The train moved, and then, sweet music came from the loudspeaker, "Brother Comrade, please drink a cup of tea, please drink a cup of tea, the tea in the liberated areas is sweet and fragrant, sweet and fragrant..."
Lin Yutong leaned on the berth and felt relieved.
There are surprisingly many people on the train bound for Beijing. Most of them are educated youths. Those who buy tickets may not be able to get on smoothly. Those who cannot buy tickets may not be able to get on. The window is opened, and the package is stuffed in first, and then
People crawled into the car one by one. Some of them didn't like the thick clothes they were wearing, which made it difficult to move around. Some simply took off their outer clothes and wore sweaters in the temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero. It was really hard.
That Liao officer, the chief got the ticket, it was a sleeper ticket. And he told me that he must take good care of it.
This means that no one else is allowed to live in it.
Many people cannot buy sleeper berth tickets, but they can get a white note approved by the conductor. With the note, they can get on the train. The sleeper berth is so crowded that it has become a soft seat.
There are three levels of sleeper berths on the train, and only the top level is the only one that no one dares to squeeze into. It depends on who can get the good seat. It doesn't matter if you have a ticket. Having a ticket only proves that you can be in this compartment.
I can have a seat on this berth.
Those with children can use their pockets to hang a hammock in the air for the children. It is suitable for children aged three to five to sleep on.
What Lin Yutong found interesting was that every time on the train, everyone seemed to prepare a very large foreign porcelain jar. She felt that the jar could hold two kilograms of water.
As long as the conductor passes by with a kettle, he will hold out the cup. But in most cases, if the conductor can pour you half a glass of water, it is considered good. For a person like this, weighing two pounds per person, the conductor will be exhausted.
It can be seen that the water on this train is very rare.
However, there are benefits to traveling by train. That is, each passenger does not need food stamps and is limited to purchasing two pieces of brown bread.
Black bread is bread made from black flour. Black flour is made by grinding the flour, and the wheat bran is not released. It is mixed together at once. Although it is rough, it is indeed fine grains. You can buy fine grains without food stamps. Everyone is enthusiastic about it.
The conductors carried large white cloth bags and wore white hats on their heads as they shuttled through the dense aisles. As for the food on the train, 99% of the people didn't go back, couldn't afford it, and couldn't part with it.
There were also people selling apples, sodas, and boiled eggs. They were relatively expensive items, and no one would be willing to pay for them unless the children were crying.
At this time, simplicity is engraved in the bones of people.
When we got off the bus, compared to most people, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong were different. They had too few things. Look at other people, each of them had four or five bags on their backs, which were all small. But for the two of them, they had two bags.
The fourth master held one in each hand, and Lin Yutong grabbed his clothes and followed behind. There was no way, there were too many people, and they were afraid of being scattered.
When I arrived at the exit, I saw a man wearing a blue cadre uniform with four pockets holding a sign with the word "print" written on it.
Fourth Master came over and said, "Hello comrade, my surname is Yin. Did Liao Chu call you here?"
The man glanced at Fourth Master in surprise, then nodded, "That's right. Let's go. Follow me."
Far away across the road, there was a jeep parked. After getting in the car, the man said: "I will take you to this house. If someone asks, they say they are distant relatives of Yang He. There are no relatives in the Yang family. This house
It has been taken back for more than ten years. Our work unit is almost fighting for this courtyard. We don’t want the single-room dormitories. Five or six households are eyeing this courtyard. After so many years of quarrel, no one can get it. It is so idle.
Now. The current argument is that your family has given 100 yuan and then wants to return to the house. The unit will immediately allocate a single room to them. They will not make trouble for you. In addition, these old neighbors are all
Now that we have moved away, there is no one who knows the roots of the Yang family. I guess no one will ask. If anyone asks, you say so."
The fourth master nodded, "Thank you very much." It means that this yard was bought for 600 yuan. It also means that Liao Chu needs 600 yuan and a human connection. If there is no human connection, this house is really not good.
purchase.
When we arrived at the place, we followed people around the alley and entered the door. There was a five-blessed screen wall. Walking further in, we saw a small courtyard. Only one side was a wing.
"This is a small courtyard house that was dismantled. At the back is the main house, which was built with a wall and separated into a family. There are wing rooms on the two sides, and a wall was built from the middle. There is a family on the left and right sides of this house.
It's not bad. There are intersections on several sides, and each can open its own door. Some families live in a courtyard with more than ten or twenty families, and that's a disaster." The man explained.
"Yes!" The fourth master nodded, "This is a third-entry courtyard. The main room and wing room we have separated now are the second-entry courtyard."
