Chapter 113: The sleeper berth is still more comfortable
When the two arrived at the station, the train had not arrived yet. Jiang Hao looked at the time and sighed, "It's late again."
Shi Luo found a place to sit down and said slowly, "You'll get used to it. It would be a stroke of luck if you could catch a train that's not late."
Jiang Hao sat down next to Shi Luo. "Are you hungry? It's already two o'clock and you haven't had lunch yet."
Shi Luo nodded. "Of course I'm not hungry. I only had some noodle soup this morning."
Jiang Hao took out two buns and handed one to Shi Luo. "Hey, eat something quickly. The chef at our commune's state-owned restaurant is amazing at making stuffing, especially the beef stuffing. It's so delicious that you can almost swallow it."
Shi Luo took the bun and took a bite, nodding secretly. This bun was indeed delicious. The filling was large, the skin was thin, and it was tender and juicy. "This is the first time I've eaten beef buns from a state-owned restaurant in the past two years. They're so delicious."
Jiang Hao: "I heard that a cow from the Zhao family team fell into a ditch and died, so they bought it to the purchasing station. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious buns. Cows are an important labor force nowadays, so they won't be slaughtered casually."
Shi Luo suddenly felt that the bun in his hand no longer smelled good. "Then the beef we ate yesterday couldn't have come from this cow."
Jiang Hao's mouth twitched slightly. "Don't worry, no, that cattle yesterday was bison meat. That brigade must have killed a bison and pulled it out to sell. That beast is not easy to kill."
Shi Luo was immediately relieved. If this was meat that had been left overnight, it would have definitely gone bad in this weather. Fortunately, it wasn't. "I was saying that the beef from yesterday was more chewy."
The people sitting around Jiang Hao and Shi Luo were envious of them as they watched them eat the delicious buns. These were big meat buns made of pure white flour. These two people were really annoying.
Shi Luo finished a bun and drank some water, feeling full. "Just eat one to fill your stomach. I'll eat it when I get on the train. If the train comes soon, it will be difficult to squeeze in with just a bun."
Nowadays, buns are big, as big as the palm of an adult man, and one bun can make you half full, so after hearing Shi Luo say that, Jiang Hao didn't try to persuade him.
The two of them sat for another ten minutes before the train slowly came into the station.
Jiang Hao pulled Shi Luo to find their compartment and quickly squeezed in. The two of them had two lower bunks facing each other.
The two of them put their backpacks and kettles on the bed and sat down to rest.
Shi Luo lay back on the bed and recalled the hard seats he had sat on during his days in the countryside. He sighed, "Sleeper berths are still more comfortable."
Jiang Hao also leaned back on his bed and agreed. "Of course. Not to mention the environment, just the price. Sleeper berths are much more expensive than hard seats."
As soon as he finished speaking, another man and woman came in, both carrying large and small bags. After putting the luggage away, the man also put his cross-body bag on the middle bunk above Shi Luo.
The female comrade looked at her middle bunk, then at Jiang Hao's lower bunk, and said softly, "Comrade, can you switch places with me? It's really not convenient for a woman like me to climb up and down."
Jiang Hao blinked and said, "Sure, I'll trade with you if you give me eight more dollars."
The lesbian, Han Ying, was stunned when she heard this. "You, you, you are robbing me."
Jiang Hao said innocently, "No, the lower berth is already eight yuan more expensive than the middle berth. I didn't charge you more. If you want a comfortable train ride, you have to pay more. Otherwise, why should I suffer after spending money?"
Jiang Hao saw the lesbian looking at the gay man who got on the train with him with a wronged look on his face, and sighed in his heart that it was true that he would meet different weirdos every time he took the train.
The male comrade lived up to Jiang Hao's expectations. He looked at the female comrade with a distressed look on his face and comforted her, "Don't be sad, I'll talk to you."
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Hao and continued, "You are a grown man, you can't stay in the lower bunk. What's wrong with giving your seat to a female comrade?"
Jiang Hao said lightly, "Sure, just give me the difference. I can't spend my money and suffer the consequences. If you feel sorry for her, you can give me the difference on her behalf."
The man, that is, Zhou Shou, was very embarrassed when he heard this. Eight yuan is really not a small amount of money. There are so many things to do with eight yuan. If he was really willing to spend the eight yuan, he would not have bought the cheapest middle berth when buying the ticket.
Seeing that Jiang Hao couldn't make sense, Zhou Shou turned his attention to Shi Luo.
Shi Luo didn't wait for the man to say anything and said directly, "I won't change my seat even if you pay me. No need to say more."
Han Ying looked at the two hard-hearted men with great resentment in her heart, but she said to Zhou Shou with a gentle expression, "Brother Zhou, forget it, I'll just make do with this."
Zhou Shou quickly took advantage of the situation when he heard this and said, "Otherwise, I'd say you're very considerate."
Han Ying's face turned a little ugly when she heard this. She thought that Zhou Shou would help her pay the eight dollars after she said this, but she didn't expect that this man would just go along with what she said. He was really stingy.
When the train was about to start, a man and a woman came in. They were both in their thirties and dressed neatly. The man was carrying the luggage and the woman was holding a baby of seven or eight months old. They didn't say much. After putting the luggage away, the woman went to stay on the upper bunk, while the man sat on Jiang Hao's bunk.
Jiang Hao didn't say anything. This was how it was on the train at that time. People in the upper and middle bunks would sit on the lower bunk when they had nothing to do. As long as they didn't go too far, no one would mind.
Shi Luo saw the train start and sat up, "Brother Hao, I'm hungry. Take out the food and eat it. Don't wait for the meal on the train."
Jiang Hao took out the remaining beef buns and pork pies, and found two eggs. He peeled them and handed one to Shi Luo.
Han Ying looked over following the smell of meat and saw the two people in the lower bunk happily eating big meat buns and boiled eggs. She was so jealous that if you didn't know better you would think they were eating her.
In fact, it’s no wonder that Han Ying is jealous. Nowadays, many people can afford to buy big meat buns, but Han Ying and Zhou Shou really can’t bear to do so, so neither of them has eaten big meat buns made of pure white flour for more than a year.
There are really few people who are willing to buy a sleeper but not willing to eat a big meat bun.
But the situation of these two people is special. They are neighbors and also from the countryside. They were able to buy sleeper berths because someone paid them to replace their children's places in the countryside.
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