Sitting on their bunk was a middle-aged gay man, followed by an old lady with gray hair. It was obvious that they were a mother and son.
Everyone is busy packing the big bags of luggage.
As Gu Ning and the others began to ask questions, the middle-aged man looked up first, looking a little embarrassed. From this embarrassed look, it could be seen that they knew they were in the wrong place.
I also know that I occupy someone else's position.
On the contrary, the gray-haired old lady stopped packing her things and looked up at Gu Ning, with a flash of surprise in her eyes. She was a beautiful lesbian, and there was a handsome gay beside her.
Thinking of this, the old lady's mind changed, and then she said with a smile on her face, "Comrade, look at me, an old lady. I am quite old. It is really inconvenient for my legs to climb up and down the upper bunk. How about this, we and you
Change position?"
From the old lady's point of view, she would not be rejected in this situation. When young men and women are together, face is the most important thing.
Moreover, she had already spoken. The little girl was thin-skinned and wanted to leave a good impression in front of gay men, so she definitely couldn't say no.
How could you expect that.
Gu Ning also smiled, her clear and clean eyes filled with understanding, and she held down Zhou Zhiyuan who was about to speak.
Zhou Zhiyuan was born as a soldier, and serving the people is almost his instinct, but this does not mean that they can be plotted and taken advantage of in vain.
After three days and two nights on the train, no one was willing to sleep on the upper bunk, let alone a tall guy like Zhou Zhiyuan who couldn't even sit up.
The discomfort can also make people miserable.
"Old lady, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that-" Gu Ning stretched out her hand to rub her belly, her face showing just the right amount of weakness and paleness, "I've had good things happen to me these days, and I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. I'm crawling up and down.
The toilet is really inconvenient.”
Is this a rejection?
These words made the gray-haired old lady look startled. She never thought that she would be rejected.
And he was still rejected for this reason.
After all, these days, when little girls are having their menstruation and feel uncomfortable, they hide it for fear that others will find out, aren't they too shy?
Why did he get to this little girl, and he said it so carelessly.
Wouldn't she feel embarrassed?
The old lady was a little speechless. At this point, she really couldn't say anything, so she asked a little girl with an uncomfortable stomach to give up the lower bunk.
She paused for a while and then gave up her goal. Since she couldn't change to two lower bunks, she would just change to one first.
The old lady focused her attention on Zhou Zhiyuan, "Is he feeling uncomfortable?"
Gu Ning glanced at Zhou Zhiyuan and suddenly said, "He's not feeling uncomfortable."
The old lady slapped her leg and said, "Comrade, is this okay? I'll switch places with you. Look at my age, my bones and my waist, and I really can't climb up."
When Zhou Zhiyuan was about to answer, Gu Ning pinched his wrist. She said with a smile, "Of course." Then, she changed the subject, "But, old lady, can you show us your tickets?"
? Prove that you belong to this carriage. I'm afraid it will be in the hands of a fare evader. Then we won't be able to explain it clearly."
As soon as she said this, the old lady didn't think much and asked her son to take out the ticket, handed it to Gu Ning, took a look at it, patted her chest and said, "Little girl, you see, we are also serious people, we bought the ticket."
Those who came up are definitely not fare evaders."
Gu Ning glanced at the other party's ticket. They were also going south to Yangcheng, but the ticket amount was thirty-one-yuan. This was the difference between the upper berth and the lower berth.
Gu Ning suddenly knew something in her mind and took out a lower berth ticket from Zhou Zhiyuan's pocket. The location and amount were clearly marked on it. The total was forty-two yuan and eighty-five cents.
"Okay, I can give you the lower berth, but you need to pay us a price difference, which is a total of eleven dollars and thirty-five cents."
As soon as Gu Ning said this, the old lady's voice became sharp on the spot, "What? Are you robbing money?"
This amount of compensation at once, eleven yuan, is enough for the family's food expenses for a week.
This voice immediately alerted the other people in the carriage and the conductor who happened to come over to check tickets.
Seeing that people were gathering on their side of the carriage, Gu Ning's face showed just the right amount of grievance, "Old lady, why are you making such a loud noise? I didn't cheat you or defraud you of your money. You are from the upper bunk."
I have already regressed enough to switch seats with our lower berth. I plan to give up the lower berth to you because I have been uncomfortable these past few days. I will only let you make up the price difference between us. This is what I paid for with real money.
You don’t even want to pay for the ticket?”
Gu Ning explained what happened in a few words.
