"Hey, what's going on here, comrade?" The middle-aged woman was displeased when she heard this, "Didn't you just say there were no sleeper tickets? How come they suddenly appeared?"
"This comrade managed to exchange her sleeper ticket before the train started moving," the conductor explained to her, looking at her.
"Who knows if you guys are in cahoots, sneaking through the back door," the middle-aged woman said with a pout.
"What do you mean by that, comrade?" The conductor was displeased upon hearing this, "If you have any objections, you can talk to our head conductor."
"I've been a conductor on this line for over ten years, and it's the first time I've encountered a passenger like you," the conductor said angrily.
Seeing the train captain approaching, she directly called out, "This is our train captain, if you have any issues, you can talk to him."
"Train captain, about your conductor here..."
"Conductor, we don't have 'waiters' here," the train captain interrupted the middle-aged woman, "What's the matter? Go on."
With such a nonchalant retort, the middle-aged woman's arrogance dwindled a bit, "Your conductor here told me there were no sleeper tickets, yet she runs over to give this comrade a sleeper ticket. What's the meaning of this? Why the preferential treatment?"
At the end of the middle-aged woman's speech, her arrogance rose again.
"Comrade, perhaps it's your first time taking the train, so you lack experience," the train captain said with a smile, "We can issue sleeper tickets as soon as you board, but you must go to a designated carriage to get the tickets."
"She brought him a sleeper ticket, which means this comrade went directly to the ticketing carriage to handle the procedure right after boarding."
This train captain is something else too.
With just one comment about a first-time rider, the middle-aged woman was left embarrassed.
"That's how it goes. If you'd like to try for a sleeper ticket, you can wait in carriage 12 now. If someone gets off, we can process it for you."
"You want me to wait...?" The middle-aged woman said reluctantly.
"Do you have any other questions?" the train captain asked, "Of course, you have to wait. I believe this comrade also waited right after boarding, correct?"
The last sentence was directed at Yang Yunhai.
Yang Yunhai nodded.
It was because he went to handle the ticketing procedure that he arrived late.
"Oh, by the way," The train captain stopped to say, pointing at the conductor to the middle-aged woman, "This conductor is an exemplary service model on our train and has been an excellent party member for years."
"I believe an exemplary comrade like this wouldn't do what you accuse them of, such as preferential treatment."
The look on the middle-aged woman's face, Gu Lingling could practically hear her getting slapped.
However, she still underestimated some people's shamelessness.
"Comrade, can you spare me two of your tickets?" The middle-aged woman leaned over, eyeing the four sleeper tickets in Yang Yunhai's hand, "How much do you want? I'll pay you double."
"What? Do I look like someone short on money?" Yang Yunhai looked at her coldly.
The middle-aged woman, "..."
He doesn't look like it, but any of those three people next to him look like they could be from the countryside without much money.
Why take the sleeper train at all? A seat would be plenty enough.