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

After waiting for less than half an hour, Zhao Dongchuan and his friends' food was ready, and the three of them began to eat. Li Yuer ate slowly and leisurely, which was very pleasing to the eye. Zhao Dongchuan and Hu Jianjun were not so elegant, and they considered their image by not wolfing down the food.

It was really because I hadn't had a proper hot meal for two days. Moreover, the chefs at that time were all senior technicians, their salaries were not low, and their cooking skills were superb, which was not comparable to the shoddy products that pursued profits in later generations.

After finishing the meal, the three of them paid for the meal and returned to their respective beds.

Zhao Dongchuan continued to do his exercises as usual, while Li Yuer read the novel "Children of the Paracel Islands" with great interest.

Hu Jianjun had nothing to do so he went to play poker with others.

After a journey of 3 days and 2 nights, the train finally arrived at its final destination, Pengcheng.

The conductor shouted on a loud speaker that we had arrived at the station and asked everyone to maintain order. Then, as the wheels stopped moving completely, the crowd in the carriage started to fight again, scrambling to get ahead for fear of being left behind.

The three young men had no large luggage and no families to bring with them, so naturally they were not in a hurry. They just moved slowly with the crowd.

After leaving the station, Hu Jianjun asked Zhao Dongchuan if he had a place to stay, and asked Zhao Dongchuan to stay in his dormitory so that he could go home to sleep.

Zhao Dongchuan naturally rejected his kindness and said that he wanted to stay in the guesthouse. What he was going to do required a quieter place. Hu Jianjun did not say anything more about this.

Li Yuer was picked up by someone, a serious middle-aged man. There was a car parked nearby. He was wearing a navy blue windbreaker and walked straight and imposingly. He was probably a leading cadre here.

Li Yuer spoke a few words to the man and then walked towards them.

"Brother Zhao, you are going to the guesthouse, right? I'll take you with me. We have a car going our way." Li Yuer looked at him with her big eyes blinking.

Zhao Dongchuan really wanted to go to the guesthouse, but he was worried because he had no car and didn't know the way.

Since Li Yuer drove here to pick him up and wanted to take him along the way, Zhao Dongchuan naturally had no reason to refuse.

So I said hello to Hu Jianjun, made an appointment to meet again when I had time, and got in the car.

The driver was driving the car, Zhao Dongchuan was sitting in the passenger seat, and Li Yuer and the middle-aged man were sitting in the back seat.

"This is my father, and this is Zhao Dongchuan who came from Huangyuan City," Li Yuer introduced.

"Uncle Li, hello, thank you," Zhao Dongchuan turned around and said to Li Yuer's father.

"You're welcome. I also want to thank you for taking care of my Yu'er along the way."

"I heard that you came from Huangyuan area. How is the situation there now?" asked Father Li.

So Zhao Dongchuan gave a brief account of the situation in the Huangyuan area.

Father Li could only sigh helplessly: "Doing this will only make the farmers suffer!!"

"Uncle Li, we may take some detours, but we will eventually get on the smooth road. I believe this day will not be too far away!" Zhao Dongchuan said calmly.

They soon arrived at the guesthouse. Zhao Dongchuan said goodbye to Li Yuer and her daughter with a smile, then walked into the guesthouse with his bag.

On the way back, Father Li was still in deep thought, thinking about what Zhao Dongchuan said.

He always felt that this sentence carried an inexplicable confidence, as if Zhao Dongchuan was very sure of a bright future.

Father Li couldn't help but laugh at himself, "He's already this old, but he's still not as open-minded as the young ones!"

Li Yuer naturally also talked about Zhao Dongchuan's performance on the train.

"Yuer, you can make friends with this friend, he's quite interesting!" Father Li said to Li Yuer.

Zhao Dongchuan took out his work ID, checked in at the guesthouse, and entered the room with the receipt and key.

This is a small room with only a bed, a table, and a desk lamp. Fortunately, there is a separate bathroom, which was probably built to receive people from the port city.

Zhao Dongchuan put down the package, took out toiletries from the space, and took a refreshing bath.

After changing into new clothes, Zhao Dongchuan didn't even want to eat and just lay down on the bed to sleep. Although it was a sleeper berth, it was too cramped and the journey was quite tiring.

He was so tired even when riding in a sleeper, so one can imagine how tired those who sit in hard seats or have no seat tickets must be.

Zhao Dongchuan slept very deeply, and when he woke up, it was already dark.

Zhao Dongchuan wiped his face with cold water and prepared to go out to eat something.

After leaving the guesthouse, Zhao Dongchuan started strolling around Pengcheng Town. At that time, Pengcheng was still just a small town with a population of about 3.

The most distinctive building around is the railway station. The rest are small bungalows, but they look no worse than the original Xi County.

Zhao Dongchuan walked around the town for a while and found a state-owned restaurant and ordered a stir-fried dish and rice.

While eating, he listened carefully to the conversations of other customers in the store.

As long as it's not too far away, he can basically hear it clearly with his current hearing ability.

Although Gangcheng and Pengcheng are separated by only a river, the economic levels of the two places are very different, and many local people have relatives and friends who have escaped there.

From time to time, they would discuss who's son was remitting money to their home, or who their friend had made a fortune over there, and a remittance slip sent back home could earn more than what they earned here in a year.

When describing the prosperous life in Hong Kong, their tone revealed deep envy.

After almost finishing his meal, Zhao Dongchuan returned to the guesthouse. It was already completely dark, so it was not suitable to wander around.

In this way, in the next few days, every time Zhao Dongchuan left the guesthouse, he would put on the system glasses, change his identity and go to some restaurants, vegetable markets and other places to inquire about information.

That day, Zhao Dongchuan learned from an old farmer who was secretly selling tobacco leaves that there was a "black market" near the border checkpoint in Luohu.

Zhao Dongchuan was going to go and take a look. Although the management at the border was very strict because people were constantly trying to "catch the net" or "go into the water", it was not impossible that there was a black market nearby.

"It's dark under the lamp", and the demand is too great. Taking advantage of geographical advantages to create wealth, I think this is what most people would choose to do.

Maybe the people in higher positions are intentionally turning a blind eye to this. If they don't do this and just make a little money, more people will probably leave.

Wearing glasses, Zhao Dongchuan quickly arrived at the "black market" that the old man mentioned.

This is an abandoned park.

In a corner of the park, there was a dilapidated courtyard, and Zhao Dongchuan walked towards that direction.

"Hey! Where are you from?" Suddenly a voice came from the shadow on the side.

Zhao Dongchuan turned around and saw a dark-skinned man in black clothes.

"Brother, I came from the north. I heard that there are all kinds of rare goods here, so I came to take a look." Zhao Dongchuan said softly.

"No, you're wrong. This is just a broken yard. Go back to where you came from." The man in black said impatiently.