"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
With the long whistle, a military green train slowly entered the station!
On the platform, Zhou Yang held Bao'er in one hand and a luggage bag in the other, watching the train entering the station.
Li Youwei on the side was holding Zhou Yang's arm with a nervous look on her face.
This was the first time in her life that she went to such a sacred place in the capital, so she was inevitably a little nervous.
Compared to Li Youwei, Baoer is more curious.
Watching the huge green-skinned train approaching the platform where they were, the little girl's two big eyes flashed with curiosity and a hint of excitement.
"Dad, look at the big train, it's such a big train..."
Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile. This girl was really a curious baby and didn't feel scared at all.
The train slowly stopped next to the platform. As the door opened, many passengers walked out carrying large and small bags.
This train started from the direction of Chang'an, Qin Province, and its terminal station was in Beijing. Ning City was just a temporary stop on the way.
After the train stopped, Zhou Yang quickly took his wife, children, and luggage toward the sleeper car at the back.
That's right, he finally bought a sleeper ticket this time!
Of course, it was impossible to buy it with his own status.
Fortunately, Liu Jimin was quite considerate, so when he wrote the official letter, he specially applied for a sleeper ticket for him.
Zhou Yang will naturally not be polite. After all, this journey is not short, and sleepers are relatively more comfortable than hard seats.
What's more, my wife-in-law is still pregnant and Bao'er is still young.
In fact, for Zhou Yang, the line from Ningshi to Beijing was something he had been to countless times in his previous life, and he was already very familiar with it.
To be honest, the distance between the two places is not that far, only a straight line distance of more than 300 kilometers.
Because of this, this place was known as the "Eight Rings of Beijing" in later generations.
In later generations, it only took more than two hours to get to Beijing by high-speed rail from here, and the drive was less than three hours, so many people in Beijing came here to buy houses to escape the summer heat.
But now there is neither high-speed rail nor expressway, only an ordinary railway line.
The most important thing is that in order to take care of the economic development of the provinces and cities along the way, this railway line was not built according to the principle of shortest distance. The original distance of more than 300 kilometers was suddenly extended to more than 700 kilometers.
Not only did it have to pass through dozens of large and small stations in Shanxi Province, Northern Hebei Province and other places along the way, but the train was also very slow, so a few hours' drive turned into two days and two nights.
At the door of the sleeper car, Zhou Yang's family was stopped by the conductor!
"Comrade, this is a sleeper car, please show your ticket and ID!"
Zhou Yang immediately took out the ticket and handed the household registration book, letter of introduction and other documents to the other party.
After the conductor carefully checked their tickets and documents, his attitude suddenly became respectful!
"Comrade, keep your ID and get on the bus!"
"Thanks!"
Afterwards, Zhou Yang let Li Youwei get on the bus first, and then put Bao'er on the carriage. He himself was the last to board the bus with his luggage bag.
Zhou Yang still has a deep memory of the trains of this era.
Not only because he had already taken the train when he went to Huaxian some time ago, but more importantly, he spent most of his time dealing with this kind of transportation in his previous life, until the emergence of high-speed rail and the popularity of air travel.
Even after two time and space, he still still remembers this green train!
After getting on the bus, mother and daughter Li Youwei and Bao'er were full of curiosity about the carriage with beds.
In their perception, trains are the kind of hard seats where three people sit in a row. They have never thought that there are sleepers on the train.
According to the berth number on the ticket, Zhou Yang found the sleeper car where he was.
After coming over, I discovered that among the six beds, only the lower bunk on the left was occupied by an old man, and the rest of the beds were empty.
But when I think about it, I feel relieved. Going out these days is not an ordinary thing.
In order to prevent rural surplus labor from flowing into cities, a series of policies have been introduced to restrict the outflow of ordinary people into cities.
For example, if the household registration management system is strengthened, people who leave their place of residence to go out for business need to issue a letter of introduction from the government. Otherwise, it is considered a blind migration and will be severely punished if caught.
In addition, a recruitment freeze was introduced to limit rural population mobility.
The direct consequence of this policy is that in the past 20 years, domestic population mobility has almost stagnated.
Even the movement of people between cities requires a letter of introduction from the employer or a work permit. Otherwise, you will not be able to travel, buy train tickets and accommodation.
Therefore, it is not easy to take a train in this era.
After a simple greeting to the old man, Zhou Yang would start to make the bed and settle Li Youwei and her daughter.
Compared with ordinary hard-seat carriages, the environment in sleeper carriages is much better.
First of all, there are not so many people and it is not crowded at all.
Secondly, it is clean and hygienic, with no obvious odor.
But it's different in ordinary carriages. People smoke and drink, and some take off their shoes and socks.
The various smells are mixed together, and anyone who loves cleanliness can't stand it.
What's more, Zhou Yang is a bit of a germaphobe, so sitting on a hard seat every time he travels far away is a curse for him.
He really doesn't want to go out unless necessary.
Of course, the best thing about a sleeper berth is that it has a bed, so you can rest at any time when you are tired.
For pregnant women like Li Youwei and children like Bao'er, this is the most considerate preparation and can save them a lot of trouble.
The only regret is that Zhou Yang only bought a hard sleeper, not a soft sleeper.
It's not that there isn't any, it's that Zhou Yang can't buy it.
There were relatively few sleepers in this era, and even hard sleepers had to be purchased through connections.
Soft sleepers must reach a certain level before they are allowed to be purchased. Of course, foreigners coming to China can also purchase them.
What's more, most Chinese people don't know how to ride in a sleeper berth even if they are of a sufficient level.
Because there are regulations at present, if you can enjoy the sleeper berth standard but only bought an ordinary hard seat ticket, the difference in travel expenses can be used as a personal subsidy.
On the other hand, if the level is not enough and the extra travel expenses are incurred, it needs to be paid personally.
In other words, if your level is good enough to take a sleeper, but you end up buying a hard seat, the price difference between the tickets will be reimbursed to you in the end, which is equivalent to extra income!
And if you end up spending more money in pursuit of comfort, you need to bear it yourself, and the employer will not care about reimbursement.
Although the difference is only three or two yuan, in this era when life is not affluent, many people save money when they can travel on business.
Zhou Yang doesn't care about saving three melons and two dates!
It's just that the official letter issued by Beijing Medical College only has Zhou Yang's name on it, and he can buy two hard sleeper tickets. That's because the train station is very accommodating.
It is really difficult to buy a soft sleeper.
Fortunately, Li Youwei and Bao'er are already very satisfied with the current environment, and they don't have to sleep in bed.
Zhou Yang's family had just settled in when they heard a whistle from the train, followed by a shaking of the carriage, and then saw the train start slowly and leave Ningshi Railway Station.
