Chapter 9

The unique aroma of biscuits quickly spread throughout the carriage.

In this age of lack of fat and oil, people are extremely sensitive to oil. People sitting three or four rows apart can smell it, and their mouths are watering at the fragrance.

The girl sitting next to him stared at the biscuit in the fat boy’s hand and swallowed her saliva.

“Lulu, where did these cookies come from? Did your mother bring them to you?”

The fat girl Yu Lulu glanced at Jiang Yan proudly. Seeing that she didn’t respond, she said angrily and impatiently: “Of course my mother brought it to me. My mother treats me very well. She doesn’t just like my younger brother.”

The girls next to her agreed, “Your mother must love you very much. If she didn’t like you, why would she bring you so many good things? We are all hungry, and you eat really well.”

“She must have been forced to do so. Nowadays, every family has a sent-down youth who went to the countryside. Some people are just jealous of you.”

The girl kept saying nice things to Jiang Yan as if they were free, and she didn’t forget to put Jiang Yan down. How could she be so lucky?

One married an officer who could follow the army, and the other went to the countryside. Her parents at home also prepared a lot of food and money for her. Why didn’t she have such a good life?

I really don’t want to go to the countryside!

“That’s right, some people are just jealous. Chunhua, you should have a piece too.”

Yu Lulu was pleased by the girl’s words, and her sense of superiority was overwhelming. She took out a biscuit from her cloth bag and handed it to the girl, saying sympathetically: “Your parents are so cruel. They didn’t even bring you food.”

“Lulu, you are such a kind girl, much better than some people.”

Zhao Chunhua thanked him verbally but rolled her eyes in her heart. She wanted you to have pity on her. If it weren’t for the fact that you had food, who would be willing to support you?

idiot!

Looking at Zhao Chunhua’s flattering look, another girl near the aisle felt very disgusted, but since both were willing to fight and be beaten, she did not make any warning.

Jiang Yan didn’t want to meddle in it either, so she focused her attention on the storage ring on her index finger.

Before getting on the bus, while waiting for Jiang Yuan, she made an excuse to go to the toilet and put all the things that her future mother-in-law gave her yesterday and the things she bought into the storage ring. She only left some biscuits and snacks, which she carried in a small cloth bag, ready to eat when she was hungry on the road.

She put the money in the ring last night, and after getting on the bus, she put the ring on the index finger of her left hand.

I originally planned to wear it on my right hand, but my right hand is used more frequently than my left hand, so it’s better to be low-key in this era.

Wearing all her belongings on her body, Jiang Yan felt extremely relaxed and was not afraid of anyone stealing her things.

Unlike Yu Lulu and the other two sitting opposite, they held their valuables tightly in front of them and did not dare to let them out of their sight for even a moment.

Three hours later, the train arrived at its first stop.

There were many people on the platform. Passengers hurriedly took out the enamel pots from their bags and reached them out of the windows. Some young staff members wearing dark cotton coats held kettles and filled the passengers’ water pots.

“Hurry up and fill my cup first. I’m dying of thirst after eating this crappy snack.”

Yu Lulu started yelling before she even took out the jar. Wang Lin also took out two water jars from the cloth bag and handed them to the window.

The little girl glanced at Yu Lulu, added water to Wang Lin first, and then calmly added water to Yu Lulu.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yan’s curiosity was aroused again. Everything in this era seemed novel to her. At the same time, she took out an enamel water jar from her pocket.

When she was on the platform before, she saw someone at the station selling water cups. She thought that if it appeared at the station at this time, it must be something useful. In addition, she didn’t bring a water cup with her, so she bought one. She didn’t expect that it would come in handy so soon.

After handing over the water jar, the little girl also filled Jiang Yan’s cup. Jiang Yan smiled and said politely as usual: “Thank you.”

The girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled widely, “You’re welcome, this is my job.”

Having said that, the girl’s mood was obviously much better. Who wouldn’t be happy when her work was recognized by others?

This harmonious scene made Yu Lulu on the opposite side jealous, and she whispered, “Hypocritical, pretending.”

“Even if it’s just pretending, it’s better than you being impolite.”

The girl on the platform rolled her eyes at Yu Lulu and retorted rudely that she was a railway staff member and a state worker and was not afraid of an educated youth who had gone to the countryside.

Yu Lulu was so angry, “You are just a poor guy adding water, why are you so proud? My dad is the workshop director.”

The girl was not afraid at all and replied domineeringly, “Then don’t drink my water. I ran a long way to get this water from the water room.”

“If you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink.”

Yu Lulu was so angry that she poured the hot water in the cup directly outside the train.

Zhao Chunhua beside her hurriedly pulled her arm and said, “Lulu, don’t be impulsive. The next stop is very long. It will be very uncomfortable for you to be thirsty all the time.”

The girl on the platform gloated, “The next stop is midnight, and the person who adds water may not be at work, so you won’t die of thirst.”

Although this steam locomotive is equipped with a water-boiling boiler and the train staff will boil water according to regulations, the train equipment is old and the boiler may not be usable. This is why there will be people on the platform waiting to add water.

So whether to boil water or not, and how much water to boil, all depends on the mood of the flight attendant.

Just like the slogan posted on the wall by the supply and marketing cooperatives saying “No innocent insults or beatings of customers”, the train attendants are no weaker than them, after all, they are all paid by the government.

I’m in a bad mood today, the device is broken and I can’t boil water, what can you do?

Yu Lulu was so angry that she wanted to throw the water jar in her hand to kill this annoying person, but thinking that the water cup was quite expensive, she couldn’t bear to throw it away.

After a while, the train set off again. Just as the girl said, the train did not stop at any station along the way for the next few hours.

Yu Lulu had eaten so much dry food that she was already very thirsty, so she had to ask the educated youth who went to the countryside with her for water.

“Chunhua, where’s your water? Give me some, I’m so thirsty.”

“Lulu, I’m sorry, I’ve finished my water.” Zhao Chunhua had expected Yu Lulu to ask her for water, so she drank it up in gulps before the water was even cold.

Yu Lulu frowned, and her tone became more aggressive because she was in a bad mood. “You only ate a cookie, why did you drink so much water? You didn’t even think of leaving some for me.”

“I…” Zhao Chunhua cursed a thousand times in his heart, but his face was still aggrieved. He admitted his mistake pitifully and said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t think that much.”

Seeing her like this, Yu Lulu didn’t want to blame her anymore, but looked at another girl sitting in the same row, “Zheng Hui, what about you? Do you have any extra water?”

Zheng Hui shook her head and turned the teacup in her hand upside down, and not a drop of water flowed out.

Yu Lulu was extremely irritable. She was really thirsty and felt that the saliva in her mouth had turned into tofu dregs.

Jiang Yan watched the performance happily, drank her water slowly, and took out a piece of mung bean cake from her cloth bag. Zhao Chunhua was jealous.

Just as she was about to use her old trick to trick a few cakes into coming over, Jiang Yan spoke before her, “I have a limited number of cakes. I don’t have any extra.”

“…”

Zhao Chunhua pouted, “How stingy, eating alone.”

There was an opportunity to strike back at the other side, Yu Lulu quickly agreed, “Exactly, stingy and lacking a spirit of solidarity, drinking water alone and not knowing how to share with others, three of us are thirsty, some people have the nerve to do that.”

Seeing that she was innocently affected, Zheng Hui silently interjected, “Well, I’m not very thirsty, I can wait for the next stop.”

Yu Lulu: “???”

Zhao Chunhua: “…”