The train left Pingjiang City, passed through an unknown number of small stations, and when it arrived at Jinyang City Station, the train was actually stranded for another seven hours, and the radio said that the road ahead was faulty and needed to be repaired.

Meng Tao felt that she was so disconnected from the green train, so she took it twice, and there were problems with both rides.

When the train didn't leave, the carriage was very stuffy and couldn't sleep, and when he could finally go, Meng Tao was extremely sleepy, so he slept on the back of the chair for more than an hour.

It wasn't until more than five o'clock that she heard the announcement on the radio that the next stop was Mengzhou Station, Meng Tao breathed a sigh of relief, and finally arrived and could get off.

At this time, there were not many passengers in the empty carriage, and the three people who were originally sitting with Meng Tao had already gotten off the train.

Estimating that he was about to enter the station, Meng Tao took off several bags of cloth on the shelves and put them on his seat, and opened them to check.

I was startled when I saw it, in the cloth bag given by Liu Jianxin, there were not only two hangs of smoked pork, four cured chickens and ducks, about five catties of millet, a bag of salted duck eggs, but also an envelope, which contained a roll of money stamps, counting 30 yuan in cash, 30 catties of national grain stamps and some cloth stamps, sugar stamps and meat stamps!

Meng Tao froze, and the boss in her heart didn't want to go: This Liu Jianxin gave her all the things that his hometown gave to his son, right?

Tell her how to go down, grab the child's things to eat, she is not so beastly.

Throw it directly into the space and keep it for a few days.

Look at the travel bag given by Meng Zhehan again, open the zipper, and it is neatly stuffed: two cans of milk powder, two cans of malt milk essence, two packets of White Rabbit toffee, delicate boxed small cubes of sugar, two large packets of hardcover sausages, beef jerky, candied fruit; There is also a kraft paper bag, which contains imported biscuits, toffee, beef jerky, and praline chocolate!

Meng Zhehan and Shen Yu actually gave her such a high-grade thing!

Meng Tao was surprised, and secretly thought that she owed a lot of favors, and she really had nothing to reciprocate.

Before returning to the village, some of these things have to be collected into the space, so as to save unnecessary trouble, especially if Bao Shunfeng sees it, thinking that she bought it with her own money, it is time to scold the loser.

Thinking of the "bride price" money taken back from Tian Zhigao and Xian Fangfang, Meng Tao took out and counted it again, there were more than 300 remaining in 600 yuan in cash, and there was only one bicycle ticket, 30 catties of grain stamps, more than a dozen feet of cloth tickets and five industrial tickets, one meat ticket, one sugar ticket, and one wool ticket.

Everything was ready, the radio sounded, and the train came into the station with a whistle.

During the slow sliding of the train, Meng Tao saw Zhou Cuiling on the platform when she was lying by the window, wearing a water-red dress that was very eye-catching, and she was busy waving at her, Zhou Cuiling also saw Meng Tao, jumped up happily, and ran after the train.

Waiting for the train to stop, Meng Tao handed the luggage out of the window first, and Zhou Cuiling caught it outside, babbling while sighing, marveling at Meng Tao for bringing back so many bags.

Meng Tao got out of the car, pointed to one of the travel bags and the net bag containing the fruit and said, "This is something that Zhang Guoqing gave you, ask me to bring it back to you, I'm tired to death." ”

Zhou Cuiling laughed happily and slapped her with a fist: "I came back by car, and I don't want you to carry it away, what are you tired of?" Don't come to coax me, the fruit in this net pocket was bought for you to eat, and he said it on the phone. ”

"Everything is sold on the train, I can't eat it at all, and when we get home, we'll eat together!"

"Okay!"

The two of them picked up the bag, talked and laughed out of the station, at this time there was no shuttle back to the county, Zhou Cuiling took Meng Tao to the hostel where they stayed last time, showed the certificate, asked for a double room, put the things away, and then locked the door, first went to find a restaurant for dinner, and then came back to rest.

In this regional city, Zhou Cuiling has been here many times, but the poor former Meng Taohua has never been here, the two of them each ate a bowl of pork floss rice noodles in the state-run restaurant, and when they came out, they saw that the street lights were bright, and people walked freely and weaved back and forth like during the day, not at all like the village that was dark and rumbling at night, and there was no shadow of a ghost in the quiet.

Zhou Cuiling was interested, so she took Meng Tao to wander around, the department stores and stores on the street were open until nine o'clock in the evening, and the two didn't need to buy anything, so they simply wandered, walked past the cinema, and simply bought tickets to go in and watch a movie.

It's actually "Railway Guerrilla", after watching it carefully, Meng Tao thinks it's pretty good-looking, at least it is more real and credible than the TV series remade in later generations.

After watching the movie, Zhou Cuiling pulled Meng Tao again, and turned into an alley with the crowd, there were several food stalls in the small alley, there were several food stalls selling all kinds of sourmeat, selling fruits, chestnuts and walnuts, selling stinky tofu, pancakes, fried cakes, orchid roots, peanuts, melon seeds, popcorn, and boiling sweet wine dumplings with charcoal in a small wind stove...... Meng Tao followed Zhou Cuiling straight to the sour food stall, many people crowded here to line up, only to see an elderly couple busy and unchaotic to collect money, distribute sour materials, seven or eight small open pottery jars are placed neatly, which contains sour radish, capers, papaya strips, sour ginger, sour pear, buckwheat, etc., which one you want to eat, the boss tied a string with a long bamboo stick, took it and bit it while walking, and the sour fragrance lured the mouth to water.

Meng Tao looked at the number of people who crowded into the alley, and asked Zhou Cuiling in a low voice: "Private sale, right?" How dare you do this? ”

Zhou Cuiling also replied in a whisper: "This is the black market, it is not allowed during the day, it can only be sold at night, people will come to buy food after the movie, at most in the middle of the night, these stalls will be gone." ”

"How do you know here?"

"Zhang Guoqing has an aunt who married in this city, his cousin brought him here, he brought me when he went back, this sour material is famous, I heard that the ancestors made this, it suits my appetite, I have come with him several times."

"Oh, now you're bringing me again, thank you."

Zhou Cuiling stretched out her hand and poked Meng Tao in the waist: "What's polite?" After a trip to the provincial capital, it was like a different person, which was weird. ”

Meng Tao pushed the boat down the river: "It's an eye-opener, really." I also think that I have changed, people, I have to go out and go wide, see more and learn more, especially a fool like me, only to know that the outside world is so big and so good, and now my brain is not confused, my heart and eyes are bright, and I used to live in vain! ”

Zhou Cuiling smiled and nodded: "It's not too late now, the heart and eyes are bright, and a good day is coming." ”

"Uh-huh."

It's the turn of the two, Zhou Cuiling asked for two big strings, Meng Tao did the same, and also asked for two big strings, the big string is a dime, and the small string is five cents, which is a black market transaction, which is expensive.

Zhou Cuiling said that there are also sour materials sold on the counter of the vegetable company's sales department, and you can get a large string for five cents, a small string for two cents, and a penny, but it is not as delicious as this, and it is far worse.

The two girls walked all the way to eat, although there was nothing to scruple about at night, but it was a problem for the sour juice to drip on the clothes, Meng Tao remembered her new lunch box, so she took it out of her schoolbag, Zhou Cuiling was very happy when she saw it, and complained that she didn't take it out earlier, so that she could buy a few more strings.

Meng Tao was speechless, so much is not enough? What a sour king.