Riding the train is not a pleasant experience.
Even though Xu Sui had prepared herself mentally, she was still made uncomfortable by the mixed smells in the carriage.
She sat by the window, seemingly admiring the scenery outside, but in fact she felt that only by putting her nose close to the window could the smell be reduced a little.
"Sister, have some of this." The little girl opposite handed over half an orange.
She looked about six years old, with two pigtails, her face and body were clean, her nails were trimmed, and her clothes looked a little old, but looked very neat.
The little girl's face was pale, except for her pair of eyes, which were bright and angry.
Seeing Xu Sui take it, her eyes curved into a crescent shape, and then she peeled a slice of orange and fed it directly to the woman next to her, "Mom, you eat it."
The woman touched her head.
Xu Sui looked at the orange in her hand. The orange peel was completely green and smelled very sour.
But in this closed carriage filled with all kinds of food and body odors, it is really fresh.
She put the orange between her nose, took a deep breath, and felt her mind become a little clearer.
Xu Sui took out two hard candies from the cloth and said with a smile, "Thank you, sister will treat you to candy."
The little girl took the candy, but her face turned red.
Her mother had kept her eyes closed since she got on the bus, except when she was eating oranges. There were two deep furrows between her brows, and her face looked very tired.
Listening to my daughter's interactions with others, I just glanced at her.
After a while, the mother who was originally sitting next to Xu Sui came back holding an enamel cup.
People nowadays are warm and simple, and young people in later generations may have no sense of boundaries, but at this time, it is normal to chat with people passing by during such a long time on the train.
As soon as the woman sitting opposite blinked her eyes, she was caught by her mother and started chatting.
It was called a chat, but in fact it was just a question and answer. However, after my mother finished asking, I would tell her everything about my own situation.
Although Xu Sui did not participate in the conversation, she listened to the general idea.
This mother went to Zhou City to visit her son. Her son graduated from the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers School and was transferred to a machinery factory there as a technician. Now that her daughter-in-law has given birth, she has set off to help take care of her.
The mother and daughter sitting opposite were going to the capital.
The little girl suddenly fainted when she was five years old, but the medical conditions in her hometown were not well developed, and the county could only find out that she had a heart problem, but the specific cause was unknown.
She and her husband saved up two years' worth of money to go to the city hospital for a check-up, but the hospital suggested that they go directly to the capital.
However, the travel expenses, board and lodging expenses to the capital are a considerable expense. They saved money for three years before setting out on the journey to the capital.
In order to save money, she was the only one who took her daughter there, while her husband continued to work.
The mother sighed twice and asked, "Why don't you have another child after all these years?"
This question may seem presumptuous, but it is indeed something that people of this age would be confused about. After all, every family has at least three children, not to mention when a child is sick and you don’t know if he or she can live long.
The woman was used to this kind of question and said calmly, "I was planning to have another one, but then something happened to her, so I had an abortion."
She looked at her daughter's hair whorling next to her and said softly, "No matter what, we still have to find a way to get her treated. If we have another child, where will we have the money and energy to take care of her?"
After the disease was diagnosed, she and her husband spent all their money, except for the necessary medical expenses, on their daughter's medical treatment. Even though the hospital couldn't cure the disease, they still went to the hospital every month to get the medicine.
The practical difficulties are not as simple as just money.
꺶's mother obviously couldn't understand and kept shaking her head.
The little girl said she was ten years old, but she looked like her five-year-old grandson. It was obvious that she would not live long.
If her son gave birth to a sick girl, she would force him to have more children even if she had to hang herself.
The little girl didn't pay attention to the chat between people. Seeing that Xu Sui had woken up, she asked in a low voice: "Sister, can you tell me how to be as beautiful as you?"
In her opinion, the sister on the train was the most beautiful person she had ever met. The boys in school said she was an ugly girl and a bean sprout, and she wanted to become beautiful.
Xu Sui thought for a while, and said seriously: "Eat more vegetables, more meat, drink more water, and sleep well, and you will become beautiful."
The little girl wrinkled her nose and said, "I don't like eating vegetable leaves."
The mother next to them heard the conversation and automatically joined in, "Girl, where are you going?"
Xu Sui smiled and casually mentioned a stop along the way. Her mother would get off in two stops, so she wouldn't be exposed.
"Oh, this is the first time I see such a pretty girl." My mother had a big smile on her face. She looked me up and down for several times, very satisfied. She kept praising me for a while before stopping.
Xu Sui's appearance can indeed be described as eye-catching.
After more than a week of nourishment from the spiritual spring, her skin can be described as smooth as cream, white but not pale, and her complexion is very good. Her eyes are bright and lively, and her lips are naturally rosy, like petals.
Her long, smooth black hair added a lot of color to her. She looked thin but not skinny. Her back was straight, and she looked very elegant, like a city girl.
As a member of the Youth Team, I have been looking at this face for more than ten years. Even if I think she has become more beautiful, I just think it is because she has taken good care of herself at home after graduation and has a good complexion.
But her mother got on the car before Xu Sui, and after hearing the conversation between Xu Changgen and her, she knew that he was just a country boy.
Mother smiled, and between her thin lips she gave Xu Sui a look. "I think you are a very lucky person. My nephew will come to pick me up later. He is a worker in a machinery factory, and his welfare is very good. If he can take a fancy to you, it will be a blessing for you."
She was enjoying herself by talking so much that she didn't notice that the smile on Xu Sui's face had disappeared, and she didn't even look at her again afterwards.
The woman opposite said, "Sister, I just heard you chatting with someone else. Your nephew is working as a temporary worker in the factory thanks to your son's relationship. This temporary job is enough to support himself."
"Besides, his wife died and he has two children to raise. How is he going to support his family?"
The mother had a sullen expression on her face. She didn't think at all that she had just gotten on the bus and these two people, one sleeping with his eyes closed and the other looking out the window, were not paying attention to her conversation with her neighbor.
Judging from the appearance of the girl next to her, even though she is from the countryside, there is no doubt that there will be no shortage of wealthy families in the city willing to marry her. Moreover, she looks like someone who can be raised by a wealthy family.
Her nephew's conditions were not good enough to find a city person, so if he wanted to find a country person, he could only find someone who wanted to get a city hukou, and his conditions were not very good.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that my mother's hidden thoughts are obvious.