SFS Chapter 1232 North-South War
Chapter 1232 North-South War
After dinner, Su Xing and He Xu started packing their suitcases.
Grandma Zhou and Aunt Zhou took a lot of things and stuffed them into the young couple's suitcases.
The two brought a lot of gifts with them, filling more than a box.
When we returned, the empty box was filled up again.
Grandma Zhou and her aunt packed them a lot of seafood snacks, such as dried small fish, snails, and roasted fish slices, and also brought a lot of dried vegetables that had been dried in the autumn.
The night before, while packing the boxes, Su Xing kept telling her grandmother and the others, "That's enough, that's too much. You can buy anything in Beijing."
My aunt said, "These things won't spoil, just eat them slowly."
Grandma Zhou rolled her eyes at her granddaughter, "Do the things you buy outside taste the same as what we make ourselves?"
Su Xing was helpless and could only let them be.
He Xu tidied his clothes while smiling at the mother and her children.
1 month 28 day.
After breakfast, Su Xing and He Xu were about to leave.
Su Xing hugged his maternal grandmother, aunt, and cousin one by one.
"I'll miss everyone~"
Grandma Zhou patted Su Xing's back, "Alright, alright, stop being so clingy!"
My aunt smiled and said, "Come back often when you have time."
Zhou Mingyue gestured to Su Xing with a phone number, "Keep in touch!"
He Xu also told everyone, "Xiao Xing and I will come back often when we have time. You can also visit Beijing when you have time."
Mr. Zhou said, "Let's go, or we'll miss the carriage."
Uncle Zhou laughed and said, "There's still time."
Everyone said goodbye with reluctance.
Afterwards, Su Xing and He Xu picked up their suitcases and prepared to go downstairs.
Grandpa Zhou and Uncle Zhou were going to take them to the station.
Grandma Zhou suddenly started getting dressed, saying, "I'll go out for a walk with you."
Su Xing and He Xu exchanged a glance and smiled.
Finally, the three of them saw Su Xing and He Xu off at the station.
If Uncle Zhou's car hadn't been too full, Aunt Zhou and her daughter would have wanted to come along too.
The group arrived at Huludao North Station at 8:30.
Su Xing and He Xu booked the 9:06 high-speed train, arriving in Beijing around 12:20 PM.
Everyone got off the bus and escorted the young couple to the security checkpoint.
Su Xing said, "Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, you should go back now."
Grandpa Zhou said, "We'll head back once you've passed through security."
We're almost at the security checkpoint.
The group then said their goodbyes to each other again.
Grandma Zhou instructed, "Take all your belongings and keep your ID cards safe."
Su Xing said, "I know~"
He Xu said, "Grandma, don't worry, we'll take good care of things."
The two sides waved to each other.
Su Xing and He Xu pushed their suitcases and began going through security.
The three members of the Zhou family left the station only after they had passed through security and were almost out of sight.
Su Xing and He Xu found the ticket gate and sat down to rest.
Not long after, ticket checking began.
The two lined up to have their tickets checked and boarded the train.
The drive of more than three hours is not particularly far.
The two chatted quietly for a while, ate some snacks and drank some water, and half the time had passed.
In the second half of the race, He Xu closed his eyes to rest.
Su Xing took out his phone and started browsing Weibo.
Her Weibo post from midnight yesterday has already garnered many likes, reposts, and comments.
"The blogger is updating again at this hour? Confirmed, definitely a night owl!"
"Upstairs, everyone's a night owl, hahaha!"
"Oh my! I'm just about to travel to Northeast China, and this artist's science popularization and fashion guide is so timely! I'll take it, thank you! (emoji: heart)"
"I'm from Mohe in H province, and I can say that the artist's explanation is completely correct. I advise all the southern darlings who come to Northeast China to pay attention to keeping warm and not to go out and have fun. You really can get sick from the cold. In severe cases, it can lead to amputation or even death! It's not worth getting a cold, right? With the money for injections and medicine, you can buy something nice to eat."
"We really do see people freeze to death here every year. Some people drink too much, lie down in the snow, and their bodies harden the next day!"
"Really? You can freeze to death? That's such an exaggeration!"
"I've been to the North, and it's not that cold. Some of you Northerners just aren't good at handling the cold."
"I suggest northerners come and spend the winter in the south to experience that relentless, oppressive cold—it's cold both indoors and outdoors! The damp, chilly air attacks you relentlessly!"
"Our damp cold is like magic, it just gets colder! You northerners have central heating, your winters are much more comfortable than ours!"
"If the temperature is the same, it will definitely feel colder in the south during winter."
"Exaggeration? A couple of years ago, a man from our village froze to death. I even went to see what was going on. His exposed hands and face were stuck to the ground. When his family pulled him a little, his skin was torn off, and when they twisted it, his arm broke."
"The temperature in the south and the north can't possibly be the same in winter, so what's the point of comparing them? And guess why the north needs heating?"
"Yes, yes, yes, the South is damp and cold. You might not be used to the dry cold of the North when you first arrived in the Northeast. I'll teach you a trick: bring a small spray bottle and spray yourself every now and then. That way, you won't feel dry and cold."
"Some people compare the South, where there is no heating, with the North, where there is heating; they compare the North, where people are dressed in thick clothes, with the South, where people are dressed in thin clothes, and conclude that the South is colder than the North... (Emoji: facepalm)"
"I met a netizen through gaming. He said it's cold in the south. I asked him why he didn't turn on the air conditioner or electric heater. He said it was too dry and he couldn't stand it. I asked him why he didn't turn on a humidifier. He said that's how everyone gets through it. I said we northerners can't just tough it out like that. We'll get through it! Every year in March and October, we don't have heating. Everyone gets through it by turning on the air conditioner and electric blankets. Between dryness and cold, we choose to stay warm."
"Not all areas in the north have central heating. Many rural areas don't have centralized heating and rely on burning coal and firewood for warmth. Every winter, they burn several tons of coal or thousands of yuan worth of firewood. But in the middle of the night, the heated brick bed isn't very warm anymore, which is very unbearable. It's very painful to get up in the morning! When I was little, I liked to wrap myself in a quilt and look at the frost flowers in the morning, waiting for my grandma to heat up the heated brick bed before getting up. By the way, do you know what frost flowers on windows look like? They come in all sorts of shapes, some like flowers, some like grass, some like animals. The window looks like a tropical savanna or rainforest world. When I was little, when the teacher asked us to write about scenery in an essay, I wrote about 'the scenery on the glass window.' I wrote that some of the frost flowers on the window looked like 'sparse trees and tall grass' in a geography book. The teacher praised my imagination and gave me full marks!"
"You said it's not cold in Northeast China? Why don't you go into your own freezer and experience it for two hours? By the way, the temperature in your freezer is considered mild in Northeast China."
"Stop arguing! I think when traveling to areas where temperatures drop to tens of degrees below zero in winter, you should take the artist's information and outfit recommendations to heart. Don't be stubborn, just make sure you're warm; your health is your own responsibility!"
"The province with the greatest reverence for winter in H province is Liaoning province..."
Su Xing laughed as she scrolled through her phone.
Whenever topics like "Is it colder in the South or the North?", "Which is more authentic, savory or sweet tofu pudding?", or "Which tastes better, red date rice dumplings or meat rice dumplings?" come up, netizens from the South and the North will start arguing.
The North-South war was truly on the verge of breaking out.
She found it quite amusing. Only in a peaceful and prosperous China would people have the time or inclination to argue over such trivial matters.