"Hello fellow passengers, it is now 2:27 PM Beijing time, and we are about to arrive at our great capital - the Qianmen Railway Station in Beijing. Please take your luggage with you when you get off. I wish you a pleasant journey... …”
As the train whistle blew, the announcer's smooth announcement came from the radio, which meant that the passengers' destination, the capital, was about to arrive.
Su Qingyun closed the book and let out a breath. They had sat on the train for dozens of hours. It was uncomfortable even if they were in the sleeper class, not to mention the people sitting on hard seats in other carriages. There were even many people who had no seats and sat directly on the ground. , wandering around like this can be regarded as arriving in the capital.
She saw Qin Ying looking out the window in a daze and asked, "What's wrong, mother?"
Qin Ying's eyes were stunned, "I remember that more than ten or twenty years ago, I set out from this train station to Luoshui Town. I didn't expect that after so many years, the place has changed so much."
Su Qingyun pursed her lips and understood what her mother meant. Even the train station had changed after so many years away, let alone other places.
After many years away from home, it is normal to feel shy when you return to your hometown.
"Let's go, mother."
"Okay, let's go." Qin Ying took a deep breath and calmed down.
Ji Yue picked up his luggage.
?Zhang Xiaofang had never been on a train for such a long time. She also looked tired. She picked up her luggage and followed the three of them out of the compartment.
Guo Chengyu and three others were waiting for her. They all came together, so naturally they had to act together in such a huge capital. Besides, Zhang Xiaofang was still a girl, so they had to protect her safety.
Zhang Xiaofang turned to look at Su Qingyun and the others, and asked, "Qingyun, are you going to report directly to the organizing committee as well?"
"Yes." Su Qingyun nodded.
With so much luggage, they must have put their things down first before planning to do anything else.
"Then let's go together." Zhang Xiaofang said.
Su Qingyun had no objection.
But after leaving the train station, Zhang Xiaofang and others were confused.
They looked at the magnificent buildings in the capital compared to their small place, the wide and clean streets, the brightly dressed people coming and going, and the cars passing by from time to time. They were completely stunned.
Is this the capital? It deserves to be the capital.
Several people were excited but cautious, and felt a little embarrassed as if they were new to the capital.
"How should we get there?" Zhang Xiaofang looked at the note in her hand with the address of the organizing committee and was a little at a loss.
The capital is so big, and they are all new here, so they can't find a place at all.
Qin Ying saw this and said, "Let me see."
Zhang Xiaofang didn't know why, but still handed over the note in his hand.
Qin Ying took one look and said with a smile: "Beijing Youth Cultural Palace, I know this place, it's just over there in Dongcheng District."
"If I remember correctly, we can get there by taking bus No. 18."
There is a bus stop outside the train station. Several students followed Qin Ying obediently, like chickens following their mother.
Qin Ying smiled when she saw the bus stop sign, "It's not No. 18, it's been changed to No. 9."
There was a sigh in her tone, which was another subtle change.
"Let's just wait for the bus." Qin Ying said to several children.
"Okay, Auntie." Several people responded obediently.
Zhang Xiaofang quietly asked Su Qingyun, "Qingyun, why is your mother so familiar with the capital?"
Su Qingyun smiled, "Because my mother is from the capital. She was one of the first batch of educated young people to go to the countryside, and later she took root in our area."
"So that's it." Zhang Xiaofang's eyes widened and she suddenly realized, "No wonder your mother looks so young, beautiful and elegant. It turns out she was raised by the feng shui of the capital."
Her yearning tone made Su Qingyun laugh, "?My mother has lived there for almost twenty years. Why don't you say that the soil and water there also support people?"
"How can it be the same?" Zhang Xiaofang said in an exaggerated tone, "This is the capital, the capital!"
"This is the place closest to the leader!"
Su Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that the capital was definitely the place that every Chinese person yearned for, not only because it was the capital, but also because there was a great man in this place that everyone admired.
?Being able to stand in the same world and breathe the same air as a great man is already extremely exciting.
Su Qingyun smiled. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she suddenly felt that the air she was breathing was different.
"The car is here, let's go."
From a distance, Qin Ying saw the No. 9 bus coming, and she called a few children to get on the bus.
Several people got on the bus, put in their change, and found seats to sit down.
They looked out the window excitedly, not missing any corner of this morning.
The bus drove through the streets and alleys of the capital, and all the faces appeared in front of them.
Simple buildings and trendy clothes collide here, high-rise buildings rise here, and prosperity comes into being here. This is the place where the old and the new change the fastest, and it is also a place of rapid development.
A feeling of pride and pride stirred in everyone's hearts, this is their capital!
How many people have longed for a place that they could never reach in their entire lives, but they actually set foot on this land. This unreal feeling was mixed with excitement and pride, which shocked them even more.
