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Shanshan ignored her parents and started crying by herself. She cried so sadly that she even hiccupped while crying. After she stopped crying for a while, she continued crying again.
Xu Shengjie had never heard his daughter crying like that, so he pulled her over and patted her back to comfort her, "Alright, alright, don't cry, Shanshan, don't cry."
Liang Baozhen didn't know that her daughter would cry so much because of this matter. She was sobbing so hard.
Shanshan, who has grown up a little, actually doesn't like to cry anymore. It seems that all her crying happened when she was a few months old. This was the most intense cry she had had in the past year.
"Why are you so sad?" Xu Shengjie gently wiped the tears from his daughter's eyes, but the tears as big as beans still fell down desperately, crystal clear.
"Dad, I want to go." Shanshan pouted and cried so hard that her voice trembled. She nestled into her father's arms.
Xu Shengjie had no power to resist, "Let's go together!"
Liang Baozhen coughed lightly, looked at her daughter who suddenly burst into laughter, and then looked at her doting father, "Shanshan, isn't it painful for her to ride the train at such a young age?"
"I'm trying to find a way to get two sleeper berth tickets."
Sleeper berth tickets on trains are hard to buy these days, so he always buys hard seats when he goes south, which is naturally uncomfortable to sit on for two days. Now that he has decided to take his wife and daughter with him, he has to think of a way.
"Daddy is the best." Shanshan was happy. Tears were still hanging on her tear-stained cheeks. Her long eyelashes fluttered and were wet with tears.
Liang Baozhen used a handkerchief to wipe the cat's face and blow its nose. Shanshan snuggled into her mother's arms again, "Mom is the best."
"You can control your dad." Liang Baozhen tapped the tip of the little cat's nose and heard Shanshan giggle.
The family of three decided to go on the trip, and Xu Shengjie asked his connections to buy sleeper berth tickets a few days later. He knew a lot of people and had come into contact with many people with connections since he was doing business. He was notified a week before departure and was able to buy two sleeper berth tickets.
Liang Baozhen packed two sets of underwear, sweaters, and cashmere sweaters for each of the family of three, and they only needed to wear a cotton jacket as outerwear.
All the things were packed into the wooden suitcase that Xu Shengjie bought, filling it up.
"Don't forget the marriage certificate." Xu Shengjie reminded.
"Why do you bring a marriage certificate?" Liang Baozhen just closed the suitcase and looked at the man in confusion.
"Without a marriage certificate, we can only book two rooms at the guesthouse and cannot live together."
When you go to a guesthouse to book a room, you need to see a letter of introduction. If a man and a woman want to stay together, they must be husband and wife and can show their marriage certificate, otherwise the guesthouse will not agree. Nowadays, behavioral issues are strictly checked.
Liang Baozhen had never stayed in a guesthouse, and had never heard of this. She glanced at Xu Shengjie and joked, "It's okay if you don't stay in the same room. Shanshan and I will stay in one room, and you can sleep next door."
"That won't work." Xu Shengjie took out the marriage certificate locked in the drawer, opened the suitcase and put it in, and then he was satisfied.
The three of them packed their luggage and prepared to leave. Zhou Yun made a few large cakes in advance, boiled some eggs, and took some peach cakes bought from home and put them in a paper bag for them to eat on the train.
"Be careful on the road, Xiaojie, and take care of Baozhen and Shanshan."
It was Xu Shengjie's first trip as a family of three, so he was naturally very cautious. "Grandma, don't worry. Let's go home quickly. It's cold today."
"Okay, walk slowly, the road is slippery."
Xu Shengjie was wearing a military coat, holding Shanshan in one hand and carrying a suitcase in the other. The road was a bit slippery, and Liang Baozhen put her arm around him from time to time. The family gradually walked away, leaving only vague figures in the first snow of this winter.
Today Liang Baozhen and Shanshan were wearing mother-daughter outfits, red quilted jackets with similar styles. Shanshan, who was going out for the first time, was wrapped up like a little dumpling by her mother. She had a red scarf knitted by her grandmother around her neck, a tiger-head hat on her head, black cotton pants sewn by Song Chunhua, and even her little hands were wearing brown woolen gloves made by her aunt. This outfit was cute and warm.
"Are you cold, Shanshan?" Xu Shengjie asked his daughter while holding her in one hand.
"Not cold." The excitement of going away for the first time overwhelmed the coldness. Shanshan just felt excited and her little head was shaking like a toad.
The three of them arrived at the train station. Xu Shengjie got two sleeper tickets in advance. The train from Beijing to Guangdong would arrive in 20 minutes. They waited in the waiting hall and went to the platform when the train was about to arrive.
"You take care of Shanshan and the luggage. I'll go buy something hot."
"good."
Liang Baozhen put the girl next to her, touched her little face, took off her gloves and touched her hands. Fortunately, she was not too cold.
"Mom, there are so many people." Shanshan looked around and saw people coming and going around her. Some were preparing to leave Beijing, and some had just got off the train and arrived in Beijing.
"Yes, there are so many people." Liang Baozhen put gloves on the child again, and in the blink of an eye she saw Xu Shengjie coming back with some boiled corns.
The boiled sweet corn tasted good. The couple ate one each, and Shanshan ate half of it. She nibbled it in small bites, chewing it very hard.
After eating the corn, the train arrived. As usual, Xu Shengjie held the baby in one hand and the luggage in the other, and let Liang Baozhen hold his clothes as they got on the green train with its whistle blaring.
