Chapter 198 Arrival in Beijing
After waiting for about ten minutes, there was a long sound, followed by a loud "clang clang" and the train started moving.
Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were all very excited, and the three little heads rushed to the car window and stuck their heads out to look.
There were no air-conditioned trains at that time, and the windows of the green trains could all be opened.
Xia Juanjuan was afraid that they were small and heavy-headed and might accidentally fall out of the car window, so she quickly grabbed Beibei's collar from behind and told Xiaowen to keep an eye on Xiaowu and not to stick his head out too much. Then she reached out and waved goodbye to Yan Haotian and Xia Shuangshan who were standing on the platform.
The journey to Beijing is not long, about six or seven hours. The train departs at two in the afternoon and arrives in the evening.
Once the small door of the soft sleeper compartment was closed, no one disturbed us, except for the flight attendant who came over to check our tickets.
In this day and age, those who can spend money and buy four soft sleeper tickets at one time all have connections and are not short of money. The flight attendant took a look at Xia Juanjuan, who was wearing a slant-collared floral top, cotton trousers, and farmer-made cloth shoes with foam soles. She was neat and tidy, but she was clearly dressed like a village woman, and was a little confused.
Nowadays, you need a letter of introduction when you travel by train, find accommodation, or look for a job. Sometimes you see a stranger and the patrolman may stop you and check your letter of introduction.
So let alone in the countryside, even in the city there aren’t that many people going out. But it’s not that there aren’t any.
Moreover, there are fewer people going out, but there are fewer trains, so it is usually still crowded.
It looks like it's decorated in a rural style at first glance. Most of the carriages are hard-seat carriages, and some don't even have sitting tickets, all are standing tickets.
The flight attendant couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Xia Juanjuan had nothing to hide, so she vaguely said that she was going to Beijing to visit relatives and that the man was in the army.
After hearing this, the flight attendant left without saying anything.
Now that we have military families and the husband has an allowance, it is normal for the wife to bring her six children to visit relatives and spend more money to buy a soft sleeper ticket, one that is safer on the journey.
However, after the flight attendant walked away, I couldn't help but grumble in my heart.
This is too fertile, the woman looks like she is in her twenties at most, and she already has six children? But the three kids sitting in the car look like triplets?
Oh! How delightful! Twins are rare, and they are triplets, all boys!
It's normal for a man to pamper you like this!
Xia Juanjuan had no idea how many emotions the flight attendant was feeling.
In fact, she didn't understand fashion. If she went to the county town to buy those double-breasted clothes with plastic buttons that city people wore, or even dresses, she could afford them.
But keeping a low profile has always been her principle. As a village woman, in this day and age, if you wear something too eye-catching, wouldn't that cause trouble?
Moreover, with her appearance and the country woman's attire, she was already eye-catching enough.
If you want to wear better clothes, wait until you are more relaxed. There will be plenty of opportunities. There is no need to rush in the next few years.
After checking the tickets, she locked the door of the sleeper compartment for fear of anything going wrong.
The excitement of riding the train was still far from over for Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei, and the three little heads still crowded to the window to look outside.
Outside, spring is gradually returning. The poplar trees are growing green leaves, and the wheat fields a little further away are also lush green.
As the train moves forward, the scenery recedes little by little and keeps changing, so even if you keep watching it, you will never get tired of it.
Even though I have traveled through countless summers on high-speed trains and planes before time travel, the experience of being able to open the windows and feel the warm spring breeze is extremely rare.
Xia Juanjuan took out the meat buns and gave one to Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei respectively, letting them chew them while watching.
Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao are now five months old. They have learned to sit, but they are not stable and will fall down at the slightest bump.
Xia Juanjuan simply laid them all down to prevent them from falling and getting hurt.
But this time, the three little guys were unhappy. They clenched their fists and tried to get up seriously. If they couldn't get up, they would start crying.
Xiaowen ran over to look at his brothers obediently. Xiaowu and Beibei also came over to play with their brothers when they saw this.
Xia Juanjuan picked them up one by one, pointed out the scenery outside the window to them, and said with a smile: "Go and play yourselves, don't worry about your brothers."
After hearing this, Xiaowen and the others ran to the window to look out again.
It was also the first time for the little guys to see the scenery outside. They were so fresh and opened their already big and bright eyes wide, made a circle with their little mouths, and kept saying "oh" and "oh".
Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing in her heart.
Even though you are so excited now, you will forget everything when you grow up, right?
Since it was a soft sleeper compartment and Xiaowen and the others were still young, Xia Juanjuan did not feed the triplets with cold milk in the bottle. Instead, she turned her back slightly to feed them.
After a few hours, when they needed to go to the toilet, Xia Juanjuan would take them there and instruct Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei who stayed in the carriage to lock the door and only open it when she knocked. Otherwise, they were not allowed to open it even if an aunt in uniform came to knock.
In that era, human traffickers were not so rampant, and it was quite costly to steal children in a sleeper car.
However, it is better to be careful. If the child is really lost, it will be too late to regret it!
At around four or five in the afternoon, Xia Juanjuan took out cucumbers and tomatoes for Xiaowen and the others to eat. After eating, the three siblings felt a little tired and fell asleep on the bed.
After Xia Juanjuan confirmed that the door was locked, she closed her eyes and slept for a while.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, the train slowly pulled into the station.
Xia Juanjuan got up, woke Xiaowen and the others up, and took down a bag of dry goods, a bag of laundry and food, and some fresh fruits such as cucumbers and tomatoes that were on the luggage rack.
When I got off the train, the conductor came to help me, and there were not many passengers in the sleeper car, so nothing went wrong.
As soon as I got off the car, I saw Li Zhan and Bai Zihan standing on the platform, looking around in confusion, searching for her.
Both men were over 1.80 meters tall and dressed in military uniforms, standing out among the crowd of people in gray Mao suits.
Xia Juanjuan wanted to open her mouth and shout "Fight hard!", but when the words reached her throat, she couldn't help but feel a sour taste in her nose, so she didn't shout out.
Li Zhan turned around and saw her, then quickly grabbed Bai Zihan and walked through the crowd.
Walking closer, Xia Juanjuan sniffed and looked at Li Zhan somewhat embarrassedly.
Li Zhan couldn't help himself all of a sudden, and without caring about the people coming and going in the station, he immediately hugged Xia Juanjuan into his arms.
"Jianjian!"
Xia Juanjuan was stunned.
This, this, this... so many people are watching!
Bai Zihan was also shocked. Seeing that many people were giving him immoral looks, he quickly smiled and explained, "They are a couple, a young couple. Hehe..."