It is only one stop from the county railway station to the city railway station, and it takes less than an hour to get there.

Gu Weicheng led the way with the luggage. Li Xia also carried a lighter luggage in one hand, and held An An's hand with the other, while An An held Ji Feng.

After the family left the train station, Gu Weicheng asked the staff at the train station about the location of the state-owned restaurant mentioned in Qiao Ran's letter, and the family took a bus there.

It was quite rare for Li Xia to ride a bus from the 1970s.

After arriving, they found a guesthouse near the hotel and checked in. After resting for a while, the family took Ji Feng and went out to the ice sculpture park to see the ice sculptures.

Before entering the ice sculpture park, An An was attracted by a huge ice sculpture at the entrance of the park. It was two PLA soldiers standing together, one soldier was blowing a horn and the other was carrying a rifle.

"Wow! How spectacular!" An An exclaimed in admiration, looking up at the tall and majestic ice sculpture, which was shining brightly in the sun.

"Woof woof!" Jifeng also barked twice. It was the first time for it to see an ice sculpture!

Li Xia noticed that the park staff could also help take photos. The sign said one photo cost one yuan, which was not cheap. But taking photos was expensive in the 1970s because film was expensive.

Li Xia wanted to leave good memories for An An, so she asked the staff to take a photo of their family and the ice sculptures.

An An was so happy to hear that she could take photos, and she imitated the soldier holding the horn on the ice sculpture and posed for a photo. Li Xia also reminded the staff who were taking photos to include the gust of wind in the photo.

It takes time to develop the photos, and if you don’t have time to pick them up, they will send them to the address you left.

On the other side, a young man in a tweed coat glanced over here. He was here on a business trip and originally wanted to see the ice sculptures but time was too tight and he had to leave immediately.

However, when he saw the female comrade standing next to the soldier under the ice sculpture of the soldier, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Engineer Ling, you have to leave quickly. If you are late you will miss the train. There is a meeting to attend in Beijing tomorrow." The people in the car urged him.

"Coming." The man responded, retracted his gaze, opened the car door and got in.

Li Xia didn't know about this little episode. After taking the photo, the family continued to walk inside. There were many ice sculptures in the park, which were beautiful. There were also ice sculptures with the themes of "Journey to the West" and "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", each of which was lifelike.

An An had a feast for his eyes today. He wandered in the ice sculpture park for more than three hours, walking back and forth five or six times before returning to the guesthouse.

The celebration party was at dinner time, and when it was almost time, Li Xia prepared to go to the state-owned restaurant. The invitation had the box number written on it, so she could just go there directly.

He originally wanted to bring his family with him, but Gu Weicheng said that he could just take An An to eat alone.

"You usually take An An with you wherever you go. Today, you finally get to attend the celebration party for the newspaper. You are all editors and writers here. I guess there are a lot of topics in the industry that you want to discuss. I'll take An An to dinner on the first floor. You can enjoy your meal and chat to your heart's content up there."

When Li Xia heard this, how could she refuse?

This is the awareness of a good man, she should encourage it!

"Okay, then An An, just follow daddy and have dinner. If you finish eating first, please go back to the guesthouse and wait for me. I won't be back too late." Li Xia said with a smile.

An An nodded vigorously, and Gu Weicheng reminded her: "There is one more thing..."

"I know, we can't drink, right? I remember that." Li Xia took over the conversation. Even if Gu Weicheng didn't remind her, she wouldn't dare to drink. It was enough to lose face once, and it would be impolite to lose it again.

"Okay, go ahead." Gu Weicheng had nothing else to worry about.

Li Xia went upstairs, looked at the box number on the invitation letter in her hand, walked to the door of box 888, and found a young lesbian wearing glasses standing there.

The female comrade's eyes met Li Xia's, and both of them seemed to have guessed the other's identity.

"Xia Xia?"

"Editor Joe?"

"Yes, yes, I'm Qiao Ran! Xia Xia, you're younger and prettier than I thought!" Qiao Ran took Li Xia's hand and said excitedly, "Come on, I'll take you in."

The two had become very familiar with each other after exchanging letters over the past few months, but this was the first time they met in person, and it felt similar to the popular online friends meetings that followed.

"Everyone, the 'Light Boat' that you have always wanted to see is here. Please welcome it with applause!"

A lot of people had come to the box, most of them were editors from the newspaper. Zhao Di had helped boost the sales of their New Evening News, and everyone was curious about what Li Xia looked like. Some editors even used the rice and oil given by the newspaper to make a bet to see who could guess Li Xia's age closest to her own.

"I guess she's in her forties. Her writing style is very mature and doesn't look like that of a new writer. I heard that she had published articles in the Military Newspaper before. Think about it, who can publish articles in the Military Newspaper but is older and more experienced?"

"It's hard to say. I find her writing style quite humorous. Although Zhaodi was born in such a family, she has a very good mentality and can often find joy in adversity. I think she is not too old, probably no more than 30 years old."

“…”

Seeing Li Xia at this moment, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

So young and beautiful, completely different from what they had imagined!

As soon as Li Xia arrived, everyone's attention was focused on her. One man among them looked a little embarrassed. This man was Chen Tao, the author of "My Years as an Educated Youth".

Since his work "My Years as an Educated Youth" was serialized in the "New Evening News", he not only received generous royalties, but was also recommended to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. With the title of "great writer", he was treated well by his classmates and teachers in the university.

I'm used to being praised, and when I saw Li Xia was so popular, I felt like I was stealing the show and felt very uncomfortable.

I couldn't help but mutter, "Lesbians are lesbians, they can only write articles like this. They portrayed Zhaodi as so miserable, isn't it just to win the readers' sympathy? The reason why it became the best-selling book is just to exploit everyone's sympathy."