The man took a look and said, "You have poisonous eyes. No, the first courtyard in front is where five families live. The concierges have all been separated. The one in the back is with a back cover for the servants of the big family.
There are more rooms. There are eleven families living there. They all go in and out through one main door. The children cry and the adults make trouble, which makes it even more chaotic."
Fourth Master smiled and said, "That's good. Thank you."
Lin Yutong opened the bag and took out a bag of fruit. There were bananas, oranges, and apples. "Thank you for your trouble."
The man quickly waved his hand, "It's too expensive, so I can't take it."
The fourth master took it and asked him to take it to the car. The two of them walked out, talking about something. They seemed to be asking about the situation of the three residents who entered the yard.
Lin Yutong thought to himself, if he could really buy them all and renovate them, he would be able to live comfortably.
In fact, the wing room is not too small. After entering the door, you will find the main hall. The two secondary rooms on the left and right are arched doors, which are open. The inside is relatively clean, and it has obviously been cleaned.
"Stop cleaning." Fourth Master reached out and covered Lin Yutong's hands, "Someone will bring the stove and charcoal later."
That’s right! You can’t buy this thing without a ticket.
Lin Yutong asked, "What does that person want?"
"Celebrating his grandma's birthday, the old man is almost ninety. Wasn't the gold ring that the old man gave to the old lady a few years ago confiscated? Now that he is old and confused, he talks about her ring all day long. That man
You also know his identity, so it’s not easy to go shopping for this one. He and Liao Chu are cousins, and the one named Liao is quite smart. He only said that I can handle this matter, but he didn’t tell me the truth. I just watched people clean the house.
But, there is nothing inside in the middle of winter. Isn't this obvious and waiting for us to open our mouths to beg him?" Fourth Master looked at the room and said, "Fortunately, it's the yang side, but it would be even worse if it were the yin side."
Lin Yutong took out a small ring. It was a reward for the girl before. But it was also made of real gold.
"That's it." Fourth Master took it in his hand.
After a while there was a noise outside the door, and I saw the man and two young men carrying a particularly large iron stove and a long chimney made of iron sheets. If this factory chimney could be circled more times in the house, it would be almost like a heater.
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Lin Yutong saw Fourth Master and the man chewing their ears together for a while. After a while, the man laughed. After saying hello, several more people came in with charcoal lifted, followed closely by an aunt holding a set of pots in her hands.
Bowls, pans and other household items.
Someone helped quickly, and before dark, the house was tidied up. The bedding in the space was taken out and spread out. The big stove with charcoal was burning brightly, but it was actually not that cold.
"It's true that money can make the world go round." Lin Yutong sighed.
"Originally, I was thinking of going somewhere else to buy and sell. I didn't expect you to bring this with you." Fourth Master laughed, "I dare to bring these things out even in big cities. There are a lot of brave people here. Just now.
The watch on that man’s hand is quite old. I’m not sure how he got it?”
"Antique?" Lin Yutong said in surprise.
"The dial must be an antique. Everything else is new. So, people who don't know how to recognize it will definitely not be able to recognize it." Fourth Master smiled, "Do you think they smashed and burned all the antiques they collected? Or?
Can you find a car at a junkyard? Are you stupid? People in this world are not all hot-headed fools. Some people are just following the trend and taking advantage of the situation. The ones scattered outside are of little value. It’s not worth risking for that little thing.
Risk. Real fine products have been collected secretly by people who took advantage of the chaos. There must be damage. If you don't take advantage of the damage, how can you keep it secretly? If you don't believe it, you have to wait for more than ten or twenty years. Look, someone will always get it.
And there is this thing. If there is someone who is calm enough to keep it like this, who would know?"
Lin Yutong agrees with this. There was a family in her hometown who used to be a rebel leader. Later, after the movement ended, he also stepped aside. The income of ordinary people seems to be about the same, and the couple have become ordinary workers.
, the income is countless. But they seem to be living a better life than others. I didn’t find any other ways to make money, but they were the first to buy TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, and houses for their children.
I couldn't figure out where his money came from. Later, the old couple got divorced, and the wife got angry, so she complained about him. She said that he had lost all his virtues in his life. He had cheated many people and made a fortune for himself.
.I will die a bad death or something in the future. Then everyone suddenly realized. It turns out that everyone is stupid, and others are the real smart people.
But so what if you know? Times have changed. Who will still mention what happened back then. At most, they will say a few indignant words when passing by the door. The old people from back then are no longer there. What else can be done.
There are probably a lot of smart people like this in the world.
After sighing for a few words, the two of them talked about going home tomorrow.
"Is this your new uncle coming to visit?" Lin Yutong joked.
The fourth master smiled and said: "The old man is a gangster, but what about the new uncle?" (. )