Tang Qiuyue pushed Zhan Zeye away and asked him to be serious, as the elder sister opposite was staring at them with a pair of playful eyes.
Although they have a marriage certificate and their relationship is legal, allowing them to be close to each other in public, society today is still very conservative and people have limited acceptance of the two sexes being close to each other.
Zhan Zeye also stopped teasing Tang Qiyue. It was rare to see her blushing.
"I'm going to get some food. Wake up, what do you want to eat?"
Zhan Zeye helped Tang Qiyue put the water cup away, then he became serious again and regained his cold expression, so that the elder sister on the opposite side who wanted to tease them did not dare to speak.
His aura was too strong, even my elder sister, who was not an inexperienced person, could not handle it.
Tang Qiyue hummed, "Let's have tomato and egg noodles!"
The food you can buy on the train is limited, and you can imagine how it tastes, but the probability of making a mistake with noodles with gravy is not very high.
Zhan Zeye nodded, took out his lunch box and went to the dining car to get some food.
At this time, the eldest sister could finally speak.
"Big sister, you are so lucky. Your partner has been looking after you since you fell asleep!"
Tang Qiyue smiled and said a little embarrassedly: "He is indeed very good at taking care of people!"
This statement was a bit against my will, but I was just following what my elder sister said.
The eldest sister sighed, "I'm not as lucky as you. My husband is an engineer. He just reads tattered books all day long and can't even wash dishes!"
Tang Qiyue: ...
This seems to be a characteristic of men in this era, they are very bad at housework.
The eldest sister seemed to just want to open up the topic and did not expect Tang Qiyue to respond too much. In addition, she was stimulated by Zhan Zeye's thoughtfulness, and the more she talked about her man, the more excited she became.
Tang Qiyue was afraid that her elder sister would make her angry, so she took advantage of her pause to ask, "Elder sister, are you on a business trip or visiting relatives?"
Mentioning this, the elder sister finally gave up complaining about her inconsiderate engineer husband and scratched her head. "I'm a purchasing agent for our company. Isn't it time for the autumn harvest? I need to go check out the crops ahead of time to make sure I can complete this year's procurement tasks!"
Purchasing is a lucrative job. Although Tang Qiuyue doesn't know much about it, she thinks that her elder sister, a woman, who can do purchasing, does have some real skills.
No wonder my eldest sister is so talkative, her emotions require her to travel everywhere.
At this time, the purchasers cannot buy grain just by paying money. You have to know that the grain production is low now, and half of it has to be paid as public grain. The grain that each production team can provide is limited. If these purchasers do not have their own connections, it will be really difficult to achieve the required amount of grain.
So even though the purchasing lady is sitting in the sleeper berth and dressed decently, she is also under a lot of pressure.
Tang Qiyue couldn't help her in any way. You know, there was a shortage of food on the island. Zhan Zeye and the others had the dowry donated by Tang Qiyue, but they still relied mainly on food allocated by their superiors every time they purchased supplies.
Everyone is having a hard time.
"Comrade, haven't you heard? The Russians broke up with us this year, and all the grain in the national treasury was used to pay off debts. The people have even less food, and they have to pay more grain!"
The comrade on the next bed heard their conversation, came over and leaned against the shelf in the aisle to interrupt.
The eldest sister was even more depressed: "That's right, our unit's requirements are low this year. Just enough to have enough to eat. Otherwise, this year will be miserable!"
The man next door also sighed: "Yes, everyone's having a hard time this year. I heard that many places are in chaos. The students in school are not attending classes and are all talking about going to the countryside. I don't know what's going on!"
Tang Qiyue really didn't want to get involved in these topics. She knew too well how sensitive these topics were. She just listened as more and more passengers came over to talk.
The passengers in the sleeper berths all have some status and are more well-informed. In addition, they come from all over the world, and exchanging information can be considered a kind of resource sharing.
Sometimes even the train attendants come over to gossip.
However, they all knew their limits and did not touch upon sensitive topics. They probably all knew that some things could not be said carelessly.
When Zhan Zeye came back with his lunch box, he saw that the bed where he was was full of people.
He thought something had happened, so he pushed through the crowd and walked in. He saw Tang Qiyue sitting cross-legged on the bed, with two middle-aged women sitting next to her, and they were having a heated discussion.
When they saw Zhan Zeye coming in, they were shocked by the aura he exuded and made way for him.
Zhan Zeye sat in front of Tang Qiyue and put the lunch box on the small table beside the bed.
Hearing the topics of discussion around him, he raised his eyebrows. Although he knew there was nothing wrong with this kind of chat, Tang Qiyue would probably feel embarrassed to eat with everyone gathered here.
"Comrades, it's time for dinner. The food is ready at the dining car. No food coupons are needed. Everyone, hurry up and get your food. If you're late, it will be gone!"
Zhan Zeye reminded everyone, and everyone reacted. They were all familiar with the voice-over and knew that Zhan Zeye was chasing people away.
They also expressed their willingness to go to the dining car to get food.
The two middle-aged women on the bed also left, and even the older sister opposite asked Tang Qiyue to help look after the luggage while she went to get some food.
The space suddenly became much more spacious, allowing Tang Qiyue to breathe a sigh of relief. She was really not used to being surrounded and talked by so many people.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Tang Qiuyue looked at the two lunch boxes. One contained braised pork and the other contained tomato and egg noodles. The portions didn't look like enough for two people.
"You eat first, I'll go to the dining car to eat later!"
Zhan Zeye handed the chopsticks to Tang Qiyue.
Tang Qiyue was indeed hungry, so she tried the braised pork. Although the taste was average, it was meat, and the ingredients were solid and edible.
She wasn't that hungry to begin with, so she pushed the lunch box in front of Zhan Zeye after eating half of the noodles.
Zhan Zeye saw that Tang Qiyue really didn't want to eat anymore, so he handed the dried fish he had just taken out of the box to Tang Qiyue. He then took the chopsticks handed to him by Tang Qiyue and finished the noodles and braised pork in no time.
The dried fish were baked by the one-eyed uncle, originally intended for them to eat as snacks on the road.
It is crispy and has a unique flavor of sea salt. It is chewy and is great for grinding your teeth.
Zhan Zeye was still not full after eating, so he went to the dining car to get another portion.
Not long after Zhan Zeye left, a comrade passing by saw Tang Qiyue eating dried fish and asked, "Comrade, are you selling this dried fish?"
Tang Qiyue was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't engage in speculation."
Are you kidding? Private transactions are prohibited now.
The comrade hadn't expected Tang Qiyue to say that, but he quickly realized what was happening and gave an awkward smile. "Don't get me wrong, comrade. I didn't mean that. I was taking a child with me on the bus, and the child couldn't sit still. I saw that the dried fish you were eating was delicious, so I wanted to give the child something to eat!"
Tang Qiyue: ...You misunderstood me!
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