Chapter 187: The Train Home

"Clack-clack~ clack-clack~ clack-clack-clack~"

The train in '83 was very slow, so slow that passengers could clearly distinguish what the difference was between the several "clack-clacks" before and after.

Many people taking the train for the first time liked this unique rhythmic metal clashing sound, while those who took the train often only heard boredom and monotony in their ears.

Jiang Xiaoyan sat by the window, looking at the scenery passing by slowly, completely losing the excitement and agility of her first train ride half a year ago.

"Xiao Yan, what are you daydreaming about? I've been calling you for a long time and you didn't listen?"

"Ah? Oh, oh, do you want to sit by the window? Let's switch."

Jiang Xiaoyan was pushed by Hu Man, and subconsciously lifted her butt to move.

The train around the Spring Festival was very crowded, and the smell in the carriage was imaginable, so everyone liked to sit by the window. Even if the window wasn't opened, a wisp of fresh air leaking through the cracks was enough to make people cherish two breaths.

Jiang Xiaoyan's position was the best right now, so she thought Hu Man wanted to switch with her to get some air.

But Hu Man said: "Switch what seats! Didn't you hear Li Dayong arguing with someone over there? You guys hurry over and persuade them, I'll watch the seats and luggage here."

"Ah? Then... then you watch it, we'll go over to help!"

Jiang Xiaoyan listened carefully and indeed heard faint arguing sounds from the next carriage, but she didn't hear Li Dayong's voice. But since Hu Man said so, she still hurriedly got up to help.

"What are you helping with? You persuade them, don't let him cause any trouble."

Hu Man wasn't afraid of Li Dayong suffering a loss; after all, Li Dayong dared to recognize himself as the second in martial arts in Qingshui County Second Middle School, and only Li Ye dared to recognize himself as the first. The brothers had never lost a fight.

She was afraid that Li Dayong would beat someone up. When they left, the family didn't know how many times they had exhorted them: when you are away from home, suffering a loss is a blessing, and it's better to avoid trouble.

"Oh, oh, I know, if it really doesn't work, I'll go call Li Ye."

Jiang Xiaoyan agreed while following Yan Jinbu, Fu Yingjie, and others, squeezing through the crowd to the next carriage.

She knew why Hu Man didn't go to persuade Li Dayong herself. After rejecting Li Dayong, there was an invisible barrier between the two, and they began to tacitly avoid each other to avoid embarrassment.

This time returning home, everyone could have sat in one carriage, but Li Ye took the sleeper ticket sent by Wen Guohua and naturally went to the sleeper carriage.

While Li Dayong squeezed into the next carriage with two classmates, which made Fu Yingjie and others spit on him, laughing and scolding him and Li Ye as the "ununited elements" of the eight-person group.

However, everyone was really just "laughing and scolding," but no one took it to heart. After all, Li Ye sat in the sleeper because of Wen Leyu, while Li Dayong went to the next carriage... because of a female classmate named Lin Qiuyan.

According to the reliable intelligence provided by Fu Yingjie, Li Dayong had been in close contact with Lin Qiuyan, a female classmate from Dongshan in the sophomore year, for the past two months. Not only did they study and eat in the cafeteria together, but they also climbed Fragrant Hill and visited Beijing together.

In Fu Yingjie's words—I didn't see before that Li Dayong had the potential to value sex over friends?

"Make way, make way, please make way, Dayong, don't be impulsive, we're here."

Jiang Xiaoyan and Han Xia, two girls, followed Yan Jinbu and Fu Yingjie, squeezing into the next carriage impatiently. They all knew Li Dayong's violent temper and wanted to rush over to persuade Li Dayong.

However, when several people squeezed to the scene of the argument, they found that Li Dayong was also one of the mediators, and the one arguing was someone else.

A girl wearing a red woolen coat was standing in front of the seat, coldly questioning a family of four in the aisle.

"My coat was dirtied by you, right? Since it was dirtied, why isn't it your responsibility? And you say I'm blackmailing you? Are you guys just this unreasonable?"

"We didn't say it wasn't our responsibility, but you said you wanted us to compensate two hundred yuan. What kind of coat is worth two hundred yuan? You are a college student, you can't just ask for an exorbitant price, right?"

The girl in red had a cold expression: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to compensate. Tell me your unit contact address, I want to write a letter to ask why your ideological education is so loose."

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Fu Yingjie, Jiang Xiaoyan, and others were all a bit dumbfounded, because they really didn't know how to persuade this fight.

The girl in the red woolen coat was Lin Qiuyan, who had an unusual relationship with Li Dayong.

And the family of four in the aisle, apart from the man whose face was flushed with anger, the mother and daughters were clearly frightened.

