A passenger peels off the shell of a cooked egg in a waiting room at Beijing West Railway Station on Jan 27, 2013. The passenger prepared five eggs for the journey back home. [Photo by Hou Shaoqing/CFP]

To save money, Wang Xinzhou, 64, would only eat four small oranges for the whole 12-hour trip back home. Wang displayed his meal while waiting for his train at Beijing West Railway Station on Jan 27, 2013. [Photo by Chenjie/CFP]