Deng Qingling, a recent college graduate, struggled to find work due to the pandemic, so she returned to her hometown. Her grandmother, who passed away from illness, left her a silver bracelet.
..."Hello, hello, hello, Comrade Guo Jianping from the Lixia Brigade, someone is looking for you in the guard room. Comrade Guo Jianping from the Lixia Brigade, someone is looking for you in the guard room." As the broadcast sounded, everyone in the factory heard it.
When Guo Jianping heard the broadcast saying someone was looking for him, he thought it was his younger brother Guo Jianjun who wanted to talk to him about something, so he said something to his master and quickly ran to the guard room.
When Guo Jianping ran to the guard room and saw Deng Qingling there, he was a little surprised and a little happy.
"Aqing, why are you here? Is there something wrong at home?" Guo Jianping said.
"Everything is fine at home. I came to the county town to buy some things and came to see you on the way," said Deng Qingling.
Guo Jianping felt a little disappointed when he heard this. It turned out she was just passing by! But it’s okay, as long as she thought of me.
"Oh, do you have enough money?" He felt his pockets, but found them empty.
Guo Jianping said a little embarrassedly: "Well, how about you wait a moment, I will go back to the dormitory and give it to you." It was so embarrassing that he didn't have a penny on him.
"No need to go, I've already bought everything," Deng Qingling said, then she put down the backpack and took out a few big buns from it and handed them to him.
"Here, this is for you."
Guo Jianping said, "No, you should eat first. I'll just go to the cafeteria and have something to eat."
Although he wanted to eat white bread, there wasn't much in the basket, and he thought if he ate it, she would have nothing to eat.
Deng Qingling said: "You take it, I will buy more after you finish eating."
"I just want a bun," Guo Jianping said as he picked up a bun.
"Okay, I'll leave if there's nothing else. I'm in a hurry to catch the bus." Deng Qingling didn't know what to say. It would be better to go and wait for the bus early. It would be bad if she missed it.
"Okay, be careful on the road, I will be home in a few days," said Guo Jianping.
"Well, I'll be leaving first," Deng Qingling said and walked out without looking back.
Guo Jianping watched her walk away before going back.
Deng Qingling just walked to the station when she saw the car coming. After the car stopped, she got on and asked the driver if this was the car going to Jiangying.
Only after confirming that this was the bus to Jiangying did Deng Qingling buy the ticket and sit down. She didn't feel anything on the way there, but on the way back.
The constant stops when people got on and off the bus made her feel very uncomfortable. She felt dizzy and wanted to vomit but couldn't, so she quickly opened the window to get some fresh air.
She just felt better, but when she passed by the cement factory, a strong wind blew and dust rolled in, covering her face with sand.
"Pooh, pooh" Deng Qingling spat out the dust in her mouth.
She felt like an idiot for opening the window on this road. Although it was a cement road, this section of road was obviously a sandstorm area with a river and a sand factory on one side and a cement factory on the other. If she had known this, she would not have opened the window.
It’s a pity that no one in the world knew this earlier.
Soon, the car started to go up the hill, slowly, like a snail climbing a hill, turning a corner every few minutes, and finally reached the top. Just as it reached the top of the mountain, it turned again. It turned so many turns along the way that it made people dizzy.
At this time, Deng Qingling thought of a song.
The mountain roads here are winding and the waterways are connected in nine circles.
Deng Qingling couldn't wait to get off the bus. Seeing the village outside the window, she knew they had arrived at Jiangying Town. Soon, people started getting off the bus one after another.
Finally they arrived at the station. As soon as the bus stopped, Deng Qingling pushed the crowd away and wanted to get off quickly. As soon as she got off the bus, Deng Qingling finally couldn't hold it in anymore and vomited a lot of yellow bile.
Deng Qingling's face was pale and she looked like she had lost all hope in life.
People who are prone to motion sickness can’t afford this! It’s better to go to the county town less often in the future.
Deng Qingling found a place to rest for a few minutes, and used the backpack as a cover to put a few pieces of bacon, oranges, fruit candies, melon seeds, and glutinous rice sticks in it.
As Deng Qingling walked, she felt hungry, so she took a bun and ate while walking. After walking for more than ten minutes, she arrived at Tianxin Village.
At that time, everyone was working and there were not many people on the road, so we walked all the way to Deng's house.
As soon as she reached the door, Deng Qingling shouted loudly, "Mom, I'm back!"
Liang Haidi was talking to Deng's third sister-in-law in the room when she suddenly heard someone calling her. It seemed to be her youngest daughter, but her daughter should be taking care of the children at her husband's house and had no time to come back!
"I seemed to hear Aqing calling me," Liang Haidi asked.
Deng's third sister-in-law said: "I heard it too, and I'm sure it was my younger sister's voice." After that, the two stood up and walked out.
Deng Qingling originally thought that no one was at home!
I saw my mother and sister-in-law coming out, I walked over quickly and said, "Mom, sister-in-law, I thought you were not at home."
Liang Haidi said: "I am here. I was talking to your third sister-in-law in the room. When I heard your voice, I thought I had misheard."
"Mom and little sister, come into the house and sit down to chat," said the third sister-in-law of the Deng family.
"Yes, come in and sit down," Liang Haidi said.
As soon as Deng Qingling entered the house, she put down her backpack, took out two strips of bacon, half a pound of fruit candies and a dozen green-skinned tangerines, and put them on the table.
"Oh, you're here, why do you bring so many things?" Liang Haidi said.
"I didn't bring much. The Mid-Autumn Festival is in a few days, so I brought something for you to eat," Deng Qingling said with a smile.
Liang Haidi said: "Oh, I almost forgot that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon."
Liang Haidi added, "Why are there still oranges? They're hard to buy!"
The day before yesterday, there was a batch of oranges at the supply and marketing cooperative, but they were sold out as soon as they were put on the display. I couldn’t buy any of them even if I wanted to.
"I bought this from the county town. Try it and see if it's sweet." Deng Qingling said as she picked up an orange, peeled it, and gave a few slices to Liang Haidi and Deng's third sister-in-law.
"Hmm, it's quite sweet," Liang Haidi said after taking the tangerine and taking a bite.
"Yes, it's very sweet. I've never eaten such sweet oranges!" said the third sister-in-law of the Deng family.
Deng Qingling said, "It's good if it's sweet. Things from the county are always better." Of course it's sweet! This is a mandarin orange.
"Do you have any left? You don't have to give us so much." Liang Haidi was afraid that her daughter would take it all out and leave nothing for her in-laws.
"Also, I bought a few kilograms," said Deng Qingling.
Liang Haidi said: "That's good. By the way, what are you doing in the county town?" Why would you go to the county town for no reason?
Deng Qingling said: "I'm going to the county town to do some business."
"What's going on? Is it done? Do you need help from your family?" Liang Haidi was very worried that her daughter didn't tell her family about something.
"Mom, don't worry, it's been done," Deng Qingling said quickly, fearing that she would get anxious and angry.
Liang Haidi asked again: "Are you really okay? Do you need help?"
As parents, we are afraid that our children will only report good news and not bad news, and that they will have to handle problems alone.
"Okay! Don't worry, I promise to tell you if there is anything," Deng Qingling said, shaking Liang Haidi's hand.
"That's good. Are you hungry? I'll go cook two eggs for you!" Liang Haidi felt relieved after hearing her assurance, and then she remembered that her daughter might not have eaten lunch.
Deng Qingling said: "I'm not hungry, I've eaten"