Spring Breeze 1991

The Moscow city area is a radial layout, basically centering on Red Square and expanding to the west.Moscow's transportation is very developed, with nine railways coming from all directions, so Moscow has as many as nine railway stations.

If you go to the wrong train station in other cities, it will cost you an extra hour or two at most. In Moscow, if you go to the wrong train station, the urban area is very large and the distance between train stations is very long.

The trains coming from the Far East mainly stop at Yaroslavsky Railway Station. The very Russian-style station building makes the main building of the railway station one of the landmark buildings of Moscow.

Vasily is a platform worker at Yaroslavsky Railway Station. In the past week, he has noticed that the number of trains coming from the Far East is increasing, from one train per day at the beginning to three trains per day not long ago. Since three days ago, this number has changed. Became six columns per day.

All are heavy locomotives, all are freight trains, and the number of carriages in each train is more than 70.

In the backup room, Vasily took a sip of hot tea, got up again and walked to the locker, opened his own locker, and checked the contents inside.

Toothpaste, towels, and canned food, among which canned fruit is the favorite of children.Thinking of the scene where the children were happily sharing canned fruit when they got home, Vasily couldn't help but smile knowingly.

The situation is getting worse and worse. I heard that some people have starved to death in some places. Two months ago, Vasily was also worried about living supplies, especially food.

Since the first Huaxia train stopped, he was pleasantly surprised to find that in his job, he could obtain food and daily necessities from Huaxia more easily than others.

The station staff can use the [-]% off price to purchase preferentially, and after the goods are unloaded, the transaction can be completed on the platform.

You know, when these materials are put on the market, they will be snatched up.

In the severe cold weather two months ago, when many people struggled to survive the winter with that little grain, the Vasily family could even use flour to make snacks that many children liked to eat.

Near the end of get off work in the afternoon, the bell rang, and the radio yelled again: "The staff is ready to pick up the train! Today's fifth train from the Far East is about to arrive!"

"Vassily, I have to work overtime again today." The employee Anna hung a big bag on her body, and then hung up the tool bag and said.

Anna is a fat aunt. In a few years, she should retire and enjoy life. Unexpectedly, the country is gone.

Vasily said with a smile, "If all the trains come from Huaxia, I would rather work overtime every day."

"How much are you going to buy this time?" Aunt Anna asked.

Vasily hung up the big cloth bag, thought for a while, and said, "Rubles are becoming less and less valuable, and I want to spend all the rubles in my hand."

"Yeah, it's becoming less and less valuable. I want to spend it all, and then take the Chinese goods to the small market to exchange for something I need." Aunt Anna said this in her dull eyes. , showing some spirits.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the most unacceptable is Aunt Anna's generation. They experienced the most glorious 70s of the Soviet Union, and they are the generation that fully enjoyed the state welfare.

The two quickly went out to the platform, and the workers were already in place. They watched the humming heavy-duty locomotive dragging the long carriages slowly into the station and stop slowly.

Those who were escorted were employees of Yong'an Group, all of whom were young and strong.

A young man climbed onto the roof of the car and stood with a megaphone in his hand, shouting to the eager railroad workers, "Comrades, it's still the same as before. Railroad workers have the right of first refusal and enjoy a [-]% discount."

Vasily and Aunt Anna couldn't help clenching their fists and cheering with everyone.

The young man waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued, "However, this is the last time that rubles are accepted. From now on, we will only accept US dollars or Huaxia currency. So, please seize the opportunity and buy as much as you can."

As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately exploded.

Vasily couldn't help asking, "Is it just not accepting our rubles?"

The young man shook his head and said, "No, we won't accept rubles for anyone who buys Chinese goods in the future."

"It's not fair. Where can we get so many dollars?" Aunt Anna said angrily.

The young man smiled and said, "Aunt Anna, if you use Huaxia currency, you can enjoy a [-]% discount on the original price. So, why not use Huaxia currency?"

"On top of the [-]% discount, enjoy a [-]% discount?" Aunt Anna's eyes lit up.

The young man said with certainty, "Yes! You already enjoy a [-]% discount, plus a [-]% discount, you can save a lot of money."

The railway workers grinned.

Aunt Anna said in a low voice, "Vassily, I will go to the bank to change Huaxia currency tomorrow, do you want me to change it for you?"

"After going to the market to sell the Huaxia goods tomorrow, I will go to the bank with you to exchange Huaxia coins." Vasily said.

However, the Yong'an Group workers who were accompanying the car ignored them and opened the doors of the cars one after another. Suddenly, a lot of goods fell out.In order to increase the capacity, each compartment is filled as much as possible.

A pile of vacuum-packed bacon rolls out.

Vasili quickly picked up a bag and looked carefully. It turned out to be pork, and each bag weighed one kilogram.

Dried pork, that is, Chinese bacon!

Vasily took a quick look around. This train coming was different from the previous train, with more varieties. He even saw two carriages filled with liquor!

It would be nice to have a full stomach, but how dare you expect to eat pork!

The employees of Wing On Group moved the tables and stools as usual, and a temporary cash register was created.

Without the slightest hesitation, Vasily came to the cash register and said, "I want pork and liquor, and I bought them all."

Said to take out all the money.

The young man in charge of collecting the money skillfully counted the amount, then quickly issued a note and handed it to Vasily, "Okay, go get it."

With the note, Vasily received his own pork and liquor.

He made a plan, and kept some of it for himself to eat, um, and another bottle of white wine for himself to drink, and all the rest were taken to the small market to sell or exchange for other things.Pork and liquor can be described as the current hard currency.Or you can change some nice clothes for your wife and children.

Thinking this way, when I looked up, I was surprised to see the employees of Wing On Group calling the workers to move the bags of clothes down from the carriage. One bag of clothes was broken, revealing the brand new spring clothes.

Spring is coming.

Vasily was very regretful. He should save some money to buy clothes. Huaxia's clothes are the most popular.

Aunt Anna came over with the note and said in a low voice, "Should we go to the small market to ship tonight?"

"I'm going to sell it to small traders outside." Vasily said, "Although I earn less, it can save a lot of time. After exchanging Huaxia coins early tomorrow morning, I will directly purchase goods from Yong'an Group and take them outside the station to transfer to a small vendor."

Aunt Anna froze for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and said, "That's good, that's good, the time saved can make more money."

The duo quickly reached a consensus.

There was a lot of fuss on the platform, and the real unloading didn't start until all the railroad workers had bought what they wanted.Wing On Group gave a lot of discounts to railway workers, and everyone worked very hard. In less than an hour, more than 70 sections of goods were emptied.

After Vasili and Aunt Anna transferred the goods in their hands to the small vendors outside, they returned to the back-up room to rest for less than an hour. Another train from the Far East arrived, and the train was full of Chinese goods.

After ten o'clock in the evening, when the station announced that there would be no more trains arriving, Vasili was surprised to find that there were nine Huaxia trains arriving today...