When the people next to me heard this, they immediately joined in the fun and said, "Old lady, you are not being kind."
"That's right, who doesn't know? The lower berth of a soft sleeper on a train can not only be bought with money, but also requires a certificate and official seal from the employer. If the position is not available, ordinary people can't buy a lower berth. You guys
Changing the upper bunk to the lower bunk is taking advantage of others, but they are not even willing to make up the price difference. Don't say you changed seats, you might as well say you went and grabbed it."
"That's right, this is a typical example of someone who behaves well after getting an advantage and bullies a girl who is thin-skinned."
The eyes of the crowd were sharp, and with just a few words, the old lady, who had been confident before, suddenly lost her temper, "I didn't bully the little girl, I'm just old and my legs and feet are inconvenient, so I asked her to change bunks."
of."
"They don't know you. It's a matter of affection to change you, but it's a duty not to change. Why do you bother to force me like this? Besides, is this your son next to you? Before you bought the ticket, you never thought about you, an old lady.
It’s inconvenient to climb up to the bunk? Why not buy a ticket for the lower bunk?”
Now, even the old lady and her son looked a little embarrassed. It wasn't that they didn't want to buy it. First, they didn't have enough positions, and second, they were reluctant to spend money.
Tickets for the lower berth are more than ten yuan more expensive than tickets for the upper berth.
How could an old lady, a stingy person who has been stingy for most of her life, be willing to spend such unjust money? So, before getting on the bus, I made a plan early in the morning, bought a ticket for the upper berth, and found someone to change to the lower berth as soon as I got on the bus.
She is so old that it would be difficult for most people to refuse her.
Little did they know that when they met Gu Ning, who was a stickler for every penny, he agreed with a smile on his face, but in fact, there was a thorn in his side, making it difficult for him to get off the tiger.
"Mom, don't forget it."
The old lady's son was a little embarrassed, so he gently tugged on the other party's sleeve and lowered his voice, "Otherwise, we'll have the upper bunk."
This time, the old lady didn't want to do it anymore.
How could she want the lower berth to fly away like this?
"Oh, with my old arms and legs, I really can't climb up to the upper bunk. If I fall down in the middle of the night, it will be your station's problem."
As soon as this was said, even the conductor was involved.
They have been in this business for many years and have seen many such old people who rely on their elders for help.
The conductor's expression was ugly, "Since you don't want to stay in the upper berth, then just pay the difference and I'll give you a ticket for the lower berth."
"If I remember correctly, there is a sleeper ticket in the next car, but it has not been sold."
this--
The old lady just doesn't want to make up the price difference, but wants to take advantage.
She immediately slapped her thigh and pretended to be pitiful, "I have no money. If I had money, we would buy it!"
This time there was a stalemate.
Gu Ning couldn't stand it anymore, this old lady was too messy.
She winked at the conductor and said, "Tickets for soft sleepers need to be stamped by your employer before you can buy them. Since this old lady is so uncooperative, comrade, why don't you call or send a telegram to ask this old lady?"
How do they do things in my son's workplace? They knew that an old lady was on a business trip, but they still bought a ticket for the upper bunk. Isn't this intentional to deceive people?"
Once you say this.
The old lady's cry suddenly stopped, and the middle-aged gay man's expression changed dramatically.
The old lady was not qualified to go on a business trip, but the middle-aged gay man bribed someone, and then used his status as a family member to let the old lady sleep in the soft sleeper.
Although it’s an upper bunk, it’s much better than the hard seat, isn’t it?
If the train conductor was asked to contact his workplace, wouldn't this be exposed immediately?
He doesn't want to.
Thinking of the consequences, the middle-aged man turned half pale on the spot. He tugged on the old lady's sleeve and said with a bit of force, "Mom, the upper bunk is the upper bunk. Let's stop making trouble."
The old lady was still a little unwilling. The man lowered his voice and whispered in the other party's ear, "If we continue to make trouble, if my work unit knows about it, I'm afraid I will be fired."
As soon as she said this, the old lady's expression changed.
It was a compromise after all.
However, the look she was looking at Gu Ning was a bit unkind. If this little girl hadn't been too hard-hearted and didn't agree, the matter wouldn't have been so big.
Gu Ning let the other person look at him, expressionless.
She is not at all like the sweet girl she was before, but she still looks a little solemn.
This made the old lady feel frightened and she quickly packed her things.
After they were all cleaned up, Gu Ning thought for a moment and cleaned the bed three times before sitting on it and starting to pack their own things.
