nashuaworldcup Chapter 274: Picking up someone at Chengnan Station
Chapter 274: Picking up someone at Chengnan Station
Chapter 274: Picking up someone at Chengnan Station
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone is wearing new clothes. Even the red sweater underneath Qiu Huoming's cotton-padded jacket was newly knitted by Chen Suniang.
Looking around, the so-called new clothes of these children are just old cotton-padded jackets with some new designs. The older children are still okay, but the clothes of the younger children are basically just some modifications to their older brothers and sisters' clothes.
The living standard of the Qiu family has improved dramatically this year. The clothes for the children in the family are all new, and with Chen Suniang's good craftsmanship, the clothes look like ready-made ones.
The three of them looked even more glamorous among the group of children.
Seeing that more and more children were gathering around him, Qiu Huoming simply stepped back. It was okay for him to play with his younger sister, but forget about taking care of the naughty kids. He handed the cloth bag to his eldest sister and the others, gave them a few instructions, and left first.
When he got home, he was surprised to see a lot of people sitting in the yard. When Qiu Jianshe saw him coming in, he immediately pulled him into the house and said, "These are neighbors from the coal factory. They want to watch TV. They said there will be a rerun in the morning. I'm not very good at tuning it. Can you do it..."
Qiu Huoming suddenly realized that these neighbors probably didn't check it last night, so they came here early in the morning.
They were quite conscious and brought their own benches. The weather was good today. Although the sun was hiding in the clouds, it was not cold to stay in the yard.
"Okay, I'll move the TV to the yard..."
He started with Qiu Huoming.
The family was not in a hurry and walked home slowly. Today was the first day of the Lunar New Year and there were not many people on the road.
"Thank you, Mom and Dad. I wish you all the best in your work, promotion and wealth!" Qiu Huoming said without hesitation.
His image has become more and more pleasing to some neighbors. Who doesn't like a well-behaved and sensible college student? They are all neighbors, and it is an honor to say this out loud.
He coughed, fished out an envelope from his pocket, and took out three brand new five-cent bills from it.
Grandpa and grandma also brought small stools to join in the fun, and the sound of the TV attracted another group of people. Although the Qiu family's house was located in a remote area, it was crowded with people.
As soon as I opened the gate, I saw a yellow object flying out. It was the egret chicken. It was flapping its wings aggressively. After flying to the door, it made a "clucking" sound from its mouth, as if expressing its dissatisfaction.
Chen Suniang rolled her eyes at Qiu Jianshe, then stood up and started to clear the table.
Lunch is almost entirely yesterday's leftovers.
She was in a hurry to go out and forgot to add food to its food bowl...
The younger sister immediately sat up straight and looked at him expectantly.
Grandpa's face was full of smiles, "Let Jianshe give you a red envelope as well."
Qiu Huoming carried a thermos and added some hot water to some people who brought teacups.
When I got home, the door was littered with debris from firecrackers, blown everywhere by the wind.
The younger sister and the older sister parroted it again.
"I wish grandpa and grandma good health and a long life!" Qiu Huoming smiled and said a blessing after taking the red envelope.
Chen Suniang added two more dishes, cooking meatball soup and "Ants Climbing a Tree". "Ants Climbing a Tree" is the Qiu family's signature dish. It uses vermicelli made from taro flour, and adds soy sauce and chili when it is cooked. Adults and children love it. Even the second uncle, who usually eats in silence, clumsily raised his thumb and praised it, "It's delicious..."
For a moment, the Qiu family's courtyard was bustling with people inside and outside.
Qiu Huoming raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Hey, then I'll take it!" Qiu Jianshe's words had always been unpleasant to him, but he didn't care and didn't take it to heart.
Qiu Jianshe's face was full of pride. Nowadays, having a virtuous wife at home is a compliment in itself.
Qiu Huoming was pushing a bicycle, with an empty basket in front and a TV and other sundries in the back...
After resting for a while, everyone said goodbye to grandpa and the others and headed home.
The three of them took the New Year's money he gave them. The younger sister tugged at Qiu Huoming's clothes and whispered, "If Dad doesn't want to get rich, then let brother get rich."
Qiu Huoming moved the small square table out first.
A few older ones had already started planning to introduce girls to him, which frightened Qiu Huoming so much that he immediately turned around and went back to his house. He did not participate in the subsequent work of pouring tea and water, and let his father serve them instead.
"Hongye, try to get into college."
After dinner, grandpa came out from the inner room with three red paper packages in his hands.
Grandpa took the red paper package and began to distribute it one by one, "Huo Ming, study hard."
Qiu Jianshe never liked people who were smooth-talking. He glared at Qiu Huoming and said, "Getting promoted is a matter of ability. For officials to get rich? That's wrong!"
The people in the yard left reluctantly only at lunch time.
Chen Suniang smiled and said, "This child is so sweet. It warms my heart to hear her words..."
The red paper wrapper contains New Year's money. There are no red envelopes at that time. The red paper is mainly to add a little festive atmosphere. When you open the red paper, there are 2 yuan inside.
