Chapter 125 Xia Jing Eats Melon
Leaving the train station, Xia Jing's eyes were filled with tears, and she muttered, "It has changed, but it seems the same."
After many years, I returned to my hometown again, and the excitement that had been suppressed in the car was finally released at this moment.
Xia Mi looked at Suzhou in the late 1970s and felt the same emotion in her heart. In her previous life, she was also a Suzhou native and had seen the prosperity of the city. Looking at the present, she only felt a full sense of time.
Both of them were immersed in an indescribable emotion.
"Comrade!"
A broken male voice broke the atmosphere, and the gay man who was on the train just now appeared in sight.
"Comrade, you are also from Suzhou?"
The man quickly ran over to say hello, "My sister works here. She's getting married tomorrow. I came here specially to attend the wedding."
Faced with the man's familiarity, Huo Jingchen was very calm, "Is your wallet still there?"
The man touched it and nodded quickly when he found it, "It's still there, it's still there."
"Comrade, my name is Wang Chengzhang. May I ask where your home is? I want to buy something at your door."
"It's against the rules to accept anything other than money. It's my duty to help you, Comrade Wang. You don't have to take it too seriously."
When Huo Jingchen heard that people wanted to give gifts, he felt overwhelmed.
Wang Chengzhang then gave up thanking him and said, "Well, I still have to thank you anyway."
"Yes." Huo Jingchen nodded, "Then let's go take the bus first."
Wang Chengzhang watched Huo Jingchen and the other two leave, and held his wallet tightly in his hand. The feeling of having lost and recovered something had not yet disappeared.
Fortunately, I met a good person, otherwise the dowry for my younger sister would be gone.
Xia Mi took them to take the bus and found a hotel near the former Su family's home.
"Xiao Mi, you guys have a good rest. I'm going to go downstairs to buy some things and prepare to visit my teacher in the afternoon."
After returning to her hometown, Xia Jing didn't want to rest for a moment and just wanted to do more meaningful things.
Xia Mi was different. She didn't have much attachment to this place and stayed in the hotel to rest.
Xia Jing left the hotel and found an old supply and marketing cooperative based on her memory. The decoration inside was almost the same as she remembered.
"Comrade, please give me a can of malted milk, some toffee, and some of this cake."
There are few people in the supply and marketing cooperative now, and there were only two or three customers when Xia Jing went in.
"Okay, comrade, wait a minute."
The salesperson first used brown paper to help Xia Jing pack the peach cakes, and then went to get other things.
"Xia Jing?"
A suspicious voice sounded, and the woman frowned and looked at him, her tone full of uncertainty.
Xia Jing looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person in front of her looked familiar, but she just couldn't remember who he was.
When the two looked at each other, the woman opposite said with more certainty, "You must be Xia Jing, I haven't seen you for many years, you are finally back."
Seeing Xia Jing looking at her with a confused look, the woman pointed at herself with her index finger and said, "I, Aunt Liu, used to work part-time in your house."
After this reminder, Xia Jing instantly remembered who the person in front of her was.
"Sorry, I haven't seen you for a long time and I didn't remember you at once." An awkward smile appeared on Xia Jing's face.
Aunt Liu waved her hand and said, "I didn't recognize you just now, but your face and voice looked familiar. I didn't expect it was really you."
"You've really changed now. I'm glad you're back. Are you living with your brother now?"
One sentence "big change" summarizes so much.
Xia Jing smiled bitterly and shook her head to deny, "No, I just came back today."
"I'm glad you're back. I saw in the newspaper that we're going to arrange some work for you, right?"
Aunt Liu started chatting with them in a familiar manner. When another salesperson came back and saw the two chatting, she asked, "Do you know each other?"
"I know him!" Aunt Liu replied with a smile.
"Speaking of this, Mr. Xia really didn't understand why he asked you to go so far away. Look at what he tortured you into."
Aunt Liu seemed to feel the same way and started to complain about Xia Jinkuo.
"Comrade, how much is it?"
Xia Jing took the item and asked the price.
"Eighteen dollars and sixty-two cents."
Xia Jing gave the money and returned to Aunt Liu. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Aunt Liu, do you know where my brother and his family live now?"
When she first arrived, she passed by her former home, but it had long been uninhabited.
Aunt Liu was surprised that Xia Jing didn't know, but she quickly told her, "It's near the textile factory, next to the textile factory building."
"Xia Jing, don't your brother and the others know that you're back this time?"
Xia Jing put away her things and said, "I didn't tell them."
"Aunt Liu, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll come to visit you next time." Xia Jing said politely and turned to leave the supply and marketing cooperative.
The textile factory is not far from here, but I don’t know if Aunt Liu is talking about Factory 1 or Factory 2.
Xia Jing looked up at the sky. It was still early, probably not yet noon.
She decided to try her luck at the Textile Factory, and brought her things all the way to the factory's staff quarters.
After walking for nearly forty minutes, Xia Jing finally found out where the brothers lived.
She stopped at the entrance of the alley, hesitating whether to go in.
"Hey, who are you?"
A woman came out from a house at the entrance of the alley. She was holding a bunch of vegetables in her hand and seemed to be picking them.
Xia Jing was flustered for a moment, "I've taken the wrong road, comrade, I want to ask how to get to the Red Star Hotel?"
The Red Star Hotel was the hotel where they stayed.
"The Red Star Hotel is so far from here. How did you get here?"
The eldest sister looked at Xia Jing with suspicion.
"I'm from Qingcheng. I haven't been back to Suzhou for a long time. I can't find the way."
Then the eldest sister pointed Xia Jing in a direction, but before she finished speaking, a quarrel broke out in the alley.
"Xia Guoqing, I want to divorce you!"
When Xia Jing heard Xia Guoqing's name, her dull eyes lit up for a moment.
The eldest sister also looked towards the yard with curiosity and eavesdropped with her ears perked up.
"Mei Dujuan, can you please behave yourself? What did Yaoyao do to you?" The nephew's helpless voice sounded.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Xia Jing asked her elder sister. Seeing the puzzled look on her face, she quickly opened the peach cake package and stuffed a piece into her elder sister's mouth. "Sister, I'm tired from walking around. Can I take a rest at your house?"
The eldest sister's eyes widened when she saw the palm-sized peach cake.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll get you a bench. Do you want some water?"
Xia Jing nodded. She was indeed thirsty after walking for so long.
Sitting on the bench, Xia Jing began to ask the big brothers about their current situation in a roundabout way.
"The couple in the story have been quarreling all day since they got married. What's happening in her family is more interesting than a movie. Before, it was the adopted daughter and the biological daughter quarreling, and now it's the daughter-in-law and the biological daughter quarreling."
When talking about gossip, the eldest sister shared interesting stories with Xia Jing while picking vegetables.
“So complicated?”
"That's right. If you ask me, it's really hard to find a wife these days. Not only does it cost money, but you can also easily end up marrying someone who is a troublemaker."
Then the eldest sister shared all the latest news about the Xia family with Xia Jing.
Xia Jing felt so relieved after listening to this. It seemed that her elder brother and the others were not living as well as she was.
The eldest sister talked for an hour. Xia Jing saw that the time was almost up, so she took the opportunity when the eldest sister was drinking a sip of water to suggest leaving.
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