Chapter 48 Chapter 48 I encountered a sad thing, but...
The waiter at the counter poked his head out and asked, "Why are you up so early? It's snowing heavily outside, and it'll be another hour or two before daybreak."
Su Yan handed over the key and the money, then took out the food coupons and handed them to her: "I'll have a meal in the cafeteria this morning. I went to bed early last night, and when I woke up this morning, I couldn't fall asleep again, so I just got up."
The waiter at the counter took it and tore a ticket from a stack of tickets while saying, "You're really hardworking. It's so cold out like this, and we're all eager to get some sleep. If you go out, it'll be freezing outside, so you'd better put on more clothes."
She handed Su Yan the canteen meal ticket and said, "We have to wait an hour before the canteen opens."
Su Yan nodded, pulled her coat closer, and opened the thick curtains. Snowflakes drifted down. Fortunately, there was no wind today, so it felt warmer than yesterday. She pulled her scarf, covering most of her face, leaving only her eyes visible.
Su Yan couldn't remember how to get to the police station she had just arrived at. She only remembered that it was not far from the train station. She asked a few people before she found it.
However, it was not yet seven o'clock, and most people had not yet come to work. Only an old policeman, whom Su Yan did not recognize, was on duty. She knocked on the door and said, "Hello, comrade, I'm looking for someone..."
Su Yan mentioned the name of the young policeman. He was still working here, but he fell down while chasing a migrant worker the day before yesterday. Most of his body was numb, so he took sick leave and rested at home.
Su Yan asked, "Can you tell me his home address?"
The old policeman looked at Su Yan suspiciously: "You know him, how come you don't know his address?"
Su Yan explained, "My things were stolen in Qingyuan before, and he lent me money so I could take the train home. I sent money here before, but it was returned because the address was not detailed enough, so I came here in person this time."
The old policeman didn't know what he was thinking about, and smiled: "Okay, I'll write the address for you. But I have to tell you that Xiao Wang has a childhood sweetheart in the countryside." Then he handed the address to Su Yan.
At this time, a man came over and scolded him in a leader's tone, "Damn, what nonsense are you talking about? You're talking nonsense to the people. I think you fell asleep while on duty."
Su Yan nodded, thanked him, and left. From a distance, she heard the leader inside yelling, "How could you just casually reveal the address of our police? What if these vagrants are retaliating?"
The officer on duty didn't dare to speak, and muttered, "Why didn't you tell us there were bandits retaliating?"
Su Yan followed the address and found that they were not living in a dormitory like the employees of Jiangzhou Machinery Factory, but in a residential area. Su Yan walked to a remote place and took out ten kilograms of food from her space. This was the food she had collected at the food station, not from her original space.
Su Yan knocked on the door, and out came a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old. She had two braided pigtails, a sallow complexion, and was thin. She was stunned. It was Chuan Yin: "Excuse me, who are you looking for? This is Wang Cunhou's room. Did you find the wrong person?"
Su Yan smiled, expressing her goodwill. "My name is Su Yan, and I work at the Jiangzhou Machinery Factory. A few months ago, my money and suitcase were stolen. I reported it to the police station, and it was Public Security Officer Wang who lent me money to take the train home."
The girl immediately laughed and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you're here to pay back the money? Come in, come in." She turned her head and shouted, "Wang Ergou, someone's here to pay you back. Hurry up and get out of bed. There's a guest in the room. Hurry and get dressed."
When the girl ran into the house, Su Yan realized that this family probably only had one room, which was divided by a curtain. Half of the room was used as a bedroom, and the other half had a stove and a table as a kitchen.
Su Yan stood at the door for a while and heard rustling sounds inside. It seemed like someone was getting up and getting dressed. After a while, the girl lifted the door curtain and said, "Come in, you can come in now."
Su Yan went in and put the rice on the small table at the door. She saw that the young policeman Wang Gongan was indeed injured, with a bandage on his hand. He smiled at Su Yan and said, "Comrade Su, it's only two or three yuan, and you came all the way here. The train ticket from Jiangzhou to Qingyuan is more expensive than two or three yuan. We are all revolutionary comrades, and it is our duty to help each other. You don't have to take it to heart, and you don't have to come all the way here to pay back the money." Obviously he remembered Su Yan.
Su Yan smiled and took out an envelope with two five-yuan bills already inside. She handed it over and said, "I'm so sorry. I sent the money to the address as soon as I got home, but the post office said the address was unclear and returned it. I happened to be in Qingyuan this time, so I went to the police station."
Wang Gongan wanted to wave it off, but the girl took it and said, "It's really timely. To be honest, we don't know how we're going to get through the remaining days of this month."
She opened it and saw that they were two five-yuan bills. She immediately became happy and poured hot tea: "Comrade, please sit down. It's very cold outside. Come over and warm yourself by the fire." As she said that, she took the tongs, picked up a large piece of coal from outside, and put it in the stove.
Su Yan stood up and handed her the rice: "This is the rice produced in Jiangzhou. I brought it for you to try."