Especially a little boy whose hands were covered in vegetable soup, crying and sobbing, clearly knowing that he had "made a big mistake."

And that fire-red woolen coat of Lin Qiuyan had a large piece of sauce-black soup on it, dripping and dripping, making a fashionable woolen coat look like a mangy dog.

Looking at the rice and soup scattered on the ground, how could everyone not understand that the little boy accidentally lost his hand when getting the boxed lunch, and the whole boxed lunch was buckled onto Lin Qiuyan.

How can this be persuaded?

Persuade Lin Qiuyan to give up compensation?

But that red woolen coat of hers, at a glance, was not cheap. Never mind whether it could be washed, could those greasy soup stains be washed off? And after washing, would the coat still be so crisp?

But looking at that family of three, if you let them compensate two hundred yuan, it would really be unbearable.

The cotton-padded jackets the two children were wearing weren't new, and they were wearing cloth cotton shoes. Two hundred yuan might be able to empty their family fortune.

Li Dayong should also be very troubled, whispering to Lin Qiuyan: "Forget it! When we arrive in the provincial capital, I'll accompany you to the building to buy a new one..."

"Are you very rich? You, a poor student who doesn't earn money, what are you showing off for? Do you think they will be grateful to you for doing this? They will think it's our fault..."

Lin Qiuyan scolded Li Dayong, and she scolded a man like a bear into a cowardly man with a hunched back and slumped shoulders.

Jiang Xiaoyan and Fu Yingjie and others looked at each other, quietly retreating to discuss countermeasures.

Han Xia said: "How come this Lin Qiuyan is so fierce, opening her mouth is about raising it to the level of principle? And she wants to write a letter to question the other party's unit, is she afraid the matter isn't big enough?"

Fu Yingjie whispered: "Lin Qiuyan is like this. She is not unreasonable, but she is unforgiving. She can pull on any little mistake for a long time. I'm afraid when I see her."

Jiang Xiaoyan scratched her head and said: "Then what to do, we can't exert any strength! Li Dayong was scolded bloody, what are we?"

Yan Jinbu pursed his lips and whispered: "When we arrive at the next station, I'll go find Li Ye! Only Li Ye can handle this matter."

"Right, Li Ye is definitely fine."

The eight-person group had lived together for such a long time, and everyone's trust in Li Ye was getting higher and higher, feeling that this kind of small matter was a piece of cake for Li Ye.

As a result, at the next station, Yan Jinbu climbed out of the window, ran to the sleeper carriage to tell Li Ye, and Li Ye was also very troubled.

This is not a piece of cake, this is damn dog-shit trouble!

The two hurried over. Li Ye didn't rush to join the mediation, but found someone watching the fun at the end of the carriage to ask about the situation.

"This matter has no right or wrong. I just saw it. The little boy helped his family take the boxed lunch, but the girl was talking and laughing with her companion, and I don't know how they bumped into each other..."

"However, at the beginning, the girl wasn't so fierce, but the mother of the little boy who caused the trouble had a bad temper, saying that two hundred yuan was blackmailing people! The college student girl exploded like a firecracker..."

"You said two hundred yuan for a coat, what kind of material is it? So expensive?"

"Who said it wasn't! Even if I heard it, I would think it was blackmail. That family of four wouldn't even be willing to compensate her with a brand-new fur robe..."

Li Ye roughly understood the origin of the matter, but he had no good way, so he could only walk over and watch.

Seeing Li Ye coming, Li Dayong's eyes dodged, and he smiled awkwardly: "Brother, a small matter, we will solve it immediately."

"You can solve it yourself?" Li Ye nodded: "Then I won't care, you solve it yourself!"

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Li Dayong was a bit stunned, and that Lin Qiuyan looked over fiercely.

Li Ye looked at her calmly for a few seconds, and couldn't help but find it funny in his heart.

Because he felt a "bureaucratic power."

To talk about "bureaucratic power," his grandfather Li Zhongfa had it, but Li Ye had been in contact with it since he was a child, so he really didn't feel anything.

But he had seen the other two great gods.

Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng were very kind to Li Ye and talked and laughed very casually when eating at home.

But Li Ye had encountered Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng answering the phone at home a few times, and the feeling they gave was completely different. That kind of hidden aura gave Li Ye a very strong feeling.

Wen Guohua also had that flavor, but his practice was obviously lower. Wen Leyu was somewhat similar to Teacher Ke, and occasionally could make Li Ye feel some strangeness.

But this flavor on Lin Qiuyan... gave Li Ye the feeling that it was somewhat similar but not quite. At first glance, it was quite bluffing, but after tasting it slightly, he felt like laughing.

