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Chapter 236 Two people in the sleeper car

"Yanghai City", located on the southwest coast of Longguo, is a charming seaside tourist resort.

It is said that the sea water here is clear, the scenery is beautiful, and the culture and history are rich. It is an ideal place for tourists to explore the culture and natural beauty of Guangdong.

In normal times, the high-speed rails and trains heading to Yanghai City would be crowded with tourists from all walks of life, and there would be an endless flow.

It’s just that it happens to be the off-season for travel a year ago, and with the arrival of cold winter, the seaside is no longer a tourist choice for many people.

So when Jiang Zheng and Du Shiyue walked into the sleeper car, they found that it was empty and there was no one.

"21A and 21A have been found. Our beds are here."

After finding her bed position, Du Shiyue looked at the empty scenes on both sides and said with a smile:

"But there seems to be no difference. It feels like this carriage is contracted by us."

Jiang Zheng also sat down on the chair by the window, shrugged and said:

"Yeah, except for us, who would brave the cold wave to travel to Yanghai by car during the off-season before the Chinese New Year?"

As he spoke, he looked at the somewhat dilapidated train sleeper seats.

The sleeper berths of this old-fashioned train are very narrow. When you lie down on them and lift your body slightly, you will touch the top.

In addition, there are three rows of sleepers in the upper, middle and lower rows on both sides of the narrow passage, which gives people a very depressing feeling when lying down.

Fortunately, there was no one else in this carriage. Otherwise, Jiang Zheng would have had a hard time imagining how crowded it would be with six people lying in such a small place. It would definitely look like a box of sardines.

But Du Shiyue didn't seem to be dissatisfied with this narrow space. It would be better to say that she was particularly excited about it.

When Du Shiyue happily took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, looking curiously between the middle and upper beds.

Jiang Zhengze looked at her cute movements similar to her age and couldn't help but joked:

"What? Have you never taken a sleeper train like this before?"

"Yes." Du Shiyue climbed to the middle berth, turned around and turned her head towards Jiang Zheng, sighing:

"Don't say I've never been on a sleeper train. I've never even been out of Jiangcheng. I'm a pure country bumpkin who has never seen the market."

Although Du Shiyue's statement was somewhat self-deprecating, it was also true.

Ever since Du Shiyue was born, she has been living with her mother in Jiangcheng.

From elementary school to junior high school and then to high school, the farthest place Du Shiyue visited was the suburban town where the junior high school went on a spring outing with the school, and she never went to other places.

Precisely because she has been trapped in this small river city, Du Shiyue has always had some unrealistic expectations for the world outside the city.

beep!beep!beep!

As the sharp train whistle sounded, the entire carriage began to squirm like a huge snake.

Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Du Shiyue, who was lying on the middle berth, couldn't help but sigh, lowered her head and said to Jiang Zheng:

"The experience of riding in a sleeper train is like traveling in a dream in the clouds. The scenery outside the window is like a moving scroll, slowly passing by in front of your eyes. Every moment is a different beauty."

"What are you talking about? We haven't even left the train station yet, and you see the beautiful scenery?"

"No, I'm reading the essay I wrote when I was a kid. I once wrote an essay about traveling by train, and I won an award from the school. One of the paragraphs was written like this."

When writing this essay, Du Shiyue had never actually taken a train. She just imagined it based on descriptions in novels and film and television works.

At this time, while Du Shiyue was talking, she raised her head and looked out the window. After looking for a while, she rubbed her eyes and said with a smile:

"Although I had never taken a train at that time, I had a strange yearning for sleeper train travel since I was very young."

Before she finished speaking, she continued to recite:

"Taking a sleeper train is not only a way of traveling, but also a kind of rest in life."

"Reading a book while leaning on the pillow, listening to the rippling of the railroad tracks, and walking dimly through the memory."

"Here, everyone can temporarily put aside their worldly worries and enjoy a moment of tranquility."

"Once you have sorted out your life, you can get off the bus and move forward again, starting a new journey."

When Du Shiyue finished reciting the composition he wrote that year with great emotion, Jiang Zheng couldn't help but clapped his hands and said with a smile:

"Okay, I've never taken a train, but I can write such a sentence."

"Haha, it's just the pretentious and contrived self-pity of a literary girl. Why haven't I seen it on the market?"

"Then when you actually get to the sleeper car and look at the scenery outside the window, how do you feel now?"