This was undoubtedly valuable. The girl looked at Wang Gongan and said to him, "Comrade Su, we can't just accept things from others. We have rules."
Su Yan said, "A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. If you hadn't given me a letter of introduction and lent me money for the train ticket, I wouldn't have been able to go home. So, please accept it."
After much persuasion, the two men accepted the things and wanted to keep Su Yan for dinner. Su Yan said that she had things to do and said goodbye.
After Su Yan said goodbye and left, the girl took the weight to weigh the rice and turned around and said, "Er Gouzi, it must be a full ten pounds. You know what, doing good things will be rewarded. We should do more good things in the future."
She happily poured the rice into the rice jar and said, "That's good. We don't have to go hungry anymore. I'll make some rice tonight. Eat two bowls of rice and you won't be so unsteady when you walk."
Wang Gongan also came over and said, "Jiangzhou is indeed a big city. How come they distribute so much rice every month?"
The girl came out of the hot water and said, "Comrade Lu is such a good person. You don't usually take such care of others. How much money have you lent out, but you've rarely paid it back."
Su Yan returned to the guesthouse and went into the cafeteria. She handed her meal ticket to the chef, who served her a cornmeal steamed bun that could fit in one hand. It was a little hard, probably because the dough hadn't been fermented well, but the broth was warm. Su Yan drank a bowl and felt warm all over.
When it was daybreak, the sky was clear and the wind had died down, which was unusual. After Su Yan finished her meal, she walked towards the path she had taken when she traveled through time.
It snowed last night, and the sun shone today. The snow piled up white, leaving small tracks on the dirt road from passersby. Su Yan felt cold at first, but after walking for a while, she began to sweat, and her hands and feet warmed up. The sun wasn't too strong at this time, and the snow on the road was frozen and hadn't melted yet, so the road wasn't very muddy.
Su Yan walked very fast and arrived at the place in just one or two hours. It was a small road and cars could not drive in or out. She stood there for a while and saw that the corn fields that were originally green were now only bare dry stalks. The place where the car was originally parked was now empty, and there were not even any tire tracks on the ground.
She continued walking toward the back of the road, which narrowed until it became a mountain path only wide enough for one person. After walking a mile or two, she descended a hillside and came to a stream. Su Yan felt a silent sadness in her heart. The village where she taught was high in the mountains, and there was no stream there.
Su Yan stood by the stream, staring at the shimmering water in a daze. She didn't know how long it had passed before a man came over from the other side of the bridge in a horse-drawn carriage and shouted to her, "Young man, please come back soon! Don't let your mind wander. This is called drowning. It's not a good look after death." When he got closer, he hurriedly jumped off the cart and ran over to pull Su Yan, "Young man, please come back soon."
Su Yan came to her senses and told him to pull her to the shore, saying, "What's wrong? You can't commit suicide, young man. If you're gone, what will happen to your parents?"
Su Yan was just about to say that she had no intention of committing suicide and was just standing by the river, but when she wiped her hand, she burst into tears.
The uncle pulled her away and advised: "Young man, just go home, have a good meal, get some sleep, and wait until dawn. Nothing will be a problem for you."
Su Yan wiped her tears and said, "Uncle, I don't want to die. I have encountered a sad thing, but I don't want to die. If I live longer, maybe I can see my mother in the future. If I die, I won't be able to see anything."
The uncle sighed and said nothing more, "Are you going to the county town? I'm on my way, so I'll give you a little while."
Su Yan nodded and got on the uncle's cart. They arrived at Qingyuan County in more than an hour. At the end, he gave the uncle a few pieces of White Rabbit milk candy as fare.
The uncle accepted it without hesitation and said with a smile: "This is good. My granddaughters haven't eaten it yet. Take it home and ask them to try some candy from the city." He then advised Su Yan: "Don't do anything stupid."
Su Yan sighed and nodded: "No."
Su Yan did not delay and went straight to the train station to buy a ticket for the nearest train. This train did not stop or give way along the way. It was even faster than the time it came, and arrived in just over three hours.
By the time Su Yan arrived in Jiangzhou, it was already past five in the afternoon. She had just missed the last bus, so she had no choice but to take a rickshaw from the train station for fifty cents. When she got home, she was starving. She casually pulled a bucket of instant noodles from her space, placed them in a white porcelain bowl, and soaked them in boiling water. She also pulled out a bag of frozen dumplings, cooked a few, and made do with what she had.
Su Yan had just finished her shower and was drying her hair with a towel when she saw a stack of photos on the living room table. They were their wedding registration photos from a previous day. One photo had been enlarged and framed. Su Yan picked it up and examined the black and white photo. Both of them looked nervous, and she smiled a formal smile. "It really feels old-fashioned!"
I don't know where Qin Zhanwu got the key from, so I put the photo on the table. Su Yan thought, maybe he got it from Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law.
Thinking of this, Su Yan put down the photo frame. Someone like Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law would definitely not give up on extortion. At this point, Su Yan had completely given up on raising the two children. If she wanted to teach Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law a lesson, then she couldn't let her abandon the two children again.
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