The man in the family of four was also in a dilemma at this time. Seeing Li Ye who suddenly joined, he grabbed the opportunity and said: "This brother, look, this matter is not that we did it on purpose, nor that we don't want to compensate, but everything has to be discussed, and it can't be one price, right?"

The mother of the little boy who caused the trouble also softened her attitude: "We happen to have a mink coat, which was originally prepared to be sent to my sister-in-law when visiting relatives, and we are willing to compensate this college student, but she insists on saying that her coat is worth two hundred yuan..."

"It's not that I say it's worth two hundred yuan, but it's at least worth two hundred yuan." Lin Qiuyan said coldly: "If you don't believe it, ask this college student from the Beijing University Economics Department, how much is thirty-five US dollars exchanged for RMB now."

"Beijing University student?"

The man looked at Li Ye and was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Ye's chest, obviously looking for the school badge.

Lin Qiuyan and Li Dayong both wore the school badge of Beijing Institute of Technology on their chests, just like the "magic weapon" in Xianxia, emitting a strong deterrent effect.

It's just that Li Ye basically didn't wear a school badge, so the man naturally didn't find it.

He had to ask: "This classmate, how much is thirty-five US dollars exchanged for RMB?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "This year's foreign exchange rate is 1 to 1.89... but in real life, there is no way to use the rate to calculate."

At this time, the girl sitting next to Lin Qiuyan interjected: "In Beijing, there are people rushing to exchange one US dollar for ten RMB. If you don't believe it, find someone to ask. Qiuyan's coat was brought to her by her cousin from abroad. Saying two hundred yuan is cheap for you."

"One to ten? That would be 350 yuan?"

The man looked at Li Ye in shock, as if hoping to hear some better news.

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "One to ten is hard to say, but I heard there is one to eight."

At this time, Li Dayong also said on the side: "This matter actually has responsibilities for both of us, so our classmate saying two hundred yuan is already bearing half the responsibility..."

The man looked at Li Ye, then looked at his wife, and silently began to take out his wallet.

And that mother also took down a bundle from the luggage rack, looking like money was hidden inside.

The little boy who caused the trouble looked at his father, then at his mother, and suddenly burst into tears.

Even if he was young and didn't understand, he knew that this year's New Year wouldn't be easy. Never mind the beatings he would get, the money his parents had saved for several years was gone. It was not easy to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, so how could he have face?

Li Ye suddenly patted the man on the shoulder and said: "This big brother, show me that mink coat!"

The man looked at Li Ye and handed the mink coat to him casually. Looking at his angry appearance, he clearly regarded Li Ye as being in the same group as Lin Qiuyan.

But a man is a man. Since his own child caused the trouble, he has to admit it, no matter how expensive it is, he has to admit it.

"This coat is not bad, I'll buy it."

Li Ye blew on the fur of the mink coat and couldn't help but praise it.

The mink coats in this era were all made of whole mink, which can be called genuine.

But the man seemed to have come up with a spirit, and said stubbornly: "We won't sell it to you, we will compensate you two hundred yuan."

Li Ye looked at the stubborn man amusedly, patted his shoulder and said: "Big brother, come over and let's chat."

The man followed Li Ye to the door of the carriage puzzled, and then saw him take out some colorful banknotes from his wallet.

"I have some foreign exchange certificates here, although it's not US dollars, it's about the same. That girl should be a person who knows the goods. You compensate her, she should be willing."

Although Li Ye handed over five thousand US dollars to Teacher Ke for "operation," he still kept five thousand in his hand. Before returning home, he went to the Friendship Store and bought some rare things for everyone in his family.

There happened to be some exchange certificates left in his bag, so he did a good deed on the way, regardless of right or wrong, just for peace of mind.

The man looked at Li Ye in surprise, and it took a long time before he asked: "Where did you get the foreign exchange certificates? No... brother, why do you want to help me?"

"Is this important?" Li Ye put on a straight face and said: "Are you selling it or not?"

I damn well have a problem, okay? This kind of behavior would be scolded as a holy mother by readers if it were in a book, so why are you still dawdling?

The man struggled for a long time before saying: "Then I'll compensate you with money."

"No need, money can't buy willingness. I happen to like this mink coat, and it's just right to give it to my sister. But I tell you! You have responsibility for this matter. Such a small child, you let him take the lunch box, what if he gets scalded?"

Li Ye stuffed the money to the man, took the mink coat, and walked to Hu Man's carriage.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to exhort the man: "Remember! That woolen coat was bought by you, take it back and wash it with baking soda mixed with white wine, and this matter has nothing to do with me."

"Eh eh, thank you brother! I thank you!"

The man thanked him busily, then turned around and returned to his carriage, his face pulled longer than a donkey's.

Isn't it just US dollars? What are you showing off for?

I bought it, is that okay? Take it off for me.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 188 =====