After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 5 The smell of wheat

 The train ride takes three days and three nights.

 But when it came time to eat, Xia Zhi was a little embarrassed.

 Everyone else has to carry dry biscuits or steamed buns in their pockets.

 The living conditions are good, and there are even eggs, biscuits and so on.

 Her pocket was empty, there was nothing.

 There is no teapot even if I want to drink hot water.

She didn't notice that the people around her were looking at her with contempt.

 They have seen poor people, but they have never seen such poor people.

These days, showing off your wealth will lead to death, but being too poor will also make you unable to hold your head high.

 There was no time to prepare for the summer solstice last night, time was too tight.

　When it got darker, people started to take out big cakes and roll onions again, so Xia Zhi decided to avoid it.

  In two hours we will probably reach a big station, and I hope that when I get there I can meet someone brave enough to do small business so that I can buy some food.

Today these stations are all small and there is not enough time to stop there, and there are not many people getting on the train to sell things.

　　I was hungry for a whole day on the summer solstice.

I didn’t eat enough last night, so I feel really dizzy now.

 At the summer solstice, I wanted to drink some water to fill my stomach, but I didn’t even have a teapot.

 I blame myself a little for being too hasty this time and not fully prepared.

 Mainly because time is too tight.

His fortune is good if he can escape. It would be a big deal if someone from the Gu family accidentally sees the clues.

 Xia Zhi hid at the door of the train.

Since you have to get off the train to go back and forth, almost no one sits here. Even if you sit here, you will be kicked away by the conductor.

　　　Xia Zhi just walked there and found that there were already people in this place.

 But it seemed a bit impolite to turn around and leave after he had already walked in.

Especially if the other person is a person in uniform.

This type of clothing looks like it belongs to a special unit at first glance.

 Definitely not a bad person.

 This man should also be hiding here to smoke.

When he noticed Xia Zhi's appearance, he quickly threw the cigarette **** in his hand to the ground and crushed it with his feet.

Xia Zhi stood aside and stared out the window at the gradually darkening roadside scenery, although she tried hard to keep her gaze outside the car window.

 But his eyes still involuntarily fell on the aluminum lunch box held by the man next to him.

 The lid of the lunch box has been opened, and there are two fat white steamed buns inside.

Although it is simple and does not even have any side dishes, Xia Zhi’s nose can smell the pure flour smell of wheat-flavored steamed buns.

 After being hungry all day, I saw steamed buns, and they were big white steamed buns.

Zhou Zhengan looked at the girl next to him, his head facing the car window.

From the back, this girl is seriously looking at the scenery outside the car window, but he is not blind.

The girl's eyes were staring directly at the steamed buns in the lunch box in her hand through the car window.

 The suspicious liquid flowed down the corners of his mouth.

Zhou Zhengan glanced at the steamed buns and smiled bitterly. Everything he had eaten since he was born was tasteless.

 He has no sense of taste.

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty all taste the same in his mouth, so he never has any expectations or longing for food.

Even if this steamed bun is eaten into your own stomach, it only supplies all the nutritional functions of your body. In fact, one is enough.

 Let this steamed bun help those who can be helped.

Zhou Zhengan handed over the lunch box.

"Are you hungry, girl? Eat some steamed buns. Don't worry, I'm a good person."

Xia Zhi turned around suddenly, his eyes shining brightly, as if a hungry wolf had seen fat. There is no way around it. There are good people these days, but not many are kind enough to give away their big white steamed buns to others.

 Xia Zhi felt that her expression was a bit vulgar and embarrassing.

 Swallowed, and then realized that drool was dripping from the corners of his mouth.

  She wiped the corners of her mouth with her sleeve in a somewhat concealed manner. It was not that she didn't care about cleanliness. She couldn't find a handkerchief anywhere on her body.

 “Comrade, thank you, I’m not hungry.”

 “Gulu, Gulu, Gulu!”

The thunderous sound of the stomach revealed the lie of the summer solstice.

 Xia Zhi's face suddenly looked like red cloth.

　　Pressing his stomach with his hand, he almost stopped wailing, almost rushing to the scene of social death.

Zhou Zhengan showed a joking smile and passed the lunch box forward again.

 “Comrade knows you are hungry, just eat, it doesn’t matter.”

 Seeing Xia Zhi, he was still a little hesitant, so he put the lunch box directly into Xia Zhi's hands.

 “Eat, you’re welcome, serving the people is what you should do.”

Xia Zhi’s mouth twitched, not to mention that people in uniform these days have such a lofty belief.

She really couldn't eat other people's food for free, so she hesitated, but then she thought that she hadn't eaten for a day, so she couldn't really starve to death and go to the border.

“My name is Xia Zhi, comrade, what is your name?”

Zhou Zhengan looked at the magnanimity in front of him, but he was not at all generous, because he looked a little embarrassed and inferior in the embarrassing scene just now.

 “My name is Zhou Zhengan.”

“I went to the border to support construction. I ate your steamed buns today, and I will definitely pay you back in the future.”

Xia Zhi took a steamed bun and broke it into half, then stuffed the lunch box back into Zhou Zhengan's arms.

At the moment, food is a precious thing, and others are reluctant to give it to others, not to mention that Zhou Zhengan is a white-flour steamed bun.

The ration for a grown man is only two steamed buns per meal. He cannot be so indifferent and just eat one steamed bun. That would be inappropriate.

“Thank you, I’m in that carriage. Don’t worry, I will return it to you as soon as you get there. I know your name.”

"you are very welcome."

Zhou Zhengan waved his hand and looked at the girl's back as she turned away, and couldn't help but smile.

Although it tastes tasteless to me, it must taste delicious to the girl.

 Summer Solstice! ?

This name is really nice.

 Thinking of the girl drooling, Zhou Zheng finally felt his hunger in his stomach.

Picked up the girl's remaining half piece of steamed bun and put it into his mouth and took a bite.

 Zhou Zhengan suddenly raised his eyebrows.

what happened?

 He lost his sense of taste from the moment he was born, and whatever he ate had no taste, it was the same.

But today’s white-flour steamed buns, he actually tasted them.

 There is a strong fragrance, which is indescribably delicious in your mouth.

 At first he thought he was hallucinating.

 Putting all the steamed buns in your hands into your mouth.

The more he chewed, the more he realized that the fragrance was not an illusion. It was really sweet and soft.

The strong aroma of wheat, this should be what the comrades call the aroma of wheat. After fermentation and evaporation, a special aroma is produced.

　　It actually has a slight fragrance in your mouth.

Zhou Zhengan suddenly burst into tears. Could it be that his illness was cured?

He impatiently swallowed half of the steamed bun, then grabbed another steamed bun and put it into his mouth to eat.

 That’s right, his sense of taste is back!

 Zhou Zhengan ran back to the carriage desperately.

 Can't contain my excitement.

 (End of this chapter)