Chapter 64: The Death Train (6)
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On the drizzly Vladimir platform stood a number of Russian aunts with headscarves, some carrying baskets in their hands, some hanging a board around their necks, and the baskets and boards were filled with local snacks and bento boxes, the most common being chicken breast with rice and salmon stewed potatoes, and of course the particularly salty "Lake Belga Smoked Fish", the magical cheese boe rolls and the intimidating goose eggs.
Cheng Mo stood by the window and looked at the somewhat rough food of the Russians, and couldn't help but feel that a country with cold weather generally can't produce good food.
If these foods are replaced with melon seeds, peanuts, spicy radish instant noodles, it will be the same as Huaxia Station, Cheng Mo did not complain like this, because he neither likes to complain, nor has he taken a Huaxia train.
Cheng Mo heard the sound of Xie Minyun plugging in the door bolt before walking back, K20 because there is no luggage car, so the dining car is the last section, Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun's room is located at the end of the 16th car, only need to pass through the 17th and 18th cars to reach the dining car.
Originally, this was a very pleasant thing, but in the current situation, he preferred to live in car number one, so that he could take the opportunity to observe the condition of the whole train.
It's a pity that the heavens don't follow people's wishes.
When Cheng Mo walked through the corridor of the No. 17 car, he saw through the window covered with water that many people had gotten off the car to buy food, and the parking time was as long as 15 minutes, and some people walked to the distant store, but the doors of the No. 17 car were all tightly closed, and no one came out.
Cheng Mo glanced at it, walked through the No. 17 carriage at a normal speed, and directly entered the No. 18 carriage, in fact, he wanted to walk a little slower, but the No. 18 carriage had two red dots representing the carrier flashing constantly, so Cheng Mo didn't dare to deliberately go too slow to attract the attention of the other party.
Entering the No. 18 car, this car is the same as the No. 17 car, none of the doors are open, but Cheng Mo is more cautious, because he clearly knows that there is a carrier in rooms 67 and 68 and rooms 69 and 70, it is obvious that these two people are together, otherwise they would not have exposed themselves to the map so blatantly.
And they are definitely not just two people, there are at least two or more Chosen or gladiators, so that they can rotate and activate the carrier, so that they can protect each other 24 hours a day, based on the arrogance of the other party, Cheng Mo guessed that these four people are definitely the Chosen One.
Cheng Mo didn't want to guess where these people came from, but when he walked to the end of the carriage, he suddenly realized that the four rooms with 63-70 beds were all from the Napoleonic family.
These people unabashedly hung the golden bee coat of arms of the Napoleonic family on the door, which was really domineering.
As bitter lords and powerful nobles, they are qualified and powerful to do so.
Cheng Mo didn't dare to look at the colorful coat of arms like the Porsche logo, and walked past the No. 18 car pretending to know nothing.
It was a good thing for Cheng Mo that the other party was so upright, which made him instantly rule out the possibility that there was Shirkov in the four rooms, but when he stepped into the dining car, he was still wondering, would Napoleon VII come in person, and if Napoleon VII came in person, would he take 240 or K20?
Cheng Mo still doesn't understand the world of the rich after all, in fact, Napoleon VII is ready to sit in two cars, K20 takes the first half, 240 takes the second half, even if the two trains are not on the same line at all, it does not prevent private jet transfers, so Napoleon VII is at the moment in room 67-68 quietly looking at the information of the train passengers, eating the Saint-Jacques scallops, French pan-fried dromacon, foie gras and caviar prepared for him by the chef he brought on the car, with Bordeaux dry red....
If Cheng Mo could see such a luxurious scene through the wooden door, he would have deeply envied the decay of capitalism.
Cheng Mo walked into the dining car, the long and narrow compartment was lit with fluorescent lights, and the dark brown right-angle leather sofa and stainless steel dining table were placed on both sides of the carriage, which was very like a Xiangjiang tea restaurant. At the time of the meal, there were a lot of people sitting in the dining car, and all of them were blonde foreigners, except for him, none of them were Asians, which made his appearance a little abrupt.
