Chapter 122 Reunion

The car took them to Jinling Hotel. Xu Boping, director of the Municipal Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and several staff members were already waiting. When they saw Hu Qiaoyue and Lin Siwei, they came over to shake hands and exchange greetings.

Hu Qiaoyue and Lin Siwei responded appropriately, thanking their leaders for their concern.

An interpreter came over and told them some etiquette for receiving foreign guests. Hu Qiaoyue only listened to a few words and then smiled and said: "That is my brother who has lived together for more than 20 years. Do brothers and sisters still need these courtesy?"

She said . Gentle and calm, the translator was startled, and suddenly felt that he had underestimated the old lady in front of him.

This old lady is not just a family member of an overseas Chinese. She was once the eldest daughter of the Hu family in Jinling and an intellectual who attended a girls' school. She may have mastered etiquette no less than herself.

What's more, this is a reunion of brother and sister, and the etiquette is indeed a bit lively.

Xu Boping knew the pride in the hearts of these rich families and said with a smile: "Xiao Li, you guys go to the door and wait. When you see the car arriving at the hotel door, come in and report it immediately."

The translator Xiao Li left in response, Xu Boping said: "Old man We can't stand for a long time and let them line up to welcome us. Let's wait here."

Lin Siwei felt something in his heart, knowing that Xu Boping was hinting that the standard of receiving Hu Qiaoying this time was quite high, and there was also a line to welcome Hu Qiaoying.

Before that, she had had several brief exchanges with the Municipal Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. She knew that in the past two years, overseas Chinese had returned to China to visit their relatives. However, people like Hu Qiaoying, who had joined the party before liberation and had worked underground for the party for many years, Still the first one.

Sure enough, Xu Boping said: "Considering that Mr. Hu and his family are tired from traveling, there will be no activities planned today, so that you can reminisce about the past and have a good rest. A welcome party will be held for Mr. Hu and his party tomorrow, and provincial leaders will also come to attend. This time Mr. Hu is visiting relatives. , Provincial and municipal leaders attach great importance to it."

Hu Qiaoyue and Lin Siwei looked at each other and knew that this trip must be very full, and the city wanted to take care of everything, which relieved their worries.

While talking, Xiao Li hurriedly ran in: "Director Xu, the car has turned into the courtyard."

Xu Boping immediately stood up: "I will greet you at the door. Xiao Li, please help Mrs. Hu."

Wherever Hu Qiaoyue needed help from others, she followed Xu Boping. We rushed out together.

At this moment, Lin Siwei was extremely lucky to take her grandma to the provincial capital for surgery, otherwise she would not be as agile as she is now.

A brand new van drove up to the door of the hotel building. Xiao Li was the smartest person. He stepped forward and opened the door.

A silver-haired old man leaned out and looked out of the car, his eyes fixed on Hu Qiaoyue.

Hu Qiaoyue stared at him closely, and the two looked at each other for several seconds. Decades of separation turned into reality at this moment.

"Brother!"

"Qiaoyue!"

Hu Qiaoyue rushed forward, Hu Qiaoying opened his arms and hugged her fiercely, and the two cried together.

Crying about the suffering that each other has suffered over the years, crying about the separation that cannot last all these years, crying about the separation from the prime of life to the gray-haired reunion. Excited, aggrieved, grateful, and unreal like a dream.

Everyone was moved.

All etiquette and procedures were so pale at this moment. I wiped my tears softly and bit my lips firmly to make myself look so dedicated.

After a while, Hu Qiaoying let go of her hand, took out a handkerchief from her pocket, and lovingly wiped Hu Qiaoyue's tears.

"Stop crying, we are all fine, aren't we?"

Hu Qiaoyue choked with tears and nodded: "I thought I would never see you again in this life."

At this time, she recovered from the excitement of the first meeting and tried her best to accept it. She shed tears and looked at the petite woman behind Hu Qiaoying. That was her sister-in-law Zhuang Yinrong.

Zhuang Yinrong wiped her tears and stepped forward, hugged Hu Qiaoyue, and said tremblingly: "Qiaoyue, long time no see."

Hu Qiaoyue had calmed down and said in a hoarse voice: "Sister-in-law, you have returned to Jinling again."

At this time, Xu Boping realized Now that he could "appear" at the right time, he stepped forward and extended his hand to Hu Qiaoyue. The staff who went to Haicheng to pick him up had become familiar with Hu Qiaoying's family along the way and quickly introduced them to both parties.

"This is our Director Xu. This is our Deputy Director Qian..."

After the introduction to Lin Siwei, Hu Qiaoyue had already picked up: "Brother, this is my granddaughter, Lin Siwei."

"Hello, grandpa." Lin Siwei stepped forward and talked to Hu Qiaoying I met each family one by one.

The group of people arrived at the hotel's reception room under the leadership of Xu Boping.

There are four people in Hu Qiaoying's party. In addition to him and his wife Zhuang Yinrong, there are also his daughter Hu Xingzhi and grandson Ding Hanwen.

Lin Siwei also never expected that Ding Hanwen turned out to be a mixed race with curly hair.

Xu Boping was chatting with some elders about the hard journey and the schedule for the next few days. Hu Xingzhi and Ding Hanwen sent a friendly invitation to Lin Siwei.

"Siwei, I heard my grandpa mention you. It's a special name." Ding Hanwen's Chinese is really shaky.

Hu Xingzhi was afraid that Lin Siwei wouldn't understand, so he said with a smile: "Don't mind Siwei. Hanwen usually speaks more English. We have also taught Chinese since childhood, but it is not as good as the native language."