The old lady next to me still wanted to say something sarcastic.
But he was grabbed by his own son.
Middle-aged men are much more sober than old ladies. This is something they cannot afford to offend, right from the beginning.
Because of the middle-aged man's control, Gu Ning became a lot quieter. After everything was put away, Gu Ning took out the food, put it on the table, and passed the time.
After Zhou Zhiyuan saw Gu Ning's smooth performance, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up, "Awesome."
It's really awesome.
He has been on business trips many times before, and every time he has taken trains, hard seats, hard sleepers, and soft sleepers, but he rarely gets to sit in them from beginning to end, and most of them are given to ordinary people.
This is almost his vocation.
However, aside from this point, he is also an ordinary person, and he will also get tired, feel hard, and get tired.
The more times they go on business trips, the soldiers will change out of their uniforms and put on ordinary people's clothes, so that the journey will go much smoother.
Gu Ning peeled a green orange. As soon as the green orange peel was opened, the entire carriage was filled with a refreshing fragrance, covering up other complicated smells.
Gu Ning couldn't help but put it on the tip of her nose and took a breath, then smiled and said, "It's so awesome, but you guys usually have too much sense of responsibility."
No need to guess, you know that every time Zhou Zhiyuan went on a business trip in the past, he would be so honest and give up his seat when taking the train.
Of course, their behavior is worthy of praise, but soldiers are also human beings, and they are also ordinary people. They will also get tired, and they will encounter people like this old lady.
Deliberately plot against the other party.
Just to take advantage of this.
Gu Ning does not tolerate them. She has always been in her own interests and will never give them away easily.
Zhou Zhiyuan thought for a moment, said nothing, but reached out, took the peeled green orange peel from her hand, and put it away alone, "That's what you said."
He saw another kind of flexibility in Gu Ning.
It saves both face and interests.
She is really smart and clever.
Zhou Zhiyuan felt that he was half as smart as Gu Ning in this aspect. He would not have suffered so much after traveling for so many years, and even the wood under his hands was the same.
Gu Ning glanced at him sideways and smiled playfully, "Learn more from me in the future."
After saying that, I broke off half of the orange and gave it to him. The orange was not yet ripe, with green skin and white flesh, and looked sour.
Zhou Zhiyuan couldn't eat it, so he shook his head and refused. Gu Ning was rude and stuffed two pieces in at once. As soon as the unripe oranges entered his mouth, after biting them, the juice of the oranges flowed freely in his mouth. It was extremely sour, but
But very top-notch.
Gu Ning's food was extremely appetizing. She ate three in one go. Zhou Zhiyuan couldn't help but frown, "Aren't you afraid of sourness?"
I specially handed her a glass of water to relieve her acidity.
Gu Ning shook his head, "Oranges only taste good at this point. They will be ripe in two months, and then they won't taste good."
The first crop of green oranges, with their fruity and sour taste, will open up your entire taste buds.
When traveling far away by car, it is a perfect match to have one.
Zhou Zhiyuan shook his head. He couldn't stand it. Seeing Gu Ning like this, he went to get a glass of hot water. He also took the food they brought to the back kitchen of the dining car and asked him to help heat it up.
The steaming hot burrito also contains pickled cucumbers and garlic sprouts pickled by Liu Shuzhen, specially dripped with sesame oil and mixed, sandwiched in the crispy burrito, and it's so comfortable to eat in one bite.
Gu Ning didn't have a big appetite, so he ate one and a half burritos before he was full. Zhou Zhiyuan ate five burritos by himself and used most of the side dishes. Now that he was done, he probably couldn't eat the food he brought.
It was gone after two meals.
Zhou Zhiyuan himself was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that he could eat so much.
Five in one breath.
Gu Ning couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, my mother asked us to bring food here, and it's hot, so we can't go tomorrow. It's best to have two meals today, and I want to thank you.
"
These words were appropriate, and Zhou Zhiyuan felt comfortable hearing them, "I want to thank Aunt Liu when I get back." The other party's cooking skills are really amazing.
Gu Ning thought for a moment, "You might as well thank me, so I can ask my mother to cook more for you next time."
"Naughty!"
Zhou Zhiyuan raised his hand and tapped her forehead, put away the dishes, and went to the water room to wash things.
As soon as he leaves.
The old lady on the upper bunk sniffed her nose, swallowed her saliva, and asked Gu Ning, "Girl, is this your partner?"