"Yanghai City", located on the southwest coast of Longguo, is a seaside tourist resort full of charm.

It is said that the water is clear, the scenery is beautiful, and the cultural history is rich, making it an ideal place for tourists to explore the cultural and natural beauty of Guangdong.

If it is in normal times, the high-speed trains and trains to Yanghai City should be crowded with tourists from all walks of life.

It's just that now it happens to be the off-season for travel a year ago, and the arrival of the cold winter has made the seaside no longer a tourist choice for many people.

So much so that when Jiang Zheng and Du Shiyue walked into this sleeper car, they found that it was empty, and there was no one in it.

"21A, 21A have been found, and our beds are here."

After finding the location of her bed, Du Shiyue looked at the empty scenes on both sides and said with a smile:

"But it doesn't seem to make a difference, it feels like this carriage has been contracted by us."

Jiang Zheng also sat on the chair by the window, shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Yes, except for us, who would take a car to Yanghai in this off-season before the Chinese New Year."

As he spoke, he looked at the somewhat dilapidated sleeper seat of the train.

The sleepers of these old-fashioned trains are so cramped that when you lie down, you will touch them when you lift yourself up slightly.

And on both sides of the narrow passage, there are also three rows of sleepers, upper, middle and lower, which will give people a very oppressive feeling after lying down.

But fortunately, there was no one else in this carriage now, otherwise Jiang Zheng would have hardly imagined how crowded it would be when there were six people lying in such a large place, it must have looked like a box of canned sardines.

But Du Shiyue didn't seem to be dissatisfied with this narrow space, but she was particularly excited about it.

When Du Shiyue happily took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, looking curiously between the middle and upper beds.

Jiang Zheng looked at her cute movements similar to her age, and couldn't help but quip:

"What? Haven't ridden a sleeper train like this before? ”

"yes." Du Shiyue climbed to the middle sleeper, turned her head towards Jiang Zheng, and sighed:

"Not to mention that I haven't taken a sleeper train, I haven't even gone out of Jiangcheng, it's pure and I haven't seen the dirt buns on the market."

Although Du Shiyue's statement is a bit self-deprecating, it is also true.

Since Du Shiyue was born, she has been living with her mother in Jiangcheng.

From elementary school to junior high school to high school, the farthest place Du Shiyue has been to is the suburban town where she went on a spring outing with her junior high school and school, and she has never been to other places.

Because she has been trapped in this small river city, Du Shiyue has always had some kind of unrealistic expectations about the world outside the city.

Honk! Honk! Honk!

With the sound of a high-pitched train whistle, the entire carriage began to squirm like a huge snake.

Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Du Shiyue, who was lying on the middle sleeper, couldn't help sighing, lowered her head and said to Jiang Zheng:

"The experience of riding a sleeper train is like walking through a dream in the clouds, and the scenery outside the window is like a flowing picture, slowly passing in front of you, and every moment is a different beauty."

What are you talking about? We haven't even left the train station before you see the view? ”

"No, I'm reading an essay I wrote when I was a kid, and I used to write an essay about traveling by train and winning an award at school, and one of the paragraphs was written like this."

When writing this essay, Du Shiyue hadn't actually taken a train yet, she just came up with a reverie based on the descriptions in the film and television works.

At this time, Du Shiyue looked up at the window while speaking, and after looking at it for a while, she rubbed her eyes and said with a smile:

"I hadn't been on a train before, but from a very young age, I had a wonderful yearning for this kind of sleeper train travel."

Before she finished speaking, she continued to recite:

"Taking the train sleeper is not only a way to travel, but also a kind of rest in life"

"Leaning on the pillow to read a book, listening to the rippling of the railroad tracks, and walking dimly through memory."

"Here, everyone can temporarily let go of worldly worries and enjoy a moment of tranquility."

"When you have sorted out your life, you can get off the bus and start a new journey."

When Du Shiyue finished reciting the composition she wrote that year, Jiang Zheng couldn't help clapping her hands and said with a smile:

"Yes, I haven't been on a train, but I can write this kind of sentence."

"Hehe, it's just the hypocritical and contrived self-pity of a literary girl, who made me not see the market."

"Then when you really came to the sleeper car and looked at the scenery outside the window, how did you feel now?"

"Well." Du Shiyue looked at the narrow bed, listened to the noisy sound of the railroad tracks outside, and couldn't help laughing:

"Now I feel dizzy when I look out the window, and the bed is not too cramped, and it is very depressing to lie down."

