When he returned, Xie Jiaci still bought four sleepers. Lu Qingqing could not imagine how many connections he had.
It seemed that Xie Jiaci just went for a walk after dinner, and when he came back, he said that the ticket matter had been settled.
The train was swaying back and forth, and Lu Qingqing thoughtfully prepared eye masks and some sleep-aid aromatherapy in advance, so that Mrs. Xie, who rarely took trains, had a good sleep.
Early in the morning, Lu Qingqing was woken up by the noisy sound in the carriage.
A woman wearing a headscarf and holding a baby got into an argument with the train conductor. She insisted that the baby kept coughing and crying in the hard seat because of the lack of air circulation, so she needed to pay extra to move to a sleeper berth.
The conductor was embarrassed and said that the sleeper berth was fully booked and there was no room available.
So the woman sat on the ground with the child in her arms and started acting up. She would yell when the child cried, which made everyone in the carriage very annoyed.
After being woken up, Lu Qingqing craned her neck and took a look outside.
After I pulled my head back, I gradually realized that something was wrong.
Lu Qingqing tugged on Xie Jiaci's sleeve, "We have four seats here. Anyway, we should arrive at the station in the afternoon. Can we give up one seat to the woman taking care of the child?"
Xie Jiaci didn't think much, "I'll listen to you."
Lu Qingqing bit the rubber band in her mouth while twisting her hair around the back of her head into a neat ponytail.
The conductor was a new girl with little work experience, and she was almost crying right now.
Lu Qingqing went over and patted her on the shoulder, "We can make room for her at our place. Let her sit over here."
The conductor looked at Lu Qingqing as if he were a savior, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, you really helped me a lot!"
The conductor quickly calculated the price difference and handed Lu Qingqing the dozen dollars of difference made up by the woman.
"Comrade, she is sitting in your seat. I will give you the money to make up for it."
Lu Qingqing was not polite, "Okay."
The woman wrapped in a headscarf and sitting on the ground crying suddenly looked at Lu Qingqing warily.
Why would a complete stranger help me?
Lu Qingqing stepped forward and pulled her up, "Sister, it's not easy for a woman to go out with her children. I also have children at home. I also went out with my husband and my children and his grandmother. We ordered four
I can give you a location!"
When the woman saw the innocent and unguarded smile on Lu Qingqing's face, she let down her guard a little and smiled: "Sister, thank you."
After following Lu Qingqing to their location, the woman still did not take off her headscarf and kept patting the child on the back to calm the child from crying.
The child was also wrapped up tightly and looked to be no more than half a year old.
Lu Qingqing kindly reminded: "Sister, if you wrap yourself up tightly like this, the baby will be hot and you will be too hot. Can you take it off to breathe?"
The woman turned the child's face into her arms and said, "No, no, we are used to it. We have to wrap it up to make it comfortable."
After saying that, he smiled apologetically at Lu Qingqing and the others: "I'm so sorry. My child loves to cry when he goes out. The carriage over there is too messy and he cries even more."
Mrs. Xie couldn't sit still anymore, stretched her neck and leaned forward: "Is there something wrong with your child who keeps crying all the time? Is he sick or uncomfortable, or is he thirsty and hungry?"
The woman shook her head and hugged the child tighter, "No, no, the child has never been on a train, so he keeps crying."
Mrs. Xie sat back doubtfully.
After a while, he came over again and said, "Girl, where is your home? Why is it that you are the only woman going out with your child, and your man is so relieved?"
The woman pulled her headscarf uncomfortably, "My family is from Heyu, and my husband has been working at home."
"Then where have you been, Jingshi?"
"Well, Jingshi."
Mrs. Xie looked at the woman calmly and said enthusiastically: "Do you have any relatives in Beijing? I have been living in Beijing all my life. Please tell me where your relatives live. Maybe we even know each other!"
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The woman became even more nervous, and unconsciously pinched the child's leg with her hands, stimulating the child to cry even louder. The distressed old lady Xie frowned: "Pinch the child! Look how you are a mother."
Yes, pinch the child's legs until they are all red!"
The woman laughed awkwardly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. We country kids are tough and don't pay that much attention. Besides, I didn't mean it."
Mrs. Xie obviously didn't believe her story.
After a while, Lu Qingqing sniffed and said, "Grandma, do you smell a smell?"
Mrs. Xie took a few breaths and said, "It really stinks so bad!"
Mrs. Xie circled around to find where the smell was coming from, and finally zeroed in on the child.
The woman in a hijab nervously clutches the blanket around her child.
Mrs. Xie frowned: "Girl, let's check the child quickly. Is it pooped?"
The woman got into the car empty-handed, with no luggage except for a child. Even if the child really pulled the car, there was nothing she could do.
"Grandma, don't worry. I was in a hurry and left my luggage at my relatives' house. I didn't bring a change of diapers, so just hold on like this for now."
Mrs. Xie became anxious when she heard this: "How can this be done! If the child's diaper is wet and is not changed, it will become very uncomfortable! Qingqing, have we brought anything to change the child?"
Lu Qingqing hurriedly opened her luggage, "I'll look for it, grandma."
Of course there was none in the luggage. Lu Qingqing dug out a piece of cloth that could be used as a diaper in the space, then stuffed it into the luggage with a thought, then took it out and handed it over:
"I really stuffed it with such a piece. If you don't mind it, sister, you can use ours to change the child first!"
The cloth was delivered to her by express delivery. The woman had no reason to refuse, so she could only accept it with a smile on her face: "Thank you, thank you."
Mrs. Xie made a quick decision: "It's hard to change your baby when you go to the toilet, so just change here and we can help you!"
The woman had no choice but to lay the child flat on the bed, then clumsily take off the diaper, and then fold the diaper Lu Qingqing gave her into a mess, trying to stuff it randomly under the child's buttocks.
Because the action was too rough, it actually caused the child to cry again and again. Even the people on both sides couldn't bear it and came over to remind them to watch the child.
Mrs. Xie couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked over and pulled the woman aside, "Look at you young people, you are inexperienced in becoming mothers for the first time. You can't even change a child's diaper! It turns out that it was you at home, too.
Mother-in-law helps you a lot, right?"
The woman nodded repeatedly and walked down the steps: "Yes, yes, my mother-in-law helps us take care of the child at home. Otherwise, the child would not be so disconnected from us and miss her grandma as soon as she goes out."
Although the woman gave up her position to Mrs. Xie, she was still very vigilant. She stood behind Mrs. Xie and watched her movements closely, for fear that something would be wrong with her.
Fortunately, Mrs. Xie quickly and neatly changed her diaper, then stood up and sat back down without doing anything out of the ordinary.
The child didn't know whether he was tired from crying or had gotten used to it. He gradually lay down and stopped crying, but his body was still twitching and swallowing more.
While Lu Qingqing took out food and drinks from his luggage, he reminded the woman: "Sister, isn't your child hungry after such a long time? It's time for some milk, right?"
The woman didn't care so much, "It's okay, there's no place for breastfeeding on the train. Just hold on a little longer and I'll feed her again at night."
Lu Qingqing couldn't say anything else.
They had everything ready for food and drink, but the woman's side was empty-handed and could only watch and drool.
Mrs. Xie pushed a large bottle of water over: "We don't have any extra rations to give you. Drink more water, girl."
The woman refused, and Mrs. Xie put the water glass in front of her and ignored it.
After a while, she was so hungry that she couldn't bear it anymore. Without opening a word, Mrs. Xie picked up the water glass and drank most of it.
After drinking, I wiped my mouth and said, "Thank you, grandma."
Mrs. Xie smiled kindly: "Thank you for nothing. Drink more. There is still more."