Chapter 294 Leaving Beijing (Transition Chapter)
Su Wenchen, who had left the Engineering Bureau, had just stepped out of the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry building.
The winter sun was setting obliquely. Su Wenchen squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Qianjin standing by the flower bed in the distance, rolling a cigarette.
Yang Fusheng, who was standing next to him, kept rubbing his hands and walking back and forth on the cement floor.
"Brother Qianjin, do you think our performance this morning was so poor? Will the leader be dissatisfied?"
"Director Su, why hasn't he come out for so long?"
Zhang Qianjin said unhappily.
"Calm down! The leaders announced it at the meeting. How could they change it so easily?"
"Relax, this won't have any impact unless we mess things up later!"
At this moment, Su Wenchen also walked down the stairs in three or two steps.
"Brother Qianjin, you haven't gone back yet! Are you waiting for me? Is there something else?"
Hearing Su Wenchen's voice, Zhang Qianjin quickly turned around.
"Brother, you are done!"
"Nothing else, this is not Brother Yang, you have to drag me here to wait for you!"
"He said he wanted to thank you very much!"
"I told him that having a meal is meaningless. It's better for him to go back and take care of the cows!"
"But since he insisted on inviting you personally, there's no need to prepare anything in advance today. We've already embarrassed ourselves enough."
Hearing what Zhang Qianjin said, Yang Fusheng came over a little embarrassedly.
"Comrade Qianjin, I'm sorry, I was really a little nervous in the meeting room this morning."
"I've had this problem since I was a kid. I stutter a little when I'm nervous!"
Zhang Qianjin waved his hand.
"Why are you embarrassed to tell me that? It's not me who's embarrassed that you're nervous. Besides, don't I know nothing too?"
"We've both embarrassed ourselves. If it weren't for Brother Wenchen's help, we'd probably have been fired and replaced just because we didn't know anything."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he tucked his briefcase under his arm and used his free hands to hand two cigarettes to the two men.
"Why are you so self-deprecating?"
"It's not like the project is halfway through, and you still don't know anything."
"Isn't it normal not to know some things during the preparation stage of a project?"
"The leader has no intention of criticizing you!"
"Besides, we're not looking at all your talk, we just need to get the job done. Proving it with actual actions speaks louder than anything else."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Yang Fusheng immediately nodded.
"Director Su, don't worry, I will definitely take care of the rest."
"It was thanks to you, Director Su, and Comrade Qianjin's support that I was able to participate in this project."
"Let's find a place at noon so I can express my gratitude."
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"You don't have to do that. It just so happens that your local cattle breeds do have enough advantages."
"Otherwise, the department wouldn't have invited you to the year-end meeting!"
Yang Fusheng waved his hands repeatedly.
"We have to invite them. We have to. The reason they invited us here is actually because the Animal Husbandry Bureau originally planned to set up a Dengchuan cattle conservation base here."
"After trying several times, we discovered that transporting cattle would always cause a lot of problems. In fact, the Animal Husbandry Bureau has already given up on this breed of cattle."
"It is simply being protected as a high-quality local cattle breed."
"Director Su, if it weren't for your participation, we definitely wouldn't be able to seize this last chance."
"Don't worry, I will definitely seize this opportunity when I return to help you transport the cattle down the plateau in good health."
Su Wenchen smiled and waved.
"Don't talk about helping anyone, let's all work together!"
"Let's bring our Dengchuan cattle down from the plateau and bring our high-fat fresh milk to thousands of households."
"Entering the international market will also let foreigners know that our country not only has dairy cattle breeds, but also top-quality dairy cattle breeds with the highest butterfat content."
When Yang Fusheng heard this, he also showed a look of longing, and his throat rolled violently.
“I really hope to see this day.”
Before he could finish his words, his stomach started growling.
Apparently, since the two of them were staying in the guesthouse, they were dragged there for a meeting early in the morning and didn't even have breakfast.
After a long meeting, he waited for Su Wenchen at the door for a long time.
At this moment, they are close to each other.
Su Wenchen also smiled when he saw this.
"Haha, you guys probably didn't eat anything this morning! Come on! Let's go to the cafeteria and have a farewell meal!"
Yang Fusheng said anxiously.
"Director Su, you don't have to save money for me. I can still afford a meal for the three of us, and I even found someone to exchange for more national food coupons."
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"Let's go! It doesn't matter where you eat, eating in the cafeteria is the best deal!"
After saying that, he walked towards the cafeteria.
Seeing this, Yang Fusheng could only follow, but still said.
"Then, when I pay later, don't fight with me for the money!"
Zhang Qianjin rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, no one will snatch it from you!"
"By the way, brother, have you booked your tickets yet? I have to go and book tickets after dinner, and I was thinking of booking one for you this afternoon!"
Su Wenchen smiled and waved his hand.
"Then you better hurry up, brother. I heard from my father-in-law that these days are full of people leaving Beijing after the Chinese New Year. I heard that train tickets are not that easy to buy!"
Before the holiday was over, Su Wenchen had already heard about this from Jiang's father.
After the Lunar New Year, a large number of educated youth who came back to celebrate the New Year, as well as some soldiers or cadres who came back to visit relatives or take vacations, began to return to their original units one after another.
