A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 166 [166] On the train (3000)

The uncle has dark skin and wrinkled face. He looks like an authentic old farmer. He has never traveled far, so he quickly pulled his daughter to him.

"My daughter has also been admitted to a university in the capital, so my classmate, which school did you go to?"

Tao Yi looked at the old man cautiously and anxiously, obviously because he was afraid that he would go to the wrong place if he was unfamiliar with the place of life in Beijing. If he could meet a familiar person on the train and go with him as a companion, he might feel more at ease. There are far fewer bad guys in this day and age than you might think.

He thought for a while, "My sister is going to Huaqing, how about you?"

Even though the uncle has never been to school, he heard his daughter tell us which is the number one school in China, and his brows showed admiration in an instant.

"Oh, that's a good school. My daughter is also good. She was admitted to Renmin University, but I don't know. I don't know if the two schools are far apart. Classmate, we don't know the way. Look, can we Let's go together?"

Tao Yi saw that the girl kept her head down and didn't speak. She seemed to be an introverted person, and the distance between the National People's Congress and Huaqing was not far, only three or four kilometers away, so she nodded: "Okay, uncle, then turn around." Get off the bus and let's go together, it happens that the two schools are not far apart."

"Oh, I'm so kind, which village are you from?"

Tao Yi shook his head and didn't speak any more. The uncle still looked at him with a simple and honest face. Finally, it was her daughter who saw the meaning.

"Father, how about checking your account?"

Father Geng Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then blushed and nodded sharply at his daughter, "Father asked a little too much."

The air in the carriage was not good. Even if she was sitting on the ventilated door, Zhuo Lin retched several times because of the sweltering environment in the carriage.

Tao Yi took out the military water bottle and handed it to her: "Drink some water, would you like something to eat?"

Zhuo Lin shook with an ugly face: "I won't eat, I can't eat any more, brother, do you want to sleep? Sleep on me for a while,"

"No, I'm not sleepy. Since you're awake, sit down for a while. I'll see if I can get a sleeper ticket."

As soon as Tao Yi stood up, Zhuo Lin pulled him down again.

"Forget it, sleeper berths are so expensive, and we're all sitting here, so it's not easy to carry the big and small bags. If you save the money, we'll have a few meals when we go to Beijing."

Zhuo Lin slept for a while, and she felt better. The girl who had been silent just now saw the beautiful Zhuo Lin wake up. After she hesitated to speak, she boldly leaned over.

"Student, which major did you get into Huaqing?"

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "Medical department, what about you? Have you also been admitted to Huaqing?"

The girl shook her head shyly, "I really wanted to, but it was too close, and I went to the Chinese Department of Renmin University of China. Your brother just said that the two schools are not far from each other. Let's get to know each other. We are both from X City, and we are fellow villagers. My name is Shan Chun, I'm twenty this year, what's your name?"

"Hello Sister Shanchun, my name is Zhuo Lin, and I'm two years younger than you." Before she could finish speaking, Shan Chun's pupils dilated instantly when she heard her name.

"My God, you are Zhuo Lin, the champion of our province, right? That 15-year-old genius girl?"

Uh..., Zhuo Lin didn't expect to be so famous, she saw the eyes of the people around her, and waved her hands again and again.

"No sister, you misunderstood, it's just the same name and surname, I'm eighteen, not fifteen,"

Having said that, Shan Chun still recognized at a glance that she was the genius Zhuo Lin. She was a little afraid of strangers at first, especially Tao Yi's gaze was so cold that she dared not speak, but the little girl Zhuo Lin looked very They are easy to get along with, and unknowingly, the two of them have more topics to talk about. Shan father sees that his daughter has opened up, and he is also relieved. He is afraid that her daughter will be timid and dare not speak when she goes to school. Now it seems that it is his fault. thought about it.

While Zhuo Lin and Shan Chun were chatting next to each other, Tao Yi gradually leaned against the door and fell asleep.

With a companion, the journey is not so difficult. In this era, few people buy food on the train, and they bring their own, and they are no exception.

The brothers and sisters brought salted duck eggs and boiled eggs. The boiled eggs can only be eaten once a day, not overnight, or they will all stink.

Wang also made dry sesame cakes, stone cakes, and earthen buns for the child. These dry foods are very dry, which can be regarded as small snacks for her.

These foods can be kept even in hot summer.

In addition, there are homemade mustard shreds, Shandong multigrain pancakes, put two shallots in the pancakes, mustard shreds, roll it and you can eat it directly.

Shan Chun was blinded by the variety, because the father and daughter brought black steamed buns, and they didn't even have any dishes, let alone eggs and duck eggs.

The two brothers and sisters are not stingy people, and they took it out to share with them, but they didn't want it, and finally Zhuo Lin forced them a duck egg.

"My mother pickled it herself. It's delicious. If you just eat steamed buns, your mouth won't taste good. Try duck eggs."