Cheng Mo immediately felt a few scrutinizing eyes focusing on him, and there was no doubt that among these people present, there must be the holder of the Ouroboros observing him.
Cheng Mo didn't panic, he did come to eat, he pretended to be a little ignorant and let his eyes look around in the narrow dining car, and then casually found a card seat that was still empty and sat down, when he sat down, Cheng Mo glanced at the menu on the table, and instantly understood why no Asians came, the menu only has English and Russian annotations, no pictures do not say, and it is all Russian food that does not meet the appetite of Asians, and it is quite expensive, it is really better to eat instant noodles, whether it is Chinese unified Laotan sauerkraut, or Nissin fried noodles in Japan, or South Korea's Nongshim Xin ramen, it is enough to beat the food on the Russian dining car。
Cheng Mo carefully looked at the menu for a long time, but unfortunately he could only order beetroot soup, and other Russian dishes were still second to him, mainly because they were too greasy, they were basically fried, except for Russian dumplings, which were not greasy.
But the strawberry-flavored and cherry-flavored Russian dumplings are extremely poisonous to the Chinese people, and Cheng Mo can only thank him.
After ordering food with the Russian aunt in uniform, it was a long waiting time, Cheng Mo didn't look forward to the beetroot soup at all, he was not in a hurry, but hoped that the dish would be served later.
While waiting for the meal, he sat in the booth and carefully observed the people around him, two men and two women diagonally opposite him were chatting about Russia, they all spoke English, but two with French accents, two without obvious accents, some looked like Nordics, directly opposite him, two Englishmen and two Spaniards, also two couples, also chatting about travel, and a table behind the French and Nordic diagonally opposite him, because the distance was too far for him to tell where they were from, he could only infer from the priest beer on the table that they were not Russians, which was not the point, the point is that these four people still look like two couples....
Cheng Mo couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Why do couples like to take this long railway to abuse dogs...", he didn't want to think that he was also here to abuse dogs in the eyes of others.
Cheng Mo pretended to look at his phone, but he was quietly listening to the conversation of the people around him, judging which of these people might be the holder of the Ouroboros. For example, the British couple is very suspicious, even if they seem normal, but when they chat, they don't say a word about their travel in Russia, at most they say: "yes!" "Indeed!" "I think so too!", etc., without a word of substance, but they are more talkative about Russian politics.
In addition, they claim to be an engaged couple, and they seem to be handsome and beautiful, but they do not reveal that natural intimacy, and their words are a little deliberate.
Cheng Mo made a note in his heart for the two Britons, and tirelessly began to listen carefully to the chatting of other people around him, at this time there was another person in the dining car, Cheng Mo looked up at the door slightly, finally not a couple, this is not good news for a single dog, but more heart-wrenching, it is a couple with a cute blonde little Lori.
The blonde little Lori has two braids behind her ears, wears a peach-colored long-sleeved dress, small black leather shoes and red and white striped stockings, has a few small freckles on her fair face, big eyes, curved and long eyelashes, blue and deep eyes, and fat and round cheeks, which are not beautiful and exquisite, but it is really budding and bleeding.
A family of three stood in the middle of the carriage for a while, and found that there were no more places for four people, except for Cheng Mo, there were three empty places, a blonde man with glasses and a blue and white plaid shirt who looked like an IT man, walked to Cheng Mo's side without hesitation, and asked Cheng Mo if he was alone in American English.
After receiving an affirmative reply, he immediately and politely asked if it was inconvenient to be together, and Cheng Mo had nothing to do, so he sat in a booth with this family of Americans.
The IT man was very enthusiastic, he didn't look at the menu after he sat down, he introduced himself first, and Cheng Mo learned that the middle-aged man with blonde hair was called Evans and not an IT man, and he and his wife Grace run a hardware store together, from Los Angeles, and the little Lori was called Rebecca, five and a half years old, and had not started reading yet.
With Rebecca in the second half of her first grade, the family plans to cross Eurasia, take a train from Moscow to Beijing, then take a high-speed train to Shanghai, and then take a boat to Seoul and Tokyo.....
