The next morning.
When Feng Mingshu woke up, she found no one beside her.
She got up and went downstairs, where she saw that the prepared breakfast was already on the table, and the man looked radiant.
"Ming Shu, come over for breakfast. We need to get to the train station."
Zhou Jinshan smiled and urged her on. Feng Mingshu didn't care about anything else and quickly sat down at the table to eat.
After breakfast, I packed my luggage, gave the remaining vegetables to the neighbors, drew all the curtains, took one last look at the yard, and locked the door with a click.
Many neighbors came to say goodbye, but at the entrance of an alley, Old Lady Li stared somberly at the iron gate.
Feng Mingshu sensed something and turned to look at the alley entrance.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Jinshan asked, turning his head to the side, his hands and shoulders covered with luggage.
"It's alright, let's go."
Feng Mingshu looked away, took a bag from his hand, and amidst farewells, the couple boarded the bus.
The bus didn't go directly to the train station. Feng Mingshu got off midway and went to a certain workplace, but the matter was handled quickly, taking only fifteen minutes. When she finally arrived at the train station, there was still half an hour before departure.
But the train station was too lively. In addition to ordinary travelers, there were also educated youths carrying red flowers who were preparing to go to the far north to reclaim wasteland. They were so numerous that they almost filled the train station hall.
Most of these educated youths were excited and full of passion, while some were frustrated. It is likely that these people did not sign up voluntarily, but were signed up by their families, or perhaps they suddenly regretted it.
Of course, there were also many relatives who came to see him off, giving him earnest advice while wiping away tears.
"Mom, don't worry, I can take care of myself. You and Dad should also take good care of yourselves," Zhang Yunxiao said calmly to her mother who was wiping away tears.
"Aunt Wang, don't worry about me. I'll take care of Brother Yunxiao."
Carrying her luggage, Chu Xuanxuan squeezed through the crowd with difficulty, ignoring her sweat-drenched hair, and expressed her feelings to Wang Sujuan.
Wang Sujuan's expression immediately turned as if she had swallowed a fly. She reached out to block Chu Xuanxuan, saying, "Stay away from my son!"
“Aunt Wang, Yunxiao and I grew up in the same family compound and are going to the far north to reclaim wasteland together. Naturally, we will support and help each other. You can’t stop us even if you want to.”
How could you be so shameless!
“Aunt Wang, I have the right to like someone and pursue someone. Don’t impose your old ideas on us younger generation.”
Chu Xuanxuan calmly and confidently bantered with her chosen future mother-in-law, winning many admiring glances. Just as she was feeling smug, she suddenly noticed something amiss in Zhang Yunxiao's eyes. Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she immediately turned around.
In the middle of the passage, a man and a woman walked in. The man was wearing a military uniform and, even with a bag and a suitcase on his back, he still stood tall and straight. The woman beside him was only carrying a military green satchel and looked relaxed. Not even a single strand of her hair was out of place.
Chu Xuanxuan's eyes widened in anger, but the next second she swung the heavy bundle forcefully and shouted, "Cousin! Cousin's husband!"
Hearing the shrill shout that drowned out the noise, Zhou Jinshan and Feng Mingshu stopped and turned to look.
I saw Chu Xuanxuan waving her bundle and jumping around, as well as Wang Sujuan and her son Zhang Yunxiao.
Before parting, Feng Mingshu didn't hesitate to say goodbye. Besides, Wang Sujuan had sold her two large boxes of defective fabric. So, she smiled and nodded slightly to the Zhang family mother and son before gesturing for Zhou Jinshan to continue towards the ticket gate.
Wang Sujuan didn't expect Feng Mingshu to greet her, but before she could respond, he had already left. Her son continued to watch his back as it disappeared behind the ticket gate.
Wang Sujuan had mixed feelings, but she was also relieved. From now on, they would be separated by distance, and her son could finally live a good life.
"Brother Yunxiao, look, my cousin has left with her husband, so don't think about her anymore. Look at me, don't I look a lot like my cousin?"
There's also a little devil here!
Wang Sujuan immediately became determined and pulled Chu Xuanxuan away from her son. However, the scene was already crowded, and with this pulling and tugging, people bumped and pushed each other, and a group of people fell down in an instant, with shouts and wails echoing all around.
When the whistle blew, the train staff, along with people from the educated youth office, rushed over to maintain order and find the root cause.
Zhang Yunxiao pulled her mother aside and stepped forward, saying, "It was my fault, and I am willing to accept the punishment."
"Me too, I'm willing to accept it with Brother Yunxiao." Chu Xuanxuan, who was bruised and battered from the fall, quickly chimed in.
The people in the educated youth office already knew the inside story, and when they saw the two of them stand up, their expressions were extremely interesting.
Unaware of the commotion in the lobby, Feng Mingshu boarded the train with Zhou Jinshan and arrived at the hard sleeper carriage.
The beds were three-tiered, and their tickets were for the lower and middle berths.
"Ming Shu, you can sleep in the lower bunk." Zhou Jinshan put down his luggage and handed her the ticket for the lower bunk.
Feng Mingshu glanced at the narrow middle bunk, then at Zhou Jinshan's tall frame, and said, "I'll sleep in the middle bunk; I'm too thin."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a man in a Zhongshan suit came over and said, "Comrades, I see you have a lower bunk available. Could you please switch with us? My mother is old and has difficulty climbing the ladder."
Zhou Jinshan grasped Feng Mingshu's hand, looked up at the man in the Zhongshan suit, and said, "My wife can't climb ladders either, but I have a middle bunk ticket here that I can exchange with you."
The man in the Zhongshan suit looked rather displeased: "Your wife looks fine; she doesn't seem like she can't climb a ladder. I bet you're a soldier; how come you don't know how to respect the elderly and care for the young?"
With the large hat on his head, all the passengers around him turned to look.
Feng Mingshu opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Zhou Jinshan stopped her. He gently stroked her abdomen and said to the man, "My wife is pregnant. Are you going to force a pregnant woman to give up her bed for you?"
Upon hearing this, the man in the Zhongshan suit's expression changed: "This, I can't even tell from this."
Before Zhou Jinshan could answer, the passenger in the opposite bed chimed in: "That's because she's still in the early stages of pregnancy and her belly isn't showing yet. But this is the most dangerous time. If you're not careful, something can easily happen. That's why the older generation doesn't tell anyone before three months."
The man in the Zhongshan suit, his face flushed, fled in disarray amidst the clamor of the other passengers.
Zhou Jinshan thanked the passenger who spoke up for him, while Feng Mingshu, who had been forced to sit on the lower bunk, felt both embarrassed and embarrassed.
After the person in the opposite bed left to fetch water, she grabbed the man and whispered through gritted teeth in his ear, "Why did you have to say I'm pregnant?!"
A smile spread across Zhou Jinshan's eyes as he gently stroked her belly: "Perhaps you are already pregnant. Last night we..."
Before he could finish speaking, Feng Mingshu eagerly grasped his mouth, her face flushing red down to her ears and neck.
She tried her best to forget the absurdity of last night; how could a drunk man be so shameless...
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