"Shen Shili, don't be unreasonable. It's none of your business whether someone gives something to someone else or not. You are here to save face and be a good person and reason with them.
You are generous and noble. Look at the poor food that all the educated youth in the carriage eat. Why don't you pay for a good meal for everyone? Don't eat meat buns secretly and then blame others for not doing anything. Who gives you the face?"
Lin Weiwan felt disgusted when she saw Shen Shili's face. She wondered how she could have been so blind to agree to marry such a man in her previous life.
He looked like a hypocritical gentleman who was self-righteous and sanctimonious. Lin Weiwan felt sick just thinking about him. She had actually lived with this man for three years.
Many educated youth heard about the dispute and stood up to watch the excitement. Some even clapped excitedly when they heard someone was going to treat them to a meal.
Being stared at by so many people, Shen Shili didn't dare to say anything. He could only sit back in his seat and look out the window in disappointment.
Cui Hongying saw that the only person who stood up for herself was also suppressed. She could only quickly stuff the cornmeal in her hand into her mouth and swallow it under the mocking eyes of many people.
Because I swallowed too quickly, I choked and rolled my eyes. I drank half a cup of water before I felt better.
Wang Qiaoyun looked at all this without saying a word, just quietly eating the cornmeal in her hand.
Today I paid all the ten dollars I had to Lin Weiwan, and he also wrote me an IOU for twenty dollars. Now I only have five dollars left, and I don't know what my current situation is.
I originally thought that following my brother to live in the city would allow me to get away from the countryside and not have to struggle for a living in the mud.
Unexpectedly, she was asked to go back to her hometown. Her brother wanted her to go back to her hometown, but her mother said she didn't agree. She had no relatives in her hometown and even sold her house. She went to the city with everyone's envious eyes. How could she go back? She would be laughed at if she went back.
It was not safe for a girl to go back home by herself, and it was even more difficult for her to find a man with a job in the city to marry. Once people heard that she was from the countryside, they would not even consider her.
She had to write a letter home and ask her mother to send her some more money. She had to pay back the money she owed Lin Weiwan. Just thinking about it gave her a headache.
If I had known, I would not have said such nonsense. I thought I could take advantage of this opportunity to suppress Lin Weiwan since she was all alone, but I ended up losing a large sum of money. I frowned, ate randomly, and then closed my eyes and prepared to go to sleep.
After dinner, Lin Weiwan went through the carriage to wash the lunch box and came back with an empty kettle to fill it with water.
The air in the carriage gradually became smelly and the temperature gradually became a little cooler.
Lin Weiwan returned to her seat and pulled out a rug from her luggage bag.
I put on the mask in my pocket and a faint fragrance wafted out.
The osmanthus trees in the space were full of fruits. Lin Weiwan had collected some osmanthus bark, dried it in the sun, and stuffed it into the mask a few days ago.
Anticipating that the smell on the train would be bad, I quickly put on my mask and prepared to cover myself with a blanket.
"What's that smell, Comrade Lin?" Du Shanshan smelled a light fragrance. The carriage was already filled with a smell after lunch. The smell of sweat, stinky feet, and strong body odor filled the entire carriage with an indescribable smell.
"My family originally had a sweet oak tree. Every year, we would give some of the fruits to our neighbors. This is a mask that my aunt made for me using the sweet oak bark she had dried."
Lin Weiwan couldn't say that these were her own. All the goods in the Lin family's house had been stolen some time ago, so where did she get the stock from?
"Comrade Lin, do you have any more? Can you exchange one for me in exchange for some candy?" Du Shanshan felt that Lin Weiwan was so lucky. Her neighbors were so nice to her and gave her so many things.
Wang Ping had just come back from fetching water and saw Lin Weiwan wearing a gauze mask and holding a yarn blanket. She quickly took out a yarn blanket from her package.
“I’m sorry, Auntie Qin only gave me this one.” Lin Weiwan really only made this one, and he couldn’t give me another one.
I don't know what the background of Du Shanshan next to me is, and I can't figure out everything.
"Okay then." Du Shanshan nodded without any reluctance, and just stood up to find a coat from her luggage bag. It was indeed a bit cold at night.
The next day, more and more people got on the bus and the aisle was gradually occupied by people, some sitting on luggage bags, some sitting on sacks, and even when they went to the restroom in the morning, they squeezed and straddled each other.
The smell from the toilet was even worse...Lin Weiwan returned to her seat and waited for a while before she recovered.
I took out the pork with preserved vegetables hotpot from my luggage bag and ate it slowly with boiling water. Although it was a little hard, it became more delicious the more I chewed it.
When Zhou Rongrong came back, she saw Lin Weiwan leisurely eating the fragrant preserved vegetable cake.
Shen Shili and I took out the steamed bread and ate a few mouthfuls with water. When we smelled the fragrance of preserved vegetables, we couldn't eat anymore.
But thinking of his now slightly swollen face, he didn't dare to confront Lin Weiwan for the time being.
Shen Shili's face was not looking too good either. He slept sitting up all night and his back and waist ached. When had he ever suffered such pain before?
But when he saw Zhou Rongrong looking at him with tender eyes, he felt happy.
I have been having a hard time with my family for a few days. I guess it won't take long for my father to calm down. He will definitely find a way to get me back. Then they will be able to accept Rongrong.
Shen Shili had a good idea, but he himself did not expect that this time he would never have the chance to return.
Lin Weiwan ate two steamed dumplings with preserved vegetables, drank some warm water, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the scenery outside the window.
In the sea city, Zhou's mother took the fourth child to handle the hospitalization procedures. After two nights of careful consideration, Zhou's mother still couldn't bear to watch her son die.
Old Mrs. Zhou looked much older as she watched her mother and daughter go away.
The hospital absolutely did not agree to let the semi-paralyzed Zhou Laozi have a kidney removal, and the letters and telegrams sent to Zhou Laosan did not get any response.
The case of Zhou's father has been investigated thoroughly, and the date for parade and execution has been set, which is the day after tomorrow.
The train stopped several times from Haishi to Jinshi. Many people got on the train and the No. 56 train number was changed to No. 57 at Jinshi.
After three days of train travel, the train finally stopped at Sanshu Station in Harbin. Lin Weiwan took out a rope from his shoulder bag and tied the two bags together with it so that he could carry them on his shoulders when getting on the train.
I stuffed my small luggage and backpack into the large luggage bag I brought with me, packed everything in order, and followed the crowd to the bus with my luggage on my back.
It was already past four o'clock in the morning, and there were no buses going to Mixian at this time. We could only find a guesthouse to stay overnight and wait for the bus to Mixian at around seven o'clock the next day.
After getting a letter of introduction issued by the Youth League Office at the railway station with a certificate from their hometown, a group of people headed straight for the nearest station guesthouse.
It is free to stay in this guesthouse, as it is run by the Youth League Office. As long as the township Youth League bus stop does not coincide with the bus departure time, you can stay for free with a certificate issued by the Youth League Office.