Therefore, Sheng Ze Xi would do his best to make Gu Jia Ning comfortable.
Zhou Yu helped them put their things away and was about to leave.
But before leaving, Zhou Yu prepared several cans of food for them, and despite Sheng Ze Xi's refusal, he gave them to him.
"On this trip, we don't know when we can get together again," Zhou Yu said.
"There will always be opportunities. Besides, my wife is from this area, so she will always come back. There will always be opportunities to get together again," Sheng Ze Xi said.
"Yes, you're right. Take care."
"Take care."
After Zhou Yu left, Sheng Ze Xi gave the canned food to Gu Jia Ning.
Gu Jia Ning took them and saw that there were fruit canned food, beef canned food, and luncheon meat canned food.
"Do you want to eat? Shall we open one to eat now?" Sheng Ze Xi asked.
Gu Jia Ning shook her head. "I'm not hungry."
She had eaten quite a bit for breakfast; she wasn't hungry now, and the air in the train wasn't very good. There were various strong smells, and Gu Jia Ning didn't have much of an appetite.
"Are you feeling a little unwell? You've had a hard time. Why don't you sit and rest for a while?" Sheng Ze Xi touched her head, feeling somewhat distressed at the sight of the young woman who seemed listless.
"Mm," Gu Jia Ning didn't act coy and sat down to rest.
There were upper and lower sleeper berths opposite them, and they were occupied.
When Gu Jia Ning sat down and looked over, the people on the other side also looked over.
It was a middle-aged couple. Their clothes and appearance clearly showed they were city people. The man was wearing a Zhongshan suit with a pen clipped to his collar. Although the couple's looks weren't particularly outstanding, their temperament was quite good, and they appeared to be quite cultured.
Gu Jia Ning breathed a sigh of relief; she was quite afraid of encountering difficult people.
"Ningning, drink some hot water to warm yourself up."
"Mm."
While Gu Jia Ning was drinking hot water and pulling down her scarf, the couple opposite also saw Gu Jia Ning's appearance, and a flash of amazement crossed their eyes.
"This young woman is really pretty," the middle-aged woman, who seemed to have a cheerful personality, directly complimented her.
Gu Jia Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "Thank you."
Who wouldn't be happy to be complimented on their beauty?
The two sides seemed to have opened a conversation.
After a while, Gu Jia Ning learned that the couple opposite were indeed husband and wife. The man's name was Shen Huaiyuan, and his wife's name was Bai Juan. They both worked at the Chaoyang City Steel Factory, and they were on a business trip to Linzi City.
Linzi City was also in the Northwest, and it was next to Yuanshan City, where the Northwest Military Region that Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi were going to was located.
After chatting, Shen Huaiyuan and Bai Juan learned that Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi were newlyweds and that Gu Jia Ning was going to join the army.
After chatting for a while, the train's announcement rang out.
Those who hadn't boarded yet were urged to board quickly as the train was about to depart.
The train suddenly became bustling, with people constantly coming and going until the train emitted a low whistle, slowly starting to move, and everyone quieted down.
Gu Jia Ning had to be grateful that she didn't get carsick, otherwise, the three-day and two-night journey on the green-skinned train would have taken at least half her life.
At noon, after asking Gu Jia Ning's opinion, Sheng Ze Xi bought two boxed lunches.
One was green pepper and shredded pork, and the other was braised pork rice, which also came with other vegetarian dishes and half a preserved egg.
When some people around them saw that Sheng Ze Xi and Gu Jia Ning both had meat dishes, they couldn't help but show envy.
Food on the train wasn't cheap, especially boxed lunches with meat, so most people would bring their own food to save money.
Now that it was lunchtime, many people took out steamed buns, Momo, and flatbreads to eat; of course, there were also those eating buns.
Even those with better conditions would at most buy a vegetarian boxed lunch.
Before they left, her mother had said she wanted to make some food for them to take, but Gu Jia Ning refused.
Firstly, she didn't want her mother to be busy early in the morning, and secondly, it was more convenient to buy boxed lunches directly on the train. As for the money, Gu Jia Ning said she wasn't short of money, so she wouldn't be frugal with herself and her husband.
Gu Jia Ning wasn't picky about food, but she liked to eat meat and could eat spicy food. Moreover, she was the type who wouldn't gain weight no matter how much she ate.
Now, Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi were eating the boxed lunches together, and Sheng Ze Xi picked out the things Gu Jia Ning liked and gave them to her.
Gu Jia Ning ate and thought that the food on the train was quite good.
The braised pork was also very fragrant.
"Wuwuwu, Mama, I want to eat braised pork! I don't want to eat steamed buns!" While eating, Gu Jia Ning heard a five or six-year-old boy nearby crying and making a fuss about wanting braised pork, and even hitting his mother.
The boy's mother kept glancing in Gu Jia Ning's direction.
Did Gu Jia Ning know what was going on?
Of course, she did.
But she ignored it, pretending not to know.
She didn't have that kind of self-sacrificing, helpful spirit.
Unexpectedly, even though she ignored them, the boy's mother was still so inconsiderate.
After the boy cried incessantly, he came to Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi and said to Gu Jia Ning, who was eating braised pork, "Comrade, my child is very hungry for braised pork. I see you have quite a lot here. Could you give my child a few pieces?"
Sheng Ze Xi frowned and was about to speak.
Then he saw his little wife raise her head, revealing a pretty and charming face, blinking her eyes, and saying, "If your child wants to eat, go buy some."
"I, I can't afford it."
Gu Jia Ning twitched the corner of her mouth, smiled, and although she didn't respond, the meaning was clear: If you can't afford it, don't eat it.
I have a lot of braised pork; it's my business. What's our relationship? Why should I give you any?
Just because the little boy dared to hit his mother when he was making a fuss, and the woman didn't discipline him at all, letting the boy hit her, and then shamelessly asking for meat, Gu Jia Ning disliked this mother and son.
Gu Jia Ning didn't particularly cherish this braised pork, but if she was willing to give it away, she could give it away for free. But if she wasn't willing, even if others tried to snatch it, she would snatch it back.
"I saw that you have a lot of meat, and your husband is a soldier, and you are a military wife. You are a child of the people's soldiers. How can you not have any quality of helping others?"
Hearing this, Gu Jia Ning was completely furious.
She could be talked about, but her husband couldn't.
Gu Jia Ning also had the protective nature of the Gu family.
However, this time she didn't confront her directly. Instead, she pouted her lips, her eyes slightly red, her voice aggrieved, like a little wife who had been bullied. "So, do you mean that people's soldiers should selflessly dedicate everything and give everything away?"
"So my husband fights on the front lines, defending the country, and his wife, as his rear support, can't even eat a piece of braised pork?"
"Fine, I understand. Then I'll give you both of our boxed lunches. You can look through my luggage and take whatever else you want."
Gu Jia Ning seemed to be completely submissive and allowed herself to be bullied.
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