Xie Yan reached into his pocket, and under the cover of this action, quietly took out money from his storage space and handed it to Gu Bin, saying, "Bring us three boxes."
Meals on the train are only charged by money, no tickets are required, and the prices are indeed much cheaper than outside.
Gu Bin rolled his eyes at him and said irritably, "Why aren't you going?"
Xie Yan looked up and said matter-of-factly, "I have to keep an eye on them."
Gu Bin's eyes widened. "I can see it too?"
Xie Yan raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on his face, and said, "I didn't say you couldn't watch, why are you in such a hurry?"
He looked at him leisurely. "Besides, are you sure you don't want to go out for a walk?" He knew Gu Bin too well; this guy wasn't the type to stay quietly at home.
After they fell asleep, he had stayed there for so long; that was already his limit.
Gu Bin swallowed the word "confirmed" that was on the tip of his tongue.
He was just arguing with Xie Yan out of habit; he didn't actually not want to go out.
He had been sitting in the carriage all day because everyone was asleep, and he was getting restless and wanted to get out, but looking at Xie Yan's annoying face, he really didn't want to let him get away with it so easily.
He took a deep breath, let out a heavy snort, and reluctantly turned to leave.
Although Xie Yan and Gu Bin spoke in a deliberately low voice, they still woke up Yu Yuehui in the upper bunk.
She jumped off the bed quietly, walked to Xie Yan's side, and asked in a low voice, "Did Gu Bin go out to buy food?"
Xie Yan moved to the side and pulled Yu Yue back to sit down. "Yes, let him buy it for us too."
Yu Yuehui looked puzzled and frowned slightly. "Didn't we bring food?"
Xie Yan lowered his head, leaned closer to Yu Yuehui, and whispered, "We have braised pork today, and it's free."
Yu Yuehui's eyes lit up, "We didn't bring much food, so we'll have to eat it with the boxed meals here, otherwise it won't be enough!"
Xie Yan nodded with a smile.
Not long after, Gu Bin returned with a boxed lunch.
He assumed everyone inside was still asleep, so he cautiously pushed open the door, only to see eight eyes staring at him from the private room—oh! It shouldn't be the club, they were all staring at the boxed lunch in his hand.
Gu Bin couldn't bear to look at their unfamiliar expressions, as if they had never seen roasted pork before.
"Wow! Are they all hungry?"
When Tongtong saw the boxed lunch in Gu Bin's hand, her eyes lit up. She immediately turned to Chaochao and said, "Sister Chaochao, this is the boxed lunch. Let me tell you, my dad is amazing. The boxed lunches he makes are so delicious!"
This was the first time Chaochao had ever seen a boxed lunch. Looking curious, she couldn't help but ask, "Why is it called a boxed lunch?"
"Is it because it was packaged in a box?"
Xie Yan smiled and nodded, "That's exactly the reason."
"Don't be fooled by this ordinary-looking box. It was specially made by the railway department and has a certain degree of airtightness and heat preservation."
Gu Bin smugly placed the boxed lunches on the communal table, opened one of them, and deliberately turned it towards Xie Yan, looking at him with a smug expression.
Inside the box was a row of tempting braised pork belly, its glossy red color seemingly proclaiming, "This is delicious!"
Chaochao perfectly inherited Xie Yan and Yu Yuehui's love for meat. As soon as she saw braised pork, she exclaimed excitedly, "Wow! Uncle Gu is so amazing!"
Tongtong proudly raised her head and said with pride, "That's right, I told you, my dad is amazing!"
Hearing the sincere praise from the two little ones beside him, Gu Bin smiled with satisfaction.
Their train journey took quite a long time.
Chaochao went from being excited at the beginning to clearly wilting by the second day.
At first, she found the clattering sound of the train interesting, like it was playing a unique piece of music.
But after a while, after hearing the sound so many times, I lost all feeling for it and was left with only endless fatigue.
When they got off the train, apart from Yu Yuehui and Gu Bin, the others all looked rather listless, as if their energy had been drained by a monster, and they had lost their previous vitality.
This time, it was Gu's mother who came to pick up the car.
Gu's mother spotted Tongtong from afar.
But when she saw that Tongtong was still wearing the same clothes she had made when she went back last year, she frowned. Why were they still wearing last year's clothes? This Zhang Linghui sent her so much fabric, how could she send the child over dressed in old clothes?
snort!
They don't care about her eldest granddaughter at all. If those big mouths see this, who knows what they'll say about her family!
Why!
Thanks to her cleverness, she saved up a lot of nice fabrics and went back to make clothes for her eldest granddaughter. She used the nice fabrics she had saved up specifically for her to make several pieces, because she couldn't let her precious granddaughter wear such shabby clothes anymore.
If Zhang Linghui knew what Gu's mother was thinking right now, she would be disgusted!
The child is grown up and has her own ideas; she can't decide what clothes to wear!
She also wanted to dress the children in new clothes. Since they were coming over this time, she and Sister Yueyue had specially made two new outfits for the two little ones. But they insisted on wearing last year's clothes, and there was nothing they could do about it.
As soon as Xie Yan stepped out of the station, he took a deep breath of the cold air of Beijing.
Although the air here is only so-so compared to that in Xiliu Village, it's much better than the stuffy air on the train.
Before he could say anything, he saw a figure rush past him.
That's right, it really was a whirlwind. The speed was so fast that Xie Yan had barely caught a glimpse of the figure before it had vanished without even a chance to greet him.
Seeing his shocked expression, Yu Yue quickly asked in a low voice, "Who? Do you know him?"
Xie Yan turned to look at Gu Bin's side, and sure enough, Gu's mother was holding Tongtong, doting on her!
"Oh dear, Grandma, my poor little Tongtong, you've suffered so much on this journey!" Gu's mother said, touching Tongtong's face tenderly. "Look how cold her face is, Gu Bin, didn't you think to buy her a scarf?"
After saying that, he turned to Zhang Linghui and softened his tone slightly, "Knitting one would be fine too!"
"If you don't have a ticket, what are you going to buy? You can ask this old man for help too!"
"We're still alive, how can we let our eldest granddaughter suffer like this!"
Gu Bin was speechless. He was about to explain to his mother that the weather wasn't cold enough to warrant wearing a scarf when Zhang Linghui grabbed his sleeve.
Zhang Linghui understood that grandparents always dote on their grandchildren, especially those who only see them once a year.
In short, it's all for the good of the child.
Besides, we've only just met, and we're right next to the train station. We should give way to our elders and not let others laugh at us.
She smiled and said, "I know, Mom. The yarn colors we have here aren't very good, so we're waiting to come over and see if we can find any nice colors."
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