Xia Qingqing sent five watches to Qin Chuan. She was about to go to Beijing to study, and this would be her last collaboration with Qin Chuan.
After spending more than a year together, she had grown quite fond of Qin Chu'an and his sister, who were among Xia Qingqing's few friends in this world.
Qin Chuan helped Xia Qingqing sell things one after another, and saved up a sum of money. This money was enough for the two siblings to live on for a long time, and it wouldn't be a problem to last until the college entrance examination.
The last time Uncle Qin bothered us, it was perfectly resolved with Xia Qingqing's help.
Uncle Qin's most prized possession was his job, which was the leverage Qin Chu'an and her brother had over him. Whenever he dared to come to their door, the siblings would go to his workplace and cause a scene, accusing him of trying to seize the house of his deceased nephew and niece.
You have to be thick-skinned to deal with this kind of person.
Once Uncle Qin is won over, it will be much easier to deal with Old Lady Qin and her ilk. The whole family depends on Uncle Qin for support, and they all have to listen to him.
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After Xia Qingqing received four train tickets from Xiao Hui, she told Zhang Hongyan and Xia Heping that she wanted them to send her to school in Beijing.
Their main strategy is to act first and ask questions later.
Zhang Hongyan looked at the four train tickets on the table and her heart ached: "You spendthrift child, if you're too scared to go to Beijing alone, you should have asked your dad to take you. Why did you buy tickets for me and Gou Dan?"
An adult sleeper ticket costs 28.5 yuan, and even a half-price ticket for a child costs more than ten yuan. If she and Gou Dan don't go, they can save more than eighty yuan.
Good heavens, they might not even be able to save more than eighty yuan a year, and they have to spend so much money on just two train rides. Zhang Hongyan clutched her aching chest.
Xia Heping, sitting to the side, remained silent, his fingers carefully tracing the edge of the train ticket. He had never ridden a train before in his life, and he was overjoyed to have the opportunity to travel by train to Beijing.
"I just want you and Dad to take me to school together. I finally got into the best university in the country. Don't you want to go and see it?" Xia Qingqing said, hugging Zhang Hongyan and acting coquettishly.
These words struck a chord with Zhang Hongyan. How could she not want to visit the university her daughter was going to attend? But she simply couldn't bear the high cost of the travel expenses.
Xia Qingqing looked directly at Zhang Hongyan with her clear eyes: "Mom, our family isn't short of money now, and I can earn even more money in the future. Not to mention Beijing, I can take you all over the country."
She even mentioned that she could go abroad, but she didn't say that, afraid of scaring Zhang Hongyan.
"Just listen to Qingqing. Money can be earned back. Let's take this opportunity to go out and see the world and enjoy our daughter's happiness," Xia Heping advised with a smile.
He had originally planned to send his daughter to school, but he was really worried about Xia Qingqing going alone to such a far place. Now that his wife and son were going with her, it was even better.
Zhang Hongyan's resolve began to waver: "Dog Egg still has to go to school, there's no need for him to go, right? A round-trip ticket for a little kid would cost 30 yuan."
"Are we just going to leave him home alone after we've all left? Let's just give him a week off," Xia Qingqing said dismissively.
Anyway, Gou Dan has good grades and has always had the habit of previewing lessons, so missing a week of classes won't cause him any problems.
If Gou Dan finds out that the three of them went to Beijing without him, then things will really get out of hand.
"Alright then, I'll start packing in a bit," Zhang Hongyan conceded. She was actually quite tempted, and since she had already bought the tickets, there was no reason to refuse.
When Gou Dan got home from school, he heard this wonderful news.
He excitedly cried out, "Sister, you're not kidding me, are you? You're really taking me to Beijing?"
“Of course, our whole family will go,” Xia Qingqing said, pinching Gou Dan’s face, which was flushed with excitement.
Dog Egg felt so happy his legs were practically floating. The farthest place he had ever been was the county, and he didn't even know what Beijing was like.
Xia Qingqing laughed at him, "You'll know when you get there, it'll definitely be better than you imagine."
Xiao Hui bought them train tickets for departure in three days. The family packed two bags of clothes and didn't bring anything else.
Zhang Hongyan originally wanted to give Xia Qingqing the blankets and washbasin, but Xia Qingqing stopped her.
It's not like she's not coming back. She'll need blankets when she goes home, and she can't bring them back from school anymore.
When she heard her daughter say that she wanted to buy these things again in Beijing, Zhang Hongyan did not object. She had already spent a hundred or two yuan on train tickets, so she didn't care about this little bit.
You get numb to money as you spend it.
Xia Heping went to the brigade leader in advance to get a letter of introduction for his family, because at this time, you couldn't leave the house without a letter of introduction.
When Zhang Yougen heard that Xia Heping wanted him to write four letters of introduction, he asked with slight surprise, "Heping, is your whole family going to Beijing?"
This is incredible! The good days are really coming for Xia Heping's family. He knows that a train ticket to Beijing costs twenty or thirty yuan.
"Yes, Qingqing wanted Hongyan and me to take her to school. We were worried about leaving Gou Dan alone at home, so we decided to go together," Xia Heping said with a simple smile. He didn't mean to show off, but having such an outstanding daughter was enough to make people envious.
Zhang Yougen readily provided Xia Heping with a letter of introduction. His youngest son, Zhang Liguo, also took the college entrance examination this year. Thanks to Xia Qingqing's review materials, he was admitted to a junior college in the city and will be able to get a good job after graduation.
After returning home, Zhang Yougen talked about this with his wife, Lan Meili, who shook her head with some regret: "If only Qingqing and Jianguo could have gotten together back then, it's a pity that the two children were not destined to be together."
Now that Xia Qingqing is a college student, she'll definitely look down on her silly son even more.
Zhang Yougen glared at his wife: "What's the use of saying all this now? Marriage is a big deal, we can't just settle for anything."
The news that Xia Heping's whole family was going to Beijing quickly spread throughout the entire brigade, which made everyone envious for a while.
People with good relationships would ask them to bring back some specialties from Beijing. It didn't matter what they were, anything associated with Beijing was considered more upscale.
Zhang Hongyan has now fully mastered simple characters and has written down everyone's needs on paper.
Those familiar with Zhang Hongyan were stunned by this scene: "Hongyan, didn't you not know how to read? How come you can write now?"
"My Qingqing taught me, of course. I didn't want to be completely ignorant, so I studied on and off for over a year before I achieved this result," Zhang Hongyan said with a smile as she carefully put the notebook away.
Aunt Taohua gave Zhang Hongyan a thumbs up: "No wonder you're the mother of a top scorer in the college entrance exam, your brain works so well. Your Qingqing is so smart, she must be like you."
Zhang Hongyan was a little embarrassed by the praise and covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from laughing out loud.
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