Chapter 146 Line 2

“We want to follow the trains and open new lines.”

"Later on, the routes for the four trains will be displayed on the train. Everyone can discuss and choose, and the red and white chefs will coordinate them... Once you've selected your names and submitted your applications, and they're approved, you'll be assigned new carriages and dormitories. The deadline is tomorrow noon, so everyone hurry..."

No one expected the deadline to be so early. Knowing that the matter was urgent, they started discussing it right away as soon as Mr. Xia finished speaking.

"Where are you going?"

"I haven't made up my mind yet. Should I discuss this with my family first?"

"One of us cooks and the other makes noodles. How about we both choose a car?"

"That's fine, but there are ten families in total. It's impossible to divide the load evenly among the cars. It's just the two of us in one car. Will we be overwhelmed? Should we find someone else?"

"Don't worry about that. My eldest and second oldest children learned cooking from me when they were young. Even though they are young, they can handle everything in the kitchen!"

Seeing that someone had quickly set up the team, Mr. Xia also walked towards Li San.

Li San was alone when he got on the bus, so although the dining car allowed the chef's family to help in the kitchen, because he had no family, the quota was always vacant.

Later, after Mr. Xia's eldest son and his family rented the remaining beds in Li San's dormitory, they became familiar with Li San and used Li San's position as a kitchen helper to work in the dining car. Of course, half of Li San's monthly kitchen helper income would be shared with him.

After receiving the news in advance, Mr. Xia's second son and youngest daughter thought about what their eldest brother had done and started planning for Li San's other kitchen helper position. Together with Mr. Xia's position, there would be one kitchen helper per family.

Old Master Xia took into consideration that their family of more than a dozen people were living in the car, which was very expensive. It was better for them to have something to do and earn some income than to sit idle and rely on him, an old man, to support them. That's why he came to discuss with Li San.

Li San had been in the car for quite some time and had some understanding of Grandpa Xia's family.

Although he passed the recruitment, he had no cooking skills and no experience. When he first came to the dining car, he relied entirely on Grandpa Xia's hands-on teaching. Giving away his unused quota not only returned the favor but also earned him some extra crystal cores every month. Naturally, he would not be unhappy about it.

However, when the other people in the dining car heard that Grandpa Xia had discussed it with Li San so quickly, they all secretly blamed themselves for not thinking of it earlier.

After that, the two or three families with smaller populations were enthusiastically snatched away by the other families.

Unlike Li San, who was alone, these two or three families didn't have any helper spots available right now. But the others were still enthusiastic. After all, who knew if the number of helpers would be expanded to three per family in the future? Wouldn't that mean they could get the upper hand?

After Huang Liping finished work, she returned to her dormitory and told her family what she had seen. She then asked for their opinion, "So should we let Xiaoru go like last time?"

The whole family, including Ren Ru, nodded in unison.

But Ren's father, who was listening in on the side, asked, "Which car should we choose?"

Not long after Grandpa Xia finished speaking, all the screens on the train announced the news that the train would be divided into four cars, so not only the staff and family members on the train, but also the passengers on and off the train knew about it.

Privately speaking, Ren's father certainly hoped that his in-laws could stay on the three trains passing through Jingming Mountain, so that he could often get some news about Jingming Mountain and would not worry too much about his eldest daughter and son-in-law.

But he and his grandson Yangyang were able to stay on this warm train thanks to their in-laws, so naturally they felt embarrassed to ask others to consider their ideas.

Therefore, Ren's father just wanted to ask first, if he could no longer pass through Jingming Mountain in the future, he would have to consider how to arrange his future life.

The Jiang family had already decided which train to take, and they had no choice in the actual situation. They needed to stay on the train that opened the new station. After all, the trial section couldn't be driven automatically, so they had to drive!

Huang Liping reported her family's choice as soon as Mr. Xia finished speaking, so naturally she told the truth to her in-laws.

“We want to follow the trains and open new lines.”

Huang Liping made her decision and then explained the reason her family had secretly discussed. "Everyone in the village had said they wanted to go to the base, but it's been so long since we've heard from the base in City A, and we haven't run into anyone on the train, so we decided to go somewhere else."

"Oh." After listening to it, Mr. Ren thought it made sense. He was thinking about what to do next when he heard Huang Liping's next words.

"However, these trains are interconnected for the staff and their families. Although they can't get off, they can move freely in public areas like the dining car on these four cars at any time. However, they cannot get off at other places. So, brother-in-law, you should come with us. It will be convenient if you want to bring the children to meet Aying and the others."

