Chapter 20: On the Train
The green train takes more than 20 hours to travel from Meihekou to Zibo. When Lin Yue first got on the bus, there were still very few people, and after a few stops, there were gradually more people. Lin Yue sat with her father, and Liu Li and her two sons sat in a row of seats on the other side of the aisle. Lin Yongtian and Lin Yongfeng grew so big, the first time they went out, they were still on the train, and they were chattering excitedly, so noisy that the young couple sitting opposite them stared at them. However, because of their young age, the brothers have not yet cultivated the skill of looking at faces, so they ignore the unfriendly eyes of others.
After Liu Li saw it, she was embarrassed, apologized to the two of them, and then reprimanded the two people next to her quietly. After the brothers were reprimanded, they muttered in a low voice.
Lin Yue looked at the scenery driving by outside the window, and said nothing all the way. She was thinking about what else she could do next, making money was a big deal. She didn't have any skills, so how could the opportunity to be reborn befell her? Could it be that God is not satisfied with the way she lived in her previous life, and gave her a chance to choose again? Lin Yue was a little confused.
Lin Chengzhi watched the old girl be so quiet all the way, with her little elbows on the table, her hands supporting her cheeks, staring out of the window motionlessly, so he swallowed the teasing words that came to his mouth. In fact, Lin Chengzhi also felt the changes in Lin Yue during this time, and he once wondered if his daughter had been dropped, but when he looked at the daughter in front of him, the doubts in his heart disappeared, this is the old girl he has raised for 5 years.
What Lin Chengzhi didn't expect was that Lin Yue was still the same Lin Yue, but his age had changed.
"Beer, drinks, mineral water, peanuts, melon seeds, eight-treasure porridge, do you need it, come, comrade, let it, let it" At this time, the conductor came over with a trolley, and all kinds of snacks and drinks were neatly placed on it.
"Comrade, bring me a bottle of beer and a bag of peanuts," said a man with a scar on his face next to him.
"Okay, here you go." The conductor handed him the things and took the money.
"Mom, I want to drink soda," said a little boy as he shook the woman who was resting with her eyes closed.
"Son, good, it's too cold this day, let's not drink soda, okay, if you want to eat, Mom will buy you bags of melon seeds to eat?" The woman opened her eyes, looked at the little boy tenderly, and coaxed softly.
"No, no, I'm going to drink soda" When the little boy heard that his mother didn't buy soda, he immediately began to kick his two calves and cry noisily.
"Obedient or disobedient, if you are disobedient, you will give me home, and if you say good things to you, you will kick your nose and face you" The woman saw that her son began to sprinkle, and immediately reprimanded sharply. Then he grabbed the boy's armpit and dragged it heavily into the seat to make sure the child would not fall to the ground.
The little boy lowered his head, secretly glanced at the angry woman, pursed his lips, and whispered, "I just want to drink soda."
"Don't buy it!" The woman leaned back in her seat with her eyes closed, and slowly spat out two words from her mouth.
"Wow~", the little boy cried, startling the woman next to him.
At this time, the old man with glasses who was sitting opposite spoke, "Girl, if the child wants to drink, buy him a bottle, if it is cold, you can look at him and let him drink less." If you're away from home, don't be angry with your children. ”
After hearing this, the woman pondered for a moment, and then called out to the conductor who had already walked several steps away, "Comrade, give me a bottle of soda, thank you" The conductor had actually heard the little boy's crying a long time ago, so she deliberately walked very slowly, for fear of missing this business.
The little boy stopped crying in an instant, his eyes were full of excitement, and he stared at the soda that the conductor handed to the woman, without blinking.
"Here, drink, you can only drink two small sips, wait for the hunger, and then drink two more sips" The woman opened the lid of the soda bottle, then put it in her son's hand, and admonished.
At this time, the little boy's eyes were full of soda, and when he heard his mother's instructions, he casually agreed "I know", and then held the bottle and drank it.
"Yue'er, do you want to drink soda?" Lin Chengzhi looked at Lin Yue, who had been out of his mind for a long time, and asked with concern.
Lin Yue's eyes blinked, thinking that the soda in this era should be very delicious, why don't you buy a few more bottles and take them to Shandong, and give them to their friends in Shandong to taste, although they don't know each other at this time.
