Chapter 15

As lunchtime approached, the lunch announcement played over and over, and everyone in the carriage started eating.

Jiang Zhizhi noticed that everyone brought their own food, eating steamed buns with fillings, mixed grain and vegetable steamed bread, cornmeal steamed buns, eggs, green vegetable cakes, and so on.

The food on the train was ridiculously expensive, the rice was mostly japonica rice, and the dishes included green pepper stir-fried with pork, braised pork, tomato fried rice, and green vegetables stir-fried with pork.

Moreover, buying food on the train required buying meal tickets, then lining up at the entrance of the dining car.

The price was high, the portions were small, and everyone wasn’t a worker with a salary, so who could afford to spend money on this?

Jiang Zhizhi had learned before that it wasn’t easy to run a dining car on a train.

The sanitary conditions were limited, the train was bumpy, the carriage swayed, the chef sometimes cut his hand while chopping vegetables, in summer it was like a sauna, in winter it was windy and gave you a headache.

It was simply awesome!

Jiang Zhizhi experienced life in the seventies for the first time, she was flexible and adaptable.

Jiang Zhizhi had a plan, she took out the white flour meat bun steamed buns and side dishes she had packed separately in an aluminum lunch box from her luggage bag.

She smiled, it was her first time traveling far away, and she had a lunch box filled with her mother’s love.

She was so happy!

Then she handed a large portion to Zhou Dawei, enough for him to eat his fill.

“Dawei Ge, try my mother’s cooking? Especially this stir-fried side dish, it’s delicious with steamed buns.”

Facing Jiang Zhizhi’s proud little eyes, Zhou Dawei was stunned for a moment, before he could react, he was handed an aluminum lunch box.

“I brought my own cornmeal steamed buns, I can eat enough. These grains are too precious, you keep them for yourself.”

Jiang Zhizhi smiled and didn’t reply, Zhou Dawei didn’t hesitate any longer, he said thank you.

There were many voices talking around, Jiang Zhizhi poured some water from her cowhide bag, moistened a towel to wipe her hands, then opened the lunch box and took out a meat bun to put in her mouth, it was delicious!

The skin was thin and the meat filling was plentiful, one bite was fragrant and made people happy!

Zhou Dawei finished the meat bun steamed buns and side dishes in a few minutes, after eating, he closed his eyes and slowly savored the delicious taste.

…….

Afternoon.

Zhou Dawei packed his luggage and chatted with Jiang Zhizhi for a while, unknowingly falling asleep.

Jiang Zhizhi sat on her seat and rested on the surface, but her mind went into her space, she was busy.

With the reminder of the barrage in her space, Jiang Zhizhi understood the rules.

First: As long as you earn enough contribution points in your space, you can use the contribution points to upgrade your space and unlock the functions of your space.

Second: There are many ways to earn contribution points, including planting farmland, orchards, medicinal herbs, ranches, developing mineral resources, seafood, and so on.

Then sell the harvested good things to the space, and then the space will send them to other time and space, both sides benefit and cooperate happily.

Third: The earned contribution points can activate the Peach Mall, where you can turn the things you buy into real objects and take them out!

This was very tempting for Jiang Zhizhi!

This way, if she lacked anything, she could order it in the Peach Mall, and then it would be delivered to her hand, swoosh, swoosh.

Cool!

Jiang Zhizhi rolled up her sleeves and got to work.

Transplanting fruit trees, soaking the seeds in spring water, and planting them in the fields.

Besides planting farmland, Jiang Zhizhi activated the ranch with the first batch of earned points.

Because she didn’t have many points left, she bought a few male and female rabbits, pigs, and hens to put in the ranch.

The little rabbits would quickly have litters, the eggs would hatch into chicks, and the chicks would grow up and lay eggs.

As for cows and sheep, she would have to wait until she earned more points next time to buy them.

Jiang Zhizhi was mentally prepared for the cold in the north, so she planned to plant some cotton.

Cotton quilts, cotton coats, cotton pants, cotton boots, they were essential in the middle of winter!

Ah, there are so many things I want, I have to work hard to earn points.

……

Because she got up early to catch the train, she yawned after eating and drinking her fill.

