Fengcheng old events

Chapter 53
Zhang Qingzhi went to buy two tickets.

Then he and a few people who were also going to the city stood by the railway and waited.

When the sky really brightened and the surrounding area could be seen clearly, a loud honking sound came from a distance, and a train with billowing white smoke came over.

"Hey—" With a long sigh, the train stopped.The door opened, and the conductor stood at the door and shouted: "Hurry up, get on the train, hold on tight."

Because there is no platform, the iron ladder of the old-fashioned green leather car, which is already high, has reached people's waists.

Zhang Qingzhi lifted Liu Jinrong up and asked her to grab the handrail, and the conductor also stretched out his hand to help pull it. When Liu Jinrong rolled up and stood firm, Zhang Qingzhi nimbly climbed up.I'm used to it.

Behind is an old man with three or four pockets.Zhang Qingzhi asked Liu Jinrong to stand inside, helped lift up a few bags, and then pulled the person up. The old man thanked him all over, and took out cigarettes for Zhang Qingzhi and the conductor.

After entering the carriage, there were not many people, so Zhang Qingzhi took off the small bag he was carrying and put it on the luggage rack, and sat down with Liu Jinrong.

There was chaos in the carriage, the voices of dozens or hundreds of people were mixed together, and the sour smell of cigarettes and sweat came to the face.

In two or three minutes, the train screamed wildly, thick white smoke rose into the air, the car body shook for a while, and it started to move slowly with a clicking sound.

The conductor locked the car door, took a big key in his hand and went in for a few glances, then went to sleep in his cabin.They don't need to burn boilers in summer, so they are quite relaxed.

As the train started, the carriage became more lively, and many people began to take out the things they had brought to eat.Boiled eggs, pastry pickles, bread, and a sip of water in a bottle, burping with satisfaction.There is no hot water on the train at this moment.

Zhang Qingzhi also took out the hard-boiled egg Zhang Jingyi had given him, peeled it and handed it to Liu Jinrong.There was also a can of hot water wrapped in a towel in the military schoolbag.

He didn't eat it himself.Liu Jinrong said, "You can eat two too."

Zhang Qingzhi shook his head with a smile: "No, I'm not hungry. I'll eat it in Benxi later. There are wontons and pancakes by the station."

Liu Jinrong touched his pocket: "Oh, I didn't bring food stamps."

Zhang Qingzhi patted on the body: "I have it, it was issued by the army."

Someone at the side answered: "Comrade, can you exchange your food stamps? I'll exchange one catty for seven taels."

Liu Jinrong turned his head and looked over. The speaker was dressed like a cadre, with a white shirt and a briefcase on his back.

Zhang Qingzhi said with a smile: "I don't have much, I have to use it myself, I'm afraid I can't help you with this."

The man said: "How much do you have? How about I exchange a catty for six taels for you, okay? This ratio is not low. Anyway, you also use it. I want the whole country to be useful."

The food stamps issued by the army are common throughout the country, and the food stamps issued by the local authorities are all for the region.

There are many types of food stamps, which can be printed in regions, prefectures, cities, provinces, countries, and troops.

The ones issued by the local government can only be used locally. If you want to travel far, you have to get the national food stamps everywhere. Although you can apply for them, the ones given are generally not enough.On the black market, there are special exchanges of local food stamps for national food stamps
Zhang Qingzhi was a little embarrassed, thought for a while and said: "I'm sorry, I really can't change with you, there are two of us."

The person who looked like a cadre said: "Look at you, a little comrade, you are still a soldier. If you don't help with such small things, you can't learn from Comrade Lei Feng? Right? Learning from Lei Feng is not just us Ordinary people, shouldn’t soldiers be more like Lei Feng as an example?”

Someone next to him nodded.

Zhang Qingzhi's face was flushed by this person's words, and he murmured a few times but remained silent.

Liu Jinrong said: "Then I can't be useless just to help you. I never heard that Lei Feng starved himself to death just to help someone."

The man said, "I have the food stamps from the city and the province. Are they the same? I'll exchange one catty for you six taels."

Liu Jinrong raised his delicate neck and asked, "Can your food stamp be used in BJ? Can it be used in Hebei?"

The man froze for a moment: "Where do you serve as a soldier, little comrade?"

Liu Jinrong said: "He is in Hebei, building the railway. Can you get on the train without them?"

The man waved his hand: "Forget it then, it's my fault that I didn't understand the situation. The little comrade is amazing, where are you doing now?"

Zhang Qingzhi scratched his head: "You can't say it, it's kept secret."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and the area became quiet.These days, anything that involves secrecy is a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people.

Zhang Qingzhi brought out water for Liu Jinrong to drink, and Liu Jinrong asked, "Do you still have that badge? I think many people are wearing it."

Zhang Qingzhi said: "Yes. Now everyone in the city brings them, as well as a collection of quotations. We are required to study every day. I prepared them for you."

Open the military schoolbag, take out a paper bag and open it, inside is a very beautiful badge, the outer circle is not an ordinary circle, but a golden five-pointed star, inside the red round bottom is also a golden head portrait, and Serve the people with five gold characters.

"It's so beautiful, where did you get it?" Liu Jinrong happily took the badge, held it in his hand, and put it on his left chest.

Zhang Qingzhi took out another red leather book of quotations and handed it to Liu Jinrong: "I exchanged it with someone else, and I brought it after I helped him with the work for half a month."

Liu Jinrong looked down at the badge on his chest, and smiled at Zhang Qingzhi: "You are so stupid."

Zhang Qingzhi laughed a few times.

The sky outside the window has completely lit up, and the earth has also colored. The train is calling Kuchi Kuchi to run forward with high spirits.

Most of the people in the car closed their eyes and leaned on the seats. Liu Jinrong looked out the window at the receding fields, mountains, rivers and electric poles, imagining BJ and Tiananmen, and unconsciously fell asleep.

In the dream, she came to Tiananmen. The tall red Tiananmen was shining with golden light, and the great leader stood on it smiling and waving to the people below.

She opened her eyes wide and looked up, suddenly felt a sudden shock in her body, and woke up from the dream.

The train has arrived at Benxi Station.

Everyone in the carriage stood up and was noisily getting things to get out of the car, but the person who looked like a cadre sitting beside him had disappeared.

Zhang Qingzhi had already packed his bag. Seeing her awake, he said with a smile, "I still want to call you when the car stops. When we arrive, get ready to get out of the car."

Liu Jinrong turned his head and took a look in the carriage: "Isn't this car going to Anton? Why did it all get off?"

Zhang Qingzhi said: "You have to change the car to go to Dandong. Now Anton is called Dandong, and it was changed in 65. You know that the two provinces of Liaodong and Liaoxi merged?"

(End of this chapter)