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After taking out the letter and looking at the envelope, I realized that it was not from Lin Yan, but from Qin Zhengguo who was far away in Anton.

Opening the letter, Song Yuanchao went upstairs to read it, but before he entered the room, he was stunned by the content of the letter. He quickly picked up the envelope and carefully looked at the postmark time on it, and then calculated the time. Ouch He turned around and ran downstairs in a hurry.

Go downstairs, unlock the bicycle lock, jump on the bicycle and ride outside.

The action was so urgent that Song Yuanchao didn't even have time to respond to the aunt who was doing laundry next door to greet Song Yuanchao. He stepped on the pedals and rushed out of the alley. The strength of the whole body makes the bicycle go faster.

More than 20 minutes later, Song Yuanchao arrived at the Old North Railway Station, sweating profusely on his bicycle. You must know that this section of the road usually takes at least nearly 40 minutes to ride a bicycle. Today, Song Yuanchao arrived in only half of the time. It is conceivable Know how fast he rides.

Arriving at the square of the Old North Railway Station, Song Yuanchao locked the car at the bus station and rushed towards the exit. He rushed to the exit and searched anxiously among the surrounding crowd. After searching for a long time, he failed to see any familiar figure. .

Seeing no one, the impatient Song Yuan asked the comrades at the train station about the train schedule. When he learned that the train was not late, but arrived around four in the afternoon, Song Yuanchao felt even more anxious.

"Where did this guy go?" Song Yuanchao searched back and forth at the east and west exits, but still couldn't see Qin Zhengguo's figure. He put his hands on his hips and panted with a puzzled expression on his face. Could it be that this guy took the bus to find his house by himself?It's not impossible, Qin Zhengguo knew his home address, otherwise how would he send the letter?If this is the case, wouldn't the two be staggered?

He was thinking about going home to have a look right away, maybe Qin Zhengguo was already waiting at the door when he got home.Just when Song Yuanchao was hesitating about how to make a decision, Qin Zhengguo's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Aid Korea!"

"Zhengguo!"

Looking back, isn't that guy wearing a blue cloth jacket and green army trousers, carrying a bag, with messy hair and holding a steaming half-eaten baked potato in his hand, Qin Zhengguo?

"Where have you been?"

"Blame me? I still want to ask why you came here? You've been starving to death for a long time, and you don't have to die for the country if you don't eat anything?" Qin Zhengguo ate the baked potato, and pointed his chin toward the square. Looking in that direction, Song Yuanchao saw a stall selling baked potatoes.

"I'm really sorry. I just received your letter. I saw that the time is now. I ran away from home and still didn't catch up. I kept you waiting." Song Yuanchao hugged Qin Zhengguo and explained to him that he was coming late. s reason.

Qin Zhengguo didn't have time in his hands, and he was still holding unfinished baked potatoes. He laughed immediately after hearing this: "It seems that the letter is running slower than me. If I had known it, I would have come out a day later."

"You boy should send me a telegram."

"Telegram? How much does it cost per word? I don't have such a luxury as you." Qin Zhengguo gulped down the baked potato and gave Song Yuanchao a white look, and said while eating, "Don't mention it, the stuff from Shanghai is pretty good. No worse than mine."

"Okay, don't eat, please eat well, let's go." With his arms around Qin Zhengguo, Song Yuanchao took him to the parking place with a smile on his face. It's his fault, not to mention one delicious meal, even if he should be invited to three meals.

Song Yuanchao smiled and agreed, but even though he said so, Qin Zhengguo didn't waste food, he ate all the baked yams in his hand, even the ones that stuck to the skin.

When he arrived, Qin Zhengguo's eyes lit up when he saw that Song Yuanchao was riding a bicycle.

"You bastard can do it! You even rode the car? Tsk tsk, this bike is not bad, let me ride it for a while first." As soon as Qin Zhengguo put his luggage on the ground, he asked Song Yuanchao for the car key. Song Yuanchao smiled and shook his head, took out the key and gave it to him.

Qin Zhengguo unlocked the car and jumped into the car without saying a word, wandered around the square, turned twice and came back in front of Song Yuanchao, stopped with his right foot on the brake, and said to Song Yuanchao: "Take something. Get in the car, let's go."

"I said Zhengguo, let me get in the car because you don't even know the way?"