Jingshi is a big station for entering and exiting. Many people get off and get on the train. Many people get on and off directly through the open windows, and it is a bit crowded when walking through the doors. Fortunately, sleeper tickets are hard to buy, so fewer people walk this way.
After passing through a crowded hard seat carriage, the three finally arrived at the sleeper carriage. Xu Shengjie asked someone to buy two tickets for the lower berth, which happened to be opposite to the two upper berths, which were already occupied.
After settling down in the sleeper car, Liang Baozhen saw the passenger above her stick her head out and a lady greeted her.
"Hello, girls."
"Hello, big sister."
The roommates on the upper bunk of Liang Baozhen were a mother and son who looked a few years older than Liang Baozhen. The little boy looked three or four years older than Shanshan. The roommate on the upper bunk of Xu Shengjie was a man wearing black-rimmed glasses. He was reading a book on the bed and greeted Xu Shengjie and his wife.
It was the first time for Liang Baozhen and Shanshan to take a train. When the green train slowly accelerated and started to move away, Shanshan also started to make a sound. She looked at the scenery outside the window gradually going away. She tugged at her mother's sleeve and said, "Mom, look, the station has disappeared."
"Yes, goodbye." Liang Baozhen poured a small cup of hot water and fed it to Shanshan. "Next week we will be able to see the station again."
There were many people on the train, but the berth was much better. They bought food on the train, had dinner and chatted with the people in the same carriage.
The older sister was visiting relatives. Her husband was serving in a military unit near Guangdong City. When she heard that Xu Shengjie was a veteran, she naturally became closer to Liang Baozhen. After all, both of their husbands had served in the military.
The man Xu Shengjie worked for was a buyer at Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing. This time he was going to Guangdong to attend the National Book Exchange Conference. When he heard that Liang Baozhen was a college student, he couldn't help but look up to her and even discussed books with her.
Shanshan took off her shoes and stepped on the berth in thick socks. It was her first time to sleep on a train and she was a little excited. After all, she had defeated her father. Her mother and she were sleeping in the small and narrow berth, and her father was squeezed into another bed.
She is amazing! Mom still loves Shanshan the most!
Xu Shengjie: "..."
He didn't want to tell his daughter that it was because the bed couldn't accommodate two adults.
"Mom~" Shanshan was covered with a white quilt, and she was close to her mother. The crowded space allowed her to smell the faint fragrance of her mother, which was so comfortable. "I want to hold you to sleep."
She tried hard to put her little hands on her mother and slept soundly as the train swayed forward.
The train arrived in Guangdong city in the afternoon of the next day.
When the train was about to pull into the station, Shanshan was talking to the boy on the upper deck. Although she was young and sometimes tongue-tied when talking, she loved to talk.
"I...I also saw a big lake with ducks in it."
"I've seen it too. I've also been to the zoo and saw tigers." The little brother was taken to the Guangdong Zoo by his father, who was a soldier.
"Ah." Shanshan had never seen a tiger before. She felt that she had lost. She thought hard and suddenly her eyes lit up again. "I have also ridden a bicycle."
The boy didn't believe it and looked at her short legs. How could she ride a bicycle?
Shanshan explained anxiously, "My dad pushed it for me."
"Ah." Is this considered riding a bicycle? The little brother also admitted it.
Xu Shengjie took out the luggage box, and Liang Baozhen interrupted their conversation, "Okay, put on your shoes and get ready to get off the bus."
"Okay!" When she heard that she was about to get off the bus, Shanshan immediately stretched out her two little legs from under the quilt and swung outside, waiting for her mother to put on her shoes.
In winter, she wore a pair of dark brown boots that her father brought home. There was even a layer of light fleece inside, which was very comfortable. However, she didn't know how to put on shoes yet. Seeing the little brother next to her putting on shoes by himself, Shanshan felt a little envious.
She lost again~
When they arrived at their destination and got off the train, Shanshan was obviously excited. If her mother hadn't been holding her, she would have run around on the platform.
Liang Baozhen looked at Guangdong, which was thousands of miles away from her hometown. Just a train station made her feel very different. Her first impression was that it was not as cold as Beijing!
They were dressed warmly, yet they could still feel a sense of warmth when they walked out of the train station.
"Do you want to be warmer?" Xu Shengjie took them to the guesthouse where they stayed every time they came to Guangdong City.
"Yes, it is much warmer here, and there is no snow."
After showing two letters of introduction and a marriage certificate, they successfully checked into a room and the family of three moved into the room.
"Mom, what is this?"
Shanshan was curious about everything. When she heard her mother say that this was a guesthouse, her head started to spin again, but she still didn't understand.
There is a big bed in the room with a set of white quilt spread on it. Opposite the bed is a wooden cabinet with a thermos and three enamel cups on it. There are three compartments under the cabinet for miscellaneous items. There is a single sofa on the left side of the bed near the window. The whole room is clean and tidy.
There was also a toilet in the room, which was a pleasant surprise.
"It's pretty good." Liang Baozhen finished looking around the room in a short while. It was indeed a high-end hotel that cost two yuan a night.
After a brief rest in the guesthouse room, Xu Shengjie prepared to take his wife and daughter out for dinner. Shanshan's mother took off her sweater, as children wearing too many clothes would easily get sick from the heat.
Shanshan put on her little cotton jacket again and ran. Finally, her father lifted her onto his shoulders and walked out. She shouted excitedly, "Mom, I'm so tall!"
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