Chapter 91 Arrival at the Capital
By the beginning of July, Wen Jiajia had completely adapted to returning to the workplace, and Wen Xiaomei had also adapted to the days when her mother was not at home during the day.
Wei Dai was idle for only two or three days before he became busy again. He was assigned a mission at the end of the month and didn't know where to go. However, Wen Jiajia felt relieved when she learned that many people in the army had this mission. It was most likely some kind of exercise.
Because her father was not at home, Wen Xiaomei started crying again. Fortunately, children have strong adaptability and are still young enough to remember things. In just four or five days, she completely forgot about her father who held her in his arms and coaxed her every day.
The weather was extremely hot, but no rain fell.
Zhong Huisheng stood in the house and looked at the weather, his expression slightly serious: "It's okay if it doesn't rain here. The water system is well developed and we can just carry water every day to irrigate the crops. But I saw in the newspaper that there is no rain in the north either. This is not good. The harvest this year may not be very good."
Now is the busy farming season, and all crops in the fields are waiting for water. If it doesn't rain, there will be no harvest.
Wen Jiajia was stunned for a moment, but didn't pay attention to what was happening in front of her.
Now that her cousin suddenly mentioned it, Wen Jiajia also realized this. Yes, it has not rained for more than half a month. It was not like this at this time last year.
This is just where they are. As for places further north, it hasn't rained for a month.
"Then should we buy some food to store..." Wen Jiajia was suddenly stunned. She had never heard of any famine in the 1970s. It seemed that this drought would not cause much consequences.
However, Zhong Huisheng had experienced those three years. She did not have the eyes of God, so she thought Wen Jiajia's suggestion was particularly good.
"You should stock up! You should stock up a little, but not a lot," she said. "You can buy more sweet potatoes to stock up."
Wen Jiajia did not refuse and gave her a portion of her family's food coupons.
The middle of the month arrived quickly. Wen Jiajia was originally worried that her younger sister wouldn't be able to adapt without both her parents at home, but who knew that Wei Dai came back on the 10th.
I have become much darker, but my skin, which had been whitened several degrees in the winter, has returned to its original state, and my teeth look especially white when I smile.
Not only that, he also brought back some mangoes.
Some are ripe, but most are still green, and some are even completely green, just like they were just picked from the tree.
Wen Jiajia was surprised: "I haven't eaten anything for a long time!"
You can eat mangoes in my hometown, and you can even buy them in the county town, but there are not many of them.
Wei Dai smiled and said, "I knew you liked it."
Jia Jia loves eating fruits so much that she even cleared half of her vegetable garden to grow watermelons.
As for mangoes, she was clamoring to eat them when she was pregnant. She even went everywhere to look for dried mangoes, but unfortunately she couldn't find any.
Wen Jiajia immediately washed her hands, peeled one and ate it.
My mouth felt a little itchy after eating it. I guess it’s because the original owner’s body was slightly allergic to mangoes.
But it doesn't matter, mushrooms are poisonous, don't you see that there are still a lot of foodies flocking to eat them? It's just a minor allergy, don't take it seriously at all.
Wen Chun and Wen Xuan had never eaten mangoes. Although Wen Jiajia said that she would not take her allergies seriously, she was very careful about the two of them.
Wen Jiajia said, "Don't bite it yet. Put the juice on your lips and see if it itches."
Wen Xuan couldn't wait any longer. She peeled the skin until her hands were covered with juice. When she was about to eat, she was stopped. She was a little depressed: "Why?"
"I'm worried you might have an allergic reaction." Wen Jiajia simply applied the juice to her lips, and then applied some to Wen Chun's lips.
The two sisters couldn't help but licked it. Wen Xuan savored it carefully and her eyes lit up: "So sweet."
Wen Jiajia: “Does it itch?”
"It's not itchy!" The two sisters shook their heads in unison.
Wen Jiajia saw that it wasn't red or swollen, so she said, "Then eat it."
The two sisters then started eating, and the juice flowed down their fingers into their hands.
The orange-yellow flesh was juicy when they took a bite. The moment the unique sweetness of mango touched their taste buds, the two sisters no longer cared whether the juice would flow onto their clothes. They just buried their heads in the eating and didn't stop until only some whiskers were left on the mango core, which was as clean as if it had been washed in water.
