Chapter 28 On the Train
Not to mention Mao Qianjin, who usually always has a silly smile on his face, but when he gets angry, his two thick, funny eyebrows wrinkled together are very intimidating.
Following his loud roar, not only did the three adults and one child in this carriage dare not breathe heavily, even the people in the neighboring carriages leaned out, with fear in their eyes but also the uncontrollable desire to watch the fun.
"Comrade, I'm sorry, the kid was so naughty that he made your bed dirty. Um, how about I switch with you guys?"
The couple had a child of seven or eight years old, and the husband looked very well-mannered.
His wife had the most fashionable curly hair in Shanghai, and she wore bright red lipstick. She habitually squinted her eyes when looking at people, with a full sense of superiority.
"What's the fuss? What child doesn't play tricks? I didn't take this thing from you, it's still there. You act like you treasure it..."
"Yuan Hongmei!"
"What did I say that was wrong? How could a group of adults argue with a child?"
Looking at the child who was cowering behind his parents, making faces at the three of them from time to time and saying "yueyueyue" provocatively, Mao Qianjin's clenched fists made a series of crisp crackling sounds.
Zhang Ze, who also had a sullen face, replied coldly, "No need." Thinking of what happened many years ago, he couldn't help but raise his hand and patted his shoulder hard to comfort him silently.
Taking a deep breath, Mao Qianjin walked forward without saying a word, and sat down without paying any attention to the footprints on the sheets.
The footprints were so bright, how could he not tell it was a child's? It was because he knew that he could not control the anger that suddenly rose in his heart.
He pulled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery. Sure enough, he still couldn't let go and couldn't forget.
Therefore, he has no plans to get married and have children, because he no longer has any tolerance for children... he is not worthy.
"Brother Zhang?"
Seeing the obscure look in his eyes, Su Ning shook his head silently, nodded in understanding and stopped asking questions.
"Ningning, you sleep on the lower bunk, and I'll sleep on the middle bunk above."
"good."
Zhang Ze was not in a hurry to get on. The train was as hot as a large steamer in the middle of the day. Coupled with all kinds of unspeakable smells, it was impossible to fall asleep even if he wanted to.
He walked up to Mao Qianjin's side, swung his butt close to him, and squeezed him to the side, while he himself sat in the spacious seat in the middle.
At this time, the tactful man had let his wife and children climb onto his bunk. When it was his turn, he reached for the iron railing next to him and apologized to the two people sitting there.
As for his wife's occasional mumbling and indirect criticism, he was very experienced in simply ignoring them.
Having just experienced separation and then encountered such an unhappy thing, Su Ning rubbed the corners of his eyes that were a little swollen from crying and sat down on the bed opposite the two of them.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Mao, please give me the opened small package."
It is called a small bag only compared to their other luggage, but in reality it is not small at all.
Li Hehua was afraid that the food on the train would not suit her taste, so she prepared a lot of food. She even used up all the food in her kitchen at home.
Fortunately, before leaving, she secretly left behind a lot of food and vegetables, and even picked out two or three common seasonal fruits, about ten pounds each.
In order to have a reasonable excuse, he ran out several times in front of them, and came back with several large snakeskin bags and large leather suitcases, saying only that they were necessities for the long journey.
In fact, when she left, she had already changed her clothes and quilts into something else that she had prepared in the space to conceal her identity.
——When they get home and see this, Grandpa Fu and the others will probably be shocked, right?
As if thinking of Yingying and the other person quarreling in the small pavilion, Su Ning couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
Inside the opened bag were several aluminum lunch boxes. Just the smell of them had a strong aroma of chives and pork, and when they were opened, they were filled with dumplings.
In addition to the dumplings in the lunch box, there were also a dozen scallion pancakes wrapped in oil paper and about twenty tea eggs.
"Gudong~"
I don't know who started swallowing hard.
"Mom, dumplings, dumplings, I want to eat dumplings!"
"Wow, this smells so damn good, are these pork-flavored dumplings? Oh, this smell is making me crave it!"
"It's not a festival, but you're showing off by riding a train. It's just pork dumplings, but you're treating them like everyone has eaten them before!"
“…”
Anyone who smelled the fragrance couldn't help themselves, and many of them were so envious and jealous that their eyes turned red.
Some of the smarter ones who reacted quickly immediately took out their dry rations and started chewing them, closing their eyes with an indescribable satisfaction on their faces.
"Sister-in-law's cooking skills are still so good!"
Zhang Ze and Mao Qianjin also got rid of their inexplicably depressed mood and looked at the bowl of plump white dumplings with shining eyes.
"Ningning, are we going to eat this now? Why not save it for dinner?"
"Eat it while it's still warm. Auntie also made some spicy mushroom sauce. It will be great to eat it with some rice from the food truck in the evening."
"Okay, listen to Ningning!"
Suning took out three tea eggs and matched them with the lunch boxes in his hands, and handed each of them a box of dumplings and a tea egg.
If it weren’t for what happened before, the three of them would have felt a little embarrassed and would have definitely taken some out to share with those in the same compartment.
Now... I just focus on eating.
No one pretended to hear the crying and jumping child on the upper bunk, or the woman's indirect and abusive voice.
Mao Qianjin was even more evil-minded. He ate in an extremely childish manner while praising the food in various intoxicated ways, which made the people above him cry and curse even louder.
It can be seen that he really hates this kind of naughty child.
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Suning and Zhang Ze looked at each other, and at the same time chose to close their eyes, mouths and ears to protect their shortcomings.
"That...comrade."
Lying on the other upper bunk above Suning's head was a young man in his twenties.
He wore a white short-sleeved shirt over a military green vest, had a neat crew cut, and his facial features were in the most popular square face style.
"Can I trade you some dumplings or a tea egg?"
Wu Ming made the request cautiously. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he really couldn't help it. He was so scared that he would be anxious all night if he couldn't have another bite!
Li Hehua stuffed about thirty or forty dumplings into a box. Given Suning's appetite, he couldn't finish them even if he went hungry for two meals.
Instead of saving it for the next meal or even the one after that, it’s better to kill two birds with one stone.
So after hearing what he said, Suning hesitated for less than a minute before happily nodding in agreement.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Hearing that she agreed, Wu Ming was extremely happy. He thanked her repeatedly and immediately turned over and got down quickly, grabbing his army green cross-body bag.
Not only did they give us enough food coupons, but they were also very enthusiastic and insisted on giving us some of the biscuits and cakes they brought with them.
After lunch, the few people who met by chance became obviously familiar with each other. They not only exchanged their names briefly, but also talked about where they had been and where they were going.
Especially when I learned that he had just visited the cemetery to sweep the graves and was preparing to return to his hometown in southern Hunan to work.
Zhang Ze and Mao Qianjin, who still have deep feelings for the army, like him even more because of his identity as LS's family member.
(End of this chapter)
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