The small plane stopped to refuel midway and it took more than 5 hours to finally land at Huanglong Airport in the snow and ice.
Before we had time to rejoice in the safe landing, the biting cold wind hit us in the face as soon as we got off the plane. When I asked the beautiful flight attendant, I found out that the ground temperature in Huanglong was minus 25 degrees Celsius.
As far as Chen Xia could remember, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Zhijiang Province was only minus 5 or 6 degrees Celsius. How could he have ever seen minus 25 degrees Celsius?
Chen Xia and Ma Huixia are from the south, and they were both screaming with cold. There was no jet bridge at the airport at that time, so they could only run desperately to the terminal.
The old Gu family was all laughing heartily in the back, gloating over their misfortune. People from Northeast China are really good at resisting cold.
Chen Xia changed into fleece pants and put on everything he could wear under his down jacket. He looked like a stupid bear, which made Gu Lin and his two siblings laugh at him.
After leaving the airport, a group of people rushed to the train station immediately. Because they bought the tickets at the last minute, they were unable to buy soft sleeper tickets.
After getting on the train, Chen Xia pulled the conductor aside and finally exchanged it for four tickets at a price of 30 yuan more for each soft sleeper, which was just enough for the two elderly people and two little girls to go to the soft sleeper compartment.
Chen Xia squeezed into the hard seat compartment with his two brothers-in-law.
Fortunately, there were not many passengers on the train on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Xia left for a while and came back with two bottles of Moutai, some braised pork, peanuts and other items.
Under the astonished gaze of Gu Zhongguo and Gu Zhongjun, everything was laid out on the table, making them look at this powerful brother-in-law with admiration.
Chen Xia was mainly bored, so he drank with them and asked his brother-in-law about the situation in Dongguan Province.
"Brother, which unit are you in Dongguang Province?"
"Our troops are stationed in Yangcheng."
"Reform and opening up began last year. How is the development in Dongguang Province going?"
Gu Zhongguo clinked his glasses with Chen Xia's and said, "Construction has already begun in Shenzhen, but the area isn't huge. They're building an industrial zone in Shekou, a small area, primarily to attract Hong Kong investment. Wuyang City is still the same, but there's one thing: the people there are much more creative."
Chen Xia and Gu Zhongjun were both surprised and asked, "How can you be so active?"
Gu Zhongguo whispered, "There's a lot of smuggling going on over there. We often cooperate with the local authorities to catch them, but we can never catch them all."
Chen Xia laughed dryly, thinking about the so-called imported drugs he had brought out. The slogans he used were all about smuggling. This was illegal, but he wondered if his brother-in-law would be disgusted by this behavior.
"Brother, what kind of things usually come in? Could it be contraband?"
"Yes, they're mostly contraband, but there are also good things, like home appliances, clothes, and so on. By the way, brother-in-law, how much did you spend on that color TV you bought?"
"2,000 yuan in foreign exchange certificates."
"That's expensive. In Dongguang Province, it's only about 1,500 yuan, and you don't need TV tickets or foreign exchange coupons."
The problem of smuggling is a long-standing and difficult problem that has existed in coastal areas. Despite repeated crackdowns by the country, the problem has never been fundamentally solved.
Most of the electronic watches, tape recorders, and tapes of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities that were common in the 1980s came through informal channels.
The profit is really too huge. Electronic watches are weighed by kilograms there, but in the mainland, an electronic watch sells for about 30 yuan. The price difference is huge. How many people ignore national laws and rush into the fire.
Chen Xia asked these questions not because he wanted to engage in smuggling, he just wanted to find out to what extent Hong Kong capital had entered the country.
He had a big plan in mind that needed to be implemented. If his pharmaceutical factory could be covered with a layer of Hong Kong capital, it would mean that it could operate within the scope permitted by the rules.
This is quite difficult. Reform and opening up has just started, so we need to take it slow. Dongguan Province is at the forefront, so he must go and take a look sometime.
When Gu Wei and his family rushed to his hometown Fusong, it was already the fourth day of the New Year.
It was the first time in Chen Xia's life that he had seen so much snow, so as soon as he got off the car, he excitedly rushed to the snow pile and had a lot of fun. This is probably what children from the south do when they first go to the Northeast.
Gu Wei is the eldest son in the family. His parents are still alive in his hometown, and he has two younger brothers and two younger sisters.
Everyone arrived at a yard together. Old Man Gu was obviously excited and shouted, "Wenxiu, we are home, haha."
Mother Gu was also very excited. The hometown that had appeared in her dreams so many times was finally back. It had been 15 years since they last saw it.
It was the first time Chen Xia saw his father-in-law so excited. He threw his luggage and shouted at the door, "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
The door opened and several people rushed out. Among them, two elderly men with white hair were particularly eye-catching. They were shouting outside, and the old man at the door also shouted: "Boss, is the boss back?"
Someone quickly ran over to open the gate. Gu Wei and Zheng Wenxiu ran to the door and knelt down in the snow.
"Dad, Mom, we're back to see you, 555~~~~"
Gu Wei and Zheng Wenxiu hugged the two old people in front of them and burst into tears.
The old man hugged Gu Wei, and the old lady hugged Zheng Wenxiu, "Boss, Boss and wife, you are finally back. We thought we would never see you again, 555~~~~"
Well, this is another ethical drama of family reunion. At this time, Gu Lin and her two brothers-in-law were already in tears. Chen Xia and Ma Huixia looked at each other awkwardly, but they couldn't cry.
A middle-aged man who looked 80% like Gu Wei quickly shouted, "Mom and Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law, let's go back to the house and talk. It's too cold outside."
At this time, Gu Lin flew over like a little swallow and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, I'm back. Do you miss me?"
"Oh, my baby Linzi has grown so big that grandma can hardly recognize you. Come, let grandma hug you, my dear granddaughter."
The old lady started crying again before she finished speaking, but fortunately, those were happy eyes.
Chen Xia really wanted to take a group photo of the family, but in order to avoid being beaten to death by his father-in-law, he forced himself to hold back.
It is very warm when you enter the house. People in Northeast China burn kangs in winter, and the house is so hot that you can wear short sleeves.
Chen Xia felt alive again. He took off his clothes and looked around the house.
The house was very old, with mud walls and a mud floor. Some of the door frames were even covered with plastic to block out the cold wind. It was obvious that the conditions were not good.
Following everyone into the inner room, the first thing I saw was a particularly conspicuous large kang, which was the same layout as the rural area in "Country Love", except that the conditions were worse.
Chen Xia, a southerner, felt very novel after watching it. He seemed to remember that very brainwashing divine song, imitating Andy Lau's version:
"My old group is in Zege Village
I am a native of this village.
Don't look at the village as small
There are mountains, water and Suling
The neighborhood is quite harmonious, and the young and old are more in tune with each other.
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