After hearing Du Shiyue's very realistic comment, Jiang Zheng couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, traveling on a sleeper train, while poetic may seem, is by no means as easy as it seems.

Especially the two of them had a full day and a night on the way to "Yanghai City".

Having to spend 24 hours in such a small place is just physically and mentally exhausting.

But no matter what, since you've already come, you can only relax and enjoy it as much as possible.

So after Jiang Zheng and Du Shiyue got into the car and lay down on the two adjacent middle beds.

The two of them were also chatting and playing with their mobile phones, so idly letting time pass minute by minute.

It wasn't until near noon that a legend on a train slowly approached them.

Bang bang

When he heard the sound of wheels from far to near, Jiang Zheng patted Du Shiyue's bed next to him and said with a smile:

"You're almost hungry, here's the train lunch."

Because the two of them didn't eat much in the morning, Du Shiyue also felt a little hungry in her stomach for a long time.

But just as she was about to get out of bed to eat, Jiang Zheng stopped her and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, although the train lunch box is here, now is not the time to buy it."

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"You'll find out in a moment."

In Jiang Zheng's mysterious tone, a salesman pushing a dining cart also walked to the empty carriage.

He saw that the carriage was too empty, and thought that no one was there, so he didn't shout the familiar slogan of "boxed lunch, hot boxed lunch".

When he came to the vicinity of 21A, he saw two people still lying on the bed, so he shouted earnestly:

"Boxed lunch, boxed lunch, hot boxed lunch, twenty-five yuan a piece."

But Jiang Zheng ignored him, but let the lunch cart push over from here.

Seeing the cart and the salesman drifting away, Du Shiyue frowned and whispered:

"The boxed lunches on this train are so expensive, they cost twenty-five yuan a piece. If only we had known we had brought something to eat. ”

Isn't it, how did Du Shiyue, who took a long-distance train for the first time, know that the meals on it were sold at this price.

A meal in the student cafeteria is only four or five yuan, and it costs twenty-five here, which is five times more expensive, like robbing money.

She knew that this thing was so bad, so she bought some bread or other snacks to cushion her stomach before getting in the car.

Who knew that Jiang Zheng shook his fingers and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, this lunch box is twenty-five yuan now, but it will become cheaper in a while."

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Why? ”

"Because there weren't many passengers in the car, the salesperson would quickly reduce the price when he found out that the lunch box couldn't be sold."

"Wouldn't it? So if we buy a 25 yuan lunch box at the beginning, will he refund us the money when he lowers the price? ”

"Of course. No, when did you become so naïve as Little Chestnut, and I returned the money to you, thinking beautifully. ”

After being ridiculed by the veteran Jiang Zheng, Du Shiyue, who was a little ignorant of the world, couldn't help but blush on her face.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the small food cart to be pushed back from the other end, and the shouting was completely different.

"Boxed lunch, boxed lunch, hot boxed lunch, twenty yuan a piece."

But even though the price was reduced by five yuan, Jiang Zheng still ignored it, but continued to chat with Du Shiyue while watching the scenery.

It didn't take long for the small food cart to go back and forth a few more times, and the salesperson finally called the box lunch to the lowest price.

"Boxed lunch, boxed lunch, hot boxed lunch, ten yuan a piece, the last trip, the stall will be closed immediately."

It was only at this time that Jiang Zheng decisively bought two boxes, and took Du Shiyue to sit on the seat and eat them.

Seeing that it really became a boxed lunch of ten yuan, Du Shiyue couldn't help but sigh:

"It turns out that there are so many ways to eat a boxed lunch, if I came alone, I would probably buy it for twenty-five yuan stupidly."

Jiang Zheng opened the lunch box and ate it, and complained at the same time:

"Although ten yuan to buy such a boxed lunch is not considered to be profitable, after all, the taste is too bad and too unpalatable."

In Jiang Zheng's opinion, this train lunch is not as delicious as the canteen aunt's cooking, and the taste is really not flattering.

For example, in the two boxes of lunches in his and Du Shiyue's hands, there were only half a braised egg, a stir-fried carrot shreds with green vegetables, and a potato roast meat with almost no meat.

Such a poor dish is basically put in the school cafeteria and will be isolated by the students' collective cold violence. But there's nothing you can do in the car.

And just when the two of them were eating a tasteless train lunch, another salesman came over with a few power banks.

The moment he saw the two young people here, the salesman showed a kind look on his face, shook the power bank in his hand and said:

"Handsome guy, beauty, it's not okay to run out of power on your mobile phone when you go out, here is a 10,000 mAh power bank, do you want to bring one? It only sells for thirty dollars. ”

When she heard the words of this salesman, Du Shiyue was obviously a little moved, after all, she also found that the power of her mobile phone was not enough to support her getting out of the car.

