As they were talking, Zhou Xiang heard the sound of a train whistle in the distance, so he called everyone's attention outside, "There's the sound of a train, it'll be arriving soon."

Soon the smoking locomotive came into view, followed by a long line of green carriages.

Zhou Xiang pointed at the train outside the window and explained to his elder brother the locomotive, carriages, car numbers, and seats.

Xiao Chunmei and the other two also listened attentively. In the county town or in the city, there was no custom of sitting according to the designated seats. They would sit wherever there was an empty seat.

The only farthest place we went was the provincial capital, and we chartered a car with three middle schools in the county, but we still never had to sit in the designated seats.

After the train had let the passengers get on and off and left, several people came back. They had already seen the exterior of the train, and facing the empty railway tracks, they always felt a sense of panic and disorientation as if they couldn't find their way home.

Finally, the ticket checking for this train began. Zhou Xiang supported his mother and walked in front, while Zhou Niao followed closely behind her, pulling the cart.

Zuo Heng and Ji Bin followed behind Zhou Niao, helping to carry cardboard boxes through the ticket gate at any time.

Zhang Ning and Li Li followed behind Ji Bin, while Zhou Hua protected Xiao Chunmei and followed closely.

Ran Qiming and Ping Zhengping walked at the end. Ping Zhengping really wanted to help, but Zhou Xiang had already made arrangements and didn't need him.

Nine tickets were checked at once, and the ticket inspector counted the number of people. After Zhou thought about passing the ticket gate, he pulled his mother aside and waited for his eldest brother and the people behind him.

Ji Bin and Zuo Heng carried a box, Zhou Niao moved a box directly, and Zhang Ning folded the cart and passed the ticket gate smoothly.

Zhou wanted to remind everyone to check their luggage again, so he led everyone to the platform.

I found carriage 4, lined up and waited for the conductor to check my ticket before getting on the train.

Ran Qiming was still at the end, watching over everyone's safety, while Zhou Xiang was in the front, leading everyone to find berths.

There are eleven consecutive tickets with exactly two partitions, which should be a deliberate arrangement by Zhou Yizhou.

Zhou's mother slept on the lower bunk, Li Li and Zhang Ning slept on the upper and middle bunks, Zhou Niao slept on the lower bunk opposite Zhou's mother, Xiao Chunmei slept on the upper bunk, and Zhou Xiang slept on the middle bunk.

Zhou Hua, Zuo Heng and Ji Bin were arranged by Zhou Xiang to sit in the same compartment as Ran Qiming and Ping Zhengping.

The cardboard box was placed on the luggage rack. The cardboard box was too big to fit under the bunk. There were tall people in the group, so it was convenient to put the luggage there.

After putting their luggage away, Li Li and Zhang Ning climbed onto their bunks to feel the train and expressed their excitement about riding a train for the first time.

Zhou wanted to hold down the older brother who was about to move, "It's not safe. They can easily hit their heads. They are short."

Li Li and Zhang Ning paused for a moment, then climbed down and sat next to Zhou's mother.

Xiao Chunmei was very quiet. She followed others, pulled down the stool by the aisle, and sat down to look at the lights outside the window.

Zhou Hua immediately sat down opposite her and asked gently, "Are you scared?"

Xiao Chunmei blushed slightly and shook her head, "Don't be afraid, there are so many people here!"

The two of them sat quietly, occasionally exchanging a few words, very harmonious.

This scene made Zhou's mother smile. Li Li looked at her with envy. Xiao Chunmei had implicitly accepted this, but what about herself? She didn't know when it would happen!

However, she is not afraid, she has perseverance, and everyone is still young.

Zhang Ning felt the subtle change in her cousin's expression and sighed inwardly. She had already asked her cousin, and she knew that the man she liked was Zuo Heng.

She also knew what happened to Zuo Heng, but she was not optimistic.

Zuo Heng has experienced too much hardship and he is very determined. He would not consider love affairs now, not to mention that a spoiled cousin like him is not suitable for him.