Qin Ying is also watching, but she is watching the changes, the difference between the capital today and more than ten years ago, its changes and its progress.
Although many places are no longer what she remembered in her old memory, Qin Ying still feels familiar and excited. This familiarity has been deeply rooted in her blood.
She is a person here and will always be. No matter how long she has been away, as soon as she sets foot on this land again, all the memories rooted in her blood will flood into her heart, and in an instant, all the strangeness and tension will disappear.
Not long after, the bus arrived at the destination of the trip, the Beijing Youth Culture Palace.
As Qin Ying walked, she told her daughter: "When I was your age, I liked to come here and watch outdoor movies every weekend. I don't know if they still do it now."
"They should still be showing." Ji Yue suddenly said, "When I leave the capital, there will still be outdoor movies."?
Qin Ying was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Yes, Ah Yue, it hasn't been a few years since you left the capital? It shouldn't have changed much."
Zhang Xiaofang on the side immediately widened his eyes when he heard this and couldn't believe it, "Classmate Ji Yue, are you also from the capital?"
"Yeah." Ji Yue responded casually.
Zhang Xiaofang muttered in a low voice, "No wonder."
"What's the wonder?" Guo Chengyu beside her asked her.
"nothing."
No wonder that during the rematch, others said that the team of Su Qingyun and Ji Yue did not look like they were from the countryside. It turned out that one of the two had a mother from the capital, and the other was originally from the capital.
Several people quickly found the reporting place.
"Hello, we are students here to participate in the competition."
The registration staff looked at them a few more times and said hesitantly, "Are you a group of players?"
The information he obtained didn't show which group had so many people?
"No, we are two groups, we just came together."
"So that's it." The staff took out a notebook, "Please show me your letter of introduction, and then register your information in this notebook."
"OK, thanks."
Several people were very quick and quickly registered the required information.
The staff saw that there was no problem, then stood up and said: "Come with me, the accommodation is in front."
?A few people nodded and followed.
The place where they stayed was in the Cultural Palace, and Ji Yue smiled as he walked.
He whispered to Su Qingyun: "I came here to attend classes at the Cultural Palace when I was a child, and I lived here during my lunch break. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to live here now."
Ji Yue's tone was relaxed, but Su Qingyun heard a different meaning, with a hint of loneliness and self-deprecation.
Ji Yue looked at the dormitory nearby, still immersed in the memories of the past, and suddenly felt his hand being pinched. His eyes widened and he looked at Su Qingyun who had just withdrawn his hand.
"It doesn't matter, what you lose will always come back in another way." Su Qingyun looked at him steadily, with a determined tone.
Ji Yue was stunned for a long time, then suddenly smiled, his tone softened several times, "I know."
If it were in the past, he might have irritable emotions again, but around her, those emotions seemed to be worth mentioning and were magically soothed.
"Here we are, the accommodation allocation is that girls live on the first floor and boys live on the second floor. You are here early, so you can choose your own dormitory." The staff said casually.
Zhang Xiaofang immediately said: "Qingyun, can I share a dormitory with you?"
"Okay." Su Qingyun didn't care.
"Then let's quickly pick a good location." Zhang Xiaofang said impatiently.
She was going to stay here for several days anyway, so she had to find a comfortable bed. She was exhausted from the dozens of hours on the train, and she couldn't wait to have a good rest.
The staff member glanced at Qin Ying and said, "You are the accompanying family member, right?"
Qin Ying nodded, "Yes."
"Then you can live with the female teacher who leads the other teams."?
Because the final teams are all students from all over the world, teachers from many schools are worried and will send team leaders to accompany them, so the organizing committee also arranged dormitories for the teachers.
"Okay, thank you." Qin Ying was grateful. She originally thought she was going to find a guest house.
Over there, Zhang Xiaofang was still looking at the dormitory, and Su Qingyun heard a familiar and excited greeting.
"Qingyun, you are finally here! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
?Su Qingyun turned around, it was Li Xiaoxiao who was in the same dormitory with her during the rematch.
"Long time no see, Xiaoxiao." Su Qingyun said with a smile on his face.
"Long time no see, woo woo." Li Xiaoxiao was so excited that he gave her a bear hug, "I left a good place for you, can we stay in the same dormitory?"
Although only five teams are selected from each province, they cannot hold up so many provinces, and the total number of people is too large.
Looking at so many people, she started to get nervous even before the competition. She was looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for Su Qingyun's arrival.
"Take me one, take me one." Zhang Xiaofang said anxiously.
She was the only girl in their group. If she wasn't with Su Qingyun, she wouldn't know what to do.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you with me."
The few people were enjoying a harmonious atmosphere when they suddenly heard someone howl again.
"Ji Yue, you're finally here! Ahhh!"
?Ji Yue suddenly heard the familiar sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling, and his face darkened. ?
