This is obviously looking for something to talk to and striking up a conversation.
Gu Ning's hand paused while drinking water, and she nodded, "Yes."
"Then your partner is quite handsome and outstanding."
The old lady looked at Zhou Zhiyuan's leaving figure and said with emotion.
Gu Ning didn't like to reveal her situation to outsiders, or people she didn't know well. She nodded, "Yeah, not bad."
Where things are not bad, when Zhou Zhiyuan steps up, he stands out from the crowd.
"You two seem to be able to buy a lower berth on a sleeper berth at such a young age. You are quite capable. What exactly do you do?" The old lady started gossiping and seemed to have forgotten the conflict they had just had before.
In fact, Gu Ning didn't understand how the other party could do this even though the two sides were at odds half an hour ago. Not long after that, he started asking for information with a smile on his face.
Gu Ning was reluctant to reveal Zhou Zhiyuan's occupation. After all, the other party was a soldier before. If he revealed it, he was afraid that the old lady would be troublesome again. She felt that soldiers should pay for it and give up their bunks on the train.
She put down her drinking glass and said calmly, "Just an ordinary person."
This rejection is obvious enough.
The old lady next to me didn't seem to notice. She curled her lips and said, "At this glance, I know that you are fooling me, an old lady. If you are ordinary people, can you get into the sleeper car? You can also buy the lower berth.
Where is the position? My son is the deputy section chief of the purchasing department of the quilt factory, and he only bought the upper bunk."
As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man next to him suddenly became stern and said, "Mom!"
I know that my mother-in-law means to show off her son's excellence, but that incident happened earlier. If the young couple on the lower bunk had the intention of revenge and went back and the factory director wrote a letter of report, then they would be finished.
After all, taking my official position and taking my mother to visit my sister in Yangcheng was not allowed to bring up the matters on the table.
The old lady who was drunk by her son suddenly looked embarrassed, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore." After saying that, as if she was trying to save face in front of Gu Ning, "It's true, my son is excellent, but he
He never lets me praise him outside."
Gu Ning smiled and said nothing, and slowly packaged the uneaten pancakes and pickles separately.
As soon as he opened the mouth, the fragrant smell of sesame oil flew out and went straight to the upper bunk. The old lady couldn't help but sniffed again, "What are you pickling? It smells good? And what about you?"
Pancakes.”
The other party grabbed the armrest of the upper bunk, leaned out half of his body, and lowered his head to look at it, "Hey, are you making pancakes made of white flour? There is no multigrain flour mixed in at all?"
Life is very difficult these days. Even people in the city don't eat refined grains every day. At the beginning of the month, they take their non-staple food books and go to the grain station to pick up refined grains and coarse grains to take home. They eat them together, otherwise they just eat them.
The whole family will eat fine grains at the beginning of the month, and for the remaining half of the month, the northwest wind will probably be needed.
The more I smelled it, the more fragrant it became. The old lady leaned half of her body out, wishing she could hook herself onto the small table. However, from this single movement, it was not clear at all that the old lady’s arms and legs were half-tired.
Discomfort.
On the contrary, it is quite lively.
Gu Ning snapped, closed the bag, put them together into the aluminum lunch box and put them away, "My family feels sorry for us when we are away from home, so we specially use the good food."
Not at all, not showing any humility to let the other party have some.
The old lady felt a little uncomfortable. She felt that this little girl Gu Ning had no eyes for her and would not respect or be humble to the elderly.
Not willing to give up even a piece of cake.
She said angrily, "Then your family's conditions are pretty good."
Gu Ning couldn't help it anymore, so she closed the lid with a snap and smiled slightly, "Did you eat your rice?"
"What?"
The old lady didn't understand.
Gu Ning didn't bother to explain, so she packed her luggage and lay down on the bed on the lower bunk. It took a while for the old lady on the upper bunk to realize what Gu Ning meant. She immediately sat up, sitting too high.
Suddenly, I forgot that I was sleeping on the upper bunk and suddenly pressed against the railing above.
She let out an ouch and screamed in agony.
The middle-aged man next to him heard this, opened his eyes, which were closed to meditate, and became a little impatient, "Mom, please stop."
As for Gu Ning, he didn't dare to offend him at all.
After being scolded by her son, the old lady didn't dare to bother anymore and just muttered in a low voice.
