Chapter 387 I'm scared to death

Before Xiao Jiu could even scream, the man, startled by the sudden appearance of the person, let out a howl, his legs went weak, his eyes rolled back, and he fell backward.

In the middle of the night, who was going to help him up? With a loud crash, he lay sprawled out on his back. Zhou Yue nimbly jumped off the bed, took a look, and immediately covered his nose in disgust.

"He actually peed his pants from fear? With a mentality like that, he dares to be a thief?"

He then turned to Xiao Jiu with concern and asked, "Are you alright?"

Xiao Jiu touched her nose with some difficulty. "I'm fine. It's this guy, is he a thief?"

"Yes, I woke up when I heard a noise, and he was reaching for your bunk."

The other passengers in the carriage were also woken up. Fortunately, this person had just entered their carriage, but for safety's sake, Zhou Yue still asked everyone to check their belongings.

Xiao Jiu sat awkwardly on the bunk, looking down. 'Why am I so unlucky? It seems like every train journey is a bit unsuccessful!'

Cui Mei also woke up, and soon the train police came over to check the man's body and found a lot of items that looked like stolen goods.

However, he was still dizzy and dragged the person away. The flight attendant took a mop and cleaned up the dirt he left behind.

It was already midnight. After being woken up several times, the three of them lay helplessly on their bunks, closing their eyes and counting sheep.

The announcement that we were about to enter Shijiazhuang was around six o'clock, which was just the right time.

Next to the washroom, the three siblings quickly got out of bed and tidied up. After taking turns washing up, they had almost finished packing their things.

As soon as they exited the train station, they saw Zhou Xing standing out in the crowd, tall and imposing. The three of them were pushed past by the crowd.

When Zhou Xing saw Tang Cuimei, he naturally took the luggage from her.

"You must be tired from your journey. Come on, get in the car. I'll take you to get something to eat in a bit, and then we'll set off..."

Then, changing the subject, he looked at Tang Cuimei and said, "Since you're out for a walk, where would you like to go? We have a car."

Cui Mei's purpose in coming here was to accompany someone for drinks. When she noticed Zhou Xing looking at her, she subconsciously said something.

"I don't care, Xiao Jiu, where do you want to go?"

Zhou Yue saw that Xiao Jiu still looked confused. "Brother, where's the car? You should have brought a map, right? Let's get in the car first, and then we can discuss it slowly."

"Yes, yes, let's look at the map first, otherwise I won't know which direction to go."

After boarding the bus, the four of them looked at the map bound into a book and studied it for a while. Finally, they decided to go to Cangzhou and Tianjin first, then through Tangshan to Qinhuangdao. If they had time, they would go to Chengde and the capital city.

Zhou Xing came out today dressed casually: a well-fitting blue cotton-padded jacket, black trousers, and comfortable cotton shoes, looking like an old cadre or a scholar.

Zhou Yue was similar to him, dressed in a Liberation Army uniform, which was very characteristic of the era.

Tang Cuimei and Xiao Jiu were both wearing floral cotton-padded jackets, red scarves, woolen hats, blue cotton-padded trousers, and cotton-padded shoes.

The only bright spot on their entire bodies was probably the red hair ties tied to their braids that hung down in front of their chests.

Goodness, the four of them, dressed like this, were all incredibly rustic except for the lack of patches, yet they blended in perfectly with the crowd.

Both Zhou Xing and Zhou Yue could drive; the two of them sat in the front, while Xiao Jiu and Tang Cuimei sat in the back.

"You get carsick on public buses, but you shouldn't get carsick on this Liberation truck, right?"

Xiao Jiu shook her head. "I'm a little better. Last time Xing Ge and Feng Ge drove me home, they were using this car too. I opened the window on the way, and I didn't feel uncomfortable anymore. It's okay, you don't need to worry about me."

Cui Mei chuckled and said, "Getting carsick doesn't necessarily mean getting carsick while driving. It's a rare opportunity. It's such a long road. Even if you two take turns driving, you'll get tired. I'll try driving for a bit and learn."

After saying this, she winked at Xiaojiu, who immediately understood and quickly replied, "I want to learn too."

In her previous life, Ning Meng was a genuine second-generation rich kid. Her family owned several cars, and she had even test-driven a large truck, let alone a Jiefang jeep suitable for any road condition.

Cui Mei's family was well-off in her previous life. Before she transmigrated, her family already owned a Santana, and she had learned how to drive it. She could take this opportunity to familiarize herself with it again, and maybe she could drive it right away.

In those days, most roads were still dirt roads with very poor conditions. Very few people rode bicycles, and even fewer could afford to drive cars.

Zhou Xing borrowed the car this time, taking annual leave, but it cost him a lot of favors.

Early in the morning, not wanting to eat anything too greasy, and considering they had been on the train all night, Zhou Xing took them to a state-run restaurant.

The two brothers ate sesame seed cakes with tofu pudding, while the two sisters drank wontons. They even took out the leftover steamed buns they bought yesterday, though of course, the buns were cold.

She deliberately took it outside to cool before taking it out.

"You two eat these hot sesame flatbreads, and give us the steamed buns when they get cold."

As always, Zhou Xing was very considerate. Zhou Yue had already gone to the front and picked up two pieces of free pickled vegetables with his chopsticks.

"I'll also order twenty sesame seed cakes and ten tea eggs, so we can have some food if we get hungry on the way."

Listening to their meticulous arrangements, Xiao Jiu suddenly felt that traveling wasn't so tiring after all.

No need for any planning, and she can still enjoy eating, drinking, and having fun – this is the most suitable way for her.

After the meal, Zhou Xing said to the two of them.

"You guys wait here for a bit, we'll go buy some things so we don't have to look for places to buy them on the way."

After they drove off, Xiao Jiu looked at her sister and said, "It's not right to always let others spend money. How about we prepare something too?"

Cui Mei smiled at her and said, "Hurry up and take out whatever you have. I only have medicine. Even if I have food, it's only enough for me to fill my stomach."

Xiao Jiu took her to a secluded spot and soon prepared autumn pears, apples, oranges, hawthorns, sugarcane, and bananas—all available this season. She also brought a bag of loose pastries, a lunchbox of pickled vegetables, Shandong pancakes, washed lettuce, salted duck eggs, boiled eggs she had made herself, and bottled mineral water with the packaging torn off.

Upon seeing the bottled water, Cui Mei frowned. "Let's put this away. I don't think I've ever seen it sold before. The water problem is easy to solve; as long as there's a place to eat, there's hot water."

Xiao Jiu obediently put it away. "Take another look, is there anything else you need?"

"You've prepared quite thoroughly. Looks like this isn't the first day you've been preparing, is it?"

Xiao Jiu gave an awkward, honest laugh, "Do you know why that man peed his pants last night?"

After Cui Mei understood, she smiled and let out a laugh.

"You should be glad your bunkmate didn't see it. If he had, he might have been so scared that he would have rolled off the bunk."

Xiao Jiu suddenly remembered that Zhou Xing seemed to be a little too nice to Cui Mei during dinner, so she immediately leaned over and asked him slyly.

"Are you and Brother Zhou Xing dating? I feel like he's being a little ambiguous with you."