Even my aunt couldn't resist mangoes. She was so greedy that she lay on the ground and drooled all over the straw mat.
After Wei Dai came out of the bath, he picked up his daughter and kissed her hard. If he couldn't kiss her face, he could kiss her arm.
Even in hot weather, children have to wear short sleeves to show their chubby white arms, which are super cute.
"Our little sister wants to eat it too." Wei Dai wiped her saliva and looked at Wen Jiajia, "Can she eat it?"
Wen Jiajia thought for a moment and said, "It seems edible."
The child of her cousin in her previous life seemed to have started eating mangoes when he was six or seven months old.
At that time, her cousin's parents-in-law came to take care of the child. When they took the child out to play, they fed the child green mangoes grown on the roadside for several days. When her cousin accidentally found out about this, she had a big fight with her parents-in-law and took the child to the hospital.
The doctor said that mangoes are edible if you are not allergic to them, but you should eat less green mangoes.
It was the weekend at the time and her cousin asked her to help, so Wen Jiajia remembered this incident a little nervously.
At this time... there was definitely no greenery, after all, there were only a few gas trucks on the streets.
Wen Jiajia stood up and tried to get some juice for her little sister. She smacked her lips loudly, kicked her legs constantly, and stared at the mango in Wen Jiajia's hand without blinking.
Wen Jiajia tapped her cheek and teased her, "Is it delicious?"
"Ahhhhh." Mother's response was a string of sparkling saliva.
Because the little sister couldn't speak yet, Wen Jiajia waited for several minutes and only continued to feed her after making sure that her mouth was no longer red and swollen.
Mangoes don’t last long, so Wen Jiajia gave away quite a few. At the end, Wen Xuan held the last basket of mangoes and sat on the doorstep of the living room with tears in her eyes, begging her not to give away any more.
Wen Jiajia: …
Okay, I didn't want to split up anymore.
The day before leaving for the capital was a rest day, and Wen Jiajia packed her luggage at home.
When Wen Chun and Wen Xuan learned about this, their first reaction was not sadness, but to ask her to take two photos of Tiananmen Gate!
Wen Jiajia waved her hands: "The capital is so big that you can't just ride a bicycle from the east to the west of the city. I don't even know where my workplace is, so how can I take pictures for you guys?"
Besides, she doesn’t have a camera.
By the way, she really wanted to get a camera, and even tried to synthesize it last year.
At that time, she found a camera that was broken beyond repair in a scrapyard, so she spent money to buy it and then tried to synthesize it. As a result, she only synthesized the [discarded] camera into a [camera with huge defects], which was still unusable. It can be seen that synthesis is not a panacea.
She later wanted to continue looking for old cameras, but she never found the second one.
Wen Chun said, "I want to buy a badge."
This is easy, Wen Jiajia agreed: "Okay, I'll buy it for you. But we also have badges here, I've seen them in the supply and marketing cooperative."
Wen Chun curled his lips: "I want the one in the capital."
There was a classmate in her class who bought his badge in the provincial capital and was so proud of it! She had to buy one from the capital to put him under pressure.
Wen Xuan followed her sister and said, "Then I'll get the badge too. I'll take the photo in the capital when I grow up. Sigh!"
Wen Jiajia: "...You're already sighing. Let's go, I have to continue packing."
There wasn't much to pack, just two sets of clothes. But in case of any accidents, Wen Jiajia still brought three sets of clothes.
Then there is the matter of bills. The factory will reimburse the bills for this business trip, and she probably won't need to pay for meals herself.
But you still have to bring it, just in case.
night.
Wen Xiaomei didn't seem to be sad and was even giggling, not realizing that her mother wouldn't be at home at this time tomorrow.
Now, she can't be coaxed to sleep at night by anyone except her parents, including her aunt. If her parents are not at home, she will cry at night. Now that Wei Dai is back, Wen Jiajia feels much more relieved.
Wen Jiajia rarely felt some parting emotions, so he didn't care about his hands getting sore, and hugged her and made her laugh.
Wei Dai was helpless: "I teased her before, and you said that I couldn't tease her too much at night, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep."
