Emily's mother Miranda flew back to the United States because of work. She obviously did not calm down during this period and agreed to Emily's request to marry Chu Zhongtian now. Now that the work is over, she plans to fly back to Germany after the end of the day. This time she not only wants to talk to Emily, but also has a good talk with Chu Zhongtian. If marriage is Chu Zhongtian's idea, she will ask Chu Zhongtian to give up this idea.

As a result, when she called to book a flight, she was told that all flights from the United States to the European continent had been cancelled!

"What?" Miranda shouted at the phone in surprise. "Cancel all? Fifteen days have passed!"

"Sorry, ma'am. Due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland and the ash over the Atlantic Ocean and the European continent, we have cancelled all flights to Europe in the next week..."

Miranda doesn't read current affairs news much, so she doesn't understand what has changed in the current world.

On April 14, the volcano under the Iceland Eyyafiadela ice cap glacier began to erupt, and the ash quickly began to spread with the wind, airspace of many European countries was closed, tens of thousands of flights were grounded, and millions of passengers were stranded in other countries.

Miranda's experience is simply not worth mentioning, because she can at least stay at home... and those passengers stranded at the airport can only lie on benches to rest, because the local hotel has long been booked...※※※The sudden volcanic ash seemed to have helped Chu Zhongtian a favor and helped him resist the "mother-in-law" who was most troubled. But in fact, it also brought him great trouble.

At first, no one realized that volcanic ash could be so powerful. When Chu Zhongtian and Emily saw the eruption of Iceland on TV news, they were still amazed at the spectacular scene of nature, and were worried about the safety of the lives and property of some local residents.

Unexpectedly, two days later, he received bad news. At this time, he felt that what happened in Iceland thousands of miles away had really affected him. He felt like he had personally experienced the "butterfly effect".

The bad news is that the original plan to fly to Dortmund to play away games was forced to be cancelled because domestic flights in Germany were also cancelled one after another.

TV news frequently pays attention to the trends of volcanic ash, and in the weather forecast program, forecasting the diffusion path of volcanic ash has also become a very important part.

Judging from the scope of the volcanic ash impact map given in the TV program, except for the northern part of Germany, the entire territory is shrouded in the black shadow of volcanic ash.

Therefore, the plane could not be seated.

So if you can't take a plane, how can you play away games?

Take the team bus?

The idea was attractive at first, but it was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.

"... Because of the flights being grounded, many people who traveled chose to drive themselves or take a bus to other places, which led to a traffic jam on the expressway..." Everything on the TV screen appeared in front of Chu Zhongtian. The expressway was filled with various cars. No matter which direction it was, there were cars. On the road, everyone could only drive at a speed and move forward little by little. In the past, the spacious expressway was like Beijing during the rush hour.

"God..." Emily, who was sitting next to her, exclaimed. "This is so scary!"

"It seems that taking a bus to Dortmund will not work..." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said.

※※※The people who have more headaches than Chu Zhongtian include Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick and the team's general manager Rothouse.

Someone had suggested that the German Football Association postpone the leagues in various places this weekend, but that was too unrealistic, so this proposal was not approved. Leagues at all levels across the country must continue.

Airplanes cannot do it, and road traffic cannot be implemented due to large traffic jams on the expressway.

Rangnick was worried about whether his team could hint at the stadium to participate in the game. With four rounds left in the league, he encountered such a situation, which really gave him a headache.

Rangnick was just a headache, while Rothouse was in a hurry because he had to solve the problem of how to go away for the team.

There is no way to do it, and there is a lot of traffic jam on the expressway. Now there is only one way left, that is - train!

The team went away with 18 players and seven members of the coaching staff, as well as the general manager of the team, and the team's chairman, Mr. Hoffman.

He had to prepare train tickets to Dortmund for the twenty-seven men before game day.

You should know that due to flights being grounded and highway traffic jams, trains have become the first choice for many people to travel. Therefore, train tickets are not easy to buy at this time.

Finally bought enough train tickets, and there was still one day left before the game. The team's preparation plan had to be modified. Originally, if they were flying to Dortmund, they could arrive one day in advance and rest for one night, and face Dortmund with the most physical strength and the best mental outlook the next day. Now they can only leave the train the afternoon before, arrive in the evening, and then go directly to the hotel to rest. The next morning, get up the next morning, have breakfast and do strength training in the gym provided by the hotel. After lunch, go to the court and prepare for the afternoon game. They don't even have time to adapt to the venue, let alone the train running, and how much energy they still have to deal with such a fierce game in the game.

However, the Hoffenheim players have nothing to complain about, they should be grateful.

