Ruan Yu and her friends arrived in Harbin still early, and the train tickets they bought from Harbin to Beijing were for the next afternoon.

So, they had to stay in a guest house for one night.

It seemed that she was really afraid that Ouyang Mingnuo would do something bad to her son, so as soon as the old lady arrived at the station, she immediately ran away in a hurry with her two large bags like a rabbit.

He was afraid that if he was a little slower he would be caught by Ruan Yu and the others.

Ruan Yu and Ouyang Mingnuo did not pay much attention to this. He was just a passerby they met on the road. The grudge had been taken on the spot, so there was no need to continue to hold a grudge.

They simply rested for one night in a guesthouse in Harbin. The next day, Ruan Yu and her friends went shopping in the nearby department store and bought some food and daily necessities for the train journey. Then they had a simple lunch at the nearby state-owned restaurant and went to the Harbin Railway Station together.

Compared with the small train station in Hongqi County, the train station in Harbin looks much more imposing.

Ruan Yu and the others entered the waiting hall. This time, since the first train was not delayed, they checked their tickets safely and got on the platform as soon as the ticket gate was opened at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Since there were six of us sharing one berth, it wasn't difficult to arrange the berths and we settled in quickly.

As the train started moving, the passengers in the carriage gradually put away their luggage and calmed down.

There were quite a few passengers with children in the carriage this time. In addition to Ruan Yu and her friends, the other family closest to them was a young woman in the next seat.

She was raising two children by herself. The older one was about three years old, and the younger one was still in swaddling clothes and looked even younger than San Ya and the others.

The moment the train started, the baby in the cradle was obviously frightened. He pouted and started crying aggrievedly.

The female comrade was originally taking care of her three-year-old daughter while she was eating steamed buns. When the little kid started making a fuss, she was completely overwhelmed.

The little girl was holding a hard dry bun in her hand. Seeing that the can of water on the coffee table was about to fall to the ground due to the shaking of the train, Ruan Yu hurriedly reached out to support it.

Seeing Ruan Yu offering a helping hand, the female comrade who was busy looking for milk powder in her bag thanked her gratefully. She then immediately took out the milk powder can, quickly prepared the milk, and fed it to her hungry little son.

After everything was settled, the busy female comrade finally had time to speak. She thanked Ruan Yu and did not forget to briefly introduce herself.

Her name was Gan Yinyu, and this time she brought her two children to her husband's base in Beijing to join the army.

"The second child is almost five months old and has yet to see his father."

Speaking of her husband, Gan Yinyu showed an unconcealable shyness and joy on her face: "Originally, I should have reunited with him last year, but my mother-in-law was not in good health last year, and I was pregnant at the time, so I stayed in my hometown to take care of him for another year.

Now my eldest is three years old. Brother Ning has written to me several times, asking me to go there before school starts so that I can send my eldest to kindergarten."

When Gan Yinyu mentioned her husband, the light in her eyes could not be hidden.

In this era without mobile phones and the Internet, this relaxed way of chatting is also the best way to kill time and relieve stress during travel.

Gan Yinyu is of similar age to Ruan Yu and Liu Ye, and gets along very well with them in terms of both personality and conversation.

So it didn't take too much time for them to get along very well.

It was dinner time not long after the train started.

Ruan Yu and the others had a very full lunch, so since they didn't feel very hungry at night, they just had a simple meal and prepared to wash up and go to bed.

Holding the toiletries, Ruan Yu said hello to Xie Beichen and walked towards the washroom area at one end of the train.

The sleeper berths in this era were not as strictly managed as those in later generations. Sometimes, passengers from the hard seats would sneak over here to find a seat to rest and catch their breath.

Generally speaking, the time before and after mealtime is also the most chaotic time in the entire train.

Because some people may go to the dining car to eat, some people may go to the boilers at both ends of the train to get hot water; and some people, like Ruan Yu, are in a hurry to go to the bathroom or wash up.

Moreover, not every family traveling will be as lucky as Ruan Yu and her friends this time. The six people bought tickets for the same category, so it is particularly common for them to go to other carriages to meet up with their companions during meals.

When Ruan Yu went back, the light outside the car window had dimmed, and the lights in the car had not been turned on yet, so the visibility in the car was not very high at this time.

She just walked back to her bunk, looked sideways and felt something was wrong.

"Can I help you?"

Ruan Yu's question immediately startled Xie Beichen who was sitting inside and coaxing the little girl.

Liu Ye and Gu Tianqi, who had already gone to the upper bunk, also poked their heads out when they heard the sound. They followed Ruan Yu's gaze and looked at the white-haired old lady who was sitting on the bunk that originally belonged to Gan Yinyu.

"This is my seat!"

The old lady was obviously startled by Ruan Yu's sudden question, but she reacted quickly. She turned her head and looked at Ruan Yu with a puzzled expression.

As if to confirm the truth of her words, she carefully lowered her head and took out a bunk sign from the pocket of her cotton coat.

"Auntie, you've come to the wrong carriage. This is carriage number eight. Your seat is next to carriage number seven."

Ruan Yu looked down at her berth nameplate. The big number seven on it made her speechless for a moment. She looked at the old lady in front of her for a long time before she spoke.

"Ah?" The old lady obviously didn't think so much. She still looked at Ruan Yu with a confused face, as if she knew nothing.

"Mom, oh, you're making me so anxious!"

Just when Ruan Yu wanted to ask if the other party needed to take her back, a middle-aged woman with a loud voice suddenly ran over from carriage No. 7. As she ran over here, she complained in a voice that everyone could hear: "I went to the toilet and came out, and you disappeared!

Didn’t I tell you to stand at the door and not run around? "

While she was mumbling and complaining about her disobedient old mother, she kept apologizing to Ruan Yu: "I'm sorry, comrade, my mother was a little confused and went to the wrong car. I'm so sorry for causing you trouble."

"It's okay." Ruan Yu looked at the middle-aged woman in front of her who was helping the old lady to leave affectionately, and curled her lips slightly, as if she didn't care about anything and said, "I was just saying I was going to send the old lady back to her own carriage, and you happened to come."

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