Wen Jiajia said proudly: "Does my teasing method work the same as yours? You tease her by picking her up and rocking her, but I tease her verbally. By the way, don't tease her like this in the next few days, or you might have a nightmare and wake up crying."
Wei Dai was surprised: "Children still have nightmares."
Wen Jiajia: "Of course. Why did she suddenly smile when she was sleeping so well? It's because she had a good dream."
As he said this, he lowered his head and teased her.
The little girl's eyes are big and bright, like crystal black grapes. When she stares at you straight, it can really make your heart bubble.
Wen Jiajia finally couldn't help it and kissed her cheek, causing her to laugh again.
The next day.
Wen Jiajia's train leaves at 10 a.m., so there's no need to get up too early.
Fortunately, there is only one train to the capital every day. It is said that the factory director personally instructed that tickets should be bought as early as possible. If the train is at 6 or 7 o'clock, Wen Jiajia must get up before dawn.
Wen Jiajia set off at 8:30. Before leaving, Wei Dai carried his daughter in his arms and sent her out. "Be careful. The capital is very big. If you get lost, go to the police station."
“I know!”
"If you don't have time, you don't have to buy the cakes and badges, but don't rush to buy them."
"I know, I know."
"Also, don't watch everything that's going on. The last time you watched something exciting, you were almost mistaken for an accomplice. In that case, if someone hits you, you're the unlucky one."
"Oh... don't talk about that. I definitely won't do that."
This happened not long ago. One day last month, on my way home from work, I saw villagers fighting - a real fight, the kind where people from two villages fight each other, the battle array is quite large, the momentum is overwhelming, this is really a scene I have never seen in my two lifetimes, and Wen Jiajia stopped to watch.
After watching for a while, I realized that the people of the two villages were fighting over water. It turned out that the village upstream of the river had blocked the water in the river, causing the people of the downstream village to complain and come in groups to seek justice.
As a result, after several attempts failed, they just started fighting.
Wen Jiajia was almost hit by it at that time. After all, people always make mistakes when they are impulsive, and weapons do not recognize people. She was just a little bit away from being hit by the hoe!
Fortunately, she ran fast, otherwise she would have been bleeding from the head.
She deserved it. She was panicked when she got home and told Wei Dai about it, which caused Wei Dai to scold her for three or four days.
After hearing Jiajia's explanation, he could only agree without hesitation, and was very sincere.
Wei Dai half believed and half doubted, then said: "Oh and one more thing, just bear with it on the train until you get to the capital and take a shower and change clothes."
Wen Jiajia was speechless and rolled her eyes: "Am I a fool? I just want to take a shower and change clothes on the train, but you can't give me a chance to do so."
She looked at her watch and realized she was really leaving.
If you don't leave now, Wei Dai will continue to nag you.
So he went over to kiss the girl, and saw Wei Dai next to him with an expectant look on his face. After looking around and seeing that there was no one around, he kissed him too.
Wei Dai blushed slightly. It was in broad daylight... in a public place... even though there was no one around, he still felt a little shy.
He felt like his ears were burning, so he changed the subject: "If you buy a badge, bring one to me."
Wen Jiajia sighed and patted his chest: "Don't worry, I will never forget you."
Then he got in the car, waved and said with a smile, "Goodbye."
Wei Dai: "Be careful on the road."
He felt a little sad, mostly because Wen Jiajia sent him away from home. He now understood how his wife felt every time she sent him away.
But the sadness didn't last long, because there was a little thing stirring in my arms.
Wen Xiaomei screamed “Ahhh” and looked in the direction her mother left with a look of anxiety on her face.
He pointed at that place with tears in his eyes.
It means: Follow up!
Wei Dai felt so distressed that he carried her to the side to pick flowers. It took him a while to divert her attention.
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Wen Jiajia arrived at the train station and followed the group onto the train at 9:50.
There are a total of 9 people in the team this time, but there are only 7 people in this carriage at the moment, and two people are in another carriage looking after the products.
Because there were so many people, we couldn't book a berth.
Wen Jiajia was overwhelmed with grief the moment she got on the train! Oh my god, she had to sit on a hard seat for two days, or at least two days. Her butt would be sore from sitting there.
