Chapter 0427 on the train (1)
The train clanged and swayed slightly with a fixed rhythm. Xiao Jinlang sat by the window, tilting his head to look at the scenery of the fields that were constantly passing through the window.
The Beijing-Kowloon Line, with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, has not yet started construction. Now, domestic trains can run at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, even if they can run at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, more of them, the speed is only 60 kilometers per hour.
Although the speed of the train is slow, the ticket price is quite cheap. If ordinary people want to travel far, they must find ways to queue up to buy tickets at the train station.
Because of the large flow of people and the difficulty of management, no matter what city or city the country is, railway stations are places with chaotic public security.
Thieves, bullying and slaughtering customers, and ganging up evil forces are nothing new.
Old Xiao left Tianyang in anger and couldn't get a sleeper in a hurry, so he could only buy a hard seat with his work permit to return to the imperial capital. This trip took about two or three days, and he had to transfer the car during this time, which was very troublesome.
In fact, Lao Xiao was lucky enough to have at least a seat. Unlike him who was so melancholy, the passengers in the same car were ordinary people.
Nowadays, people often go out with a whole family, with pots and pans. If you encounter a slow train that is parked at the station, chickens and ducks can be put in baskets and get on the bus. The crowds gather together and it’s lively.
It is early summer now, the carriage is stuffy and there is no air conditioning. Hundreds of people squeezed together, smelling sweat, smelling stinky farts, feet, all the smells mixed, it smells really bad.
Especially when you are close to the toilet, even if you open the car window, the wind blowing in will smell like a stinking.
If the smell of food is added to these smells, it will be a life-threatening person.
Nowadays instant noodles are still a luxury. Many trains only have one dining car and cannot serve lunch boxes. Most people can only bring their own dry food for buns and steamed buns, and they will have a long journey.
The time was from morning to dark, and the people who were riding the bus were stuck in a narrow carriage. After reading the street stall literature I bought, they could only chat with melon seeds and pass the time.
The person in the same seat asked Lao Xiao in a familiar way, "Master, you came from Tianyang. I heard that your Tianyang is good now."
Xiao Jinlang smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I am not from Tianyang, I'm just going on a business trip."
When talking about Tianyang, there will be more topics.
An old farmer got on the bus halfway and sat in the aisle with a fertilizer bag filled with luggage as a seat. His face was wrinkled and black, but he said excitedly, "The money from Tianyang is easy to make."
Making money is attractive, and passengers in the front and back seats all turned their heads and took a look.
The old farmer probably came out of the mountains and carried the car on the fertilizer bag with a shoulder pole. He took out a few citrus from the bag and laughed and shared it with everyone.
"There is a company in Tianyang to collect canned food. The fruits and melons and fruits in several counties near us have sold at a good price this year, which is twice as expensive as in previous years."
This is a business opportunity. There are many people running around the train. Immediately someone came over and handed a cigarette to the old farmer, and asked, "Old man, which company collects canned food?"
"This is not clear." The old farmer usually smokes dry tobacco, and a cigarette with a filter made him grin honestly, "Anyway, the business of our cannery factory in the county is very good this year.
In the past, we had to ask them to collect the oranges we planted, but this year they drove to make a contract by themselves.
People from the rural agricultural technology center have been diligent recently. It is said that they received a special support fund and also sent us pesticides and fertilizers.
In order to collect more oranges in autumn, canning factories in different counties are almost starting to get a loan of more than 100,000 yuan, and the countryside has even received a loan of more than 100,000 yuan to repair the roads in many villages."
The old farmer's dark face was shining with a smile.
Xiao Jinlang shared a citrus given by the other party, so he said, "It's Tianyang's 'Harmony Chamber'.
This company signed a contract with the city and issued a loan in kind. But they were actually in charge of road repairs, which was really unexpected.”
"Yes, yes!" A fat woman sitting next to her shouted loudly and happily: "It's called this name. The color TV refrigerators sold by this company are so cheap.
