There is no Xinhua bookstore in town.

Xu Nian hasn't been here either.

"What is a bookstore?" Xu Nian was pulled by her and asked curiously.

"The bookstore, it's a place that sells all kinds of books, there are good-looking story books, let's go and see, is there anything Xiao Nian likes, let's buy a copy and read it on the train, okay?"

"Okay, I'm going to buy two!"

"Okay, you're going to buy all three."

One of them entered the bookstore with a word.

The bookstore is not big, it is a bungalow, only about 100 square meters, and it is not the kind of open store, but like a supply and marketing cooperative, the books are on the shelves behind the counter, and the salesperson has to take what he wants to see.

In the face of the contemptuous gaze of the salesperson in the bookstore, she invited people to take many books, and found that although there were not as many books of various types as in later generations, they were not less in this era.

Especially a lot of children's literature books, looking at the publication time, many of them have been published in the last three or five years, and the content is very rich, which is not at all different from those children's books in Lin Tong's previous life, many of them have the characteristics of the times, but she still enjoys reading them, and she is a little excited.

got on the train at noon, and Xu Nian began to watch the excitement again.

It may be that the train I took last night entered the prairie, because I slept at night, and it was dark outside, and Lin Tong didn't find out.

It's spring, the grass is still yellow, and many places are still covered with a thin layer of snow and ice.

There are many mountains in Xu Nian's hometown, and there are no large plains, and this endless prairie makes him a little surprised.

And through the car window, you can see cows, sheep and yurts in the distance from time to time, all of which makes Xu Nian excited.

A few hours later, the entire carriage was run all over by Xu Nian, and the excitement was enough, and the yellow withered grass outside could no longer arouse his interest.

For dinner, it was still boiled eggs and sweet potato cakes.

The weather is cold, and these are not afraid of being bad, Lin Tong went to get hot water, put the peeled eggs in and scalded them, and then fed them to the children.

Compared with others, melon seed skins, egg skins, garbage, etc. are discarded on the ground at will, but Lin Tong wraps them in paper and then throws them into the trash.

Lin Tong did this, so she was naturally not pretentious, but she didn't know that her behavior was a bit different in the eyes of others.

After dinner, she put her arms around the child and read him the story from the book.

At the bookstore, she chose two children's books, one for serialized magazines and one for single children's storybooks.

Her tone was soft, with emotion, and her voice was low and frustrated, not only Xu Nian listened attentively, but even those who listened next to her were fascinated.

There were two soldiers sitting not far away, and the young station sergeant whispered: "This female comrade's voice is really good, better than the one on the radio." ”

The other was about thirty years old, sitting upright, not speaking, just glancing at Lin Tong.

Lin Tong didn't care about other people's eyes, the people of this era are different from the era she lives in, and people don't want to be told now, and the era she lives in, most people enjoy the feeling of being noticed by others.

Xu Nian was very excited when he heard it, and he refused to sleep when it was very late, Lin Tong hugged him and coaxed him in a low voice: "Sleep and sleep, my mother is also sleepy, let's continue tomorrow." ”

Xu Nian's little hand touched her face, and she pleaded with a long voice: "Mom-let's talk about one more!" Please! ”

Lin Tong straightened his face, "No, it's so late, if you don't sleep, these uncles and aunts will also sleep." ”

"Please, just talk about one, talk about one! Mommy, please. Xu Nian played with a donkey, refused to sleep, and begged her vigorously.

Lin Tong took a breath and said in a low voice: "Xiao Nian, you are a little man, you want to protect your mother in the future, and become a big man who stands up to the sky like your father, you can't beg for a little thing." ”

Xu Nian blinked, Lin Tong knew that the child was still young, and he might not necessarily understand these truths, so he simply said, "Mom doesn't like you to ask for words." If you really encounter difficulties, you can ask for help from others, but you can't ask for help over small things. Did You Know? ”

Xu Nian didn't understand much, but seeing that his mother was very serious, he nodded.

In fact, Lin Tong didn't know whether it was right to teach children like this, she did things completely according to her own preferences.

Just like on that train before, in the face of the child's unreasonable demands, many people could not get by with face and would give him eggs.

But Lin Tong is not.

What's wrong with the child?

I'm not an orphan, seeing that the dress is no worse than Xu Nian's, why should mine give it to you? I don't know you, and you're still so arrogant?

What can I do if I don't give it to you?

This girl is so stubborn sometimes!

