Chapter 44 Before Departure
"Whose system ability does this car have?"
The sudden appearance of such a car was already very strange, and it didn't seem so strange that the car could drive on its own even without a driver.
"Who cares? As long as it can get us out of here, it's fine. Maybe, just like in the novels, this car is some big boss's system power! It's specially created to benefit the public!"
Qi Hang said, looking at the small metal card in his hand, "I don't know what metal this card is made of, it's so light and has such a good texture!"
Liang Jing had been a bit hesitant at first, but after hearing what he said, he felt a little more at ease. Rather than relying on his own two feet and not knowing when he could get out of City B, it would be better to give it a try. Maybe he could even get home earlier.
At least for now, it seems that the car has no intention of harming them.
The two found their corresponding seats and sat down. As soon as their butts touched the seats, they immediately noticed the difference.
Qi Hang swayed twice while sitting, and his whole body bounced up and down.
Liang Jing also curiously poked the seat under his butt with his fingers, full of surprise.
The two men once again realized the difference of this train. At least before this, they had never seen or even heard of a train with seats made of such new materials.
Liang Jing let out a long sigh and felt optimistic for the first time since the end of the world.
Maybe just like Qi Hang said, this car really is their fate!
…
Next door, just across the door.
The Jiang family didn't relax until the two of them used the magic crystal to buy tickets and got on the bus.
No matter how they tried to convince themselves that there would definitely be other passengers, they still hoped that the two of them could get on the bus before they saw anyone else.
When Jiang Qian saw the real-time profit displayed in the upper right corner of the train operation settings, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly and her heart calmed down.
This time, not only can we protect our capital, but we can also make a profit.
After the two people outside got on the train, they could no longer see what they were doing. Although there was only one door between them, the train was so soundproof that they couldn't hear anything.
Jiang Dong put his ear to the door connecting the two carriages, but still heard no sound.
He straightened up and sighed, "What a shame! If only there was a camera or a microphone, we could hear what they are saying."
He just said it casually, but he saw Jiang Qian was stunned.
Jiang Dong asked suspiciously, "Is it really true?"
Jiang Qian nodded stiffly.
Just now, a second after Jiang Dong finished speaking, a pop-up window suddenly appeared on the system panel in her mind, telling them that they could see the situation in other carriages on the big screen in the cab, as sensitive as if it had been eavesdropping on their conversation.
Jiang Qian's heart calmed down in an instant, as if a cool breeze was blowing from behind her neck.
She didn't know if she was being too suspicious, but she didn't want to tell anyone and make her family worry when she was uncertain, and she didn't want to alert the enemy.
She put her previous thoughts aside and followed the system's instructions to take her family to the driver's seat.
There are three large screens in front of the cab, and the one they use most often is the largest one in the middle.
But this time when they walked in, the large screen on the left had automatically lit up, showing the scene of the new carriage, and they could even clearly hear the voices of the two passengers talking.
They watched Qi Hang and Liang Jing explore the carriage like they did, and then take their seats.
Everyone in the Jiang family felt very proud when they heard them express their incredible thoughts about the train.
This is their car!
But when they heard Qi Hang and the other man talking about when to start driving, everyone turned their inquiring eyes to Jiang Qian.
Jiang Qian thought about it and decided to leave in the afternoon.
Although you may not meet many passengers waiting at the train station now, every opportunity counts.
She filled in the departure time of 1 p.m. in the latest schedule on the system page. The next second, the departure time schedule appeared synchronously on all screens and station signs in the train.
Liang Jing and Qi Hang, who were always paying attention to the changes in the car, naturally noticed it first.
The two of them looked at the time when the train was about to depart, discussed it in a low voice, and returned to the waiting hall.
When they left before, in order to facilitate movement, each person only packed a backpack from the supermarket at the station. Now that they have another way to leave, they might as well take more things from the supermarket.
After watching them get off the train and disappear on the platform, the Jiang family members looked at each other.
Because they could see the images and hear the sounds in real time, they certainly knew what Liang Jing and Qi Hang were doing.
Although it was unknown how much stuff they could take away, it was obviously impossible for the two of them to move all the stuff in the small supermarket at the station.
Huang Liping looked at her family's dwindling inventory and felt a little tempted.
"When they come back later, should we go in and get something out?"
Seeing them walk in so brazenly, I figured there shouldn't be any danger in the station waiting room.
If you have something you can easily find, why not just use it? Wouldn't it be a waste to keep it? That would be such a shame!
As she was thinking this, she saw her whole family looking at her with disapproval.
Thinking about how she had just been educating her son and had changed her mind in the blink of an eye, she blushed and said, "I understand. If we don't get out of the car, can't I just talk about it?"
"Isn't this also because we want to stock up on more things while it's safe? If it doesn't work this time, then maybe next time, right?"
She said so, but she had just scolded her son and made a mistake. Huang Liping felt embarrassed and turned around and walked out of the cab, saying, "What do you want to eat in the morning? I'll cook."
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While the family was having breakfast, they watched Liang Jing and Qi Hang loading things from the station supermarket into the car.
They first dragged two suitcases onto the bus, put them on the shelf, and then went back. The second time they came back, each of them brought a large suitcase. But it wasn't over yet... When they left the waiting room for the third time, they each carried a fully stuffed plastic bag.
Jiang Dong, who was always keeping an eye on the outside, was envious and surprised. "How much stuff are they planning to bring?"
Not to mention my mother, even Jiang Dong, who had just been scolded before, felt a little moved when he saw it now.
