14: Eat bran cakes.

Old Chief Gu looked at Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian opposite him, and he once again felt that these two children were perfectly matched. Lu Jing was currently frowning, vigilantly staring at Niannian; and Niannian was also glaring at Lu Jing.

Niannian gave him a very warm feeling, and her demeanor was like that of a Soldier.

Her Grandpa and father were both Soldiers, no wonder her Soldierly demeanor was different from ordinary people. But the mischievous and cute appearance she had just now was very fitting for a girl her age.

Old Chief Gu laughed.

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian both looked at Old Chief Gu when they heard his laughter.

"Grandpa Gu, what are you laughing at?"

Xiao Niannian asked curiously.

Hearing Niannian's words, Old Chief Gu said with a smile.

"Grandpa Gu thought of something interesting." This matter today, when he gets to the Military Unit, he has to call Old Man Lu and tell him all about it.

Xiao Niannian blinked and didn't press further.

Just as Xiao Niannian was about to fall asleep again, she heard Uncle Xiao Shu's voice.

"Niannian."

"Uncle Xiao Shu."

Uncle Xiao Shu saw Xiao Niannian and happily walked over.

"Sixth Aunt was worried about you, so I came to check." Uncle Xiao Shu said with a chuckle.

"Are you hungry? Uncle brought you some cakes."

"Thank you, Uncle Xiao Shu."

Xiao Niannian took the cake, thanked him, and started eating.

Uncle Xiao Shu's gaze also fell on Old Chief Gu and Lu Jing. Having been a Soldier for a few years, he naturally recognized the identities of these people in military uniform.

Seeing that his Niece was sitting with Soldiers, Uncle Xiao Shu felt relieved.

He was also a retired Soldier, and his feelings and trust for Soldiers were different.

"Then Uncle Xiao Shu will go now. If you need anything, come to Carriage Four and find Uncle Xiao Shu."

Xiao Xiaoshu glanced at Lu Jing and Old Master Gu again. He felt that Old Master Gu looked a bit familiar, but he didn't think much of it.

Uncle Xiao Shu, who had returned from Carriage Four to Carriage Eight, suddenly remembered that someone had said there was a shooting in Carriage Eight today. Could it be that they were assassinating that old man?

So many people with the old man, his identity must not be low.

"Sixth Aunt, Niannian is fine in Carriage Eight. Where she's sitting, there are five or six Soldiers..."

Hearing her Nephew's words, Grandma Xiao nodded with a chuckle.

"That's good."

Soldiers, people like her son, that's really great. Niannian will be safer sitting there.

After Xiao Niannian slept again, she found that it was daylight.

She smelled the aroma of meat buns.

Honestly, from yesterday to today, she had eaten cakes and eggs, but she hadn't actually had a meat bun. Buns at this time were quite large, and the meat filling was very generous.

Lu Jing saw Xiao Niannian looking at him and thought she was craving the bun in his hand, so he offered it to her.

"Thank you, no need. I'll buy my own."

Xiao Niannian got up, deciding to buy two large meat buns for Grandma and Uncle Xiao Shu each, and she would also eat two.

When she walked to Carriage Four and saw the cakes Grandma and Uncle Xiao Shu were eating, she froze, and then her heart ached terribly.

The cakes Tenth Grandma made for them were made of flour, but the cakes in Grandma's hand were bran cakes.

She had heard Grandma and Uncle Xiao Shu talk about eating cakes before, and the cakes they gave her were made of pure white flour and even had meat. She thought they were all the same. She never expected that only she was eating meat cakes made of flour, while Grandma and Uncle Xiao Shu were holding cakes made of rice bran.

"Niannian, are you hungry? There are meat cakes here, eat quickly, or Uncle Xiao Shu can heat it up for you in a lunchbox..."

Uncle Xiao Shu hurriedly hid the bran cake.

Grandma Xiao also quickly clutched the cake in her hand.

Although Xiao Niannian had endured a lot of hardship during missions and training, eating fish directly from the water and even insects, this bran cake was something her Grandparents made for her when she was little and wasted food. They also taught her not to waste food, to remember the bitterness of the past and cherish the good life she had now.

At that time, she heard her Grandparents talk about the hardships of fighting the enemy, and how having a bran cake to eat was already excellent... "I'll eat this."

Uncle Xiao Shu immediately shook his head when he heard this.

"There's none left."

Niannian was still a child, and so weak, how could she eat bran cakes? Just now he had asked Aunt to eat meat cakes, but Aunt hadn't eaten them either.

"No, Uncle Xiao Shu, I want to eat bran cake."

With that, Xiao Niannian directly took the luggage from Uncle Xiao Shu's hand, pulled out a bran cake, and took a big bite.

It was the taste from her memory, but it was even more scratchy and uncomfortable than the bran cakes in her memory, and the taste was a bit astringent. She chewed hard.

"Niannian, you won't be used to this." Uncle Xiao Shu quickly advised.

"If you can eat it, so can I."

Watching her Granddaughter eat the bran cake in big bites, Grandma Xiao's eyes welled up. It was her fault for not giving this child a better life.

Seeing Xiao Niannian about to eat a second one, Grandma Xiao immediately snatched it away.

"Don't eat anymore, Niannian, Grandma will go buy you meat buns."

"Grandma, this is fine for me to eat."

Uncle Xiao Shu also quickly pressed on, smiling as he said.

"Yes, Niannian, Uncle Xiao Shu will go buy you meat buns. This is scratchy, don't eat it."

Xiao Niannian looked at Grandma and her paternal uncle, and said.

"I'll go buy them. After I buy them, we'll all eat them. No one is allowed to eat this bran cake."

Hearing her Granddaughter's words, Grandma Xiao glanced at Xiao Shu, and seeing him nod to her, she chuckled and nodded. They only had two or three bran cakes left, and they could eat them after arriving in Yangcheng in the afternoon.

"Grandma will give you money."

"Grandma, I have money. I saved it myself before."

After declining, Xiao Niannian walked towards the front carriage.

Looking at Xiao Niannian's retreating figure, Grandma Xiao's face was filled with relief.

"Xiao Shu, Niannian has suffered too much with me these past few years. It would be great if we could help her find her relatives in the future..."

Hearing Sixth Aunt's words, Uncle Xiao Shu said.

"Sixth Aunt, don't worry. I'll find a way to ask my comrades-in-arms to inquire and help Niannian find her family..."

Xiao Niannian went to the dining car, bought six large buns, five fen each, and also needed tickets. She also bought a bowl of beef noodles for two mao, which was a very generous portion.

The tickets were all from Wang Dazhuang's family, and Xiao Niannian spent them without any heartache.

Wang Dazhuang's family had a whole drawer full of various tickets: cloth tickets, grain tickets, meat tickets... and most of them were valid nationwide.

It was clear how much money Wang Dazhuang's father and his uncle had embezzled over the years.

As Xiao Niannian squeezed back into the carriage with her lunchbox and meat buns, she suddenly saw the couple who had previously occupied her seat. The woman was holding a child of about one year old, who was sleeping with closed eyes, dressed in clothes of very good material.

The woman was talking to a Female Comrade opposite her.

"What a coincidence, comrade, we're also going to Yangcheng... How old is your child?"