Chapter 493: Chapter 493: Relieving Oneself Chapter 493: Chapter 493: Relieving Oneself Hearing that they were leaving, Liu Baoguo ca over excitedly, his own daughter was over there, and it was just perfect that the couple would have so company on the road. Although Old Wang was a bit stubborn, Wang Yan was Bai Xiao’s brother-in-law after all. It was said that the storefront Liu Hong rented belonged to Bai Yue and them, which was really looking out for Liu Hong. It was an opportunity to get close to the family, no less.
So, Wang Yan bought tickets with them.
Five of them boarded the train, a formidable group.
It was Old Wang’s first ti on a train, and his eyes sparkled with curiosity, though he tried to look knowledgeable, which must have been hard.
The old lady was already well-versed with the journey, lying on the bunk sleeping soundly.
It made Old Wang so envious he gritted his teeth. Why wouldn’t his wife clue him in? He was too embarrassed to ask outright. Could you really sleep on a train?
He thought it would be like a bus ride to the provincial city, where you sat though the whole trip. Who knew that traveling by train was like this? Too… it was practically like being at ho, no, even better than ho. He watched as Wang Yan went to fetch hot water and returned, thinking, how could this train have everything?
Old Wang’s eyes were wide with amazent, and then he clutched his stomach, his face turning a suffocated red.
He needed to use the restroom, but even after looking around for quite so ti, he couldn’t find a suitable place.
His wife had stepped out earlier, and he had no idea what she was up to as she didn’t tell him when he asked.
Desperate, he looked left and right. Wang Yan noticed his own father in a panic, searching around, not sure what he was looking for.
“Dad, what are you looking for?”
He had set out the food on the small table; his father couldn’t possibly have missed it!
Liu Baoguo and Li Chuni were on the middle bunks in the next compartnt! They didn’t feel like sleeping just yet; it was their first ti on a train, and they were too excited to sleep, so they sat on the small stools by the window, whispering to each other as they watched the passing scenery.
They overheard Wang Yan asking Old Wang.
They were curious too, as Old Wang looked a bit unwell, his face a mix of pallor and flush.
“Big Brother Wang, yeah, if you need anything, let Shitou get it for you. Don’t bump into anything.” After Old Wang’s brain thrombosis, he still hadn’t fully recovered and wasn’t very agile.
Old Wang, with no other options, said in a low voice, “How much longer until we reach the station? I need to step down for a bit.”
He had noticed the train stopping periodically, signaling that they had arrived at so station where people disembarked. Wang Yan had even stepped out for a smoke at one of those stops.
Wang Yan chuckled, jumped down from his bunk, “Co on, Dad, let take you to the bathroom. There’s a toilet here, you don’t need to get off to use it.”
His own father was nearly the butt of a joke.
Liu Baoguo shut his mouth, holding back a laugh as he turned to look out the train window.
Old Lady Wang couldn’t help herself, she was the first to burst out laughing.
Old Wang gave the old lady a glare and quickly had Wang Yan help him to the toilet.
Only then did he discover that the toilet was a little tin shack, which, compared to the earth-pit at ho, was considered clean. Old Wang finally relieved himself and ca out.
As soon as he stepped away,
Old Lady Wang, Liu Baoguo, and Li Chuni all started laughing. Sure, it wasn’t nice to laugh at a man in front of Old Lady Wang, but it really was funny.
They had all followed Old Lady Wang to use this so-called toilet earlier. Otherwise, they might have been the ones to embarrass themselves.
Ah! The city was indeed not the sa as the countryside. The train had everything one needed for daily life, they even heard there was a dining car, a place that sold food. One truly wouldn’t know if they didn’t get out and see for themselves.
Liu Baoguo had taken a train in his younger years, but back then, he was a soldier, riding in a stuffy, closed train car, nothing like this train, not by a hundred thousand miles.
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