As a result, Qiu Dahe was unable to sleep until his grandma called him the next day. It seemed that his body had an independent biological clock. When the time came, he woke up without any control.
After washing up, the elders in the family were almost packing him war supplies.
Qiu Dahe hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, "Grandma, Fourth Aunt, stop packing. It's only two days and you can't eat so much." He saw that his Fourth Aunt had pressed two large bags and also filled a bag with baked buns, boiled eggs, washed green peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Li Qingju had his own reasons and didn't listen to his nephew at all. "It's not much. You're a grown man. If you eat all this on the road, there won't be anything left. I heard your grandma say that when she came back at the beginning of the year, there was a diplomatic mission or something, and there were so many people that she almost didn't get a chance to eat..."
Qiu Dahe refused, but it seemed like it was all in vain. In the end, he took everything his aunt had prepared. After thinking about it, he realized that he had comrades traveling with him, so it wouldn't be too much if they ate together.
"Okay then, I'm leaving now. Don't see me off."
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After three farewells and nine farewells, he finally boarded the train smoothly. Not until his relatives on the platform could no longer see him did Qiu Dahe withdraw his hand, throw his luggage onto the upper bunk, and sit in the aisle.
He had deliberately changed into casual clothes, but his righteousness could not be concealed. The old couple in the same box waved, "Young man, come in and sit down."
After calling several times, Qiu Dahe could only get up and go in. "Old man, is there anything I can help you with? Please tell me."
"No need to help. We don't sleep much, and we don't sleep. You sit in the aisle, and you have to get up from time to time to make way for us. Come in and sit down."
"Well, thank you." Qiu Dahe sat on the old man's bunk near the door, still sitting straight and silent.
"Is the young man a soldier?"
Seeing Qiu Dahe's surprise, the old man smiled and said, "Your whole demeanor and the way you sit there, you can tell at a glance that you have been in the army for many years."
"Well, you have a keen eye."
The old man laughed heartily. "It's not that I have a keen eye, but I have a young man like you in my family..."
The old man was talkative, but he only said what he should say and didn't ask what he shouldn't ask. Qiu Dahe was as cautious as ever, and he listened more and spoke less throughout the whole process.
Finally, it was time for dinner. He stood up, took out his bag, took out the dry food he had brought with him, and distributed the baked buns to the two old men. "My family brought these for me. If you don't mind, you two can have a try."
The two old men were just waving their hands to decline when someone came in and called out to them, "Mr. Zhang, Madam, I'll take you two to the dining car."
The old lady then seized the opportunity and said to the young man, "You can switch with this young comrade, so you don't have to travel back and forth between the two carriages."
The young man's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Comrade, is this convenient for you? I can give you the difference between the hard sleeper and the soft sleeper."
Qiu Dahe was specially approved for a soft sleeper compartment because he was injured, but he didn't know how to explain it at the moment. Coincidentally, his comrade who was returning home came to find him.
"Lian, oh, Brother Qiu, we know you're not feeling well, so we brought the food back to you."
"I told you it's not necessary. I brought some dry food with me. You can take it back and share it with Liu Qing." Qiu Dahe raised the food bag in his hand to indicate that he was not lying.
"How can this be possible? The instructor specifically told us to take care of you, saying that you were seriously injured this time. When he came here, he even brought us food money..."
After hearing this, the old man and the young man realized that their request was too abrupt.
He quickly apologized, "Comrade, I'm so sorry. You were sitting upright the whole time, and we really didn't realize you were injured. That's why... I'm so sorry, so sorry."
Especially the elderly woman who had just delivered the message was particularly embarrassed. She pulled Qiu Dahe's hand and wanted to give him the lower bunk.
Qiu Dahe waved his hands repeatedly, "You two elders, there's no need to be so kind. I'm fine. It might be a little troublesome to swap berths with this comrade. There's no need to change beds once I get out."
After some words, the two groups separated.
Qiu Dahe raised his hand, stopping Jiang Binyang from saying anything. "There's no need to argue about anything. They don't know anything. Don't say anything unnecessary outside. By the way, you helped me get some food. Have you eaten yet?"
Jiang Binyang scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. "When we came here, we bought a bag of steamed buns from the cafeteria. The chef also washed a few green chilies for us. We just put them in the steamed buns and ate them."
"Then let's eat together. When you go back later, bring the buns and eggs to Liu Qing..."
Jiang Binyang kept refusing, but when Qiu Dahe said it was an order, he had to obey.
Qiu Dahe took out his lunch box and divided the rice into three portions. He left Liu Qing's portion in the lunch box, and the two of them used two lids to hold it. After finishing the rice, they each ate a toasted bun and a boiled egg, and then let their little comrade leave.
"Don't send lunch tomorrow at noon. Tell Liu Qing to wait for me in the dining car." Jiang Binyang nodded. "Yes, Captain!"
Seeing this, Qiu Dahe added, "When we're out and about, we should just call each other comrades, not talk about rank. Next time, just call me Brother Qiu."
The young soldier who joined the army later nodded vigorously and retreated to his own hard seat compartment before the old man and others came back.
In order to avoid awkward conversation, Qiu Dahe climbed onto his bunk, pulled open the quilt and lay down before they returned to the carriage.
Soldiers have to be good at all kinds of disguises. When the old man came back, he found that the soldier in the same compartment was breathing evenly. They were just lying down quietly when another passenger from another berth got on.
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