Zhao Yazhi glanced at Ling Chuan who was sitting on a folding stool in the corridor, then turned to Yun Mo and said, "Do you want to bring some food to your partner as well?"

"He is my husband."

"You're married?"

Yun Mo smiled, took a jelly and a piece of chocolate, stood up and gave them to Lingchuan.

Ling Chuan took the things and said thank you to Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi waved her hands repeatedly, "You're welcome. There's more here after you finish eating."

Ling Chuan nodded, said nothing more, turned his head and continued to look out the car window.

When Yun Mo returned to the lower bunk, Zhao Yazhi pulled her aside and whispered, "Is your husband unhappy that I took his seat? He doesn't even smile."

Yun Mo explained with a smile, "He is like this, he doesn't like to laugh, and he doesn't like to talk much."

"That's good, I thought he was angry."

As he spoke, Zhao Yazhi looked at her face seriously, "Yun Mo, how old are you? You're already married."

"18."

"You got married quite young, then. How did you meet your husband? I think he is much older than you, right?"

Yun Mo subconsciously glanced in the direction of Ling Chuan.

Ling Chuan was wearing the linen gray tweed coat she bought, with a high-necked black wool sweater underneath, dark trousers, and mid-top lace-up leather shoes.

This outfit makes Ling Chuan look mature and steady, with a bit of the style of a businessman.

"He is a few years older than me and was introduced by my family."

"Are you from Anshi too?"

"I'm from Anshi, and he's from Jiangshi."

After chatting for a while, the son of the couple opposite came back. When he saw the snacks on the small table, he immediately looked greedy.

The little boy's mother took out the jelly that Zhao Yazhi had given her before, and the little boy immediately started to eat it happily.

The little boy finished the three jellies in no time. After that, he stared at the snacks on the small table.

Zhao Yazhi was a generous person. Seeing that the little boy was very greedy, he told him to take it and eat it himself.

The little boy reached out to take it, but was stopped by his mother.

"He has cavities, so don't give him too many sweets."

Listening to the young mother's explanation, Zhao Yazhi smiled and said nothing.

The little boy's mother took out the food they had brought with them, including tea eggs, twisted dough sticks, and a large bag of braised chicken legs, duck wings, pig's trotters and other meat dishes. As soon as the bag was opened, a rich braised aroma wafted in the air, which smelled very tempting.

After giving the little boy a tea egg, the boy's mother returned the favor by inviting Yun Mo and Zhao Yazhi to eat braised dishes.

Unable to refuse the kind offer, Yun Mo took a tea egg, while Zhao Yazhi took a duck wing.

"This stew is delicious. Did you buy it outside?"

Hearing Zhao Yazhi's praise, the little boy's mother smiled shyly and said, "We made it ourselves. We opened a stewed food store in Da County."

Da County is a county town under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital.

"Then your business must be very good. It tastes so good. You can tell it's delicious just by smelling it."

"It's not bad. We have been doing this for quite some time. Before we got married, my husband worked as a chef in a restaurant in the provincial capital. Later, he started his own business."

We chatted along the way, and before we knew it, the sky outside the window was gradually getting darker.

The conductor pushed the dining car to sell boxed lunches. Yun Mo had eaten some snacks and was not hungry at all, so she only bought a boxed lunch for Ling Chuan.

As the last ray of sunlight sank into the horizon, the sky became completely dark.

At this time, the train was running through the wild mountains and wilderness. The shadowy peaks and tree shadows kept receding, and there was a different kind of mystery and tranquility.

After chatting for an entire afternoon, Zhao Yazhi was tired and lay down on the bunk without making any sound. He probably fell asleep.

The mother opposite was also lying on the lower bunk with the little boy in her arms, humming an unknown tune to coax the boy to sleep.

Yun Mo yawned and her eyelids drooped a little.

"Um."

Yun Mo placed her scarf on the pillow and began to take off her down jacket.

Lingchuan took out a blanket from his back on the luggage rack.

After Yun Mo lay down, Ling Chuan covered her with a blanket and then covered the blanket with her coat. Afraid that it was not warm enough, he also pressed the sleeves under her.

Yun Mo closed her eyes comfortably and began to sleep.

After lying down for a while, Yun Mo opened her eyes and found that the man was staring at her without blinking.

"What's wrong?" Ling Chuan asked hurriedly when he saw her open her eyes.

"I can't sleep."

"Is it too noisy?"

“Somewhat.”

Not only was it noisy, but the car also shook all over, making it feel like being on a boat.

Ling Chuan put his hands on both sides of her cheeks, "I'll cover your ears for you, you go to sleep."

Looking at the man's serious expression, Yun Mo subconsciously closed her eyes.

Maybe it was a psychological effect or because the man covered himself tightly, but Yun Mo really felt that the noise in the car was not so noisy. Gradually, she felt sleepy and her consciousness fell into darkness.

Yun Mo was woken up by the cold.

There was no air conditioning on trains in that era, so it was cold in the winter and hot in the summer, so you had to just endure it.

I don't know what time it was. The lights on the top of the carriage had been turned off, leaving only a few lights on in the corridor. The light was dim, but enough to see clearly.

Ling Chuan sat on the edge of her bed with his eyelids closed. Because he lowered his head, his chin was slightly pouting, making him look a little childish.

But even when he fell asleep, his hands still remained in the position of covering her ears.

"Lingchuan."

Ling Chuan opened his eyes and looked at her dark eyes which were still drowsy with sleep. "Wife, are you awake?"

"Yeah, it's a bit cold."

Hearing her complain about the cold, Ling Chuan immediately wanted to get up.

"I'll get you something thicker."

Yun Mo held the man's hand, stopping him from getting up, "Warm me up and you won't be cold anymore."

Perhaps he didn't understand, Ling Chuan just stared at her in silence.

Yun Mo moved her body inward, leaving a space on the outside of the berth that was not very spacious, but large enough for a man to lie down sideways.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't nervous. Yun Mo could feel her heart pounding.

But she was very sure in her heart that Ling Chuan would not reject her.

After spending so much time together, she still has this understanding and confidence.

Ling Chuan is not a fool. His wife has shown it so obviously, but he still doesn't understand. He is really a fool.

He bent down to take off his shoes, then lay down on his side in the empty space left for him by his wife, while shrinking his body as much as possible to avoid squeezing his wife.

The action of just a few seconds seemed as long as a century to him, and his heartbeat was so fast that it seemed not his own.

This was the first time that he and his wife slept together on such a narrow bed.

Before I could figure out what to do next, I suddenly felt warm, and then a soft and delicate body squeezed into my arms.

"It will be warm if you squeeze in."

He heard his wife whispering in his chest.

They were so close that he could feel his wife's soft body vibrating slightly when she spoke, and a pleasant fragrance went straight into his nose.

(End of this chapter)