A duck egg moved the father and daughter so much that Zhuo Lin took it if she insisted on giving them the cornbread. What people give you is just as it should be.

Compared with the sweltering heat during the day, it is better at night, but there are a lot of mosquitoes, and the buzzing sounds old and annoying.

They didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night. Zhuo Lin and Shan Chun slept next to each other. After all, they were girls, and there were many men around. The two girls leaned on the innermost side, which was much safer. Shan Fu and Tao Yi shared each other. Sleeping with support, in a difficult environment, accommodating each other, will make people remember for a lifetime.

The train stopped and went, unknowingly, with the bang bang bang bang, it was dawn.

It is impossible to wash your face and brush your teeth, but it is quite remarkable to be able to drink some hot water.

There is no distinction between breakfast and dinner. Anyway, when you are hungry, you eat biscuits, eat snacks, and drink water when you are thirsty. Finally, the train arrived in the capital until the evening of this day.

The train is the terminal station, and their door is still the exit, so everyone moved back desperately to give way to the conductor. Naturally, they were also the first few when they got off the train. The station was very cool, and a gust of wind blew past. Zhuo Lin took a deep breath, "It's not easy, but it's over,"

The four of them were carrying heavy luggage and staggered to find the subway. Compared with her life, the trial operation was carried out on the National Day in 69, and it officially started in 71, a year earlier. Compared with her previous life, she did not need a work certificate or a letter of introduction to take the subway. This life As long as you have money, you can ride, and the one-way fare is [-] cents.

Although it’s not direct, it’s much better than the bus that goes back and forth. At this time, the subways are all manual ticket sales and manual release, and each person costs [-] cents. Shan Fu and Shan Chun hesitated when they heard the fare , did not rush to buy, but calculated the cost in his heart. Shan Chun also knew that his father was not easy, and was about to tell the brothers and sisters, or they would change to a cheaper bus (five cents), when Tao Yi Bought four tickets directly.

"We are all tired all the way, find a place to rest quickly, let's go, we invite you to take a ride,"

Without quarreling with the old father, the brother and sister pulled one into the station. This was their first time doing the subway.

"It turns out that the subway is similar to the train!"

"It's not the same. The subway has fewer seats and more places to stand. It's very clean and the noise is low,"

The father and daughter looked here and touched there with curious faces. The brother and sister here were already sitting on their seats and yawned tiredly.

The subway got off early before reaching the terminal, got on the bus, and within a few stops, Tao Yi said to the father and daughter.

"Look, uncle, the National People's Congress is here. It's late today, and I don't know if there is any room in the school. Otherwise, you will go to a hotel near Huaqing with us? You see, we have to open two rooms, plus you, there are also two rooms." Room, we pay, you don't need to pay, do you want to go to rest together?"

We have made friends along the way, the old father is very embarrassed to take advantage of the two children, but in his own situation, there is really no extra money. He didn't use it this time, but he just came here because he couldn't worry about the old girl. Knowing that it is not easy to go out and spend money everywhere, but their family doesn't even have money for the girl's living expenses. Fortunately, there are free meals in the university. The family has a large population, and the future depends on the girl herself.

In the end, the father and daughter shamelessly followed the siblings out of the car, and the four of them took out letters of introduction and found a hostel to live in. The Datong shop costs [-] cents a night, and the standard room costs [-] cents. Tao Yi opened it. Two rooms, when the father and daughter asked to go to Tongpu, they were stopped by Tao Yi, saying that there are many bad people outside, so be careful, don't lose too much because of small things, besides, the rooms are open, so you can talk about it to persuade people. .

Because I was already very tired, no one proposed to have a meal or something. I just took out dry food and mixed boiling water to make do with dinner, and then went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes. In 1970, it was a standard room that cost [-] cents a night. Naturally, there is a shower, but it is not hot water, but cold water.

Even with cold water, Zhuo Lin washed it well, and she was still shivering when she was washing, but after using the soap, it immediately smelled fragrant, there was no more smell, and her hair was not so greasy. Put on clean clothes and feel refreshed.

Shan Chun saw that Zhuo Lin washed it cleanly and smelled delicious, so she went in to wash it herself, and when she came out, she saw Zhuo Lin laying the sheets, with a sheet on each of her body and body, she was very strange: "What are you doing?" ?”

"The quilts in the guest house are definitely not clean. I don't know how many people have slept on them, so I have to use my own to rest assured."

Shan Chun has long seen that these two brothers and sisters are particular about people, so naturally they would not say that they are hypocritical. She only has one bed sheet, and she didn't intend to take it out, let alone dislike it, because she is not very clean, so she changed it after taking a shower. Putting on a worn shirt and pants, he lay down and fell asleep.

In fact, there are quite a few people who still wear long-sleeved shirts in summer. They only wear undershirts when there is no one at home. The short-sleeved shorts made of thin floral gauze ripped for her are comfortable for sleeping with her neck, arms, and calves exposed this summer.

(End of this chapter)