My relative's son got married last week and spent only 8,000 yuan to get all kinds of appliances together.
You want to get all kinds of good things you can't imagine, they have them all. Especially the color TV he bought is really big."
The fat woman opened her hands and used an exaggerated tone to describe the big color TV she saw. Some people in her seat did not believe it, "Will you buy such a big color TV if you spend 8,000 yuan? Domestic products are not that cheap."
"My relative bought it and imported ones. The foreign letters printed on the brand look high-end." The fat woman was dissatisfied and tried hard to prove that she was absolutely not lying.
When I heard that it was a sign made of letters, no one in the carriage refuted it, and only the only thing I was surprised.
The fat woman continued to shout: "My relative married new wife is so happy. It costs more than 8,000 yuan to buy color TVs. He has a washing machine, an electric cooker at home, and even uses an electric kettle to boil water.
You don’t understand it after saying it. My relative also bought a satellite receiver. Color TV can watch foreign TV stations and speak foreign language. That’s so fashionable!”
The fat woman had a loud voice, and half of the carriage were looking through her head. People couldn't help but be curious and came over to listen. When she saw that there were many people, she was even more excited to tell the rumors that she seemed to have heard and even thought about.
"My relative's child has just graduated from a technical secondary school, but he found a good job. He joined the best company in Tianyang, a 'Shengguang Machinery' that specializes in building cars. He has four or five hundred yuan a month, and he has a salary and bonus."
I just graduated from a technical secondary school, can I get four or five hundred yuan a month?
There was an uproar.
This income is definitely one-first percent of the more than 200 people in the carriage.
The numbers are too incredible, and many people don’t believe it, thinking that the fat woman is talking nonsense.
When Lao Xiao heard the word "Holy Light", he felt uncomfortable.
He couldn't help but say, "Even a company that makes tricycles is not the best. As for the appliances your relatives buy, they are all smuggled second-hand goods."
‘Making a car’ and ‘Making a tricycle’ are two different things. There was another burst of laughter in the carriage, as if the puzzle was solved.
Seeing someone shattering the situation, the fat woman was furious and scolded sternly: "You can't see others doing well? Why can't you do three-wheeled games?
Do you know that the three-wheeled and motor can be used as a small truck and run smoothly? Now this car is out of stock, and I don’t know how many people want to buy it but can’t.
Besides, my relative’s child is indeed just graduating from a technical secondary school. Isn’t it good to earn three or four hundred a month? How many people can earn so much? I’ll ask you, how much can you earn in a month?”
The fat woman's words were like a cannon, and Xiao Jinlang couldn't speak. His salary in the imperial capital was not low, and he had to piece together everything and all kinds of subsidies in a month.
But Lao Xiao works in the Imperial Capital University newspaper and has been working for more than 20 years. He had just joined the company and only cost ten yuan a month.
How can this be compared?
Lao Xiao had nothing to say, the fat woman became even more excited and shouted loudly: "My relatives bought smuggled second-hand goods, but so what? It's easier to use than new domestic goods.
Do you know how many people take buses to Tianyang to buy home appliances?
There is no need to go through the relationship. A 24-inch color TV costs only 2,000 yuan, and it can be repaired, returned, and delivered to the door. People go to grab it every day. Only those who have never seen the world will feel sour."
Xiao Jinlang really wanted to shout, "I don't know? Zhou Qingfeng, who caused such a mess, would he have to recruit me, but I wouldn't know?" But he was angry and twisted his head, too lazy to see him like a woman.
The fat woman said she felt comfortable, like a hen that had just laid eggs, giggling and telling other passengers about her experiences in Tianyang. There was too much information in her words, and there were really many people listening.
There was a lively small society in the carriage, and Lao Xiao bent over and felt the melancholy of "everyone in the world is turbid and I am alone." He took a deep breath, sighed at the window, and released his depression.
I don’t know who was just defecating in the toilet in the car. When the sucking toilet flushed, a stench spread and the airflow poured in from the window, Lao Xiao was sucked to his fullness.
Chapter completed!