Childhood + quiet Liaohe - Chapter 36

When I was an adult, I met a conductor at the wine table and talked about railway affairs. I talked about the little-known stations on the main artery running through the whole northeast of China, and even the conductor friend was stunned: “brother, you are very cruel. Many of us can’t remember the names of these small stations. Business examination How do you recite it when you often lose points for it

The names of the stations on both sides of the railway are not only remembered by me, but I can even guess who the passengers are from, by virtue of their not too different pronunciation when they talk to each other: “uncle, are you from the area of Meihekou?”

“Auntie, are you from Shenyang?”

When the train passed Shenyang, the passengers on the train suddenly had a great change of blood. The passengers who came up like the tide of water began to speak the hometown dialect which excited me and felt very kind.

“Hello – what’s the matter? The floor is so wet that I almost didn’t slip!”

“Mom, give me a piece of bread!”

Most of the time, when listening to the nearby passengers chatting loudly and cheaply, the words with strong regional accent sound like they have returned to their hometown.

Ah, the man’s voice is very similar to my third uncle, and the lady in the gray windbreaker has the same long sound of sea chestnuts as my old aunt.

Oh, is my uncle and aunt in the car?

I raised my butt, jumped onto the chair, pulled my neck and looked up: Hey, no, not at all!

The train is no longer shrieking and shouting. It is probably that the uncle who drove the train has fed it. You see, it has enough strength, wheezing, and even more crazy. The bright iron wheel mercilessly hits the shining steel rail, sending out a very rhythmic and powerful sound.

In my aunt’s arms, I quietly raised my head and secretly cleared my throat. Then, I imitated the appearance of the train and yelled: “woo Hoo Hoo Hoo…”

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

The sleepy passengers in the carriage were immediately awakened by my prank. They looked up at me and laughed happily. The stifling atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became active: “this child is so funny!”

“What a naughty bag

　　“……”

“Auntie,”

looking at the fading sun, looking at the slowly gloomy sky, looking at the hazy land, I asked my aunt wearily, “Auntie, how far is my hometown? When can I get there?”

“Oh,”

my aunt gave me a kiss: “my big nephew, you are tired. Don’t worry. When it gets dark, we’ll be home. Come on, big nephew, take a sleep in aunt’s arms. If you don’t sleep, you’ll be home! After that, my aunt pulled her coat over my body and said, “close your eyes and sleep!”

I closed my eyes happily and my head was crooked. In my aunt’s warm arms, I fell into a sweet dream.

In this way, I went back to my hometown on the Bank of Liaohe River in a strange dream and in the arms of my aunt

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