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Chapter 24 On the Land

The next day, Zhong Guanguang accompanied Yang Rui to Gaoqiao to see. Yu Huizu and Yu Zixun were both home. Zhong Guanguang originally had a trip, but when Yang Rui was about to go to Gaoqiao, he changed the ticket to the evening. The two of them found two students from Shanghai at home in Shanghai to lead the way at the Physical and Chemical Training Institute. One was named Cheng Guangshun, from Yangjing, Shanghai, and the other was Chen Shike. They lived in Nanshi, but their ancestral home was from Guangdong. At 8 o'clock in the morning, they found a small boat on the Suzhou River. At this time, many boat owners did not go home for the New Year and stopped densely on both sides of the Suzhou River. For them, the boat was home, and the home was a boat. After the price was negotiated, the boat owner eased to pack up the things in the front warehouse and asked the four masters to sit there. His wife and little boys rushed to Houzhuang. As the New Year approached, if there was a good deal, it would be equivalent to drinking two more bowls of wine and cutting two more kilograms of meat on New Year's Eve.

The boss of the ship was busy packing up and was about to drive the boat, but Yang Rui looked at him and felt familiar. After a long time, he remembered that he was the one who pulled the car the next day he arrived in Shanghai. Yang Rui patted Wang Laosan on the shoulder and said, "Hello, Wang Laosan. Do you still remember me?"

Wang Laosan put down what he had in his hand and replied, "Go back to Master. I still remember you."

Yang Rui was surprised. I was so eye-catching, so he asked: "Am I so easy to recognize?"

Wang Laosan arrived: "The master dresses differently than ordinary people, his hair is different, and he is tall, so I know him at a glance."

Yang Rui smiled, thinking that his dress was really eye-catching, it was not a good phenomenon. At this time, Wang Laosan had already packed up and drove the boat directly. The boat was just a ten-meter-long wooden boat, but it was very flexible on the Suzhou River and entered the Huangpu River in a few seconds. As the Chinese New Year approached, the boats came and went on the Huangpu River, which was very lively. The small boat swam through the gaps between the big boats, as light as a swimming fish.

It has been three months since I was here. This is the first time I left the concession. Yang Rui was on the boat and felt a little panic. He was originally a slow and conservative person. He was at a loss when he first came to this era and slowly adapted to it in the concession, which made him feel indescribable to the concession.

The boat was getting farther and farther away, the river bank was covered with snow, and some villages could be seen faintly above the white field. The darkness fell in the distance, and some vague running figures could be seen in the village. From time to time, the sound of firecrackers came "Bang, Bang" and firecrackers came. The sun had been rising very high, but I couldn't feel any warmth. The cold wind on the river also blew in from the tent. Although Wang Laosan pulled a curtain behind it, it was still useless. Yang Rui wore the thickest clothes he brought with him, a navy blue jacket - a high-end work suit, which was exquisitely made and very warm to wear. It was erected, zippered up, and a hat, which was easier to use than ordinary scarves.

In less than half an hour, I arrived at a small town by the river. The river surface suddenly became very wide because the Huangpu River turned, and the town was at the intersection of the Huangpu River and a tributary. Cheng Guangshun was very familiar with this place as a man from Yangjing. He said that this place is called Xigou, and after passing this water, it would be a land trip. Xigou is not a small town, but a small village. After the village was guarding the Boti, there were some small trest bridges by the river and some small boats were parked on it. Looking at it, it was a scattered and low tile house. Seeing that the men had no intention of going ashore, Wang Laosan slowly slid across this small village.

After passing this small river called Xigou, which is perpendicular to the Huangpu River, it is a land trip. The riverside is made of stone, and the head is too long to see. Zhong Guansu asked Wang Laosan to find a good place to go ashore to stop the boat. After a while, the boat leaned on the guardrail, and everyone got on the shore. The leather shoes made a "squeak" sound when stepping on the snow, leaving a string of marks. The shore was actually wilderness, very flat, and there were no roads on it. Only some miscellaneous trees stood barely on the snow field, and the weeds were pressed under the snow. This place should be a deserted river beach, with nothing, and no villages could be seen in the distance.

Yang Rui and his friends walked straight forward for half an hour, and then another small river was crossing in front, one end perpendicular to the connected Xigou, and the other end was slightly southward to the east, so they walked eastward again. After more than half an hour, the river was connected to a river channel. The direction of the river was the same as that of Xigou, and it should also enter the Huangpu River. After walking for more than an hour, everyone rested for a while and drew the location of the river in the notebook. This land was facing the river. Then follow this unknown river to the north towards the Huangpu River. Not far away, there was another river bank. The other two rivers flowed north together with this side. You will see the Huangpu River.

At this time, Cheng Guangshun finally found the direction and pointed to the other side of the river and said, "Sir, there is Donggou there, and the upstream of the river is Luxing Town." Yang Rui looked forward in the direction pointed by Zhong Guanguang and could vaguely see a town. This town is not as small as Xigou, but still large. There are many wooden boats on the trestle and there are many people on the street. You can see the shop's signature guise from afar. It looks very lively.

Yang Rui turned around and stood on the stone embankment, looking at the rolling river water, feeling extremely melancholy, and couldn't help but think of the famous song Shanghai Beach, which was coming, so he couldn't help but hum in his heart.

Waves, waves

The surging river never stops

Escape all the world

Mixed in a trend

It's joy, it's sorrow

I can't tell the difference between laughter and sorrow in the waves...

Zhong Guanguan next to him heard Yang Rui humming for the first time and teased: "Brother Cheng is so elegant, where did you learn the Lingnan song? The school said that Cheng has a confidante, who is as beautiful as a fairy, it is not true." Yang Rui felt vicissitudes of life, and was ridiculed by him. He was angry and turned his head to ignore this guy, but the voice of humming was much lower. Chen Shike understood what Yang Rui was singing. He was from Guangdong and understood that Yang Rui was humming in vernacular just now. The more he listened, the more he thought this song was good.

Yang Rui hummed a song, looking at these dams while walking, thinking about where the water is deep and it is better to build a wharf. After walking, he stopped to ask Zhong Guansui about building a wharf. Zhong Guansui was not very familiar with this, but he believed that if he was really sure to build the factory here, he would not build it in the early stage. He just needed to find a deep water place to build a trestle and level the dam. It was a lot of troublesome roads and factories. If the road was made with a wheelbarrow, it would be easy to build it, and then the factory. It is already January, and the equipment will arrive in March, and there are only two months of free time. There are still half a month left in the two months to be the Spring Festival, so it is too late to catch up. His meaning is better to install the equipment in the concession first and then move it over after it is built here.
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