"Well." Du Shiyue looked at the small bed and listened to the noisy sound of the railway tracks outside, and couldn't help but smile:

"Now I just feel like I'll be dazzled if I look out the window too many times, and the bed isn't too narrow. It's very depressing when I lie down."

After hearing Du Shiyue's very realistic comments, Jiang Zheng couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, although traveling by sleeper train may seem poetic, it is by no means as easy as imagined.

Especially since the two of them traveled to "Yanghai City" for a full day and night.

Having to stay in such a small place for twenty-four hours will only make people feel physically and mentally exhausted.

But no matter what, since it's already here, you can only relax and enjoy it as much as possible.

So Jiang Zheng and Du Shiyue got into the car and lay down on two adjacent middle-level beds.

The two of them were chatting and playing with their mobile phones, just letting time pass by with nothing to do.

Until near noon, a legend on the train slowly moved towards their direction.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang.

When he heard the sound of wheels coming from far away, Jiang Zheng patted Du Shiyue's bed next to him and said with a smile:

"You're almost hungry, too. The train lunch is here."

Because neither of them had eaten much in the morning, Du Shiyue had already felt hungry.

But just when she was about to get down on the bed to eat, Jiang Zheng stopped her and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, although the train lunches are here, now is not the time to buy them."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You'll find out soon."

Amid Jiang Zheng's mysterious tone, a salesman pushing a dining cart also walked to the empty carriage.

He originally saw that the carriage was too empty and thought that no one was inside, so he did not shout the familiar slogan "Lunch box, hot lunch box."

Unexpectedly, when he came near 21A, he saw two people lying on the bed, and he shouted earnestly:

"Lunch box, lunch box, hot box lunch, twenty-five yuan a piece."

But Jiang Zheng ignored him and allowed the lunch cart to be pushed past.

Seeing the cart and the salesperson drifting away, Du Shiyue frowned and whispered:

"The box lunches on the train are so expensive. One serving actually costs twenty-five yuan. I wish we had known that we would have brought something to eat."

Isn't that right? How did Du Shiyue, who was taking a long-distance train for the first time, know that the food here was sold at this price.

A meal in the student cafeteria only costs 4 or 5 yuan, but here it costs 25 yuan, which is five times more expensive. It's like stealing money.

If she had known this thing was so deceptive, she would have bought some bread or other snacks to cushion her stomach before getting in the car.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zheng shook his finger and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, this lunch box costs twenty-five yuan now, but it will become cheaper soon."

"Ah? Is there such a thing? Why?" "Because there are not many passengers on this bus, and the salesperson will quickly reduce the price when he finds that the lunch box cannot be sold."

"No way? Then if we originally bought a box lunch for 25 yuan, will he refund us the money after he lowers the price of the box lunch?"

"Of course. No way. When did you become as naive as Xiao Lizi? I'll refund the money to you. It's a beautiful idea."

After being ridiculed by the experienced Jiang Zheng, the somewhat inexperienced Du Shiyue couldn't help but blush on her face.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the small dining cart to push back from the other end, and the words it shouted were completely different.

"Lunch box, lunch box, hot box lunch, twenty yuan a piece."

But even though the price was reduced by five yuan, Jiang Zheng still ignored it and continued to chat with Du Shiyue while looking at the scenery.

Not long after, as the food truck came back and forth a few more times, the salesperson finally shouted out the lowest price for the box lunch.

"Lunch box, lunch box, hot box lunch, ten yuan a piece, last trip, the stall will be closed soon."

It was only then that Jiang Zheng decisively bought two boxes, took Du Shiyue and sat down to eat together.

Seeing that it really turned into a box lunch for ten yuan a piece, Du Shiyue couldn't help but sigh:

"It turns out there are so many ways to eat a boxed lunch. If I had come alone, I would have spent just twenty-five yuan on it."

Jiang Zhengze opened his lunch box and ate it while complaining:

"Although buying such a lunch box for ten yuan is not a profit, after all, it tastes too bad and is too unpalatable."

In Jiang Zheng's opinion, this train lunch is not as delicious as the one made by the canteen aunt. The taste is really unflattering.

For example, the two lunch boxes he and Du Shiyue had only contained half a braised egg, a portion of fried vegetables and shredded carrots, and a portion of roasted pork with potatoes and almost no meat.

Such bad food is basically at the level where the students would be violently isolated in the school cafeteria. But there is nothing you can do about it in the car.

And while the two of them were eating the tasteless train lunch, another salesman came over with a few power banks.

