Lu Xin scratched his head and replied, "It's like this. The commander asked over there and there were no other tickets, so he booked you two on the soft sleeper. I went to get the tickets for you and will be back after I get you on the train."

Soft sleeper tickets are not available to ordinary people. Only administrative cadres above level 14 can book them.

Shen Anan and his wife both had the rank of major, so the only berth they could book was a hard sleeper.

That's why he needed to take the leader's letter of introduction to get the ticket.

"Is that so? Let's go!" Shen Anan nodded in understanding.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the train station.

Lu Xin took the introduction and quickly went to the ticket office to get two train tickets.

He put the two of them on the train.

There was no one in the fifth compartment of their soft sleeper car.

Lu Xin sent the person over and handed the letter of introduction to the two of them, reminding them, "The commander said that if you come back and want to book soft sleeper tickets, you can just ask the military commander over there to issue you a letter of introduction. Don't be shy."

He was beside the chief and heard the chief making the call. The chief really loved Doctor Shen Anan.

Since his own son didn't make an exception to get a certificate, he was willing to issue it to her and even called the people there to ask them to do the same.

Even a guard was envious of him.

"We understand. Thank you, Xiao Lu. You should go back quickly. I won't take you away with me!" Shen Anan nodded to show that she understood.

She was very familiar with issuing letters of introduction. In such cases, someone would usually issue them for her without her having to ask, so she really didn't worry about it.

However, when she returned to Beijing, she planned to go back to her hometown first, and she didn't know whether her leader would be willing to write this letter for her.

The soft sleeper cars these days feel similar to the hard sleeper cars of later generations. The only difference is that there are fewer people and the doors can be locked.

After all, most people cannot book soft sleeper tickets. For example, the couple is not eligible at the moment, so these compartments are often empty.

Even if the floors of other cars are full, this compartment should still be empty.

"Let me see our tickets. Aren't they all for the upper bunks?" Shen Anan took Lu Yanzhou's tickets and looked at them.

The two of them had connected upper and lower bunks.

"Then let's all sleep downstairs!"

As Shen Anan spoke, he opened the box and took out two colorful sheets from it like a magic trick.

"No, when did you put this in?" Lu Yanzhou remembered that they didn't seem to have put in the bed sheets.

"This thing is so small, you didn't see it when I installed it." Shen Anan answered while making the bed.

Just when she was about to fold up the lower bunk opposite, Lu Yanzhou stopped her.

"This bed is not ours, why are we using it?"

"Don't worry, my hunch tells me that there will be only two of us in this carriage, believe me." Shen Anan patted his chest and replied playfully.

This soft sleeper is always empty with few people, and she is so lucky, how could anyone come in and squeeze in with them?

"Okay, I believe your hunch." Lu Yanzhou did not object.

After all, my wife has always had good luck. She said that if there were no other guests coming in, it meant there was no one there.

Sure enough, when the train whistled and was about to start, no one came into the compartment.

Lu Yanzhou looked at his watch and asked curiously, "Is this berth so empty? There's really no one sitting here?"

He had never taken a hard sleeper when he went back to visit his relatives before. Most of the time he took hard seats and had never noticed the soft sleeper situation on the train.

"It's quite normal. There are very few leaders above level 14, and ordinary people can't buy this ticket. It would be strange if it wasn't left vacant."

But she was lucky and seemed to have taken a soft sleeper every time she went back and forth.

When I came to Beijing, I stayed in a soft sleeper car with Li Baoguo, a retired general.

When I went back for the second time, my uncle's guard followed me and gave me a certificate to prove that I was still staying in the soft sleeper compartment.

But that time she met her aunt who she had lost for decades.

I don’t know if I will meet other relatives this time.

"You're right. I used to sit in hard seats when I went back to visit my relatives, but this time, thanks to you, my wife, I was able to sit in a soft sleeper." Lu Yanzhou said with a smile.

Not to mention, the feeling is different in this empty carriage. Not only is it crowded outside, but sleeping at night is also very painful because he has to sit next to the hard seats.

"Then you have to work hard in the future and try to get me a ride on a soft sleeper because of you."

She was able to sit in the soft sleeper only because of someone else's help. As a doctor, she herself was afraid that she would not be able to get promoted, so she had to let this man get promoted.

"Got it, I will complete the task."

Lu Yanzhou saluted Shen Anan and acted funny in a serious manner.

"Go away~~" Shen Anan rolled her eyes at him.

Soon the train started, and the two sat in the carriage with nothing to do, so Shen Anan planned to sleep.

"Just lock the door, I need a nap!"

She practiced with Lu Yanzhou for a while today, and also went through various physical tests, so she was really tired.

"Okay, I'll take a nap too." Lu Yanzhou said after thinking for a while.

"It's hot this time of year, just wrap the sheets around yourself and sleep. The quilts in the carriage are not clean." Shen Anan reminded.

She took out this bed sheet to use it as both a bed sheet and a quilt.

The quilt on the train had a strong foot odor, so she put it directly on the upper bunk.

"knew."

Since his wife has spoken, how can Lu Yanzhou not do as she says?

While they were drowsy, they were awakened by a knock on the door.

"Go open the door." Shen Anan instructed Lu Yanzhou without any courtesy.

Lu Yanzhou quickly got up and folded the bed sheet again before going to open the door.

"Hello, leaders. This is some hot water for you. I'm not sure what you'd like to eat. We have minced meat and cowpeas available today."

The conductor brought in a bottle of hot water and asked with a smile.

She wondered how these two people, who were so young, had managed to buy soft sleeper tickets, but since they were both wearing military uniforms, she didn't dare to say anything.

"Minced meat and cowpea? Is there any porridge?" Shen Anan asked.

"Yes, but it's just corn grits porridge, corn steamed buns and two-grain flour steamed buns."

"Then let's have some of each?" Shen Anan looked at Lu Yanzhou and asked.

She seldom eats this grits porridge, and she basically doesn't eat corn balls either. But minced meat and cowpea porridge is nice to eat.

Lu Yanzhou took out a lunch box from the suitcase and said to her:

"Then you need a bowl of porridge in the lunch box, and you can put the minced meat and cowpea on the lid. You also need two steamed buns and two porridges. I'll go get them with you."