"I don't know you. Just sit in the back and show me the way." Qin Zhengguo said carelessly. Song Yuanchao couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only sit in the back with his luggage. As soon as he sat on his buttocks, Qin Zhengguo couldn't wait to ride , Riding out of the square, Song Yuanchao hurriedly shouted from behind: "No, you are riding in the wrong direction, and you are riding in the wrong direction!"

"It's the other way around? It's okay, I'll just turn right in front of you and turn right again. You really are, remember to point out early in the future, what are you thinking, and you don't even care about pointing out the way." Qin Zhengguo said while riding happily , Song Yuanchao who was sitting behind was choked by his words for a long time, really dumbfounded.

Qin Zhengguo had been hungry for most of the day on the train, and now he ate a baked potato. Song Yuanchao didn't take him home first, because there was nothing to eat at home.

After coming back, Song Yuanchao started a fire for a few days. After going to work in the school-run factory, he went out early and returned home late every day and didn't have time to buy vegetables and cook. So these days, except for the rest days, Song Yuanchao ate ready-made food at Zhang's aunt's house.

Near home, Song Yuanchao let Qin Zhengguo stop at a state-run restaurant, and the two locked the car at the door and entered the restaurant.

It was almost past meal time now, and there were not many dishes served in the restaurant. Song Yuanchao asked the salesperson to order casually, and when they arrived, the two of them devoured it without saying a word.

After dinner, Song Yuanchao took Qin Zhengguo to put his luggage back to his home first, and then went to the nearby people's bath to take a bath. After refreshing himself, Song Yuanchao also figured out why Qin Zhengguo suddenly ran to Shanghai to find himself.

Qin Zhengguo returned home almost at the same time as Song Yuanchao. Compared with Shanghai, Andong is one of the important cities in the north, but it also faces the problem of resettlement of a large number of educated youths returning to the city.

In order to implement the work, Qin Zhengguo's family members, including himself, have thought of countless ways these days, but there is still no result.

As time passed, Qin Zhengguo, who stayed at home without a job, became more and more depressed. He felt that he was almost like a useless person. This kind of life was not as good as when he was repairing the earth in the northwest.

With no hope in sight, Song Yuanchao mentioned in his letter that he and his friends were doing clothes hanger business. Song Yuanchao only briefly mentioned this matter in the letter, but he did not expect that Qin Zhengguo's heart would be stirred up. stormy sea.

After reading the letter, Qin Zhengguo couldn't be calm. He suddenly found that instead of staying in Anton to live such a hopeless life, he might as well go to Shanghai to find Song Yuanchao and follow Song Yuanchao. Maybe this is the way.

In this way, after several days of consideration, Qin Zhengguo finally made up his mind and bought a ticket from Beizhili to Shanghai to defect to Song Yuanchao. Before departure, Qin Zhengguo wrote a letter to Song Yuanchao, saying Knowing his train number and arrival time, he asked Song Yuanchao to pick him up at the train station, and that's how today's scene happened.

"Yanchao, this is the first time I've come back to Shanghai, and I don't know anyone else here except you." Qin Zhengguo was half-lying on the sofa in the bathroom lounge, smoking a cigarette, with a towel tied around his waist. Song Yuanchao on the side said.

Song Yuanchao smiled, of course he understood the meaning of Qin Zhengguo's words, and immediately reassured him: "Don't worry, I will definitely not starve you if I eat everything."

"I knew you were a buddy! It's not wrong to come to Shanghai!" Qin Zhengguo cracked his lips and laughed. To be honest, he was still a little nervous just now, for fear that Song Yuanchao would reject him.

"Speaking of which, you came at the right time. These days I really lack people, people of my own." Song Yuanchao said while smoking a cigarette.

In fact, Song Yuanchao thought about it when he received Qin Zhengguo at the train station. Qin Zhengguo was his best buddy when he went to the countryside. , although Gu Jie is really reliable, but compared to Li Daqi Gu Jie's temperament is still a little shy.

This guy Qin Zhengguo is different. This kid has always been good at speaking. He can turn the dead into living with a single mouth. In addition, he is thick-skinned enough. He can lick his face when he sees anyone and call him big brother. One year the harvest was not good. , Song Yuanchao and the others had no food for several winters, and they only ate one meal of corn and wild vegetables in two days. If Qin Zhengguo hadn't had the cheek to lead them to the county town to beg for food, they might have starved to death in the northwest.