"Hey, I want to watch it again..."
Qiu Jianshe was not panicked when he heard this. In previous years, even if his family was not rich, they would give out more or less New Year's money, and he had prepared it early in the morning.
Several neighbors who had been there yesterday came in one after another. Qiu Huoming recognized one of them. He smiled and said, "Brother, didn't you see it yesterday?"
Qiu Huoming burst out laughing, put the TV away, turned on the power, and sure enough, there was a rerun today.
He felt quite comfortable staying in the inner room, but the noise in the yard was too loud, so he put down the book in his hand and simply wrote a letter to Zhao Jiamin.
My little sister immediately yelled, "Oh my god, my chicken has been hungry all day!"
"Hongshuang, don't be so naughty in the future..."
He had specially gone to the bank to exchange this money, because he wanted it to be new, crisp and presentable.
It was New Year's Day, and everyone was having lunch at other people's homes, so no one felt comfortable staying. Qiu Huoming waited until they left, then quickly walked to the yard, neatly packed up the TV and removed the antenna.
The chicken recognized her and followed her closely.
Chen Suniang laughed, "I'm afraid this chicken is going to become a monster."
The little sister quickly walked into the kitchen, sat on the ground, dragged out the sack containing the rice, and reached out to grab a handful of rice.
It is winter now and there are few insects outside. If it were summer, this egret chicken could almost feed itself.
The first thing Chen Suniang did when she got home was to light the stove and boil water. There was honeycomb coal in the stove and there was still some residual fire. After changing the coal, she put the pot on it.
Qiu Jianshe didn’t sleep well last night, so he stretched and went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.
Qiu Huoming put the TV and antenna back in place.
Soon the water boiled, and the eldest sister made malted milk for everyone. We had eaten more meat today, so drinking some malted milk was particularly comfortable.
The younger sister let the chicken out, then washed her hands and walked in with an attitude of "I'm not the head of the family and my family will starve."
She plopped down in a chair and began to drink her malted milk.
Chen Suniang filled the thermos, rubbed her eyes, and drank a bowl of malted milk given to her by her elder sister as a gift. She was also tired today, so she yawned and went into the inner room to take a nap.
The remaining children were not sleepy at all, so they just started playing cards.
The days at home passed like flowing water, and he didn't notice it at all. When he returned to the cabin at night and took a nap, it was already the second day of the New Year.
He was woken up by Chen Suniang early in the morning, "Huo Ming, get up and have breakfast. After breakfast, go to the South City Bus Station to pick up your sister and Xiaobao..."
Qiu Huoming responded, but then felt something was wrong, "Mom, doesn't the bus from Jiangkou County arrive until after 2pm?"
"Oh, my life is so miserable. Okay, you can sleep for a while..."
Chen Suniang turned around and walked out in a hurry, and considerately closed Qiu Huoming's door again.
Qiu Huoming:...
This grandparents relationship is indeed true. Right now, Chen Suniang is already thinking about that little nephew Qiu Huoming, whom she has never met.
He was also a little curious because he had heard from Qiu Jianshe that he looked a bit like himself.
It was difficult to fall asleep after waking up, so he got out of bed, put on his cotton coat and trousers, took down the backpack hanging next to the closet, and took out a cloth bag from the compartment inside.
He sat on the edge of the bed and emptied the contents of the bag.
Pouring out three small brocade bags, Qiu Huoming smiled and stuffed the three small brocade bags under his pillow.
Then he leisurely opened the door and went out to wash.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were obviously more pedestrians on the street, all of them out to pay New Year's greetings. The businesses had not yet opened, but the shops on both sides of the street had posted new couplets, and some of the more elaborate ones even hung red lanterns.
It looks quite festive.
Qiu Huoming was riding his bike around the street. He was kicked out by Chen Suniang at 2 p.m. On the way, he passed by Fang Jun's electrical appliance store. The door was closed. There was a piece of red paper pasted on it with the words "Open for business on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year" written in large letters.
After having a meal with Fang Jun and the others last time, they haven’t been in touch since.
It's the New Year, and probably every family is busy, so he is too lazy to join in the fun.
He took a glance and left.
When we arrived at Nanmen Station, we found it was still very busy. Probably because the trains had just arrived, there was a constant stream of people coming out of the parking lot, all carrying large and small bags of luggage.
Qiu Huoming sat on his bicycle and looked at the parking lot from a distance.
This was the first time he came here since he left last time. A year had passed, and the parking lot had become even more dilapidated. I heard that the heavy snow this year had even damaged a wall.
Bricks were scattered on the ground of the parking lot, and several buses were parked near the waiting hall.
He looked at his watch and saw that there were still more than 20 minutes left.
It was New Year's Day and there was no staff outside the parking lot. The gate was open. Qiu Huoming rode his bike slowly in and no one stopped him.
He walked around the parking lot, passing the buses, and was suddenly stopped by someone, "Hey, that...that young man, don't go!"
