Chapter 120 The green train encounters an emergency
Peking Railway Station
This is a majestic building, one of the top ten buildings in New China. It will continue to be used even in 2023, which shows the practicality and forward-looking nature of the train station.
In the waiting hall, Jin Caifeng held her youngest son's hand and kept saying:
"Qizai, you have to take care of your health when you go out. Don't fight with the locals. Eat whatever you want. Don't save money. Do you hear me?"
Lin Sanqi was not ungrateful, and replied with a smile: "I know, grandma, I am already 23 years old."
"What's wrong with being 23? You're still a kid at 23. Take this 200 yuan, and these pastries and biscuits. These are tea eggs. My grandma finally asked someone to buy them. The weather is too hot. It breaks easily and you can finish it on the train.”
I pity the hearts of parents in the world.
Lin Sophora flavescens looked calm, but a little regretful:
"Oh, I just can't leave from work, otherwise I really want to go to the northwest with Xiaoqi, and appreciate the scenery of the desert, the lonely smoke, and the long river with the setting sun. It must be very majestic."
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Jin Caifeng got frustrated after hearing this: "What are you talking about? My son is going to work, not traveling."
"Comrade passengers, ticket checking for train 6748 bound for Xi'an has begun. Please go to ticket gate No. 3 to check in and get on the train..."
The loudspeaker at the train station shouted, and Lin Sanqi stood up after a moment:
"Dad, grandma, I'm leaving. Don't worry, I'm an adult and I can take care of myself."
"Okay, okay, come back safely as soon as possible. If anything happens, send a telegram to the hospital. We can also know what you are doing outside."
"I know~~~"
Lin Sanqi picked up a backpack, waved to her parents, turned around and walked into the ticket gate, followed by two reluctant old couples.
Lin Sanqi is very excited, because in 2023, all trains will be high-speed trains, and even regular-speed trains will be direct air-conditioned express trains.
But for college students, the old-fashioned green leather car without air conditioning is a symbol of romance and literature, and Lin Sanqi is somewhat of a literary person.
Lin Sanqi was already imagining that he was sitting on a train seat, with the breeze blowing his hair. At this time, he would play a guitar and sing a lyrical love song. It would be best if a group of female college students were sitting opposite him...
But the ideal is full, but the reality is a skeleton.
When Lin Sanqi passed the ticket gate and came to the platform excitedly, she was dumbfounded. What she saw was a dense crowd of people trying their best to squeeze towards the door.
There were even a lot of people peeling open the windows and getting into the train. They were shouting for friends everywhere, some were shouting to stop crowding, some were shouting to step on my toes. In short, the scene was a mess.
Isn't this scene what the train station looked like when I went south to work in the 1980s? Why was it like this in 1959?
In fact, this is mainly because there were too few trains in the 1950s and 1960s. For example, the train to Xi'an only ran every other day. Even if there are travel restrictions, so many people visiting relatives and business trips are crowded together, and it still feels like a special train for migrant workers during the Spring Festival. .
Lin Sanqi thought to herself that she was doomed. Her employer had bought her a hard-seat ticket, and she had to sit in a car that looked like a sardine can for 72 hours. Wouldn't that make her crazy?
Yes, the reader read that correctly, in the high-speed rail era, it only takes about 5 hours to get from the capital to Xi'an.
But in the era of green steam trains, it took three days, three nights and 72 hours to travel from the capital to Xi'an, and it was still a hard seat...
As for why it is not a sleeper berth, it is because Lin Sanqi is not qualified. In the 1950s, buying a sleeper berth required a certain level. Of course, it became more relaxed later, and only soft sleepers had restrictions.
After finally squeezing into the train, Lin Sanqi found that the carriage was already full of people and the aisles were tightly blocked.
"Excuse me~~I borrowed it~~"
After squeezing for a long time, when Lin Sanqi squeezed to her seat with a backpack, she found that someone was already sitting in the seat, an old lady holding a child.
Now Lin Sanqi is scratching his head, you can’t bear to say no, good young people in the new era have been taught to give in;
But you say let it go, stand for three days and three nights, Stallone can't stop him even if he comes.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi quietly retreated and came to the train connection. The train had slowly left the station.
Lin Sanqi didn't have time to enjoy the scenery, but came to the conductor's lounge, a small room next to the train connection.
Lin Sanqi knocked on the door: "Hello, comrade conductor!"
A middle-aged female conductor was a little strange: "Comrade, what's the matter with you?"
Lin Sanqi didn’t waste any time and said straight to the point:
"Hello, comrade conductor, I am from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I am going to the northwest on a business trip this time. Look at the environment in the carriage. Ahem, I just want to ask, can I get a sleeper ticket?"
The female conductor’s face drooped at this time:
"Comrade, our trains are ticket-based. You see, the masses can't even buy a ticket, but you want to get a sleeper berth? This is too..."
Before she finished speaking, Lin Sanqi had already taken out a bag of brown sugar and stuffed it into the conductor’s arms:
"Comrade conductor, this is my little thought, a pound of brown sugar, please don't help me unnecessarily!"
