The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

That night, Zhao Dongchuan fell into a drowsy sleep. The rattling sound of the train as it ran prevented him from sleeping peacefully.

After finally making it to the next morning, the carriage began to become lively. Some were brushing their teeth and washing up, some were drinking tea and chatting, some were playing cards, and there were even stewards pushing the dining cart along the carriage, hawking "peanuts, melon seeds, and cigarettes" like street vendors.

Zhao Dongchuan climbed down from his bunk, took his toothbrush and toothpaste and went to the sink at the other end of the hard sleeper car to brush his teeth.

At this time, there were already several people crowded over there brushing their teeth. Everyone brushed their teeth after getting some water, and the scene was quite harmonious.

Zhao Dongchuan saw the man in the lower bunk was also brushing his teeth there. The man saw him and smiled at him. Zhao Dongchuan also nodded to him.

Although the two had never spoken to each other and had only briefly met, they now seemed like friends.

After brushing their teeth, they returned to their beds. Zhao Dongchuan did not climb up, but took down a folding chair in the corridor and sat on it. He took out the steamed bun and water cup he brought from the space from the package and started chatting with the man while eating.

The man's name was Hu Jianjun. Coincidentally, his hometown was in the provincial capital, and his parents were now in Shenzhen due to work transfers. His cousin in his hometown was getting married, and he attended the wedding on behalf of their family.

Hu Jianjun also asked about his situation. Zhao Dongchuan just said that he had taken a few days off and wanted to go out and see some new experiences.

"Do you want to go there?" Hu Jianjun asked vaguely.

Zhao Dongchuan didn't react at the time and looked at him in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"Uh, it's okay, it's okay!" Hu Jianjun obviously had some concerns and did not explain clearly.

Due to Zhao Dongchuan’s fixed thinking, his worldview is still in the Huangyuan area of ​​the original work "Ordinary World", and he did not think that many major events are happening in other parts of the world.

For example, nowadays, many people are trying to get to the other side through various channels and methods.

Zhao Dongchuan reacted belatedly after understanding Hu Jianjun's performance and combining it with the current time and Pengcheng's geographical location.

Hu Jianjun was talking about the port city.

At this time of year, many people are living a hard life, some are even unable to survive, while the port city across the river is endlessly prosperous. As a result, many people vote with their feet, abandoning their homes and businesses and moving away from their homeland. We cannot say they are wrong, we can only say that life is helpless.

The port city is now experiencing rapid economic development and needs a large amount of labor, so it welcomes everyone who comes.

Of course, Zhao Dongchuan never had such an idea. In fact, no matter where he was, he was just a passer-by in this world.

Of course, if he had the chance, he would also like to see what the port city was like during this period.

In order to dispel Hu Jianjun's concerns, Zhao Dongchuan also told him some of his situation. After hearing that Zhao Dongchuan was now working at the Huangyuan City Cultural Center, Hu Jianjun obviously became less concerned.

"You are really capable. I am just a temporary worker now!" Hu Jianjun said self-deprecatingly.

"Temporary workers?" Temporary workers can take sleeper berths? If Zhao Dongchuan had not completed the system task, he would not have paid 20 yuan to buy a ticket and traveled so far.

Zhao Dongchuan looked at him in confusion. Hu Jianjun scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "My parents arranged this ticket through their connections. I'm working as a temporary worker in the transport team now."

Zhao Dongchuan nodded and said, "Have you taken the driving test?"

"I'm still practicing. I usually just watch from the sidelines when the car is out, and I rarely have the opportunity to touch the car myself."

Time passed by as they chatted. When Zhao Dongchuan was not chatting, he would read books and do some exercises, which attracted the attention of other passengers in the carriage.

Many people secretly looked at him from time to time, some with disdain, some with interest. These days universities have been abolished and there is no guaranteed job assignment, so studying has become useless.

Zhao Dongchuan didn't care about these things and just did his own thing, which made Hu Jianjun admire him even more.

At this time, the little girl on the upper bunk opposite, who had been relatively silent, suddenly said to Zhao Dongchuan: "Hello, can you lend me a book?"

It was probably Zhao Dongchuan's performance that aroused her interest in reading and gave the silent little girl the courage.

"Okay, here you go," Zhao Dongchuan said, handing the little girl a book called "Children of the Paracel Islands" that he had borrowed from the library of the cultural center.

"Thank you"

It can be seen that this is an introverted and shy girl.

Zhao Dongchuan didn't care and continued to do the questions.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhao Dongchuan, Hu Jianjun, and the girl on the upper bunk opposite gradually became familiar with each other.

The girl's name was Li Yuer. As her name suggested, she was obviously a beautiful girl. Although she always wore a big hat covering half of her face and rarely walked around, her fair skin and delicate features exuded the charm of youth.

Hu Jianjun was obviously very interested in the girl and always tried to talk to her from time to time.

Li Yuer didn't pay much attention to him and just focused on reading, but she would pay attention to the questions Zhao Dongchuan was doing from time to time.

"Do you want to go to college?" Li Yuer suddenly asked him in a low voice.

"Knowledge is never outdated. You never know when it might come in handy!" Zhao Dongchuan certainly didn't say that the college entrance examination would be resumed in two years. He just mentioned it vaguely.

When Li Yuer heard what Zhao Dongchuan said, she looked at him deeply, which made him puzzled.

"You are awesome!" Li Yuer said suddenly.

"Hahaha, is that so? Sorry, you found out," Zhao Dongchuan responded with a smile. This teasing answer made Li Yuer smile as if she was infected.

Zhao Dongchuan, who was on the upper bunk, felt agitated when he saw Li Yuer smiling like a flower. Damn, this beauty's lethality is really not to be underestimated. No, he needs to do some more physics problems to clear his mind.

After that, Zhao Dongchuan didn't dare to provoke Li Yuer anymore and just focused on doing the questions.

At noon, Hu Jianjun suggested going to the restaurant for lunch.

Zhao Dongchuan readily agreed. He had only eaten steamed buns and some fruits and biscuits in the past two days and hadn't had a proper hot meal. He was a little greedy.

Of course, Hu Jianjun obviously did not forget to invite Li Yuer to join them, and Li Yuer did not act pretentiously and agreed.

So the three of them walked towards the restaurant.

When we arrived at the restaurant, we saw white translucent curtains and the tables were covered with white tablecloths, giving people a very neat feeling.

The three of them found an empty table and sat down. There was a blackboard hanging on the wall of the restaurant with the menu written in large white chalk characters. The three of them ordered a stir-fried chicken, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a bowl of seaweed soup. After ordering, the three of them sat down and waited.

There were not many people in the restaurant at this time, but there were quite a few too. There were also some foreigners with fair skin, blue eyes and high noses eating.

Obviously these are foreign tourists who came from the soft sleeper to eat.

Although these people did not speak the same language, they were not reserved and used gestures to communicate with the Chinese people from time to time. Some of them even shared the table to eat and clink glasses to drink together.

Zhao Dongchuan was also very curious about this, but his English was not good and he could only roughly understand some of the conversations, so he had no intention of contacting them.

His English was not good when he was in college, which led to his failure in the college entrance examination and he only got into a third-rate university.

I also had the experience of failing the English exam in college.

Zhao Dongchuan felt embarrassed when thinking about the past events that he couldn't bear to recall. English was indeed not his strong point.