He Xuewen bought sleeper tickets, four tickets for four people, they boarded the train at 3:50 in the afternoon, requiring a stay of one and a half nights and one daytime on the train, arriving in Beijing at midnight.
The trains now are still those green carriages, the engine burns coal, speed is only about forty to fifty kilometers per hour, the carriages are also quite dilapidated, coupled with it being summer now, it's crowded, dirty, messy, smelly, and hot. That's Tian Sisi's feeling about the current trains.
Their sleeper carriage is slightly better, usually inhabited by unit cadres or military officers, who are of better quality. The carriage looks more spacious and tidy, making Tian Sisi feel a lot more comfortable. She was truly terrified by the condition of the carriage when she first boarded.