Xu Nian closed his eyes and slept a little aggrieved, Lin Tong took the train all night yesterday, and now he has been sitting for a few hours, and he feels that his butt hurts and his waist hurts, and he really suffers from sitting in this hard-seat car.

There is no way, she doesn't know anyone at the station, and there is no Internet ticketing, don't think about sleepers, most of them were bought by the unit.

It was late at night, uncomfortable and dazed.

In the morning, everyone woke up one after another, washed, eaten, and the sound of chirping sounded in the train again.

Xu Nian woke up, rubbed the eyes that were not fully opened with eye feces with the back of his hand, and said in a milky voice: "Mom, I want to pee." ”

Lin Tong took him to the bathroom, washed his hands, and returned to his seat, and the child yelled that he was hungry.

Lin Tong brought him food, and as soon as he lowered his head, the flower bag full of food on the seat was gone, only a special sack stuffed inside. A red rope was tied to the mouth of the sack, which the old lady was afraid that she would lose or tie with someone else's.

Lin Tong sighed, raised his head and shouted, "Who saw my bag?" ”

No one answered.

The people who boarded the bus with her at the departure station had already gotten off the bus, and now the people around her were all halfway trains.

Someone didn't look at her, someone looked at her and said, "Could someone have taken it wrong?" ”

A middle-aged man shook his head: "Lost something?" Head back to the door, right? You have to be careful when you ride in the car, there are a lot of thieves! ”

Lin Tong bit her lip, she didn't believe that she could take the wrong bag.

Under her seat, there were only her two broken bags, and they were not mixed with other people's.

The damn thief, the bag was what she had to eat, and she didn't have to pay for everything.

There are also two eggs, she is not willing to eat them, she knew that she would not leave them for the child, and she would just add them all to her stomach.

After being annoyed, she thought again, forget it, she was not vigilant enough, thinking that someone would steal such a broken bag, so she was careless.

Last night, she took the sweet potato cake out, and she took too much, so she didn't play it back, and put it in the bag she carried with her.

This cross-body bag contains all her belongings, and she has always carried them on her back, very carefully.

Her bag was made by herself, and her second sister-in-law also helped her sew a circle of ruffles, looking like her mother said, the schoolbag she used to go to school when she was a child.

There was no zipper, only a few buttons were sewn, Lin Tong looked down and his face changed, the pocket was open, the fabric was obviously damaged by the knife, and the things inside were exposed in a mess.

She had some bad premonitions in her heart, and quickly rummaged through them.

"Did you lose money? Hey, the last time I took the train, I ran into a few people who lost money, and the lesbian cried—" The middle-aged man said and shook his head.

Lin Tong bit his lip.

You say it's not unlucky!

She was already very careful, and along the way, the bag didn't dare to leave, but this kind of thing still happened.

The money in the bag was lost, although it was not much, but there were thirty yuan, twenty yuan was obtained when the family was separated, and ten yuan was forced into her by the second sister-in-law.

The ticket money was given by the old lady separately.

Lin Jianguo and his wife earned some money in a small business, Luo Fengzhi had to give her ten yuan, she refused to ask for it, this was the second sister-in-law's hard-earned money, but Luo Fengzhi persuaded her: "The poor family is rich, in case there is any emergency, it can be used." Your second brother and I are now in the account every day, so we don't have to worry about it in the future, as long as you are good over there, we and our mother will be at ease. ”

"Ahh Lin Tong yelled, "Don't let me catch you!" ”

She was about to cry, "What can I do!" By the way, call the police, comrade, can you please help me call the police? ”

The man agreed very happily, "However, don't report any hope, along the way, there are so many stations, so many people up and down, where to find it!" I've been on this bus a lot, but I've never heard of anyone getting their money back. Consider yourself unlucky! ”

The police came, asked and left.

Lin Tong knew that the money would definitely not be recovered.

Fortunately, they got off the bus and Xu Zhenhua picked them up, so they didn't have to reverse anymore.

The sweet potato cake in the bag was still there, she sighed, and fed the sweet potato cake to Xu Nian to eat.

Xu Nian was very sensible, knowing that her mother was in a bad mood when she lost her money, she ate honestly, but after eating half of it, she said that she was full, and held the cake in front of her, "Mom eats." ”

patted his little belly, "Xiao Nian is full." ”

Lin Tong's eyes were a little red, and he nodded his head with a smile, "Thank you, son, but my mother is not hungry, let's eat Xiao Nian!" ”

Xu Nian shook his head stubbornly, "No, mom eat, mom eat, mom eat!" ”

Lin Tong was a little moved in his heart, who said that stepmother and stepson can't be like a family?