"This, this is not impossible. Just wait a moment and I will help you think of a solution." After saying that, the female conductor hid the brown sugar as quickly as possible, then squeezed out of the lounge, and came back 20 minutes later: < br>
"Comrade, take your luggage and follow me!"
Lin Sanqi was overjoyed, thinking that the sophistication of human nature is universal in all eras. A pound of brown sugar can be exchanged for a sleeping berth, which is a huge profit.
When they arrived at the sleeper workshop, the female conductor said:
"This is actually a rest bunk for our staff. If someone asks you later, just say that you are Niu Li's brother. Do you understand?"
Lin Sanqi nodded repeatedly: "Sister, I understand, don't worry."
After the female conductor left, Lin Sanqi threw her backpack into the middle berth, and then lay down happily on it. She thought that it was not for nothing that she had read so many novels in the past. She knew that the conductor had reserved a berth, and she could get things done if she paid for it. .
Of course, giving money was the style of the 1980s and 1990s, while giving some supplies was a routine practice in the 1950s and 1960s.
Lin Sanqi, who was riding this kind of green train for the first time, was still quite curious. She climbed down from the bed again and started walking around in the carriage. She discovered that this carriage was actually occupied by staff and passengers.
Of course, those who can ride in the sleeper berth have a certain status and level, so the carriage is relatively quiet, which is much better than the hard-seat carriage.
The train was dirty and it took a long time before it stopped at Baoding.
Lin Sanqi stretched out the car window and took a look. They were selling donkey meat on fire on the platform. He had never eaten anything like this before. His mouth watered, so he stood at the window and shouted:
"Hey, comrade, how can you sell this donkey meat on fire?"
Pushing a trolley, the staff member wearing white overalls smiled and replied: "30 cents each, no food stamps required, comrade, don't miss out on the delicious food."
In a small local restaurant in Baoding, it only costs 10 cents each to cook the roast meat, but it requires food stamps. Although it's expensive at 3 cents a piece, but it doesn't require food stamps, it's actually quite cost-effective.
Lin Sanqi quickly took out 1 yuan and 5 yuan from his pocket: "Come on, come on, give me 5 yuan."
"Okay, comrade, I'll charge you one yuan and fifty cents and give you five fires. I wish you a pleasant journey."
Lin Sanqi took the still-hot fire and smelled it deeply, opened her mouth and started eating. There is no technology or hard work these days, they are all pure natural food, and it tastes delicious.
The green train is just that good. It stops at stations along the way and you can buy and buy along the way. Of course, the premise is that you have enough money.
The train stopped in Baoding for 10 minutes, and I didn't see many people buying firewood.
The meat on the stove exuded an alluring aroma, and Lin Sanqi knew that many people on the train were staring at it. Unfortunately, his pockets were empty and he could only look at the cakes and sigh.
The train had just started, and when Lin Sanqi was about to attack the second fire, the radio suddenly rang, and an anxious female voice came:
"Passenger friends, passenger friends, please pay attention, is there a doctor on the train? There is a patient fainting in Car No. 5 and emergency rescue is needed~~~"
Lin Sanqi pricked up her ears and listened carefully, then put down the fire in her hand, rushed into the toilet room quickly, ducked into the "passage space" to get the first aid kit, opened the toilet and ran quickly to Car No. 5.
As a medical student, saving lives and healing the wounded is the first lesson in school. No doctor or medical student will pretend not to hear it.
Lin Sanqi was in carriage No. 10, which was separated by five carriages. Because it was so crowded, it took Lin Sanqi 10 minutes to get to the scene of the incident.
When he arrived, he found that the scene was already crowded with people. Lin Sanqi was not polite and shouted to the crowd watching:
"I am a doctor, please give way, give way~~~"
When the passengers saw a doctor coming, they consciously made way for Lin Sanqi to squeeze in. They found a young girl lying on the floor, obviously a patient, and a middle-aged man was already diagnosing the pulse next to her.
The patient's exposed skin was red and red, his breathing was very rapid, and he felt like he was suffocated at any time.
Lin Sanqi saw a middle-aged couple crying next to him, so he took out his work ID and asked:
"Hello, this is my work permit. I am from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. What's wrong with this lesbian?"
The sign of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was quite effective. When the crying middle-aged woman saw the doctor coming, she quickly said:
"Doctor, this is my daughter. We are returning to Xi'an after visiting relatives in the capital..."
Lin Sanqi was anxious, "Let's get to the point!"
It was obviously the girl’s father who spoke at this time:
"Comrade, it's like this. My daughter said she was hungry when she saw meat being cooked over there, but the child's mother said she would not let her buy anything she had brought. At this time, a comrade next to me happened to bring peanuts, and he kindly grabbed them. Give us a handful to eat.
It was fine when I was eating, but who knew that something was wrong with my daughter while eating. First she complained of tightness in the chest, then difficulty in breathing, then she complained of itching on her body, and finally she slowly collapsed to the ground and couldn't sit down. Lived. Comrade, look at my daughter..."
(End of chapter)