Chapter 157
The short trip was over, and on the last day of the holiday, Su Miao and Su Yuan were about to take the train back to Nancheng.
Shi Hongmei drove them to the train station and agreed to have dinner at their home after returning to Nanning.
There are many passengers in the train station, all carrying large and small bags. Going out is not so convenient now, and most people will pack up everything they need for the trip and take it with them. Few people go out empty-handed.
There is also a saying "poor at home, rich on the road", which means that you should be frugal at home and bring more money when you go out to avoid embarrassment.
Train delays are common, but Su Miao and his father were lucky today as the train arrived on time.
After queuing up for ticket checking, the father and daughter got on the bus and slowly moved forward with other passengers while looking for their seats.
There was a small table under each car window, with a row of seats on each side of the table, which could accommodate three people. Su Yuanzheng asked his daughter to sit by the window.
They came up early and there was still space on the shelf above their heads, so Su Yuan was putting his luggage bag there.
"Wow! This guy is so tall! Can you give me a hand?"
On the other side of the aisle, there was an old lady in her sixties, carrying a large cloth package, asking Su Yuanzheng for help.
What's so difficult about this? Su Yuanzheng took the package and put it on easily.
The old lady looked at Su Yuanzheng with admiration, saying, "He's so big! So tall! He doesn't look like a local."
Su Miao covered her mouth and laughed secretly. Because of her father's big physique, thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was often suspected to be from another place. The neighbors even gave him the nickname Su Dazhuang in private.
More and more people got on the train, and the smell of all sorts of people became stronger and stronger. Su Miao opened the window to get some fresh air. When the train started moving, the wind would blow in and it would feel much better.
Not everyone can buy a seat ticket, so many people stand in the aisle. Some prepare their own small stools, while others make plans and, when they get tired, simply crawl under other people's seats to take a nap.
Su Miao looked under the seat. There was indeed enough space for someone to lie down, but the smell of feet was unbearable for most people.
There were a few foreigners sitting two or three rows away from them, talking excitedly, saying that they would go to Nancheng first, and then transfer to other places. They wondered if there were any foreign-related hotels there.
A few children thought they were interesting and circled around them. The foreign friends took out some chocolates and shared them with them, but the children were quickly taken away by their nervous parents and were naturally not allowed to eat the chocolates.
After waiting for a long time, I finally heard a long train whistle, accompanied by the sound of mechanical friction. The green train finally started to move slowly, and then faster and faster.
Su Miao showed his good tradition of falling asleep while driving and slept soundly for two hours before waking up.
Then I went to the connection between the carriages to queue up for the toilet. There were many people on the train and the demand for the toilet was great. I waited in line for almost 10 minutes before I could get in.
As soon as the door opened, the stench almost knocked Su Miao over. She retched, covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, and sped up.
The toilet pit leads directly to the train tracks, which means that everyone's excrement is directly spilled onto the tracks. Su Miao looked down and saw the stones flashing below, and was afraid that he would slip if he didn't step firmly.
There was no water to wash hands after using the toilet, but fortunately she didn't have a big bowel movement, so it didn't matter.
It took me a while to calm down after returning to my seat, and then I began to observe the passengers around me with boredom.
Sitting opposite Su Miao was a young couple, both dressed very fashionably. The woman was wearing a bright red dress with high heels, and the man was wearing a white shirt with flared jeans.
They must have just started dating. The gay man seemed very attentive, while the lesbian was obviously very dissatisfied with the messy environment in the carriage.
She fanned her nose with her hand and said, "I told you the train is dirty and messy. It's better to take the bus."
The man said flatteringly, "My home is right next to the train station. You can get there as soon as you get out of the station. If you take the shuttle bus, you'll have to transfer to a bus. Let me peel a tangerine for you."
After peeling the tangerines, she didn't eat them. Instead, she picked up the peel and smelled it. She frowned at the crying child beside her and said, "Why bring such a young child out? He's making others suffer too."
Opposite the old lady who had just asked Su Yuanzheng to help put her luggage were three middle-aged women. The one sitting by the window was holding a child over one year old.
The hot and noisy carriage environment made the child feel very uncomfortable and he kept crying.
The woman holding the child rocked him gently, saying "oh~oh~" to coax him, but it didn't work at all.
The old lady saw the child crying for so long and said distressedly: "Feed the child! No matter if he is hungry or not, he will feel better after eating some milk. Ask your relatives to hold the clothes for you."
The woman holding the child said in a thick foreign accent, "Old lady, I have no milk. This is my grandson. I want to take him to Yongcheng to find his parents. His parents are away working."
"Ah? Your grandson, you look quite young, getting married so young. How did you feed him along the way?"
"Oh! Feed him some malted milk first. His mother will come to pick him up when we get to Yongcheng."
She nudged the person she was traveling with with her elbow, and that person rummaged through his bag and finally found a glass milk bottle.
The person traveling with her whispered a few words to her and walked towards the rear of the car with the bottle of milk and malted milk.
The woman smiled at the old lady and said, "We didn't bring any hot water. Let's go to the dining car and get some."
Su Miao always felt something was strange when looking at the few people. If it was a left-behind grandmother taking her grandson to find his parents, it would be normal, but from the accent of this woman, it was obviously not a local.
Besides, although the trend of working outside is on the rise now, it is rare to leave this little baby and go out. Moreover, the woman's way of taking care of the child does not seem very skilled, and it does not look like she has been taking care of the child for a long time.
Just as Su Miao's doubts were growing, the person who was traveling with him came back with malted milk, and the woman fed the child.
The child drank it in big gulps and fell asleep before he finished it.
The old lady smiled and said, "I'm right, the child is just hungry."
"Auntie, you are more experienced. My grandson is usually taken care of by his aunt. I don't see him much. I am used to doing farm work, so I am clumsy."
The old lady nodded in understanding: "No wonder! You were so young, and your mother-in-law helped take care of the children before! Now that you're a mother-in-law, you're pushing the responsibility to your daughter. This is not okay! Your little grandson will not be close to you in the future."
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Listening to the conversation between the two, Su Miao felt that it seemed reasonable. As for the accent issue, many buses from other provinces going to Nancheng would transfer at Guiguilai. Perhaps they were indeed from other places.
So, Su Miao suppressed the doubts in his heart and stopped thinking about it.
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