Because there are many people who are worse than them.

Hannover will challenge Bayern Munich away in this round of league 96. Hannover's players also took the train to play, but they were less lucky than Hoffenheim's players. They did not buy seat tickets, all of them were standing tickets... Think about it, stand on the train for a few hours, and then go to Allianz Stadium to challenge Bayern Munich, the current leader of the Bundesliga. What is that like?

Originally, most European trains did not sell station tickets except for short-distance trains. However, this time, not only did a large number of station tickets be sold, but the price was also increased. For example, the famous "Eurostar" train increased the number of trains to the maximum and sold at an additional price. A train ticket from Brussels, the capital of Belgium to Paris, France, is now sold at 223 pounds, and usually people only need to spend 69 pounds to get a ticket.

Despite this, train tickets are so expensive, there are still many people waiting in line in the ticket hall of the train station to buy tickets. Because at this time, everyone doesn’t care how expensive the tickets are, they just want to go home early.

The tickets for the train taken by Hoffenheim players are also a little more expensive than before, but they are not as expensive as Eurostars. After all, it is a domestic route, not a transnational Eurostar. Because tourists in foreign countries are more eager to go home, and the travel methods they can choose are more limited. At the same time, ten Italians ski in Norway. Because of the volcanic ash, they could not take a plane home, but due to work needs, they had to rush back, so they chose to charter a car to Milan, Italy, and the fare alone cost about 14,000 euros.

Compared with chartered cars, Eurostars are cheaper...※※※ "Take a train to play a game... This is the first time for me... let alone such a crowded train!" While saying this, Hildebran struggled to give way to a fat passenger who was planning to pass by him.

The trains are crowded with people, and the aisles are full of people. Such a scene is basically invisible on European trains. Europeans are used to going out with cars, and even if they travel across countries, they are used to driving by themselves or taking planes. So most of the time, the train carriages are empty.

But this time, due to the influence of Icelandic volcanic ash, airports in Europe were closed and flights were grounded. People who were originally on the plane turned to cars or drove by themselves, resulting in a large traffic jam on the highway. Therefore, the passengers who were on the train were blocked by traffic jams on the highway and the grounding of the planes made the usually empty train carriages seem crowded.

"It's so bad... the smell here is so bad!" Kang Bo complained, covering his nose.

The crowd is overcrowded, and the Europeans have a strong body odor, and the smell of sweat, feet and cigarettes are mixed together, which is indeed not very pleasant.

Here, even if they are stars, they don’t expect to get any privileges.

"God, God, hell... I'm going to the bathroom..." Weiss stood up with great difficulty, waiting for his teammates to make a way out for him.

"Oh, hell!"

"Damn, why are you going to the bathroom again? Tobias, I remember you went there half an hour ago... Don't you know that going to the bathroom is a very difficult thing at this time?"

Everyone complained and got up and gave up their seats to him.

"Stop talking, of course I know. Who told me to drink too much water... Oh--Hurry up, guys, please give it up!"

Weiss squeezed out with his legs tugging hard, and between him and the toilet, there were several rows of seats crowded with people.

Everyone was suffering from this trip. Even if someone didn't say it, it would be uncomfortable to see their expressions.

In the past, when they went out to play games, they would take planes, sit in spacious seats, listen to music, or watch movies, or simply put down their seats and sleep for a while. They would be comfortable and reach their destination. In this way, if they lost the ball, they would mean that it was because of the fatigue of the journey, which affected their condition.

Now they think that what the hell is! Compared to today, the past journey is simply paradise! Damn, I will never say that flying is very tiring again... Airplanes are really the greatest invention of mankind!

However, the unpleasant smell of people and smell is not the most deadly. What's even more serious is that some players were sick on the train... The driver of this train was driving very hard, not only driving but also braking, but also very fast. You should know that this is a German intercity express ice, with a maximum speed of 300 kilometers per hour when running. Just now, someone saw that the instant speed was 301 kilometers per hour on the LCD screens at both ends of the carriage... The result is that many people who were not sick were motion sick.

The motion sickness teammates cursed the damn driver and spitted it into the paper bag.

After seeing these, Rangnick's frown was even more twisted.

In this situation, how can we deal with Dortmund, who is fighting at home with ease?

Everyone was cursing about this bad situation. Only Chu Zhongtian sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, and his expression did not look painful at all.

His peaceful performance surprised other teammates.

"Hey, Chu. Why can you act like nothing is wrong?" Ibisevic asked. His questions were of course also everyone was concerned about. There was really no entertainment on the crowded train, so such chat became everyone's only entertainment activity.

"Because I'm used to it." Chu Zhongtian shrugged.

