There are three trains a day from Peizhou to Qingshan County, all of which are passing cars, and this trip departs at 12:10 o'clock at noon, and the fare is five cents and two.

Zhou Xiaoan took out the letter of introduction and two yuan that Sister Lao had opened and handed it to the second uncle, but the second uncle only took the letter of introduction from their sister and brother, but refused to accept her money.

Along the way, Zhou Xiaoquan can be regarded as finding someone who can sue, and he talked about his sister's suffering over the years and the sacrifices she has made for the family, and she talked about everything in detail, so that the second uncle kept shaking his head and sighing, "The child without his father, it's bitter!" ”

Seeing that the second uncle refused to accept their ticket money, Zhou Xiaoan gave Zhou Xiaoquan a look, and the child cleverly stuffed the big burden in his hand to the second uncle, grabbed the letter of introduction and went to line up, "Second uncle, you can help me get it for a while!" It's too heavy! ”

"This kid! Going out with your second uncle can still make you two pay for the ticket? The second uncle put the burden on the bench and chased after him in stride, so vigorous that he was not inferior to the young man.

When the old and the young came back with the tickets, Zhou Xiaoquan was embarrassed to return the two yuan to his sister, but the second uncle still didn't let them spend the ticket money.

Zhou Xiaoan took out five big meat buns that were still hot, and gave them to the second uncle and Zhou Xiaoquan, "The eldest sister of the unit union knew that I was going to go far away, so she brought it to me in the canteen." ”

"This is a special powder!" When the second uncle saw the white and chubby bun skin, he was so excited that his voice was abnormal, and he quickly covered Zhou Xiaoan's subcontracted hand, "Child, this thing is expensive!" Don't take it out, put it away! As he spoke, he looked around warily.

In this era, holding a few steamed buns with special powder in the crowded train station is more swaggering than holding banknotes!

Moreover, today is the day of the trial of the credit union's enemy murder case, and in addition to the fact that the bombing case of the previous day has not yet been solved, the situation in the city has been particularly tense recently, and there is a little unusual place that will be noticed at any time.

In fact, these two incidents are not the most serious, grandpa once told Zhou An'an that there was a huge explosion in Peizhou in 63 years, a big leader of the Municipal Public Security Bureau died in the explosion, the whole city was under martial law, and even the steel mills were shut down for three days.

Living in this special era, it is very necessary to pay attention to your words and deeds at all times.

Zhou Xiaoan hurriedly put away the buns, and the grandfather hid in the corner and divided the five buns secretly.

The second uncle refused to ask for it at first, but Zhou Xiaoan and Zhou Xiaoquan took turns to persuade him, and it was easy for him to accept it, but he held it in his arms and refused to eat it.

"Your mother-in-law (great-grandmother, mother of the second uncle) at home has bad teeth, and she can bite this white-noodle-bun."

Zhou Xiaoan's great-grandmother has passed away a long time ago, and there is such a senior elder in the clan, and these juniors call this old lady "Mrs. Tai".

Zhou Xiaoan's heart was heavy, "Second uncle, you can eat, I know that there are old people and children at home, and I have left a few for them, we have to hurry, you can't eat a mouthful." ”

The second uncle's almost white head nodded several times, "The second uncle eats, eats, this is Xiao An and Xiao Quan's intentions, and the second uncle has to receive it." ”

In the end, the second uncle still only ate half a bun and refused to eat it again, "This is too much blessing (too much enjoyment), how many people in our countryside want to eat mouthful-white-noodles-haven't eaten it......"

Zhou Xiaoan helped him wrap the bun in oiled paper, and saw that he hid it in his arms with satisfaction, as if he was carrying a huge fortune.

The train came soon, and Zhou Xiaoan was protected by Zhou Xiaoquan and his second uncle in the middle, and was almost embraced by the crowd on the train.

The chairs on the train are all made of wooden strips, similar to the wooden benches in the park, but the layout is the same as the hard seats of modern green cars, with a small table in the middle of the two chairs, and everyone sits facing each other.

The three of them easily settled in the crowded carriage, and Zhou Xiaoan saw the lunch box in the hand of a young man opposite at a glance.

The lunch box is white hot noodles with a poached egg on top! And next door, an uncle wearing a padded jacket in overalls, turned out to be steaming rice and fried cabbage in the lunch box!

Zhou Xiaoan remembered that his grandfather once said that once he took his eldest uncle on the train, and the eldest uncle was only twelve years old at that time, and he ate five servings of white noodles alone!