Evans also asked what Cheng Mo's name was, where he came from, and where his destination was, and he was quite happy when he learned that Cheng Mo was going to the capital from Huaxia, thinking that this was a coincidence worth celebrating.
Five-year-old blonde little Lori heard her father and the black-haired and glasses little brother sitting opposite her discussing the capital, so she threw herself into her mother's arms and kept whispering: "The Great all!
"Rebecca, what else is there in Huaxia besides the Great Wall?" Evans clenched his hands into fists and placed them on his head, puffing out his cheeks to imitate the appearance of a bear.
The blonde little Lori immediately said a little shyly: "Panda..... Panda!"
"Clever!" Evans reached out and stroked his daughter's hair, "We are now about to travel through Siberia to China, the land of magical kung fu, and when the time comes, Dad will not only take you to climb the Great Wall, but also to see the giant pandas." ”
Little Lori said: "I like pandas the most!
"But pandas only like to kiss bamboo, not you! Two people have to like each other to kiss each other! So Rebecca can't kiss a panda unless the panda tells you that it likes you too." ”
Little Lori was a little disappointed, hiding in her mother's arms and crying with a sad face.
Evans didn't coax Little Lori and asked Cheng Mo: "How should the Chinese of Panda and the Great Wall be said." ”
“the Great all,chang cheng!”
The whole family immediately followed along: "Chang Cheng!"
Cheng Mo said again: "panda, xiong mao." ”
This time, only the little Lori repeated in a strange pronunciation in a milky voice: "xiong mao." "It's like talking about fierce hair.
Little Lori glanced at Cheng Mo, and buried her head in her mother's arms with some shame, and Evans and Grace both laughed.
Cheng Mo also smiled, simple happiness can always easily infect people.
Evans's wife, Grace, asked Cheng Mo again whether he was studying or what he was doing, whether he had been to the United States, etc.
Cheng Mo glanced at Grace, she had short brown hair on her shoulders, she belonged to a typical American housewife, she was not fashionable or elegant, she was dressed casually, but her attitude was amiable.
If you want to change the place and time, Cheng Mo is not interested in chatting with the other party.
He will definitely pretend that he doesn't know English very well and reduce communication with the other party, but not at the moment, he has to find out that Shirkov is not on the train, and he has to find an opportunity to move around, so Cheng Mo chatted with this family of Americans.
Through chatting, Cheng Mo learned that the family lived in the No. 9 car, that is, the first section of the second-class carriage for four people, which happened to be in the middle of the entire train, Cheng Mo wanted to deepen his relationship with the family, so that he could find an excuse to go to the other party's place to "play", but Cheng Mo had been autistic for too long, although his communication skills were reluctant, but his affinity was seriously insufficient, and he was not very likable.
This American family is very easy to deal with, and they seem to be kind and kind, but they will not inexplicably invite Cheng Mo to their room as a guest, after all, this is on the train, not their home, not to mention that they are in a four-person room, and there is another girl in it.
Cheng Mo had a headache, a logical person like him couldn't find a suitable reason to go to the other party's room. Until he finished eating the beetroot soup, Cheng Mo did not achieve the task of "being invited to the room by the Evans family to play", and he had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.
Seeing that Cheng Mo was leaving, Little Lori took out a red delion toffee from the pocket of the belly of the dress and handed it to Cheng Mo, but she didn't dare to say anything.
Cheng Mo bent the corners of his mouth and said "thank you" to the little Lori, and then left the dining car, at this time the train has left Vladimir Station for more than half an hour, and will arrive at Nizhny Loverod Station in three hours, tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon, they will be able to reach Yekaterinburg Station, after Yekaterinburg on the eastern side of the Urals, K20 will enter the endless Siberian Plain.
Although Cheng Mo had not yet obtained any useful information, he knew with his toes that after arriving in Yekaterinburg, when he really went up to the Siberian plain, where there was often no mobile phone signal, everyone would move, whether it was the Chosen One who came for the cross bees or the gangsters who were driven by money.
At that time, the 240 had just started.