Gu Ning just blocked her ears and took a rest. When Zhou Zhiyuan came back after packing his things, he saw Gu Ning sleeping soundly. He couldn't help but smile and took a long shirt to cover her.
abdomen.
He lay on the bunk next door, picked up the newspaper, and read slowly.
However, although Zhou Zhiyuan was reading the newspaper, he looked at the bunk next to him from time to time and secretly looked at Gu Ning.
The little girl is so pretty.
Even if she is asleep and with her eyes closed, she can still vaguely see that the facial features on her side face are too delicate to be compared to others. What is more prominent is her skin color, which is as white as jade. When the sun shines in through the window and hits her cheeks, it can even
It can be seen that her face seems to be glowing, so white that it shines.
From Zhou Zhiyuan's point of view, all this was too beautiful to be true. However, the sunshine might be a bit dazzling, and even in his sleep, Gu Ning felt a little uneasy, and he frowned slightly, making people unable to help but feel affection.
After Zhou Zhiyuan raised his hand to smooth away her frown, he gently stood up and lowered the curtain hanging on the window.
The quality of the curtains on the train seems not to be very good, even if the curtains are lowered.
There was still some sunlight shining on his face through the curtains, which made Gu Ning's relaxed brows frown again. Zhou Zhiyuan thought for a moment, then held up the newspaper and blocked the window.
The old lady next to me saw it and rarely spoke. Instead, she was thoughtful.
Gu Ning slept for two hours. The rickety car seemed to be a good drug for sleeping, making her feel sleepy.
When she opened her eyes completely, Zhou Zhiyuan took off the newspaper and looked at her with a smile on his face, "Are you awake?"
Gu Ning nodded.
Zhou Zhiyuan stood up and said, "I'll get you a cup of hot water. You take your time first."
Gu Ning was still a little dazed from her sleep. Before her head could recover and before she could answer, Zhou Zhiyuan had already left.
As soon as he left, the old lady on the upper bunk opened her mouth and said, "Comrade, I don't think you are easy to get along with, but you really don't have a choice in your partner. You have been sleeping for such a long time, and he took the newspaper
It took so long."
She was older, and when she saw such a loving couple unexpectedly, she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.
Even the weirdness from before is gone.
She remembered that when she was young, the men in her family treated her in the same way. It was a pity that her man was short-lived and died early. Over the years, she, a womanly woman, had brought up several children in the family.
This is also the reason why she likes to take advantage. If it weren't for taking advantage, she wouldn't be able to support her own children.
Of course, these outsiders don't know.
After Gu Ning heard what the old lady said, she immediately woke up. She subconsciously looked at the window and then looked at the newspaper on the table. It was already wrinkled. It was obvious that someone had pinched it for too long.
.
She felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, a sweetness welling up in her heart.
This is Zhou Zhiyuan, Zhou Zhiyuan who has always been silent but does a lot.
If the old lady hadn't mentioned this matter, she probably wouldn't have known anything about it.
While Gu Ning was in a daze, Zhou Zhiyuan had already received water from the water room. He knew Gu Ning's habit. Every time he woke up, his mouth felt uncomfortable and he had to drink a glass of water to relieve it.
"What's wrong? You haven't woken up yet?" Seeing that Gu Ning was still dazed, Zhou Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask.
Gu Ning shook her head and looked at the window, but didn't say anything. She just took the water glass and took a sip. The temperature was neither too high nor too low, just enough for her mouth. Her eyes lit up and she drank half the glass in one breath. Then she took another sip from the glass.
He handed it to Zhou Zhiyuan and whispered, "Thank you."
She suddenly understood why her mother had to call Zhou Zhiyuan and ask him to accompany her south.
If nothing else, with such a reliable person following her, she hardly had to use her brain along the way.
Don't worry, things will disappear if you fall asleep.
On the contrary, with Zhou Zhiyuan by her side, she would feel at ease and just be herself.
Zhou Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows, seeming to understand what Gu Ning meant. He shook his head, "No."
"Are you still sleeping?"
"No."
"Is there anything you want to eat? I think the dinner on the dining car is good. There are braised pork, winter melon slices, and big meat buns."
They are all freshly made and go very well with meals.
Gu Ning thought for a while, "Is there any soup?"
Although autumn has already begun, the power of the autumn tiger is not small. During the day, the sun shines on the carriage, and there is no ventilation in the carriage. After a long time, the inside becomes like a stove.