Fortunately, the leaders were also sitting in hard seats, which made Wen Jiajia feel better.
If the leader lay down comfortably while she sat quietly, she would be furious.
The train started and Wen Jiajia sat by the window.
Although there was wind near the window, the sun was shining brightly at this moment, and it was very sunny.
But as it got closer to noon, the sun on her side became less and less. By afternoon, the sun had moved to the other side.
Wen Jiajia ate shrimp cakes brought from home at noon. Her cousin made them early in the morning. Since there was no meat at home, she could only eat more shrimps from the wild lake.
She brought a lot, and there were more than ten pieces left in the lunch box, enough for dinner.
The time in the car seemed extremely long, and at the end Wen Jiajia even took out a book to read.
What books do you read? Chinese books.
Some of the Chinese content needs to be memorized, and this kind of bored time is just the right time to immerse yourself in it.
"Why did you suddenly remember to recite the book?"
Director Gao was very curious. She thought Wen Jiajia was reading some miscellaneous books, but when she heard her mumbling silently, she went over to take a look and found that it was a Chinese book.
Wen Jiajia made up an excuse: "My niece is in school now, and I have to tutor her, so I have to go through the books again."
Director Gao: "Wait, isn't your niece only five or six years old? Uh, or seven? Anyway, she's not in middle school."
Wen Jiajia smiled and said, "I have already finished reading all the books for elementary school, so the books for middle school will be easy to read."
"Okay." Director Gao felt that Wen Jiajia was talking nonsense, but she had no evidence.
Wen Jiajia continued to recite.
Not to mention, the Chinese textbooks at that time were quite different from those a few decades later, and her memories from her previous life were of no use.
The train rattled on and on, and this time no one gave way, so it soon arrived at Haishi.
One group of people got off the bus and another group got on.
Wen Jiajia took the opportunity to stretch her muscles, looked at the night view outside and sighed: It's worthy of being called the Magic City.
It was late at night, but the lights outside were bright.
The lights in the train were dim, and she stopped reading after nightfall. She leaned her head against the window, thinking about what was happening at home.
It's seven o'clock.
What are you doing at home?
Zhong Huisheng was cleaning the kitchen. She loved cleanliness, so she had to clean the kitchen every day and would not feel at ease until there was no grease or debris on the kitchen stove.
Wei Dai was washing clothes and coaxing the child while washing. At this time, her mother should have held her, but her mother was not there, and Wen Xiaomei started crying loudly again.
The crying was so loud that even the family farthest away heard it and ran over to ask what was wrong with the child.
What can I do? I just miss my mom.
Wei Dai had no choice but to move the crib out and put the child in it, because the child's crying would become quieter if he kept nagging.
What about the two sisters? Wen Chun and Wen Xuan had just finished their showers. They seemed to be very comfortable without Wen Jiajia around. They could finish their homework in ten minutes or so, keep the radio on all the time, and even eat snacks as much as they wanted.
The two sisters have changed their teeth, and Wen Jiajia is afraid that they will get cavities, so she strictly controls the amount of sugar they eat every day.
You can only eat two candies a day at most. If you eat one more, the amount for the next day will be deducted.
Before leaving this time, Wen Jiajia even counted the number of candies.
The two sisters did not have the courage to challenge their aunt's authority. They just ate up the shares for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Wen Chun took the iron box of candies out of the cupboard and put it in my aunt's room. Then he ran to the door of the living room and said to my uncle who was washing clothes, "Uncle, hide the iron box for me and give it to us the day after tomorrow!"
She was afraid that she and her sister would not be able to resist eating secretly tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Wei Dai: “Okay!”
I guarantee you two won’t be able to find it even if you turn the house upside down.
At this moment, life at home is very comfortable, but life on the train is very exciting.
This was the first time Wen Jiajia had to catch a thief face to face, really the first time, so she immediately became alert and stood up to watch the excitement.
It turned out that a young man had his money stolen from his clothes. He was indeed prudent, as he put his money inside his clothes. But he was also careless, as he put his money inside his clothes in such weather. Who was he looking down on?
Not to mention the thief, even Wen Jiajia could have noticed that his clothes had an inner lining if she paid close attention for a few minutes.
