"If we can't see each other, then we can't see each other. It's not like we won't see each other forever. We can live together every day again in September. Didn't we exchange mailing addresses before? If you really miss us, just send us a letter." Liang Dongqing said with a smile.
"I just wanted to say goodbye to you. It feels a bit inconclusive to go home without saying anything." Tian Tian said with a smile.
Liang Dongqing also smiled, put her packed luggage aside, went downstairs to call her family and told them that she would take the bus tomorrow evening and asked them not to forget to pick her up.
Early the next morning, Tian Tian cleaned up the dormitory, went downstairs with her luggage, went to the cafeteria downstairs to drink a bowl of tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, bought a few dry cornmeal cakes, put them in her pocket, and then took a car to find her brother.
Tian Yuan's school has strict management, and Tiantian couldn't get into her school. She could only stand at the school gate and watch the people in the security room make phone calls inside the school.
Tian Tian stood outside and waited for more than 20 minutes before she saw Tian Yuan, wearing a military uniform, carrying a military bag and holding a handbag. He walked out with an upright posture, saluted the sentry standing guard at the door, and then asked Tian Tian with a smile, "Why are you here? Didn't I say I was going to look for you?"
"Why are you looking for me? Anyway, your school is on the same side as the train station. I can just stop at one station. Why do you have to run to my place? Isn't that a detour?" Tian Tian said with a smile.
The brother and sister took a bus to the train station. The train station was crowded with heads everywhere, and their ages were about the same as Tian Tian and the others. It was obvious that most of them were college students returning home.
After waiting for the ticket inspection, Tian Yuan walked in front and protected Tian Tian as she got on the bus first, and then he also squeezed in.
The bus was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder, and some people were even squeezed out. Tian Tian lifted her luggage above her head and walked forward with great effort. After finally finding a seat, she argued with others for a while before finally sitting down.
The two of them took a day and a night by car and only arrived at the county town the next night.
When they arrived at the county town, there were not many people on the train. The two of them got off the train. It was the time when people were getting off work, and there were quite a lot of people coming and going on the road.
"Tiantian? Brother Tian Yuan?" Someone suddenly called them from behind. They turned around and found that it was Fang Zhizhi.
"Sister Zhizhi, why are you here?" Tian Tian didn't expect to meet an acquaintance just after getting off the car. She thought it was quite a coincidence.
"I just got off work and was thinking of picking up the kids, but then I saw you two walking in front of me. Are you guys coming back from school?"
Fang Zhizhi got married and had a child two years ago. The child is only two years old this year, and has been placed in the factory nursery when she is at work.
"We two just got off the bus. We happened to have bought things for you. Now that we met you, you can take the things back. We don't have to make another trip." Tian Tian said, and then she pulled Fang Zhizhi and Tian Yuan to the side of the road, took out a package of things that had been divided in advance from her bag, and stuffed it into Fang Zhizhi.
"These belong to you, Sister Zhenzhen, and your aunt. Take them back and divide them among yourselves! They are specialties of Shengjing. The things in them are not available in the supply and marketing cooperatives here! They are not worth much money. You must not refuse them." Tian Tian said.
"Okay!" Fang Zhizhi smiled, "Then I'll accept it. You must be tired after sitting on the train for a few days. I won't keep you talking. We can get together again when we have time."
Fang Zhizhi was quite curious about what college life was like, but seeing Tian Tian's tired face and wrinkled clothes, she didn't keep Tian Tian for long.
Tian Tian nodded, then took the bus home with Tian Yuan.
Tian Yuan was not tired at first. Taking a train for a day and a night was much easier than his training. However, seeing Tian Tian looking listless, he still followed Tian Tian and took the bus home.
Fortunately, they caught the last bus, otherwise, no matter how tired they were, they would have walked back.
Taking the bus is fast. It only took more than half an hour to get home. Tian Tian and Tian Yuan walked a few steps and returned home.
On the way, they met many people from the brigade. When they learned that Tian Tian went to college, they took Tian Tian aside and asked her questions for a long time.
Tian Tian said a few words casually, got it over with, and followed Tian Yuan home.
Tian Tian at home had already written a letter to inform them,
Although Old Mrs. Tian knew that Tian Tian and her family would be back soon, she didn't know when exactly, so she spent the next few days preparing and keeping the house tidy.
Now seeing Tian Tian and Tian Yuan back, Old Mrs. Tian immediately became more energetic. She first held Tian Tian and Tian Yuan in her arms and cherished them for a long time, and then went to prepare some food.
"No need, grandma, we just need to eat a little bit. We just got off the train and don't have much appetite. We can just eat whatever is left at home." Tian Tian said.
Old Mrs. Tian thought so too, so she took out the leftover corn porridge at home. It was hot now and she didn't have to work, so she didn't cook much, so there was only a small bowl left.
Tian Tian and Tian Yuan didn't mind either. They each got half of the porridge. Then Tian Tian took out the cornmeal cakes she had bought in the cafeteria earlier, broke them into pieces and threw them into the porridge. Then she ate it all with some pickles, feeling very comfortable.
Tian Tian felt very sleepy after the meal. She had not slept on the train for a whole day and night. Now she was feeling sleepy after the meal. Seeing this, Lin Meiyu said, "I boiled a pot of water in advance. You two brothers and sisters should wash up and then go to sleep."
Tian Tian nodded, his eyes were a little hard to open, but he was still thinking about the things he bought, and couldn't help but said: "Grandma, I bought a lot of things for you, including rice, all in my bag, grandma, don't forget to take out the things and share them with everyone. I gave the ones from Auntie to Sister Zhizhi."
"You should go to bed quickly. We will look at the things tomorrow. You can't run away." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Tian Tian fetched a basin of water and went back to the house to wash herself briefly, then went to bed.
Tian Yuan also took his luggage and wanted to go back to the house at the west end, but was stopped by Lin Meiyu. "Your second uncle and his family left after they built their house. Now no one lives in their original house. I will pack up and move your things over. You can sleep in that house from now on."
After the spring planting was over, Tian Lilin asked some people to build the house. After it was ventilated and dried, he moved into the house with Chen Guihua and Tian Mu.
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