The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 81 - 80: Train Station

Zhou Guoqing remained silent, and Ling Chengyan didn’t object, so the three of them walked into this small rice noodle shop together.

Ling Chengyan went to the counter to order; it’s similar to the counters in state-run restaurants nationwide.

"Starting at two liang... then let’s have one two liang, one four liang, and one half a jin, all with toppings. Also, bring two plates of side dishes." Ling Chengyan ordered the large servings for the master and Ma Dajun.

Not long after, the best of the three portions of noodles were placed at the ordering window.

Ling Chengyan got up, followed by Ma Dajun, and the two carried back two trays that included three large bowls of noodles and two plates of side dishes.

The bowls and plates were placed on the table and a glance revealed that they were all bright red, with a lot of chili peppers.

Ling Chengyan asked Zhou Guoqing, "Master, I asked them to put less chili..."

Zhou Guoqing stirred the noodles in the bowl with his chopsticks without looking up and tossed two hard words over, "No need, don’t change."

Ling Chengyan tasted chili peppers here for the first time and found he quite liked them.

Ma Dajun boldly said, "Some chilis look spicy but aren’t spicy to eat..."

After speaking, he picked up a large chopstick-full of noodles and slurped them into his mouth, his expression changed... too spicy!

A smiling forty-something master came out from inside with a big pot of tea and several tea cups, "You all must be Qi Province people?"

Ma Dajun grabbed a cup of tea and gulped it down, to relieve the spicy taste in his mouth, and asked innocently, "How did you see that?"

Ling Chengyan and Zhou Guoqing moved aside, this naive guy was not with them, they didn’t know him.

The thin and short master smiled and said, "Qi Province has many strong men, seeing this young man’s physique I knew!"

Ma Dajun scratched his head and laughed, "I’m not considered one, when I enlisted, the leader complained I was too skinny."

Ling Chengyan couldn’t listen anymore and picked up the tea bowl on the table, examined it and said, "This porcelain is nice, excellent fine white porcelain."

The master was indeed attracted, "Hahaha, it’s not much, just ordinary stuff."

Jiang Province produces porcelain, it’s famed as a millennial porcelain capital, so many locals love and understand porcelain.

This master surnamed Wang, although not in the porcelain business, had been a cook from childhood and naturally understood porcelain a bit.

Ling Chengyan and Master Wang exchanged a few words about porcelain and learned that if you want to buy porcelain, you have to go to the porcelain capital. Although it’s not far from here and there are people selling porcelain, it can’t be compared to the porcelain capital.

After chatting a few sentences, Master Wang left the tea pot and returned to the kitchen.

Ling Chengyan and Zhou Guoqing buried their heads in eating noodles, and nobody talked anymore. Ma Dajun also ate one mouthful of noodles and drank one mouthful of tea, and finally finished the noodles in his bowl.

The three of them left the noodle shop never daring to carelessly enter another restaurant again.

But Ling Chengyan saw some snack shop selling desserts and bought several rice snacks wrapped in bamboo leaves, made with glutinous rice, sticky and although somewhat bland in taste, still palatable.

Wandering around, the three returned to the guesthouse, and Ling Chengyan handed over two snacks to Ma Dajun, "I can’t finish them, do me a favor."

By dinner, Ma Dajun refused to go out, and just ate at the guesthouse. But when he went to the mess hall, the dish was still bright red with chili peppers, he was instantly wilted.

In the end, he ordered a large bowl of rice and a side dish, eating haphazardly.

Ling Chengyan greeted Zhou Guoqing and wandered outside again to taste a few local delicacies, acquiring some exquisite and useful porcelain objects, and bought two porcelain pillows, one for a baby and one with a crouching tiger design, round and cute for Xiao Xing and Shi Tou.

The next day the vehicle was loaded, and the trio began their return journey.

With cargo loaded, the three no longer traveled day and night but thus planned the journey with early travels and nightly rests without leaving the vehicle.

The journey lasted ten days, and they finally returned to Huicheng.

The cargo was unloaded without issue, and Zhou Guoqing visibly relaxed.

He sent Ling Chengyan to handle the transfer, then turned and left without saying a word.

His transfer paperwork had been completed, and this long-distance task had delayed his departure by more than ten days. Many of his comrades who retired at the same time had already left.

Ma Dajun went to find Ling Chengyan, "Ling Jie, Master Zhou has left."

Ling Chengyan wasn’t surprised and quietly looked in the direction Zhou Guoqing left, "Old stubborn head, let him leave quietly."

After unloading the truck and returning home, Ling Chengyan unpacked a pile of specialties she’d bought, assembled them into a box, and hurried to the train station by bike.

The train was about to arrive, and passengers had already checked tickets and were waiting on the platform to board. Ling Chengyan hurriedly entered with the cardboard box, spotting a shade of green from afar.

Unlike before, the hat emblem and collar insignia were removed. This was a retired soldier.

Zhou Guoqing held a neatly folded quilt in one hand, a military duffel bag in the other, the train stopping in front of him, ready to head back to his hometown he hadn’t seen for fourteen years.

At thirty-two, he had spent fourteen years in this city, it wasn’t his home but seemed like it was.

"Attention all passengers, please carry your luggage and board quickly, the train will stop at this station for only five minutes and will soon depart. Please board quickly and do not linger on the platform..."

Zhou Guoqing took one more glance back, then silently turned and boarded the train.

Inside the carriage, people were noisy, newly boarded passengers carrying various luggage struggled to find their seats amidst the crowd. Of course, there were ticketless people hoping to find an unoccupied seat to claim for a while.

Zhou Guoqing’s ticket was purchased by the army, of course, it included a seat. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

He followed the crowd to his seat, but when he arrived at his place, he took his ticket to confirm, only then did he speak to the two middle-aged men sitting in his seat, "Excuse me."

He shook his ticket in front of them.

In these situations, ticketless stowaways usually leave on their own.

These two were the exception.

One middle-aged man, sharp-faced and monkey-like, lazily looked up and glanced at Zhou Guoqing, "Oh, you’re a soldier’s son! Shouldn’t soldiers wholeheartedly serve the people, respect the elderly and children? Why are you kicking us two old men out of our seats?"

The other middle-aged man, reasonably upright looking, spoke completely incongruously, "What soldier’s son, no insignia, no emblem, just a retired guy, might go back to farm the land..."

The two bantered cynically, their butts seemed glued to the seat with super glue, refusing to budge.

Zhou Guoqing usually had a bad temper and was tongue-tied, unable to argue or speak, his face turned dark as a pot bottom, glaring at them angrily.

Many people around watched the scene openly and secretly, but no one came forth to speak fairly.

"Hey, Master!" A cardboard box fell from the sky directly on the head of the thick-browed and big-eyed middle-aged man.