Gu Lingxiao saw that he had only bought a box of white rice, then found a place to sit down, took out a jar from his pocket, opened it, and poured some pickled vegetable shreds onto the rice.
He ate with relish; he was clearly a child from a poor family.
Gu Lingxiao turned around and went back to get another bowl of soup. At this time, only rice and soup were available; if they wanted vegetables, they would have to wait a long time. He walked over to him and casually placed the bowl on the table.
"This is for you to drink."
"Brother!" The train conductor stood up anxiously.
Gu Lingxiao didn't turn around, but instead raised his left hand and waved.
"I'm going back now. I'm in a hurry to eat. Let's talk again when we have time."
The train conductor was very moved and slowly sat down. He looked at the bowl next to him, which contained tomato and egg soup. Although it wasn't a very expensive soup, it was more precious than anything else in his eyes!
Gu Lingxiao returned to the sleeper car and placed the things he had brought back on the table.
"At this time, we only have rice and soup. If you want to get stir-fried dishes, it's uncertain when you'll be able to get a turn."
"We have braised donkey meat, so wouldn't it be perfect to have some soup and rice?"
Lu Zhixia reached out and opened the lunchbox, picked up her chopsticks and started eating, taking a bite of donkey meat and a bite of rice, and drinking a sip of soup when she felt choked.
The young man in the upper bunk looked on with envy and couldn't help but exclaim, "You two have such great food!"
Gu Lingxiao looked up. "Want to try a bite?"
Upon hearing this good news, the young man immediately threw off the covers and sat up.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Just give me two slices, so I can satisfy my craving!"
Gu Lingxiao picked up two pieces with the other end of his chopsticks and placed them in the young man's hand. He then turned to look at the man up the hill, who was a middle-aged man wearing glasses.
"Brother, would you like to try some?"
“Then I’ll trade with you.” The man took out a box of luncheon meat from his bag and said in broken Mandarin, “This is also good stuff of mine. Can I trade you more? I see there’s quite a lot of meat on the table.”
"Uncle! You shouldn't do it like that," the young man said while chewing his meat.
"I understand now, my brother bought donkey meat, which is very expensive!"
"How about two boxes?" The middle-aged man pulled another box out of his pocket. "Good things come in pairs, right? Okay!"
Gu Lingxiao noticed that the writing was in a foreign language, then quickly looked away. "I'll just leave you with the canned food and give you a couple more slices!"
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, "That's fine then, I guess I'm taking advantage of you today!"
Gu Lingxiao tore open the bag, pulled out a piece of yellow paper, and then added a few more pieces of donkey meat to it. He then handed it to the middle-aged man, turned around and saw the young man's pitiful look, and added two more slices to his plate.
"Thank you, brother!" the young man said in a loud voice.
After finishing his meal, Gu Lingxiao cleaned up the trash and took the opportunity to contact the train conductor he had spoken to earlier, whispering a few words of advice in his ear.
He immediately widened his eyes and then indicated that he understood.
After finishing all this, Gu Lingxiao returned to the sleeper car and continued reading the newspaper as before, occasionally exchanging a few words with Lu Zhixia.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and just as everyone was getting drowsy, the train stopped.
Because the sleeper carriages were all full, I basically slept in bed except when I went to the toilet.
Several people rushed onto the sleeper car and found their carriage with the help of the train conductor.
Gu Lingxiao immediately opened his eyes when he sensed someone approaching; he wanted to cooperate with the operation.
When the middle-aged man saw someone rush in, he quickly reached for his bag to grab a weapon, but just as he touched his neck, it was pressed down, and he collapsed limply onto the bunk.
The one who did it was none other than the young man in the lower bunk.
"What are you trying to do?" he asked in a foreign language in his haste.
Several other people rushed in, and together they managed to get the person down from the upper bunk.
Gu Lingxiao rummaged through his bag and found a weapon, a Type 54 pistol, some documents, and some money.
"You've come very well prepared!"
The middle-aged man couldn't figure out where he had slipped up, so he looked up and asked him...
"I'd like to know what made you suspicious?"
"Your canned food." Gu Lingxiao picked up a can casually. "This stuff is very expensive. As far as I know, ordinary people in your area can't afford it."
The man lowered his head in anger, never expecting that his disguise, which he had done so well, would be exposed when it came to food.
The person was taken away, causing the train to be delayed by 10 minutes.
The train conductor made announcements everywhere, and it took another half hour before he returned to the sleeper car. He gave Gu Lingxiao a thumbs up.
"Brother, you're amazing! You caught a spy just like that."
"Learn from this! You'll know how to handle things if you encounter something like this again."
"I've really learned something new today. With your help, I've done a great job, and I think I'll be promoted to a permanent position next month without any problem!" the train conductor said proudly. "When I went out today, I saw magpies in the trees, and I thought something good must be happening. I never expected it to be this good!"
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