Chapter 135 Chen Jing'an Returns Home
“It’s snowing.”
As the sun sets and the last rays of light fall on the horizon, the weeds on the wasteland outside City X have just been burned clean.
In the past, neither the rescue team nor the public would have adopted this cleaning method that would pollute the atmosphere, but now, they don't care about anything.
The weeds on the wasteland were taller than a person's knees, and there was no guarantee there would be any snakes, rats, insects, or ants among them. If we relied solely on manpower, not only would the process be slow, but we might also be attacked by mutated animals, which would not be worth the effort.
Therefore, when the rescue team saw such a large wasteland, they directly dug an isolation belt and set a fire on each side from the southwest.
The flames spread to the northeast along with the wind, and from time to time, tiny noises could be heard in the grass.
After confirming that the fire was out, more than a dozen construction vehicles drove over and compacted the ash-covered ground.
Although this area is far away from the urban area, there is a main road nearby, so transportation is convenient. There are also many villages nearby. When more people come, they can settle down directly in the village, which also makes it convenient to develop the nearby land.
The exact location of the station had already been determined, and a train was expected to arrive tonight. Covering the dirt floor with cement before nightfall was impossible, so the rescue team brought in several truckloads of tiles from a nearby ceramics factory and laid them flat on the ground.
In the quiet of the night, there are still busy figures on the ground, and the bright lights around shine on the white tiles, reflecting a dazzling light.
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Because of the reflective tiles, Jiang Qian noticed the land even from a distance in the cab. The train slowly slowed down, circled over the open space several times, and then landed.
Because they had more experience, the few families who stayed on the train no longer found it strange as they did at the beginning, and no longer stayed up late waiting. In addition, they were all very tired recently and went to bed early after work.
Jiang Qian watched the uniformed team members coming and going outside the window, glanced at the fluorescent yellow cordon around, confirmed that the new station was in this place, yawned and went back to sleep. However, the people outside the car did not stop even after seeing the train coming, and continued to be busy all night.
The next day, before daybreak, the open space in the outskirts of City X was already covered with tiles. Quite a few people had gathered outside the open space, and many were already queuing up to buy tickets.
After the train doors opened, people started getting on continuously. By the time we arrived at the next stop, the dining car had sold two or three more steamed dumplings than usual.
Jiang Qian and her father sat in the cab, watching the situation inside the train through the surveillance camera, and breathed a sigh of relief. After handing over the right to select the station, the Jiang family felt relieved.
With this station successfully established, the future station locations would be decided by smart people. Jiang Qian notified the system to outsource this matter and began preparing for another major event: train recruitment.
With more carriages, more stops, and more passengers, the dining car crew had been overworked for a long time. Last week, Mr. Xia selected a helper from each of his family members, but even that was still a drop in the bucket, and Jiang Qian had to put the matter of hiring more people on the agenda.
This time, in addition to hiring a few more cooks like last time, Jiang Qian also wants to hire more train cleaners and outsource the replacement, washing and disinfection of sleeper car bed sheets and quilt covers.
Although the train has a one-button cleaning function, Jiang Qian still wants to give people with difficult lives more opportunities to make a living rather than this convenience.
With the example of the previous recruitment, this recruitment activity caused a sensation in more than a dozen cities as soon as the announcement was made. In the end, even after the system screening, there were tens of thousands of application forms.
In desperation, Jiang Qian could only adopt a batch testing method for the remaining people. Even so, the recruitment, which lasted for nearly a month, was not completely completed until the end of October when the weather turned completely cold.
It is November now, and the previously recruited workers and their families have already reported on board the buses.
The families who were hired to work in the dining car filled the few remaining empty rooms in the carriage used as employee dormitories. As for the cleaners on the train, Jiang Qian finally recruited orphans aged eight to thirteen, and several of them shared two rooms.
Although these children are young, judging from their performance during the trial period, they are all capable of working.
Jiang Qian did not plan to pay wages to these newly hired child laborers, but only provide them with two meals a day.
It’s not that Jiang Qian doesn’t want to take care of three meals a day, but in the current situation, most working adults may not be able to eat enough every day. If these children live too well, they will inevitably be envied.
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A week after the recruitment was completed, the new chef of the food truck was fully proficient in the job and the food truck was gradually able to operate normally. As the general manager of the food truck, Mr. Xia arranged two fewer shifts for the old employees, which was equivalent to an extra day off.
In the month before the recruitment results came out, even though the food made by the recruiters was sold at a 50% discount in the dining car every day, everyone in the dining car was exhausted. If they didn't have a good rest, they would collapse.
