Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

After getting on the bus, she walked towards her berth. Jiang Yue's berth was an upper berth. When she arrived at the place, the other five people had not arrived yet. Jiang Yue put her luggage away first, took out some snacks from the suitcase and put them on the berth. Now she did not lie down on the bed, because the space above was too small and the bed was too narrow, so it would be very uncomfortable to sleep on.

It would be better to sit downstairs for a while than to stay upstairs. After a few minutes, all the people in the carriage had arrived. People nowadays don’t have mobile phones to play with, so six people started chatting in a short while.

Maybe it was because of Jiang Yue's presence, she felt that what the brothers said was a bit boastful, but Jiang Yue was a sensible person and did not expose them on the spot, which would be so embarrassing.

Jiang Yue didn't wear glasses today, which was a mistake. Her pretty face was not concealed. Even though she was wearing something inconspicuous, her fair skin could not be concealed by the short-sleeved shirt. Overall, she was a bit careless.

The good thing was that as the sun rose gradually until noon, the wind outside the car window was very hot. Everyone was too hot to speak and just lay down. Jiang Yue did not go up because she was wearing her vestments and was not afraid of the heat.

At about half past ten, the conductor came over to sell meal tickets. Food is precious now and cannot be prepared in advance or sold at a low price if it cannot be sold out. If it cannot be sold, it will be wasted. Now meal tickets are sold two or three hours in advance. Meals are prepared according to the number of people and delivered to passengers when mealtime arrives. Passengers exchange their tickets for lunch boxes. A box lunch costs about 30 cents, which is much cheaper than ordering food in the dining car.

Jiang Yue didn't bring much food with her, and planned to try the lunch box to see if it was delicious. She spent 40 cents to order a meat meal. There were many people ordering meals, and because you don't need food coupons on the train, you can just spend money. After paying, Jiang Yue took the meal ticket given by the attendant and waited for the food delivery person to come and exchange the ticket.

Around eleven o'clock, those who were sleeping woke up. It was time to eat, and those who had brought lunch took out their meals. Looking around, there were all kinds of things, including eggs, buns, steamed bread, pickles, etc. Jiang Yue also saw some people who looked like secretaries going to get hot water. Don't ask Jiang Yue how he knew this, as anyone who worked there could see that their manners were different from those of ordinary people.

At about half past twelve, the lunch box arrived at Jiang Yue's carriage. When the trolley came over, Jiang Yue handed the meal ticket to the attendant. The attendant took a look and took out a lunch box from the left side of the trolley and handed it to Jiang Yue. After Jiang Yue took the lunch box, the attendant left. She looked at the lunch box in her hand, which was still an aluminum lunch box, and she had to recycle it after eating.

He opened the lunch box and looked at it. There were shredded cabbage and potatoes with two pieces of braised pork. He looked at the lunch boxes of the two brothers next to him. They ordered the 30-cent lunch box, except that no two pieces of meat were the same. The two brothers saw Jiang Yue's lunch box and smiled and said, "Teacher Jiang, it's not worth it to pay 10 cents for two more pieces of meat."

"Yeah, let's order vegetarian next time. We can save a dime."

"Oh, that's right. I wanted to say this when you booked the place. But if you haven't tried it, you can try it. The braised pork on the train tastes pretty good."

The eldest brother said something and then started eating. Jiang Yue took two bites and to be honest, the taste was just so-so. The braised pork was not the kind with three layers of pork belly, but the kind with more fat than lean meat. The cooking method was not authentic braised pork either. Strictly speaking, it would be more appropriate to call it stewed meat or braised meat. It tasted a bit greasy, but this was normal these days.

Jiang Yue felt that the food was not tasty, but she did not show it for the sake of appearance. The cabbage and shredded potatoes tasted better than those in the school cafeteria. The meal was just so-so, not as delicious as the one in the novels of the period where the heroine exclaimed after eating it. So Jiang Yue ate the meal cleanly, without leaving a single grain of rice.

Jiang Yue is not exaggerating. You see, most people rinse their food with hot water after eating, and it's not just on the train. Just look at Jiang Yue's school. After half a year of classes, the students eat every meal cleanly. It's mainly because the chefs at Jiang Yue's school are pretty good. The reason Jiang Yue thinks the food is not delicious is because it is compared with what he cooks himself.

At around 2:00 p.m., the flight attendant came over with a cart, collected the lunch boxes and asked if they wanted to order lunch for the afternoon. Jiang Yue asked what was in the lunch box. The vegetables were still the same, and the meat dish was braised pork ribs. Jiang Yue asked if she could order food from the dining car to be delivered, but the answer was no, and if she wanted to eat the food from the dining car, she had to go to the dining car.

There was no choice but to order a box lunch. If she went to the dining car, there would be too many people and Jiang Yue didn't want to queue. She couldn't stand not eating for 30 hours. She would choke if she ate steamed buns. It would be better to eat the box lunch on the train. However, eating the box lunch dry was a bit greasy. In the afternoon, she would smuggle a bottle of dried radish and eat it with pickles. It should be much better.

After dinner, the four brothers played poker. Jiang Yue and another brother were free, so they talked about the child in the eldest brother's family. After learning that Jiang Yue was a teacher, the eldest brother sought Jiang Yue's help. What should he do if his child's academic performance has always been poor and he can't pass the factory's recruitment examination? After listening to what the eldest brother said, Jiang Yue said that there was no good way, because his child just didn't want to learn, not that he didn't understand or couldn't learn. Even a god could not do anything about it.

"Hey, the teacher at school also told me so. It seems there is nothing we can do."

This is not a matter of wrong learning methods. Jiang Yue really has no way to deal with people, unless Jiang Yue knows the person and she can personally train him. The friendship between her and the eldest brother, who was just a chance encounter, is not worth Jiang Yue doing this.

After sitting for a long time, Jiang Yue stood up and moved around. There were too many people in the carriage and it was difficult to move around. She stood for a while, looked out the window, and then sat down again.

After struggling for a long time and looking at the watch, hey, it's three o'clock in the afternoon. This guy is so bored. The time goes slower than in class. I borrowed the newspaper bought by the brother who was playing poker next to me and took a look after talking to him. I should have taken a book down earlier, so that I can kill time when I have nothing to do. A few newspapers successfully wasted Jiang Yue's one hour.

It happened that the four brothers were tired of playing poker, so Jiang Yue and the child's parent brother took their places. In order to prevent the game from becoming boring, Jiang Yue deliberately did not use any skills and just played as he pleased. Even so, he still lost more than he won, and it was all because his opponents were too weak.

Dinner was not delivered until 6:30 in the afternoon. There was no other way. There were obviously more people ordering meals in the afternoon than at noon. The food brought for lunch should have been eaten up. In this hot weather, no one could bring much food. After getting the lunch box, Jiang Yue pulled down the box and smuggled out a bottle of dried radish from the space while no one was paying attention.

He took out some dried radishes and brought down a few magazines so that he could read when he got bored. After taking out his things, he put the suitcase back on the luggage rack, opened the lunch box and looked at the three pieces of ribs on it. Jiang Yue had a strange feeling that he had made a profit, at least it was more than the two pieces of meat he had in the morning.