However, Liang Jing and the other man, who were being criticized, were completely oblivious to the fact that their every move was being seen by others. After returning from the waiting room for the third time, they did not get off the bus again.
After a busy morning, they had prepared everything they wanted to take away. The two had no intention of getting off the car again. They took out the prepared food from the last plastic bag they brought and started eating it.
After eating, they leaned back in their seats and took turns to rest.
In the other carriage, the Jiang family members were also preparing to have lunch.
Because of the presence of Liang Jing and Qi Hang, they were afraid of being discovered so they didn't dare to get out of the car and had to stay in the car for the whole morning.
Jiang Qian also took advantage of this rare opportunity and took everyone in her family to study the various functions of the train.
Previously, they didn't have enough crystal cores to buy things in the mall, and many of the train's functions were unusable. For example, the faucets in the restrooms didn't have any water, so they usually flushed the toilets with the sewage they collected themselves.
Fortunately, the train's black water tank is powerful enough to automatically convert household waste into energy for the train and purify it, saving them the trouble of having to clean it manually. However, flushing the water manually all the time is still inconvenient.
This time, with enough crystal cores, Jiang Qian began to try.
She used a crystal core to buy one liter of water. After putting this liter of water onto the train, the water she bought flowed directly out of the faucet in the bathroom, and the toilet could flush automatically.
Jiang Qian's eyes lit up, but she unconsciously thought of the bathroom in the new carriage.
Where does the water come from? Do we buy water ourselves and can it be used in all carriages?
She drummed her fingers, thinking, if that was the case, then the two magic crystals for the ticket were a bit too little. The water used in the bathroom would have to be charged extra.
As she was thinking this, a pop-up window suddenly appeared on the system page in her mind.
[If there is no special setting, the water and other energy sources purchased by the host will be used in all carriages. Of course, you can set the resources you purchased for personal use, or you can set the charges on the train yourself on the train operation settings page.]
Jiang Qian saw it and felt something in her heart.
"So, this is to support my charging?"
She clicked on the corresponding page and saw a small [+] sign in the [Other Business Projects] column that she had previously ignored.
Thinking about how she had used the one liter of water she had just bought, she filled in the blank.
[Use the restroom once, 2 magic crystals]
The one liter of water just now was used to flush the toilet twice, and if I add that for washing my hands, the two liters of water I bought with two magic crystals would definitely be enough.
After dealing with the bathroom problem, she began to understand other system functions.
For example, the train's windows can be manually dimmed, there's an onboard radio, and there are vending machines that can be installed on the train in the system mall, but the price of installing one is 200 magic crystals...
Little by little, Jiang Qian became familiar with the train's operating mode.
Because there was some income today, which was considered the start of the train business, the lunch was obviously richer than before. The chickens that Xiaozhao Village had given us before were kept frozen in the refrigerator after being killed, and were taken out by Ren Ru today to make soup.
Although laying hens do not taste as delicious as specially raised broiler chickens, they are a rare delicacy for the Jiang family who have not enjoyed meat for a long time.
The family ate a whole pot of rice with chicken and chicken soup. Huang Liping felt distressed for a long time when she saw that the rice bag was half empty after the meal.
After having dinner early, the two new passengers didn't show any movement. As there was still more than an hour to go before the car was driven, they all went to rest, leaving Huang Liping alone.
…
When the carriage became quiet, the whole world seemed to become quiet as well.
Huang Liping was bored, so she found a large bag of wool balls that she had bought from her car some time ago and started knitting a sweater.
Although it was still summer, time was passing quickly, and there was no telling when autumn would arrive. When they evacuated to the mountains, most of their autumn and winter clothes were left at home, and all of them were soaked by the flood.
Although it can be purchased in the system mall, it requires a lot of crystal cores. Compared to letting the children take the risk of finding crystal cores or relying on the unstable profits of this system, Huang Liping still feels that it is more reliable to make a living by herself.
She calculated that this big bag of wool was enough to knit a thin sweater for each of the six people in her family to wear in autumn.
Her fingers deftly hooked the wool with the needle, but suddenly there was a sound of shattering glass in the quiet station.
【Author’s words】
Sorry, I'm late!
I actually finished writing this chapter early this morning, and had been planning to revise it in the afternoon before posting it. However, I got my period last night, and the pain was awful today. I went to the bathroom at one in the afternoon, and I almost died in pain.
I had just eaten lunch, but I was completely exhausted. I felt like I was floating when I walked, and when I got back, I collapsed onto the bed. With my last bit of consciousness and strength, I sent a WeChat message to my mother, asking her to get me painkillers from the community clinic. I slept all afternoon before feeling better. My mother fed me the painkillers with a cup of water.
I used to wonder why women in childbirth on TV always sweated so much, their hair sticking to their bodies. Now I know that you really do sweat a lot when you're in pain. This afternoon, in the fifteen minutes before taking my medicine, I felt like I sweated out all the summers of this summer—no, the past three years.
I'm feeling a bit better now, so I'm posting an update. Hopefully, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I'll be fine, and the pain won't be there anymore. It's killing me.
Every time I have dysmenorrhea, I can understand the thoughts of girls who want to be boys. It’s not that they like the male gender, but it’s really too painful for girls to experience dysmenorrhea.
The next chapter should be on Tuesday, but I'm not sure. I'm evaluating my physical condition. If I can, I'll write more. If I really can't, I'll write a note asking for leave.
I'm kind of glad I didn't make the list this week, otherwise I would have definitely been blacklisted. [facepalm]
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