skin and tender flesh will definitely not be able to do the job.'
'Here comes another young master and a young lady.'
Thinking of that, the middle-aged man suddenly sighed in his heart. They already had an "eldest young master" there, and now there are two more.
What to do next!
"Brother, I'm fine. Am I from the 4th Brigade?"
Li Jie walked over with a smile, and then, like magic, he took out the medical insurance Dongfanghong cigarettes from his pocket.
"Yo, good stuff!"
The middle-aged man lowered his head and glanced at the outer packaging of the cigarette, and the smile on his face became a little wider.
"What a good thing. I got it from them before I came here."
Li Jie smiled and gave the middle-aged man a cigarette, and then lit one for himself.
He recognized that man.
As for Lao Guo in "The Wrangler", the classic line, "Old Xu, if you don't ask for a wife, just ask me to open the mouth of Chrysostom, and he will bring it to me right away", did it come from the mouth of Lao Guo?
"The taste of good cigarettes is really different."
After taking a long puff of cigarette, Lao Guo couldn't help but admired.
Li Jie laughed: "I begged him if he liked it, and he asked his friend to send some more later."
"You wouldn't dare!"
Upon hearing that, Lao Guo shook his head repeatedly.
"That cigarette is very expensive, but if you smoke it for a few puffs, it will become very beautiful."
"Haha, bro, I'm going to make a fuss when I say that."
Li Jie shook his head and said: "From now on, we will be comrades in the same trench. We will fight each other."
"There is no such explanation."
"That young man of mine, it sounds so good to shut up."
Lao Guo also laughed. At this moment, he suddenly forgot his previous comment.
Something like 'eldest young master'.
That doesn't matter.
Please tell me if I can draw Dongfanghong every day. I would like to spend more time and teach others.
That right-hand man, Xu Lingjun, didn’t even know how to feed a horse or chop firewood at first, but now he’s learning well?
That’s all due to Lao Guo!
"Wrong, brother, when will they set off?"
"anytime!"
Lao Guo smiled cheerfully, saying "old brother" in his mouth, which sounded really comfortable.
"Well, brother, I'll wait for them there for a while while they go to the guest house to get some luggage."
Later, Li Jie stuffed the freshly opened package of Dongfanghong into Lao Guo's arms.
"Brother, it took a little long for them to go. I'll bear with you. If you're in a hurry, I'll smoke a little."
After saying this, Li Jie didn't even wait for Lao Guo's reaction and immediately pulled Qin Nan to the guest house.
"Hey!"
Looking at the backs of the two of them, Lao Guo opened his mouth and shouted, "No." When the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
Then, he looked down at the cigarette case in his lap.
That cigarette case, why does it become more beautiful the more you look at it?
After admiring it for a while, Lao Guo stuffed the box of cigarettes into his arms.
Such good cigarettes should not be wasted.
Keep it, and if someone comes to the house in the future, it will save your face if you leave.
As for normal times?
Just smoke a pipe.
If you smoke that good cigarette every day, even the landlord's family won't be able to afford it.
Lao Guo knew very well that his identity was wrong.
After waiting for about a few minutes, Lao Guo walked to the side of the donkey cart with nothing to do, and then walked towards the cart board.
Using the sky as a quilt and the car as a bed, he just lay on the car bed, ready to take a nap.