Chapter 114: That's How I Am

The two families who hired them gave each of them 200 yuan and some bills, and also spent money to buy sleeper tickets so that they could keep their children at home.

The man who came in later saw Shi Luo and Jiang Hao eating and felt a little hungry too. He took out two lunch boxes from his bag, handed one to the woman on the upper bunk, and took the other one and started eating.

Because the man was sitting next to Jiang Hao, Shi Luo saw what was in the man's lunch box. It was Sanhe noodles dumplings, and it smelled like they were stuffed with oil residue and cabbage.

Shi Luo ate a boiled egg, a beef bun, and a pie, and pushed the rest to Jiang Hao. He also took out an apple from the bag on Jiang Hao's bed, cut it in half with a knife, and ate while handing the other half to Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao ate a boiled egg, two steamed buns, and a pie. He rewrapped the remaining steamed bun and two pie before taking half an apple and eating it.

"You, you just can't finish everything, and you want to eat everything."

Shi Luo nodded. "That's just me. Actually, I was full, but I suddenly wanted to eat some sweet fruit. But this time the apple is really big and very sweet."

Jiang Hao took a bite of the apple and said with a smile, "This time, the apples were bought by my third brother on a business trip. I heard that they spent half a day collecting tickets to buy two boxes at the department store.

I think his name was something like Red General. My third brother got a box, and I saw him when he came back this morning. I grabbed a few and wanted to give him money, but he refused. So I gave him the watermelon I had at home. Anyway, we couldn't take the watermelon with us when we went out."

Shi Luo nodded. Actually, with the space in place, he had no shortage of fruits to eat. However, he couldn't eat the things in the space openly. Now that he could eat them openly in front of other people, Shi Luo felt more at ease and comfortable.

The two put the remaining apple cores into the wooden box on the small table. Han Ying and Zhou Shou also came down to eat. The food they ate was very ordinary. It looked like a steamed bun made of sweet potato flour and corn flour. Maybe because they were afraid it would go bad, they made it very hard.

Zhou Shou was sitting next to Shi Luo. Shi Luo could see the steamed bun he was eating out of the corner of his eye. He felt his throat sore when he glanced at it. Shi Luo looked at the steamed bun and it seemed to be made of whole corn flour, that is, cornmeal.

Cornmeal is made by grinding the corn without removing the core. It can be eaten that way, but it will be much coarser. However, the quantity will be larger than that obtained by grinding pure corn. In other words, cornmeal is more filling.

But except for a few families in the Red Star Brigade who were really short of food or very frugal, no one would grind corn flour like this.

The worst thing Shi Luo had ever eaten in his life was the steamed bun made of two-grain flour mixed with bran that he had at a dinner party at the Youth League Institute. Even with that steamed bun, Shi Luo only ate a small bite and gave the rest to Li Zhe.

Even the original owner, who lived with her grandfather for many years, never suffered any hardship because her grandfather was rich.

So when he saw Zhou Shou eating steamed buns with water, Shi Luo couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Jiang Hao looked at Shi Luo and knew what he was thinking. He took out an oil-paper bag from his bag, opened it, grabbed five or six dried sweet potatoes and handed them to Shi Luo, saying in a low voice,

"Don't look at it anymore. You'll be the one who gets uncomfortable if you keep looking at it. Well, just use it to grind your teeth. Divert your attention. The dried sweet potatoes my mother makes are still delicious."

Shi Luo took the dried sweet potatoes and ate them while trying not to glance to the side.

The man sitting next to Jiang Hao looked at Shi Luo and laughed. It was obvious that these two young people had never suffered much. They actually felt awkward watching others eating steamed buns. This was rare these days.

Jiang Hao listened to the laughter of the man next to him and smiled as well. "Don't be offended, big brother. My younger brother is young and spoiled by my family, so it's inevitable that he's a little spoiled."

The man shook his head, looking envious. "That's nothing. I wish my baby could be like this when he grows up. It means he hasn't suffered any hardship. Everyone hopes their children can grow up without suffering any hardship."

Jiang Hao had some good feelings towards this man. As soon as he came in, Jiang Hao felt that his temperament was a bit like his elder brother. If nothing unexpected happened, he should also be a soldier.

The woman had a child with her and didn't ask to move to the lower bunk. She was a reasonable person who was not difficult to deal with.

When they were eating just now, although the man and the woman were both eating three-grain flour dumplings, the man also gave the woman a boiled egg separately, showing that he cares about his wife.

Jiang Hao was free anyway so he decided to chat, "Brother, you are a soldier, right? Are you bringing your children and wife with you this time?"

The man nodded. "Yes, I got a small house this year. The kids are old enough to travel far away, so I might as well take them both over. After all, it's good for the family to be together."

Jiang Hao nodded. This guy must be a deputy battalion commander at the very least. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to get a house, let alone a brick.

"Big brother is really capable, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get a house at such a young age."

The man shook his head. "What kind of ability is that? It's just luck, plus the country's good policies."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the child woke up and started crying. There was no time to chat anymore. The man hurried to the woman's bed, took out the milk powder and bottle, and quickly made milk to comfort the child.

Jiang Hao watched the man clumsily feeding the child milk powder. When he got closer, Luo whispered, "Children are so annoying. It's a good thing we don't have children, otherwise I would go crazy."

Shi Luo also lowered his voice and said, "This is annoying. I guess after feeding the baby, I have to take him to the toilet and clean up. Children usually have to poop soon after eating."

After hearing this, Jiang Hao was even more grateful that he didn't have to raise a child.

Sure enough, the man had just finished feeding and held the baby for a while, and the woman over there quickly got out of bed, holding the baby, holding a small basin and two pieces of cloth and ran to the bathroom.

This time, the man sat next to Jiang Hao and looked after his luggage, and did not go with the woman.