Chapter 8 Going to the countryside!
After the whole family left, Xia's mother took her to the department store again and bought a pack of Osmanthus cigarettes, five boxes of Daqianmen, a pack of Meideng cigarettes, three bottles of Xiyingchun liquor, two bottles of Maotai, and three bottles of Luzhou Laojiao Special Liquor. Not only did she spend all the money on cigarettes and liquor, but she even spent all the money in the envelopes that her two sisters-in-law had given her in the morning.
As the mother and daughter walked home, Xia's mother kept muttering, "Yangyang, take these cigarettes and alcohol. If you have a chance to give gifts to the village manager, you will be assigned some easy work. You must be sweet-mouthed. Call the older ones "grandpa" and "auntie". Call the ones who are about the same age as your parents "uncles" and "aunties". Call the ones who are older than you "big brother" and "big sister-in-law". Don't act so high and mighty!"
Although Xia Wanyang felt helpless, she nodded obediently. She knew that this was all because of her mother's worry about her.
Father Xia came back at noon and handed Xia Wanyang another large envelope, "This is what Dad exchanged with the troops this morning. Take it. Money is useless when buying things. Tickets are the most important!"
“Thank you, Dad!”
After the three of them finished their meal, Liu Yue rushed back in a hurry. "Yang... Yang, luckily I made it in time. Take this with you. I bought some snacks at noon. If you don't feel full, eat some of this. I'll buy more in a few days and mail it to you. Oh, I'm so tired!"
Mother Xia took a towel and wiped Liu Yue's sweat off her face. "Why are you running? Look at your face full of sweat. You look like a cat!"
Although these were words of reproach, the tone was very doting. Second sister-in-law Liu Yue had been playing with Xia Wanyang since she was a child, and was raised by Xia's mother.
At the train station at 2pm.
"My daughter, I paid extra money to change your sleeper berth. The hard seats are crowded, and there happened to be a guy who was on a business trip and his company gave him a sleeper berth ticket, so I exchanged your ticket with him. You don't have to feel burdened."
Father Xia felt that he had implicated his daughter. If Xu Zhengguo had not been keeping an eye on him, he would not have let his only daughter go to the countryside!
Xia Wanyang took the ticket and hugged her father, then whispered in his ear, "Dad, Mom and I have prepared a gift for you. You will definitely like it!"
Mother Xia patted her little head and said, "Okay, get in the car. We are fully prepared. Mom and Dad can rest assured!"
Liu Yue's eyes were red. "Yangyang, although I am your second sister-in-law now, I am also your good friend. You have to write to me. In addition to the letters to your family, you have to write to me separately!"
"Okay, why are you crying? You have to take good care of my parents at home, and when I come back, give me some nephews and nieces to play with, okay?"
Liu Yue was not shy for the first time and nodded vigorously, "Well, you must come back after I give birth to the baby!"
The train whistle sounded, and Xia Wanyang got on the train.
The train went away little by little, and the platform was filled with people seeing it off. Some were waving goodbye to their relatives and friends, while others were silently watching the train leave with reluctant looks on their faces.
Father Xia, Mother Xia and Liu Yue also ran after the train. They stretched out their hands hard to grab something, but in the end they could only watch the train go farther and farther away.
"Mom, Dad, and Sister-in-law, go back. I'll write to you when I get there!" Xia Wanyang waved her hands vigorously in front of the car window and shouted loudly. She knew that her parents and sister-in-law were very worried about her, so she wanted to reassure them.
Father Xia, Mother Xia and Liu Yue stopped and looked at the train gradually disappearing from their sight, their hearts filled with endless longing and worry.
Xia Wanyang wiped her tears, came to the sleeper car, found her berth, and placed the package on the bed.
It was the lower berth, and Xia Wanyang was very happy. Just as she lifted the suitcase onto the luggage rack, a sharp voice was heard.
"Hey, who lives here? Switch with me. It's inconvenient for me to climb up here because I'm too old!"
Xia Wanyang looked back, ignored her, and sat down on the bunk, took out a book and started reading.
"You stupid girl, you didn't hear me, did you? Didn't your parents teach you to respect your elders?"
Xia Wanyang raised her eyes and looked at the old lady, who had a sharp face and a mean look. "Elder? Did you give birth to me or raise me? Why are you pretending to be an elder to me? Who do you think you are? Why should I change with you? Because you stink and don't take a shower or because you are thick-skinned and shameless?"
"Oh, you are so sharp-tongued. Do you know who I am? My son is a soldier in a big city. I am a military dependent. Is this how you treat a military dependent?"
Xia Wanyang sneered, "What's wrong with you being a military dependent? Just because you are a military dependent, you can bully others with this status? Which unit is your son from? I want to ask around. Does the unit know that the relatives of their soldiers are bullying others like this outside? Even a sensible child knows that the price of each berth is different. You just change it with your own words. You are ruining your prestige!"
When Qian Guilan heard that she was going to inquire about her son, she immediately shrank her neck. Her son was the pride of her life. Although it was her son and daughter-in-law who asked her to go back to her hometown this time, it was enough to make the young and old men in the village envious. If something really happened to her son, she was really afraid that her son would never come home again!
Although he thought so, he didn't spare her words, "You silly girl, do you want to find out about that unit? You haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you're talking big here. Humph, I won't argue with you. Get out of the way, I want to go up!"
Seeing her taking off her shoes, Xia Wanyang immediately said, "There's a ladder next to you, go up over there. I'm not feeling well, if you dare to step on my bed and stink me with your stinky feet, you'll have to pay for my medical expenses!"
Qian Guilan gave Xia Wanyang a look and obediently climbed up the ladder.
"He's quite agile. Some people really feel uncomfortable if they don't take advantage of an opportunity!" Xia Wanyang said as she flipped through a book.
Qian Guilan was very angry but she didn't dare to say anything. Seeing that the girl was dressed so well, it was hard to tell which high-ranking official's child she was. If her son really knew about it, it would be a disaster!
The remaining beds were occupied by a couple in their thirties with a girl, and an elderly couple with gray hair.
The gray-haired old couple looked at Xia Wanyang's scolding and smiled, "Girl, where are you going?"
Xia Wanyang put down the book and smiled sweetly, "Hello, uncle. I am an educated youth who went to the countryside to work in the production team in Liaoning Province. I am not in good health, so my family changed my sleeper ticket for me and I did not sit in the educated youth car."
The old man smiled kindly, "Hello young lady, my wife and I came to Shanghai to visit our grandson."
Xia Wanyang chatted with an old couple for a while, and time passed unknowingly to five o'clock. The old couple ate the white flour dumplings prepared by their grandchildren and their daughter-in-law, and the boxed lunches bought by the family of three on the train. Xia Wanyang took out the fried shredded pork with soybeans and bean sprouts that her mother had made for her at noon, and two white flour buns, while Qian Guilan took out a few corn cakes.
"Uncle and Madam, please try this. This is what my mother made for me. I can't finish all the food I brought. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. If I leave it out until tomorrow, it will go bad. It's shameful to waste food!"
Xia Wanyang handed over the lunch box and said without letting anyone refuse.
The old couple passed the dumplings over as well, and the three of them had a delicious meal. The aroma of dumplings and shredded pork filled the entire bunk. Qian Guilan bit the corn tortilla with a feeling of distress, as if she was biting Xia Wanyang's flesh!
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