"Ah?" Everyone was puzzled.

"This is not the first time I have taken the train to play a game, and it is a more crowded train than this." Chu Zhongtian still looked calm. "Besides, compared with our China's 'Spring Festival', this situation is nothing at all."

Everyone was shocked. This was the most terrifying train experience they had ever seen. But there is another even more powerful "chunyun" in China. How terrible should it be?

"Hey, Chu, tell us what 'chunyun'!" Someone suggested that he immediately received support from everyone else. Everyone was very interested in the "chunyun" that was even more terrifying in this situation, and was full of curiosity.

So Chu Zhongtian introduced to them the "Spring Festival Travel" which is the largest and periodic human migration in human history.

Around China's traditional festival "Spring Festival", there will be more than 2 billion people moving in about forty days, accounting for one-third of the world's population.

When Hoffenheim players heard the word "two billion". The total population of Europe is only 700 million, and 2 billion is almost three times the number. With their knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it means to take a train at the same time by 2 billion.

In order to cope with the Spring Festival travel rush, the Chinese government and railway departments have to make advance arrangements every year to organize transportation capacity to complete the Spring Festival travel rush to ensure that no major accidents occur. In fact, in this regard, China's railway department may have the most experience in large-scale transportation work in the world and the best results. No country can withstand the pressure of large-scale movement of 2 billion people in such a short period of 40 days. So although there are many criticisms in China every year, China has done a good job, because even if it is placed in a developed country like the United States, it cannot do better or worse than China... The most fundamental reason for the Spring Festival travel rush is not a culture, a system, or a point - the population. There are too many Chinese people, and many people are not a thing when placed abroad. Once they come to China, it becomes a problem because there are too many people.

Then, Chu Zhongtian also told them some specific scenes during the Spring Festival travel rush. For example, five people could sit on a chair that could sit on two people, six or seven people could sit on a chair that could sit on three people, and people were sleeping on the luggage rack, and people were still under the seats, aisles, toilets, and sinks. They had to climb up and down from the window to get on and get off the car, so don't expect to go to the toilet at all... The group of "Grand Hats" teammates who had never seen the world were stunned and completely lost their ability to think and speak.

Chu Zhongtian pointed to the carriage, cooperated with these practical places to explain to everyone what places were crowded with people... In addition, he also talked about the most magical and powerful staff who were pushing small cars to sell food and drinks on the train. It was so amazing that they could push the cars back and forth on such a crowded train!

Teammates also find this kind of person incredible.

"Aren't they really Superman?"

"I felt very uncomfortable just because I couldn't sit here, but they were going to keep pushing cars to sell goods. Oh my God... can they still walk!"

"Actually, I heard that Chinese people are all good at lightness. Do you know about lightness? They can just walk on the water and fly in the air! Maybe those people are pushing their cars over our heads!" Weiss thought he was self-righteous, but everyone tried to outline such a scene in their minds - Chinese flight attendants in uniforms were pushing the cars floating in the air, or simply stomping over everyone's head and shoulders, and walking through the crowded carriage in a lightness posture... "So, I'm quite satisfied with the current situation. At least five or six people were not squeezed into our seats, and those who stood in the aisle did not step off the ground and stepped on others' feet." After talking about China's "Spring Festival Travel", Chu Zhongtian said calmly.

Everyone around him was stunned. Including Rangnick... but he also asked Chu Zhongtian for his blessing. Everyone listened to the stories along the way, but they didn't feel how difficult the journey was.

However, when they arrived in Dortmund, they still felt like "from hell to heaven".

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and vomited out the turbid breath in their chests, as if they were reborn.

"I finally got rid of the train... I never want to take the train again in my life." Ibisevic said gasping.

Chu Zhongtian laughed beside him and said, "Welcome to China for the Spring Festival, Ibi, haha!"

Ibisevic was so scared that he was "lost in appearance" and everyone next to him laughed.

When many people leave the train station, the first thing they do is to go straight to the toilet and hold it in the car all the way, but they really can't hold it in.

Chu Zhongtian didn't go to the bathroom, even though he talked all the way on the train and drank a lot of water while his mouth was dry. However, his kidney function was obviously strong enough.

No wonder he is called "Lin Danda" in China. But in fact, this is not standard enough, it should be called "Lin Danda". The kidneys are good and the kidneys are strong.

The group finally boarded the quilt car and rushed to the hotel.

Many people fell asleep in the car and were woken up when they arrived at the hotel.

Looking at such a tired team, Rangnick couldn't laugh at all.

Dortmund is difficult to deal with and is at home. How do we play?
Chapter completed!