In such a difficult era, children can eat a meal of white noodles openly, because the meals on the train at this time do not need food stamps!

Now anyone who goes out must have a letter of introduction from the unit or government department, and the state is not allowed to move around at will without a valid reason, so there are not many people who go out, but there are few cars and it looks crowded.

The grain and oil supply on the train is specially approved by the state, and it does not belong to the same system as the food supply for residents, so it is so easy to eat fine grain on the train!

Zhou Xiaoan stood up and observed, it was lunch time, but there were only three or four people in the entire carriage eating hot meals with lunch boxes, and most of them were eating their own dry food.

It can be seen that even if they don't need food stamps, most people are reluctant to pay for food in the dining car.

Looking at the clothes of the people who ate the hot meal, they were all tunics or neat and clean overalls, and one of them was still wearing a military coat, and there was not a patch on his body, and the economic conditions were very good at a glance.

At this time, tickets were sold according to their status by train, and the ordinary workers and peasants could only sit in hard seats, and sleeper cars were only sold to cadres, and only high-ranking cadres above the thirteenth level could buy soft sleepers. The identity is not enough, and how much money has to be crowded and noisy.

Zhou Xiaoan immediately took Zhou Xiaoquan to the dining car, and now there is no service on the train to push the car into the carriage to sell food, so if you want to eat, you have to go to the dining car to buy it yourself.

As soon as Zhou Xiaoan entered, he saw a conductor pushing the dining car through the door on the other side.

There is no need to queue, the sisters and brothers go directly to the window to eat, white rice is four cents a piece, two taels a serving, and vegetables are counted separately, fried cabbage is two cents, fried vermicelli is three cents and five, sauerkraut fried meat is seven cents and five, and braised pork is two pieces and two.

The noodles are also four cents and two taels, plus a poached egg and three cents, as well as three and noodle steamed buns, three cents one, and four cents a meat bun, all of which are more expensive than the prices of restaurants outside, but they don't charge food stamps!

It's good to store in winter, buy a few more copies for cover, and you won't have to worry about running out of good food for the New Year!

Zhou Xiaoan took out ten yuan and patted the window boldly, "Master, I want seven servings of rice, two servings of noodles, two servings of braised pork, one fried cabbage, one sauerkraut fried meat, and ten steamed buns!" ”

The master sitting in the window didn't raise his eyes, and knocked the big spoon on the window frame with a long spoon, Zhou Xiaoan looked at it and was dumbfounded, and there was a big sign on it, which read, "Each person is limited to two main dishes, one dish."

Now you earn less, you spend less, no one is stupid, and although the price of a meal on the train is almost twice that of a state-run restaurant, you don't charge food stamps, which is much cheaper than the black market! In the final analysis, food stamps are now hard currency, more expensive than money!

Zhou Xiaoan could only withdraw seven yuan in a slump, "Then give me two portions of rice and one braised pork." ”

The master still ignored her, and knocked on the window frame on the other side, another sign, "bring your own lunch box".

The sister and brother ran in a hurry, and could only pull their ears and go back.

Zhou Xiaoan didn't leave halfway through, she was unwilling!

Can't eat without a lunch box? My uncle can eat five servings of noodles alone, and she can do the same!

When I arrived at Qingshan County Station five minutes away, more than a dozen passengers suddenly poured in the dining car to buy food, except for the two sisters and brothers who had come in front of me to buy food, the rest only bought two staple foods.

The master observed while cooking, and it was not until the last one was finished that he understood that more than half of the passengers had lunch boxes in their hands that were folded out of several layers of oiled paper!

The train slowed down, and you could already see the Qingshan County platform covered with a thin layer of snow, and the two carriages connected from the dining car, and the people who had just bought food lined up to pay the meal.

Zhou Xiaoquan took the cardboard box and put it inside, the cardboard boxes were stacked directly, and the lunch boxes were poured into the cartons prepared in advance.

He accepted one, and Zhou Xiaoan gave the person who delivered the meal a few pieces of rock candy.

The master of the dining car thought for a while, and suddenly patted his bare head, "Grandma is a bear!" Let the two little bunnies cheat! ”

But the train had already sounded its air whistle and left Liqingshan Station.

Zhou Xiao'an, who was hiding in the corner of the platform and probing his brain to observe the situation, saw that the train was gone, and immediately came to his senses, jumped out with a small chin and a messy head and short hair turned back and forth at the train, and waved her thin little arm heroically, "Go!" Let's go home and eat rice and braised pork! ”