There is a 60-kilometer road to Longzhen. This is a mountain road. The car drives very slowly. You have to walk around the mountain. Normally it takes three hours to get there. He Siwei and the others sat there for more than six hours. It was almost three hours in the afternoon. We arrived at Longzhen after ordering.
He Siwei and the others sat in the last row. When the people in front of them crowded out of the car, they sat still and watched the people getting off before getting up.
She signaled the middle-aged man to go first. The middle-aged man nodded, smiled kindly at He Siwei, and walked in front, followed by the two young men with him.
At this time, the conductor spoke again, "Just because my legs are weak, please don't go out. It will waste everyone's time."
It was about time to get off the car, but He Siwei didn't answer, just thinking that a mad dog was barking.
But before they could reach the door of the car, a man in military uniform got into the car. He glanced back from his head and when he saw the middle-aged man, he strode into the car.
The conductor was still saying, "Comrade from the People's Liberation Army, our bus is not going back today..."
Then I saw a soldier standing in front of a middle-aged man, standing at attention, saluting, and saying, "Hello, Chief."
The middle-aged man said, "Have you been waiting for a long time? Thank you for your hard work."
The soldier immediately said, "It's not hard to report to the commander."
The middle-aged man looked back at He Siwei and said, "Little girl, you haven't found a place to stay yet. There is a guest house over there in the army. You can go there together."
He Siwei said, "Comrade Chief, there is no need to trouble you. It is convenient for us to stay in the guest house next to the train station."
I was even more surprised. I didn't expect that the other party was a chief. Looking at the two young people, they were probably the guards around them, right?
The middle-aged man said we would see him later, nodded and left.
When he got off the bus, He Siwei saw the conductor's pale face and thought to himself that one day your eyes would be lame.
She and Dai Meixiu stayed in a guest house next to the train station. They stayed in an eight-person room, like Datongpu. Coincidentally, they met the woman in military uniform again. She also recognized He Siwei and Dai Meixiu and asked them about He nodded and turned back to read.
The rooms for eight people were all occupied. Those who came first chose the place on the side. The middle place was the worst. People were crowded on both sides. He Siwei and Dai Meixiu had no choice but to put down their things.
The two of them didn't mention what happened in the car just now. Here in Beidahuang, the troops came to open up wasteland, but only in the past two years have educated youths come here one after another.
Thinking of this, He Siwei discovered that she had overlooked one thing. Wang Guizhen was from the countryside. Why did she go to the countryside? Is this wrong?
But the camp accepted her, so the procedures were correct, and there should be other reasons.
She hadn't eaten in the morning. After finding a place to stay, Dai Meixiu asked He Siwei if he wanted to go out to eat.
He Siwei was also hungry. The two of them stood up with their bags. A woman in military uniform who lived near the door called the two of them, "Are you going to eat?"
He Siwei nodded.
The woman said, "I'll go with you."
The woman stood up and closed the book in her hand. He Siwei saw that it was "The Song of Ouyang Hai" and reminded her that in 1972, the country slowly resumed publishing. It is now April, and it has been published since February. It has been released one after another. After going back this time, she can buy a few copies.
The woman noticed He Siwei's eyes falling on the book, then picked up the closed book and stuffed it into her bag before standing up.
He Siwei was stunned for a moment, and after understanding what the woman was doing, he smiled helplessly, feeling that the other woman was too mean-spirited.
Because of this incident, He Siwei did not take the initiative to talk to the woman. He and Dai Meixiu could still talk to each other, but because of the woman's participation, they became silent.
The three of them sat down at the 'Xingmin Muslim Noodle House' next to the guest house. There were a lot of people in the noodle shop. A bowl of noodles cost 8 cents, plus 3 taels of food stamps, a plate of oily meat cost 43 cents, and a meat bun cost 10 cents. , and dumplings with mutton weighing one pound each.
He Siwei and Dai Meixiu ordered noodles, and the woman who came with them ordered peach blossom noodles. A bowl of peach blossom noodles cost 30.8 cents, plus 30 taels of food stamps. On top of the peach blossom noodles, there was a big one-inch wide and two-inch long roasted noodles. Meat, two fried meatballs and seasoned soup.
Most people who come to eat in the restaurant order plain noodles, and only middle-class people can afford restaurants, but not many people spend nearly 40 cents on a bowl of noodles here. Anyway, the people who eat noodles in noodle restaurants now, He Si To only see this one.
He Siwei ate slowly, and she found that Dai Meixiu also ate slowly, so she ate steadily at her usual pace.
Among the three of them, the woman who ordered the peach blossom noodles was the first to finish. She put down her chopsticks and said to the two of them, "I'm going back first."
Then he nodded and stood up and left without waiting for He Si to speak for them.
After He Siwei discovered that the other party was not from the same place as her, she didn't take the other party seriously. She asked Dai Meixiu, "Do you have to take a long train to go back to the capital?"
Dai Meixiu said, "It takes three days to reverse from three trees."
He Siwei said, "It takes one day and one night to get from Longzhen to Sankeshu. Counting you reversing, that's four days. I just saw a brown sugar bun seller at the door. Let's buy some to take with us on the road."
Dai Meixiu's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled, "I was still telling you just now."
The two of them couldn't help but smile knowingly as they thought about going together.
Dai Meixiu and He Siwei are the same age. In her previous life, He Siwei was not close to her classmates when she went to school. All she could think about was studying traditional Chinese medicine or going out to see a doctor with her father, or thinking about Xie Xiaoyang, who had been in the countryside for three years, and only Teng Fengqin. A friend turned out to be someone with evil intentions.
In this life, I met Dai Meixiu, who was the same age and had the same temperament. It was very easy and pleasant to get along with her.
The two of them didn't buy more brown sugar steamed buns. They only bought four, seven cents each, and each bun cost 2 taels of food stamps. Because there was a bread seller on the train, it was cheaper than usual. The two of them discussed buying some bread on the train.
Carrying the steamed buns back to the guest house, the two of them put their things away, washed themselves briefly, and then lay down. They felt lighthearted about going home, and they didn't have to work anymore, and their bodies were relaxed.
He Siwei was actually not used to sleeping with others, but given the conditions in front of her, she couldn't let her choose. She yawned a few times and fell asleep. Fortunately, the people in the room were all on their way, and most of them were educated youths. , quality, no one was making any noise, and everyone went to bed early.
The train departed for Sankeshu at 7:45 the next morning. As soon as the train entered the station, everyone swarmed onto it. The train station was the noisiest in March and April every year, and there were educated youths everywhere.
He Siwei and Dai Meixiu were surrounded by the crowd. They didn't know how they were squeezed onto the train. The aisles in the carriage were full of people. It took half an hour for He Siwei to find his ticket and squeeze into the carriage.
It turned out to be a soft sleeper.
He Siwei only saw that it was a train ticket and did not take a closer look. When he was about to get on the train, Dai Meixiu reminded him that it was a soft sleeper.
In this era, you need to find someone to buy a hard sleeper, and a soft sleeper must reach a certain level before you are allowed to buy it. Even if someone can enjoy the sleeper standard, they will only buy a seat ticket. The difference in travel expenses can be used as a personal subsidy. In this era when life is not rich, many people go out and save money when they can.
Coincidentally, her and Dai Meixiu's sleepers were facing each other, and the woman in military uniform traveling with them was actually in the same carriage, but in the upper bunk.
When He Si came over for them, the woman in military uniform looked at them in surprise and reminded them, "This is a soft sleeper carriage."
