college life, just was yesterday (4)-- unforgetable journey

The first China Lunar New Year of my college life was around the corner. Students, especially for the freshmen, were extraordinarily excited and happy when heard the trains’ horns. After finished the tests and put other things under way, we were eagerly to get on the train home. We teens of countrymen, I mean the inhabitants came from the same region, caught the No. 284 train. Although it was so crowded and our strength hardly gave out after we all found the right places, we couldn’t feel any tired think of the imminent reunion with parents and relatives about 34 hours later. Smiling faces indicated the happiness from our hearts. The train drew out at 7:40 with a long roaring. The “songs” created by the wheels hitting rails sounded very comfortable for us, like favorite melodies. Everything had gone well before the train drew in Daxian Railway Station. But nobody had predicted that the awful thing was coming. The time staying at the station was about 20 minutes according to the timetable. But the trains gave no signals to start again. Passengers turned to be ill at ease. At first, we thought that something wrong about the trains’ dispatcher and it was normal on the single-track Xiangyu Railway line. But the train didn’t tend to move about one hour later and no other trains came cross it. All the elated feelings went out as time elapsed. Some passengers moved to and fro and asked the conductor what had happened. He stated that only know something trouble in the line ahead. Nothing was to do but waiting at that time.Two hours passed, and three, then four hours. The setting sun suspending above the horizon devoted her gentle sunshine. But the sunset didn’t seem beautiful now. Then the dark fell down and the train didn’t start again. Suddenly, the music in the loudspeakers stopped and a voice of a stewardess sounded which made the cars fantastically quiet immediately. “ Dear passengers: I am terribly sorry to inform you that the train won’t advance again because of the accident ahead the line. I could understand what your honorable passengers’ feeling actually. But the fact is the trouble wouldn’t be clear away before the Festival. After the careful discussion by we all clerk and some representatives of passenger, we decide to back to the Chongqing Terminal. There is the best and only way to do now. After the arrive there, you can catch any trains to Chengdu, then change your trains along Baocheng or Chaunqian Line and get to your destination stations. Here I really wish you to forgive us and back up the next work. If you have any questions, please come to the conductor office lying in the No.8 car. Thanks.” The broadcasting did like a bomb and gave rouse to great rackets and disturbance. Everyone was so disappointed and I found some girls began to cry. With a long sullen roaring and sudden shock, the train started again after its 6 hours stay in Daxian Station. But ran in the inverse direction.The conductor made his way to our car at last. Armed a handle-type loudspeaker, he made the address with his hoarse throat: “ Students, be quiet! Be quite please. I am sorry that have to talk with you with my poor voice after have explained the event in every car. After half of a year study in colleges, you are early to back home earlier to enjoy the festival with your families. But we are stuck by the accident that occurred in a tunnel ahead of Daxian. A train turned over and spread the loadings there. With poor and complicated landforms, it is impossible to smooth it away clearly before the Festival. This is why we have done such a makeshift. As being well educated, I think you will accept it in a better way.” We were in order soon. Some girls leaned with each other with tears in their eyes. Boys tried to console them. Click, click, the train was telling our sadness. The train “dumped” his depressed passengers in Chongqing Railway Station. On the next day, students hurried to post offices to phone home or sent telegrams. A fellow countryman who went to the station to get the latest message came back and told us that the trains were overloaded greatly. Thought of six girls in our group, it was very difficult to get on any train. Frankly, we prepared to spend the festivals in campus at that time. Good news came to us on the third day that the 284# train would set out from Chongqing North Station on the schedule. The train brought us home at last through Chengdu-Yangpingguan-Ankang-Xiangfan-Zhengzhou. After the unexpected about-54-hours long travel, I got to my home village on the last day of China Lunar Calendar in 1992. Frankly, I spent the festivals much happier than before after the special experience. Yeah! Such as an old Chinese saying acts that: “ Good things always come late”.

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