Ordinary countryside reborn

Tianyuan took Li Mei to a nearby supermarket, pushed a trolley to the food area, and put instant noodles, chicken feet, braised eggs, ham sausage, melon seeds, drinks into the trolley...

Li Mei: "That's enough, that's enough. How much can you eat in just one night?"

As she said this, she didn't take out the things Tianyuan had put in, but just pulled her out.

While Li Mei was talking about the extravagance and waste in the countryside, she paid the payment with great distress.

Afraid that Tianyuan would go to an expensive restaurant, she first found a nearby small fast food restaurant. At this time, the food in most restaurants was affordable and tasted pretty good. Tianyuan didn't choose and followed Li Mei into the store.

It was only one o'clock in the afternoon when she came out after dinner, which was still very early before the departure time. If Tianyuan was alone, she would definitely go to the Internet cafe next to her to stay for a few hours, but Li Mei was here...

"There are still four hours left. Mom, I will take you to read the novel I wrote."

Tianyuan pulled Li Mei to the Internet cafe nearby. Li Mei asked doubtfully: "Where can I read it? What kind of book of yours is really so profitable?"

"It's okay. You can see it when you go to the Internet cafe." The outside of the Internet cafe was too simple, with only a shiny sign hanging on the outer wall. Tian Yuan led Li Mei inside.

There was a girl on duty at the front desk, so Tianyuan walked over and turned on two machines.

Li Mei stood on the edge and looked around. It was too dark inside, with only a few lamps turned on in such a large space. It also smelled bad, with a strange smell. She frowned in disgust, and from time to time she heard people cursing. They were all sitting down, and there were computers blocking the way, but she didn't see any fighting.

Tianyuan paid the money and took Li Mei inside. Li Mei whispered: "Yuanyuan, this doesn't look like a good place. You should avoid coming to places like this in the future."

There weren't many people surfing the Internet during the day, so Tian Yuan found a seat and sat down casually, "Well, it's just this time, I won't come back again."

"I'll teach you how to use the computer first."

Li Mei sat next to her and waved her hand: "I can't use this thing. You can play with it by yourself. Where are you reading your book?"

"You have to turn it on first."

Tianyuan: "Mom, this thing is very fun. Let me teach you. First press the switch of the host below..."

She said she didn't want to learn, so Li Mei started to operate as soon as Tian Yuan taught her. After turning on the computer, Tian Yuan taught her how to use the mouse and open the web page...

"Look at this. Whatever you want to know, you can check it here."

"How to check? I want to know if you can check it out even if you go to college?"

Tianyuan: "...Yes, but you have to wait until I finish the test before checking the scores."

"This is the backend of my novel. There are data showing the income. You can take a look first."

Li Mei quickly came over and looked at it carefully, "...With so many figures, is this your monthly income?"

She looked at it half-understanding for a long time but didn't understand it. She sat back down and watched Tianyuan skillfully operate the computer.

"Mom, let me teach you how to use the keyboard first. When you click the mouse on the input box, a cursor keeps flashing..."

Tian Yuan taught patiently, and Li Mei was in the first half of the first year of junior high school. She knew the letters and could learn typing, but she had not learned Pinyin and could only learn Wubi. Li Mei was only in her early forties, and Tian Yuan still wanted her to learn something. It would be more convenient for her to learn whatever she wanted to do after she learned how to use a computer.

Li Mei concentrated on learning this new knowledge, which made her find new fun. Mother and daughter have never had such a relationship with each other. Li Mei taught Tianyuan how to write when she was very young. When she grew up, Li Mei could not help her with her studies.

The two stayed in the Internet cafe for two hours. When they left, Li Mei was still a little reluctant to leave, and was no longer unhappy at the beginning. Looking at the street scene outside, Li Mei sighed, "Forget it, it's useless to learn this thing. We don't have computers at home."

"I'll use them later." Tianyuan put the snacks into his schoolbag. The two buckets of noodles couldn't fit in, so he carried them by himself, holding Li Mei's arm and walking to the station.

After picking up their luggage at the check-in office, the two of them lined up to check in and enter the station. Half an hour early, the time was just right.

The trash cans in the waiting hall were full, many people were standing, and there were no empty seats. Tianyuan and their train happened to be checking tickets, so the two of them lined up at the back of the queue and moved forward little by little.

After following the crowd on the bus and finding the seat number, Tianyuan stuffed his luggage under the bed and said to Li Mei, "Mom, you sleep on the bottom bed tonight and I'll sleep on the upper bunk."

She took out all the melon seeds and snacks, "I have to study. You can eat something when you get bored later."

Not long after, the people from the bunk opposite came. They were two men. The younger one was about 25 or 26 years old, and the other was a middle-aged man wearing a fur collar and leather jacket. He greeted everyone warmly.

The young man responded with a smile, and Li Mei also joined the chat in non-standard Mandarin with a strong accent.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

With a long whistle, the train started slowly, and the wheels rubbed on the rails.

Tianyuan automatically blocked out the sounds around him and sat on the bed to review his homework carefully.

I don’t know how long it took, but the shouting came, “Beer, drinks, mineral water, peanuts, melon seeds and eight-treasure porridge, give it a try, give it a step.”

Tianyuan stretched and raised his left hand to look at the time. It was already six o'clock.

At this time, Li Mei also stood up and asked: "Yuanyuan, do you want to come down and have something to eat first?"

"Let's eat instant noodles, I'll make them." Tian Yuan collected the things and climbed out of bed.

She took two buckets of instant noodles and left. Li Mei wanted to follow, but when she thought that her luggage was still here, she stopped moving.

Although she had just had a good chat with the other two, she thought it would be better to be cautious since she knew people but not faces.

The young man bought a box lunch and ate it. He speculated: "Sister Mei, your daughter studies art, right?"

"At this time, the school hasn't even gone on winter vacation yet, so only the art students will be out."

Li Mei smiled: "Yes, I studied art and have to take the exam elsewhere. Xiao Zhou, are you also an art student?"

Xiao Zhou shook his head: "That's not true. The sister of a friend of mine also learned this. She is also taking an exam outside at the moment. I heard from him that she has to go to several cities, which is quite hard."

The middle-aged man also joined the conversation, and the three of them were chatting happily when Tianyuan came back with two instant noodles.

The aroma of instant noodles was fragrant, and the smell of instant noodles was everywhere in the carriage. The middle-aged man didn't feel hungry at first, but he couldn't help but swallowed his throat, asked where Tianyuan boiled water was, and went out.

This was the first time Li Mei had eaten this. She usually ate rice at home, or at most a bowl of egg noodles. Tianyuan also added braised eggs and ham sausage, and opened the chicken feet. Li Mei ate so happily that she even drank up the soup.