Chen Yuan had only ever eaten braised pork. He had never heard of sauerkraut beef or curry beef.

He asked blankly, "There are so many, have you tried them all? Which one tastes the best?"

Jiang Baige likes to eat sour and spicy food, so if she asks her to recommend something, it must be her favorite sauerkraut.

If you say that sauerkraut is delicious, Grandma Meng will speak up.

"Hey boy, that curry thing tastes good to me. That's what I was eating just now."

Seeing that the old lady was serious about what she said, Shen Yuan thought about it and realized that the smell he had just smelled must be what the old lady was talking about.

"I want the one called curry that the old lady said. I believe her."

Seeing that he wanted curry, Jiang Baige put away the remaining boxes again.

Then he said, "Wait, I'll make it for you, it will be ready in a while."

She has collected the money, so the service must be good.

Shen Yuan was waiting for dinner, so he sat on the old lady's bed next to him, watching the young comrade's movements carefully.

He didn't expect that the rice was soaked in boiling water, and there was a bag of meat inside. It seemed that this was real meat.

Three dollars was totally worth it, he thought.

Jiang Baige soaked the rice, took out a knife and started cutting the beef.

Chen Yuan was inexplicably envious when he saw the grandfather and grandson, who had both rice and meat prepared quite well.

Then he started chatting with Grandma Meng next to him in a random manner.

"Old lady, where are you going?"

Grandma Meng sighed, "Go to Shanghai, young man, where are you going?"

Shen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "What a coincidence! I'm also going to Shanghai."

"So are you going there to visit relatives or do something else?"

Jiang Baige continued while cutting meat: "Let's go home. What did you do in Shanghai?"

Chen Yuan smiled again: "What a coincidence, I'm going home too."

Jiang Baige didn't expect that it would be such a coincidence to meet a fellow villager on this train.

She quickly recalled how to speak Shanghainese. She had been here for half a year and had never spoken a word. If someone spoke to her in Shanghainese, she would be able to answer them.

Fortunately, I remembered that she could speak in Shanghai, otherwise she would be found out as soon as she opened her mouth when she returned.

Jiang Baige smiled at him, "What a coincidence! I didn't expect we're from the same hometown."

A few minutes later, when Shen Yuan tasted the soaked rice, he realized how delicious it was.

While eating, he asked, "Comrade, where did you buy this? I've never seen it before."

They were not familiar with each other, so how could Jiang Baige dare to tell him where he was from? What if this person reported her?

He said perfunctorily, "Others have told me not to tell you, so it's not convenient for me to tell you."

Seeing that everyone said so, Chen Yuan said indifferently.

"Uh, forget it, but it tastes really good."

The meal is so delicious, he eats it quickly.

During the three days on the train, Jiang Baige didn't plan to buy food in the dining car. She spent money and tickets, but the food was still not tasty.

While eating, Chen Yuan thought, how could she have so much left? He really wanted to buy a few boxes from her and take them with him to eat on the road.

He cleared his throat and asked, "Comrade, can you sell me a few boxes of this rice? I've been eating only porridge and side dishes on the train these past few days, and I'm really fed up. Luckily, I met you guys when I changed trains and you saved my life."

Jiang Baige saw that he had finished all the curry beef and rice, and the lunch box was very clean, as if it had been washed.

He raised an eyebrow and said, "Sure! I not only have rice, but also noodles."

Chen Yuan didn't expect there were noodles, and he immediately became interested.

"How much is the noodles? I want them."

Jiang Baige said, "Noodles don't have meat on them, and they're fifty cents a box."

"Just like this rice, you can just soak it in boiling water and eat it."

Chen Yuan asked doubtfully, "Noodles can also be soaked. Hurry up and make a box for me to try."

Jiang Baige pulled out the suitcase again, and when Shen Yuan looked out the window to throw the lunch box, he quickly took out a few boxes of instant noodles from the space and put them in the suitcase.

Then he opened the suitcase, took out a few boxes and put them on the table.

Then tell him: "Look at the picture above, there are spicy and non-spicy ones, pick one and go to the bar!"

Shen Yuan chose one and said, "This is it!"

When he saw the picture with peppers and meat, he knew it must be delicious.

Jiang Baige put it in front of him, opened it, and let him see how it was done.

Chen Yuan didn't expect that this noodle was so simple. Just put the seasoning from the small packet in and soak it in water.

Grandma Meng knew that this girl was capable of getting food, but she remembered that when they went out, they seemed to have only brought a small suitcase. When did they bring so much food?

But she couldn't ask. The little girl always had her reasons for doing things. As a blind old woman, she was lucky to have food to eat and couldn't care less.

The train was shaking, and she sat for a while. When she heard the two young men thinking about food, she lay back on the bed.

Jiang Baige opened the suitcase and let the man choose for himself.

"Comrade, everything is here. Take a look and choose what you want."

She took out her suitcase from the space. She took a large one because she needed to carry clothes for two people. When she took the instant rice, she had already put the clothes into the space. Now the suitcase was full of food.

Shen Yuan only thought about food, and when he saw that there were no clothes in the suitcase, he didn't wonder.

Finally, Chen Yuan asked for five boxes of instant noodles and five boxes of rice porridge. With these, he would not be afraid of being hungry for three days on the train.

After Jiang Baige received the money, she lay back on the bed and went to sleep.

Chen Yuan put the food into the cloth bag containing clothes, and then returned to his bed.

He was about to lie down, and he stuck his head out.

"Hey, comrade, what's your last name?"

When Jiang Baige heard him asking her surname, she looked up at him and thought, they just met on the street, why did he need to ask for her name?

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Shen Yuan smiled and said his name first.

"My name is Shen Yuan. You look small, so just call me Brother Shen from now on."

Jiang Baige responded, "Brother Shen."

"My last name is Jiang, and my name is Baige. You can call me whatever you want."

The two people got to know each other in this way. During the chat, Jiang Baige also learned the address of Chen Yuan's home. After a while, they each went their own way.

Jiang Baige thought that this person spent money without blinking an eye, so he must be a wealthy person.

She left an address first, so that if it could be used in the future, she would have another connection in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Jiang Baige was tired from reading and fell asleep again.

I was half asleep when the door of the carriage opened with a crash and slammed heavily against the iron sheet of the carriage, making a bang that scared everyone sleeping on the bed.

A rustling sound drifted in, along with a stench from outside.

When Jiang Baige smelled the smell, she frowned, then opened her eyes and looked up.

Then they saw a woman coming into their carriage.

I don't know what she brought with her, but she squeezed in with a lot of bags and was mumbling to herself.

Jiang Baige took a look, then turned over and continued to sleep.