So the train tickets are in short supply at this time, but of course Su Wenchen himself doesn’t have to worry about not being able to buy a ticket.
In the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's canteen, after the three of them finished their meal, they went their separate ways.
Su Wenchen returned home.
Watching Jiang Li start to pack up a lot of things, I felt a little scalp-tingling!
"Ali, why did you buy so many things? Can you take them back?"
As he spoke, he looked at the thermos with a plastic shell and a big red flower printed on it lying on the ground.
"Why did you buy this? I remember when we got married, I asked someone to buy two thermoses with peonies printed on them."
"Those two aren't bad!"
When Jiang Li heard this, she slapped Su Wenchen in annoyance.
"What are you talking about! How can this thing break so easily? This was brought by my eldest and second sisters-in-law."
"How can you eat a whole leg of lamb for free?"
Su Wenchen touched his chin.
"Why send a thermos? I remember that my eldest and second brothers have thermoses at home!"
Jiang Li said helplessly as she packed her things into the box.
"Yes, but it was made of bamboo. The lining at that time was not as warm as the plastic one we have now."
"Let me tell you, these plastic-shelled thermoses are lighter than tin ones and warmer than bamboo-shell ones. They're very popular over there."
"My second brother went to the city several times to buy a plastic thermos, but he couldn't find one. Basically, as soon as the department store in the city got them, they were all sold out the next day."
"Do you think everyone in our family has the opportunity to travel around the big city like you?"
"Besides, you're out and about every day, and I never see you think of anything your family needs and bring it back."
When Su Wenchen heard this, he walked straight to Jiang Li and hugged her.
"Don't you have a wife?"
"Look, I can't think about you in such detail. If I were to go shopping, I'd usually just buy some food and that's it."
"How can you still think about what others need?"
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Jiang Li's mouth corners suddenly curled up slightly, but she still said.
"Okay, I know you're focused on work."
"Help me clean up quickly!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen also started to clean up.
"Hey, why did you buy malted milk? Don't we have this stuff at home?"
"That's for Mom and Dad. The can you bought last time is almost finished."
Su Wenchen nodded and picked up a few red-themed comic books such as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".
"Is this for Shitou? He's already a grown-up boy, why would he buy this?"
Jiang Li rolled her eyes.
"What else? Did you buy him a set of math, physics, and chemistry books two years ago?"
"And he even asked the stone to say thank you with tears in his eyes!"
Su Wenchen replied with a smile.
"Of course not! He'll definitely have to thank me for that set of books later!"
The next day.
The busy platform was filled with people carrying luggage.
A series of different farewell scenes are played out again and again here, including mutual exhortations between relatives, farewell banter between brothers, and partings between childhood sweethearts.
Next to a military jeep.
Father Jiang turned around and looked at his son-in-law who got out of the car swiftly to pick up his luggage, and his daughter who opened the door and prepared to get out, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes.
Just as I was about to say something, the stationmaster came over panting and jogging.
"Leader, you're here!"
Father Jiang nodded slightly.
"Well, my daughter is going back home, I'm here to see her off. You guys just take care of your own things, don't worry about me."
After seeing Su Wenchen move all the things out of the car.
Father Jiang turned to Jiang Li and spoke slowly.
"Go back and take care of yourself. Call home when you're about to give birth!"
"I'll let you"
Father Jiang thought about it and still felt that it was inappropriate. Given the current situation of his daughter and his second wife, it would be inappropriate to take care of them.
So he turned around and said to Su Wenchen.
"During Xiaoli's pregnancy, we can only ask your parents to take care of her. I think it's not appropriate for Aqin to go."
Su Wenchen naturally understood what his father-in-law meant.
Generally speaking, if they are biological mother and daughter, there will definitely be no problem, but in this case, there is still disharmony between the stepmother and the daughter.
Su Wenchen thought it would be better not to let the two of them get together.
"Dad, don't worry, I will also make time to spend more time with Ali!"
As he spoke, he watched the crowd on the platform begin to thin out little by little.
Only those who were reluctant to see them off remained where they were.
"Dad, that's it! It's almost time, don't delay the departure of the vehicle later."
Father Jiang nodded slightly.
"Well, call me when you get home!"
"When you have time in the future, bring Ali and the child back to visit more!"
Su Wenchen picked up two large packages with both hands and nodded with a smile.
"Okay, Dad, if we have time, we will definitely bring the children to see you!"
When the stationmaster at the other station saw Su Wenchen preparing to get on the train, he also glanced at the staff member wearing an armband on the other side.
The other party immediately walked towards Su Wenchen.
"Comrade, you have a lot of stuff, let me help you get some!"
Su Wenchen said a little embarrassedly when he saw this.
"That's not good! It's delaying your work."
"It's okay. If we meet other people who can't carry their luggage, we will all lend a hand."
"This is part of our job description on the platform."
After the two of them got on the car.
“Woo——!”
Accompanied by a violent whistle!
The train slowly started to move, and the scene outside the window began to recede little by little. Su Wenchen also waved goodbye to Jiang's father who was standing outside the platform.
It will be divided into two chapters from now on, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.
There's more in the evening!
(End of this chapter)
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