Qiu Huoming turned his bike around on the spot. He looked up at the person standing on the top of the bus. The person was facing him. Qiu Huoming recognized him at a glance. This person was the driver of the bus he had taken before.
"It's you, comrade driver." Qiu Huoming stopped his bicycle on the spot and greeted him.
The driver climbed down from the roof with a smile on his face. "My last name is Wang, you can just call me Brother Wang. You looked familiar to me just now. Are you from the county town?"
"Well, what about you, Brother Wang? You're still driving a sports car during Chinese New Year?"
"I'm from the provincial motorcade. Hey, you say I'm very conscious. I was just about to look for you..." Brother Wang rubbed his hands. "Last time we drove away a group of people blocking the road. Guess what?"
Qiu Huoming glanced at him. Last time when they drove away the people who blocked the road, this driver was not there. His ability to flatter others was really great. However, the driver was an ordinary person after all. The fact that he did not fail at that time showed that he had strong ability to withstand pressure.
"I can't guess." Qiu Huoming replied with a smile.
"That group of people was caught! These people can't tell good from bad. We let them go, but unexpectedly, they came back in the middle of the night and attacked some people we couldn't afford to offend..."
He held out his hand and made a shooting gesture.
Qiu Huoming understood immediately, "Fuck, these people are so bold..."
"I took the knife and reported it to my workplace. Now, I was found out. This incident became an example and was even reported in the newspapers..."
Brother Wang smiled obscenely. He reached out and patted Qiu Huoming on the back. "I specifically recommended you. A hero needs three helpers. I definitely can't do it alone. Come on, follow me to the office..."
Qiu Huoming glanced at his watch. There were still ten minutes left. "I'm waiting for someone. Let's call it a day..."
Brother Wang had a look of disappointment on his face, "You are stupid, how about this, why are you waiting for a car, I will tell my colleagues inside..."
"Well... okay, the car from Jiangkou County..." Qiu Huoming was so enthusiastic that he couldn't resist it. While speaking, he turned over and got out of the car.
"Okay, I'll go say hello..." After saying that, he trotted over and talked to a staff member next to him.
It looked like the work was done, so he immediately ran back, "Done, let's go."
The office was on the second floor. Qiu Huoming parked the car in the aisle, locked it, and followed the driver in.
There was a girl on duty during the New Year. She was wearing a uniform and had short hair. After listening to the driver, she wrote down Qiu Huoming's contact information and praised Qiu Huoming a few words.
"Comrade Xiaoqiu, do you know the name of the uncle who sat with you last time and where he is from?" Brother Wang, who can read, asked after looking at the contact information he left behind.
"Really? I'll write it down for you." Qiu Huoming quickly wrote down Uncle Cui's name and the name of his township.
After he finished writing this, he saw that the time was almost up, so he ran away without even bothering to listen to the girl's questions.
I picked up the car from the aisle and pushed it to the parking lot.
The driver who was chasing after him said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I've already said hello..."
"Brother Wang, I'm picking up my sister, so you have to be more attentive."
Qiu Huoming peeked towards the entrance.
"Your sister is going back to her parents' home, right?" Brother Wang came over and said, "Comrade Xiaoqiu, I didn't realize that you care about your family so much."
"We are a family. If I don't care about her, who should I care about?" Qiu Huoming responded to him in a casual manner.
"I'm going to stay in the motorcade for one night and return tomorrow. When will you arrive in the provincial capital? Tell me and I'll take your car for free..."
Qiu Huoming turned his head and glanced at him. He was a good man and knew how to repay a favor. "Thank you, Brother Wang. I won't be able to use you this time. I will go back to the provincial capital with a teacher on the fifth day of the new year."
"I have a day off on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but I can switch shifts with my colleagues..."
Brother Wang patted his chest and said, "I'll reserve two seats for you."
"I really can't use it this time. My teacher should have a car..."
Brother Wang was stunned and was about to say something when a shabby minibus slowly drove in through the gate.
"Fuck, why are the cars in Jiangkou County in such a broken state?" Qiu Huoming looked at the sign on the windshield of the car.
"Brother Wang, the person I'm meeting has arrived. We'll talk later..."
Qiu Huoming pushed the cart and followed quickly.
The car stopped right in front of the waiting hall.
The car door opened with a creak.
A bag of luggage was thrown down first, followed by the first passenger, and then the other passengers. The speed was not fast because everyone had a lot of stuff.
The door of the cab also opened and the driver jumped out of the car.
He was not in a hurry to report, but turned around and walked quickly to the door of the car with a large sack in his hand. Then he put down the sack and looked into the car.
Qiu Huoming pushed the cart behind him, set it up, and called out honestly, "Brother-in-law, where's my sister?"
Hu Weidong turned his head and immediately laughed, "Oh, Huo Ming, your sister is in the car..."
As the two were chatting, a familiar figure walked down, holding a tightly wrapped baby in her arms.
Qiu Huoming stepped forward quickly, "Sister!"
Hu Weidong was pushed aside by him and took a step back awkwardly.