After all, in July, people wear thin short-sleeved shirts when fighting, so you can tell at a glance whether you have an inner lining or not.
"It would be better to put it in your pants." Wen Jiajia muttered to Director Gao beside her.
Men are very sensitive to certain areas of their pants, so it is safer to place it nearby.
It's not embarrassing to go out this way.
“……”Director Gao actually understood what Wen Jiajia meant.
Fortunately, the man felt his pocket and soon realized that the money was not there. He immediately shouted and stared at both sides of the carriage to prevent anyone from leaving.
At this moment, the train police arrived and checked everyone around the gay man. There was a commotion going on.
"If you make trouble again, we will conduct a more thorough investigation!" said the conductor.
There is no personal freedom at that time, and everything in your pocket must be taken out and checked.
Another conductor even asked if anyone had moved around just now and asked the people in the two rows to raise their hands to each other.
Wen Jiajia was curious: "Even if the money is found, there is no way to prove that it belongs to the owner, right?"
Director Shen smiled and said, "Everyone counts their money again and again, so they know which bill has a fold."
“…”
Sorry for being so presumptuous, she doesn't know. But she'll definitely take a look when she's free.
"Also, we mark all the money we carry with us to prevent people from stealing it and not being able to identify it." Director Shen added, "If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Although the young man is a little panicked, he is confident."
Sure enough, after a series of tricks, he found his money on the person next to him.
Before the man even got the money, he said, "There's a five-pointed star on my money, and there's a character 'Yu' written next to it. That's my last name!"
When all the details matched, the conductor returned the money to him and took the thief away.
Wen Jiajia was amazed to find out that there are so many things to pay attention to when going out. She thought she just needed to bring her luggage and put the money in a hidden place.
But if you don't mark it, it's probably gone, and it would be hard to find it again.
Wen Jiajia learned some new knowledge. Since people in her row and the row opposite were all from the factory, she fell asleep peacefully.
Unexpectedly, I slept soundly.
When I opened my eyes again, it was almost dawn. A streak of white appeared in the sky outside the window, indicating that daybreak was approaching.
The originally noisy carriage was exceptionally quiet at this moment, and occasionally one could vaguely hear people talking in whispers.
Wen Jiajia really wanted to go to the toilet, but she held back.
There's no way, sitting by the window has its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that it is well ventilated. No matter what smell there is in the car, the wind outside the window will blow it away.
Another thing is that you won’t be disturbed. Most people who want to reserve a seat will look for one near the aisle.
Finally, if you are surrounded by friends, it will be safer to sit by the window, and you don’t have to worry about someone stealing your luggage and money at night.
The shortcoming is now.
It was particularly inconvenient to go out. The people next to her were all sleeping, and Wen Jiajia couldn't wake them up, as that would be a bit unethical.
Wen Jiajia held back her urge to pee until the person sitting outside woke up before she got up to go to the restroom.
Went to the restroom and bought breakfast.
Wen Jiajia went back to ask other people, and after learning that she would go buy it later, she left with peace of mind.
The breakfast on the bus was not rich. Wen Jiajia looked around for a long time and only bought two buns to eat.
I ate while walking and filled a pot with hot water. When I got to the carriage, I only had the last bite of bun left in my hand.
Eat well, get enough sleep, and continue memorizing.
Today she was still reciting Chinese. She had originally wanted to bring a political book, but it seemed particularly awkward to recite politics in the car.
Yuanyuan is tutoring her niece in Chinese, and if she has to memorize politics... does that mean she failed the politics test?
So the whole morning, Wen Jiajia was reciting and standing up to recite again.
At noon, she had a rare feeling that she only had during the fourth class in the morning - she wanted to eat! She wanted to eat so much!
When Wen Jiajia's time came, she and a few other people ran to the dining car without stopping, and ordered the pork rice right away.
She was smart. She knew in the morning that there would be pork rice for lunch, so she came just in time.
As a good subordinate, Wen Jiajia naturally reserved one for the two leaders who were still sitting and watching their luggage.
The steamed buns were very popular and were sold out in no time. Wen Jiajia could only be thankful that she acted quickly.
The sun rises and sets.
After seeing the magnificent sight of the rising sun twice in the car, Wen Jiajia and his companions finally arrived in the capital.
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