"Our days are sweeter and sweeter"
Drawing Liu kundi
In the early morning of July 28, the shower stopped and the green hills were washed. At Guogongping station, shuxianghe, a villager in Guogongping Town, Mayang Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province, boarded train 7272 with a shoulder pole and went to Tongren, Guizhou Province to sell goods. One end of his shoulder pole is red and big fresh peach, and the other end is green and long cowpea.
"For these fresh vegetables, peddlers charge less than 80 cents a catty. They can sell it for three or four yuan a kilo. " Shu Xianghe said.
Shuxianghe lives by growing fruits and vegetables. Before the train opened, he sold fruits and vegetables in the local market. When he was lucky, he could earn 20 or 30 yuan a day, but when he was not, he could not sell them. He once tried to go to Tongren by car to sell goods. First, he took an agricultural vehicle to Yangtou, Guizhou Province, and then transferred to Tongren. It took three hours to go one-way, and the round-trip fare was 40 yuan. "That's really the meat money for tofu. It's not cost-effective." Shu Xianghe waved his hand and said.
We look forward to the opening of the "slow train" from Huaihua to Meijiang in 2006. Shu Xianghe and several villagers took a train to Tongren to sell oranges. Oranges are very popular in Tongren. They can be sold out in less than an hour. The price is higher than that in Mayang. The train ticket from Guogongping to Tongren costs only 2 yuan. It is very cost-effective to sell fruits and vegetables across provinces by train. The villagers who have tasted the sweetness have sold them for more than ten years.
Shu Xianghe pointed to the carriage and said, "when the train just started, there were only a few people sitting there. Within a month, the carriage was as full of burdens and baskets as it is now."
Mayang is rich in all kinds of fruits, among which citrus is famous for its delicate meat, sweet and delicious. The county vigorously develops citrus industry. At present, the total citrus area of the county is about 360000 mu. In addition to the manufacturers' door-to-door purchase, this "slow train" has become an important means of transportation for people in Mayang to sell oranges.
"They can earn 3000 or 4000 yuan a month by selling fruits and vegetables across provinces. I remember that when the train opened, most of the villages along the line were wooden houses and mud roads. Nowadays, almost every family is small buildings with concrete roads in front of them, and some of them have cars Train conductor Cha Jian Ming said.
Over the past 14 years, Shu Xianghe has been selling fruits and vegetables by train, supported his three children to go to university and built a three story building. When he is not busy now, he will take the high-speed rail to visit his children.
Within an hour, train 7272 arrived at Tongren station. Before getting off the train, Shu Xianghe grabbed several peaches and gave them to the railway staff. He said: "without this bus, we in the mountains will be poor forever! With this bus, our days are more and more sweet. "
Shuxianghe carried a shoulder pole and went far away. In the basket, the peaches in white and red were still hung with dewdrops, sending out fragrance. With the help of the "slow train", the fruits of labor will surely sell at a good price, and the villagers will have a better life.
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Huaihua Meijiang 7272 / 7271 train officially opened in 2006, running on Chongqing Huaihua line, with a total length of 178 km. There are 8 carriages. The highest fare is 11.5 yuan and the lowest is 1 yuan. The train runs through the poverty-stricken area of Wuling Mountain and the junction of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing. It departs from Huaihua station at 7:13 every day, arrives at Meijiang station at 11:05, returns from Meijiang station at 11:55, and returns to Huaihua station at 15:09. Since the train started, it has opened a market for local products such as citrus and fresh peach planted by the people along the line, and brought fire to Fanjing Mountain, Jiutian cave and other scenic spots. In 2019, Mayang Miao Autonomous County, where the train passes through, has successfully lifted off poverty. The number of poor people in Tongren City has decreased by more than 120000, and the growth rate of major economic and social indicators ranks first in Guizhou.
The operation routes of train No. 7272 / 7271: Huaihua station, tongtianwan station, qitianping station, Jinhe station, Guogongping station, Yangtou station, Tongren east station, Tongren station, guanyinling station, Taoying station, shabacun station, pujue station, Songtao station, Lanqiao station and Meijiang station.