There is no direct train from Shuangshan City to Beijing City. They have to go to Harbin City first and then take a train from Harbin City to Beijing City.
It takes 8 hours to take the train from Shuangshan City to Harbin, and the fare is 2.6 yuan.
The four of them got on the train at noon, and when they arrived in Harbin, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. The train from Harbin to Beijing will only be available in the morning of the next day. After the four people bought the tickets, they rented two rooms in a guest house near the train station and rested for the night.
The next day, the four of them boarded the train to Beijing again.
Among the four people, three are officials and are eligible to buy hard sleepers. The fare for a hard sleeper from Harbin to Beijing is 13.8 yuan, and the whole journey takes more than 30 hours if there are no delays.
But it's snowing in the north now, so delays are common.
They set off from Harbin at 9 a.m. on the 20th and arrived in Beijing after 4 a.m. on the 22nd, taking nearly 45 hours.
Their conditions are pretty good, with hard sleeper tickets and you can lie down and sleep on the train. There are enough money and tickets, and every meal is served hot from the dining car.
In this way, Su Mo felt a little uncomfortable after being stuck on the train for two days. You can imagine how difficult it must be for those who can only sit on hard seats.
In an era when carriages and horses were too slow, traveling far away was a real hardship.
The leader had arranged for someone to pick them up, and the four of them were taken to a yard to settle down.
Not long after they rested, the little soldier who picked them up informed them that it was time to set off to meet the leader.
Su Mo had no official position and was not on the list for the interview. Su Mo quickly asked the little warrior if she could go out for a walk by herself.
Got a positive answer.
Lu Changzheng and Geng Changqing told Su Mo to pay attention to safety and followed the little soldier.
Su Mo packed up, changed her clothes, put on her bag, went out to inquire about the situation, and then started shopping by herself.
The courtyard where she placed it should be regarded as the location of the second and third rings in later generations.
Before the end of the world, Su Mo's parents also took her to travel to the capital. Compared with the busy traffic and high-rise buildings of later generations, the current Beijing city has a strong atmosphere of the times.
It's a pity that she doesn't have a camera, otherwise it would be nice to take pictures and record them.
After walking around for a while, Su Mo went to the most eye-catching scene in Beijing - the subway.
This subway was built in October 1969. It was a war preparation project. Before January this year, it was not open to the public and could only be entered with a visit ticket issued by the relevant department.
On January 15 this year, the subway section from Gongzhufen to Beijing Road began trial operation, with a fare of 1 jiao.
When Su Mo was inquiring about it, an elder sister strongly recommended the subway.
When she arrived at the subway station, Su Mo bought a ticket and went in to experience it for a while. The speed was naturally incomparable to that of later generations, but at this time, it was already very high-end.
Su Mo walked around by herself and didn't go back until four or five in the afternoon. When she got home, she found that the others had not returned.
It wasn't until about ten o'clock in the evening that the three came back. Lu Changzheng didn't take the initiative to talk about the situation. Su Mo knew that he couldn't tell her yet, so he didn't ask.
In the next two days, the three of them went out early and came back late, and Su Mo walked around by herself.
Went to Tiananmen Square and walked around the perimeter of the Forbidden City. During this special period, due to the vandalism, smashing, and looting behavior of the "Destroying the Four Olds" teams, the central government wanted to protect cultural relics, so the Forbidden City was closed to the public.
I also had an immersive experience of the Hutong culture in Laojing City.
He was almost caught as a spy by the Chaoyang people who were extremely politically aware. Fortunately, Su Mo brought a letter of introduction with him. After some talk, they believed that Su Mo was a country bumpkin who came to the capital.
I went to BGI, which I had longed for, and then visited the market in Beijing and bought some things. I also spent a huge sum of 28 yuan on a can of malted milk and ordered two roast ducks.
Although malted milk was not delicious in later generations, it was a specialty product of this era, so Su Mo bought a can and took it back to the elderly to try. Of course, she wanted to try it herself.
Roast duck is also a specialty of Beijing. Now that I’m here, I have to take it back for the elderly to try.
On the evening of the 24th, when the three of them came back, their faces were all happy, and it was obvious that things went very smoothly.
When going to bed at night, Lu Changzheng hugged Su Mo guiltily and said, "Daughter-in-law, the matter is urgent. We have to go back tomorrow."
He also wanted to go shopping in Beijing with his wife, but he couldn't spare any time.
Su Mo waved her hand, "It's important. I've done all the shopping these days." Mainly relying on the No. 11 bus, the places I can go shopping are really limited.
"When we come back later, I will go shopping with you." Lu Changzheng said.
He has been to Beijing two or three times and is a little more familiar with her than his wife.
On the 25th, Su Mo sent Lu Changzheng to get the roast duck early in the morning, then packed up his bags, and after meeting up with a survey team, the group embarked on the return journey in a mighty manner.
At the same time, the 11th Regiment of the Fourth Garrison Division of the Shenyang Military Region also sent a platoon of troops to Hongqi Commune.
Fu Manhua and Su Yichen were also on the train going north.
The two went north and went through a lot of twists and turns.
Because someone was watching them all the time, they bought tickets to go south first, got on the bus, and then got off the bus quickly after the people watching were lured away.
The ticket for the trip north was also bought by someone else. In order not to attract attention, I also bought a hard-seat ticket.
The mother and son took a hard seat to Beijing for two days. When they were transferring in Beijing, they bought a hard sleeper.
"When you want to marry a wife in the future, you have to marry someone who is closer to you. Don't look for someone from the north. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome to go back to your parents' home." On the train, Fu Manhua said to Su Yichen with a look on his face.
"Otherwise, it will be difficult to move between the south and the north, and between the in-laws."
She is not old-fashioned, mainly because if she is too far away, she may still have trouble moving when she is young, but when she gets older, it will be difficult.
As for Su Mo, she is going to make a trip, which is almost from the southernmost point of the motherland to the northernmost point.
Just on the train, you have to stay for seven or eight days. She is old, how many more times can she struggle?
I'm afraid I can only come here once.
Thinking about it, it's a bit sad.
The old Su family has always had a strong yang and a weak yin. In the third generation, they only had one girl, Su Mo, and they still married so far away.
The key is that it's still cold in the north, and she only wore two pieces of clothing in Guizhou Province. Now she's wearing two sweaters, and she's still very cold.
This is still on a train. If we go outside, will we freeze to death? I don’t know if the cotton-padded clothes she bought in Haishi are of any use.
Su Yichen looked away with a guilty conscience. He had a favorite person in the army, who was from Jin Province, and he was pursuing him.
