Chapter 88 - 086 Extra update on the train with a monthly ticket of 150
ps: Little demons, you guys are amazing, bringing up my tomorrow morning’s Chapter already!
Another update coming in an hour, after some revisions.
Even though we hoped to get there sooner, we were still an hour late. After getting on the train, Mr. Li was so tired he could barely stand, while Li Xianglu helped the old man to bed under the light because the ticket was bought with his retirement ID. It was for a soft sleeper compartment that only cadres could use, divided into separate rooms, but not separated by gender. Mr. Li slept on the bottom bunk, and Li Xianglu, after tidying up briefly, climbed up to the top bunk, just too sleepy to delay.
The train was moving very slowly at this point, rocking gently, and the one they were on was the most advanced gas-powered train available now, which only had a few routes in the country.
And there was only this one train headed from the Northwest to Shanghai.
In her drowsy state, Li Xianglu felt someone gently calling her name. She opened her eyes to see Grandpa swaying in front of her, rubbed her eyes, and said with a smile, "Grandpa, you’re awake?"
Mr. Li had been awake for a while and had even gone to the dining car to bring back some food. He hadn’t called his granddaughter because she was sleeping soundly, but seeing that it was already 10 o’clock, he thought about the two Qin Family boys who had spent the night in the hard sleeper and decided to wake her up.
Li Xianglu got up and saw the full view of the compartment.
It was an enclosed compartment with upper and lower berths, four beds. She and her grandfather were on the top and bottom across from each other, while opposite them was a couple in their forties, both wearing glasses, with kind and benevolent looks. They took a liking to Li Xianglu instantly, seeing her in her dazed state, and the woman said to Mr. Li with a laugh, "Oh my, it’s nice to have a granddaughter, soft and delicate. Not like my family, with a bunch of sons, all rough and burly, just a sight for sore eyes."
Li Xianglu widened her eyes, thinking, Aunt, is it really okay for you to backstab your own sons like this?
After putting on her cotton-padded jacket that was laid over the blanket, Li Xianglu rustled out of the bed.