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Chapter 8 The Train

There are two trains to Jingu a day. The first one is to drive at 6 a.m. and arrive at 12 noon. The second one is to drive at 2 p.m. and arrive at 8 p.m. in the early morning, the train must be early. Not only can the two little guys not get up, but Yi Huan cannot get up either. Yi Ou bought first-class tickets for the afternoon.

After lunch, after a half-hour rest, Yi Yan drove four people to the train station, followed by five rickshaws, three people in front, and two people in the back, pulling the luggage of three ladies.

There were many people taking the train in the afternoon, but most of them were second-class third-class, and there were not many first-class travelers. It was the first time that the two little guys went out far away. They were curious and excited. The train started and after they drove out of the platform, they ran around in the carriage.

"Little sister, keep in mind, don't let them run around and disturb others." Yi Ou took out a book from his bag and read it. It was Yi Huan who wanted to bring the two little guys, so of course it had to be managed by Yi Huan.

Yi Huan stood up and walked over, trying to grab the two little guys back to the seat, but saw the two little guys standing in front of a young man, staring at the person who was still moving; the man held a silver dollar, pretended to put it in his mouth, and then took it out from the back of his neck, performing little magic to tease the two little girls; the two little girls looked at the novelty and clapped their hands and applauded, "Uncle, change another one."

"Okay, then change another one." The young man was able to speak, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of him, placed the silver dollar on the center of the handkerchief a little left, folded the lower half of the handkerchief upwards and overlapped with the upper part to form a triangle. He picked up the right corner of the triangle, folded the right side of the handkerchief to the left, and let them overlap. He pressed the silver dollar with his right hand, rolled the handkerchief and the silver dollar upwards one by one, rolled it to the top and stopped, and grabbed the two tips of the handkerchief with both hands, "Look."

The man slowly pulled open his handkerchief and the silver dollar disappeared. The two little girls stared at him in surprise, "Uncle is so awesome!"

This little magic Yi Huan will change. He knew that he hid the silver dollar in his right hand, but he didn't expose it. He smiled at the man and took the hands of the two little nieces, "Be good, don't disturb them anymore."

"Miss, please wait." The man smiled.

Yi Huan was stunned and looked at him with inquisitive eyes. The man smiled, "Miss, you have something on your hair." As he said that, he reached behind her, turned into a flower and handed it to Yi Huan.

"Rose." Yi Huan's eyes turned slightly.

"Flowers to the beauty." The man said with a smile.

"Thank you for your kindness, but don't give roses to others casually, especially to strange girls." Yi Huan smiled and declined.

The man raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

Yi Huan was about to answer, but Yi Ou shouted, "Little sister."

Yi Huan playfully stuck out his tongue, led his two little nieces and turned around to leave. The man said, "Miss, I have the surname Wei, and I have the name of Yi Jie. Please tell me your surname Fang."

"Little sister." Yi Ou shouted again, with a little anger, for fear that his younger sister, who was not very experienced, would be deceived.

In this era, it was still a bit frivolous when he said his name to strangers. What's more, Yi Ou was staring at him. Yi Huan didn't want to annoy him for such a trivial matter, so he quickly left with his two nieces.

When Wei Jie saw Yi Huan walk away, he felt a little regretful, but he didn't bother him much and said silently, "Miss, we will meet again. I will definitely ask you for your name at that time." He put the rose on the table and took out the book in his bag and looked it out.

Yi Huan sat down in the position, and Yi Ou scolded her with a stern face, "When you go out, don't talk to strangers, so as not to get involved in right and wrong."

"Oh" Yi Huan responded obediently and took her two little nieces to play with flower ropes to pass the time.

The train started for about an hour and suddenly stopped again. Yi Huan was surprised, "Where did you go? Why did you stop?"

"Little sister, don't be impatient, don't panic. This is the first-class seat, those soldiers dare not come up to harass them." Yi Ou said calmly.

Yi Huan leaned closer to the car window and looked out. He saw a group of men in military uniforms holding guns, but they were not the soldiers Yi Ou said. Judging from their clothes, they should be Zhang Jun's regular troops, but they didn't know what they were searching for when they stopped the train? Could it be that they would look for the assassins that day?

The soldiers were in a mess in the carriage in front, and no one came to the top seat. After more than half an hour, the group of soldiers left with the plundered property, and cries came faintly in front of them.

Wei Jie said loudly: "Soldiers and thieves are rampant, warlords are extorted, suffering and hunger are hard, people live in poverty, and although the mountains and rivers are there, the family and the country are in danger."

No one in the car dared to agree. In such a chaotic situation, in order to avoid causing trouble, they only talk about the turmoil and do not discuss state affairs. Yi Ou frowned and whispered: "Impatient."

"When you see injustice, you say indignant words. This is passionate, so why are you impetuous?" Yi Huan deliberately sang against him. Although he also felt that it would be a bit unwise for Wei Jie to say this without any occasion and would cause trouble, he said what she was thinking and got some recognition from her.

"It's just a quick talk. Yu Zheng is useless and can easily cause trouble and affect his family. His actions are not only impetuous but also stupid, and he is not sincere in defending the country and the people." Yi Ou had a worse impression of Wei Jie. He was afraid that Yi Huan would be deceived by his tricks, so he changed his normal opinion and commented on a young man who could not even know him.

"The elder brother's words are reasonable, but the younger sister has been taught. The words are all false words. You should save the country like the elder brother, right?" Yi Huan smiled flatteringly.

Yi Ou showed a complacent smile on his lips. The Yi family has been doing business for generations. In his early years, he sold grain. Later, he invested in silk factories, cotton and linen factories, electric light companies, telephone companies, and thermal power plants. He was a famous wealthy man in Jizhou City. After Yi Ou took over the family business, he jointly opened Zhengxin Bank with the Mu family and Zeng family. He cooperated closely with the government's financial department. Although he did not work in the government, he was also considered a person who valued both power and wealth.

Clang, the train started again, and the road ahead was smoother. After stopping for a few minutes at two small stations, it drove all the way to Jingu. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the flight attendant pushed the dining cart over. The dishes included four kinds of fried beans, fried pork with beans, fish peels, sauerkraut vermicelli, dried tofu and egg soup. The main food was white flour steamed buns and rice.

Most people in the north like to eat pasta, but Yi Huan was from the south in his previous life. Although he had lived in the north for 17 years in this life, he still couldn't change his habits in his previous life. He liked to eat white rice. Yi Ou and others wanted white flour steamed buns. Yi Ou drank a sip of soup and smiled and said, "Little sister, this idea you gave the Tang family very good." You don't have to eat dry food during the trip, and you can eat fresh hot rice, which is a pleasure for travelers.

"I know I have a good idea. When I opened a pharmaceutical factory, you still stopped me." Yi Huan pouted in dissatisfaction.

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