During my stay in Nanjing, (4) I sold goods on the station platform.

I remember that after the National Day, the autumn wind was a little cold, and it was better to buy goods on the station platform than in summer. The boss said me, you and Chen Juan, the girl from An Wei. ) Let's take a pickup truck to the platform to sell goods.

As for Chen Juan, she was not recruited by the boss, but the eldest son of the old lady, a landlord in her hometown of Anhui. After graduating from high school, she had nothing to do at home. At that time, the store was also short of people. The old lady begged the boss to let her granddaughter come, and the boss agreed out of respect.

Chen Juan and I were pushing a truck back and forth on the platform to sell goods. Once a bus stopped at the platform, and we both shouted, "Braised chicken, Braised chicken, Braised chicken in Texas. ……"

Passengers on the train got off in a hurry and came to buy braised chicken. At that time, braised chicken was also cheap, only four dollars and eight pounds. We always put the prepared braised chicken into plastic bags in advance, seal it with small paper shells, nail it on the seal with staples and sell it according to the needs of passengers.

I remember that the trains from Qingdao to Shanghai West, Yantai to Shanghai West, and Beijing to Nanjing sell the best, and the passengers are well dressed. Fuyang-Shanghai west round-trip train is the most difficult to sell, and sometimes it can't sell a few chickens in one trip.

There are two trucks selling goods on our platform, and one truck in Anhui sells Fuliji roast chicken. I've tried it, too, and it tastes good, but it doesn't seem so thorough compared with our Texas braised chicken. The highest state of braised chicken in Texas is that not only the chicken is delicious, but also the bones melt when chewed, which is very delicious.

Selling goods on the platform is not only at one platform, but sometimes when pushing a truck to platforms 3 and 4, it is necessary to cross the sidewalk connecting the stations from the west end of the platform. At this time, did you pay attention to any passing trains? One day, when I was pushing a truck through the sidewalk from platform 1, I suddenly found a train roaring from east to west. I was so scared that I immediately slammed on the truck for fear of being caught up by the speeding train.

The key is that you listen carefully to the broadcast on the platform, such as "The 23 1 train from Shanghai to Qingdao stops at Platform 3. ...

In the past, the platform where passenger trains stopped was not fixed, so there was not enough time, and sometimes the trains were late. Mainly listen to the radio carefully, and then adjust which platform to go to in time. Sometimes because the train is late, two passenger trains selling braised chicken stop at different platforms at the same time. There is no way. This bus has just been sold out, and it won't sell much to that platform. It's not that passengers don't want to buy it, but that the train will leave as soon as it arrives, because the train can't stop at the platform for a few minutes.

As soon as the passenger train entered the station, the platform was crowded with people, some got off and some got on. A few minutes later, the song ended and the platform was suddenly deserted.

At this time, unwilling to be lonely, Chyi Chin's affectionate and melancholy pop music came from the loudspeaker:

I will leave you gently/please wipe away the tears in my eyes/in the long night in the future/dear, don't cry for me/although the road ahead is too sad/please bless me with a smile. ...

This love song will probably reverberate in Nanjing Station in winter, and I am moved by it, because I never sing, and I can hum a few words from time to time:

You asked me when I would go back to my hometown.

I also asked myself softly

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I don't know when.

I think about winter. ...