The train clanged and shook slightly with a fixed rhythm. Xiao Jinlang sat by the window, tilting his head to look out the window at the ever-passing field scenery.

The Beijing-Kowloon Line, which runs at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, has not yet started. At present, domestic trains can run at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, even if it is fast, and some can only run at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

It's slow, but it's cheap. If people want to go far away, they must find ways to go to the train station to queue up to buy tickets.

Because of the large flow of people and the difficulty of management, no matter what city in the country, the railway station is a place of chaos in public order.

Petty theft, bullying and stealing customers, and underworld forces are not new.

Lao Xiao left Tianyang in a hurry, and he couldn't get a sleeper in a hurry, so he could only buy a hard seat with his work permit and return to the imperial capital. This return trip takes about two or three days, and you have to change trains during this period, which is very troublesome.

In fact, Lao Xiao is lucky, at least there is a seat. Unlike him, who had a melancholy face, the passengers in the same carriage were ordinary people.

In these years, it is often a large family that goes out, bringing pots and pans. If you encounter a slow train that stops at all stations, chickens and ducks can get on the train in baskets. The crowd gathered together and was lively.

It's early summer, the carriages are stuffy, and there's no air conditioning. Hundreds of people huddled together, the smell of sweat, the smell of stinky fart, the smell of feet, all the smells were mixed, it was really unpleasant.

Especially near the toilet, even if you open the window, the wind blowing in will carry the smell.

If you add the smell of food to these smells, it's almost fatal.

Instant noodles are still a luxury. Many trains have only one dining car and can't serve boxed lunches. Most people can only bring their own steamed buns and dry food, and endure a long journey.

From morning to dark, the people on the bus were confined to a cramped compartment. After reading the literature of the stall I bought, I could only eat melon seeds and chat to pass the time.

The people sitting in the same room asked Lao Xiao familiarly, "Master, you came up from Tianyang." I heard that your skyyang is good now. ”

Xiao Jinlang smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I'm not from Tianyang, I'm just going on a business trip." ”

When it comes to Tianyang, there are many topics.

An old farmer also got on the bus halfway and sat in the aisle with a fertilizer bag with luggage as a seat. His face was wrinkled and black, but he said excitedly, "The money over there in Tianyang is easy to make." ”

The lure of making money is so appealing that the passengers in the front and back rows of seats all turn their heads to take a look.

The old farmer probably came out of the mountains, carrying a cart on a fertilizer bag with a flat pole. He casually took out a few citrus fruits from a bag and gave them to everyone with a smile.

"There is a company in Tianyang that collects canned food, and the melons and fruits in several counties near us have been sold at a good price this year, which is twice as expensive as in previous years."

This is the business opportunity, and there are many people on the train who go south and north to run business. Someone immediately came over, handed the old farmer a cigarette, and asked, "Uncle, what company accepts canned food?" ”

"It's not clear." The old farmer usually smokes dry tobacco, and a cigarette with a filter makes him grin honestly, "Anyway, the business of our county canning factory is good this year."

In the past, we had to beg them to harvest the oranges we planted, but this year they drove themselves to make a contract.

The people from the township agricultural technology institute have also been running diligently recently, and it is said that they have received a special support fund and sent us pesticides and fertilizers.

In order to harvest more oranges in autumn, canneries in different counties are about to fight. The township even got a loan of more than 100,000 yuan and repaired roads in many villages. ”

The old peasant's swarthy face was full of smiles.

Xiao Jinlang shared a citrus given by the other party, so he said, "It's Tianyang's 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce'."

The company signed a contract with the city to issue loans in kind. But they actually took care of building roads, which is really unexpected. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" A fat woman sitting next to her cried out in a loud voice, "That's the name." The color TV refrigerators sold by this company are so cheap.

My relative's son got married just last week, and it only cost 8,000 yuan to get all kinds of household appliances.

