Chapter 75: Premonition, Go to the Troops

"Yiping, why don't we not go." Zhao Jiayun hesitated for a long time and finally persuaded: "Don't you think that job is tiring? And it's also sneaky. Why don't we just not go for a few days."

Luo Yiping didn't understand. It was Zhao Jiayun who took him to the county town to make money, and now she was the one who didn't let him go?

"Why?"

Zhao Jiayun licked his lips and touched his heart, "I always feel something is wrong."

The man said he was a reseller and all his goods were imported from big cities. He always needed Zhao Jiayun and Luo Yiping to help him move things.

It's okay to move things, but I don't even know where they are. Sometimes I have to run around the county carrying large and small bags, and the number of people who come to buy things is also very unusual.

He wore a hat covering his face and walked in a light and unsteady manner, as if he had lost his soul.

"Don't go. If you have no money there, I still have some here. Let's use it first." Zhao Jiayun tried to persuade Luo Yiping for a long time, but failed to change his mind.

Such a good job, he just said no? Luo Yiping was very unwilling, he said nonchalantly: "Okay, I'll do it again, wait until next week, we'll go for the last time, and we won't go after he gives us the money."

Seeing that Zhao Jiayun refused to give in, Luo Yiping tempted her, "You want me to do it myself, right? You must have the money, this is the last time. After the last time, I will listen to you and stop doing it."

Since Luo Yiping said so, Zhao Jiayun had no choice but to suppress his inner uneasiness and nodded to Luo Yiping to show his agreement.

Changxing Village returned to its former tranquility. Old Mrs. Luo had lost face outside and stayed at home for several days before she dared to go out.

As soon as I went out, I heard big news that Chu Sangning was going to the army to see her partner.

"What? Jiang Xingyan is still serving in the army?" Old Mrs. Luo pushed through the crowd anxiously and squeezed to the front to listen to what people were saying.

"We don't know either. Why don't you ask Xiuzhi?"

Lin Xiuzhi and Jiang's father did not go out today. They were busy getting things for Chu Sangning. It was cold, so she had to bring two thick clothes and two pairs of cotton shoes.

Chu Sangning was called away by the captain Jiang Zongzheng. Because of Jiang Xingyan's instructions, Jiang Zongzheng gave Chu Sangning a letter of introduction for visiting relatives.

"Chu Zhiqing, I've given you a letter of introduction in ten days. Remember to come back quickly."

Ordinary people could not move without an introduction letter, let alone the educated youth, so the purpose was to prevent them from sneaking back home.

Jiang Zongzheng wanted to say something else, but when he thought of his nephew's stubborn look, he sighed and shook his head.

Chu Sangning had seen enough of the Luo family's jokes, so he took a ox cart and boarded the train to Jiang Xingyan's troops.

At that time, there was no such thing as your seat and my seat. Those who went up first got seats first. Chu Sangning, a thin and weak girl, couldn't squeeze through them and fell to the back.

Fortunately, because of the letter of introduction, and Chu Sangning's letter of introduction was about visiting military families, the train crew took good care of her.

He helped me find a seat by the window and reminded me carefully: "You can call me if you need anything."

As more and more people came, the smell in the car gradually became strange, a mixture of smelly feet and sweat, and Chu Sangning almost fainted.

She took out a silk scarf from the space, wrapped it around her face, closed her eyes and rested.

Soon a woman came up, holding a girl in her arms, and shouted in a broken dialect: "Make way, let me pass."

The train attendant in front of them also brought the mother and daughter to Chu Sangning's side and said, "Just sit here."

The woman was very timid. "No need to sit down. We can just stand."

"These seats are specially prepared for military families. Please feel free to sit down."

The noise in front had nothing to do with Chu Sangning. She closed her eyes and vaguely felt that there was someone sitting next to her.

After squinting for a while to regain his composure, Chu Sangning opened his eyes and just happened to make eye contact with the little girl next to the woman.

The girl was wearing tattered clothes, and in the cold weather she was wearing a pair of worn-out cloth shoes that hung loosely on her feet.

The woman followed Chu Sangning's gaze and thought Chu Sangning was disgusted. She slapped the girl and cursed, "Put on your clothes properly and don't make others feel uncomfortable."

After saying this, he rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, comrade, I came here after washing my daughter's feet. They are clean and not smelly."

Chu Sangning waved his hands nonchalantly and asked tentatively, "It's so cold, why don't you make a pair of cotton shoes for the child?"

The woman held her head, a little embarrassed, her teeth turned yellow when she smiled, "It's nothing to worry about, my husband hasn't sent money home for several months."

"My parents-in-law were paralyzed and were dying, so I took my daughter to ask my child's father for some money."

The girl was slapped by her mother, but she didn't cry. She put on her shoes obediently. Even though her legs and feet were frozen purple, she didn't say a word, and stared at the table with her big dark eyes without blinking.

Chu Sangning then asked: "Are you also a soldier's family member?"

"Well, my man is very capable in the army, but I haven't heard from him in the past few months. I'm worried that something has happened to him."

The woman was an ordinary housewife. After marrying the man, she had a concubine. Later, the man went to the army, and the woman chose to stay at home to take care of her paralyzed parents-in-law and do the housework.

When Chu Sangning saw her chapped hands, he couldn't help but admire her. It was really amazing that a woman could take care of two elderly people and a child and still have time to work in the fields.

While the two were talking, the little girl couldn't help but put her fingers in her mouth and stared at the things on the table. When the woman saw it, she angrily slapped the girl's hand away.

"Be careful outside and don't look so greedy, or your dad will scold us again."

The girl held her stomach and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."

The woman didn't bother to talk to Chu Sangning, and pulled her daughter aside to tell her, "Don't be hungry. If you are hungry, drink some water. Don't eat so greedily when you get to your dad's place. Your dad hates it most when we eat big mouthfuls of food."

"Also, if your dad asks why we're here, just say you missed him, don't say I came here on purpose, you hear me?"

From the woman's few words, Chu Sangning seemed to know about her unfortunate life. Her man seemed to dislike her very much, and he didn't care about the child either.

So this time the woman went to the army...it was just a waste of time.

After sleeping for a day and a night on the train, Chu Sangning was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out two small breads and started to eat them.

Looking down, Chu Sangning saw the little girl sleeping at the woman's feet. He gently woke her up and gave her a piece of bread, "Eat it."

"Sister, we can't accept it. I've taken care of the child, but the child is greedy." After the woman knew that Chu Sangning was also going to the army, she spoke differently. She was afraid that Chu Sangning would look down on her man, so she refused.

After several hours, when Chu Sangning got off the train, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the people who came to greet him also breathed a sigh of relief, "Sangning, here——"