When Mr. Ren understood what was said, his eyes lit up instantly.

"That's great!" He was embarrassed to say it at first, but now that he heard about the situation, he felt relieved and could express his worries. "I was originally thinking about how to bring Yangyang back to Jingming Mountain if there was no other way... Now it's all good..."

Since they could move freely in the dining car of the four-car train, this was easy. As for not being able to get off the train, that didn't matter either, as long as Ren Ying and his wife could get on the train and meet them.

After so long, Ren's father actually accepted the idea of ​​his eldest daughter and son-in-law, and felt that it was fine for them to stay downstairs instead of getting on the bus.

Now that all the major bases are safe and secure, and seemingly safe, if conditions permit, it's better to work hard and earn a living than simply rely on others. After all, although Xiaoru's family can help, they still have to live on their own in the future.

…

Although the trains can be connected for staff, Jiang Qian and her team still find it more convenient to drive on the corresponding lines, so they chose the newly opened Line 2 without any controversy.

As for this setting that allows people to "drop by" at will, it was of course something Jiang Qian did for her own convenience.

Although their attention will definitely be focused on the new route next, Jiang Qian does not intend to miss some information about the trains and previous stations on Line 1.

In order to allow her family members to appear on various trains more reasonably, she specifically asked the system to enable "plug-ins" for all the staff on the train.

But even with the cheat, the other people working in the dining car were still arguing with each other.

"Let's choose Line 1. The bases for all the stations on Line 1 are almost complete, so it's safer."

"Yeah, yeah, it would be convenient for us to get off the bus occasionally to exchange some supplies or something."

"Where can I find a place to exchange supplies in this icy place? Line 1 is safe, but it's also crowded. I think Line 2 is better. The surrounding area is probably undeveloped, so maybe I can 'pick up' a lot of supplies!"

"It's just some supplies. The incident happened so long ago, the local base must have been cleaned up. How could it be our turn?"

"But in addition to food, coastal areas can also go out to sea for fishing. Perhaps we can find someone to trade some sea fish?"

"Haven't I heard from people on the island before that there have been robberies along the coast, and it's unsafe?"

"We've been in the car the whole time, what danger could there be?"

"Since you're not planning on getting off, aren't Line 1 and Line 2 the same?"

"I still want to go to Line 2. Besides the rescue team sent out, there are also troops stationed on the coast. Maybe the base is even better built than inland! And there's no shortage of seafood on the coast. We can transport some to the inland to sell, right?"

"If there really were enough seafood, do you think everyone else is a fool? Would we even get this good business?"

“…”

"My sister used to work in Hai City, and I haven't heard from her since. I want to go to the local base to ask."

"Then we can't team up. We haven't found everyone in our hometown yet. We have to look along Line 1."

“…”

But despite the arguments, everyone had made their choices by noon the next day. They'd probably discussed it privately, and the group assignments were perfect. Jiang Qian took a look and found no need for adjustment or change.

What made her even happier was that the people who decided to take the new route train like their family were all old acquaintances who had a good relationship with their family, namely the four members of the Wu family and Master Tong's family.

Jiang Qian asked the system to reallocate the rooms and canceled the driving plan after midnight, preparing to give Volkswagen a big surprise tomorrow.

At 11:30 in the evening, each family moved into the newly assigned dormitories, and the train happened to stop at the B City Railway Station.

After the passengers got on and off the train, the doors closed.

The passengers, who had heard that there would be a new train tonight, were very curious. Even though it was late at night, they could not sleep at all and kept looking around in the carriage, wanting to know what changes this sudden train reorganization would bring.

If they can see some strange phenomena in the sky and earth, they will be people who have witnessed history, and they can brag about it to those who have not had the chance to see it.

But those who harbored such thoughts were doomed to fail, because nothing changed after the train doors closed, except for the sudden gray fog covering the once clear window glass.

The passengers who had looked around many times in the train without finding anything unusual gradually felt bored as time passed. Just as they were about to close their eyes and take a nap, they suddenly felt the train shake under them, and then they felt an upward push from the floor under their feet.

"What happened? Why did it suddenly fly up?"

"Are we leaving now? Didn't they say we were going to split into four cars? Has it been divided yet? Which one is ours?"

"Where are the other cars?"

“Why do I feel like nothing has changed?”

…

The passengers on the train kept asking questions, but no one answered them. Only those who paid close attention noticed that the originally blurry window glass had become clear again.

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