Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

If conditions allow, Feng Qingxue will never wrong herself in life.

She used her work credentials and letter of introduction to directly purchase sleeper tickets, and bought an entire compartment of four berths.

Ye Yan had one berth, the triplets were young, so Dundun and Zhuangzhuang shared one; Lu Erxiong slept alone due to his poor sleeping posture, and the remaining berth was for Feng Qingxue and her daughter.

Just like a decade ago, only officials were eligible to purchase sleeper tickets.

However, after last year's overhaul of transportation, the trains have indeed sped up a lot, especially the express trains.

The children were very excited at first; for the past two years living in the Wanglou Brigade they hadn't had a chance to travel far, at most going to play in Huaibei City with Zhao Anbang, so they chattered non-stop, full of anticipation for Shanghai and the Capital.

Shanghai and the Capital, one being the fashion frontier and an industrial city, the other being the nation's political center, have always been eye-catching.

"Are we really going to Shanghai? I'm so happy," Lu Erxiong pressed his face against the glass bed, looking outside. The scenery was rushing by, and the cold mist made it hard to see clearly.

"How could it be fake? It's clearly written on the ticket, Huaibei City to Shanghai."

Zhuangzhuang said while pulling out his wool blanket from the luggage bag, folding it in half, laying one half on the berth and covering the other half over himself and Dundun's legs, before finally unrolling the quilt on the sleeper.

Seeing this, Lu Erxiong pursed his lips, "Little brother, what are you doing?"

"Didn't you see? Why ask," Zhuangzhuang continued pulling out a book from the luggage bag, sitting with Dundun to read.

Lu Erxiong muttered once.

Feng Qingxue heard him saying Zhuangzhuang was overly clean.

She had noticed after returning to her hometown that Zhuangzhuang was very clean, even more particular than Fubao.

The Lu family's children were generally quite hygienic, Lu Erxiong only appeared disheveled playing with dust, but Zhuangzhuang seemed to have a cleanliness obsession; he wouldn't let anyone touch his towels or teacup, not even his brothers.

Fubao interjected, "Being clean is a good habit, Erxiong, not everyone is as messy as you."

Lu Erxiong made a face at her, "You just favor the little brother!"

"I'm telling the truth!" Fubao huffed at him twice, then turned to Feng Qingxue and said, "Mom, can we meet Uncle and Brother Hongjun that Aunt He mentioned, and Grandpa Xia that big brother talked about?"

Feng Qingxue shook her head and said, "The main purpose is to let you all have fun, we might not meet them, they each have their work and are not free."

Fubao nodded and said nothing more.

At this point, a staff member came by with the dining cart, and Feng Qingxue hastily took out the lunchboxes and bought a few boxes of noodles.

They were those very wide belt-like noodles, filling the entire lunchbox.

Lu Erxiong felt it wasn't enough, "Mom, give me two of the eggs cooked by Auntie, and some of the radish stir-fried by Aunt Xu."

After eating, they washed the lunchboxes, visited the restroom led by Feng Qingxue for a brief wash-up, and not long after returning, they began to yawn one after another, falling asleep slumped over.

Feng Qingxue, as a single woman with five children on the train, even though Ye Yan and Fubao were already teenagers and usually smart and sensible like little adults, capable of being considered half adults, in her eyes they still needed adult care and protection. She worried about accidents on the journey, staying awake all night, periodically tucking the children in or pressing the military coat on top of them.

Although human traffickers began to ramp up in the 1980s, there have always been traffickers who could never be completely eradicated throughout history. Even in this current era, traffickers exist, and due to the country's strict restrictions on movement, their operations are more covert and methods more vicious.

Her children were good-looking, especially Fubao, with delicate features and skin like snow, easily attracting the attention of traffickers.

Women and children have always been the prime targets of traffickers.