Military marriage, the last big man married the soldier king, the stronger the stronger

What did trains look like in the 1970s?

Green carriage, hard wooden seats, no leading speed, no advanced facilities.

The carriage was in a mess in the morning. Some passengers wanted to go to the toilet, some wanted to wash up, and some wanted to take their luggage in advance and wait for the train to arrive.

Jiang Yan was truly enlightened. It turned out that in this era, people could really bring anything on the bus. She saw with her own eyes someone carrying a goose off the bus, alive and well. Before leaving, the goose even left a parting gift, which was stepped on by someone who was coming from behind.

The smell in the carriage was already bad, and now it was filled with a faint smell of goose droppings. Jiang Yan pushed open the window to get some fresh air, and saw a water delivery man outside the station. The staff was carrying a large teapot, and when they met someone handing over a teacup, they would pour a cup of hot water.

Dong Shuang was a little carsick. She felt pain all over her body after sitting on a wooden chair all night. Seeing someone delivering water, she quickly found her water bottle and handed it to the staff.

"Comrade, I'm sorry to trouble you."

“Are you the educated youth sent to the countryside?”

"Ah."

The staff member in blue overalls said nothing more. He filled Dong Shuang's water bottle and handed it to her, "Be careful, don't spill it."

Jiang Yan also quickly handed over her water bottle. She was not short of water, but she at least had to keep pace with others.

When the kettle was handed over, Jiang Yan said thank you naturally. As a result, the young man blushed, didn't say a word for a long time, and ran away with the kettle.

Jiang Yan quickly sat back and rolled down the car window.

Qi Guiyue, who was standing opposite, witnessed all this and gritted her teeth, cursing her as a vixen inwardly.

Jiang Yan had the ability to keep an eye on all directions and hear all directions. She looked at Qi Guiyue with a smile, and her gaze finally fell on her hands.

The back of Qi Guiyue's right hand was red and swollen, and it was clear who the thief was last night.

Qi Guiyue felt Jiang Yan's gaze and immediately hid her hands, asking her viciously, "What are you looking at?"

"Qi Guiyue, why are you so mad so early in the morning?" Dong Shuang said with disgust, "We didn't ask you to go to the countryside, can you please stop biting everyone you see like a mad dog?"

Qi Guiyue's face looked very ugly. Dong Shuang's words exposed her scars, which made her even angrier.

"What's it got to do with you? You're staring at others so early in the morning. Just mind your own business."

"If you don't do anything wrong, what are you afraid of?" Jiang Yan snorted, "I think it's the thief crying thief."

Qi Guiyue's heart trembled, but then she thought that she didn't catch him on the spot, so it would be useless to say anything and no one would believe her. So she stopped panicking, glared at Jiang Yan fiercely, and sat down in her seat.

"Leave her alone."

The train started slowly and headed towards its destination towards the rising sun.

A conductor came to the carriage with a meal ticket and said, "Hello, passengers. We have prepared breakfast for you. The staple food is rice, steamed buns, noodles, eggs, pickles, and stir-fried dishes. There are both meat and vegetarian options. You can buy set meals. Comrades who want to eat, please prepare your change. We will start selling tickets now."

Jiang Yan was really enlightened. It turned out that this was how things were sold on trains in the 1970s.

"I want some noodles."

"Two cents."

"Comrade, give me some noodles and two steamed buns..."

"I'd like a set meal."

A poor family may be rich on the road, but when you go out, you always carry some emergency money with you, so buying food is not a difficult thing.

But the food on the train is not cheap, and some people are reluctant to spend money to buy food on the train, thinking it is expensive, so they just eat the pancakes and stone steamed buns they brought with them, which are foods that can be stored for a long time.

But this is a long-distance train after all, crossing several provinces. When the weather is hot, the food we bring will not last for more than a few meals, so the meal problem must be solved.

Soon the conductor who was selling meal tickets came over to the educated youth.

"Comrade, give me some noodles."

"Comrade, I want to buy two eggs."

The conductor collected money and issued tickets at the same time, and he was busy but orderly, not at all flustered.

Jiang Yan still had some food in her hand. When she went to the department store, she bought a lot of egg cakes, mung bean cakes and so on. She could just take a bite of them.

Dong Shuang didn't buy anything either. Although her family doted on her, how rich could a family with three sons be? She wanted to finish the food in her hands before buying more to avoid waste.

Qi Guiyue took out money from her pocket.

When she got on the bus yesterday, she saw others buying the set meal. It was a lunch box with a layer of rice and a layer of vegetables on top of the rice. There were both meat and vegetables, and it looked no worse than the food in a state-owned restaurant.

Although the price of thirty-five cents made her feel a little painful, she felt that it was worth the money because she could show off in front of Dong Shuang and Qiongsuan.

"Conductor, I want to buy a set meal."

"Ok."

The conductor took the money and handed the meal ticket to Qi Guiyue. Qi Guiyue coughed twice on purpose, shook the meal ticket in front of Dong Shuang and Jiang Yue, and then put it in her coat pocket.

Dong Shuang was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips.

Qi Guiyue has always been a show-off, from childhood to adulthood. When she was a child, she would make a fuss about getting a piece of candy, and she wanted everyone in the world to come and see her candy. I don't know why she is so vain.

"Don't pay attention to her." Dong Shuang took out a box of oil paper packages from his bag and opened it to reveal the calcium milk biscuits inside.

"Taste it?"

She truly felt that she and Jiang Yan had a good relationship, so she was willing to share her things with them.

Jiang Yan didn't hesitate to take a piece and said, "Thank you, one piece is enough for me."

Qi Guiyue felt so bitter, "Dong Shuang, I told you you're stupid and you don't believe me. They just wanted to rely on you and eat and drink with you, but you're rushing to get close to them."

"You..."

"Don't pay attention to her." Jiang Yan just said: "She also wants to eat and drink with others, but unfortunately she can't, so she is jealous!"

Qi Guiyue rolled her eyes and said, "Humph, biscuits, who cares? I bought the set meal."

Jiang Yan couldn't help laughing. Isn't the set meal on the train just a box lunch? She made it sound like she had bought some high-end couture from an international brand.

Jiang Yan took out a bottle of malted milk from her all-purpose bag and placed it on the table with a clatter.

This is a good thing! Qi Guiyue's eyes widened.

"You treat me to cookies, and I'll treat you to malted milk." Jiang Yan took Dong Shuang's military green kettle, opened the lid, and poured several spoonfuls of malted milk into it.

The sweet smell spread all at once, and Qi Guiyue couldn't help swallowing, thinking that this was too wasteful.

"This is too wasteful. Who else makes malted milk like you do?"

The old lady who had been taken away by the conductor to change seats suddenly rushed out from somewhere and reached out to take the malted milk that Jiang Yan had placed on the table.

Jiang Yan was quick, she grabbed the jar, closed the lid, and put it in her bag, "What? Are you robbing me?"