Li Jin and Li Zhen made the package themselves, without letting Zhao Sufang lift a finger.
After eating dumplings, the family took the two to the train station. After Zhao Sufang and Li Xiangdong boarded the train with the crowd, Li Yan, with her two little hands tied together, insisted on finding her mother and second brother, and cried pitifully with her little mouth pouting.
Li Jin watched as Li Yan's pearl-like tears fell one by one, and his heart ached terribly. He carried his little daughter on his shoulders and took the four children to a state-run restaurant for a meal.
At that time, the trains were all green-skinned trains. With the sound of the train whistle, two plumes of smoke, each more than ten meters high, shot out from the locomotive, resembling a flying dragon, with extraordinary momentum!
The hard seats on the train were packed with people. Even with the windows open and the small fans overhead spinning, it was still very stuffy in the middle of summer.
The luggage was so much that it blocked the middle of the road, leaving no place for people to put their feet.
Li Xiangdong bought two sleeper tickets. Zhao Sufang was in the lower berth, and he was in the middle berth. The two of them tiptoed, constantly watching their step, and it took them a long time to reach the sleeper carriage.
The sleeper car was noticeably less crowded, with only a few neatly dressed people occasionally passing by. The windows were open, and a hot breeze blew into the car, allowing Li Xiangdong to finally catch his breath. He stuffed all his belongings under the berth and let Zhao Sufang sit on it to rest.
In those days, ordinary people could only buy hard seats. To buy a hard sleeper, one had to pull strings and find someone to help them. And to buy a soft sleeper, one had to meet certain criteria.
"Waaah—"
A sharp and loud whistle sounded, and Li Xiangdong felt the train jolt slightly before it slowly started moving.
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