Near noon, Jiang Qian and Wu's sister-in-law each carried a large pot and squeezed through the crowd back from the dining car. As soon as they entered the car, they saw children from various families gathered in the corridor, looking out the windows.
Jiang Qian turned her head and saw the snowflakes floating outside.
“It’s snowing.”
"Oh! It's true!" Mrs. Wu's eyes widened in surprise. "It's only the beginning of November, right? The lunar calendar has only just entered October, how come it's snowing?"
Jiang Qian looked at the snowflakes falling outside, her face solemn. "My dad said before that it would get colder earlier this year than in previous years. I didn't expect the first snow to come so soon."
Previously, the Internet said that experts predicted that this winter would be colder than in previous years, and asked everyone to prepare for winter as early as possible. However, no one expected that winter would come so early this year, and even the first snow would come at least a month earlier than in previous years.
After hearing this, Mrs. Wu also began to worry, "If it starts to get cold now, how will we survive this winter?"
Jiang Qian frowned even more tightly. After saying hello, she silently carried the pot back to her room.
The other people in the house obviously also saw the snowflakes floating outside and were gathering around the window to watch. Jiang Weimin's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could catch a fly, and he kept sighing while eating.
Huang Liping couldn't stand it any longer and knocked on his bowl with her chopsticks. "Eat if you want to. If you don't want to eat, get out. Don't keep sighing and disturbing others from eating properly."
After being scolded, Jiang Weimin calmed down a bit, but his expression was still unhappy when he sat by the window after dinner.
Huang Liping got up and went out with her daughter-in-law to wash the dishes. She could only ignore her sentimental old man and mutter as she went out, "Even if it snows, what's the big deal if you sigh a few more times? Will God stop snowing? Can you do anything about it? The old man has nothing to do, but he always worries unnecessarily!"
Facts have proved that sentimentality is indeed useless. The heavy snow fell for a whole day and night, and it did not turn into light snow until noon the next day. The light snow continued for the whole day and did not stop until the evening.
Although the snow had stopped, the sky was still overcast. Looking down from the car window, I could only see a vast expanse of white.
Although I couldn't feel it in the car, I could tell from the shadows of the trees outside that the wind was raging and the temperature was dropping sharply. Fortunately, the temperature in the car was constant, and it was like spring all year round.
Every passenger who got on the bus was wrapped in a thick coat, covering themselves tightly from head to toe. They took it off when getting on the bus and put it back on before getting off.
Chen Jing'an has been living in the car with two bodyguards for more than two months. At first, he was afraid of being attacked by birds and did not dare to go home. Last month, when the bird repellent was researched and produced, he went back, but came back after being scolded by his grandfather.
Compared to the deserted Xishan, staying on the bustling train was obviously more interesting. Traveling around different cities every day, listening to the stories told by the passengers, and learning about the local conditions was much more interesting than being bored in the mountains.
Knowing his idea, the eldest brother of the Chen family and Mr. Chen were very supportive. The youngest boy in the family had been too well protected since childhood and had a somewhat foolish and bold appearance. If he could see the suffering of the world along the way, it would be considered a kind of growth.
Thus began Chen Jing'an's unique "study tour." His family currently had businesses in various locations, contributing significantly to their success, so they had no shortage of crystal cores, allowing him to build this way.
However, Chen Jing'an did not just eat, drink and have fun along the way. He occasionally helped his brothers and sisters deliver messages to various places. This way, he felt more at ease after putting in the work and receiving the money from his family.
Little did they know that it was this little bit of consideration that made the eldest brother of the Chen family and old man Chen secretly feel very emotional. They felt that their son had grown up, and they felt that it was right to let him go out and have more fun. After all, he had never felt embarrassed when he received large amounts of pocket money from home before.
Chen Jing'an knew nothing about this.
Although the room in the car was not as big as his room at home, he had gotten used to it after so long. Now Chen Jingan looked out the window at the snow-covered land, and all he could think about was how to get his grandfather out of the villa.
Xishan is cool in the summer and cold in the winter. It wasn't a good place for an old man who had suffered from rheumatism in his earlier years. So, ever since the weather started to get colder, Chen Jing'an had been thinking about bringing the old man to live on the train.
The train is warm in winter and cool in summer, and life is convenient. Although the carriage is smaller than a villa, it is really a good place.
For others, the amount of crystal cores consumed by staying on the train all the time is an astronomical figure, but for their family, it is completely affordable.
Now the first snow has fallen. Thinking of how the old man at home always endures the joint pain when it rains, Chen Jing'an got off the bus in City A as soon as the snow stopped.
The road between the urban area of City A and Xishan was opened some time ago. Chen Jing'an found the person in charge of the transportation team and took a ride back to Xishan.
【Author’s words】
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