Chapter 26 The eldest sister’s situation!
Bang!

Bang!

Woo.
The sound of the train's wheels and tracks continued to ring, like a hypnotic alarm clock, making people drowsy.

However, unlike the hard seat he took on the train back to Beijing last time, this time Li Changhe took a very rare soft sleeper to Heihe.

In this era, one needs a certain level of status to ride in a soft sleeper. Li Changhe's level is definitely not enough, but he was lucky enough this time.

When it comes to train tickets, everyone has their own way of dealing with them.

The cadres of some units can take soft sleeper berths when on business trips, and the unit will reimburse the entire trip.

But if the other party doesn't want to sit on the seat, he will sit on the hard seat, find someone to exchange tickets with, and sell the soft sleeper.

Then I can use the price difference to earn some money to supplement my family income.

For this kind of business, some internal people will help act as intermediaries, either selling or buying.

Zhu Lin found this kind of ticket for Li Changhe, paid the difference, and then changed to this comfortable soft sleeper.

There was no other way. It took more than 20 hours to get from Beijing to Harbin, the provincial capital of Heihe. Li Changhe had to carry a watch and a book with him this time, which was really inconvenient.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Changhe had a lot of money on him.

Considering that they were going to visit their eldest daughter this time, Li Lishan and Shen Yuxiu took out a hundred big unity tickets at once and asked Li Changhe to secretly give them to Li Xiaojun.

Normally, the couple didn't send much money via postal service, but this time since Li Changhe came to their home, they asked them to bring more money.

They didn't take many tickets because in that era, grain was distributed directly in the countryside and there was no need for grain coupons. When they needed grain coupons, they could bring grain to the grain station to exchange them.

There is nothing we can do about cloth coupons. They are not used nationwide and are printed and issued independently in different places.

So the two of them asked Li Changhe to bring more money.

Because he had too many valuable things on him, Zhu Lin used his connections to help him get this kind of soft sleeper. He was also lucky as he met a cadre who had a soft sleeper and made up the difference.

As for the money to make up the difference, Li Changhe didn't care.

Before leaving, he submitted many manuscripts to major magazines and sent back the payment receipts, which earned Li Changhe more than 300 yuan in total.

Not bad money!
Soft sleeper cars these days usually have four berths, with upper and lower berths on both sides. Only cadres above level 13, as well as overseas Chinese or foreigners, can sit there.

The Beijing-Harbin Line is a relatively busy railway line with many people traveling on business. After all, Northeast China is still the undisputed big brother and an industrial powerhouse these days.

There were three people in Li Changhe's box, with one empty bed. Li Changhe was lucky as it was a lower bunk, and the empty one was his upper bunk.

When the train just started, a few people chatted for a while, but gradually there was nothing to say.

These days, we have just emerged from a certain era and people are cautious, especially cadres. It is better to be careful.

There was not much entertainment on the train. Li Changhe bought a lot of newspapers when he came and read the various news in them when he had nothing to do.

He didn't go to the dining car to eat. The journey was about twenty hours in total, and he managed to get there by enduring it.

Anyway, someone will pick you up when you get there!
Before he left, he sent a telegram to Haiwen, whom he had met at the gate of Peking University. The other party replied enthusiastically that he would go to Harbin to pick him up.

Well, it’s not in Hulin County, but in Harbin, which is hundreds of kilometers away.

To be honest, Li Changhe was very emotional. Nowadays, many people are simple and warm-hearted.

The bus that Li Changhe took departed from Beijing in the afternoon and traveled for twenty hours, stopping only at the provincial capitals along the way and not at any other small stations.

At noon the next day, Li Changhe walked out of the exit hungry along with the crowd.

Then, from a distance, I saw a man holding a tall sign with the three words "Li Changhe" written on it.

Li Changhe approached and saw that the other person was also a big man over 1.80 meters tall, with a beard and a strong aura.

"Brother, are you from Hulin?"

"I am Li Changhe!"

Li Changhe walked closer and said to the other party.

"Haven!"

"Haven!"

