In short, this journey was very frustrating for the man.
Actually, the man is the factory manager of a match factory in the provincial capital of western Hunan. He was away attending a meeting.
He felt that it was perfectly normal for people to eat dry food and drink water from canned jars on trains these days, so why did it become a funny thing for this mother and daughter?
Men can be shrewd too, and it didn't take long for him to find out the background of the mother and daughter.
It turns out that the mother and daughter were from Shanghai, and their destination was the provincial capital of Xiangxi. The girl's father had just been transferred to the provincial capital of Xiangxi, and they were going to visit him.
The technicians transferred from Shanghai to western Hunan matched what the mother and daughter had said, and the man immediately knew who they were.
Coincidentally, this technician was actually recruited by a man, and now he's the deputy director of his factory.
But he never expected that such a good comrade would have such a family.
Upon hearing the man's smile, the older woman seemed to understand something. Her face fell, and she began to morally blackmail Mu Jingheng, saying, "What's wrong with you, a young man, giving way to us women? As young comrades of the new era, our moral character must be noble. Respecting the elderly and caring for the young, helping the weak and vulnerable are basic virtues. Besides, we promised to make up the difference for you."
Xu Xinning didn't wait for Mu Jingheng to speak. She walked over and pushed the daughter aside, then looked at the old woman and said, "This seat is mine. I'm a woman just like you. I don't want to switch. Please move aside."
Without waiting for their reply, Xu Xinning threw her bag onto the bed.
The man found things getting more and more interesting, so he took out his dry rations and ate them while watching the show, treating it as a side dish.
The daughter gasped in fright at Xu Xinning's actions and then hid behind her mother as if she were very scared.
Daughter: "Mom, this little rascal is so rude! Should we go ask the flight attendant to change seats?"
Old woman: "Fool, what's there to be afraid of? He's just a little rascal, don't worry about him."
The woman looked at Xu Xinning and started playing the victim, abandoning her previous domineering attitude in an attempt to gain Xu Xinning's sympathy: "Young lady, I'm old and my back is really bad. I definitely can't climb up here. Please have some sympathy for me and switch places with me, okay? Good people will definitely be rewarded."
Xu Xinning glanced at the old woman and said quite confidently, "I don't want to be a good person."
Why not play by the rules?
The old woman's expression was quite interesting.
Xu Xinning didn't want to waste words with them and said directly to Mu Jingheng, "Go and call the flight attendant. I strongly suspect that these two are fare evaders."
Mu Jingheng liked Xu Xinning's domineering personality. He handed the big bag he was carrying to Xu Xinning, then smiled as if he was going to receive an award and happily went to find the flight attendant.
The man found it amusing and asked, "Are you siblings?"
Xu Xinning glanced at the man, like a proud peacock, and uttered two words: "No!"
The man liked this proud girl who was sparing with words, so he asked again, "Are you a newlywed couple?"
Xu Xinning didn't want to answer, but seeing the man's kind face, she thought it would be impolite not to answer, so she said, "We are engaged."
The man slapped his thigh and exclaimed dramatically, "What did I tell you? You two look like a married couple. Honestly, I've never seen anyone as good-looking as you two. My goodness, how good-looking will your future children be?"
Xu Xinning's lips twitched, her eyes glancing at the thigh the man had just slapped, thinking to herself, "He's really ruthless to himself."
Also, isn't this person a little too gossipy?
Why do I inexplicably feel that this person's personality is somewhat similar to that of Old Mrs. Chen?
The old woman stood at the door looking out when Mu Jingheng ran out, while the daughter huddled up like a quail, thinking that it wasn't impossible to go up to the upper bunk, but it was too low and always made people feel very oppressed.
The older woman thought it would be good if the flight attendant came; perhaps she could change her berth without having to pay the difference in price.
Actually, the mother and daughter's seats weren't in this carriage at all. They just looked around and found this lower berth was the only one available, so they sat there as soon as they boarded the train, hoping that the seat wouldn't be occupied so they could sit there all the way to their destination.
This dream is beautiful, but reality is quite harsh.
The train attendant arrived quickly and immediately checked the tickets of the mother and daughter.
The old woman glanced at Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng, then arrogantly pulled out her train ticket, as if she were holding a check for an astonishing amount, not a train ticket.
The train attendant frowned as soon as she saw the tickets and said, "What's going on? You're not even in this carriage. Why are you causing trouble here? Pack your things and go back to your seats."
The older woman immediately smiled and said, "Comrade, I'm too old, and this upper bunk is too high. I'd like to switch places with these two young comrades."
The flight attendant glanced at Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng.
Before he could even speak, Xu Xinning said, "We won't switch."
Mu Jingheng: "Yes, we're not changing. If they want good seats, why didn't they buy tickets earlier? Besides, why did they come here to cause trouble instead of changing in their own carriage? Do they have some ulterior motive? Flight attendants, I think you should investigate this thoroughly."
Then Mu Jingheng looked at the man opposite him and said in a serious tone, "Comrade, you should quickly check your luggage or important documents to see if anything is missing."
The man opposite her cooperated by saying to the flight attendant, "Comrade, I'm the factory manager. I'm going to a meeting. I hope I'm not being watched. Oh dear! I need to check if my documents are still there. My goodness! Don't scare me like this."
Then the flight attendants nervously acted as bodyguards, blocking the view with their bodies, as if afraid that someone might spy on their documents.
The mother and daughter were really frightened. It would be no joke if they were mistaken for stealing information.
The old woman panicked: "Comrade, comrade, you've misunderstood. We really just wanted to switch seats. We're from Shanghai, we're ordinary workers. We didn't know this was the factory manager, let alone what meeting he was attending. Comrade, we won't switch seats, we'll go back to our own carriage right away."
The daughter stopped sitting on the bed and started packing her luggage with her mother. They were so fast that you couldn't tell they were weak women.
Seeing that they were about to return to their carriage, the man deliberately took out the papers from his bag and said to the train attendant with great joy, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, my documents are still here. What a relief!"
The flight attendant breathed a sigh of relief; he had been extremely nervous.
Although the man said everything was fine, the flight attendant, being a professional, still took the mother and daughter to the flight attendant's carriage. He needed to check their identities carefully.
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