"Green bean soup."
Zhou Zhiyuan replied without thinking, since he was going over there, he naturally wanted to find out more about the food there.
"Then I want a mung bean soup and just a piece of winter melon slices."
These two things reduce the heat and are refreshing to eat.
Zhou Zhiyuan hummed and said warmly, "Is there more?"
Gu Ning shook his head.
"Then I'll go and come back. You can rest for a while."
After Gu Ning watched him leave, the old lady on the upper bunk couldn't help but sigh, "Your partner is so kind to you."
It's really meticulous.
Gu Ning smiled and said nothing.
During the evening meal, she was too hot to eat, so she drank the mung bean soup with a piece of winter melon in an aluminum lunch box, which was very refreshing.
I have to say that there are also great chefs on this train.
She even felt that this was no worse than her mother's cooking skills at home.
Zhou Zhiyuan saw that she had almost eaten, and then he started to clean up the mess, half a bowl of mung bean soup, half a box of winter melon slices, plus the leftover burritos and pickled mustard from lunch, and finally five eggs.
I'm completely full.
Looking at Zhou Zhiyuan's appetite, Gu Ning was very lucky that he had a large appetite, otherwise the meals he brought would have been wasted.
The car lasted three days.
Gu Ning lay like this for three days. When she got off the train on the third day, she felt like all the bones in her body were falling apart.
The range of activities on the train is really too small. She almost lies on the bed. Even if she gets out of bed and walks in the corridor, she will bump into people walking back and forth from time to time. She really doesn't like to touch strangers.
, simply didn’t even get out of bed.
When he arrived at Yangcheng Railway Station, as soon as he got off the train, Gu Ning quickly moved his arms and legs. Hearing the crackling sounds of the bones in his body, Gu Ning felt that he was alive.
She said to Zhou Zhiyuan, "Finally got off the car."
It’s really not easy to go out for a trip.
Zhou Zhiyuan was carrying the luggage, but he didn't forget to use his hand to wipe her sweat, "Well, I'll feel more comfortable after getting off the car."
The weather in Yangcheng is much hotter than that in Anzhou.
In Anzhou City, the weather cooled down in the evening, but it was different in Yangcheng. It was already past six in the afternoon, and the sun was still high in the sky, scorching the earth. Many people at the station were wearing singlets and large pants.
The boy, obviously a local, spoke authentic Cantonese, "Pretty boy, pretty girl, would you like to take a car?"
Gu Ning and Zhou Zhiyuan looked at each other and rejected each other.
She glanced around. The Yangcheng Railway Station was so big, so crowded with people that it was impossible to see the head at a glance.
She thought for a while and said to Zhou Zhiyuan, "Let's go out first. I think Xiuling is waiting for us outside the station."
Although her father went to the northwest to deliver goods, there was always someone to take care of the base area in Yangcheng.
A few years ago, Gu Ning introduced Wu Xiuling to the south. It is obvious that Wu Xiuling has now established a firm foothold in a city.
When she learned that Gu Ning was coming to Yangcheng, Wu Xiuling agreed on the spot and came to meet Gu Ning.
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded. He was actually here on official business and had his own matters to attend to, but he would not leave without leaving Gu Ning in the hands of a local acquaintance.
He simply left with Gu Ning.
After leaving the station, the roads extending in all directions are indeed much busier than the old town of Anzhou City.
Gu Ning looked around, and as soon as she came out, Wu Xiuling was standing outside the station, wearing a long skirt with glass stockings underneath, looking trendy and fashionable.
Wu Xiuling recognized Gu Ning at a glance.
She held up a big paper sign with the word Gu Ning written on it, and then shouted in Gu Ning's direction, "Gu Ning, I'm here!"
"Gu Ning, here, here!"
In Wu Xiuling's eyes, Gu Ning is her benefactor. Without Gu Ning, she, Wu Xiuling, would not be where she is today.
Her voice was very unique, and it immediately caught Gu Ning's ears.
Gu Ning said to Zhou Zhiyuan, "Did you hear that? It seems like Wu Xiuling is calling me."
There were too many people, it was crowded, and she was not tall, so she couldn't see the direction outside at all.
Zhou Zhiyuan, on the other hand, is tall, can see far, and has eyes comparable to those of a sniper, making him a perfect fit in this environment.
After glancing around, he took Gu Ning's hand and said to her, "In that direction, let's go there now!"