"It doesn't matter, I understand." Lin Siwei smiled sweetly, extremely well-behaved.

But I was thinking that Ding Hanwen, a mixed race, obviously didn't follow his mother. The foreign blood was a bit too strong. He spoke Chinese with such a distinctive accent, but the whole thing seemed quite harmonious.

Although he is not very clever, Ding Hanwen talks a lot and is full of curiosity.

"It's my first time to come to my mother's hometown. It's such a beautiful place."

Lin Siwei introduced him: "Our Jinling is an ancient city with a history of more than two thousand years."

"Wow." Ding Hanwen opened his mouth wide with a look of surprise.

To be honest, Lin Siwei didn't believe that Jin Ling had not been introduced to him at home, but his exaggerated expression still made the people around him full of pride. Xiao Li couldn't help but interject: "Jinling has a long history and has many places of interest. We can visit it together when we have time."

Hu Xingzhi sighed: "Actually, I was six years old when I left Jinling, and I was old enough to remember things. Today's car Driving all the way, I saw Tianning Temple and Wenbi Tower, and my memories came back to me. My father and I went to Tianning Temple to hit the bell, and we also climbed up to the highest floor of Wenbi Tower. , you can see the whole Jinling."

Ding Hanwen opened his mouth again: "Wow, can I go?"

This time his "Wow" was so loud that he successfully attracted the "elder group". Xu Boping turned his head and immediately began to "find treasures" and said loudly: "It's better to come early than to come by chance. You have to come a year early, and you really come." No. Our Wenbi Tower was in disrepair, and only the masonry tower was left. The city allocated special funds for repairs the year before last, and the wooden structure was rebuilt as it was. I made arrangements for it to be opened to the public last month for everyone to climb to the top and take a look. Beautiful view of Jinling!"

Everyone was happy and applauded.

This historic reunion kicked off in a beautiful atmosphere.

As he said before, Xu Boping did not arrange too many things. After a brief welcome, he sent Hu Qiaoying and his family to the prepared guest room.

In addition to arranging the three best suites in the Jinling Hotel for Hu Qiaoying and his party, the city also arranged a guest room for Hu Qiaoyue so that they could reminisce about the past nearby.

This small detail made Hu Qiaoyue feel particularly heartwarming.

It should be said that Lin Siwei was a little surprised by the whole arrangement. She thought that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office would be filled with various schedules on the first day, but she did not expect it to be so considerate and leave time and space for them to reminisce about the past.

There is indeed endless things to say.

Hu Xingzhi and Ding Hanwen each went back to their rooms to put away their luggage. The Hu brothers and sisters sat on the sofa in the suite, their eyes wet again.

"Qiaoyue, you are still so thin."

"So are you."

"Yinrong takes me for a walk every day, saying that money can't buy you old age."

Hu Qiaoyue didn't want her brother to know that she had difficulty moving. It would make him sad, laugh Said: "You know, I am a person who is too lazy to move, just like my mother, who is also thin."

Speaking of their mother, Hu Qiaoying suddenly felt a sore nose: "When my mother passed away, she was thinking of you. Even if she said she couldn't see you, she wouldn't die. Peace of mind."

Hu Qiaoyue took out her eldest brother's handkerchief, wiped her tears and said, "I feel so sorry for not being able to fulfill my filial piety in front of my parents..."

"Grandma..." Lin Siwei reminded her in a low voice, fearing that she would be too excited.

"It's okay to be in danger, grandma is not excited." Hu Qiaoyue sniffed and forced a smile with Hu Qiaoying, "My granddaughter is very strict. When I go out today, I will say, grandma, you can't be too excited, you have to pay attention to your health."

Zhuang Yinrong He took Lin Siwei's hand and looked at her: "There were so many people before, so I didn't have a chance to talk to the little girl properly."

"I heard your grandma say in her letter that you live with her now and take care of her."

"Grandma takes care of me. ." Lin Siwei replied crisply.

In fact, she was not only afraid that grandma would be too excited, she was also afraid that Hu Qiaoying and his wife would be too excited. She had to be the cutie who could stabilize everyone's emotions.

So she spoke in two tones.

"Grandma should have told you in the letter that I have been in Jinling for less than a year. I grew up in the countryside when I was a child. Thanks to grandma for introducing me to Jinling City, otherwise my eyes would be darkened today and I would not be able to say anything. "Haha. "

Zhuang Yinrong was amused by her.

However, Hu Qiaoying had something that she had been holding back in her heart for a long time: "Qiaoyue, I was just about to ask, why didn't Zhengqing come?"

Hu Qiaoyue's expression suddenly changed.

Hu Qiaoying had met Lin Zhengqing. When she gave birth to her child, the Hu family was still prosperous and her family members had not yet left the country. Hu Qiaoying also asked Lin Zhengqing in a letter, but Hu Qiaoyue didn't want to mention it, so she was vague.

But she knew that when they got to Jinling, they would eventually have to face this matter.

Lin Siwei didn't know how grandma planned to deal with it, so he felt a little nervous. I'm afraid it won't be easy for grandma to face, and I'm even more afraid that grandma will be sad.

But Hu Qiaoyue took a deep breath and said seriously: "Speaking of it, this is a scandal. To be honest with my brother and sister-in-law, I thought he was dead."

"Ah?"

The two old people were stunned and looked at each other, a little at a loss. .

In the end, it was Zhuang Yinrong who stabilized herself first, turned to Lin Siwei, and asked softly: "Did your dad do something that made grandma sad?"