Jiang Zhizhi also closed her eyes and slept for over an hour, she was half asleep when she heard Zhou Dawei talking to someone else.

The aunties and grandmothers sitting next to her greeted Zhou Dawei and Jiang Zhizhi enthusiastically, their eyes filled with curiosity.

“Young man, is this your wife? She’s so pretty.”

“Looking at your luggage, big and small bags, are you educated youths going to the countryside? Where are you going to the countryside?”

The train was slow, and everyone basically passed the time by chatting.

Facing everyone’s teasing, Zhou Dawei shook his head, his face flushed, he explained: “This is my sister, she has a letter of introduction, she’s going back to the countryside to visit relatives.”

He kept his words to himself, leaving eight points unsaid.

Zhou Dawei didn’t trust strangers so easily, but he was very uncomfortable now!

It felt like the aunties and grandmothers wanted to grab him for a blind date.

“Oh, it’s a relative, we misunderstood.” The auntie smiled, very approachable.

Jiang Zhizhi had been sitting for too long, she got up and walked towards the hot water.

There was still such a long time to sit, if she didn’t get up and walk around, her waist would probably be ruined.

There were many things piled up on both sides of the aisle, you could easily bump into them.

Jiang Zhizhi lowered her head to look, suddenly she heard hurried footsteps coming from ahead.

A middle-aged woman carrying a child bumped into her unexpectedly!

This woman was about forty years old, about 1.58 meters tall, medium build, her temples were gray, the bags under her eyes were swollen, her lips were wide, and she was wearing old clothes.

The child in her arms was wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes, it was just the beginning of autumn, was it that cold?

What a coincidence!

Jiang Zhizhi couldn’t help but feel a little suspicious and vigilant, but she still looked harmless.

She wasn’t going to meddle in other people’s business on this train ride, but this woman bumped into me!

This middle-aged woman definitely had a problem!

She avoided eye contact with her several times, the baby in the swaddling clothes seemed to be asleep and didn’t react at all.

Jiang Zhizhi, who studied medicine, couldn’t help but be suspicious.

Moreover, Jiang Zhizhi had sharp eyes, she noticed that the fabric of the baby’s swaddling clothes was very different from the fabric of the middle-aged woman’s clothes.

This kind of fabric was only available in big cities.

Everyone was wary of human trafficking, and she was no exception.

If she didn’t do anything, how many families would be broken because of their lost children?

In the future, with the internet so developed, it was very difficult to find children who had been lost or kidnapped.

Let alone now, in the seventies.

If you let the human traffickers escape, the kidnapped children would be sold to some remote corner of the world, and they would suffer so much.

“Be careful!”

Jiang Zhizhi quickly reached out to support the middle-aged woman and the child in her arms, she asked with concern: “Auntie, are you okay?”

The middle-aged woman frowned, she quickly lowered her head to look at the child in her arms, seeing that the child was still sound asleep, her heart settled.

“Why are you so blind? Are you blind? Didn’t you see I was holding a child?”

The middle-aged woman muttered a few words under her breath, then hugged the child in her arms tightly and turned to leave this place quickly.

At that moment, the green train made a “clatter, clatter” sound, and the whole carriage swayed back and forth.

Jiang Zhizhi accidentally fell onto the middle-aged woman, her fingertips inadvertently brushed against the baby’s breath, she lightly stroked the baby’s philtrum with a skillful touch.

Not only that, the cowhide water bag in Jiang Zhizhi’s hand seemed to have a mind of its own, the water inside was all splashed on the middle-aged woman’s face and body.

It was so unexpected!

If there was only one human trafficker, Jiang Zhizhi could take her down in a minute.

But on a train with so many people, it was impossible for the female trafficker to be the only one wandering around, she must have accomplices to meet her.

But how many accomplices did the woman trafficker have?

Which carriage were they hiding in?

How many children had they kidnapped on this train ride?

These were all unknown, but the known condition was that if Jiang Zhizhi made a move rashly, the other traffickers would definitely get the wind and jump off the train and run away?

So Jiang Zhizhi didn’t mind playing this act with the woman trafficker.