In addition, there will naturally be no charging socket in this old-fashioned train, so if you don't want your phone to stop, you can only buy a power bank to spare.

However, just when Du Shiyue was thinking about whether to buy one, Jiang Zheng shook his head and refused:

"No, we have it ourselves."

"Well, well, I'll be in front of you if you need to, I'll be in the dining car."

Seeing that the sales pitch failed, the salesman's uncle also ran away in some frustration.

Looking at the bleak back of the uncle when he left, Du Shiyue couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Do we have a power bank with us?"

Jiang Zheng shook his head while pulling the boxed lunch: "Of course not." ”

"Then since I don't have a power bank, why don't you let me buy one? And the 10,000 mAh power bank is also bought online at this price, and 30 yuan is not expensive. ”

Du Shiyue is also a young person who often uses the Internet, so she naturally knows what the price of a power bank with the same capacity is this year.

Who knew that Jiang Zheng smiled and said with a smile:

"You wouldn't really believe that the power bank that guy was holding was a genuine 10,000 mAh, would you?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Hehe, that thing is just a shell stuffed with one or two batteries in it, and then stuffed with a little sand that looks like a very heavy impostor, if you really buy it, you will find that it is useless to charge it for a while, let alone 10,000 milliamps, I don't know if there is a thousand milliamps."

"Shhh There is such a thing! ”

Hearing that the power bank she just wanted to buy was actually a fake, Du Shiyue couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise.

After a moment, she turned her head to look in the direction the salesman had left, and sighed:

"As the saying goes, it's better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles. The ancients did not deceive me. ”

Originally, when she was in school, Du Shiyue always thought that she was the smartest one among her peers.

Not even a school, even if she is immediately asked to come out and break into society, she feels that she can mix well in society.

As for being deceived or something, just kidding, who can fool me? I'm shrewd.

Who knew that not long after coming out of the train, Du Shiyue's childish self-confidence was suddenly stepped on the bottom.

Twice, if it weren't for Jiang Zheng, Du Shiyue would have been fooled twice in succession.

I found out that I was more innocent than I imagined, and I didn't use it more than I imagined.

This talented woman couldn't help but look a little lonely, and after a few bites, she sat back on the lower floor of the sleeper, hugged her knees and was stunned.

Seeing that Du Shiyue looked like she had been hit hard, Jiang Zheng also hurriedly sat down and comforted:

"After all, you are still a student, and it is normal not to know these things in society, just learn slowly, don't worry."

Originally, Jiang was planning to comfort her, but as soon as the words fell, Du Shiyue turned her head and asked:

"What about you?"

"Me? What's wrong with me? ”

"Aren't you also an ordinary student like me, how do you know so much? It looks like I'm stupid. ”

When he heard this question, Jiang Zheng didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only smile and say:

"Probably because I'm a bad student, I have a lot of contact with the three religions and nine streams outside every day, so I know a lot."

Of course, the real reason for this is that Jiang is impossible to tell the other party.

He can't say that he has been a human being in two lives, and now he is actually in his thirties and almost forty years old.

After that, Du Shiyue didn't have any interest in talking, and the two of them just sat in the carriage all the time.

Sometimes I play with my mobile phone, sometimes I look at the scenery outside the carriage, and sometimes I look for the cart salesman of "beer melon seed mineral water, peanut drink eight-treasure porridge" to buy something.

Unconsciously, the day passed quickly, and the two climbed into the middle second-floor sleeper after the lights went out in the carriage, covered the quilt and rested.

But when he was almost asleep, Jiang Zheng found that Du Shiyue, who was lying next to him, seemed to be tossing and turning and not sleeping well, so he smiled:

"What's wrong? Can't get used to sleeping? Do you want to sleep in a cabin in the storage space? ”

Because Jiang Zheng has a portable space, Du Shiyue can go to the bed in the cabin to rest for a while.

However, Du Shiyue is also a stubborn girl in her bones, so she shook her head and said:

"Don't. Since you have decided to take the sleeper train, you naturally have to sleep on the train. ”

"Hehe, what if you can't sleep all night tossing and turning like this? Otherwise, come over here and squeeze it. ”

Originally, Jiang Zheng just said it casually in a joking tone.

Who knew that Du Shiyue really thought about it, nodded and said "okay", and then really climbed over from the bed next to her

(End of chapter)