South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 197 Going to the Eastern Province

The two of them stopped fighting for a while. Gao Yuliang looked at Yuan Mu and spoke again.

"Old Yuan, just go for a walk. I see that all you've done all day is study. You need to change your mind."

"That's right, let's go together." Datian also spoke.

"Hey, Datian, if you go out to play and don't come home, your sister-in-law will be anxious with you!" Yuan Mu looked at him and said with a smile.

Among the three of them, only Wei Huatian is married, and his child is already four years old. Gao Yuliang doesn't even have a partner. In his words, these women are too superficial and are not on the same wavelength as him.

"Hey! I'm not staying here for long. I'll just play at Lao Gao's place for a few days and then come back." Datian shrugged indifferently.

"Okay, Datian, your family status is pretty good!" Gao Yuliang joked with a smile.

Seeing that both of them were so happy, Yuan Mu didn't want to spoil their fun, so he nodded and agreed.

"Okay then, we have a holiday the day after tomorrow, let's go together." Yuan Mu nodded.

"Okay, I'll arrange things for you when we get there." Gao Yuliang said with a smile.

In the afternoon, inside the military region headquarters.

Yuan Mu and Zhou Xiaobai were pushing the cart.

"Xiaobai, the day after tomorrow Datian and I are going to Lao Gao's house to play for a few days."

"Ah? Then can I go?" Zhou Xiaobai's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"You want to go too?" Yuan Mu was stunned.

"What? You can't take me with you?" Zhou Xiaobai narrowed his eyes slightly, as if to say, if you don't take me with you, I'll make you pay.

"This is not a good idea. Lao Gao doesn't have a partner, and Datian doesn't have a wife. I...how about next time?" Yuan Mu was a little embarrassed.

It would be terrible if he had to take care of the family members without them. Datian is better off because he has a wife, but Lao Gao will suffer as he is an old single man.

Zhou Xiaobai pouted and looked unwilling. She really wanted to go out and play with Yuan Mu. They had been together for more than half a year, but had never gone out together.

In fact, Yuan Mu was a very boring person. Apart from picking her up from get off work every day, he seldom went out. He was busy studying most of the time, which made Zhou Xiaobai complain.

In fact, Yuan Mu didn't want to accompany Zhou Xiaobai to go out and play, but he knew very well that age was a treasure, and he wanted to shorten the time he spent in school as much as possible. Yuan Mu's performance this semester was very good, and he learned the courses very quickly. He had already applied to skip a grade and was waiting for the school's approval.

Moreover, he had already told his teacher Wu Guangzhou about skipping grades, and he had promised to help him with the arrangement. If it was someone else, he would definitely not help, not even his own students. But Yuan Mu was different. It was no point for him to continue following the routine now.

If nothing unexpected happens, when he returns from summer vacation, he will successfully be promoted to a junior, just like Gao Yuliang and Datian.

Seeing that Zhou Xiaobai was a little unhappy, Yuan Mu started to coax him.

"Xiaobai, how about this, wait until winter vacation, and I'll take you to Shenzhen during winter vacation? There are a lot of people buying things there."

Zhou Xiaobai turned around and looked at Yuan Mu, then nodded. She was not a little girl anymore and would not keep pestering him. Since it was not convenient to take her this time, he could do it next time.

"Okay then, let's make a deal."

"Don't worry, we will go to Shenzhen during the winter vacation. You haven't been to Shenzhen much, right?" Yuan Mu assured, patting his chest.

"Well, I've been there once, but that was a few years ago. Shenzhen wasn't that great back then." Zhou Xiaobai nodded.

"Let me tell you, Shenzhen is now very prosperous. You'll see next time you go there. They sell everything."

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At 6:18 in the morning on July 8, a train from Kyoto to the Eastern Province slowly started moving.

Yuan Mu, Datian and Gao Yuliang were sitting in a compartment of the No. 3 hard sleeper car. The sleeper tickets were also bought by Yuan Mu, because he had the means to do so.

He was working on the railway, so getting a few sleeper tickets was more than enough for him. It was also a small profit for himself, not a big deal.

After all, it takes more than 20 hours by train to get to the Eastern Province. The hard seats are too uncomfortable. Sleeper berths are more comfortable and there are not many people.

"Old Yuan, it has to be you. Otherwise, I have to sit in a hard seat every time I go home, but you just got three berths." Gao Yuliang sat at the table on the lower berth and looked at Yuan Mu with a smile.

After such a long period of contact, Gao Yuliang's accent was gradually affected, and his speech gradually acquired a Northeastern accent. Wei Huatian alone was bad enough, and now with the addition of Yuan Mu, a pure Northeastern person, it would be strange if his accent wasn't affected.

"It's no big deal. You didn't tell me before. If I had known, I would have given you a whole sleeper ticket. It wouldn't have been a simple matter." Yuan Mu waved his hand indifferently.

It is normal to provide yourself with some convenience within the scope of your authority. Almost everyone will do this. Even those who deny it will do so imperceptibly. This is human nature.

It’s just like if you are a salesperson in a supermarket, you will know which products will be discounted, so you can buy them in advance and take them home. It’s the same principle.

"I think it's okay. Then it's settled. Next time when I go home for the New Year, you should give me a sleeper ticket so I can relax a little." Gao Yuliang nodded with a smile.

"Hey, Brother Yuan, you can't be partial to one and ignore the other. You have to give me one too." Wei Huatian spoke quickly when he saw this.

"Come on, it's only a few hours from Kyoto to your home, why do you need a sleeper berth?" Gao Yuliang rolled his eyes at him unhappily.

"Hey! Lao Gao, why can't I use the sleeper berth? What's wrong with a few hours? I just want to relax during these few hours!"

"Okay, it's just a sleeper ticket. Can I get it for you?" Yuan Mu said speechlessly.

These two people are also strange. They fight when they are put together, and miss each other when they are not seen for a while. Maybe they are natural enemies.

The train was traveling at a very slow speed all the way, usually maintaining about 50 kilometers per hour. But when it was about to enter the station, it would slow down to about 30 kilometers per hour, as slow as a turtle crawling.

It has to be said that the trains of that era were very slow. It took more than ten years for the first train to be speeded up.

The three of them chatted for a while and then went back to their own bunks and lay down. More than twenty hours could be said to have passed quickly, but it could also be said to have passed slowly. If they could have a good sleep, it would go by very quickly.

At 6:15 in the morning of July 9, the train slowly stopped in Dongzhou City, the capital of Dong Province. After a whole day and night, they finally arrived at Gao Yuliang's hometown.

The three of them had packed their things long ago, and before the train arrived at the station, they came to the connection between the carriages and waited quietly.