He stood on tiptoe and strained his presbyopic eyes, but he couldn't see the train information posted on the ticket window. Instead, he worked himself into a sweat.
"Comrade, are there any tickets left for Haicheng the day after tomorrow?" After it was finally his turn, Li Jianghai leaned against the ticket window and asked anxiously.
The ticket seller said without even looking up, "The only standing tickets left are for the 6:00 AM ticket the day after tomorrow."
"Standing room?!" Li Jianghai's voice cracked. "I have to stand for a whole day and a night?"
The people in the queue behind me urged impatiently: "Are you going to buy it or not? If not, please make way!"
"Buy! Buy!" Li Jianghai gritted his teeth, took out a handkerchief from his inner pocket, peeled off the layers, counted out the wrinkled money, and handed it over, "I want one!"
After getting the ticket, he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his face and went straight to the public telephone booth outside the station.
My hands were shaking so badly when I put the coins in that they fell all over the floor with a clanging sound.
"Hello? Jianguo!" Li Jianghai shouted at the top of his lungs as the call went through. "This is Jianghai. I've bought a train ticket to Haicheng for the day after tomorrow morning. Please tell Mingyu to meet me at the train station!"
On the other end of the line, Li Jianguo seemed to be saying something. Li Jianghai was so anxious that he slammed the phone: "What? Speak louder! Did you hear me?"
After getting the other party's confirmation, he hung up the phone with a click!
After hanging up the phone, Li Jianghai breathed a sigh of relief. It was a close call. He almost got charged more money!
Phone bills are too expensive these days, so generally, people won’t call unless it’s an emergency!
The woman waiting for a call at the back rolled her eyes and said, "This is a phone booth. You can't say anything and I won't give you change!"
Looking at the petrified Li Jianghai, the old lady banged on the glass door of the phone booth: "Come out as soon as you're done! There's a line behind you!"
Li Jianghai had no choice but to leave the phone booth, carefully stuffed the ticket and the remaining change back into the handkerchief, hid the handkerchief back into his inner pocket, and pressed it deliberately.
As he walked out of the phone booth, Li Jianghai suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead: "Oh no! I have to go back and pack my luggage!"
As he said that, he rushed out and almost knocked over a cart selling boiled corn.
The iron stove made a clanging sound, and the old corn seller was so frightened that he almost jumped up and said, "Watch your way, old man!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Li Jianghai apologized repeatedly, but he didn't bother to help straighten the stove and ran home.
When Li Guifang returned home from get off work, she unexpectedly found a surprise waiting for her!
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