The moment he saw the two young people here, the salesman showed a friendly look on his face, shook the power bank in his hand and said:

"Handsome guy, beautiful girl, if your phone runs out of battery when you go out, there is a 10,000 mAh power bank here. Do you want to bring one? It only costs thirty yuan."

Du Shiyue was obviously moved when she heard the salesman's words. After all, she also discovered that the battery of her mobile phone was not enough to last until she got off the car.

In addition, there are naturally no charging sockets in this old-fashioned train. If you don’t want your mobile phone to be idle, you can only buy a power bank as a backup.

However, just when Du Shiyue was considering whether to buy one, Jiang Zheng shook his head and refused:

"No need, we bring it ourselves."

"Uh, okay, if you need anything, come to the front. I'll be right over there at the dining car."

Seeing that the sales failed, the salesman ran away a little disappointed.

Looking at the uncle's desolate back as he left, Du Shiyue couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Did we bring a power bank?"

Jiang Zheng shook his head while picking up the lunch box and said, "Of course not."

"Then since there is no power bank, why don't you let me buy one? And a 10,000 mAh power bank costs the same price online. Thirty yuan is not expensive."

Du Shiyue is also a young person who often uses the Internet, so she naturally knows the price of a power bank with the same capacity these days.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zheng smiled and said:

"You don't really believe that the power bank that guy is holding is a genuine 10,000 mAh product, do you?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Haha, that thing is just a counterfeit with one or two batteries stuffed in a casing and some sand stuffed in it. It looks very heavy. If you really buy it, you will find that it will be useless after charging for a while. Let alone 10,000 mAh. I don’t even know if there are thousands of milliamperes.”

"Hiss! There is such a thing!"

Hearing that the power bank she just wanted to buy was actually a fake, Du Shiyue couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise.

After a moment, she turned to look at the direction the salesman left and sighed:

"As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. The ancients do not deceive me."

When she was in school, Du Shiyue always thought that she was the smartest among her peers.

Let alone school, even if she was allowed to go out into society immediately, she still felt that she could thrive in society.

As for being deceived or something, just kidding, who could deceive me? I'm smart.

Unexpectedly, not long after taking the train, Du Shiyue's childish confidence was suddenly trampled to the bottom.

Twice, if it weren't for Jiang Zheng, Du Shiyue would have been fooled twice in succession.

I discovered that I was more naive than I thought, and less useful than I thought.

This talented woman couldn't help but look a little lonely. She ate a few hasty bites and then sat back down on the lower floor of the berth, hugging her knees and falling asleep.

Seeing Du Shiyue's expression of being greatly shocked, Jiang Zheng also quickly sat over and comforted her:

"After all, you are still a student. It is normal not to know these things in society. Just learn slowly. Don't worry."

Jiang Zheng originally planned to comfort her, but as soon as he finished speaking, Du Shiyue turned around and asked:

"how about you?"

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"Aren't you an ordinary student like me? How do you know so much? It seems like I'm stupid."

When Jiang Zheng heard this question, he didn't know how to answer it for a while. He could only smile and said:

"Maybe it's because I'm a bad student. I'm exposed to many different religions and teachings every day, so I know a lot."

Of course, it was impossible for Jiang to tell the other party the real reason.

He can't say that he has lived in two lives. He is actually in his thirties and almost forty now.

After that, Du Shiyue had no interest in talking, and the two of them just sat blankly in the carriage.

Sometimes he plays with his mobile phone, sometimes he looks at the scenery outside the carriage, and sometimes he buys something from the cart salesman who offers "beer, melon seeds, mineral water, peanut drink and eight-treasure porridge."

Unconsciously, the day passed quickly, and the two of them climbed into the second-story berth in the middle after the lights were turned off, covered themselves with quilts, and rested.

But when he was about to fall asleep, Jiang Zheng discovered that Du Shiyue, who was lying next to him, seemed to be tossing and turning and not sleeping well, so he smiled and said:

"What's wrong? Aren't you used to sleeping? Do you want to sleep in the cabin in the storage space?"

Because Jiang Zheng had some space with him, Du Shiyue could go to the bed in the cabin and have a good rest.

However, Du Shiyue was also a stubborn girl at heart, so she shook her head and said:

"No. Since we have decided to take the sleeper train, it is natural to sleep on the train."

"Haha, what should I do if you can't sleep after tossing and turning like this all night? Otherwise, come over here and squeeze in."

Originally Jiang Zheng just said it casually in a joking tone.

Unexpectedly, Du Shiyue really thought about it, nodded and said "Okay", and then really climbed over from the bed next to her.

(End of this chapter)