Chapter 84 Returning Home for College Entrance Examination

Fang Mingche said, "Is there no hope for Gu Zhiguang's leg?"

"The hope is slim. Uncle Gu is looking for connections to send him to Union Hospital for a checkup."

When it comes to connections, Fang Mingche has none at all. He only knows people from the compound and the cooperative.

Oh, there is one more, Wang Dexian.

However, Uncle Gu also knows Wang Dexian. He is also very familiar with his mother and stepfather. They have been neighbors for decades.

He originally wanted to ask why he only wanted to send him to Union Hospital, couldn't 301 be sent to have a look?

Suddenly he remembered that 301 should not be open to the public at this time.

Fang Mingche did not ask about the follow-up of this matter for the time being.

The calendar turned to late June, and Fang Mingche was ready to go to the train station to buy a ticket back home.

Before leaving, he asked Song Quan, "Can you get me a letter of introduction, the kind that can buy a sleeper berth?"

Song Quan is now a leader.

But he shook his head, "In terms of administrative level, only the top leader of our cooperative can take a sleeper berth when on a business trip. You are not an old man, otherwise you can apply for it in the name of an old artist."

Nowadays, air tickets can only be purchased at the county and regiment level and above. Sleeper berths are better, and those at the section level

can be used. Of course, if you have connections, you can break the rules. But ordinary people can only buy hard seats or no seats, even if they have money.

Fang Mingche said, "What about scalper tickets, have you heard of anyone being able to buy a sleeper berth?"

Hard seats cost 20 or 30 yuan, and sleeper berths cost twice as much. If it is a scalper ticket, you have to add the scalper's fee.

But if you can get it, you would rather lose money than people.

Song Quan said, "Nowadays, only section-level cadres who have something to do can buy sleeper berths with a letter of introduction issued by the unit. One letter of introduction corresponds to one sleeper ticket. Scalpers can only buy up all the hard seat tickets and then resell them to others."

Fang Mingche said, "Then I'll see if anyone is willing to let me increase the price to change it."

Song Quan didn't say anything, it was uncertain!

If it was the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, or pregnant, it would probably be easier to get.

Nowadays, if you are a young man with all your limbs intact, most people will not agree to pay more just to buy a berth.

Besides, compared with hard seats, sleeper berths are safer.

"Go buy it quickly. You can still buy seats a few days in advance. If you are late, there will only be standing tickets!"

However, Song Quan got Fang Mingche a letter of introduction to Beijing. As an extra-staff translator of the cooperative, he will return to Beijing with Lin Yan after remarrying.

Without a letter of introduction, he can't even buy a hard seat or even a ticket without a seat.

The last time he went to Beijing, he got a letter of introduction under the banner of bringing Yanyan to Beijing to see her mother. And he stayed in the capital for three or four months without returning.

Even if he doesn't take Yanyan back this time, it is impossible for him to get a letter of introduction for the same reason.

Then he can only wait for the admission letter to be mailed.

But staying at home for an extra month is a big loss.

And he promised to teach the craftsmen to speak simple English after the exam.

Besides, Yanyan is still at her grandparents' house.

Therefore, after returning to take the exam and complete the remarriage procedures, he will plan to go to BJ again.

As for Lin Yan, catching blind migrants and illegal residents are all aimed at farmers who move to the city.

She is a person from the capital going to the countryside, so she is not the one who will be caught. She can buy a train ticket relatively freely.

Fang Mingche went to buy the ticket in advance.

Yanyan wanted to follow, so she followed her father when she saw him walking out.

Lin Yan saw it and said hurriedly: "Yanyan, come back."

"I'm going out for a walk with my dad."

Fang Mingche took her with him and said to Lin Yan: "You stay at home to review."

He is now very strong in his arms, so holding his daughter is no problem. He also bought a lollipop for Yanyan to hold in her mouth, so that she can stay longer. It costs

three cents a lollipop, which is more expensive than hard candy.

On the days when he couldn't go out to sell things at the stall, Zhu Dahai would still take his place. He was happy to do it for five yuan a day.

The father and daughter took the bus to the train station and found the ticket office to queue up.

Nowadays, they can only buy tickets at the window, and the queue is very long.

Fang Mingche held his daughter in the queue for a while, and thought of buying tickets on 12306 with a smartphone in his previous life. He really felt that this was a waste of time.

Scalper tickets cost three or five yuan more. Shouldn't he have bought scalper tickets directly from the beginning?

Forget it, just take it as a rest for your brain.

Because he went a week in advance,

he finally bought a ticket with a seat. However, he had to explain to Yanyan before he left. Otherwise, he would definitely quarrel with her mother when he got back.

On the way back, Fang Mingche said, "Yanyan, do you know what we were doing just now?"

"Buying train tickets." Yanyan just heard everyone say this.

"Yes, buy a train ticket. Dad has to go back to his hometown for something, so you stay with mom, grandma and grandpa in the capital."

Yanyan said, "How long will it take?"

"About three weeks."

Yanyan looked at her fingers, she couldn't count how many days that was. It just felt like a long time!

"I'll come too."

"Have you forgotten how uncomfortable it was to stay on the train for three days and two nights? When we came here, if you got off the train a little later, I was worried that you would cry. It was really too uncomfortable. Dad will be back after he finishes his business."

Yanyan naturally didn't remember it. But dad said it was uncomfortable, and mom was there.

She finally agreed reluctantly. She

also told him, "Come back early."

"Okay."

On the 28th, Lin Yan took her daughter to the train station to see Fang Mingche off. Lin's mother also came.

Lin's mother said to Fang Mingche, "Go back and prepare for the exam with peace of mind. I will take good care of them."

"Okay, thank you, aunt."

"What are you thanking for? We are a family!"

This time it was easy to go back.

Fang Mingche just picked up two boxes and got on the train.

One contained a change of clothes and review materials that he wanted to look at again.

The other contained local specialties bought in the capital and clothes for his parents, nephews, and nieces.

Nowadays, a trip to the provincial capital is considered a long journey. What's more, he stayed in the capital for four months. He

had to bring something back to avoid being impolite.

Some of the specialties were also given to his cousin, who had troubled him to bring a few words in the past few months. He also made his old man roll his eyes at him.

In addition, he also bought a set of clothes for his cousin's daughter. It was a thank you for the space suit and winter boots that his cousin gave Yanyan before.

The style of the capital is still very impressive when taken back.

Without having to take his daughter with him, Fang Mingche really felt a lot more relaxed than when he came here.

He still had to work hard and find a way to get a letter of introduction to buy a sleeper berth.

He didn't know when the sleeper berth ticket and plane ticket would be available for purchase.

If possible, he really didn't want to waste three days on the train at the last minute. Economy class plane tickets are only 100 to 180 yuan each now.

Three days passed in a flash, and Fang Mingche got off the train in the city of his hometown.

In four months, his hometown had not changed at all.

There were still few people setting up stalls. It was still too far from the capital!

He went to the long-distance bus station and bought a ticket. There was another bus in the afternoon, and he could take it to the county town for three yuan.

(End of this chapter)