Because of their lavish spending when they returned home, the couple became very popular. However, both of them felt that they could not resist this enthusiasm. They still had to think about whether to come back for the New Year next year. After so much trouble, they finally came home, but they couldn't even spend the New Year in peace. What was the point of coming back?
After the Chinese New Year, I will be preparing to return to Guangzhou. On the third day of the New Year, I was thinking about buying train tickets. -- --
Fortunately, Wen Zhichao has a few friends in the provincial capital who can help buy train tickets. Of course, they won’t buy them for free.
Wen Zhichao went to the provincial capital to buy a train ticket, and Xia Ruzheng returned to live with his mother. Although there was only one father at his mother's home, Xia Ruzheng felt much more comfortable there.
Xia Chunfu was reluctant to let Xia Ruzheng go because she was going to Guangzhou again, but her daughter had her own things to do, so Xia Chunfu did not express his feelings, but just prepared some food, drinks and daily necessities for her daughter.
"You said the food there is lighter, so don't be too picky about what you eat when you go there. Eat whatever you want. I got you a few bottles of chopped chili peppers and millet peppers, which are very powerful when used to stir-fry vegetables." The bottles were washed after eating canned food.
"Also, you know, bacon tastes better when it's spicy. You can also add these peppers. It would be great if they had spicy green peppers over there."
Xia Ruzheng thought for a moment and tried, "There's a lot of open space over there. I think if we have money in the future, we'll buy a house with a garden so we can grow some really spicy peppers."
Xia Chunfu asked, "How can you farm like this? Do you know how to grow peppers?"
Xia Ruzheng said, "So it would be great if you could go. I'm very busy. Even if I bought a house like that, I wouldn't have time to grow vegetables or take care of the garden!"
Xia Chunfu didn't know Xia Ruzheng would say that. He was a little shocked at the time and said quickly, "No... No, how can I go there? No, I can't go."
Xia Ruzheng didn't expect Xia Chunfu to agree right away. Instead, he said, "I know, Dad. You take good care of yourself at home. You have money, and we have money too. Don't save money for us, and don't worry about us. Eat whatever you want and buy whatever you want."
Xia Chunfu said, "I know."
"Drink less and smoke less."
"This... I'll try my best!"
"Dad, it's not just try your best, it's definitely!"
Xia Chunfu almost emptied his house for his eldest daughter. He packed two jars of fermented tofu, as well as other pickles, rice noodles, tea leaves, sesame seeds and other miscellaneous things. I heard that the landlords were two elderly people who took good care of the young couple, so they specially prepared another portion, which showed their sincerity.
Compared with Xia Chunfu, the dried beans and two pieces of bacon given by the two elders of the Wen family were really not enough.
However, there are many people in the family, and the two elders cannot be too partial, and Xia Ruzheng will not care about these things.
I had to change trains and squeeze into a crowded train, and finally arrived in Guangzhou on the ninth day of the New Year.
At this time, Haichao and Haisheng had already arrived, and Xu Hongwei had also opened the tape store.
Haisheng was quite anxious. As soon as he saw Wen Zhichao, he asked him, "Brother Chao, did you watch the Spring Festival Gala?"
Wen Zhichao shook his head: "Not yet, what's wrong?"
"I'm telling you, hurry up and get the tapes of the singers who sang on the Spring Festival Gala! They're going to be huge!"
"Really? So sure?"
Haisheng was extremely anxious and said, "Brother Chao, don't you believe me? After the Spring Festival Gala was aired, it was aired again on New Year's Day, and there were still a lot of people watching! The news said that a lot of people watched the Spring Festival Gala, and that something-or-other rate was very high!"
By this time, television had become fairly common in major cities, and anyone with the means would own a black-and-white TV. However, television wasn't broadcast 24/7, as it would later become. Moreover, the programming was limited, and any single TV series could trigger a nationwide viewing frenzy, as only a few were available. The most popular time slots were cartoons after school, followed by the evening news, and then TV series. After the TV series, the TV stations would essentially go completely dark. This period later became prime time, with advertising fees being the highest of the day.
"Okay, I'll go with you later to check it out and give it a try."
"Okay, Brother Chao, if you make money, you have to credit me."
Wen Zhichao said: "Of course, I'll give you some money when the time comes!"
So Wen Zhichao put down his luggage and took Haichao and Haisheng to watch the tapes without even taking a rest. Xia Ruzheng had to pack his luggage by himself.
Fortunately, there were fewer things than when he returned home. Xia Ruzheng sorted out the things, delivered the things Xia Chunfu had prepared for Grandma Liu and Grandpa An, and conveyed Xia Chunfu's thanks. Grandma Liu was very surprised, and when she saw the neatly arranged and clean rice noodles and pickled cabbage, she was even happier.
"We used to eat these things when we went to the countryside. We were lucky to have something like this back then. It's been years since we've eaten them. These days, it's not hard for us to eat delicious food, but it's hard to get something like this with a country flavor."
Xia Ruzheng felt that Grandma Liu was not being polite, because there was a nostalgic look on her face when she spoke. If she was being polite, she wouldn't have to act to this extent.
"Then we are truly destined to meet. If you like, I will bring more from home in the future."
"That's fine too. Thank you for your hard work, Zhengzheng. It's really not easy to travel such a long distance. Oh, come to think of it, I'm the winner, haha!"
The old man is so cute, he is so happy with such a small thing.
After Grandpa An came back, he was indeed very happy and started talking about the interesting things that happened in the past.
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