Chance Encounter

It's easy to pass the time in a sleeper at night. After a good sleep, it's almost time to get off the train when you wake up the next day.

Yu Qing took advantage of Lu Jinzhong's time to go to the toilet and rushed into the studio to wash up quickly. When she came out, she packed her luggage and asked Xiang Yisen to wash up briefly.

After Xiang Yisen came back from washing up and asked the two grown men to pick up their luggage later, Yu Qing went to the soft-seat compartment.

Entering the soft-seat carriage, many people had already woken up. Because it was only a few short stops from the departure station, there were not many people on the carriage, and many people were still sleeping soundly on their seats.

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The single and double girls have woken up. Judging from the wet hair on their foreheads, they must have washed themselves.

Before Yu Qing walked in front of them, they spotted her, and then they both stood up, "Sister Yu."

"Sit down, everyone." Yu Qing saw their nervous expressions and quickly asked them to sit down.

Then, she sat down opposite them and asked kindly: "Are you nervous about coming to Yicheng for the first time?"

The girl with single eyelids smiled sheepishly: "A little bit."

"It's natural for people to feel nervous when arriving in a strange city for the first time. The train will arrive at the station soon. Please pack your belongings."

"Sister Yu, we have installed everything."

The two of them were holding a bag, and the only thing they wore inside was a change of clothes. The rest of their luggage was lost in Yangcheng.

When the train entered the station, Yu Qing took the two girls off the train. They did not dare to delay and walked to meet Xiang Yisen and the others.

Standing in the train station square again, looking at everything outside the station, she felt friendly. She was back again.

"Comrade Xiang, when you come back this time, you will find that there are many mobile vendors outside the station."

"It's true."

Yu Qing stopped an aunt who was selling cooked corn, "Here are five corns."

"There are yellow ones and white ones, comrade, which one do you want?" The aunt who picked up a load of buckets put down the load and lifted up the white gauze on the two buckets.

One bucket contains yellow corn, and the other bucket contains white waxy corn.

Yu Qing inhaled the aroma of corn, took a stick of waxy corn herself, and said to the others: "Take whichever you want to eat."

One of the two girls took the yellow one and the other the white one. The two men followed her and took the white one.

Yellow corn is not the fruit corn or sweet corn of later generations, it is just plain corn. The corn kernels are very tight, and it is not as sweet as the fruit corn of later generations.

The waxy corn is soft, glutinous and tasty, very good.

"It tastes good." Yu Qing praised.

The aunt smiled and said: "Comrade, you are really good at choosing. I planted this waxy corn specially this year just to sell it at the station for a good price. Even the children at home want to eat it, but I won't let them."

"Then what should you do if your children want to eat?"

The aunt pointed at the yellow corn and said, "Hey, they eat this."

The girl with double eyelids who just took a bite of the yellow corn in her hand is neither eating nor eating. She should not be unique and should just follow the crowd.

Ripe corn cost five cents a piece. Yu Qing smiled and gave her twenty-five cents, jokingly saying: "Auntie, you are really strict with your children."

The aunt covered the gauze, picked up the burden and said: "Children in rural areas are not so particular. If they are not hungry, then it is good. Otherwise, they will be fed. Where will the tuition fees for their schooling come from?"

Yu Qing: "..."

What Auntie said is true!

Xiang Yisen's lips curled up slightly and he spoke to ease the embarrassment, "Let's go, let's find a place to have breakfast first."

"Comrades, do you want your shoes polished?"

Before they could leave, they were stopped again.

Yu Qing looked at Da Niu Chen in surprise, "Sister Chen, why did you come to the train station to shine your shoes?"

When Chen Da Niu heard this, she raised her eyes from her leather shoes and saw Yu Qing shouting in surprise: "It's you, sister."

Then she realized that they had just come out of the train station and asked hurriedly: "Are you going back to your parents' house?"

Because the last time the two of them met was when Yu Qing came back from her natal family. Although Yu Qing was not married yet, Chen Da Niu felt in her heart that she could not live with her natal family and she had a partner here, so returning to the provincial capital meant going back to her natal family.

"No, we just came back from Yangcheng."

Chen Da Niu looked at Xiang Yisen and found that their temperaments had changed. They were becoming more and more like a couple. She put down the small stool and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, sit down quickly and come all the way back.

You are dusty, let me polish your shoes."

Xiang Yisen struggled to smile a little, this is a big deal...

Yu Qing walked over and put her arms around her shoulders and walked forward, "Sister Chen, we just got off the train and haven't had breakfast yet. Come on, you come with us to have breakfast and chat together. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Weird.

Miss you."

The people behind quickly followed. The girl with single eyelids was very discerning and quickly picked up the small stool that everyone had forgotten.

We arrived at the state-owned hotel near the train station. They had eaten here last time when they got off the bus.

She found an unoccupied table and sat down, and each ordered a bowl of rice noodles. When Chen Da Niu saw the single-eyed girl bringing the stool for her, she remembered that she had forgotten the small stool and smiled gratefully at her.

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After a few people sat down and chatted for a while, Yu Qing found out that Chen Da Niu had been laid off.

What I was worried about on the train happened.

"Sister Chen, how is your business of shining shoes for others now?" Yu Qing poured a glass of water and put it in front of her, and poured another glass for herself.

Chen Da Niu took it and took a sip, with a wry smile on her face: "Don't mention it. In these days, there are very few people who can afford leather shoes. In addition, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

Everyone has changed to wearing sandals, so there is less business.”

It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as bleak.

Today I finally saw two men wearing leather shoes, and it turned out they were acquaintances.

Yu Qing glanced at the people eating breakfast in the hotel. Apart from them, there were seven or eight people sitting here eating breakfast. Without exception, they were all wearing slippers or cloth shoes. The only ones wearing leather shoes were Xiang Yisen and Lu Jinzhong.

No wonder Chen Da Niu would take aim at them.

"Sister Chen, how many pairs can you apply in a day?"

"At most seven or eight pairs, but no more than ten pairs in a day."

"How much does it cost to polish a pair?"

"Five points."

"..." Yu Qing didn't know what to say for a moment.

Everyone else was stunned.

Only then did the Shanshuang girls realize with lingering fear that it was childish behavior for them to go out to work in the first place. They knew nothing about the outside world, so they dared to buy a ticket and go out to work. Ignorant people are really fearless.

If they hadn't met kind-hearted people, their end might have been miserable!

Looking back now, they should really be grateful to Yu Qing for showing some kindness to them, otherwise their whole lives might be ruined.

"Sister Chen, your shoe shine business is not doing well, so you haven't thought about finding another business?" Yu Qing looked at her, "For example, selling tea eggs, steamed buns and steamed buns at the train station."

"Conditions do not allow it."

Chen Da Niu briefly talked about the last time she and her husband had a big fight because of being laid off.

"Now that we are getting divorced, I and my children do not live at home, but in my parents' house. Living in my parents' house as a family of four is enough trouble for my brother and sister-in-law. If I continue to sell food, I will

I don’t even know if I have the nerve to live here.”
Chapter completed!