"What are you talking about? How can a mother not want her child?"
"Comrade, you are talking without any worries. The ticket price is so high. My husband is away from home and I am the only one taking care of the farm. How can I get the money? I don't want this child."
Xu Jiaojiao was completely impressed by this man's shamelessness. She angrily pulled Xie Zhi away. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would be dragged into it.
The two of them carried large and small bags into their own compartment. In fact, most of them were taken by Xie Zhi. After all, Xu Jiaojiao always believed that one should not feel sorry for men, as it would bring bad luck to them.
The berths in this era were double beds, which were generally much better than those in later generations. Xie Zhi placed his things under the bed and quickly took out the girl's things, most of which were food and toiletries.
Xu Jiaojiao was very tired. As soon as she sat down, she leaned against the man and nodded her head. In the end, she felt it was too hard and uncomfortable.
Her pink cheeks were pale and her tone was soft: "Honey, I want to sleep for a while."
Xie Zhi nodded and bought two lower bunks. He sat on the girl's bed, looking down at Jiaojiao. The love in his heart kept growing like branches and vines, becoming more and more fulfilled.
Xie Zhi's rough hands with the texture of fine sand touched her delicate pink lips heavily, his Adam's apple slid up and down with pleasure. He took out the book he had prepared, stood by her side, and read it slowly.
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When she woke up again, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Xu Jiaojiao's eyes were blurry and she felt that time was extremely long. While she was still in a daze, the man pulled her out from under the quilt.
He took her in his arms and said, "Jiaojiao, eat something. I bought some food."
Then the warm meal was opened, and the clear incandescent light was always on. People in this era were frugal, and it was difficult to sell out the berths on the train unless it was a festival or New Year's Day.
Therefore, in this small open space for four people, there were only Xu Jiaojiao and Xie Zhi, so it was okay for them to be more intimate.
The meal was ordinary cabbage and minced eggplant with almost no meat. The girl ate while looking out the dark car window.
There are many families who don’t have electricity nowadays, so it is normal to be dark.
The train arrived at other stations and stopped slowly.
They ran hurriedly in the carriage, and saw the little girl from the train station looking around the room. Finally, when she saw Xu Jiaojiao, tears burst out and she knelt down in front of them without any hesitation.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry sis. I didn't mean to steal your cookies today. I'm really sorry."
As she was talking, she took out some small change from her bosom and wanted to put it in Xu Jiaojiao's hand, but her expression shrank and she timidly put it next to the lunch box.
The girl glanced at it and saw that it was about fifty cents, which was a lot for a child.
Xu Jiaojiao felt resentful when she thought of this man's ungrateful behavior. She smiled and said, "What are you doing?"
The mean girl looked up pitifully, her thin body trembling slightly, and her voice trembling: "Sister, this is the money I saved in the past few years. I'm really sorry. I know this money is not enough to buy cookies, but if I did that at the time, my mother would beat me to death. I'm really afraid of pain."
When Xu Jiaojiao saw the scars all over the little girl's body, her heart softened uncontrollably again. She looked at Xie Zhi guiltily and said, "Don't kneel down anymore. Take the money yourself. I'm not angry anymore."
Xie Zhi looked at the little girl and narrowed his long black eyes. They were very close to the dining car, so he patted Jiaojiao's arm and stood up, then disappeared at the door.
But he came back not long after, handing the girl a steaming lunch box: "Eat it, and then go back."
When the girl looked at the meal, her face was watering with greed. She looked like a child, but at this moment Xu Jiaojiao felt that she was like an adult.
The little girl could no longer suppress her hunger and ate the lunch box cleanly, even drinking the soup inside, which she ate with half a steamed bun.
The moment the food went down her throat, the girl burst into tears: "Sister, please take me in, I am very capable, please take me in, and be my mother."
Xu Jiaojiao's face suddenly showed a panic expression. Xie Zhi stopped the girl and pinched her wrist: "Don't move."
"Dad, can you be my dad? I beg you. What's wrong with you adopting me since you are so rich?"
After hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao felt that her sincerity had been wasted. How could there be another copy of Shen Yun? She admitted that the little girl was miserable, but what about moral kidnapping?
"Go back. The conductor will come to check on people at night. You will be taken back sooner or later, and your money will be taken back with you."
When the mean girl saw that her plan had failed, her body rose and fell violently, her breathing increased, and her chest was like a broken bellows: "Mom, Dad, don't leave me, don't leave me."
The crying sound immediately attracted a large crowd, and people from the nearby carriages came to watch the fun. They saw a little girl kneeling on the ground crying heartbreakingly, with two unmoved people next to her. The girl was mumbling "Mom and Dad".
The old man was overwhelmed, his cloudy eyes were dull: "It's so late, why are you arguing, can you take care of the children?"
"Yeah, I still want to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow. How can others sleep if you guys are like this?"
Now, Xu Jiaojiao was completely disappointed. Her kindness failed to pay off and she was instead taken advantage of. She looked at Xie Zhi with a guilty look, only to see that the man had his arms behind her, which looked like he was holding her in his arms from a distance. He smiled and indicated that everything was fine.
The noise and cursing from the people around them became more and more intense, mixed with the girl's sharp cries, which sounded harsh and unpleasant to the ears.
But the two of them didn't say a word from beginning to end.
The farce eventually attracted the train conductor. A tall man in uniform walked through the crowd and saw the wound on the little girl's face at a glance.
"You are beating the child."
"That's right. These two people looked like decent people, but I didn't expect them to be beasts who abused children."
"Bah, what's the point of having good looks, you black-hearted thing."
Xu Jiaojiao glanced at everyone present inch by inch with indifferent eyes and snorted coldly. She found it very funny. Did she and Xie Zhi look so easy to bully?
The tall and thin woman was kicking and stomping, and no one seemed to support her, but now she is so indignant.
"Little girl, are these your parents?"
Shi Jiannu sobbed in grievance: "Yes, but they don't want me. They said they would throw me on the train after eating this meal."
Xie Zhi's hair looked a bit arrogant at this moment, and he lost a lot of his pure temperament and became a bit more unkind: "We are not her parents, she sneaked in from another car."
"You talk nicely, but who knows if you really want to abandon the child?" Someone said, and immediately many people around agreed.
The bitch burst into tears at the right moment, her eyes were red, and coupled with her thin body and frightened expression, the eyes of the people around her were also red.
The girl pleaded softly, "Mom and Dad, please don't abandon me. I will be obedient in the future, and please don't hit me."
Xie Zhi's eyes were fixed on the little girl, which made people tremble in their hearts. He asked, "What's my name? What's her name? Which village are we from?"