After traveling through the book, I realized my wish in my previous life

When she arrived at the ticket office, Shen Xiaoxia was worried that she would encounter a long and crowded ticket-buying queue. After all, the end of the year was approaching, and there should be quite a lot of people traveling.

However, unexpectedly, although there were not a few people queuing up to buy tickets, there were not as many as she had imagined. Everyone was wrapped in thick cotton coats, hats and scarves, with only a pair of anxious or expectant eyes showing.

Jiang Yan wanted to help queue up to buy tickets, but Shen Xiaoxia refused, saying that she would go by herself and asked Jiang Yan to watch the luggage!

The line moved fairly quickly. When it was Shen Xiaoxia's turn, she stood on tiptoe, leaned forward, and approached the small ticket window. She looked at the man selling tickets inside the window and asked politely but with a hint of uncertainty, "Comrade, when is the fastest ticket to Yicheng, Yi Province?"

The ticket seller checked and then looked at Shen Xiaoxia and said slowly, "The fastest one is tonight at 9 o'clock. Do you want one?"

Shen Xiaoxia nodded immediately without hesitation and responded crisply, "Yes!"

Then he immediately asked, "Comrade, are there any sleeper berths?"

The ticket seller raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Shen Xiaoxia with a look of professional scrutiny. He then lowered his head, checked, and responded briefly, "Yes, do you want the lower or upper berth?"

Shen Xiaoxia frowned slightly, and all the trivial disputes and melodramatic events caused by the lower bunk in those movies, TV dramas or novels she had read flashed through her mind!

In real life, she had heard of many similar troubles, such as someone sitting on the lower bunk without permission, or being disturbed by the noise of others getting in and out of bed in the middle of the night, and there were even many scenes of people quarreling over the lower bunk position!

She didn't want to get caught up in all that unnecessary commotion. Being away from home was stressful enough, and she was too lazy to deal with all this triviality. So she simply said firmly, "Comrade, I want the upper bunk!"

Anyway, for her, there is no difference between the upper bunk and the lower bunk, it’s all about sleeping!

As he spoke, he deftly took out the identity information and letter of introduction that he had prepared long ago from his bag and handed them over with both hands!

The comrade at the window took the documents and carefully checked the identity information. After confirming that there was no problem, he looked up and looked at Shen Xiaoxia clearly and said, "To Yicheng, Yi Province, the upper berth is 23.80 yuan!"

(The price here is because I found a sleeper ticket from Changchun to Nanjing in the 1970s for 20.9 yuan. Shenjia is a little further south than Nanjing, so after considering it, the price is 23.8 yuan! If there is anything wrong, please correct me and I will change it! The picture I found is attached in the comment section!)

Shen Xiaoxia quickly reached into her pocket, where she found a stack of bills she had counted and folded neatly before leaving. Her fingers deftly counted out twenty-three yuan and eighty cents, then handed it to the window again. With a smile on her face, she politely said, "Comrade, here you go!"

After receiving the money, the comrade at the window also counted it carefully, confirmed that the amount was correct, and then lowered his head to operate the ticket machine.

After a while, a ticket was printed out with the sound of "zizi" from the machine. He returned the ticket, identity information and letter of introduction to Shen Xiaoxia.

Shen Xiaoxia took it and said thank you with a polite smile, "Thank you, comrade!"

Jiang Yan had been standing quietly by the side waiting for her, looking at Shen Xiaoxia from time to time with a look of concern.

Seeing her coming over after completing the ticket purchase procedure, he went up to her and asked softly, "Have you bought it?"

"Yeah," Shen Xiaoxia nodded in response. It was a little later than she thought, but that was okay. "I've bought it!"

Jiang Yan took the ticket and looked at it, then asked with a hint of confusion, "Why didn't you buy a lower berth?"

Shen Xiaoxia then explained, "The lower bunk is bustling with people, the upper bunk is quieter!"

Jiang Yan thought it made sense, so he returned the ticket to Shen Xiaoxia and reminded her, "Put everything away, don't lose it!"

When you are away from home, it will be very troublesome if you lose any of your documents, such as ID, tickets, and letters of introduction!

Shen Xiaoxia also knew the importance of these things when going out in this era, so she put them all into her space under the pretense of putting them in her bag. There is no place safer than in her space!

It's only a little after three in the afternoon, and there's still a long wait of five or six hours before the bus leaves at nine in the evening.

Jiang Yan had been paying attention to Shen Xiaoxia's expression. Seeing that she was frowning slightly, he thought she was tired, so he spoke softly with concern in his voice, "Do you want to find a place to rest? There should be a small guesthouse nearby!"

Shen Xiaoxia looked around and then shook her head gently, "No, let's go to the waiting room first. Let's see if there's a place to sit and rest for a while!"

She can sleep at night, now she is resting, she is afraid that she will not be able to sleep at night!

"Okay," Jiang Yan responded, then bent down and picked up the luggage on the ground one by one, "Let's go to the waiting hall!"

The two entered the waiting hall. The waiting hall was not large, and the limited seats were already fully occupied. Several rows of chairs were filled with all kinds of passengers.

There were women holding babies, the children squirming restlessly in their arms, and women coaxing them softly from time to time. There were middle-aged men in work clothes, their faces weary, staring blankly ahead, as if lost in thought.

The aisles, corridors and other open spaces are now crowded with people. Many people sit directly on the ground, using their luggage to form a small "territory", leaning or curled up in various postures!

There was no air conditioning or other heating facilities in the waiting room at this time. Although the windows were closed, the temperature inside the room was still not high!

The surrounding sounds were also very noisy, with people talking, complaining, and children crying all mixed together, it was quite loud!

Jiang Yan frowned at the noisy scene and turned to look at Shen Xiaoxia who was standing beside him, with a worried look in his eyes. "Xia Xia, why don't we find a guesthouse to rest for a while? Or should we go to the car?"

Shen Xiaoxia thought about it for a moment and decided it was okay. The coldness of the waiting room was secondary to the noise. "Then let's stay in the car!"

After saying that, the two of them turned around and strode towards the direction where the car was parked.

The car was parked some distance away from the waiting hall. They walked along a bumpy road, the cold wind blew on their faces like a knife.

Along the way, the two of them didn't talk much, just walked hurriedly.

After walking for about ten minutes, they finally saw the familiar car. Jiang Yan took a few quick steps, opened the door first, then stood aside and let Shen Xiaoxia get in first. After she got in the car and sat down, he put the luggage in his hand on the empty seat.

After closing the door on this side, he turned to the other side and got into the car nimbly. The moment he closed the door, he also isolated most of the cold outside the window.