Xiaohong covered her nose and said, "It stinks, why are you staying?" Geng Hui also frowned and looked at Xia Maosheng.

Xia Maosheng was tall, turned his head to look around, and said, "I remember that there is a tea room, right? ”

Chen Hui said, "Yes, come this way, keep up, be careful of your step." "Slowly squeeze through the crowd with four people.

In the innermost right corner of the waiting room, not far from the bathroom, the staff of the two stations sat behind an old wooden desk with the key and chatted absentmindedly with melon seeds.

The staff member who was asked didn't raise his eyelids and said, "Yes, fifteen yuan each, pay the money." ”

Chen Hui didn't speak, and slapped five train tickets on the table in front of the staff, and at that time, train tickets were all cardboard except for Guangdong. The front is printed with the starting station and the bunk fare, with a steel stamp, and the back is a number, and the year, month, day, train number and carriage number are manually pasted, as well as a small note prohibiting smoking and carrying dangerous goods.

The staff was stunned for a moment and looked at the tickets, five lower bunks, immediately stood up and returned the tickets to Chen Hui with a smile, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you in, five yuan per person, this is inevitable." "In the past few years, I took out five sleepers and all of them were lower bunks, which clearly showed that the relationship between the leaders of the station was quite hard.

Chen Hui put away the ticket and said, "Thank you, find a house where no one smokes, we have a pregnant here." The staff turned his head and glanced at Geng Hui and Xiaohong and said, "Okay, yes, come on, there are not many people inside." "That is, there are fifteen people who open their mouths, how many people are willing to do it this year? Xiaowei, they only bought this sleeper ticket for twenty yuan,

The price in this tea price station is five yuan, but the staff all charge ten or fifteen yuan. Nobody cares. In fact, it's not really drinking any tea, but you don't have to squeeze outside, you can sit on the sofa and get on the car in advance. These are also available at the current train station.

I don't know what method the train ticket pricing in this era is based on, and the sleeper ticket from Lanzhou to Nanjing in 91 is only 40 yuan. From Beijing to Hohhot is forty-nine, but from Chengdu to Chongqing it is forty-two, which is not a little bit worse.

In other words, the pricing of railway fares has always been a mystery.

Five people pulled suitcases and followed the staff into a corridor on the side of the waiting room, turned two corners, and the staff took the key to open a room and said, "You guys just wait here, there is no one in this room." I'll come and tell you to get in the car in a moment. ”

Chen Hui said thank you, took out thirty yuan and handed it to her, she took the money, looked at Chen Hui and said, "I don't have any change on me, you wait a while, I'll find money for you." Chen Hui waved his hand and said, "Forget it, just bring some hot water." "The staff went to the next room and brought a thermos, and there was a cup in the house.

There has not been a single paper cup in this year, it is all a glass, Chen Hui took the kettle and thanked him and began to brush the cup, and the staff went out with a smile.

Xiaohong looked at the man and asked, "Didn't you say fifteen, why is it five yuan?" ”

Geng Hui took the hot water handed over by Chen Hui and said, "Five yuan is the price of the station, and it will be handed over to the station, and the fifteenth is the one on duty below, everyone." ”

Xiaohong said, "Is anyone still coming in if it's so expensive?"

Geng Hui warmed his hands with a glass of water and said, "It doesn't matter if anyone comes to these workers." ”

Xiaohong was stunned for a moment, staring at her big eyes and looking a little collapsed. Isn't it striving to be a newcomer to be the master of the new era? But then again, there seems to be nothing wrong, the master, the master, I am the master, this is my family, I can do whatever I want.

The most interesting thing in Chinese is the saying that the factory (unit) is home. When you work, "you have to make the factory your home." "When talking about welfare, "Why do you think this is your home?" "Is it a home or not?"

Because the room was a bit small, none of the three of Xiaowei smoked, and all five of them sat on the hardwood sofa covered with white cloth with water glasses and talked.

Time passed slowly, the train was going to start at 12:10, and at 11:50, the staff member pushed the door and walked in, and said, "You can get on the train, do you want to sit for a while or lie down on the train?" Give me the ticket. ”

Xiaohong put down the water cup and stood up and said, "Get in the car, it's not interesting to sit here." ”

Chen Hui took out the ticket to the staff, she took the ticket clip and cut it one by one, and said to Chen Hui, "If you get on the bus, bring your things well, don't leave them behind, let's go, I'll send you in." ”

Five people pulled suitcases and followed the staff to the back of the station, passing through a corridor, she took out the key and opened a door and pushed it open and said, "Just go out, just a platform, look at the car shop number, don't make a mistake." ”

Five people came out with suitcases, and the staff locked the door again in the back.

There was no one on the platform, and the long green train stopped quietly in the night, and a few fluorescent lights illuminated the platform in a blue and cloudy light. Chen Hui said, "Let's go, the sleeper is in the back, it's a long way to go." ”

Walking down the long platform to the other end, the train doors were open, no one was around, and there were a few lights in the carriage.

Chen Hui looked up at the carriage number and led everyone to find the carriage and get on the train.

At this time, the train carriage has to climb the ladder up and down, three or four steps of the iron mesh ladder, the lower mouth is quite high from the platform ground, it is better in summer, and the thick legs in winter can not step up at all, not to mention that going out are all big bags and small wraps, no one will help you pull you. At that time, there were more people in the car than now, and there was no order to get on the bus, just a swarm of people rushed to get on, and there were often people who didn't get on the bus.

A few people helped Xiaohong and Geng Hui up first, and then handed the suitcases to get into the car, and no one squeezed into the car. After entering the carriage, I found a bunk and put the suitcase in the dim light, and the five of us sat down together, Xiaohong took a leather band and tied her hair, and said, "Why is there no one?" ”

Xia Maosheng said, "This is the starting station, and the ticket has not been cut, and the conductor will come before the ticket is cut, and it will be crowded at that time, and I once lost my shoes and returned to Longcheng barefoot." A few people laughed, and it was interesting to think about.

But what was the mood at the time?

After gossiping for a while, Geng Hui and Xiaohong lay down, Xiaowei, Xia Maosheng, and Chen Hui changed to the other side to sit and talk, and the five lower bunks occupied the second and a half positions.

After a while, Xiaohong fell asleep, and there was the sound of feet in the carriage, and then the lights were all on, and the conductor came up. After looking at Xiaowei, they walked over without squeaking, checked the entire carriage, and then he got off the station and went to the platform.

Suddenly, a few people appeared on the silent platform, carrying bags and rushing towards the train, and immediately three or four, five or six, more than a dozen, a few breaths on the platform was filled with people running wildly, and the people behind were already crowded together and couldn't run.