Hearing the other party's words, the big man turned around and shouted to the side. A young man who was sitting on the ground and dozing against a pillar not far away took off his straw hat and climbed up after hearing it.

It was Haiwen, whom Li Changhe had met near Peking University before.

"Comrade Changhe"

Haven strode over with a warm smile on his face.

"Comrade Haiwen!" Li Changhe put down what he was holding and shook hands with the other party!

"This is Brother Liang Han, he came with me to pick you up!"

Haiwen introduced the big man to Li Changhe again.

"Brother Liang Han, hello!"

Li Changhe also extended his hand to the other party.

When the other party saw the handshake, he shook hands with Li Changhe somewhat awkwardly: "Hello, Brother Changhe, welcome to our Heihe Province."

"Let's go, let's go out and find a restaurant to eat something. The train to Hulin only leaves in the afternoon and takes ten hours. We can arrive tomorrow morning, which is perfect!"

Harbin is still four or five hundred kilometers away from Hulin, so we have to catch another train.

Li Changhe nodded. He was really not very familiar with this place. He had read quite a few period novels about the Northeast in his previous life, but they were basically all about rural areas at the foot of the mountains.

Hunting, ginseng digging, etc.

After the three people came out, they found a state-owned restaurant nearby, and Li Changhe took the initiative to pay the bill.

Although there was some scramble in the middle, it was not like the fighting in later generations. After all, people were not rich in those days, and there were few people who would pretend to be rich.

After ordering the food and sitting down, Haiwen looked at Li Changhe and started talking about the main topic.

"Changhe, I've already asked your elder sister Comrade Xiaojun for you. Well, the situation is quite complicated!"

"According to the information I got from the people around me and the educated youth there, Xiaojun's husband, your brother-in-law, is a good person."

"Everyone around him praises him as a hardworking man. He is also very good to Xiaojun. The couple has a child."

"But, from what I heard, the atmosphere in their family isn't very good."

"Your brother-in-law is called Chen Aiguo. He is the second child in the family. He has an older brother and a younger brother."

"Dad doesn't love you and mom doesn't care about you, right?"

Li Changhe immediately thought of the situation of the second son. Generally, he is not as good as the eldest son, and not as good as the youngest son. He is in the middle and is nothing.

Haiwen sighed and said helplessly: "That's about right!"

"The eldest son in their family worked as a worker in a forest farm and married a woman from the city, which was considered an honor for their family."

"The third one is younger than you and me. He is sneaky and cunning, and he is not very capable."

"I heard that your brother-in-law's family didn't agree to their marriage. They were poor peasants for three generations, and their family had a good reputation."

"Your brother-in-law was determined to marry Xiaojun, and in the end they had no choice but to get married. Naturally, he was not welcomed after the marriage."

"Plus, she is an educated youth, she has no family here, and she has given birth to a daughter!"

"Anyway, the treatment at home is pretty average."

Li Changhe nodded. He knew that Haiwen's "general" was still a euphemism.

"Okay, I get it!"

When Li Changhe heard this, he had an idea in his mind and knew the general situation of his elder sister.

He already had a general idea of ​​what to do next.

"Let's not talk about that. By the way, how are you doing with your studies recently? I heard that there is a high probability that you will have an appointment this year, most likely this winter."

Since Haiwen helped so much, Li Changhe naturally returned the favor.

"Other subjects are fine, but I am really bad at science. I don't know many knowledge points at all. Even if I want to learn by myself, I can't do it!"

Haven shook his head in distress.

"It's okay. This time I came, I also brought a set of books for my sister. There are some science annotations my father gave her. If you have time, you can copy some of them."

"My dad is an associate professor at Yenching Institute of Technology!"

Li Changhe said to Haiwen with a smile. Upon hearing that, Haiwen opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Really, Changhe, thank you so much!"

Liang Han, who was standing by, listened to the conversation between the two people as if he was listening to a mystery, and then he ate his meal in big gulps.

There is so much meat in the dishes in state-owned restaurants.

Really fragrant!

(End of this chapter)