Chapter 22 Traveling Far Away
"Woo woo woo, clang. clang."

The train to Shanghai is leaving.

Lu Yang was sitting near the window and could no longer see his wife waving goodbye to him reluctantly when she came to see him off outside the window.

After the city, outside the window are continuous mountains, or occasionally a golden rice field.

My eldest cousin Lu Youren, who had never traveled far, watched with great interest.

Because it was a hard seat and three people were just in a row, Lu Yang thought about it and simply switched seats with his eldest cousin so that he could watch it to his heart's content. He and Da Jun stared at each other, and they couldn't help but recall the thrilling scene three days ago.

If the old man hadn't come out with a shotgun, something serious would have happened.

It was obvious that those hooligans were often involved in brawls, and they were already starting to look for weapons. The army had injured their people, and they couldn't tell who was the good and who was the bad, or who was the boss. Unless both sides sent a few people to the hospital, this matter would definitely not be resolved.

When the old man came out with a shotgun, the conflict ended immediately, but someone almost lost his life.

To use the old man's words at the time, if this bunch of hooligans dared to come to his house to cause trouble, as long as they surrendered a little slowly or squatted in the wrong posture, he would shoot them all, using his own life to exchange for so many dogs' lives.

Lu Yang couldn't tell the real from the fake.

But seeing that the old man was full of murderous intent at the time, and those hooligans were so scared that they even peed their pants when they looked into the old man's eyes, it's hard to say.

"Dajun, let's take turns sleeping first."

This train takes a whole day and night to get to Shanghai, nearly 31 hours. If you get off early at Feicheng Station, it will still take at least 20 hours.

No one can really stand not being distracted or sleeping for such a long time, so resting in different time periods becomes the best option.

Lu Yang saw bloodshot in Da Jun's eyes and knew that he must not have slept well in the past few days. He originally wanted to let Da Jun take a nap.

But Da Jun shook his head and stared at the passers-by with a pair of vigilant eyes, "I'm not sleepy. Yangzi, if you are sleepy, you can sleep first. I will watch the luggage first. There are too many people getting on and off the bus, and there are many people walking around. It is crowded, which is the time when luggage is most likely to be stolen. Our old squad leader taught us that we must not close our eyes at this time. It is better to open one eye and close the other when you are really sleepy, rather than sleeping right after getting on the bus. This at least shows that you are alert enough, so that thieves can stay away from you as much as possible and not regard you as a target."

What you said makes a lot of sense.

Lu Yang nodded.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this method is just to bluff people with your imposing manner, but it is only suitable for traveling alone.

Lu Yang smiled and said, "Okay! Dajun, you are an expert. Our safety along the way depends on you."

After saying that, he punched the other person.

What the army needs at this time is affirmation, not correction.

"Your tendons are pretty tough."

Lu Yang saw that his punch was like scratching an itch, and it hit Da Jun's biceps. Not only did it not hurt him, but his fist was like hitting a stone.

grinned.

He laughed and said, "I'll practice tomorrow when I'm free. You can teach me more."

It turns out that my farm clothes are not as strong as those of a soldier.

No longer be pretentious.

He lay down and fell asleep. Not long after, Lu Yang, who forced himself to sleep, actually started snoring.

He finally figured it out.

Whether it was the eldest cousin who was enjoying the scenery, or the crowd of pedestrians who were now vigilantly staring at the pedestrians passing by in the aisle, the two of them could not sleep during the day today. Because of the novelty and the nervousness, they would not be able to fall asleep even if they wanted to.

What about night?
What to do at night?
Just because there are no pedestrians walking in the corridor doesn’t mean it is safe. There still needs to be someone on duty to keep everyone awake.

Finally, it was concluded that that person could only be Lu Yang himself.

All know.

Of course, he had to catch up on his sleep. Nothing dramatic happened. The whole day, the eldest cousin was looking out the window. Dalu had been staring at the pedestrians in the corridor all day, and his eyes had turned red, and began to feel dry and sore, and he kept rubbing his eyes.

By night, the excitement of the day had passed and sleepiness finally set in. Even though the two of them kept pinching their thighs and tried every way to stay awake, it was of no use. Finally, after being comforted by Lu Yang, he said that he would keep watch and told them to put their minds at ease and just sleep. Then they both turned their heads away with blushing faces and slowly closed their eyes. Not long after, they began to snore loudly.

Lu Yang just smiled knowingly.

I believe that after this experience, both my cousin and Dalu will grow a lot, right?

That night, Lu Yang kept his eyes wide open and stayed awake until the early morning.

But what he had expected came true. After this incident, he never stayed up all night again in the next six months. He would no longer agree to anything his eldest cousin and Junzi said.

The reason is simple.

They were hired by Lu Yang. In terms of status, Lu Yang was the employer and they were just employees. The job of keeping watch at night should have been taken turns by these employees, but Lu Yang just took the job for the first time, and he took it so hard that they couldn't object because they were really sleepy.

Shame!
That's why we should learn from our shame and then be brave.

With this in mind, Lu Yang dared to leave the rest of the journey, his safety when tired, and the safety of his money to the two of them.

"Clang."

The green train was slowly approaching the station and then slowly stopped.

It was already dusk of the next day outside the window.

We have arrived at Feicheng Station.

Facing the puzzled looks of his eldest cousin and Da Jun, Lu Yang gave them a look, packed his luggage, and took them both off the train.

"Yangzi, didn't you say you were going to Shencheng?"

"We are going to Shencheng, but we have to spend all the money we brought with us in Feicheng first."

"what?"

Under their stupid and ignorant gaze.

After exiting the station, Lu Yang sent away several waves of aunties and grandmas who came forward to pull them for accommodation. He waved his hand and called a rickshaw nearby.

"boarding."

"what?"

"go there?"

"Let's book a hotel first, then change our clothes and have a good sleep. Tomorrow morning, we will start our money-making business."

After half an hour.

In the center of Feicheng City, Lu Yang, who had already changed his clothes, was now wearing a straight navy blue Zhongshan suit, a pen in his upper pocket, and a pair of shiny leather shoes on his feet.

Like a young cadre.

Behind them, the somewhat shy eldest cousin and Junzi were both wearing the same straight Zhongshan suit, with pens in their upper pockets and a pair of shiny leather shoes. Except for the difference in the color of the Zhongshan suit, which both of them had changed to medium gray, there was no difference between the three of them. It was just that they did not have the aura of Lu Yang, which made them look a bit out of place, like a monkey in a human clothing.

"This is too expensive, Yangzi, can we not have it?"

"Yes, this set, plus the pen, is almost over two hundred dollars. Wearing it is like wearing a pile of money. It makes me feel uncomfortable. How about forgetting it?"

"No."

Lu Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the money. This is the work clothes I bought for you two. It's free. Now your task is to go back and practice well. Just practice walking. Just walk properly. Stand up straight and be confident. Don't let people see you as a liar. You have tonight to get used to it."

(End of this chapter)