"Dad, buy me six bottles" Lin Yue thought for a while, gestured a six in his hand, and said to Lin Chengzhi.
"Buy so much, are you done drinking" Lin Chengzhi asked in surprise.
"It's not all my own drinking, I want to give it away," Lin Yue said lightly.
The conductor had just walked a few steps when he heard the little girl on the left say to buy 6 bottles of soda, and hurriedly pulled the cart back upside down.
"Comrade, please give me 6 bottles of soda" Lin Chengzhi took out 3 yuan to the conductor, and the conductor immediately gave Lin Chengzhi six bottles of soda.
"Dad~, I want to drink soda too!"
"I want it too, I want it too"
Lin Yongtian and Lin Yongfeng saw that their father had bought several bottles of soda, and immediately shouted loudly to drink.
Lin Chengzhi glanced at Lin Yue, and seeing that she had no objection, he took two bottles and gave them to his sons, and put the rest on the table for Lin Yue. Lin Yue stared at the soda for a while, thinking, this is the soda from the 90s, I really haven't drunk it. Lin Chengzhi saw Lin Yue staring at the soda for a long time, thinking that she wanted to drink it, so he softly asked his daughter if she wanted to open it for her. Lin Yue shook her head, she just likes to watch, she doesn't like to drink, for such a breathy drink, Lin Yue is not cold at all.
The train has been running for 4 hours, from 6 pm to now, Lin Yue felt a little pain in her buttocks, she slid off the seat, stood in front of the seat, and moved her body. At this time, some of the people in the carriage had already begun to sleep, and a few people who were still walking around in the aisles, and those who had not bought tickets put their duffel bags on the ground, and then sat on the luggage, leaning on the seats next to them, and taking a nap.
Lin Yue moved for a while, then climbed onto the seat, pillowed Lin Chengzhi's thigh, and fell asleep after a while. Lin Chengzhi saw that his daughter was asleep, so he immediately pulled the duffel bag to his feet, tightly grasped the strap of the duffel bag in his hand, wrapped his daughter with one hand, and rested against the seat with his eyes closed.
As the night wore on, the silence in the carriage grew, and the snoring became the main theme of the train.
Early the next morning, Lin Yue was awakened by a burst of urine. She pushed Lin Chengzhi beside her and whispered
"Dad, I want to go to the toilet". Lin Chengzhi opened his eyes in a daze, looked at his daughter beside him, sat up straight, hammered his stiff waist, and slowly stood up.
"Let's go" After speaking, Lin Chengzhi put the duffel bag on the ground on the seat, told Liu Li on the other side of the aisle, look at it, and then took his daughter to the toilet.
The two of them squeezed the train, yes, just squeezed. There are too many people, thanks to their seats are not very far from the toilet, otherwise, when they get to the toilet and then come back, it is estimated that the train has already arrived in Zibo.
At noon, Lin Chengzhi said to his family,
"Let's eat all the remaining eggs, and I'll be in Zibo soon." As he spoke, he took out the remaining eggs from the duffel bag and divided them among everyone.
The eggs were left all night, and they were a little cold, so Lin Chengzhi turned on the kettle, poured the hot water that he had just received when he went to the toilet into the porcelain jar, and then put the picked eggs into it, and said to Lin Yue, "Old girl, Dad will make the eggs hot for you." At this time, Lin Yue had no appetite, and the fatigue of the car made her small body forget what it was like to be hungry.
"Thank you, Dad" Lin Yue looked at Lin Chengzhi's concerned eyes and couldn't bear to refuse.
"Passengers, the Zibo train is about to arrive, please bring your luggage, get ready to get off, please pay attention to your steps when getting off, I wish you a happy journey!" The conductor announced the station on the radio, and then I felt the speed of the train slowly decrease.
Lin Chengyi's family of five was washed down by the flow of people, and everyone pushed me to move to the train door. Lin Chengzhi held the duffel bag tightly with his right hand, and held Lin Yue tightly with his left hand, for fear of getting lost. Every time I moved a few steps, I had to shout Liu Li, and when I heard the echo, I was relieved to continue to move forward.
Finally, the family squeezed out, and then followed the flow of people to the exit of the station.