You can think of all kinds of goodies, and they have them all. Especially the color TV he bought at home is really big. ”

The fat woman opened her hand and described the large color TV she saw in an exaggerated tone. Some people in the same seat didn't believe it, "8,000 yuan is possible to buy such a big color TV?" Domestic ones are not so cheap. ”

"My relatives bought it and it was imported. The foreign letters printed on the brand look high-end. The fat woman was not convinced, and tried to prove that she was absolutely not cheating.

Hearing that it was a sign composed of letters, no one in the carriage refuted it, only surprised.

The fat woman continued, "What a blessing it is for my relatives to marry a new daughter-in-law. 8,000 yuan is more than just buying a color TV. He has a washing machine, a rice cooker, and an electric kettle for boiling water.

Saying that you don't understand, my relatives also bought a satellite receiver. Color TVs can watch foreign TV stations and speak foreign languages. That's called a foreign gas! ”

The fat woman has a loud voice, and half of the people in the carriage are probing their brains. People couldn't resist their curiosity and came over to listen. When she saw that there were many people, she was even more excited to tell the rumors that she seemed to hear and even made up in her head.

"My relative's child has just graduated from secondary school, but he has found a good job. He entered the best company in Tianyang, the 'Holy Light Machinery', which specializes in making cars. A month, including wages and bonuses, there are four or five hundred yuan. ”

I just graduated from secondary school, can I get a monthly salary of four or five hundred?

There was an uproar.

This income is definitely the top one percent of the more than 200 people in the carriage.

The numbers are so incredible that many people don't believe it, thinking that the fat woman is talking nonsense.

Hearing the word 'Holy Light', Lao Xiao felt uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but say, "Even if it is a company that makes tricycles, it is not the best." As for the household appliances bought by your relatives, they are all second-hand goods smuggled in. ”

'Building a car' and 'building a tricycle' are two different things, and there was a laugh in the carriage, as if the puzzle had been solved.

Seeing that someone was demolishing the stage, the fat woman was furious and scolded sharply: "Can't you see that others are doing well? Why can't you build three wheels?

Did you know that the three-wheeled one with a motor can be used as a small truck, and it can run yo-yo. Now this car is out of stock, and I don't know how many people want to buy it but can't buy it.

Besides, my relative's child did just graduate from secondary school. Isn't it good to make three or four hundred a month? How many people here can earn so much? I'll just ask you, how much can you earn in a month? ”

The fat woman's words were like a series of cannons, and Xiao Jinlang couldn't open his mouth. His salary in the imperial capital is not low, and he has five or six hundred a month and various subsidies.

But Lao Xiao is working in the imperial capital newspaper, and he has been working for more than 20 years. At that time, he had just joined the company, and he only paid about ten yuan a month.

How can this be compared?

Lao Xiao had nothing to say, and the fat woman became even more energetic, shouting loudly: "My relatives are buying smuggled second-hand goods, but so what? It's easier to use than new domestic products.

Do you know how many people take a car to Tianyang to buy appliances?

There is no need to go through the door, a 24-inch large color TV only costs 2,000 yuan, and it will be repaired and returned, and it will be delivered to the door. Someone goes to grab it every day. Only people who have never seen the world will be sour. ”

Xiao Jinlang wanted to shout, 'I don't know? Zhou Qingfeng, who made such a thing, wants to recruit me, will I have no knowledge? But he was so angry that he twisted his head away, and he was too lazy to see like a woman.

The fat woman shouted that she was comfortable, like a hen that had just laid eggs, and giggled and told other passengers about her Tianyang experience. There was so much information in her words that there were really a lot of people around to listen.

Inside the carriage is a lively small society, and Lao Xiao stoops into it with the melancholy of 'everyone in the world is turbid, I am alone'. He took a deep breath and sighed at the window, releasing the depression in his heart.

I don't know who just defecated in the toilet of the carriage, and when the suction toilet was flushed, a smell spread, and with the air flow pouring in from the window, Lao Xiao was full.

, is this the spur of society?