Chapter 22: People on a Journey

  Two days after the construction team for the vegetable greenhouse arrived, Xiao Ping took a train to the provincial capital. In his bag, he had three ginseng roots that he had just dug out of the Alchemy Furnace space. Because they had been cultivated for more than 20 days, these three ginseng roots were obviously larger than the ones he had dug up last time, which made Xiao Ping firmly believe that this trip to the provincial capital would be very profitable.

  Xiao Ping's trip to the provincial city was not just about selling ginseng, but also to buy a batch of fruit tree saplings to plant. In recent days, Xiao Ping conducted market research at supermarkets in the city and decided to plant blueberries on the mountain. This type of fruit can sell for over 100 yuan per kilogram, meeting Xiao Ping's high-end product requirements. However, the agricultural technology station in Su City does not have blueberry saplings for sale, so Xiao Ping had to go to the provincial city to buy them.

  Just as the train was about to depart, a young girl hastily walked over to Xiao Ping's seat and stood on tiptoes to put something in the overhead rack. Xiao Ping instinctively turned his head to look, and a wave of abundant cleavage immediately entered his field of vision. It turned out that the girl had been so focused on putting away her luggage that she hadn't even noticed her chest was almost pressed against Xiao Ping's face.

  "Wow!" Xiao Ping first subconsciously sighed, and soon felt a little embarrassed. So he quickly got up and said to the girl, "I'll help you!"

  "Alright!" The girl responded casually and handed her luggage to Xiao Ping.

  Xiao Ping busied himself putting away his luggage, only then did he have the chance to carefully take in his opponent. The girl had very pale skin, big eyes, and lips that were red and luscious, although she wasn't tall but could be described as "voluptuous", especially her ample chest which was particularly eye-catching, making Xiao Ping suspect that when she lowered her head it would be hard for her to see her own toes.

  The big-breasted girl didn't know that Xiao Ping was looking at her, and she waved her hand to the people behind her, saying: "Hurry up, don't dawdle, okay?"

  In her urging voice, another three men and one woman, four young people, walked into the carriage panting, the girl complaining as she walked: "Leli, why are you running so fast, I'm exhausted!"

  "If you don't hurry, the train will leave!" The girl named Lele giggled and sat down across from Xiao Ping. Before her friends could even get settled, the train had already started moving.

  "Thanks a lot just now!" The girl seemed to have just remembered that Xiao Ping had helped her, and smiled at him: "My name is Song Lei, what about you?"

  Xiao Ping also smiled and said: "No need to be polite, I'm Xiao Ping."

  Song Lei is a straightforward girl, and she has a good impression of Xiao Ping, so she takes the initiative to chat with him. She also doesn't guard against Xiao Ping's intentions, and soon tells him all about her situation. Song Lei is a student at Nan Da University in the provincial capital, and the other girl is called Zhou Ping, the one wearing glasses is Wang Jun, the tall one is Zheng Guojie, and the one with acne on his face is Yang Hua. The several people are classmates, and this time they took advantage of National Day to travel together to Su City for a vacation. Now that the holiday is about to end, they rush back to school for classes.

  Watching Song Le chatting with a stranger, Wang Jun felt very unhappy in his heart. Wang Jun had a good impression of the beautiful and cheerful Song Le, and this time he came out to travel with everyone, originally intending to take the opportunity to pursue her, how could he tolerate Xiao Ping suddenly inserting a foot?

  As Song Le and Xiao Ping were chatting more and more happily, Wang Jun finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Xiao Ping, I think you're about the same age as us, which university did you attend?"

  Xiao Ping said calmly: "I didn't attend college, I started working right after high school."

  I heard that Xiao Ping didn't even get to go to college, Wang Jun suddenly had a psychological advantage, and with a hint of disdain, he looked at him and asked: "Oh... didn't attend college, then what do you do for work now?"

  "I rented a piece of land and planted some vegetables." Xiao Ping replied calmly.

  It's said that Xiao Ping is just a farmer, Wang Jun felt even more pleased with himself, and intentionally laughed loudly several times before speaking in an affected tone: "No wonder, since you didn't even attend college, you can only be a peasant. But for someone like you, it's not bad either, at least you can make a living..."

  Xiao Ping has been in society for many years and has seen more things than Wang Jun, who has always been studying in school. He didn't take Wang Jun's sarcasm to heart at all. On the contrary, Song Lei was very displeased with Wang Jun's behavior and glared at him loudly: "How can you talk like that? What's wrong with Xiao Ping farming? Is it bad to make a living by one's own ability?"

  Unexpectedly, Song Le helped Xiao Ping speak, Wang Jun was embarrassed and wanted to argue a few more words, just then a puff of smoke smell floated over from the adjacent seat, that female student named Zhou Ping immediately frowned and coughed.

  "Isn't smoking prohibited on the train?" Song Lei frowned and said, "Zhou Ping has asthma, she's allergic to smoke!"

  Song Lei's voice was not small, but the person next to her pretended not to hear and continued smoking. This made Song Lei angry, and she loudly said to him: "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear? Smoking is prohibited in the train car, don't you have any sense of public morality?"

  Song Le now has a bit of the look of Little Hot Pepper, but it can be seen that this girl is kind-hearted, otherwise she wouldn't have stood up for her classmate.

  Facing Song Le's accusation, the passenger didn't show any sign of remorse, but instead coldly snorted and said: "Mind your own business!"

  This made Song Le even angrier, her pretty face stern as she suddenly stood up, causing her full chest to heave with agitation, and was about to go over and reason with that person. Xiao Ping saw that things were going to get out of hand, so he hastily went over first and said to that person, "Do us a favor, one of our companions is allergic to smoke, could you please put it out?"

  Xiao Ping said as he grasped the stainless steel tea cup of that person, heavily pinching it and leaving a clear handprint on the cup. At first, that person didn't take Xiao Ping's account seriously, but when he saw the handprint left on the tea cup, his whole body involuntarily shuddered, hastily extinguished the cigarette butt, and nervously sat at the other end of the carriage, trying to get as far away from Xiao Ping as possible.

  Xiao Ping's body just happened to block the cup, and Song Lei and others didn't see his small action. Seeing that the person who was smoking left without saying a word, Song Lei muttered in dissatisfaction: "What quality is this? Not even an apology..."

  Xiao Ping didn't want things to get out of hand and smiled as he advised, "Let's just drop it, when you're away from home, harmony is the most important thing."

  "Your temper is really good." Song Lei wasn't a petty person, and she quickly put aside the unpleasantness from earlier, smiling as she praised Xiao Ping.

  Wang Jun next to him heard this and felt even more displeased, sarcastically interjecting: "I think it's not a good temper, but rather being timid is the truth."

  Xiao Ping just smiled at Wang Jun's sarcasm, saying that in terms of mental age, he was much more mature than these college students and didn't need to engage in a war of words with them. Although Xiao Ping didn't take it to heart, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied, and gradually stopped talking. Song Lei also sensed this and slowly fell silent. Just as the awkward silence had lasted for several minutes, the high-speed train pulled into the provincial capital's railway station.

  Xiao Ping stood up and took down his own luggage, and also took down Song Lei's. His action stimulated Wang Jun again, who coldly said behind him "Sycophant!". Xiao Ping completely ignored this guy, smiled slightly at Song Lei, and got off the train first, without even leaving a contact method.

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