I’m a sucker? I’m pretending!

The middle-aged woman was furious, she really wanted to leave Jiang Zhizhi behind and run away with the stolen child.

But unexpectedly, the baby suddenly woke up, he opened his throat and cried, crying so hard he couldn’t catch his breath.

This scared the middle-aged woman.

What kind of karma did I create, to meet such a damn thing?!

There were so many people on the train, it instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

Everyone looked over with concern, a few aunts were already walking towards this direction.

Kind people thought, since we’re out and about, we might as well lend a hand.

The middle-aged woman’s eyes flickered, she was anxious, she said repeatedly: “No, no, my child is afraid of strangers, I’ll coax him for a while and he’ll stop crying.”

Although many people on the train were used to children crying, it was rare to hear a child cry so miserably!

Jiang Zhizhi’s harmless face instantly showed a hint of apology, she said softly:

“I’m sorry, auntie, it’s all my fault for not standing firm!

If you don’t mind, my brother’s bag has some Big White Rabbit milk candy, put it in hot water and dissolve it for the child to drink?

I think this child is probably hungry, otherwise he’s been crying all the time, it’s not a solution!

And I also splashed water on your face, it’s neither hot nor cold today, what if you catch a cold?

I have clean towels and jackets in my luggage, auntie, come with me to my seat and wipe yourself off.”

Jiang Zhizhi blinked her eyes, her face full of kindness.

There was no way, for the sake of her persona, she had to be both obedient and considerate.

The people around heard this and thought that this girl was kind.

The middle-aged woman held the baby’s head with one hand and patted his back with the other, her body swayed back and forth:

“No, I’ll just go back to my own seat, it’s all your fault today, if the child wasn’t crying so badly, I would definitely make you pay.”

The key word was “pay”, it was said heavily and angrily.

Jiang Zhizhi nodded seriously, she was very understanding: “Yes, alright, how about I go to my brother’s place and get money to pay you?”

The middle-aged woman remembered something, she asked with doubt: “You and your brother, just the two of you?”

Jiang Zhizhi didn’t understand: “Yes, just the two of us, my brother and I are going back to the countryside to visit relatives, what’s wrong, auntie?”

The middle-aged woman relaxed her guard, she was shamelessly tempted.

She followed Jiang Zhizhi, carrying the baby who was crying frantically, and cursed as she walked.

She’s such a fool with money, a sucker! She’s so stupid!

Since the money was delivered to her doorstep, she might as well take it!

What Big White Rabbit milk candy?

Does the kidnapped child need to eat so well?

As long as it can be sold!

But the baby in the swaddling clothes didn’t cooperate with her wishes, he kept crying, was he really hungry?

These drugs were too weak!

The previous children would fall asleep for three or four days after drinking it.

Jiang Zhizhi chatted with the middle-aged woman for a while, and finally led her to the place where large objects were placed.

Zhou Dawei walked in front, the middle-aged woman carrying the child followed Jiang Zhizhi, the two of them were very close.

The further they walked, the fewer people there were.

The middle-aged woman’s heart pounded wildly, her first reaction wasn’t happiness, but a little panic.

“I’m not going, my husband will be worried sick if he doesn’t see me come back.”

Jiang Zhizhi subconsciously listened to the surrounding environment.

Now’s the time!

This is the opportunity!

She almost didn’t think, she kicked the middle-aged woman’s knee, disrupting her balance and making her fall forward.

In that split second, she used both hands to hug the baby in the middle-aged woman’s arms, quickly snatching him away.

“Grab her! Don’t let her run!”

Zhou Dawei responded: “Got it! Leave it to me!”

Almost at the same time, Zhou Dawei, who was standing in front of the middle-aged woman, quickly turned around, following the force of Jiang Zhizhi’s kick, he grabbed the middle-aged woman’s wrists with both hands and pressed down hard.

The middle-aged woman resisted desperately, Zhou Dawei quickly gave her an elbow strike.

The middle-aged woman collapsed on the ground in pain, her lips were bitten bloody.

The tall police officer nearby noticed something was wrong, he hurried over, his face serious, and asked: “What are you doing?