Wang Shumei was supposed to return home two days earlier, since her home was closer to Hei Province, and it took less time to travel. But precisely because it was closer, many Educated Youth were assigned to the countryside nearby, which not only made train tickets hard to come by, but also meant you had to fight your way onto the train.
Wang Shumei's first train ticket was voided because she couldn't squeeze onto the train.
In the end, it was Sun Guanghui who asked a friend for help to buy her another ticket. This time, having learned his lesson, he took two younger brothers with him to see her off at the train station. They finally managed to push Wang Shumei onto the train, and after it departed, Sun Guanghui made a call to Qian Guozhu's workplace to inform him of the train's schedule and the time to meet at the station.