However, my cousin, who is usually spoiled but extremely stubborn at critical moments, is unwilling to give up!

He made a lot of changes for the so-called love, which made her feel distressed and helpless.

After the train started, Zhou Xiang carried his backpack and took his mother to the toilet. Xiao Chunmei also went, and Zhou Hua followed to protect her.

Zhou Niao simply followed them, and as a result, a long queue formed in front of the toilet door.

Having experienced the bathroom in Zhou's house, everyone was not surprised by the bathroom on the train and knew how to use it. Zhou felt relieved and only needed to teach them how to use the door switch.

After a busy period, everyone began to rest. It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Zhou wanted to keep all the money from his mother and elder brother for himself, and then he went to sleep peacefully.

I slept until dawn and woke up when I heard someone walking on the train.

While taking her mother to wash up, Zhou's mother sighed, "I find that when I get on the train, I'm almost like a useless person. I don't know anything and need your help. That time, taking your grandmother with me, it must have been even more tiring, right?"

"It's okay. Grandma was quite obedient that time."

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, we don't understand. We can only obey and not cause trouble."

After taking care of his mother and his elder brother, Zhou Xiang asked Li Li and Zhang Ning to go wash up together.

The two of them were too afraid to move without anyone accompanying them. Zhou wanted to laugh at Zhang Ning, "You usually look quite fierce! Why can't you leave the living room?"

Zhang Ning said stubbornly, "Next time, on the return trip, I'm sure I can do it."

"Okay! Watch carefully this time."

Ran Qiming silently observed Zhou Xiang and felt relieved to see that she took care of everyone.

Ping Zhengping observed more carefully. Zhou Xiang always taught Zhou Hua subtly, and Zhou Hua then taught Zuo Heng quietly, which gave the two teenagers a lot of dignity. At the same time, it also made the two teenagers feel safe enough. Gradually, their slightly chaotic breathing stabilized.

After everyone finished washing up, Zhou Xiang found Ran Qiming and said he wanted to go to the dining car to eat.

Ran Qiming knew that she was just politely informing him and not asking for his opinion.

Then he nodded, "Let's go together!"

Eleven people entered the dining car and sat down at three tables. Naturally, they sat at the table of Ran Qiming and Ping Zhengping!

The breakfast is very ordinary. The set meal is porridge, egg, steamed bun and pickles, and the single order is noodles.

Everyone wanted to drink porridge, and Zhou Xiang added steamed buns and pickles.

After dinner, they returned to the carriage and Ji Bin invited them to play cards again. Zhou Hua was accompanying Xiao Chunmei to look at the scenery outside the car and ignored him. He could only call his elder brother to come and fill in the gap.

Ping Zhengping, who was excluded, was surprised to see that Zhou Niao, who had a low IQ, could play cards.

I couldn't help but sit next to him and watch. I saw him play the cards properly. Although he was not good at playing cards and couldn't count cards, he was lucky and always got the jokers.

Before long, Ji Bin lost and his face was covered with a beard of paper strips. Zuo Heng was stronger than Ji Bin, but he only had a few paper strips.

Ji Bin refused to give in and continued playing until lunchtime, when he was so exhausted that he couldn't even fit in his face anymore.

Zhang Ning tore the note in a few quick strokes, howling in pain.

"You, you, this has all dried on your face, don't you know? You've torn my skin off with you."

Zhang Ning glared at him, "That's perfect!" Humph! Playing cards with Brother Zhou and losing so badly, it's perfect to get ripped off.

Ji Bin rubbed his aching face and said, "A good man doesn't fight with a woman. I'm going to wash my face."

After the card game ended, everyone moved to the dining car. Ran Qiming ordered a meat dish and a vegetable dish. When he saw the dishes on Zhou Xiang's two tables, he remembered that he had told himself that he would not go out to eat with Zhou Xiang.

The waiter put a plate of twice-cooked pork on his table. He looked up and was about to tell the waiter that the dish was wrong, but he saw Zhou Xiang waving at him, indicating that this dish was what she ordered.