However, there was only this half of the cake, and they still had a day, so she simply put the cake away and waited for Xu Nian to be hungry and delicious.

The man who helped her call the police looked a little emotional, "Your son is so sensible!" ”

Lin Tong smiled: "Yes, this kid is very sensible!" ”

The man thought for a while, took out a piece of sweet potato from his bag and handed it to Xu Nian, "I still have some food here, don't be disgusted with this sweet potato, give it to the child!" ”

Lin Tong didn't know why, he suddenly understood the boy's mother a little, she was really poor!

She can skip eating, but she can't starve the child!

Alas, fortunately, he changed the car, otherwise Lin Tong felt embarrassed and died.

In fact, the nature of them and the boy was completely different, Lin Tong just sighed.

She hesitated for a moment, nodded at Xu Nian, he took the sweet potato, and said glutinously, "Thank you, uncle." ”

Lin Tong also thanked him, and the man waved his hand, "I can't help much, just a piece of sweet potato, no!" ”

Lin Tong is very grateful to him, now the family conditions are not good, and it is impossible to bring too much food by train, give them some, and people will have less food, Lin Tong still receives this love.

The man chatted with her, "What are you doing with the kids?" ”

This is familiar to Xu Nian, he has said it several times, and he is very proud, "With the army, go to my father, my father is a People's Liberation Army and a hero!" ”

The man frowned when he heard this, "Yo, then you have to be prepared to endure hardships." ”

Lin Tong thought he was also a soldier, so he asked him.

The man shook his head, "I'm not a soldier, but it's so cold and unsafe here, it's not easy for military families!" ”

Lin Tong didn't understand, what is not safe?

But the man was silent.

Lin Tong is not easy to ask, she feels in her heart that the so-called insecurity must mean that the law and order are not very good!

In the afternoon, he was about to get out of the car, and when he got off the car, he gave Xu Nian a piece of sweet potato that he hadn't eaten at noon.

Lin Tong is really grateful to him. Jiukan Chinese network debut

Xu Nian ate the sweet potato given by the man.

In the evening, Xu Nian ate the half of the sweet potato cake.

Lin Tong hadn't eaten for a day, and this girl comforted herself: I think at the beginning, didn't there be a day when I didn't eat, so I should cleanse my intestines and keep in shape!

But I'm really hungry!

I had to drink plenty of water.

I drank too much water and ran to the bathroom again.

Xu Nianfei let her eat sweet potatoes, and cried and said, "Mom, didn't you say that you will arrive at the station after sleeping at night!" Daddy came to pick us up and we wouldn't have to go hungry. Mom, you eat! If you don't eat, you'll starve to death, I don't want my mother to die! ”

Lin Tong thought about it, she was really hungry!

I used to be busy with work and didn't eat for a day, but at that time, there was coffee, milk, chocolate and various snacks staring, which is like now, I can only drink water.

She really admires the girls who don't eat and drink water all day, and in order to maintain their figure, they clean their intestines once a month.

What perseverance!

She also didn't want to think about what people were eating at that time. What does she eat every day now?

Is it comparable?

She ate the sweet potato, and although she was very hungry, she still ate it slowly, and when she ate it too quickly, the sweet potato was gone; Second, she was afraid of choking.

She was still hungry in her stomach, but she felt a lot more comfortable with something at the bottom.

Although Xu Nian is sensible, after all, he is young, and after taking the train for such a long time, he has long been annoyed, "Mom, tell stories, tell stories, tell stories-"

Lin Tong told him a few stories, played games with him, and finally put the child to sleep.

In the afternoon, the train is less crowded, and the further you go, the more desolate it becomes, and sometimes there are no people for hours, let alone any station.

Lin Tong was a little sleepy, but he couldn't sleep.

Maybe the loss of money made her feel a little unhappy!

It may also be that this feeling of becoming more and more desolate makes her feel a little bottomless.

Originally, I was looking forward to joining the army, then doing business, making a lot of money, and reaching the pinnacle of life.

Don't you write like that!

Or what's the point of her coming here?

But now it seems that she is thinking a little too much?

Kind of beautiful?

She didn't know what kind of place she went, but the place she drove outside the car was desolate except desolation.

Her heart also panicked all the way.