Aunt Fang covered her lips to laugh after hearing Xie Wanying’s words.
She thought that this little girl was really high and mighty.
She could tell from the way the young girl and her mother dressed and sat in the hard seat in front of her that their financial status was not good. Under these conditions, she assumed that they would go to that compartment in order to win over the other person. She was entirely wrong. What was so bad for this little girl not wanting the other person to like her?
Since her daughter said no, Sun Yongfang did not push her. Turning back to Auntie Fang, she asked, “Are you alone?”
“No, my husband went to the dining car to buy me something to eat.”
The amount of money spent by train passengers could show their social status.
As was the case with Xie Wanying’s mother-daughter, buying meals on the train was out of the question, as food was excessively expensive.
Aunt Fang and her husband had the ability to spend on their consumption but could not afford to buy a sleeper.
When their journey reached dinner time, the majority of the passengers got out of their seats to soak the instant noodles they had brought with them.
Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang’s husband, returned from the dining car with a lunch box for himself and his wife, which was excessively expensive, even costing twenty yuan each.
Xie Wanying took the instant noodles she had bought for herself and her mother before and went to the boiled water supply to fill it with boiling water.
Several passengers were crammed into a long line and she had to wait for her turn.
Following the completion of the soaking process, Xie Wanying returned to her seat, where she overheard Auntie Fang and Uncle Fang talking.
“You don’t know how funny the two mother and daughter who just sat across from us were.”
“How funny?”
“Her daughter actually stated that she would let the sleepers to come in and fawn all over them.” Aunt Fang, who stated this, burst out laughing, causing her stomach to jerk.
Uncle Fang was stunned for a moment.
He knitted his brows and said, “This is funny. They believe that anyone can enter the sleeper, despite the fact that they will most likely not be able to get into the sleeper.”
“How do you know?”
“A train attendant stopped us and refused to let us in unless we had sleeper tickets.”
“Perhaps fearful that those without sleeper tickets will enter and sleep in the sleeper.”
Uncle Fang stated as he shook his head.
“I was just thinking about what the bed in the train was like, we hadn’t slept on that before. As a result, the train attendant stood at the door, refusing to let us enter.”
“The sleeper compartment is over in the dining car?”
“Yes, it’s very close to the dining car. In contrast, it’s a long walk to the dining car on our side if we want to buy something.”
“With money, the on-board service will definitely be one level higher, as long as it is in the market.”
“They eat instant noodles by themselves.” Aunt Fang said, sticking to her husband’s ear.
“They can only eat instant noodles and can’t afford lunch boxes, but they say such things. You should not talk to such people, I tell you, these two people are estimated to be two thick-skinned.”
When Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang had finished talking, they raised their heads to find Xie Wanying standing in front of them, their faces immediately flushed with embarrassment.
Sun Rongfang came back from the toilet, saw her daughter put the instant noodle bowl on the small table and said, “You eat first. I’ll go look to see if there’s any food in the dining car for you to eat.” She was on her way to the dining car to purchase some nutritious food for her daughter, who was going to the university.
Xie Wanying pulled her mother back and emphasized, “Mom, no, I like instant noodles, but I don’t like other things.”
Dragged by her daughter, Sun Rongfang was forced to sit down again. When she looked over at the Fang family, she saw that they had a weird look on their faces.
Receiving Sun Rongfang’s eyes, Aunt Fang first complained, “Is your daughter at university? Suddenly, she burst into the room without saying anything.”
“Auntie, that’s indeed because I’m just being polite.”
For this kind of person, Xie Wanying was not polite, and directly retorted sarcastically .