Marrying a childless superior, she became pregnant and lived a carefree life in the 1970s.

Chapter 43 Resignation to Adversity, Receiving the Phoenix Crossing

Therefore, Sheng Zexi would do his best to make Gu Jianing feel comfortable.

Zhou Yu helped them put their things away, and it was time for him to leave.

Before leaving, Zhou Yu prepared several cans of food for them and, despite Sheng Zexi's refusal, stuffed them into his hands.

“With you gone, we don’t know when we’ll be able to meet again,” Zhou Yu said.

“There will always be a chance. Besides, my wife is from here, and she will always come back. There will always be a chance for us to reunite,” Sheng Zexi said.

"Yes, you're right, take care."

"Take care of yourself."

After Zhou Yu left, Sheng Zexi gave the canned food to Gu Jianing.

Gu Jianing took it and saw that there were canned fruit, canned beef, and canned luncheon meat.

"Want some? How about we open a can and eat some first?" Sheng Zexi asked.

Gu Jianing shook her head. "I'm not hungry."

She had eaten a lot for breakfast, so she wasn't hungry. Besides, the air on the train wasn't very good, and there were all sorts of smells, so Gu Jianing didn't have much of an appetite.

"Are you feeling unwell? You must be tired. Sit down and lean against something for a while." Sheng Zexi patted her head, feeling a pang of heartache for the listless girl.

"Mm." Gu Jianing didn't stand on ceremony and leaned back.

Opposite them were upper and lower sleeper berths, which were also occupied at the moment.

As Gu Jianing sat down and looked over, the people over there also looked over.

They were a middle-aged couple, dressed like city dwellers. The man was wearing a Zhongshan suit with a pen clipped to his collar. Although the couple's appearances were not particularly outstanding, they had a good demeanor and seemed to be well-mannered.

Gu Jianing breathed a sigh of relief; she was still quite afraid of encountering some extreme cases.

"Ningning, drink some hot water to warm yourself up."

"Ah."

As Gu Jianing drank hot water, she pulled down her scarf, and the couple opposite her saw her appearance, both of them showing a hint of amazement.

"The young girl is so pretty." The middle-aged woman seemed to have a cheerful personality, and she praised her directly.

Gu Jianing paused for a moment, then smiled, "Thank you."

Who wouldn't be happy to be complimented on their beauty?

This seemed to be the reason why the two sides started a conversation.

Before long, Gu Jianing knew that the person opposite her was indeed a couple. The man's name was Shen Huaiyuan, and his wife's name was Bai Juan. They both worked at the Chaoyang Steel Plant and were on a business trip to Linzi City.

Linzi City is also in the Northwest, and it is next to Yuanshan City, where Gu Jianing and Sheng Zexi are going to the Northwest Military Region.

After the conversation, Shen Huaiyuan and Bai Juan also learned that Gu Jianing and Sheng Zexi were a newlywed couple, and that Gu Jianing was going to accompany the army this time.

After chatting for a while, the train's announcement system came on.

Tell those who haven't entered the station yet to hurry up and get on; the train is about to depart.

The train suddenly became restless, with people coming and going, until it began to make a whistling sound and slowly started moving, at which point everyone quieted down.

Gu Jianing was thankful that she didn't get carsick; otherwise, she would have been half-dead after sitting on the green train for three days and two nights.

Around noon, Sheng Zexi asked Gu Jianing for her opinion and then bought two meals.

One serving was shredded pork with green peppers, and the other was braised pork over rice. This one also came with other vegetables and half a braised egg. When people around saw that Sheng Zexi and Gu Jianing both had meat dishes, they couldn't help but show their envy.

Food on trains is not cheap, especially meat and vegetable lunch boxes, so most families bring their own food to save money.

Now that it's mealtime, many people are taking out steamed buns, flatbreads, and pancakes to eat, and of course, some are eating steamed dumplings.

Even those who are well-off might only buy a vegetarian boxed meal at most.

Before they arrived, her mother had said she would prepare some food for them to take with them, but Gu Jianing refused.

Firstly, she didn't want her mother to go out early in the morning to work. Secondly, it was more convenient to buy boxed meals on the train. As for spending money, Gu Jianing said that she was not short of money, so she would not mistreat herself and her husband.

Gu Jianing isn't picky about food, but she does like meat and can handle spicy food. Plus, she's the type who can eat whatever she wants without gaining weight.

At this moment, Gu Jianing and Sheng Zexi were eating this boxed lunch together, and Sheng Zexi picked out some of the things Gu Jianing liked to eat for her.

Gu Jianing ate and thought the food on the train was pretty good.

This braised pork is also very fragrant.

"Waaah, Mom, I want to eat braised pork, I don't want to eat steamed buns." While eating, Gu Jianing heard a five or six-year-old boy crying and demanding braised pork not far away, and even reaching out to hit his mother.

The boy's mother kept glancing in Gu Jianing's direction.

Does Gu Jianing know about this situation?
of course I know.

But she ignored it and pretended not to know.

She doesn't have that spirit of self-sacrifice and helping others.

To her surprise, even though she ignored him, the boy's mother was still so tactless.

After the boy finished crying, he came to Gu Jianing and Sheng Zexi and said to Gu Jianing, who was eating braised pork, "Miss, my child is really craving braised pork. I see you have a lot of braised pork here. Could you give my child a few pieces?"

Sheng Zexi frowned, just about to speak.

Then the young wife looked up, revealing a pretty and charming face, blinked her eyes, and said, "If your child wants to eat it, go and buy it."

"I... I can't afford it."

Gu Jianing twitched the corners of her mouth and smiled. Although she didn't respond, the meaning was clear: if you can't afford it, don't eat it.

It's my business if I have too much braised pork. What's our relationship? Why should I give it back to you?

Gu Jianing disliked the mother and son because the little boy dared to hit his mother when he was being difficult, and because the woman didn't discipline him at all, letting the boy hit her, and even shamelessly asking for meat.

Gu Jianing wasn't particularly fond of the braised pork, but if someone wanted to give it away, she would give it away for free; if not, she would take it back even if someone tried to take it from her.

"I see you have a lot of flesh on your body. Your husband is a soldier, and you are a military wife. What kind of people's soldier are you? How come you have no sense of helping others at all?"

Hearing this, Gu Jianing became furious.

You can criticize her, but you can't criticize her husband.

Gu Jianing also has the protective nature typical of the Gu family.

However, this time she didn't confront him directly. Instead, she pouted, her eyes reddened, and her voice sounded aggrieved, like a wronged little wife, "So you mean that the People's Liberation Army should selflessly dedicate everything and give away everything?"

"My husband was fighting on the front lines, protecting our country, while his wife, who was in charge of his home front, couldn't even have a piece of braised pork."

"Okay, I understand. Then you can have both of our boxed meals. See if there's anything else you want in my luggage. You can take that too."

Gu Jianing appeared to be submissive and willing to be bullied.

(End of this chapter)